Subj:	Revelation 12:16&17
Date:	98-07-08 10:20:08 EDT
From:	SERVFATHER

Revelation 12:16
	And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed
up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

     This is telling you that the people of the earth, took pressure
of the children because they believed the lies that the dragon was telling.
      Satan's flood of lies is also mentioned in the book of Daniel chapter 11:22.

      Dan 11:21	And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give
the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by
flatteries. (This says satan will take control by peace and by flatteries.  He is not going to
be fighting his way into control.  He will not have to.)
22	And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be
broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant. (And he will overflow them with all his
deception, and they will believe him with no questions asked.)

   Ps 32:6	For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou
mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.  
(The Lord tells us in the Psalms, that you have to get in contact with The Lord while you
can, and then you will be protected from Satan's flood of lies.)

     Did you know that if you wait to long, it will be too late and The Lord will not help
you? 

Prov 1:22	How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight
in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? (No one wants to listen.)

23	Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make
known my words unto you.  (The Lord says just listen to what I am telling you that you
are doing wrong and I will let you know what to do.)

24	Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man
regarded;  ( The Lord says I have called to you and I have tried to reach you, but no one
cares.)

25	But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
(But when I try to correct you, you just ignore it and want nothing to do with my Word
and my commandments.)

26	I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; (This is
what the Lord will do when the trouble starts and you are afraid and don't know what to
do.)

27	When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind;
when distress and anguish cometh upon you.(When you are in a bad way and everything is
coming down around you.)

28	Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but
they shall not find me: (Then they will come to me and ask my advice and ask me what to
do.  But at that time they will not find me.)

29	For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
(Because they didn't want to listen when I tried to teach them, they didn't fear my wrath at
that time.)

30	They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.  (They hated what I
tried to teach them, and they will not understand.)

31	Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own
devices.  (So at the time Satan is in control on earth, I will let them do it on their own,
they will not get any help from me.)

32	For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall
destroy them. (Even the simples things will undo them, and they will not understand.)

33	But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of
evil.  (But anyone who will listen to me now, will be protected and they will not worry
about Satan or what he will be doing.  They will understand what is going on in the world
at that time.)

Revelation 12:17

	And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to
make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have
the testimony of Jesus Christ.

       Satan could not get at spiritual Israel, so he wants those that
are "new christians", the one that follow what The Lord tells them to do and also tell
others about Jesus.  These are the ones that are going around telling everyone, Jesus is not
here yet, that Satan is a fake.  They will be quoting scripture and verses to prove it to
people.

       That is what Jesus was saying in Matt 5:25	Agree with thine adversary quickly,
whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the
judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
26	Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid
the uttermost farthing.

        And again in;

Luke 12:58	When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the
way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge,
and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
59	I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.

In His Service