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http://www.calvaryhillsboro.org/ Thank you for supporting Calvary Hillsboro. Donate Online: https://www.calvaryhillsboro.org/memb... Subscribe To Watch More:    / calvarychapelhillsboro   Thank you for watching. God bless you and your family! We would love to hear your comments and please like and share this video. There is no question we are living in a time of tremendous spiritual warfare. Many have spiritual insight to discern that there has been a storm cloud on the horizon for some time. And while we are now amid many troubles, there are greater troubles still to come. Revelation 12 reveals the nature of spiritual warfare that is behind many of the events happening in the world today and will happen in the last days. There is spiritual warfare all around us; if you asked Jesus into your heart as Lord and Savior, then you’re in spiritual battle, because you are a target. In Revelation, John is given a vision of heaven. There he saw a sea of glass like crystal and in the center was the throne of God. The One sitting on the throne held a scroll that was sealed with seven seals, but no one was found worthy to break the seven seals so as to open the scroll. When John heard that no one is found worthy, he began to weep. But one of the elders said to him, “Stop weeping, for the Lion of the tribe of Judah has been found worthy to open the book and its seven seals.” John looked and he saw not a Lion, but a Lamb standing, as if slain. As Jesus broke the seven seals; each seal revealed apocalyptic events of the seven-year Tribulation period. When the seventh seal was broken, he saw seven angels and seven trumpets were given to them. At the sounding of each trumpet, cataclysmic events were set forth as the wrath of God will be poured out on a world that rejects God with hardness of heart. At this point in Revelation, the seventh trumpet sounded and there arose loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of this world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.” And the 24 elders, who sit on their thrones before God, worshiped God, saying, “We give you thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and have begun to reign. The nations were enraged, and your wrath came.” In other words, when the 7th trumpet sounds, the 24 elders worship God because the day finally comes when the Lamb will take His great power and begin to reign over the nations who shook their fists that God. In chapter 12 the enemy is described as the serpent of old, the devil, or Satan. In the last days, he will have a significant role in the unfolding world events. He is mighty in power and desires to destroy, knowing that his time is short. But Revelation 12 is also about spiritual victory. Our enemy is a defeated foe. We are called to be overcomers; we do not have to be defeated. In fact, we are given everything we need for spiritual victory. I. There will be War in Heaven  Two signs appeared in heaven. The first sign represented Israel, who we see in verse 5 as the one who gives birth to the Messiah, Christ Jesus.  The second sign was a great red dragon who is the serpent of old, or in other words, Satan. These two signs appear here because they are crucial in understanding last days events.  But interestingly, they also give us understanding of the nature of spiritual warfare in world history. A. Satan has been thrown down  The history as well as the future of Satan is in view here. Satan was originally known as Lucifer, the greatest and most powerful angel.  His sin was that of wanting to be like God. Isaiah 14:12-14, How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, you who have weakened the nations! You said in your heart, “I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, and I will sit on the mount of assembly in the recesses of the north. I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” Pastor Rich Jones Pastor Matthew Dodd Rich Jones Calvary Chapel Calvary Chapel Worship Center Calvary Chapel Hillsboro Calvary Chapel Oregon Calvary Chapel Beaverton Calvary Chapel Portland Tags: Pastor Rich Jones Pastor Matthew Dodd Rich Jones Matthew Dodd Rich Jones Church, Rich Jones Christian, Rich Jones Christian Church, Rich Jones Bible Study, Pastor Rich Jones Faith, Rich Jones Teaching, Rich Jones Bible Teacher, Rich Jones Bible Verse, Rich Jones Transformation, Rich Jones Salvation, Rich Jones Truth, Rich Jones Sermons, Rich Jones Calvary Chapel, Calvary Chapel Worship Center, Calvary Chapel Hillsboro, Calvary Chapel Beaverton, Calvary Chapel Portland, Calvary Chapel Oregon