the reason for the war
Isaiah 14 How you have fallen from heaven, O day star son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations. You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.
The most beautiful angel in God’s creation challenged God’s authority and set his sights on the throne. In the process, he created a divide in the heavenly host. The created a choice between himself and the almighty. We are taught that one third of the angels set their sights on Lucifer and two thirds remained loyal to the Father.
Revelation 12:7-12 “Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. 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. 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. 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. 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!”
THE WAR FOR THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THE EARTH
True to form now that Satan finds himself bound to the Earth, his aspirations are to take the throne of the whole world. He is determined that his way is as good as God’s. It is amazing that God’s allows every challenger to bring his case to be proven, yet it is essential. It is the prerequisite to the final outcome wherein, by free will, every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. All challengers will be found lacking.
Satan and his minions are at work on earth creating a stronghold against God and all that belongs to him. The account in Revelation 12:9 is likely the place where the enemy sowed tares among the wheat. As the tares reach the throne of this world, evil will be called good and good will be called evil. The accuser is among us hissing in the ears of the tares. We the faithful of the body of Christ are in harm’s way as the soul, in every case, is redeemed from the corruptible flesh through death. Our eternal inheritance makes us more than conquerors as death has no power over us.
to make a point
It is written that the eternal soul created by God has been around since long before their birth into this world. This is evidenced by God telling Jeremiah “Before you were in your mother’s womb I knew you” and again a reference to “Those whose names were written in the Lambs book of life from the foundation of the world.”
It is therefore likely that we were all present when the war arose in heaven. Every soul participated in the rebellion either for or against the Father. Everyone born on this earth has a preexisting condition, having already made a stand in that war to be for or against God the Father. Given this to be true, we are culpable for our circumstances here on earth. This speaks directly to the doctrine of election and predestination. Things which God knows about us which we do not. When God said “I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will not have mercy on whom I will not have mercy” there may be a pretext which we own. Who is responsible your circumstances? Do you secretly blame God? We were created into the presence of God by God himself and given a free will. After having exercised our free will in the rebellion there were at least 4 camps. 1) Those for God, 2) Those against God, 3) Those on the fence, 4) The Liars. Sort the wheat from the chaff, we must be born into this world, which serves as a testing ground. In the life we now live, God is hidden and we must believe in order to find him. Therefore the purpose of this life is to reveal our true character which God already knows yet we do not. It is our lot to be “faithful unto death to receive the crown of life.” To reverberate the effect of the war in heaven, and to evaluate your own standing, Jesus said “He that is not for me is against me, and he that does not gather with me scatters” God made an easy resolution for all of us. “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved” Perhaps this brings into focus what you need to be saved from.
in keeping with the word given to us.
Ephesians 1:3-14
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms. For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ. In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will, in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory. And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.
Having come this close to the truth will cause you to ponder these things. The seed has been planted. The fertility of your heart will determine your destiny.