William Bode

Friday, May 03, 2013 A costly defeat! (First published on 12/19/11, edited and republished 03/05/13) {Middle of the last book of the Bible} Revelation 12:9 This great dragon—the ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world—was thrown down to the earth with all his angels. ----------------------------- The Devil is real! Here in Revelation chapter 12 you get a great correlation of information, Dragon, Serpent, Devil, Satan, "fallen" Angel all referring to the same entity or being. Satan is described as this great enemy of God and accuser of us who believe in God. If you read on in the passage (included below) you'll see those people that Satan accuses are the same who defeat him by the Blood of the Lamb. You with Jesus defeat Satan! Not only is there a great enemy but He is defeated. But at a cost? We win but blood is shed. And it is the blood of Jesus and his followers' blood that is shed. The defeat of Satan is sure, but it is also sure that it is costly to defeat him. Jesu