Our Enemy

Today’s reading: Revelation 12:1-17

“And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.” - Revelation‬ ‭12:11‬ ‭ESV‬‬

Our reading for today is a timeline roller coaster, and it can be confusing to identify the characters in play here. One of the characters that is pretty easy to determine is our enemy. In this passage alone, he is called:

- Satan (accuser)

- Devil (adversary)

- Serpent (Genesis 3)

- Deceiver (leads the whole world astray)

- Dragon (great shimmering serpent)

Wow, this is pretty daunting to think about us having to deal with an enemy who has been at his game for so long. How are we supposed to resist such an enemy that was to destroy us? (John 10:10)

John makes it clear as he writes how we did and WILL overcome our enemy:

1. Blood of the Lamb

2. Word of our testimony

3. We do not love this life too much that we refuse to lose it.

Jesus “threw down” the Devil and his demons when He shed His blood. This sacrifice allows us to come to Him by faith. When God saves us through Jesus, it produces for us a testimony to share. As we grow in our faith, we will get to the point where dying for Jesus is something we would welcome and see as an honor.

With these three, the Devil cannot cope. 💪