Matt 12 is, just as you said, about Christ's Authority over stana an dhis demons = to cast them out of PEOPLE
Ahhh, first, do you now admit that you never told me
Matthew 24 to me on this thread? Humm?
Second, you do not understand who are Satan and his angels of Revelation 12. They are not "demons" which the word is not found in my KJV Bible. They are the
devil or
devils in places where the modern translations these as "demon" or "demons," as if they are created by God in heaven. Nope. Do you even know what is the
devil? Consider wisely:
Rev 12:9
(9) And the
great dragon was cast out, that
old serpent, called the Devil, and
Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Satan and the "devil" are the same spirit - the spirit of man! Listen to what Christ said:
Joh 6:70-71
(70) Jesus answered them,
Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
(71) He spake of
Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.
Jesus said it plainly:
“one of you is a devil.” Notice, He did not say Judas was
possessed by a devil.
No! Jesus called Judas
a devil because it was his
own rebellious spirit — his nature and his actions — that went against the will of Christ. He was not the chosen one to be saved. Never was yet he is one of the 12 to show us that there are many antichrists like him among us in the church today. Judas was not merely a victim of an outside force; he himself was acting out the will of Satan, his own spirit.
Rev 18:2
(2) And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying,
Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and
is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of
every foul spirit, and a cage of
every unclean and hateful bird.
Christ is not describing Babylon as if it’s filled with celestial, winged creatures called “devils” or “demons.”
No! He is talking about
men — false prophets, false christs, and those deceived by them. These people operate under the
spirit of Satan. Their own disobedient, corrupt spirit is what God labels as “devils.”
This is exactly how God sees them:
- They carry the nature of Satan.
- They spread his lies.
- They embody his rebellion.
Therefore, they are called
“devils” — not because they are supernatural beings, but because they are messengers and vessels of the same spirit of rebellion that defines Satan himself. Now go back to Revelation 12:
Rev 12:7-9
(7) And there was
war in heaven:
Michael and his angels fought against the
dragon; and the
dragon fought and his angels,
(8) And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
(9) And the
great dragon was cast out, that old serpent,
called the Devil, and Satan, which
deceiveth the whole world: he was
cast out into the earth, and
his angels were cast out with him.
Do you imagine God is speaking of
winged celestial beings here? Absolutely not. The Greek word
[aggelos] means
messenger — not a floating spirit-being as tradition falsely teaches. Likewise, the Hebrew word
[mal’ak] in Daniel also means
messenger, not “angel” in the mystical sense people have invented.
This mistaken belief that God created a special race of supernatural winged beings called “angels” is a dangerous distortion. Scripture calls them
messengers — and the question is,
whose message are you carrying? You are either a messenger of Christ or a messenger of Satan, depending on the spirit that rules you! Selah!
So in verse 7, this “war in heaven” is not a sci-fi clash of spirit beings in the sky. It is the war inside the
kingdom of heaven on earth at that time — the Old Testament congregation.
Michael (Christ) and His true messengers (Peter, James, John, etc.) fought against the false messengers: the Pharisees, Scribes, and Jews who rejected Christ. These men were not neutral; they bore the spirit of Satan within them!
Christ casting them out signifies that He removed their kingdom-representative status. They were stripped of being God’s spokesmen and exposed as Satan’s messengers. The old testament congregation has fallen and Christ rebuilt it as a church where we as his messengers now representing Him by preaching the gospel ever since Pentecost.
And mark this well: the same pattern will strike the
New Testament Church. False prophets, false christs, and their followers will seize rule within the Church itself. That corrupted body is the
Babylon the Great the Lord warned about — is now full of devils (people) who wear Christ’s name but operate under the
spirit of Satan just like the Pharisees, Scribes of Old Testament! Get it??
Christ RESERVES His Authority to cast satan into a sealed prison at His RETURN = 1 Peter 5:8 , Revelation 20:1-4
But that statement of yours shows a
complete misunderstanding of what the
bottomless pit truly represents. You imagines it as a
literal sealed prison where Satan will one day be locked up physically. That’s false doctrine.
The
bottomless pit is not a geographical hole in the ground or in space — it is a
spiritual condition symbolizing
Satan’s restriction. His power to deceive the nations was
restrained for the sake of God’s Elect, so that the
Church could be built through the preaching of the Gospel after the Cross.
Therefore, Satan was
already bound when Christ triumphed at Calvary and began gathering His people from every nation. The “bottomless pit” signifies that
his influence was limited, not that he was thrown into a literal dungeon as you brainwashed!
And you have the
timing completely wrong. Satan’s binding was not something postponed to Christ’s Second Coming — it was the direct result of Christ’s
first victory at the Cross.
