The war with God started in Heaven when Satan proclaimed he wanted to be like God.
God cast Satan and thousands of his angels out of Heaven and to the earth. Jesus witnessed the fall of Satan.
Jesus, the Son of God, had a peaceful life with His mother, father and four brothers. He worked as a carpenter and then in his early thirties all hell broke out.
Jesus was called by God to begin a ministry that would last about three and a half years.
At the start of the ministry the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness to pray and fast for forty days.
Satan, an enemy of Jesus, attempted to lure Jesus away from God. Satan knew Jesus would be given the power and authority to crush all darkness.
Jesus was hungry after fasting forty days and Satan attempted to get Him to turn rocks into bread. This would be an action of using His power without the consent of God to meet His needs. Jesus responded man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.
Then next Satan challenged Jesus to jump off a high cliff and that the angels would protect Him. Jesus responded do not tempt the Lord your God.
Finally, Satan took Jesus to a high mountain and offered Him to be the King over all the nations if He would bow down and worship Satan. Jesus said get behind Me Satan.
The revelation in this story is that Satan will try anything to prevent a believer from walking in oneness with Jesus. Satan tactics are to steal, kill and destroy believers.
Jesus started His ministry and was immediately confronted by demons working through the Jewish leaders who hated him, condemned His ministry and finally convinced Pontius Pilate to order His death.
The death of Jesus was purposeful by God. Any human being who confesses with his mouth and believes in his heart that Jesus is Lord will be saved. All believers will live with Jesus forever. Death has no dominion over a Christ follower.
The death of Jesus on the Cross unleashed the wrath of God on Satan.
Satan will be defeated by any believer who speaks the name of Jesus. The blood of Jesus is your safety net against Satan.
The Bible explains that when Jesus was risen He was seated at the right hand of God and makes intercession for believers.
Intercession is based on this verse in Colossians 1:24. “Filling up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church.”
Jesus looks at the evil work of Satan and decides to work through the Holy Spirit sealed in a believer to bring down strongholds and set believers free.
Last night God reminded me we are entering the tribulation ordained by God. This will last a few years and consist of wars, famine, pestilence outbreaks and economic disasters. Two thirds of the world’s population will die.
I have been feeling disappointed recently because my prayers to Jesus about evil leaders and terrorists in places like Russia, North Korea and Israel are not being answered with a victory over evil. But God has a perfect plan and they will be struck down on His time line.
The enemies of Jesus cannot win but they can drag a lot of people down with them into a hell hole.
Jesus is the only hope to survive the coming tribulation! He is a God of victory!
Hal Hollister Ministry 