What CHILD+ is This ?
2021 ADVENT MEDITATION #6
UN-holy angels who sided with the satan in the cosmic rebellion are NOW on earth. They were cast there early in the history of the cosmos, long before man.
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And she brought forth a MAN CHILD+,
Who+ was to rule all nations with a Rod of Iron:and her CHILD+ was caught up unto GOD,and to HIS throne.
Revelation 12:5
Revelation 12
12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in Heaven; a Woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a Crown -- a STEPHANOS -- of twelve stars:
2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
3 And there appeared another wonder in Heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of Heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the Woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her CHILD+ as soon as it was born.
UN-holy angels who sided with the satan in the cosmic rebellion are NOW on earth. They were cast there early in the history of the cosmos, long before man.
Undoubtedly, if these stars were balls of burning gasses, with a third of Heaven’s suns in that number landing upon the earth, the earth would have been obliterated !
We have already seen Job 38:7 which records that these “stars” were angels who could sing: [ Where wast thou . . .] When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of GOD shouted for joy?
The LORD JESUS tells us plainly in Revelation 1:20 ~
The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in My+ right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
So, the third of the “stars” cast down to earth were UN-holy angels who sided with lucifer. These UN-holy angels were changed into demons. Although they will be cast into the LAKE of FIRE at the end, they are still alive and working on earth.
Recall Matthew 25:41. The LORD JESUS tells us for whom the LAKE of FIRE was originally prepared. Then HE+ warns us repeatedly in Scripture about WHO will be cast into Everlasting Fire:
Then shall he [ The KING+ ] say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from ME+, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
“Ye cursed” are those who SIDE WITH SATAN . . . in sin, in serving Self, in failing to LIVE OUT their faith and follow JESUS CHRIST as LORD of their lives.
According to John 15:1-6, those whose faith does not produce works of Righteousness --- even though attached to the TRUE VINE+ --- will be taken away, cast forth as a branch, and be burned.
They will join the devil and his angels in the LAKE of FIRE.
Revelation 20:15 ~
And whosoever was not found written in the BOOK OF LIFE was cast into the LAKE OF FIRE.
Now then, about how many angels-turned-demons were cast onto the earth during the cosmic rebellion ?
Dr. Wilbur N. Pickering* makes an interesting statement in his footnotes in his New Testament translation at Revelation 12:4, footnote b, page 557. * See footnote at the end of this article.
He notes :
“It is generally understood that this refers to those angels who joined Lucifer in his rebellion—note that verse 7 refers to the dragon and his angels. If the 2/3 are over 100 million ( 5:11) then this 1/3 must be over 50 million—more than enough trouble to go around.”
So, let’s look at Revelation 5:11 to see exactly to what Dr. Pickering is referring.
5:11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the Living Creatures and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand [ myriads ] times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
5:12 Saying with a loud voice, WORTHY is the LAMB+ Who+ was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing.
Dr. Pickering’s footnote a at verse 5:11, page 548 states:
“10,000 x 10,000 = 100,000,000, so the good angels are over 100 million. If we understand correctly from Revelation 12:4 that a third of the original angels followed Lucifer in his rebellion, that meant that there are some 50 million demons out there. Good grief !”
However, when taking into account the billions of people populating the modern world, 50 million demons may be a very LOW estimate.
LET US PRAY:
Heavenly FATHER,
Thank YOU for sending Your Beloved SON+ for us, the LAMB+ of GOD, during the First Advent. How badly we needed HIM+ !
But, dear FATHER, the myriad of demons are swarming the earth, leading all astray, from the people at the bottom of society unto the elite rulers of countries . It is obvious that top decisions are made by rulers and elite ones who are being led by demons.
O LORD, help me NEVER to side with satan ! Help me to monitor my own flesh and Self-indulgences in order that I may not leave my First Love of JESUS.
Let me perceive when those sly, tormenting spirits are trying to make me act like them or even think like them.
In JESUS’ Name, I rebuke my family spirits of every sort, those spirits which have tormented my family line for generations, lining up souls to be devoured by the satan.
Help me to be aware when I give satan a toe-hold into my being by my self-pity, resentment, bitterness, anger, and rebellion. Let me not open the door of my soul to these spirits.
Against THEE, and THEE only have I sinned by serving Self !
Turn me , O LORD. Create in me a clean heart, O GOD, and renew a right spirit within me. And keep me safe.
And, prepare me for The Second Advent of JESUS CHRIST onto planet earth. Then --- at that point in time --- those millions of demons will be dealt with by The LORD+ of lords and KING+ of kings . Glory to GOD in the Highest !
This I pray in the all-powerful name of JESUS CHRIST my LORD and SAVIOR. Amen.
* Dr. Wilbur N. Pickering
Wilbur N. Pickering, a Christian missionary living in Brasilia, Brazil, has a ThM., PhD. in Linguistics. He is a former Wycliffe Translator in Brazil, starting in 1958. He began working with the Apurina people in 1961 after 3 years of preparation, according to the Foreword in his NT translation.
He resigned from Wycliffe in 1996 to pursue other interests. Although retired, he is currently a translator, teacher, preacher, missionary and an expert in Greek manuscripts, having obtained and collated 22 Greek manuscripts himself.
Thus, he ranks with Herman C. Hoskier and DEAN John Burgon as knowledgeable concerning the intricacies of the Greek New Testament Manuscripts.
He has written an excellent modern English translation of the New Testament based on the Byzantine manuscripts. It is called The Sovereign Creator Has Spoken: Objective Authority for Living, The New Testament with Commentary, 2nd Edition, 2016.
His New Testament can be freely downloaded from his website at www.prunch.org. Attribution / documentation is available at http://thechristiancommons.com .
He also wrote The Identity of the New Testament Text IV (fourth edition) , 2014. This is a technical book , full of statistics and charts that are invaluable to the serious student of the Greek manuscripts of the New Testament which we have extant.
See his website for more information.
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