«　WEEK 44　DAY 3　»

　　John 12:31 Now is the judgment of this world; now shall the ruler of this world be cast out.

　　Rev. 12:10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, Now has come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ, for the accuser of our brothers has been cast down, who accuses them before our God day and night.

　　As soon as the man-child is raptured to heaven, the war begins. When I was young, I sought to understand why this war will start immediately after the man-child is raptured to the throne. I also wanted to know why the man- child did not actually fight but that the fighting was done by Michael and his angels. The reason is that the man-child is the executor, and the executor does not need to fight. Rather, he simply gives the word. After we, the executor, give the word, the angels who serve us will fight for us…When we say, “Satan, go away,” Michael will take the lead to fight against him…Are you willing to be in the stronger part of the woman? If you are, then you must learn to preach to Satan. Satan has constantly been troubling you, but after you decide to preach to him, he may run away, for he knows what you intend to do. Thus, you need to say, “Satan, don't go yet. You are not allowed to leave until I command you to do so. Stay here until I am through speaking to you.” (Life-study of Revelation, pp. 431-432)

　　The angels are ready to war against the dragon. Michael might even be saying, “Man-child, come up here and give us the word. We'll carry it out.” But if we would be qualified to be there in the heavens to execute judgment upon Satan, we must begin to execute the judgment upon him now on earth. Say, “Satan, I will not let you go. I will bind and defeat you.”

　　There will be war in heaven because of the man-child's rapture to heaven…The rapture is not only for us; it is for God's economy and for God's strategy. God's enemy is still in the heavens. This enemy has been judged, and his sentence has been pronounced, but during the past nineteen centuries God has not had those who could execute His sentence upon the enemy. Satan, the enemy of God, was judged by the Lord Jesus on the cross (John 12:31; 16:11)…The war waged by the overcoming believers against Satan is actually the executing of the Lord's judgment upon him. Eventually, through their fighting, he is cast out of heaven (Rev. 12:9). Who will go to heaven to execute God's judgment and command the condemned, judged, and sentenced enemy to depart?…The angels lack the position to do this because, being angels, they are on the same level as Satan who formerly was among them. God needs a man to accomplish this. This man has a Head—the man Jesus. He is the Head of the man-child, the Pioneer of all the overcomers. God needs such a man to execute His sentence upon Satan. God has been waiting a long time for this man.

　　We must be raptured to the heavens to fulfill God's need…Religion is for human happiness, for having a good life in a merry land after we die. This thought is devilish. But, alas, this concept has infiltrated all of Christianity… We need to be raptured to heaven not for our happiness but for the fulfilling of God's purpose. We must go there to execute God's judgment upon His enemy. God is waiting for this.

　　After the man-child has been resurrected and raptured to heaven, he will not tolerate to see Satan in the heavens. Even today we should not tolerate to see Satan in the church but should fight against him. If you fight against Satan today, you will be qualified to fight against him in the heavens. After we have been raptured to the throne of God, we will see Satan, and he will be terrified of us. When we see him, we will not tolerate his presence there, and we will say, “Satan, are you still in our God's sanctuary? This is not your place. Satan, you must go.” (Life-study of Revelation, pp. 432, 428-429, 434)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Revelation, msg. 36