DavidPT
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When Satan is driven down from roaming to heaven to accuse God's people on earth, he knows
that he has little time left. This causes him to desperately do all he can to put off his final destruction.
So he summons Antichrist up and that is the most significant cause for this end of the age great tribulation.
Those just raptured to the throne of God in the third heavens have overcome and rejoice.
Those left upon the earth rather have WOE instead of victorious rejoicing.
Therefore be glad, O heavens and those who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea because the devil has come down to you and has great rage, knowing that he has only a short time. (Rev. 12:12)
But why was the Devil driven down? It was because of the rapture of a remnant of overcoming saints. And the serving angels
on their behalf then drove the Devil down to his new limited environment of only being on the earth.
The universal woman of light representing all God's people brings forth a remnant called a man-child.
And she brought forth a son, a man-child, who is to shepherd all the nations with an iron rod; and her child was caught up to God and to His throne. And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place there prepared by God so that they might nourish her there a thousand two hundred and sixty days.
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels went to war with the dragon. And the dragon warred and his angels.
And they did not prevail, neither was their place found any longer in heaven.
And the great dragon was cast down, the ancient serpent, he who is called the Devil and Satan, he who deceives the whole inhabited earth; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him. (Rev. 12:5-9)
When the man-child (the stronger part-overcomers) from the woman is raptured, Satan has no more ground or room to appear
before God accusing His people. The angels who are the ministering servants of the human saints led by Michael
drive Satan down. The man-child has been a "dispensational instrument" to change the age.
And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, Now has come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ, for the accuser of our brothers has been cast down, who accuses them before our God day and night.
And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they loved not their soul-life even unto death. (vs. 10,11)
As if it makes sense that the manchild is meaning the raptured church the fact it also indicates this about the manchild---and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born (Revelation 12:4) . The keywords being 'delivered' and 'born', things not relevant to a raptured church. The assault on the woman's child begins as soon as he is born. Obviously pertaining to Christ's birth.
Revelation 12:5 And she brought forth a man child(starting at birth), who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron(meaning once He returns, the 2nd coming) : and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne(meaning some days later following His death and resurrection) .
Zero in any of the above involving a raptured church. And besides, looking at Matthew 24, there is no coming of Christ in any sense recorded prior to the beginning of great tribulation, nor during it. The coming of Christ recorded in Matthew 24 is after great tribulation, Matthew 24:29 makes that crystal clear. If I am wrong, then show in Matthew 24 where it records a coming(return) of Christ prior to great tribulation, or even during it?
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