Revelation 12:10
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying,
“Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night.
The majority parts of this section of Revelation is the wrath of God poured out on disbelievers. God takes disbelief seriously and rewards it properly. In the midst of the wrath poured out on man it is important to see what God does to Satan, the great destroyer and deceiver. He deceives man and he attempts to bring man down with him. In this verse we see that Satan is the great "accuser" of the brethren. He stands before God, as in the days of Job, and hurls accusations about us in front of God. He doesn't just do this as a hobby ... when he has time to do so. He does it "day and night" before God. This is Satan's main hobby. He simply wants to show God that His children are wicked and sinful like he is. Those who don't believe in Christ and have no imputed righteousness can only tear others down to make themselves feel comfortable about their lives. People put others down to build themselves up. They learned it from the great deceiver/accuser: Satan. Thankfully believers have Christ to stand and make intercession for us "night and day." So, when Satan makes the accusation, Christ stands up and says, "Paid for!" and shows God His scars. It would be nice if sometimes He could say, "Not true ... that is just not true what is being accused." The problem is the accusation is true. That is why He Ever LIves To Make Intercession for Us! Note the next verse in the text about our "overcoming" Satan's accusations:
Revelation 12:11
And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death.
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