Satan's gradual downfall - Bill salus Article

[Spartan Sprinter]

An excellent article by Bill Salus on Satan's gradual downfall

The Final War in Heaven: (Revelation 12:7-12) :: By Bill Salus

(Article taken from The FUTURE WAR Prophecies book by Dr. Bill Salus) “So it will happen on that day, That the Lord will punish the rebellious angels

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[Hol]

Thanks for posting this @Spartan Sprinter

From the article:

The sequence of events that led to Satan’s rapid decline is as follows:

1. The restraint upon the Devil gets removed, (2 Thessalonians 2:7).
2. Satan employs supernatural deception to deceive mankind into believing “The Lie,” (2 Thess. 2:9-12).
3. The Brethren, those who get saved after the Rapture, but before the second 3 ½ years of the Tribulation Period, don’t fall for “The Lie,” (Rev. 12:10).
4. Satan has them martyred (Rev. 6:9-11) through the Harlot World Religion, (Rev. 17:6).
5. Satan is forced to find fault with these brethren in order to justify their martyrdoms.
6. Satan presents his accusations of these murdered Brethren before God and all the angels, good and bad, in the heavenly court, (Rev. 12:10).
7. The Devil’s defense for causing their deaths does not win over God, and Satan’s accusations are thereby overruled.
8. Satan wages war against Michael and the good angels to avoid getting permanently evicted from heaven, (Rev. 12:7-8).
9. Michael wins, and Satan and his fallen angels get cast down to earth, and the doors to heaven are permanently locked to them, preventing their return, (Rev. 12:9).
10. Satan creates woeful conditions for the inhabitants of the earth during the last 3 ½ years of the Tribulation Period, (Rev. 12:12).
11. Jesus Christ returns in His Second Coming and along with His good angels, (Matthew 16:27).
12. One of these good angels, apparently an ordinary angel, binds Satan with a great chain and casts that Devil into the Bottomless Pit for 1,000 years, (Rev. 20:1-3).
13. Then, Isaiah 24:21, which was quoted at the start of this chapter and again below, finds final fulfillment.

“So it will happen on that day, That the Lord will punish the rebellious angels of heaven on high, And the kings of the earth on earth” (Isaiah 24:21, NASB).

 

[mattfivefour]

I'm sorry, but I think Bill Salus's arguments are too fanciful. I don't see them as a result of what I consider sound exegesis. They didn't sway me in the least. (I don't like being this negative, but I need to be honest.)

 

[Spartan Sprinter]

I'm sorry, but I think Bill Salus's arguments are too fanciful. I don't see them as a result of what I consider sound exegesis. They didn't sway me in the least. (I don't like being this negative, but I need to be honest.)

Where do your viewpoints differ to Bills?

Is it how he's saying what Satan can and can't do ??

I'm genuinely interested as i like to see others view points to see whether i'm reading into things correctly or there's something i've missed that should have discerned better.

 

[mattfivefour]

Where do your viewpoints differ to Bills?

Is it how he's saying what Satan can and can't do ??

I'm genuinely interested as i like to see others view points to see whether i'm reading into things correctly or there's something i've missed that should have discerned better.

It seems to me that Bill has constructed a narrative and then applied verses to support it, including some verses out of chronological order (eg: in his points 3,4 and 6). Plus I personally do not believe Scripture teaches that Satan has the power at this time that Bill ascribes to him. And I am among those who view the Revelation references to the woman giving birth and Satan's fall from heaven as explanatory historical parenthenthetical inserts into the future narrative.

Respectfully, I have no peace at this point over what Bill has written regarding this current topic. Nor, for that matter, am I yet convinced of his Psalm 83 exegesis. Others can come to their own conclusions, but I must follow the leading of the Spirit as I understand if at the moment.

I am not saying I am right on this, but I have to go with what I receive from Scripture as I prayerfully study it. God has been very good to me over the years to give me a sound understanding in doctrinal issues in order to be able to preach and teach. And there is just something that strikes me as not right in Bill's latest book, for the reasons I've tried to explain. Sometimes it is hard to communicate a spiritual check when part of it comes from a subjective feeling in addition to objective facts.

You asked.