"And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ."
Revelation 12:17
The chapter intro to this chapter says, "John . . . sees the war in heaven in the beginning when Satan was cast out--He sees the continuation of that war on earth." And so here, in a nice story form, we see the dragon coming after us. :) Yikes we may say... but remember. In stories with evil dragons, the dragon NEVER wins. :) I think it is interesting that the war in heaven continues to this day. I guess that I thought when Satan and his followers were cast out... that that was it. We won, they lost... that's the end. But, of course, we come here and it continues. And we don't have exactly the same resources we had before... we have a veiled memory, and a new, earthly body that we still have to learn to get along with. But we have a lot of new resources along with that body, and also a promise from God that we won't be tempted more than we are able to withstand. That is a huge promise, and so, despite our lack of memory of spiritual battle techniques... we are more than able to defend ourselves, and even free many prisoners. It isn't really that fun to think that we are in the middle of a war... but you know, it does make a little more sense than thinking that we are just down here for a picnic. :) Anyway, let's not let the war bring us down today... let's just go out and help God conquer the dragon like the heroes that we are. :)
No comments:
Post a Comment