The Daily Word of Righteousness

The Tail of the Dragon, #8

But the Lord thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed. And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them. (Deuteronomy 7:23,24)

Speaking of the destruction of the forces of wickedness:

And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts. (Malachi 4:3)

And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. (Romans 16:20)

The maturing of Satan in Antichrist.

And out of one of them came forth a little horn [which started small], which waxed exceeding great [grew in power], toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant [beautiful] land. (Daniel 8:9)

It is our point of view that the horn that started small is Antichrist, the imitation of Christ. God will permit Antichrist to grow tremendously in political power in the earth and in spiritual power in the heavenly realm at the same time.

And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. (Daniel 7:25)

"They (the saints) shall be given into his hand."

And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. (Revelation 13:7)

"It was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them."

God will give to Antichrist the ability to make war with the saints and to overcome them. It is very difficult for us to accept the fact that it is God who will give Antichrist such power against the saints. But we must receive the Scriptures as they are written for they are absolutely true in every respect.

The spiritual power and authority of Antichrist will increase until he is able to exert his will in high levels of the heavenlies.

And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven [the heavens]; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped [trampled] upon them. (Daniel 8:10)

Compare:

And all the host of heaven [the heavens] shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. (Isaiah 34:4)

And his tail drew the third part of the stars of [the] heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. (Revelation 12:4)

The above are three of the many verses in the Scriptures, Old Testament and New Testament, that speak of the heavens, the stars, the host of the heavens, and so forth being shaken and cast down or removed.

To be continued.