Comments on: How did Satan fall to earth? http://BibleQ.info/answer/1745/ Bible Questions Answered Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jonathan Morgan http://BibleQ.info/answer/1745/comment-page-1/#comment-325 Jonathan Morgan Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:55:50 +0000 http://BibleQ.info/?p=1745#comment-325 If the dragon falling leads to the coming of the kingdom, what does verse 12 mean when it talks about the heavens rejoicing, while the earth and sea have woes. Surely the kingdom of God coming from heaven to earth would be a time of rejoicing, not of woe? Then after the woman has fled into the desert verse 17 refers to the dragon going off to make war on the rest of the woman's offspring, those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. Surely such persecution shouldn't be happening to the saints after the kingdom of God has come? Similarly, Revelation 13 seems to follow directly on from Revelation 12, and it refers to another beast which the dragon gives its authority to, and this other beast is also blaspheming God and making war on the saints and conquering them, all of which seem to me to point to a time before the coming of the kingdom. If the dragon falling leads to the coming of the kingdom, what does verse 12 mean when it talks about the heavens rejoicing, while the earth and sea have woes. Surely the kingdom of God coming from heaven to earth would be a time of rejoicing, not of woe? Then after the woman has fled into the desert verse 17 refers to the dragon going off to make war on the rest of the woman’s offspring, those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. Surely such persecution shouldn’t be happening to the saints after the kingdom of God has come?

Similarly, Revelation 13 seems to follow directly on from Revelation 12, and it refers to another beast which the dragon gives its authority to, and this other beast is also blaspheming God and making war on the saints and conquering them, all of which seem to me to point to a time before the coming of the kingdom.

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