A war came to pass within the heaven (it did not happen on earth). This battle occurred during the 40 days...
·
between the
resurrection by God of Jesus Christ (refer to Matthew chapter 28, Acts 1:3-8,
Romans 8:31-39, etc)
·
and the ascension
of the Lord Jesus Christ into heaven when God placed him at His right-hand side
being second-in-command to God Himself (refer to Acts 1:9-11, Ephesians
1:20-22, Hebrews 2:5-10, I Peter 3:21 and 22, etc).
John writes some details of this war in the heaven:
·
Michael and his
angels (Michael is the archangel, the first, highest, chief, or ruling angel)
o
went for the
purpose of having a war with (he came to cause a battle against)
o
the dragon,
·
and the dragon
warred and his angels (they fought back against Michael and his angels)
o
and the dragon
was not strong (he did not have the inherent strength, he did not prevail)
o
nor was their
place yet found in the heaven (the dragon and his angels did not still have a
location for them to be present within the heaven – their ability to disrupt
God's and the Lord Jesus Christ's realm in heaven is no longer available to
them),
·
and the dragon,
o
emphatically and
specifically the great (large) dragon,
o
the snake (the
name "snake/serpent" is used to describe his activities, attitudes,
etc, designating his distinguishing and distinctive constitution; snakes were
known to be thoughtful, sensible, intellectual, and perceptive in their
activities),
§ emphatically and specifically the old snake (the
serpent that existed during the beginning or former time-period; the Greek word
translated "old" emphasizes his former existence as a
"snake" against mankind; refer to Genesis chapter 3),
·
was thrown (cast)
-
o
the one who is
presently being called (in order to designate and describe the dragon's
distinguishing and distinctive constitution, character, quality, workings, etc –
the dragon is known-by or named-as)
§ devil (the word translated "devil" comes
from the Greek word diabolos which translates into 2 words meaning:
"through" and "throw/cast" – the devil throws/casts things
through people, like stabbing a person from outside through the person and out
the other side with an accusation, slander, etc, endeavoring to break any
connection between God and mankind)
§ and satan (this is the name that emphasizes the
dragon's opposing and adversarial attributes being in total opposition to the
only true God),
o
the one who is
presently causing the whole inhabited area to wander (he is making the entire
dwelled-in parts of the world err, causing the inhabitants not to stay in their
rightful place, leading them astray from their correct location in the
walk/behavior category, like a planet is constantly moving around when viewed
from the earth unlike the stars which retain their position relative-to each other)
-
·
he was thrown
(cast) into the earth, and his angels with him were thrown into the earth.
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