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May 19
Tuesday


WAR IN HEAVEN

READ:
Revelation 12:7-12
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War broke out in
heaven....[And
Satan] was cast to
the earth.
__Revelation 12:7-9
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Philip Pullman is a gifted writer of fantasy books. His Dark Materials trilogy includes The Golden Compass. The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass and is very popular among young readers. But below the surface of these sympathetic characters and compelling subplots is a sinister purpose. The story culminates in a great war against God.

In these books, Pullman views the fall of Satan as a righteous cause for personal independence from God's "tyrannical" control. He implies that Satan's attempt to usurp the throne of God was the right thing to do!

In the book of Revelation, we read of the endtimes: "War broke out in the earth" (Rev. 12:7-9). That future war is being preceded by an earthly conflict on the battlefield of our minds.

We must recognize Satan for what he is--a liar (John 8:44). His strategy is to take God's words out of context and twist them into falsehood (Gen. 3:1-7). Our best defense against him is to hold firmly to the truth of God's Word (Eph. 6:10-18).

Our loving heavenly Father is "not willing that any should perish" (2 Peter 3:9). But neither will he force our obedience. He leaves the choice to us. __Dennis Fisher
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When Satan strikes, strike back with the Word of God.

**********Today's Bible Reading __ Revelation 12:7-12*************

7 And war broke out in
heaven: Michael and his
angels fought with the
dragon; and the dragon and
his angels fought, 8 but they
did not prevail, nor was a
place found for them in
heaven any longer. 9 So the
great dragon was cast out,
that serpent of old, called
the Devil and Satan, who
deceives the whole world;
he was cast to the earth, and
his angles were cast out
with him.

10 Then I heard a loud
voice saying in heaven,
"Now salvation, and
strength, and the kingdom
of our God, and the power
of His Christ have come,
for the accuser of our
brethren, who accused them
before our God day and
night, has been cast down.

11 And they overcame him
by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their
testimony, and they did not
love their lives to the death.

12 Therefore rejoice, O
heavens, and you who dwell
in them! Woe to the
inhabitants of the earth and
the sea! For the devil has
come down to you, having
great wrath, because he
knows that he has a short
time."

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

One day Christ will have final victory over the devil and his demons.
But for now these enemies of God distort the truth. Spiritual error
in the church is due to the conscious strategies of evil sprits (Eph.
6:12). The apostle Paul warns Timothy about their deception: "Now
the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from
the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons"
(1 Tim. 4:1). __Dennis Fisher