Extinction of Christian Births

Revelation 12

Click for a description of the mark of the beast.
Click for a description of the image of the beast.

Revelation 12 and Revelation 13 should be read together. Click here for a post on Revelation 13.

If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love his own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.”

John 15:18-19

• Labor pains during the birth of Jesus Christ.
• Conspiracy to kill the birth of Christ, and His ascension into Heaven.
  • The dragon with global dominion appears onto the scene.
  • Satan and his angels seek to kill the infant Jesus who have been cast from heaven and thrown to earth.
  • Jesus Christ is the King of kings who ascended into Heaven.
• The global government chases the source of Christian births into the wilderness.
• Christ Defeats Satan on this earth.
  • The battle in heaven was because Lucifer exalted himself above God.
  • Satan lost the war in Heaven and loses the same battle here on earth.
  • Satan wants to live through us as if he is God.
  • Jesus Christ has made us the temple of the Holy Spirit.
  • The temple of the Holy Spirit is not compatible with the intruder of thoughts, feelings, words, and behaviors.
• Jesus Christ has eternal victory over Satan.
  • Jesus Christ is King of kings and the “accuser” is cast down.
  • We have victory through the blood of the Lamb.
• Satan rages against the source/s giving births to Christianity.
  • The coming of Jesus Christ is rejoicing for Heaven and brings wrath to this world.
  • Satan knows he has a short time on this earth and is filled with wrath.
  • The source giving births born through Jesus Christ is afflicted, harassed, and eliminated.
  • Floods of the global masses come against the source of Christian births and all Christians.

There is no question that children nowadays are not what they used to be. Their behavior, way of thinking, emotions, and the things that come from their mouth is not usual. I would use the words cute, adorable, witty, and bluntly sobering. It’s beyond what is usually found in the humanness of a child. There is an anti-Christian presence in this world with power over physiology and has the ability to form thoughts, emotions, words, and behaviors. That inner presence is snatching children from the life found in Jesus Christ by forming what they say and do. I’ve learned not to mention the name of Jesus Christ to the younger generation, and not to tell them that I follow Jesus. They start to frown, or cry, or become paralyzed, or say things that remind me of how impure I am. That is certainly something that I don’t want to confront when standing in line at Kroger’s.

Children are the future population of the community, but the future does not include human sentiments, nor the belief in God, nor the need for the remission of sin through the Lord Jesus, nor the Holy Spirit, nor the Bible, nor the Church. The birthing of the things of God through Jesus Christ are being snatched away.

Labor pains during the birth of Jesus Christ. “Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars. Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth.” Revelation 12:1-2

To be clothed with the sun and having the moon under the feet is to be living in the light and not allowing the darkness to rule. The garland of twelve stars refers to the Twelve Tribes of Israel. This is referring to Mary who gave birth to the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who came to atone for sin. Jesus was from the Tribe of Judah of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. To give birth to Jesus Christ came with all the painful labor pains a mother would expect in this world. More than that, the world all around Mary was hostile to the birth of the future king of Israel and wanted Him dead. It made the birth process very, very painful. Satan knew that Jesus was his conqueror and wanted the Christ child out of the way.

Conspiracy to kill the birth of Christ, and His ascension into Heaven.
The dragon with global dominion appears onto the scene. “And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads.” Revelation 12:3

The dragon in the verse above is the same dragon mentioned in Revelation 13:2, which has global dominion and exalts self as king over God, “…who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4. Click here for a post on the “man of sin”. The dragon is Satan and constantly makes war with God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. Satan is the power behind the image of the beast and the mark of the beast. His global dominion, and establishing self as king over God, is symbolized by its seven heads, ten horns, and seven crowns, The dragon is on all seven continents, wearing its seven crowns, and dominates all ten kingdoms of the world (There are more kingdoms than continents, such as Russia and China being on one continent but are two countries).

Satan and his angels seek to kill the infant Jesus who have been cast from heaven and thrown to earth. “His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born.” Revelation 12:4

When Satan (Lucifer) was cast out of heaven, he took a “third” of Heaven with him and they were thrown to earth, as described here, “So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.” Revelation 12:9 The purpose of Satan and his angels on this earth was to defeat Jesus Christ. They wanted to destroy the Christ child as soon as He was born. King Herod was an instrument of Satan and his angels when he slaughtered all infants in the region in an attempt to kill the newborn baby Jesus Christ. That is written about in Matthew 2:16-18.

The story of the battle in Heaven against Lucifer is told in Isaiah 14, and particularly in Isaiah 14:12-17. As quoted below,

“How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations! For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.’ Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.

Isaiah 14:12-15

Jesus Christ is the King of kings who ascended into Heaven. “She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His throne.” Revelation 12:5

Mary gave birth to Jesus Christ, the Son of God, by the virgin birth. He gave His life on the Cross to atone for sin, then God raised Him from the dead after three days, and He then ascended into Heaven after showing himself on this earth for forty days. Today, He reigns in Heaven as King of kings and Lord of lords and will return to earth in total victory over Satan, the beast, the second beast (false prophet), and the entire global culture of the beast.

The global government chases the source of Christian births into the wilderness. “Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.” Revelation 12:6

“1260 days” is “42 months”, which is how long the beast rules on this earth, as described in the post on Revelation 13:5-6, “And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, and His tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.” Revelation 13:5-6

After the ascension of Jesus Christ into Heaven, He gave the outpouring of the Holy Spirit as the womb for fostering Christian births. The Holy Spirit empowers us to spread the Gospel of Christ, and through His testimony people are born into Christianity. However, the “woman” giving spiritual births through Jesus has had to flee to the wilderness. She is in the wilderness for as long as what the global government of the beast (United Nations) continues on this earth. The beast exists on this earth for “42 months” (he was given authority to continue for forty-two months.” Revelation 13:5) and the woman is in the wilderness for “1260 days” (which is “42 months”).

Today, the churches have thrown out the Gospel of Jesus Christ into the wilderness and are no longer a place giving birth to Christians. The Billy Grahm crusades were a very strong womb giving birth to Jesus Christ within many people. He had televised Gospel crusades lasting four days which were aired on a major television network such as ABC, NBC, or CBS. That womb of Christian births has been shut down. Since Billy Grahm passed to be with the Lord Jesus, he will never be replaced, which is a way to extinguish Christian births. If someone is going to be born into the family of God, it will be in the wilderness away from mainstream society.

Government lawmakers have tossed the values of the Bible into the wilderness as their policies no longer nurse the births of Christianity. The educational system has tossed the teaching of the Bible from classrooms and into the wilderness as their curriculum does not nurse the teachings of the Bible. Every sector of the social network has thrown Christianity into the wilderness as they do not welcome those who inspire birth through the Gospel of Christ.

As long as we live under the global government of the beast (the United Nations), the womb giving birth to Christianity will always be chased into the wilderness. The “woman” giving birth to Jesus Christ within the soul of people has been chased into the wilderness at the same time the global government of the beast has appeared in this world. The source of Christian births is in the wilderness for “1260 days” which is “42 months” and exactly how long the beast rules on this earth, as quoted, “And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months.” Revelation 13:5 The global government of the beast came into existence immediately after WW2 under the United Nations, as described in the post on Daniel 8:1-14. We are already living within those “42 months.”

Today, there is a thing in this world which forms what people think, feel, do, and speak. It comes against people being born in the belief in God. It comes against people being born again by the remission of sin through Jesus Christ. It comes against people being born of the Holy Spirit and walking in Holiness. Its purpose is to enable the image of the beast to live and speak through people in every city around the world. Those who are conformed to the anti-Christian global culture are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they are given to say and do.

Christ Defeats Satan on this earth.
The battle in heaven was because Lucifer exalted himself above God. “And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought,” Revelation 12:7 The dragon is Satan, and before his fall from Heaven, he was known by the name of Lucifer. The battle in Heaven between Lucifer and God is described in Isaiah 14 and particularly in verses 12-17. Lucifer rebelled against God by trying to establish himself above God, as quoted, “For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.” Isaiah 14:13-14

Satan lost the war in Heaven and loses the same battle here on earth. “…but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.” Revelation 12:8-9 Satan and his angels lost the battle in Heaven and was cast to earth, where he has resumed his fight against God and Jesus Christ. The battle ground is now within the souls of people, but Satan’s goal is still the same, to exalt himself above God and to dominate the population of people in every city around the world.

Satan wants to live through us as if he is God. Satan wants to sit in the temple of God, our body as if is God, as quoted, “…who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” 2 Thessalonians 2:4 That is done through the thing which forms what people think, feel, say, and do which enables the image of the beast to live and speak through people in every city around the world. People are conformed to their place in life by what they say and do as they are groomed to the mark of the beast. Click here for a post on the “man of sin”. The global culture rebels against God, rejects the need for the remission of sin through Jesus Christ, ridicules the Holy Spirit, and mocks Holiness.

Jesus Christ has made us the temple of the Holy Spirit. Satan and his angels are defeated on this earth through Jesus Christ who makes our body the temple of the Holy Spirit, “Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?” 1 Corinthians 6:19 By the remission of sin, Jesus Christ gives us the Holy Spirit which opposes the thing that wants to live in people by forming what is thought, said, done, and felt. We believe in God, and we acknowledge the need for the remission of sin through Jesus Christ and embrace the Holy Spirit to establish our walk of Holiness.

The temple of the Holy Spirit is not compatible with the intruder of thoughts, feelings, words, and behaviors. The Holy Spirit makes it very clear that we cannot dedicate our inner life to two different sources. Jesus Christ has nothing in common with the thing that forms what people think, feel, do, and say, as quoted, “And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God.” 2 Corinthians 6:15-16

Jesus Christ has eternal victory over Satan.
Jesus Christ is King of kings and the “accuser” is cast down. “Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.” Revelation 12:10

The victory proclaimed in the verse above, over the “accuser,” is the same victory proclaimed in Revelation 11:15-19, this one verse sums it up, “Then the seventh angel sounded: And there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!” Revelation 11:15

Everyone living in the Holiness of Jesus Christ knows all about the constant attacks of the “accuser.” Those attacks constantly bombard our thoughts and feelings trying to shame us, belittle us, and make us feel unworthy of living for the Gospel of Christ. On top of that, the “accuser” works through those who allow the image of the beast to live and speak through them by the thing which forms what they think, feel, do, and say. They are empowered with uncanny knowledge and heightened intuition to make us feel shame and embarrassment over our most private and personal moments.

The “accuser” will be cast down, cast down into the lake of fire and brimstone. That is the future destiny of Satan, the beast, and the second beast (false prophet). Satan is not just the “accuser” but is a deceiver of the masses of people, “The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.” Revelation 20:10

“If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.

Revelation 14:9-10

Click here for a post about the “accuser” and about us as stick pulled from the fire.

We have victory through the blood of the Lamb. “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.” Revelation 12:11

The “accuser” can point to all of our mistakes and shortcomings all day and all night, but we have the victory by the soul cleansing blood of Jesus Christ. “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.” Romans 8:1 We are a stick pulled from the burning fire, and to the “accuser” it is said, “The Lord rebuke you, Satan!” Click here for a post about being pulled from the fire. We lift up the word of the testimony of Jesus until our dying breath, “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” Romans 8:18 With the Apostle Paul, through the Holy Spirit we say, “For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” Acts 21:13

Satan rages against the source giving births to Christianity.
The coming of Jesus Christ is rejoicing for Heaven and brings wrath to this world. “Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea!” Revelation 12:12a.

The Heavens and all who live there rejoice for Jesus Christ who won the victory over sin and death and brought defeat to Satan with His death on the Cross. It was there the Lord Jesus atoned for sin and granted eternal life, as quoted, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 For those who reject the remission of sin through Jesus, there is great wrath waiting for them, on this earth in the days to come and in the afterlife.

He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 

John 3:18-19

Satan knows he has a short time on this earth and is filled with wrath. “For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.” Revelation 12:12b.

Satan is on this earth and is like an angry lion roaming around looking for someone to devour. Satan operates through the thing which forms what people think, feel, do, and say as it enables the image of the beast to live and speak through them. By what they say and do they despise the teachings of the Bible, make a mockery of belief in God, scoff at the need for the remission of sin through Jesus Christ, and ridicule the Holy Spirit. They habitually devour Christianity. They are those who are conformed to the global culture as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they say and do.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 

Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

1 Peter 5:8-10

Satan has a short time on this earth and as it stands today, it is less than “42 months,” as quoted, “And he was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies, and he was given authority to continue for forty-two months.” Revelation 13:5. We know there is less than “42 months” (from today) remaining of his reign on earth by what is written in Daniel 8:1-14. The Holy Spirit spoke through Daniel when informing us that the establishment of the United Nations [immediately after WW2 in 1945] brought the government of the beast. They used to call it the New World Order.

When the United Nations was established (global government of the beast), it led to the opening of the first of the Seven Seals. The opening of the First Seal involves the introduction of the blasphemous thing which forms what people think, feel, do, and say in every city around the world. Wrath, chaos, turbulence, and tribulation is unleashed onto the world from that time forward. The opening of the First Seal leads to the “domino effect” of opening the remainder of the seals, unleashing the wrath of the Seven Trumpets, and unleashing the Seven Plagues. Satan doesn’t have much time left in this world and it is his intent to corrupt as many souls as he can. Satan coerces people to allow the image of the beast to live and speak through them by welcoming the thing which forms thoughts, feelings, words, and behaviors.

The source giving births born through Jesus Christ is afflicted, harassed, and eliminated. “Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child.” Revelation 12:13

The goal Satan had when he was in Heaven as Lucifer did not change one itsy-bitsy bit when he was cast to earth, “For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation.” Isaiah 14:13 The only way for him to succeed in exalting himself above God is to defeat Jesus Christ, and Satan persecuted Mary for having Jesus in her womb. I can imagine the persecution Mary suffered as an unwed mother; she was legally subject to being put to death for the crime of sexual immorality.

Joseph was considering his options of what to do with Mary who was carrying a child which was not his, “Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.” Matthew 1:19 If the public would have seen that Mary was pregnant before even being married to Joseph, they would have made her a public example. They would have stoned her to death. That is exactly what Satan was trying to make happen to rid the world of the Christ child. Mary did not commit adultery but was pregnant by the Holy Spirit and Jesus was born by the virgin birth, as quoted, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” Matthew 1:20-21

Today, people who are born of the Holy Spirit by the remission of sin through Jesus Christ are subject to hardships, difficulties, affliction, and persecution of all types. The intent of the hostilities is to put to death the births of Christianity within the world. That’s because Jesus makes us the temple of the Holy Spirit. Satan wants Christianity dead so he can exalt himself above God and sit in the temple of God, our body, in the place of Jesus Christ. Satan does that through the thing which forms what people think, feel, do, and say.

The public in every city around the world has their hands in carrying out the death of the Gospel of Christ and all of Christianity. They are the anti-Christian global culture which allows the blasphemous thing to form their thoughts, words, feelings, and behaviors. It enables the image of the beast to live and speak through them and by what they do and say they intend to kill the births born of Jesus Christ. They are conformed to their place in society as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they do and so.

“But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.” Revelation 12:14

Joseph obeyed the angel sent to Him from God and accepted Mary as his wife. Even then, it was still necessary to protect Mary from the ridicule and persecution which would have come from the society around them. Satan was always looking for a way to end the birth of Jesus Christ. In a sense, Mary had to flee into the wilderness of social isolation to protect the birth of the One born of the Holy Spirit. She was nourished in her pregnancy away from the presence of the serpent.

Today, the births born of Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit does not happen in mainstream society. Christianity is abhorred by today’s global culture, and they want nothing to do with Christian births happening in their social network. The ones who are newly born in Jesus Christ have to be nourished and raised in the wilderness, outside of mainstream society. The narrow way in the wilderness leads to eternal life but the broad way of mainstream society leads to destruction.

The churches have tossed out the Gospel of Christ and are no longer a place where Christianity can be nourished. Government lawmaking no longer implements the values of the Bible in policymaking and is not a place where Christian births are nourished. The educational system does not teach the fundamentals of the Bible and is not a place where Christian births can be nourished. Every sector of society rejects Christianity and there is no place for the births in Jesus Christ to be nourished.

Floods of the global masses come against the source of Christian births and all Christians. “So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood.” Revelation 12:15

The flood of waters spewed from Satan’s mouth are the floods of people in every city around the world who allow the image of the beast to speak through them. It speaks through people by the beast that forms their words, feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. They are conformed to the global culture as they are groomed to the mark of the beast by what they are given to say and do. Those floods intend for the elimination of births through Jesus Christ. The floods mock belief in God, mock the need for the remission of sin through Jesus Christ, and mock the Holy Spirit.

We can imagine all of the snide and hostile remarks made to Mary (pregnant and unwed) coming from the floods of people. Satan would be hoping for some type of abortion to happen or to make life so unbearable for Mary even to the point of death. Today, those same type of floods, who hurl snide remarks, are active towards those who are carrying Jesus Christ within them and who give birth to Christians by spreading the Gospel of Christ. Satan wants Christianity to disappear by being carried away by the anti-Christian floods.

Today, the anti-Christian floods dominate the churches, dominates the seats in the US Congress, dominates the educational system, and dominates every sector of society. They have carried away the structure of Christianity to prevent Christian births from being born in society. They are living to build on the goals of the United Nations and to establish the global culture of the beast.

We are definitely living in the times of the fulfillment of the Revelation, as quoted below,

Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them.

And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

Revelation 13:6-8

The “he” in the verse above is the beast behind the image and mark of the beast.

The waters being spewed from the mouth of Satan like a flood also refers to the humanitarian and churchy sounding words used to pollute the Holiness of Christ. A perfect example is the soft and tender kiss of Judas used to betray Jesus Christ, which led to His crucifixion and death. Here are some examples from today’s era; the killing of the unborn is called, “Reproductive Rights,” the promotion of the LGBQT+ lifestyles is done through the, “Respect for Marriage Act,” and the global culture of the beast is referred to as a “democratic” society. They are using words of wet and watery mire to bog down and carry away the birth of those born in Jesus Christ. It is the tender kiss of betrayal. Christianity is referred to as enemies of humanity, hateful, undemocratic, bigots, etc. Click here for a post on victory in the streets of watery mire.

“But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.” Revelation 12:16

Mary had a lot of support from loved ones around her and Joseph, who helped her in her time of being persecuted for being unwed and pregnant. Mary and Joseph were both from a very prominent Jewish Tribe known as the Tribe of Judah. Prophecy in the Bible reveals that Jesus Christ would be born through the Tribe of Judah, as quoted, “The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.” Genesis 49:10 “But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals.” Revelation 5:5.

Somehow, by the grace and mercy of God, those filled with the Holy Spirit and living for Jesus Christ will be helped in a world dominated by the global culture of the beast. While the structure of Christianity is swept away by the anti-Christian floods, the faithful few who hold to the testimony of Jesus will always live on this earth. The birth of those born through Jesus Christ will be nourished and live from today’s anti-Christian world throughout the very last horrific days on earth. The Gospel of Christ will continue and the “woman” giving birth to Christians will live on, in the wilderness of a harsh and cold world.

 “And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.'” Revelation 12:17

Making war with the followers of Jesus Christ is described in the post on Revelation 13:8, “And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.”

The birth of Jesus Christ prevailed over Satan’s attempt to stop it, and the Lord Jesus has victory over Satan in His victory over sin and death. The victory of Jesus over sin happened when He gave His life on the Cross to atone for sin, and He had victory over death when God raised Him from the dead after three days. Because He lives, we will also live eternally with Him in the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and earth.

The offspring of the woman giving birth to Jesus Christ are Christians. There was absolute brutal persecution of Christianity under the Roman Empire. Routinely, the Romans would try to exterminate everyone who were living for the testimony of Jesus. As Christians of today, we can testify that the total extermination of the followers of Christ didn’t happen. Today, we are seeing Satan’s continued effort against those who even attempt to share the Gospel of Christ and hostility against anyone who lives for the testimony of Jesus. The structure of Christianity has been swept away, but as the days progress under the authority of the United Nations (global government of the beast), it will progress into physical persecution against the faithful few. We remain faithful as those born in Jesus Christ.

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1