The Devil: 1 Corinthians 5:9 states: For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
and Isaiah 24:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
We read further in Revelation 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
This is the fate of those who are Raptured; to see that day when the accuser is finally cast down and his minions. To tempt us then accuse us when we fall is something God has allowed the enemy to do so we learn to trust in the Lord and rely not on our own understanding. There is a way which seems right unto a man but leads to death ( Prov. 14:12).
This subject if understood properly shows us that none of has any strength to do battle in our own efforts. We see this when the prophet Daniel encountered visions of the beast to come in the final world kingdom as well as with the angels that ministered to him. Job learned he couldn't contend with God and was apparently unaware that Satan was allowed to test him and cause much of his misery physically and in the original blitz he was on with the whirlwind that destroyed his family; the tribesmen that came down as well to ruin his crops. We need to keep this in mind or we will think that all we need to do is change our behavior to avoid repercussions or think that is the only problem. The fact is our old nature in a true believer IS in reality dead but the enemy does things to revitalize the feelings we had before we came to faith. For a true believer the new life in Christ IS what and who they really are and the old nature an illusion. The enemy induces a thought and still can elicit sin which causes God's chastisement.
The Devil: 1 Corinthians 5:9 states: For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
and Isaiah 24:21 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
We read further in Revelation 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
This is the fate of those who are Raptured; to see that day when the accuser is finally cast down and his minions. To tempt us then accuse us when we fall is something God has allowed the enemy to do so we learn to trust in the Lord and rely not on our own understanding. There is a way which seems right unto a man but leads to death ( Prov. 14:12).
This subject if understood properly shows us that none of has any strength to do battle in our own efforts. We see this when the prophet Daniel encountered visions of the beast to come in the final world kingdom as well as with the angels that ministered to him. Job learned he couldn't contend with God and was apparently unaware that Satan was allowed to test him and cause much of his misery physically and in the original blitz he was on with the whirlwind that destroyed his family; the tribesmen that came down as well to ruin his crops. We need to keep this in mind or we will think that all we need to do is change our behavior to avoid repercussions or think that is the only problem. The fact is our old nature in a true believer IS in reality dead but the enemy does things to revitalize the feelings we had before we came to faith. For a true believer the new life in Christ IS what and who they really are and the old nature an illusion. The enemy induces a thought and still can elicit sin which causes God's chastisement.
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