And we find that he is standing before the woman and wanting to devour her child as soon as it was born. So we started with pagan Rome, and then John takes us back to heaven, where this war is going on, and identifying who this dragon is, and why this dragon wants to destroy the seed of the woman.
When were Satan and his angels cast out into the earth, as we read there in Ezekiel 4.4? In Ezekiel 4.7, there was war in heaven.
Now this war began before this earth was created, and we read about that in Isaiah 14, 4-14, and Ezekiel 28, which we have gone there before, but we are not going to go there tonight. And I just recommend that you read about that, Satan's game plan, you know, when he first came against the government of God and wanted to sit in the place of God. Again, that's Ezekiel 28, and Isaiah 14, 4-14.
When were Satan and his angels cast out into the earth? Ezekiel 4.7 says, and there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not, neither was their place found anymore in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out.
That old serpent called the devil, and Satan was to deceive the whole world. He was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. So, a couple more people joined.
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Just as the woman symbolized two things, obviously Mary, and secondarily the church, so we will discover that the dragon also symbolizes two things. We have learned that the dragon primarily represents Satan. I mean, it's very clear that dragon is that old serpent called the devil and Satan.