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Will Satan the Devil Die?
Three Biblical Accounts of Satan’s Death!
Satan the Dragon
Chapter 24 Preview: The envoy (apostle) Paul believed in “the King of Kings and Sovereign of sovereigns Who ALONE has immortality”. Is Satan immortal as well? Elohim (God) said to Satan: “You were the seal of perfection” and “You were in Eden”. He then proclaimed, “I’ll hurl you to the ground” and “I’ll destroy you” and “turn you into ashes on the earth” and “You’ll come to a terrible end and cease to exist forever.” This chapter explains virtually everything that the Bible has to say about the topic.
Most of humanity believes in the doctrine of the immortality of souls. They believe that all of Yehovah’s created beings, humans, Spirit Messengers (angels) and demons have an eternal consciousness. The truth is that “The compensation for sin is death [did Satan sin?]; but the pardoning of sin by Yehovah results in eternal Life, thru our Master Yeshua the Messiah”. (Romans 6:23). Paul believed in “who alone has immortality, living in unapproachable light, who no one has ever seen or even can see. To Him be honor and dominion forever and ever”! (1 Timothy 6:16) Check out the exact meaning of “immortality” in Greek and English: it means “not die”! Yet billions believe that the devil is also immortal.
Let’s begin this study by examining a passage that presents a significant clue as to Satan’s fate. Prior to the Great Tribulation, will Satan know that his days are numbered?
Revelation 12:12 So the heavens should be joyful and those of you who live there. Pity the land and the sea, because the deceiver has been cast down to you, filled with rage, knowing that his time is short.—The Gabriel Bible
Chapter being expanded in October 2025 {after 27 years}
Yehovah (God is a generic title) intends to stop Satan by slaying him, because “if it weren’t for those days [of Satan’s reign] being terminated, no one would survive”. Yehovah’s purpose is to conquer the earth before we, under the influence of Satan destroy ourselves! Yehovah is no respecter of people” (or Satan), and “the wages of sin is death”.
Revelation describes his stay in “the abyss” [abussos, “bottomless pit”].
Satan’s first death is similar to that of his beastly government and leader:
Revelation 17:8 The predatory beast that you saw who was, and is not, is 'destined' to reascend before long from the bottomless pit and go to his destruction. The inhabitants of the earth will be amazed (everyone whose names are not written in the Book of Life [1] that was written from the creation of the world), when they see the predatory beast that was, and is not, and yet is coming.
[1] The Greek seemingly says “were not”, as virtually every translation from it says. The Aramaic says “Are not.” But names are in the Book of Life unless they are blotted out. Revelation 3:5; Exodus 32:33; Deuteronomy 29:20. Weymouth may be the only Greek translator who understood this verse—that it doesn’t contradict the other verses about the Book of Life. His version says, “Whose names are not in the Book of Life, having been recorded there ever since the creation of the world.” The Weymouth was freshly translated from the Greek in the nineteenth century, without reference to previous versions. It wasn’t simply a revision of the Tyndale, like virtually every other Greek translation appears to be.
Up until now, Satan has been a very useful tool, helping Yehovah to quickly and accurately separate the “wheat” (the harvest of humanity) from the “tares” (worthless weeds). Notice that the tares are burned BEFORE the wheat is gathered into “my grainary” (barn).
Matthew 13:30 They must both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I’ll tell the harvesters to gather the tares out first, and tie them in bundles to be burned, and then bring the wheat into my granary.
Once Yehovah has carefully chosen His Kings and Priests to share the responsibilities in helping Him to govern the planet, the conversion process will change dramatically. The rest of humanity will be openly dealt with in a “hands on” manner and Yehovah’s knowledge will fill the earth. Until the end of the “thousand years”, Satan’s “services” will not be required.
Isaiah 14 meticulously explains an account of Satan’s death that without any doubt takes place immediately after the Second Exodus—the time described in great detail in Ezekiel 37 (Just prior to the Gog and Magog war in Ezekiel 38 & 39), when all 12 tribes of Israel—not just the Jews, will inherit the entire promised land. This has certainly never happened yet. This topic takes into consideration a lot of details, yet between Isaiah 14, Ezekiel 28 and one other accounting, we can precisely connect Satan’s death with the most astonishing event in Bible prophecy, following the return of Yeshua and His Father to Jerusalem. (Daniel 7:9-28). What follows is a major answer and another question!
Isaiah 141-23 Yehovah will have mercy on Jacob and choose Israel again, and settle them in their own land. Immigrants [voluntary proselytes] will join them and merge with Jacob’s descendants. 2 The nations will escort them to their 'homeland'. The House of Israel will take their captors captive and rule over their oppressors, making them servants and handmaids—ruling over their oppressors in Yehovah’s chosen land.
3 When that day comes, Yehovah will give you rest from your sorrow and trouble and from the harsh labor that you endured.
4 Then You’ll taunt the King of Babylon by saying:
“How the tyrant has ceased! The slave driver has ceased! 5 Yehovah has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers 6 who struck people down with wrath and incessant blows, who furiously subdued the nations with relentless tyranny. 7 The entire region [eretz]; is at rest and quiet. They [Babylon’s victims] burst into shouts of joy. 8 Even the cypress trees and the cedars of Lebanon gloat over you and say, ‘Since you were downed, no lumberjack has come against us.’
9 “Sheol [the grave; “hell”: KJV] below is excited about meeting you at your coming. It wakes up the spirits of the dead for you, all the lead goats of the earth; it raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones. 10 They will all say to you, ‘You’ve become as weak as we are! You’re just like one of us! 11 Your pride has been brought down to sheol, along with the sound of your stringed instruments. Maggots are spread out like a bed beneath you and worms are your covers.’
12 “How you’ve fallen from heaven, Morning Star [not Lucifer!], son of the dawn! You’ve been cut down to the ground, you who brought down the nations! 13 You said to yourself, ‘I’ll ascend to heaven! I’ll raise my throne above the stars of Elohim! I’ll sit on the mount of assembly in the furthest parts of the north! 14 I’ll ascend above the highest clouds! I’ll make myself comparable to the Supreme!’ 15 Yet you’ll be brought down to sheol, to the depths of the pit.
16 Those who see you will gaze at you and ponder, ‘Is this the man [1] who caused the earth to quake and made the kingdoms tremble, 17 who made the world like a wilderness and overthrew its cities, who wouldn’t allow his captives to go home?’
18 “The kings of the nations all lie sleeping in splendor, each in his own tomb. 19 But you will be hurled from your tomb like a highly detestable branch, covered with the slain who were impaled with swords, who descend to the stones of the pit like a trampled corpse. 20 You won’t join them in burial because you’ve destroyed your land and slaughtered your people. May the offspring of wicked people never be mentioned again! 21 Prepare a slaughter house for his children because of the sins of their ancestors [that they imitate] so they’ll never rise up and take over the earth or fill the surface of the earth with such cities.”
22 “I’ll rise up against them,” says Commander Yehovah “and wipe out Babylon’s [royal] name [reputation?], offspring and posterity,” says Yehovah. 23 “I’ll make it a home for hedgehogs [or owls, etc.] and pools of water. I’ll sweep it with a broom of destruction,” says Commander Yehovah.
So this chapter sets the stage during the time when all of Israel (not just the Jews in 1948) return to the Promised Land—the time when, as it says “Yehovah will give you rest from your sorrow and trouble”—obviously still not here yet in 2025!
So it will be within this exact context, this time period, when Satan will die. We’ll examine this in more detail soon enough.
But there is a second account of Satan’s death during the same time period. It’s within the most detailed chapter in the Bible about the rebirth of Israel as a nation—NONE OF WHICH FITS INTO 1948!
It is vital to understand the circumstances and timing of Ezekiel 37—realizing that it is not about the Jewish homeland in 1948. That only helped set the stage for the end-game—the whole of end-time prophecy concerning BOTH HOUSES of ISRAEL being united. That understanding is of paramount importance! Lacking that understanding is far more dire than picking up on the detail about the fate of Satan!
Most of Christianity is entirely in the dark about this pivotal point (not to mention the detail I’m focused on here about Satan being killed!) So only after debunking the biggest error among prophecy teachers (about 1948) should you even concern yourself about the demise of Satan! (That’s a detail that the “Churches of God” have yet to see.) And while I believe them to be one of the seven end-time assemblies (churches) of Revelation Chapters 3&4, and have impressive knowledge, they do seem to have missed the memo about “knowledge shall increase” in most of the last 100 years. The ones I am familiar with are apparently afraid to change much of anything that their “apostle”, my distant cousin Herbert W. Armstrong ever came up with.
The Dry Bones [1] and the Two Sticks
1 The hand of Yehovah was on me, and He brought me out by 'Yehovah’s spirit' and set me down in the middle of a valley full of bones. 2 He had me wander all around them. The valley was covered with them and they were very dry! 3 He asked me, “Human son, could these bones live?” I answered, “Sovereign Yehovah, only You know.”4 Then He told me to prophesy to these bones, and tell them, “You dry bones, listen to what Yehovah 'has to say'.” 5 This is what the Sovereign Yehovah says to these bones, ‘I’ll cause breath to enter you, and you will live. 6 I’ll replace your tendons and recreate all your flesh, cover you with skin make you breathe again, and you’ll come to life. Then you’ll realize that I am Yehovah.”
7 So I prophesied just as I was instructed to do. While I was prophesying, there was a noise [or voice], an unforgettable rattling and the bones came together, bone to bone. 8 As I was watching, tendons appeared on them, flesh formed and skin covered them, but they weren’t breathing!
9 Then He told me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of Adam, and say to the breath, ‘The Sovereign Yehovah says, Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, so that they’ll come to life.’” 10 So I prophesied just as He instructed, and breath entered them, and they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.
11 Then he said, “Human son, these bones 'represent' the whole (or “all of the”) House of Israel [2]. They say, ‘Our bones have dried up and our hope is lost, ‘Israel’ is finished!’ 12 So prophesy and tell them that the Sovereign Yehovah says, ‘I’ll open your graves, and bring you out of your graves, My people, and I’ll bring you back to the land of Israel! 13 You’ll realize that I am Yehovah once I’ve opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, My people. 14 I’ll put My spirit in you and you’ll live, and I’ll settle you in your own land. Then you’ll realize that I, Yehovah, have 'predicted' it and 'fulfilled' it, declares Yehovah.’”
The Meaning of the 'Trees' (two “Sticks”) and the Dry Bones Metaphores!
15 The Word of Yehovah came to me again. He said: 16 “Human son, take a 'tree' and write on it: ‘Praise Judah and his Israelite companions.’ Then take another 'tree', (the 'scion wood' representing Ephraim) and write on it: ‘Joseph increases, as well as the House of Israel, his companions.’ 17 Then graft them together as if they were one 'tree', and they’ll become one in your hand. 18 When your 'fellow Israelites' ask you, ‘Are you going to tell us what you mean by this’? 19 Tell them, ‘The Sovereign Yehovah says He’ll take the 'scion wood' of Joseph that’s in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions, and 'graft' them onto the 'tree' of Judah, merging them into one 'tree', and they’ll be one in His hand!’ 20 “The 'trees' that you write on will be in your hand where they can see them (See Romans 11:19-24).
The 'Trees' and Bones Explained:
21 Then explain to them: “The Sovereign Yehovah says He’ll take the Israelites from among the nations where they’ve gone, and gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land. 22 He’ll make them one nation in the land on the mountains of Israel. One king will be over all of them. They’ll never be two nations or two kingdoms again. 23 They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or their detestable things or with any of their rebellion, because He’ll rescue them from everywhere they’ve settled and everywhere they’ve sinned. He’ll cleanse them so they’ll be His people, and He’ll be their Elohim.Israel Cleansed, King David Ruling
24 “His servant David will be their king, and all of them will have one Shepherd [John 10:11]. They’ll 'live by' His regulations and carefully obey His unchanging tenets. [3] 25 They’ll live in the land that He gave to His servant Jacob, where their ancestors lived. They and their children and their grandchildren will live there forever, and His servant David will be their prince forever. 26 He’ll make a [New] Covenant of peace with them. It will be an EVERLASTING COVENANT [4] with them, and He’ll establish them and increase their numbers, and set His 'special' place among them forever. 27 His home [New Jerusalem] will also be ABOVE them. He’ll be their Elohim, and they’ll be His people. 28 The nations will know that Yehovah made Israel 'special', when His 'special' place [Ezekiiel’s 'Temple': chapters 40-47] [5] is among them forever.”
[1] See my Comments on Israel’s Bones & the Two Sticks (search words: Ten Lost Tribes). [2] My favorite Jewish website carefully explains that the “Whole House of Israel” does not include any Jews, because they are the “House of Judah”! This is almost universally misunderstood by Christians. But it will include a lot of Christians, among others! [3] Fig tree Nation or Fig tree Generation? Aside from the years/dates mentioned, this is the best explanation I know of about what the fig tree represents—the dry bones! [4] Learn more about the Everlasting Covenant in Isaiah 55:3-5, Isaiah 61:8-9, Jeremiah 32:40-41, Jeremiah 50:4-5, Psalm 105:7-11. [5] “I go to prepare a Place for you ... ” John 14:3 Ezekiel 38 Prophecy - When Will Russia Attack Israel?These all refer to the same FUTURE EVENT! In 2 Samuel 23:5, David essentially explained that the entire plan of the Bible as given to Abraham—and that David had inherited—was yet to be realized! Yeshua was actually crucified and resurrected to ensure the fulfilment of the Everlasting Covenant, and now it is about to actually happen: Hebrews 13:20—The New Covenant, Coming Soon!
Here the King of Babylon is introduced, but the Devil is literally in the details!:
Isaiah 14
Fallen From Heaven
1 Yehovah will have mercy on Jacob and choose Israel again, and settle them in their own land. Immigrants [voluntary proselytes] will join them and merge with Jacob’s descendants. 2 The nations will escort them to their 'homeland'. The House of Israel will take their captors captive and rule over their oppressors, making them servants and handmaids—ruling over their oppressors in Yehovah’s chosen land.3 When that day comes, Yehovah will give you rest from your sorrow and trouble and from the harsh labor that you endured.
4 Then You’ll taunt the King of Babylon by saying:
“How the tyrant has ceased! The slave driver has ceased! 5 Yehovah has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers 6 who struck people down with wrath and incessant blows, who furiously subdued the nations with relentless tyranny. 7 The entire region [eretz]; is at rest and quiet. They [Babylon’s victims] burst into shouts of joy. 8 Even the cypress trees and the cedars of Lebanon gloat over you and say, ‘Since you were downed, no lumberjack has come against us.’
9 “Sheol [the grave; “hell”: KJV] below is excited about meeting you at your coming. It wakes up the spirits of the dead for you, all the lead goats of the earth; it raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones. 10 They will all say to you, ‘You’ve become as weak as we are! You’re just like one of us! 11 Your pride has been brought down to sheol, along with the sound of your stringed instruments. Maggots are spread out like a bed beneath you and worms are your covers.’
12 “How you’ve fallen from heaven, Morning Star [not Lucifer!], son of the dawn! You’ve been cut down to the ground, you who brought down the nations! 13 You said to yourself, ‘I’ll ascend to heaven! I’ll raise my throne above the stars of Elohim! I’ll sit on the mount of assembly in the furthest parts of the north! 14 I’ll ascend above the highest clouds! I’ll make myself comparable to the Supreme!’ 15 Yet you’ll be brought down to sheol, to the depths of the pit.
16 Those who see you will gaze at you and ponder, ‘Is this the man [1] who caused the earth to quake and made the kingdoms tremble, 17 who made the world like a wilderness and overthrew its cities, who wouldn’t allow his captives to go home?’
18 “The kings of the nations all lie sleeping in splendor, each in his own tomb. 19 But you will be hurled from your tomb like a highly detestable branch, covered with the slain who were impaled with swords, who descend to the stones of the pit like a trampled corpse. 20 You won’t join them in burial because you’ve destroyed your land and slaughtered your people. May the offspring of wicked people never be mentioned again! 21 Prepare a slaughter house for his children because of the sins of their ancestors [that they imitate] so they’ll never rise up and take over the earth or fill the surface of the earth with such cities.”
22 “I’ll rise up against them,” says Commander Yehovah “and wipe out Babylon’s [royal] name [reputation?], offspring and posterity,” says Yehovah. 23 “I’ll make it a home for hedgehogs [or owls, etc.] and pools of water. I’ll sweep it with a broom of destruction,” says Commander Yehovah.
As in Revelation 12:7-17, the Hebrew language uses different tenses than our past, present and future. This too happens at the end of this age.
Continuing: 12 “How you’ve fallen from heaven, Morning Star [not Lucifer!], son of the dawn! You’ve been cut down to the ground, you who brought down the nations! 13 You said to yourself, ‘I’ll ascend to heaven! I’ll raise my throne above the stars of Elohim! I’ll sit on the mount of assembly in the furthest parts of the north! 14 I’ll ascend above the highest clouds! I’ll make myself comparable to the Supreme!’ 15 Yet you’ll be brought down to sheol, to the depths of the pit.
16 Those who see you will gaze at you and ponder, ‘Is this the man who caused the earth to quake and made the kingdoms tremble, 17 who made the world like a wilderness and overthrew its cities, who wouldn’t allow his captives to go home?’
So is this about a man or Satan? Is it possible for a spirit being to be converted to flesh and then killed? Isn’t that what happened to Yeshua?
Isaiah 14:18-19 “The kings of the nations all lie sleeping in splendor, each in his own tomb. 19 But you will be hurled from your tomb like a highly detestable branch, covered with the slain who were impaled with swords, who descend to the stones of the pit like a trampled corpse.
This is not history—it’s Judgment Day!
Continuing: 20-21 You won’t join them in burial because you’ve destroyed your land and slaughtered your people. May the offspring of wicked people never be mentioned again! 21 Prepare a slaughter house for his children because of the sins of their ancestors [that they imitate] so they’ll never rise up and take over the earth or fill the surface of the earth with such cities.”
Again as for timing the context, it is plain that Satan has just committed all of the atrocities mentioned here and is about to be killed.
Continuing:22-23 “I’ll rise up against them,” says Commander Yehovah “and wipe out Babylon’s [royal] name [reputation?], offspring and posterity,” says Yehovah. 23 “I’ll make it a home for hedgehogs [or owls, etc] and pools of water. I’ll sweep it with a broom of destruction,” says Commander Yehovah.
The Assyrian (modern-day Iraq) Crushed
Continuing:24 Commander Yehovah has sworn, “Just as I intended, so it will happen, and just as I planned, so it will stand. 25 I’ll crush the Assyrian in My land, and I’ll trample him under foot on My mountains. Then his yoke will be removed from them and his burden removed from their shoulders.” 26 This is the plan in store for the entire region, and this is the hand that is reaching out against all the nations. 27 Commander Yehovah has planned it, and who can stop it? Once His hand is reached out; who could turn it back?”
28 This 'burdensome prophecy' came during the year that King Ahaz died:
29 None of you Philistines should be celebrating now that the [Jewish] rod that struck you is broken, because from the serpent’s stock a viper will emerge, and his 'offspring' will be a flying dragon. 30 The 'poorest' of the poor will eat, and the needy will lie down in safety. But I’ll destroy your root with famine, and your survivors will be killed.
31 Wail, you gates! Cry out, city! Melt in fear, Philistia, because a dust cloud is coming from the north. There are no stragglers. Everyone is in their appointed place. 32 What should we tell the ambassadors of the nations? Tell them, “Yehovah has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of His people WILL TAKE REFUGE.”
Is Satan made of tougher “stuff” than Yeshua is? How is it that Yehovah was able to convert His Son to mortal flesh and then allow Him to be killed by men? Logic would indicate that an all knowing Creator would never create a being, give him tremendous power, and make him of more permanent “stuff” than Himself! Will you ever be made of more permanent “stuff” than Yeshua?
Verses 16 and 19 indicate that Satan’s form will be changed, people will have difficulty comprehending that this is the being who “made the earth tremble”, (v.16) he won’t appear invincible then. Satan will be “thrown out of his grave”, (v.19) he won’t have a decent burial. He, once converted to a fleshly body, will be subject to death, as was Yeshua. He will literally be “thrust thru with a sword”. (This is his first death. There is a “second death” by fire for the wicked (Revelation 2:11), and there is death by “fire” in store for Satan as well, as we’ll see.)
Finally he’s tossed into a pit. None of this seems to indicate that Satan is immortal! Earlier in the chapter there is an obviously dual prophecy—its later fulfillment is of far greater importance. The prophecy concerns the ancient King of Babylon, ruler of the nations, (v.6). Satan has always strongly influenced the actions of human leaders. Satan is the real ruler of the nations.
So Isaiah saw Satan die in the future.
As Luke said (4:5-7) When Satan tried to corrupt Yeshua, he took Him “up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world” and said “So if you’ll pay homage to me, everything will be Yours”.
At Satan’s first death he will become maggot food!
Finally, Ezekiel tells us that, as the city of Tyre, Satan will be exterminated:
Ezekiel 27:36...You’ve come to a terrible end, and you’ll cease to exist forever.’” [Compare to Isaiah 23]
As the human prince of Tyre “will die the death of the slain” (Ezekiel 28:8) that is how Satan’s first death will be. These verses are as clear as any in the Bible. It is apparent that the human prince of Tyre was possessed by Satan himself, as he was “wiser than Daniel”—Satan incarnate! The historic death of this infamous being, who insisted that (v.2), exactly parallels Satan’s death when Yehovah will again say: “You are a man [mortal] and not a god”! And as men killed him with a sword “amid the seas” (v.8), so Yehovah will kill Satan in “the seas”. This is the manner of Satan’s first death.
Ezekiel saw Satan die in the future.
The at least somewhat symbolic use of the word “seas” is an interesting study in itself. It is quite frequently associated with people being led by Satan in opposition to Yehovah’s people. The first reference in this regard would be Exodus 14:20-28, concerning the destruction of the Egyptian army in the Red Sea. Revelation 21:1 describes the end of the “sea”. I associate this “sea” with the “flood” of Revelation 12:15-16. Other references concerning the “sea” are: Isaiah 23:11, Isaiah 57:20, Jeremiah 6:23, and Ezekiel 26:3,5,16-17.]
There are three chapters in the Bible that reveal most of what we know about Satan. Let’s start with Job 41: the Leviathan. Is this entire chapter describing an extinct sea creature or does Leviathan have the unique earmarks of Satan? Could there be more to this than a fire breathing fish tale? Leviathan certainly is invincible right now. You can’t “hook” or “snare” him (v.1), he is beyond “overcoming” (v.9), you can’t skin him (v.13), no “sword” has yet hurt him, nor “spear, dart or javelin (v.26), nor arrow” (v.28). Most revealingly, “He is KING over his proud children” (v.34).
Job never mentioned seeing Leviathan’s destiny. He didn’t see him die. What was to become of Leviathan, the “king” may have been left as a mystery to Job. Perhaps it was a way of informing Job that without humility (that he aptly proved himself quite short on in the previous 40 chapters), his destiny too was being called into question.
So Job didn’t see what was to happens to Leviathan, the answer was hidden from him, but it shouldn’t be hidden from you:
Scripture reveals the “who, what, where, when, how and why” of Leviathan’s destiny. There are three other verses scattered thruout the Bible that briefly mention Leviathan, here a little, there a little. ALL of these references indicate that he will die! Psalm 74:14 clearly states WHO destroys Leviathan. “You [Yehovah] broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces ....” This beast has multiple heads—parallel to the beast of Revelation. Another reference says: “There is that Leviathan”, and like the rest of Yehovah’s creatures He sustains them, yet, “You take away their breath, they DIE and return to the dust”. (Psalms 104:26-29) Who is Leviathan?
The final reference in Isaiah puts the destiny question about Leviathan “that twisted serpent” most succinctly; how he will die:
Isaiah 27:1 When That Day Comes* [Ch 27:21 above] Yehovah will punish Leviathan with His fierce, large and very sharp sword, the fugitive Leviathan, that twisted serpent. He’ll kill the dragon * in the sea.
WHAT will happen once Leviathan is removed?
After the demise of Leviathan in verse 1 we see that:
Isaiah 27:6 In times to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and sprout. They’ll fill the surface of the earth with fruit.
WHERE does Leviathan die? ! Keep this location in mind. WHEN does Leviathan die? The timing for Leviathan’s death coincides with the Restoration of Israel, as the entire context of Isaiah 27 shows. Verse 1 was not randomly inserted. Yehovah had a reason to put the final reference to Leviathan where He did!
Isaiah 27:13 When That Day Comes, the Great Shofar [1] will sound, and those who were dying in the land of Assyria and those who were banished to the land of Egypt will come and worship Yehovah on the 'special' Mountain in Jerusalem.
[1] The “Great Shofar” of Isaiah 27, particularly vs 12-13 corresponds with the Seventh Shofar (“trumpet”) of Revelation 11:15—adding the pertinent backstory!And WHY will he die? Yehovah will stop Satan, BY SLAYING HIM WITH A SWORD, because, [of Satan’s reign] being terminated, no one would survive.”.
“The second coming” is a rescue operation! Once Yehovah has sifted out all of the people who are inclined to want to follow Satan’s way of life, He will be poised to rule the world:Actually ALL of Isaiah 26 is describing the same time period—the time when Leviathan is destroyed.
Isaiah 26:9...when Your judgments are on the earth the world’s inhabitants will learn righteousness.
This wonderful time will be preceded by the Great Tribulation; and again Satan knows that he will die soon.
1 Corinthians 15:24 Then the end of these events [3] comes, when He’ll have handed over the Kingdom to Yehovah the Father, when every ruler and every government and every powerful force will have been overthrown.
[3] “The end” of the age, the sixth millennium, is mentioned several times in Daniel 11 and 12 and Matthew 24. The end of the fourth age is mentioned in Hebrews 9:26.
We shouldn’t assume that Satan will be given preferential treatment in regard to eternal life:
Acts 10:34 Then Simon said, “The truth is, I now realize that Yehovah doesn’t discriminate between people.
Some people, noticing the connection between the end time human “Beast” and Leviathan, assume that Leviathan merely symbolizes a human army. Armies are often tools of Satan, but notice the strict distinction between the end time “Beast” and his army:
Satan does get some “preferential treatment” when it comes to death! I surmise that Satan and one of his chief demons will possess the bodies of two deplorable people and pass themselves off as Yehovah’s “Two Witnesses”.
Job described Leviathan as a seemingly invincible beast frolicking in the sea. Leviathan is a many headed beast (Psalms 74: 14) in the same sense as the beast of Revelation’s account.
Revelation 13:1 As I stood on the sand of the sea [1], I saw a predatory beast [Aramaic “A beast of the tooth”] coming up out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on his horns and blasphemous names on his heads.
[1] Murdock accidentally moved this phrase and made an 18th verse in chapter 12. (The original Etheridge version skewed all of the verse numbers.)
Compare this to the “sea beasts” that Daniel saw:
Daniel 7:2-3 Daniel said, “In my vision one night, I saw four spirits [or winds] from heaven stirring up the 'Mediterranean' Sea. 3 Four huge wild beasts came out of the sea, each different from the others. [1]
[1] This prophecy doesn’t really match any past event. Of these 27 translations only the Literal Standard Version and Young’s Literal Translation transcend the past and become a present day warning.
Of course the term “beast” is illustrative of the savage nature of the kingdoms that are described by Daniel:
However, Daniel’s end time account also specifies that the beastly armies are led by a pompous speaking “horn” ruling over ten other horns. These horns are defined as kings:
Daniel 7:19-25 Then I wanted to know the significance of the fourth wild beast, since it was different from the rest of them, so very terrifying. It crushed and devoured its victims with iron teeth and bronze claws before trampling what was left with its feet. 20 I also wanted to know about the ten horns on its head and the other horn that came up before the three that fell down, namely, the horn that had eyes and a mouth that boasted so arrogantly, and that seemed larger than the others. 21 As I watched the little horn was waging war against the 'chosen' ones, and overpowering them 22 until the Ancient of Days [the Father] came and pronounced judgment in favor of the 'chosen' ones of the Most Supreme, and the specified time came for the faithful to take possession of the Kingdom.
23 Then he explained: “The fourth wild beast will be a fourth royal super power on earth. It will be different than any other kingdom. It will devour the whole earth, trampling and crushing it. 24 As for the ten horns, ten kings will come from this kingdom, then another will rise to power after them. He’ll be different than the previous ones, and he’ll subdue three kings. 25
Daniel 7:25-28 He [the Beast] will speak against the Most Supreme, and wear down by constant harassment cherished [holy] ones of the Most Supreme, and his plan will be to make alterations to time, and the cherished ones will be handed over to him [the Beast] for a time, times and half a time.
The account ends with the “chief beast” having his “sovereignty” or “realm” (alternate translations of “dominion” removed forever. Satan will never again be sovereign over the world’s spiritual, political and economic realms again.
JUDGMENT DAY
Matthew 25 describes a first hand narrative by Yeshua about His return. “When the Human Son comes” (v.31) there will be a Judgment Day. “Then he will say to those on is left hand, depart from Me you cursed, into the ‘ever’ [age] lasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels”. This judgment includes Satan, as well as the (human) beast and the false prophet (Revelation 19:20) and the immediate judgment of many other incorrigible men. (Isaiah 66:15-16, Matthew 13:30)
Some survivors of the Great Tribulation, when given “a new lease on life” will not be grateful. Isaiah spoke of a time when judgment was coming—after judgment had just come and peace was being established:
Isaiah 26:10-14 Even if favor is shown to the wicked, they still don’t learn to do what is right. Even in a land of righteousness they go on doing evil and disregard Yehovah’s majesty. 11 Yehovah, Your hand is lifted up to strike, yet they don’t see it. They’ll see Your zeal for the people and be ashamed. Indeed, fire will devour Your enemies. 12 Yehovah, You’ll establish peace for us since You’ve already done everything else for us. 13 Yehovah our Elohim, other masters besides You have ruled over us, but we only acknowledge Your name. 14 They are dead, they won’t live again. Those departed spirits won’t arise. You’ve punished them and destroyed them, and deleted all memory of them.
Immediately after the “thousand years”, more tares will have accumulated in the latter harvest. Satan, fresh out of the pit, will personally “gather them together to battle” effectively, bundling them for Yehovah to burn:
Revelation 20:7-10 When the thousand years are finished, Satan will be released from his prison 8 and go out to seduce the nations in the four corners of the world, Gog and Magog, and gather them for battle. Their number is like grains of sand in the sea. 9 They swarmed over the broad expanse of the world, and surrounded the 'cherished' assembly of the 'chosen ones', the greatly loved city. And fire came down from Yehovah out of Heaven and consumed them. 10 The Accuser who seduced them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the predatory beast and the false prophet were thrown. They’ll be tormented day and night for a period of time, an age.
Revelation 20:14 Death and Sheol [9] [Ar/Heb meaning grave] were thrown into the lake of fire. The second death is the lake of fire.—The Gabriel Bible
[9] The profound prophecy in verses 14-15 occurs at the very beginning of the Everlasting Kingdom. On Judgment Day there will no longer be anyone in a grave awaiting judgment—no dead, no unopened graves! The people resurrected to life will never face death again. And those resurrected to death will burn up in the fiery pit without further delay. But humans surviving into the 7th millennium will live on long enough to face their own judgment one way or another. Even priests during the 7th millennium will lose their wives to death: Ezekiel 44:21-22. Then after the 7th millennium, a great many will burn up in a fire storm—verses 7-10 above! Consider the entire context of Isaiah 25. The entire process will take 1,000 generations, most of it yet to occur! Deuteronomy 7:9; Psalm 105:8; 1 Chronicles 16:15, this is a three time covenantal promise!
Satan has a literal “second death” along with the rest of the wicked. But even Satan’s fire will burn out in a period of time.:
Revelation 19:20 The predatory beast was captured along with the false prophet who performed miraculous signs 'on his behalf'. By these signs he deceived those who had accepted the mark of the predatory beast [not the link’s last paragraph] and who worshiped his statue. [5] They were both cast as still breathing mortals into the lake of fire ablaze with sulfur.
[5] A secondary meaning for the Greek protos is “most important” or “best.” It isn’t necessarily first in time order. In the parable of the sower (Matthew 13:30), the harvest represents the resurrection, and the tares are burned before the wheat is put into the barn.
Revelation 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.—King James Version
The added word “are”, used in many modern Bibles and in the KJV would indicate that the beast and the false prophet are living in eternal flames. Using the implied word “were” is more accurate in this verse because people burn up! The tense of this thought must be determined by the context.
...“They were both cast...” Who are “they”? Is someone else mentioned in this context going to be “tormented day and night”? “THEY will be tormented” but they will become ashes! If Satan is really to burn “forever” then “they”, that is, “the beast and the false prophet” will also! It also appears to say that humanity will suffer forever, however it is “the smoke” (the effect) of the fire that lasts forever (Revelation 14:9-11). In light of all the rest of the Bible, this also must be taken to mean that only the effect of the burning is forever. For more on this see Heaven and Hell. The outcome is much better than you were probably taught.
How long is the aion, or age, that the beast and the false prophet and Satan will be “tormented”? This is important to explain fully because the “forever” guys hang all of their hopes on this one verse! The literal wording in Greek is “to the ages of the ages”. Must that mean “for eternity”. It can be translated that way, but can another duration be specifically determined from the Bible? Examine some other places where John used “to the ages of the ages” to gain some insight. John used the phrase more than all of the other gospel writers put together.
Revelation 1:6 and has made us a priestly kingdom [Aramaic Malkutho koknoitho] for Aloha and His Father. To Them belongs praise and power, forever and ever. Aw-main'
Revelation 22:5 There will be no more night, and they’ll have no need for the light of a candle or of the light of the sun, because Yehovah enlightens them, and They will reign forever and ever.
Notice that the “forever and ever” that we will rule only lasts for a thousand years!
Revelation 20:6 Blessed and 'chosen' is anyone who has part in this first [or best] [5] resurrection, over them the second death has no influence, but they’ll be priests of Yehovah and of His Messiah, and they’ll reign with Them during the thousand years.
[5] A secondary meaning for the Greek protos is “most important” or “best.” It isn’t necessarily first in time order. In the parable of the sower (Matthew 13:30), the harvest represents the resurrection, and the tares are burned before the wheat is put into the barn.
Here is the key! Reigning “to the ages of the ages” simply means that We will rule over our human brothers and sisters as “Kings and Priests” with Yehovah and His Messiah for exactly a “THOUSAND YEARS”, and then something else will happen. This arrangement won’t last forever. “Forever” in Greek can simply mean an unspecified period of time. Context is necessary to determine the duration. At the end of Revelation, we are talking about a millennium.
“Forever and ever”, or “to the ages of the ages”, is about “DOMINION” and “KINGS” and “KINGDOMS” and “REIGNING” and “THRONES” for specifically “A THOUSAND YEARS”! It does mean something else for Satan and his Babylonian system tho: And THEY will be tormented day and night ‘forever and ever’ or “to the ages of the ages”. “Forever” ends for Satan shortly after “the thousand years have expired”.
Revelation 19:3-4 Again they shouted, “Hallelujah! Her smoke ascends forever and ever.” 4 The twenty-four elders and the four beasts fell down and worshiped Yehovah, sitting on the throne saying, “Aw-main'! Hallelujah”!
The stinking smoke will also end!
King David also spoke about “forever and ever” in the same terms:
Psalm 145:1-4,10-15,20-21 1a A Psalm of praise by David. 1b I’ll praise You, my Elohim the King. I’ll praise Your name forever and ever. 2 I’ll praise You every day. I’ll praise Your name forever and ever. 3 Yehovah is great and highly worthy of praise! No one can fathom His greatness! 4 Each generation will commend Your works to the next, and proclaim the powerful things You’ve done... 10 Yehovah, everything that You have made will thank You. Your 'special' ones will praise You. 11 They’ll speak of the splendor of Your Kingdom, and talk about Your power. 12 They’ll reveal to 'humanity' His mighty acts, the splendor of the majesty of His Kingdom. 13 Your kingdom is an Everlasting Kingdom. Your dominion endures thruout every generation. [Aramaic: Yehovah is faithful in all His words, and loving in everything He does—Clarke’s Commentary] 14 Yehovah supports everyone who falls, and raises up all those who are bent over under burdens. 15 Everyone 'looks' to You. You give them their food right on time... 20 Yehovah protects everyone who loves Him, but He’ll destroy all the wicked. 21 'I' will proclaim Yehovah’s praises. And every creature will bless His 'special', name forever and ever.
Notice that all of the references to “forever and ever” are tied directly to “generations” of humans, the 1,000 year “kingdom” and even providing “food”. Who believes that “ALL FLESH shall bless His 'special', name ‘forever and ever’”
Then Yehovah is forever finished with Satan. Satan’s second death is vividly portrayed in Ezekiel.
Satan himself is claiming to be Elohim and sitting on His very throne:
Ezekiel 28:2 Human son, tell the leader of Tyre, ‘The sovereign Yehovah says: You are so 'conceited', you claim,“I am El, and I occupy the throne of Elohim amid the seas.’ But you’re a man, not Elohim, tho you 'pretend' to be Elohim.
Most Bibles translate the above verse inconsistently. The first reference to el they say is “a god” and the second they translate as “God”. The subject did not make a radical change in mid sentence. Satan incarnate—will not claim to be “an elohim”, he will claim to be Elohim!
Ezekiel told of the time when Satan will be converted into human form and will sit “in the seat of Elohim” still claiming “I am God”, as if the event had already happened. Notice that this time, Satan’s death is caused by “spontaneous combustion” and his ashes will be scattered on the earth!
Ezekiel 28:11-19 The Word of Yehovah came to me. He said, 12 “Human son, raise a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and tell him that the sovereign Yehovah says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and exquisite in beauty. 13 You were in Eden, Elohim’s paradise. You were adorned with every kind of precious stone: ruby, topaz, diamond, beryl, onyx, jasper, lapis lazuli [“sapphire”] turquoise and emerald. Your tambourines and mountings were crafted in gold. They were prepared on the day you were created. 14 I appointed you as a guardian cherub. I had appointed you to overshadow [i.e. the mercy seat]. You were on the 'special' mountain of Elohim, you walked among the fiery stones.
15 “You were blameless in your ways from the day that you were created until violence was discovered in you. 16 Your lavish commerce resulted in your being filled with violence, and you sinned, so I’ll throw you off of Elohim’s mountain as something profane, and I’ll [imperfect 'tense'] destroy you, overshadowing cherub, amid the stones of fire. 17 You became arrogant because of your beauty. Your wisdom has been corrupted by your quest for splendor. So I’ll hurl you to the ground in the presence of kings so they can gaze at you. 18 By your many sins and your dishonest trade, you’ve profaned your 'palaces'. So I’ll bring a fire from within you that will incinerate you. I’ll turn you into ashes on the earth for everyone to see. 19 Everyone who knows you thruout the nations will be appalled at you. You’ll come to a terrible end and cease to exist forever [2].”. [2] There is more on this “man” in 2 Thessalonians 2:1-10
Revelation also mentions Satan’s second death—his death by fire, as we’ll soon see.
A friend of mine, Regina Wilson, after reading my rough draft of this chapter began an effort to persuade her church’s doctrinal committee to consider all of the evidence that Satan and the demons will be destroyed. She cited the following verses as a part of the evidence, in letter form, on 1/25/00.
Mark 1:23-25 In their synagogue there was a man with an unclean spirit who began shouting, 24 “What do you want with us Yeshua of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? We know who You are—the 'cherished' One of Yehovah.” 25 Yeshua scolded him. He said, “Muzzle your mouth and come out of him.”
The demons are also to die and they know it!
Hebrews 2:14-15 Since the children all shared a flesh and blood existence, He too shared in these very things, so that by His death, He could [ultimately] destroy the one who possessed the power of death, namely Satan, 15 and liberate those who were slaves all of their lives due to their fear of death.
Yeshua died in order to “destroy” Satan! Did you ever wonder why Yeshua had to give His life instead of saving the world in some less painful manner? Here is the simplified answer that Yehovah has revealed! There may be a story behind this Biblical reference that is awaiting us. I think perhaps Satan “had” obtained or been entrusted with a special “power”, more specifically “kratos”: meaning “great dominion”. Somehow “through death”, Yeshua deprived him of that “power of death”, freeing us of the “fear of death”. Yeshua became our Passover Lamb and Satan’s executioner!)
Strong’s concordance translates the “destroy” used in the above two verses as, “to destroy fully, destroy, die, lose, mar, perish”.
“Destroy” seems like a clear enough word in the Greek, but Regina’s “Church” ) representative attempted to use a Protestant dictionary to weasel out of the clear Biblical understanding. Rather than argue Greek, Regina responded; “you chose to use Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, 1985, translation of “apollumi” as “The idea is not extinction but ruin, loss, not of being, but of well being.” She added, “Yet, I think you would agree, this same this same word ‘apollumi’ when used in all of these [following verses] really does mean to ‘utterly destroy’”.
Here are the other verses she quoted using “apollumi” in her follow up response.
Matthew 2:13 After they left, a Messenger of Yehovah appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up and take the Child and His mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, because Herod is going to search for the Child in order to destroy Him.”
Matthew 10:28 Don’t be afraid of those who can kill the body but can’t kill the consciousness [psyche, Gr: psuche]. Instead, be afraid of the One who can destroy both your 'spirit' [Gr. psuche, “inner self”] and your body in Gehenna.
Matthew 21:41 They replied, ‘He’ll utterly destroy them and lease the vineyard to other sharecroppers who will give him his share of the harvest.
Matthew 27:20 But the high priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to demand Barabbas and destroy Yeshua.
Luke 13:3 No, but I assure you that you will all be destroyed as well, unless you amend your ways.
John 3:16 Yehovah loved the world so much that He gave His unique Son, so that whoever continues believing [present, active] [4] in Him would not be destroyed, but have eternal life.
[4] See shemitah link
See link about this verse.
Faced with sheer logic, the church rep chose to agree to disagree.
There is another word derived from apollumi that is worth noting:
Revelation 17:8 The predatory beast that you saw who was, and is not, is 'destined' to reascend before long from the bottomless pit and go to his destruction. The inhabitants of the earth will be amazed (everyone whose names are not written in the Book of Life [1] that was written from the creation of the world), when they see the predatory beast that was, and is not, and yet is coming.
[1] The Greek seemingly says “were not”, as virtually every translation from it says. The Aramaic says “Are not.” But names are in the Book of Life unless they are blotted out. Revelation 3:5; Exodus 32:33; Deuteronomy 29:20. Weymouth may be the only translator who understood this verse—that it doesn’t contradict the other verses about the Book of Life. His version says, “Whose names are not in the Book of Life, having been recorded there ever since the creation of the world.” The Weymouth was freshly translated from the Greek in the nineteenth century, without reference to previous versions. It wasn’t simply a revision of the Tyndale, like virtually every other Greek translation appears to be.
Apoleia means “the destruction of damnation [judgment]”.
Another friend, in a paper on Azazel, used a lexicon rather than check the usage of “abad” in other Hebrew contexts in an effort to conclude that Satan will not die.
Quoting:
Ezekiel 28:16 Your lavish commerce resulted in your being filled with violence, and you sinned, so I’ll throw you off of Elohim’s mountain as something profane, and I’ll [imperfect 'tense'] destroy you, overshadowing cherub, amid the stones of fire.
The words “’ll destroy you” are a translation of the Hebrew verb “abad”.
Abad is defined as follows:
Gesenius’ places a great deal of emphasis on an exception to the rule. While “abad” can occasionally have other applications, such as lost sheep etc. A simple search of all the places where abad is used shows that the overwhelming majority of uses of the word simply have to do with “utter destruction”.
Here is an example from the Hebrew word “abad” being used exactly as “apollumi” is in the Greek.
Psalm 21:7-12 The king trusts in Yehovah. Because of the faithful love of the Supreme One, he’ll stand firm. 8 You will 'grab' all of Your enemies. You will seize everyone who hates you with your right hand. 9 You’ll roast them as in an oven when You 'appear'. Yehovah will incinerate them in His anger. The fire will burn them up. 10 You’ll annihilate their descendants from the earth, their posterity from the human race. 11 Tho they intended to harm You [as does Satan] and devised a wicked plan, they won’t succeed. 12 You’ll put them to flight when You aim arrows from Your drawn bows at 'them'.
Yehovah didn’t mince any words.
“Destroy” used here clearly means that they will die. Look up all of the other places that “abad” is used, there is virtually never any ambiguity in the understanding that it simply concerns death!
My friend drew another conclusion in the same paper concerning Leviticus 16:20-28 that I question. I’ll summarize his perspective: Leviticus has an account of two goats: one “for the Lord” and the other “for the scapegoat” or the Azazel goat. The scapegoat, supposedly representing Satan, is set free “into the wilderness” where he is to this day. The other, representing Yeshua, is killed “for a sin offering”.
He concluded that because the scapegoat is not killed here, that Satan would never be killed. However, if this chapter were about eternal destiny, then Satan would be living forever and Yeshua would be left dead forever! It will be just the opposite in the end. Eternal destiny is obviously not the purpose of Leviticus 16! In fact neither of these sheep represent Satan, but that is another story.
Satan’s Fall
When exactly did Satan fall from heaven (in this case the sky) and take a third of the angels with him? Yeshua made a very short reference to it:
Luke 10:18 He told them, “I saw Satan fall like a lightning flash from the sky.”
The context has to do with casting out demons. He seemed to be saying “You were surprised to see a demon temporarily inconvenienced” (after all, they have a way of returning after they have been cast out: Luke 11:24-26), “but I saw Satan himself falling right out of the sky.”
Here is a question to consider. Can we assume that Satan falling from the sky is the same event that Peter spoke of in reference to the time of the flood? Here is all Peter had to say about it:
2 Peter 2:4 If Yehovah wasn’t lenient with the angels who sinned, but imprisoned ['tartarooed'] [2] them in chains of darkness reserved for a painful judgment,
[2] Tartaroo is actually a Greek verb! That’s about the only accurate thing to be found in a lexicon, since verbs simply aren’t nouns! So I ‘doubly verbalized’ tartaroo into ‘tartarooed’ to make a point. These angels will burn during the Judgment (Deuteronomy 32:22-24), but they aren’t burning now. The Aramaic brings out the fact that they are in “sheol” (1 Peter 3:19)! Revelation 9:14 says they are in the Euphrates river, while verse 11 calls their place of restraint ‘the abyss’! An abyss is usually a very cold and wet place.
Peter was of course speaking about the nephilim mentioned in Genesis 6:1-4 who were incarcerated and are apparently to be released later (Revelation 9:14-15) to ‘raise hell’.
If you think that Satan has been in a place of restraint since then it’s time to wake up.
A name that Satan claimed for himself is Morning Star (Lucifer! This is the being who I intend to show is yet to be seen falling from the sky. Yeshua saw this falling star the same way that John saw him, as he described in Revelation:
Revelation 9:1-2 The fifth messenger blew his shofar, and I saw a star in the sky fall to the ground. He [the “star”] was given the key to the bottomless abyss. 2 He opened the bottomless pit and smoke came out of the pit, like smoke from a blast furnace. The smoke from the pit darkened the sun and the air.
Don’t be confused by the past tense that the book of Revelation is written in. He wrote in the past tense as an eye-witness account of what he actually saw. And whether you believe he saw a vision, or believe that he actually “time traveled” into the future and reported what he saw, he still told the whole account as if it had already happened.
So far we have only seen snippets of angels in restraint. But here is the only place where angels getting their wings clipped takes place, and the context puts it squarely into the future. Not to say that these angels hadn’t already defected, the point is that Revelation 12 is a prophecy, not a history lesson. This little chapter provides all of the context relevant to timing necessary.
Revelation 12:1-12 'Amazing imagery' was seen in the sky: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon beneath her feet, and a crown of twelve stars on her head. [Genesis 37:9] 2 Being pregnant [1], she cried out from birth pains and agony about to give birth. 3 Another sign appeared in the sky, an enormous red Dragon [Gr. drakon] that had seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems were on his head. 4 His tail 'swept' away a third of the stars [angels, Revelation 9:1] in the sky and cast them to the ground. The Dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that as soon as she had given birth he would devour her Son.
5 She [Israel] 'had given' birth to a Son who is to rule all nations with a scepter of iron. Her Child was quickly taken up to Yehovah and to His throne. 6 Then the woman fled into the wilderness where Yehovah had prepared a place for her, so that THEY [2] could nourish her for 1,260 days.
The Dragon Cast Down
Continuing:7 Then there was war in the sky, Michael and his messengers fought against the Dragon, and the Dragon and his angels waged war, 8 but they were 'defeated'. And there was no longer any place for them in heaven [the sky] [3]. 9 The huge Dragon was thrown down, the ancient Dragon who is called the Deceiver and the Adversary who seduces the entire inhabited world was thrown to the ground and his angels were thrown down with him.
10 I heard a 'loud' voice from the sky say, “Now there is eternal life and power, and the Kingdom of Aloha, and the dominion of His Messiah, because the Accuser of our friends who accused them day and night before Aloha has been thrown down. 11 They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and because of their spoken testimony. They didn’t love their lives ‘so much that they wouldn’t 'risk' death’. 12 So the heavens should be joyful and those of you who live there. Pity the land and the sea, because the deceiver has been cast down to you, filled with rage, knowing that his time is short.
[1] This looks to be a bit more involved than just Yeshua being the first-born Son: Exodus 4:22 Then you can tell Pharaoh, ‘This is what Yehovah says, ‘Israel is My firstborn son... This woman represents the re-birth of a nation in a Second Exodus (Isaiah 66—not just verse 8, as in 66:15 & 16!). These surviving Israelites are the remnant seed stock of the twelve tribed nation that was destined to bless the entire world (Genesis 12:1-3), we just never thought it would take this long. [2] Most modern Greek versions omit the original Aramaic source “THEY”! [3] John saw a future skirmish where Satan will cast one third of the messengers (angels) to the ground (v.4). (It would seem that Satan would never do that to his own guys.) This will start a full on war. This time the Dragon and pals get the boot. So by verses 7-13 the Dragon has boots on the ground. Satan is presently “The prince and power of the atmosphere.” (Ephesians 2:2). This is not history, it is revelation!
The Dragon Cast Down
Revelation 12: (Resuming) When the Dragon saw that he had been cast to the ground, he persecuted the woman who had given birth to the Son. 14 The woman was given the two wings of a huge eagle so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place of habitation, where she would be nourished for a time, times, and half a time, from the ‘presence’ of the serpent. 15 The Dragon spewed water from his mouth like a river toward the woman, attempting to sweep her away by the flood. 16 But the earth helped the woman. It opened its mouth and swallowed the flood that the Dragon had spewed from his mouth. 17 The Dragon was furiously angry with the woman, and he went off to make war with the rest of her offspring, those who obey the Commandments of Yehovah [TORAH] AND have THE TESTIMONY OF YESHUA.
So when Yehovah finally “grounds” Satan and his angels, he is going to be very angry and take out his wrath on the 'cherished ones' (saints).
Earth, The Proving Ground
Making sons of His Messengers (angels) was never a part of Yehovah’s plan, and the existence of mortal man is no proof that the angels (or demons) are immortal. Men will die and angels will die!
Hebrews 1:5 To which of the spirit messengers did Yehovah ever say, “You are My SON, today I have become your Father”, or, “I’ll be His Father and He’ll be My Son?”
Yehovah is quite capable using the earth as a “proving ground” for men and angels “whether or not” His master plan for them and for the universe is understood during the test! After the coming worldwide conflict, Yehovah will just sift out the wicked and continued working with the rest!
How did Christianity come up with the idea of the Serpent, Satan, being immortal—certainly not from the Bible. A likely source is The Egyptian Book of the Dead. The Early Egyptians believed that Sata was immortal—so long as he was reborn daily. I will quote just one small part from this ancient religious text:
Could it only be the strangest of coincidences that Sata the serpent, when fitted with an “n” is Satan the serpent?
Satan’s first trick is to get you to believe that he doesn’t even exist: Out of sight—out of mind.
If that fails, then he wants you to believe that he will always exist! Sin a little because “resistance is futile”.
Why would anyone want Satan to be around forever? When I was a small child I asked my grandfather, a protestant minister, if he was sure about hell and burning forever. He was sure, but I remained unconvinced. The idea of eternal misery appears no more logical, for an Elohim of love, to me now than it did when I was a child. The only reason one could really “worship” such a vengeful “God” would be to avoid that punishment. In my teen years, I learned that Yehovah was too merciful to permit man to suffer that way. Why should Satan be any different? Sure, he has brought untold misery to mankind, but Yehovah caused us to occupy the same planet! I am distressed when one of my chickens is suffering, but Yehovah watches over even the sparrows. Furthermore, Yehovah detests unclean things. Why would He cleanse everything else, eliminating even the memory of the names of the wicked, but leave such an abominable thing out in the back forty? I won’t bury trash on my property, even when it is far more expedient than hauling it away, because I’d simply know that it is here!
If Yehovah were to leave it up to you: life in the lake of fire for Satan or capital punishment, which would you choose? Which fate would be more merciful? Is Yehovah less merciful than you? What motivates people to want to leave Satan in misery forever? Does the Bible back up that claim?
