Key Thought: The theme of the last book in the Bible, Revelation, is that Jesus wins and Satn loses. The heart of the battle is in Revelation 12.
April 1, 2023

1. Have a volunteer read Revelation 12:7-9.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. How could something like this happen in heaven?
3. Personal Application: What does the war in heaven tell us about free will? If God knows everything, why did He let it happen? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “Why didn’t God just destroy Satan as soon as he started to rebel and lead the angels away from God?” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Revelation 12:4-6,9.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What do the dragon, the woman, the man-child, and the rod of iron represent?
3. Personal Application: How did Satn persecute the woman after Christ left, and how did he try to kill the baby as soon as he has born? Share your thoughts
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “Why did God send the devil to the earth? Couldn’t He have destroyed him or sent him somewhere else in the universe where he couldn’t bother anyone?” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Revelation 12:17.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What does the remnant of the woman’s seed represent and why is Satan so angry with them?
3. Personal Application: What does the testimony of Jesus mean to you? (See Rev 19:10, 22:9) What does having the gift of prophecy mean to you? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states: “Keeping God’s commandments is legalism. Jesus said obedience depends on loving God and man. So Satan hates those who show love. Satan doesn’t love, nor those who are following him. Love is accepting and encouraging everyone. We shouldn’t worry about how people live, speak, or act. We should be accepting and not confrontational or accusatory of anyone.” How would you respond to your relative?

4. Have a volunteer read Revelation 12:10-16.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. Where is the wilderness and what is the earth that helped the woman?
3. Personal Application: What is the time, times, and half a time mentioned here?
   Share your thoughts.
   (Note: 360 days, + 720 days + 180 days or years = 1260 days or years. 538AD Justinian’s Code – 1798AD Berthier took the Pope captive. 1260 years of Papal supremacy in political control in affairs in Europe.)
4. Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.

(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared.”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).

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As depicted in the Bible, Jesus has never lost a battle with Satan. He is the mighty conqueror. The victor over the powers of evil. It is one thing to believe that Jesus was victorious over the temptations of Satan; it is quite another thing to believe that Christ’s victory is our victory, as well.

Read Revelation 12:10. What encouragement should you get from the fact that your accuser “has been cast down” (NKJV)?

Although the battle still rages on earth, Satan has lost. Period. This is true not only of Christ’s ultimate victory at the climax of human history, but it is also true in our battle over the principalities and powers of evil in our personal lives. Some Christians live in frustrated defeat. They are hoping for victory over some attitude or habit but never grasp the reality of Christ’s victory for them in their personal lives.

Read Revelation 12:11. What assurance of victory does Christ give us in this passage?

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Seven times in Revelation’s messages to the seven churches we find the expression, “he who overcomes.” Here in Revelation 12:11 we find this concept of overcoming again. The word “overcome” in the original language of the text is nikao. It can be literally translated “to conquer, to prevail, to triumph, or to come through victoriously.” Notice how it is possible for us to be overcomers. Revelation 12:11 affirms that it is “by the blood of the Lamb.”

In Revelation 5:6, in prophetic vision, John gazes into heaven and sees “a Lamb as though it had been slain” (NKJV). The sacrifice of Christ is the focus of the attention of all of heaven. There is nothing more sublime to demonstrate the infinite, unfathomable love of God than the cross.

When we accept by faith what Christ has done for us, our debt is canceled, and we stand perfect in the sight of God. Our sins are forgiven (Colossians 1:14, Ephesians 1:7, Colossians 2:14), and the “accuser of our brethren … has been cast down” (Revelation 12:10, NKJV). We are redeemed, victorious, and saved, not because of our own merits but because of Christ’s victories in our behalf.

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