2118.-War in Heaven by W. H. N.

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jun 12, 1907

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 33, No. 24.

2118.—War in Heaven.

By W. H. N.

When was the war in heaven?

It is impossible for us to locate chronologically the war in heaven. It certainly began before man could witness it at all, evidently about the time of the foundation of this world. That war extended clear down to the time that Christ came to this earth and became man. It was a spiritual warfare, not fought with weapons of flesh. Revelation 12; Luke 10:18; John 12:31, and other scriptures give us some idea of it, as does also the first chapter of Job. Michael, spoken of in Revelation 12, was the Son of God, the chief of the angelic host, His first step downward for the salvation of men. The dragon is symbolic of Satan, the chief of all the rebellious hosts; and that war was until Christ died upon the cross and was raised from the dead, triumphant over all the power of the dragon. Then it is said, Rejoice ye heavens, but wo unto the earth; for the devil is come down unto you having great wrath.