ROD OF GOD COMES TO BEING PEACE – Part 8
Rejected Son Returns as Judgment Rod to Bring Peace to Us!
February 22, 2009
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Psalm 2:7-9 – I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
[8] Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. [9] Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
REVELATION 12:5 – And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
Matthew 2:6 – And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
He was rejected as ruler over his chosen people, but now he waits in heaven to return as the Lion of Judah, who has all power in
heaven and earth, and he will indeed rule with a rod of iron.
Hebrews 10:9-14 – Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
[10] By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. [11] And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: [12] But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; [13] From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
[14] For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
Matthew 28:18 – And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
REVELATION 12:5,6 – And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. [6] And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
The woman is Israel and the wilderness is the Negev of Israel. I will not spend any time elaborating on this verse.
Prophecy Updates 5 through 11, found in our Prophecy Archives, contain more information on this verse than you could ever use in expositing on it.
REVELATION 12:7,8 – 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.
Revelation 12:4 indicated that when Lucifer left Heaven he took about one-third of the angelic host with him.
However, the book of Job clearly indicates that Satan still has access to God’s presence in heaven at God’s invitation.
Job 1:6,7 – Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them. [7] And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From go ing to and fro
in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
While it is true that Satan’s appearances, in the Heaven where God the Father dwells, are rather rare, it is evident that he has never been completely cut off from access to Him. And here, in Revelation 12:7, we are advised that a great spiritual battle will occur in Heaven between Michael and his angels and Satan and his angels. In verse eight we are advised that Satan’s spiritual army loses. Furthermore, verse eight also tells us that Satan and his hoard will never again be allowed in the Heaven where God dwells. This great spiritual battle is still future, but will be occurring after Israel flees into the Negev wilderness. It will end with Satan being cast permanently out of heaven.
REVELATION 12:9 – 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.
This confining of Satan to the earth will mark the point in time that Satan enters the body of the man of sin (anti-Christ), and thereafter dwells on the earth as Satan incarnate for the rest of the Tribulati
on Period.
REVELATION 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.
At this point in time the rapture of the saved will be drawing near, and Revelation 12:11 informs us as to how those who are to be taken will be selected by God.
REVELATION 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.
Those taken at the rapture did not overcome the Devil by baptism, by works, tradition, or any other humanistic endeavor. They “overcame him by the blood of the Lamb.” It is our faith that His sacrifice of His body, and of His blood, for our sins was more than enough to save us from what we are by birth and by our inherited nature, sinners separated from God, who must have a savior. We are born-again by belief in His Word that the Overcomer, Jesus Christ, will make his abode in us to live His life in us. His life lived in us is what makes us able to overcome.
REVELATION 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.
I must confess that, since large segments of the this 12th chapter are parenthetical to the entire book, this may be associated with the three woes that begin with the blowing of the fifth trumpet, and end with the blowing of the seventh trumpet. It may be that the wrath of the devil is poured out on man during this period, while God’s wrath is associated with the seven vials of wrath that follow.
Revelation 8:13 to 9:2 – And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound! [1] And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
[2] And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Revelation 16:1 – And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
While rejoicing is going on in heaven, because of the permanent removal of the devil, three great woes are being experienced by “the inhabitants of the earth” due to his presence among them. The devil pours out his wrath at an accelerated rate because he knows he only has a short time to vent his anger.
Revelation 12:13 returns us to be troubles of a small section of mankind – the surviving one-third of
the nation of Israel trapped in the Negev wilderness.
REVELATION 12:13 – And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
The woman is what remains of Israel after the attack that drove her into the Negev and conquered Jerusalem. If the attack were to occur in the next three years, it would amount to some 1.9 to 2 million Israelis.
Zechariah 13:8 to 14:2 – And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. [9] And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.
[1] Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
[2] For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.