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The statements made by the Lord, as recorded in the Word, may be directed at a particular person or country and be like a flat rock thrown upon smooth water, skip many times, and strike many places. Thus we read that, ìThe Lord sent a word into Jacob and it has lighted upon Israel.î Isa. 9:8 The sentence upon Tyre reaches down to the end of the age and we see its fulfillment in the book of Revelation in the opening of the bottomless pit and the subsequent judgments which are released upon the earth under the impact of the first woe. Rev. 9:1-11.
Consider this carefully, the individual to whom the key to the bottomless pit is given is a fallen star. Rev. 9:1 The fellow named Lucifer is stated to have fallen from heaven. Where he had held that high and important position as the son of the morning, or the morning star, or son of the dawn. Isa. 14:12 NIV Jesus referred to the fall of Satan as a great display of lightening or like the streak of lightening, a fiery object, or a comet across the sky. Luke 10:18 In spite of his fall, Satan has access to heaven and the throne of the Lord. He is occupied 24/7 with gossip, innuendo, and most unfortunately with facts of the weakness and sins of the children of the Lord. There, in the throne presence of the Lord, he is accusing them day and night. Rev. 12:10 That eliminates any personal attention that we think we may have had from him. As individuals, we are not that important to him. Jesus had a personal encounter with him. Mt. 4:1-11 The bride of Christ will be confronted by him. He will appear with the spirit and nature of a beast, the dragon. The Word of the Lord, the sword of the Spirit, will overcome every attempt of the devil to destroy the bride and her son. Isa. 27:1 In spite of all his powers, Satan is a weakling and a constant failure and is destined to be thrown into the bottomless pit. Incidentally, what an obnoxious figure he must be to the Lord as he blabbers all the wrong doings of the people of the Lord. As if though the Lord doesn’t know all about us.
Warning, though the devil is seen as a beast, and he is, he is not ugly nor frightening in his appearance. Remember, he is like a star. Tyrus, as a type of Satan said, ìI am of perfect beauty.î Eze. 27:3 Furthermore, the Apostle Paul warned the church of one of the tricks of Satan in transforming himself into an angel (messenger) of light.
2 Cor. 2:14 That places him right in the midst of the church and fulfilling the office of a messenger of truth, but he is a liar and the father of all lies and liars, and has been so from the beginning. John 8:44 The watering down of the truth of the Word too often originates from the pulpit. The enemy is within the church, as was Judas.