The Child Satan Couldn’t Stop
Revelation 12:1-6
January 1, 2017
This morning we return to our study of the book of the Revelation,
And we return with yet another parenthetical section.
(I realize our return to the chronological flow was short-lived, lasting only 6 verses)
After the 6th seal was broken we heard the sinners of earth crying out, “Who is able to stand?”
That question was answered in our first parenthetical section of chapter 7.
Those whom God causes to stand by the atonement of Christ
And the preaching of the gospel.
After the 6th trumpet was sounded we saw that humanity still wouldn’t repent.
Faced with this reality we saw the second parenthetical section of 10:1 – 14:13 which taught us to “prophesy again” whether they listen or not
Because we don’t want their blood on our hands
And because we may not realize how God is going to use our preaching.
Most recently we heard the blasting of the 7th trumpet,
But BEFORE ANY DETAILS of that trumpet were given,
We heard a loud declaration in heaven.
(15b) “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.”
• We learned that at this point there is a great transfer of power. The world will fall and Christ will reign.
• Furthermore we learned that Christ will reign in spite of the great wrath of His enemies.
(17-18) “We give You thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who are and who were, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign. “And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
And this is where we left off.
There was a heavenly announcement that Christ wins and reigns upon the earth despite the great wrath and rage of His enemies.
Certainly that is good news;
No matter how hostile this world or that devil becomes toward Christ,
Nothing will stop Him from taking His throne and ruling the world.
IT IS A GREAT TRUTH.
And it is a truth that is illustrated in this next parenthetical section.
In fact, that is the purpose of this next section;
To reveal how Christ reigns
Despite the wrath and efforts of the enemy.
This section runs from chapter 12 all the way through chapter 14.
When chapter 15 begins we actually see
The effects of what happened at the sounding of that seventh trumpet.
But here we are given 3 chapters
To reveal the victory of Christ despite Satan’s opposition.
From a time standpoint,
• The section begins with the birth of Christ in 12:2
• And it ends with the return of Christ in 14:1
• And ultimately the battle of Armageddon in 14:17-20
So we are looking at that time period
From when Messiah arrived on earth, until He returns again,
And specifically we are seeing the failed efforts of Satan to stop His reign.
This section illustrates that glorious claim of chapter 11.
What I also want to do is allow you to see this SECTION AS A WHOLE,
In order that you better understand the parts.
In this 3 chapter parenthetical section there are FOUR MAJOR EVENTS that are highlighted.
And I want to give you them right off the bat.
They are all major defeats that Satan has suffered and will suffer.
1) THE CHILD HE COULDN’T STOP (12:1-6)
• We are looking at this event this morning as we remember Satan’s foiled plans
at stopping Jesus when He came to earth.
2) THE BATTLE HE COULDN’T WIN (12:7-12)
• This event is yet future for us, but it deals with Satan’s final attempt to
overthrow heaven, which will end in his being totally removed from the
heavens and relegated only to earth.
3) THE WOMAN HE COULDN’T KILL (12:13-17)
• This of course deals with Satan’s attempts to destroy Israel (God’s chosen
people) and his miserable failure in that regard.
4) THE THRONE HE COULDN’T KEEP (13:1-14:20)
• The last two chapters deal with Satan’s attempt to establish his throne on the
earth, only to see that throne utterly destroyed with the return of Christ.
I just give you that ahead of time
So you can see the purpose and the point to this section.
We are talking about the absolute and guaranteed defeat of the enemy
And reign of Jesus Christ.
And by now you realize that this is one of the major events of Scripture.
Throughout the Old Testament we are continually looking for the Messiah
And His promised reign upon the earth.
So it is only fitting that we enter a section
Which gives great detail to the fulfillment of this promise.
It is the event which is loudly proclaimed at the end of chapter 11
And the event which is clearly illustrated in chapters 12-14.
For us this is still great news!
Our God Reigns!
Our God wins!
And Satan is the ultimate loser!
Well, let’s begin with that first of the four major events, which is:
THE CHILD SATAN COULDN’T STOP
There are 4 main points here
#1 A WOMAN IN LABOR
Revelation 12:1-2
“A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars;”
Let’s address who this is.
Many assume that this woman is the Virgin Mary. (IT IS NOT)
This woman is actually not a woman at all.
John said she is a “sign”.
She is a symbol, she is a picture.
And she is representative of the NATION OF ISRAEL.
Perhaps you will remember Joseph’s dream before his brothers.
Genesis 37:9-11 “Now he had still another dream, and related it to his brothers, and said, “Lo, I have had still another dream; and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.” He related it to his father and to his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have had? Shall I and your mother and your brothers actually come to bow ourselves down before you to the ground?” His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind.”
• Jacob = the sun
• Rachel = the moon
• 12 sons = 12 stars
This woman is Israel.
(2) “and she was with child; and she cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.”
This woman is “with child”
That means that this woman has A VALID EXPECTATION
That someday a child will be born to her. She is “expecting”.
Correctly understood then, we know that Israel
Is eagerly looking to the arrival of a very important child.
We are talking about the “seed”, the Messiah.
The FIRST TIME this “seed” was mentioned was in the garden.
After Eve sinned, God responded to her:
Genesis 3:14-15 “The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you will go, And dust you will eat All the days of your life; And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel.”
It was obviously someone born of a virgin,
For women don’t have “seed”, and whoever this “seed” would be,
He would cause major problems for Satan.
He would be the One who would crush Satan’s head.
That prophecy obviously pointed to the virgin birth,
BUT IT WAS ALSO A PICTURE OF ISRAEL.
Israel had many promises in her past
That someday the “seed” would come.
Perhaps the most famous:
Isaiah 9:1-7 “But there will be no more gloom for her who was in anguish; in earlier times He treated the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali with contempt, but later on He shall make it glorious, by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles. The people who walk in darkness Will see a great light; Those who live in a dark land, The light will shine on them. You shall multiply the nation, You shall increase their gladness; They will be glad in Your presence As with the gladness of harvest, As men rejoice when they divide the spoil. For You shall break the yoke of their burden and the staff on their shoulders, The rod of their oppressor, as at the battle of Midian. For every boot of the booted warrior in the battle tumult, And cloak rolled in blood, will be for burning, fuel for the fire. For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, On the throne of David and over his kingdom, To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness From then on and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this.”
So this woman has an expectation of a coming child
To deliver and reign upon the earth.
And we see that this has become AN URGENT CRY.
“and she cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.”
The tense here is actually in THE HISTORICAL PRESENT
Which better reads, “and she is crying out, being in labor…”
This was not a one time cry, but a continual cry for relief.
She is in turmoil and is desperately begging for the deliverer to arrive.
It is the cry often sang about at Christmas time.
“Oh come, Oh come Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel; who mourns in lonely exile here, until the Son of God appears.”
“Come, Though long expected Jesus, born to set thy people free. From our fears and sins release us, let us find our rest in Thee. Israel’s strength and consolation, Hope of all the earth Thou art; Dear desire of every nation, Joy of every longing heart.”
Incidentally this is why the angels told the shepherds at the birth of Christ:
Luke 2:10 “But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people;”
• That doesn’t mean that all people everywhere would have joy in their hearts regarding Christ’s birth (Herod certainly didn’t), but joy would be the response of every heart in turmoil who had been longing for in labor and heavy burden.
This was most specifically Israel who was in constant turmoil
And constant labor eagerly waiting for their deliverer.
And her cry is heard many times in Scripture.
Psalms 89:46 “How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire?”
Psalms 80:4-6 “O LORD God of hosts, How long will You be angry with the prayer of Your people? You have fed them with the bread of tears, And You have made them to drink tears in large measure. You make us an object of contention to our neighbors, And our enemies laugh among themselves.”
Psalms 90:13-17 “Do return, O LORD; how long will it be? And be sorry for Your servants. O satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness, That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. Make us glad according to the days You have afflicted us, And the years we have seen evil. Let Your work appear to Your servants And Your majesty to their children. Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; And confirm for us the work of our hands; Yes, confirm the work of our hands.”
Psalms 94:1-7 “O LORD, God of vengeance, God of vengeance, shine forth! Rise up, O Judge of the earth, Render recompense to the proud. How long shall the wicked, O LORD, How long shall the wicked exult? They pour forth words, they speak arrogantly; All who do wickedness vaunt themselves. They crush Your people, O LORD, And afflict Your heritage. They slay the widow and the stranger And murder the orphans. They have said, “The LORD does not see, Nor does the God of Jacob pay heed.”
The cry for Israel was continual for God to send the one they expected.
They were waiting for “the seed”.
And we understand her turmoil.
The writer of Hebrews had this to say:
Hebrews 2:5-8 “For He did not subject to angels the world to come, concerning which we are speaking. But one has testified somewhere, saying, “WHAT IS MAN, THAT YOU REMEMBER HIM? OR THE SON OF MAN, THAT YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HIM? “YOU HAVE MADE HIM FOR A LITTLE WHILE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS; YOU HAVE CROWNED HIM WITH GLORY AND HONOR, AND HAVE APPOINTED HIM OVER THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS; YOU HAVE PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET.” For in subjecting all things to him, He left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him.”
When God created this world, He did not give angels rule over it,
He gave rule over the world to man. Man was given dominion.
“He left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him.”
Man was supposed to be in control, but it is obvious that he is not.
In fact, in the garden, our control was usurped by an angel,
And he now is the god of this world.
And so Israel is crying out, she is in turmoil, she is in despair.
Things are not the way they are supposed to be.
Adrian Rogers once said:
“The world is in such a mess today because things are out of place. The King (Jesus) belongs on His throne. The bride (the church) belongs with the groom. The criminal (Satan) belongs in prison. One of these days, when the King is on the throne, the bride is with her groom, and the criminal is in prison, we will understand the way things are meant to be.” (Adrian Rogers, Unveiling the End Times in Our Time [Nashville, TN.: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2004] pg. 7)
That is precisely why this woman is crying out.
So we see A Woman in Labor
#2 A DRAGON IN REBELLION
Revelation 12:3-4
Now, it was not a literal woman, this is not a literal dragon.
He is painted as a “great red dragon” to reveal his cruelty and brutality.
This dragon is none other than the serpent in the garden,
He is Satan himself, who is of course a fallen angel of God.
And we are given some important descriptors about him.
FIRST WE ARE FACED WITH HIS CONSTANT CONSPIRACY
(John wants you to see who this dragon is, and what he’s been up to)
(He wants you to understand the continual battle that has been going on.)
“having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems.”
If you read further into the book of the Revelation we learn:
Revelation 17:9-13 “Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits, and they are seven kings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while. “The beast which was and is not, is himself also an eighth and is one of the seven, and he goes to destruction. “The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour. “These have one purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast.”
These horns are symbolic of the kingdoms Satan has controlled. Five are over, one is presently in charge, and one is coming.
The seven kingdoms referred to are the seven kingdoms
That have specifically targeted the destruction of Israel.
THE FIRST FIVE (which are over) ARE:
EGYPT under the reign of Satan’s puppet – Pharaoh
Exodus 1:22 “Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Every son who is born you are to cast into the Nile, and every daughter you are to keep alive.”
ASSYRIA under the reign of Satan’s puppet – Shalmaneser
2 Kings 17:5-6 “Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land and went up to Samaria and besieged it three years. In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried Israel away into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.”
BABYLON under the reign of Satan’s puppet – Nebuchadnezzar
2 Kings 25:8-11 “Now on the seventh day of the fifth month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. He burned the house of the LORD, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every great house he burned with fire. So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem. Then the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon and the rest of the people, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away into exile.”
MEDO-PERSIA under the influence of Satan’s puppet – Haman
Esther 3:8-9 “Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of all other people and they do not observe the king’s laws, so it is not in the king’s interest to let them remain. “If it is pleasing to the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who carry on the king’s business, to put into the king’s treasuries.”
GREECE under the control of Satan’s puppet – Antiochus Epiphenes
Daniel 11:31-33 “Forces from him will arise, desecrate the sanctuary fortress, and do away with the regular sacrifice. And they will set up the abomination of desolation. “By smooth words he will turn to godlessness those who act wickedly toward the covenant, but the people who know their God will display strength and take action. “Those who have insight among the people will give understanding to the many; yet they will fall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder for many days.”
All five of those did their best to completely annihilate the Jews.
But they were not merely human empires.
They were empires controlled by Satan himself.
The final two kingdoms represent Rome and the kingdom of Antichrist.
The “ten horns” is the European confederation which will give their authority to the Antichrist.
But the point is that all of those nations that had continually oppressed Israel and caused her to suffer
Did so because they were under the control of Satan.
Satan knew about that prophesy that the seed of the woman
Would one day crush his head and he was doing everything he could
To annihilate the woman so that she never bore that child.
We also read:
(4) “and his tail swept away a third of the starts of heaven and threw them to the earth.”
Here we learn that the dragon’s animosity for Israel
Really began as animosity for God.
He hates God’s people namely because he hates God.
(Incidentally this is also why the world, which is under the power of Satan, also hates God’s people)
BUT FIRST SATAN HATED GOD
The Bible teaches that Satan was an anointed cherub
Who was cast out of heaven.
Isaiah 14:12-15 “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! “But 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.’ “Nevertheless you will be thrust down to Sheol, To the recesses of the pit.”
And when Satan fell, he took a third of the angels with him,
With them, he has manipulated 5 kingdoms to try and annihilate the Jews.
THE MAIN GOAL WAS TO ANNIHILATE THE JEWS
SO THAT THE “SEED” WOULD NEVER BE BORN.
However, Satan was not able to accomplish his goal.
Moses delivered Israel from Egypt
Cyrus set God’s people free from exile.
Esther delivered God’s people from Persia
Judas Maccabeus delivered God’s people from Greece
Despite his hatred for the woman and her seed,
Satan was not able to prevent the birth of the promised child
That moves to the 6th kingdom,
This kingdom did not seek to prevent the birth, but rather to kill the child.
ROME under the Satanic controlled Herod
Matthew 2:16 “Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent and slew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi.”
All that Herod did was the scheme of Satan.
(4) “And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.”
Satan couldn’t stop the “seed” from coming
So his plan was to kill Him instantly.
But of course that plan failed.
A Woman in Labor, A Dragon in Rebellion
#3 A CHILD IN VICTORY
Revelation 12:5
In this verse we find the shortest gospel account in all of Scripture.
In one verse we go from birth to ascension.
Obviously the verse leaves out a lot of information.
• Nothing about the miracles of the child
• Nothing about the preaching of the child
• Nothing about the death of the child
• Nothing about the resurrection of the child
BECAUSE THE FOCUS HERE IS SIMPLY ON THE FACT THAT
THE CHILD WHOM GOD SENT, DID SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE HIS MISSION AND RETURN TO GOD UNFAZED BY THE ENEMY.
Despite all the attempts of Satan
“And she gave birth to a son, a male child”
After years of suffering under the curse, the “seed” finally arrived.
The destroyer of Satan had come.
It is in fact the miraculous incarnation of God.
John 1:14 “And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
Colossians 2:9 “For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form,”
And then John shows us in one short statement
Why Satan (and the world) oppose Him so much.
“who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron;”
Satan doesn’t hate Him simply for being a Savior.
Satan hates Him for taking back what is rightfully His.
THE WORLD DOESN’T HATE THE BABY IN THE MANGER.
THE WORLD HATES THE KING ON THE THRONE.
THIS CHILD CAME TO RULE THE WORLD.
The world will let Christ be Savior, they just don’t want Him as Lord.
But He did not just come to be Savior, HE CAME TO BE LORD.
Listen to the Old Testament prophecies about Him.
Isaiah 9:6-7 “For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, On the throne of David and over his kingdom, To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness From then on and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this.”
Micah 5:2-5 “But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity.” Therefore He will give them up until the time When she who is in labor has borne a child. Then the remainder of His brethren Will return to the sons of Israel. And He will arise and shepherd His flock In the strength of the LORD, In the majesty of the name of the LORD His God. And they will remain, Because at that time He will be great To the ends of the earth. This One will be our peace. When the Assyrian invades our land, When he tramples on our citadels, Then we will raise against him Seven shepherds and eight leaders of men.”
No wonder Satan and the world today wants Him dead.
And yet even after successfully killing the “seed”, we read.
Acts 2:22-24 “Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know — this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death. “But God raised Him up again, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power.”
Satan succeeded in killing Him, he just couldn’t keep Him dead.
The “seed” arose from the dead.
And the verse 5 says:
“and her child was caught up to God and to His throne.”
After God delivered Him, God accepted Him.
Not just to His presence, but also to “His throne.”
It was determined that this seed would crush Satan and rule the world, and that is precisely what He will do.
Acts 2:32-36 “This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses. “Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear. “For it was not David who ascended into heaven, but he himself says: ‘THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, “SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET.”‘ “Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ — this Jesus whom you crucified.”
Psalms 2:1-9 “Why are the nations in an uproar And the peoples devising a vain thing? The kings of the earth take their stand And the rulers take counsel together Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying, “Let us tear their fetters apart And cast away their cords from us!” He who sits in the heavens laughs, The Lord scoffs at them. Then He will speak to them in His anger And terrify them in His fury, saying, “But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.” “I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. ‘Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance, And the very ends of the earth as Your possession. ‘You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall shatter them like earthenware.'”
Satan did everything He could to stop this child, but he failed.
This is the child Satan couldn’t stop.
This reality brings about a major shift in Satan’s rebellion
A woman in labor, a dragon in rebellion, a child in victory
#4 A WORLD IN TRIBULATION
Revelation 12:6
Here we have fast-forwarded from the ascension of Christ
To the final 3 ½ years of the tribulation.
You will see in the following text why this time is significant.
• Namely because currently Satan is attacking by accusing the brethren before
God, but half way through the tribulation Satan will be kicked to the earth and his only objective will be to destroy Israel.
Revelation 12:12 “For this reason, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time.”
Once Satan is confined to the earth,
His plan will be worldwide persecution of the woman.
WE KNOW THAT THE TRIBULATION IS GOD’S WRATH ON THE EARTH,
And yet, it is ALSO A TIME when God accomplishes that wrath
By allowing Satan to torment and attack.
• We’ve already seen the working of Antichrist with his false peace, world war,
famine, and death.
• We’ve already seen the torment of that demonic locust army.
• We’ve already seen the death of that 200 million strong demonic army.
Yes it is God’s wrath, but it is also Satan’s attempt to destroy Israel.
His goal is to destroy her so that the child has no reason to return for her.
The problem for Satan is that God will not allow that to happen.
The woman is supernaturally cared for by God.
Revelation 12:13-17 “And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child. But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. And the serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood. But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon poured out of his mouth. So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus.”
What we find is that despite Satan’s efforts throughout the ages
• He was unable to prevent the child from coming.
• He was unable to stop the child when He did come
• He was unable to corrupt the child when He came
• And even after killing the child, he was unable to keep Him dead
Revelation 11:17-18 “We give You thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who are and who were, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign. “And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
Heaven declared that Christ reigns despite the wrath of the enemy,
And that is certainly holding true.
Here we learned about the Child he couldn’t stop.
Next time we’ll talk about: The Battle he couldn’t win.
This morning I encourage you again that our God reigns.
I encourage you again that Christ is King!
Worship Him, Honor Him, Obey Him, Serve Him, Trust Him
