I’m not sure if this is the appropriate place to put this. When the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth
1) when did the dragon see that he was cast unto the earth?
2) how did the dragon get cast unto the earth that made him wroth knowing but his time was short? Knowing his time was short and he was cast unto to the earth; he went to make war… ...
The texts:
Rev 12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
Rev 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Rev 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
Rev 12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
"saw" means 'to perceive, or understand with the 'eye' of the mind/heart' (G1492; see also Genesis 3:5-7; or Luke 11:44; 1 Corinthians 13:2, 14:16; Acts 15:6, 24:22 and many others).
In other words, when the devil understood because of the event that took place.
The "event" was Calvary (AD 31; Daniel 8:13-14,26, 9:25; Hebrews 2:3, etc):
Rom_5:6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
Additionally, "cast down" (vs 10), is not the same as "cast out" (vs 9). "cast down" refers to office or position of authority. Christ Jesus took that back from him (satan) by being victorious at Calvary (Matthew 28:18). The devil had previously wrested it (deceitfully) from Adam the first, who had been given "dominion" of the earth (in stewardship under God), but because of Adam the last (Jesus, 1 Corinthians 15:45) the devil lost it. The "cast unto the earth" (vs 13) means that the devil, that serpent of old, that dragon, is now stuck (set/cast) down here (1 Peter 5:8), and can no longer go back to the Heavenly council (as before in Job; 1 Kings 22; 2 Chronicles 18) as representing this world.
The devil knows his time is short because he studies the prophesies of God, even of Daniel (Ezekiel 28:3, etc), and they know the general time (Matthew 8:29) with which they can 'work' evil, 6 days (6,000 years), see Genesis 1:1-2:3, therefore, since Calvary they had just 2 'days' left (2 Peter 3:8).