Lesson 28: …And The Dragon

Revelation 12:7-17
7 Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back,
8 but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.
11 And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.
12 Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!”
13 And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.
14 But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
15 The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood.
16 But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth.
17 Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And he stood on the sand of the sea.


These verses tell us that now, while we who are the Church, the bride of Christ, are still on earth, Satan is in the heavens making war against the rest of God’s angels. But his defeat is certain because Jesus won the victory when He died for our sins and rose again to never die again! – see John 16:33.

One day soon, when the Church is removed from this earth, Satan will be thrown down and never again allowed into the heavens. Verse 13 says he will turn his anger on the people of God who are still on the earth – and since the Church is gone, this is Israel. Jesus will help many of them escape (verse 14) and He will protect them in the wilderness for three and a half years.

*How do you see Satan’s hatred for the nation Israel today? How do you pray for Israel?