,, Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days. And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.”
Rev. 12: 6-9
,, Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; but in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. and on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, even until the consummation, which is determined, is poured out on the desolate."”
Daniel 9:27
and this peace will be real because it says:
,,… I will go to a peaceful people, who dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates'—“
Ezekiel 38:11
but in the middle of that "week" or in the middle of the great tribulation there is a reversal and the Antichrist breaks the covenant.
,, Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; but in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. and on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, even until the consummation, which is determined, is poured out on the desolate."”
Daniel 9:27
In the first half of the great tribulation, the Jews will build a temple and offer sacrifices and pray there, but the Antichrist will stop all that and then the great persecution will begin. And this is what the Lord Jesus meant when he said in Matthew:
,, "Therefore when you see the 'abomination of desolation,' spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place" (whoever reads, let him understand),”
Matthew 24:15
So when they see this, and that is the installation of the statue of the Antichrist in the temple in the Holy of Holies, then he will declare himself a god and start persecuting the "woman".
,, Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child.”
Rev. 12:13
This persecution of Israel comes from Satan but through his servants and the prophet Jeremiah wrote about it:
,, Alas! For that day is great, so that none is like it; and it is the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.”
Jeremiah 30: 7
and the Lord Jesus said:
,, "then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. "Let him who is on the housetop not come down to take anything out of his house. "And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. "But woe to those who are pregnant and to those with nursing babies in those days!"And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath.”
Matthew 24: 16-20
What is written here is logical because it is difficult to flee over the winter unprepared for the desert or the Sabbath, because the Jews were forbidden by law to move a lot on the Sabbath, so the Antichrist would catch up with them very quickly.
We further read that the "woman" will be kept there for three and a half years in a specially prepared place by God and will be fed there, but it is not written how this will take place.
It goes on to say, "And there was war in heaven," and the following is the description, "Michael and his angels struck the dragon, and the dragon and his angels were overthrown. And they prevailed not;
The text mentions Mihailo, so let's see who Mihailo is,
,, Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"”
Jude 9
from this text we see that Michael the archangel is the meaning of the word archangel is "the main newspaper". In the Bible only Michael is mentioned as an archangel otherwise the name Michael means a shout of praise "Who is like God" humility before God and his task is to glorify God.
Michael is mentioned in several places in the Bible.
First let us see where it is mentioned concerning the coming of the Lord Jesus to the Church:
,, For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.”
1 Thess.4: 16
And further:
,, "But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; and behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia.”
Daniel 10:13
We said that only Michael is mentioned as an archangel, so "first prince" means that Michael is the commander of God's army or angel. Archangel Michael has a special task to protect the people of Israel and it is written in Daniel where it is said that Michael defends Daniel's people Israel.
,, "At that time Michael shall stand up, the great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people; And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation, even to that time. and at that time your people shall be delivered, every one who is found written in the book.”
Daniel 12: 1
Let us also say that before the creation of man this role was played by Lucifer and after the fall of Lucifer Michael took over these duties and the enmity between Michael and Lucifer and now Satan lasts a very long time and we now have in our text the fulfillment of what the prophet Daniel wrote:
"And there was war in heaven. Michael and His angels struck the dragon, and the dragon and his angels were struck. We don't have much information about this war, it is possible that Satan and his army will try to "conquer the sky", but they will not succeed because it says, "And they did not prevail." and as a result of that war we read
,, and they no longer have a place in heaven. 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.
After that first fall
,, "How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, you who weakened the nations!”
Isa 14:12
now Satan and his angels have limited access to the hall of heaven, so from now on they will only work on earth and that is the second fall and there will be a third fall and that will be when the Lord Jesus comes to set up his kingdom, then Satan will be cast into the abyss
"And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he caught the dragon, that old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
Rev. 20: 1-2
and finally the fourth last fall at the end of the Millennial Kingdom when Satan will be cast into the lake of fire.
,, And the devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.”
Rev. 20:10
We have seen that Satan is now "cast down" to earth and he no longer has access to heaven, although it should be noted that until that moment Satan has access to heaven under certain circumstances when God allows him and we can read about that in the book of Job.
,, Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them. And the Lord said to Satan, "From where do you come?" So Satan answered the Lord and said, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it." Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?" So Satan answered the Lord and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing? "Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. "But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face!" So the Lord said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not lay a hand on his person." Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.”
Job 1: 6-12
,, Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord.
And the LORD said to Satan, "From where do you come?" So Satan answered the Lord and said, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it." Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil? And still he holds fast to his integrity, although you incited Me against him, to destroy him without cause." So Satan answered the Lord and said, "Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life. "But stretch out Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will surely curse You to Your face!" So the Lord said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life." Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.”
Job 2: 1-7
Satan accuses the righteous as we have seen in these texts, and he probably does so very gladly and persistently, but he also writes this:
,, My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.”
1 Job 2: 1
,, Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.”
Rom.8: 33-34
And then it says:
"And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: and he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."
We read that Michael opposed Satan at God's command, which he defeated, and we see that he is an "old serpent" because he deceived people from the beginning, great because he controlled all the earthly kingdoms until now and will do so to the end, devil. is because he is a "degenerate" and Satan because he is a deceiver "who deceives the whole universe". Satan is the greatest constructor of lies and deception, a specialist who has perfected this method for thousands of years. Satan's arsenal of deceptions and lies is huge it is said that he mostly uses tried and tested "recipes", which are:
,, For all that is in the world--the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life …”
1 Job 2:16
These three "things" give the best results and he cheats the world with it from the beginning and there is no man who has not fallen into one of these "traps" and thus he will continue to cheat the world as long as he can as long as he has permission to do so.
And after the fall of Satan and his army to earth he will probably be "furious" so he will try even harder to attack, deceive and terrorize the rest of the world because he is aware that he has very little time and he will not surrender to the end and his an army of "fallen angels" or demons.