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The Sword of Gilead & The Book of Angels

there by John in Revelations as well as Jesus’
warnings that describe the days and that are also
repeated in the Epistles.
The book of Revelations presents the
decisive struggle of Christ and his followers
against Satan and his cohorts as already over.
Christ's overwhelming defeat of the kingdom of
Satan ushered in the everlasting reign of God. Rev
11:15, 'Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet. There
were loud voices in heaven saying "The kingdom of the
world now belongs to our Lord and to his Anointed,
and he will reign forever and ever."
Rev 12:10, Then I heard a loud voice in heaven
say: "Now have salvation and power come, and the
kingdom of our God and the authority of his Anointed.
For the accuser of our brothers is cast out, who accuses
them before our God both day and night."
Even the forces of evil unwittingly carry
out the divine plan, for God is the sovereign lord
of history. Rev 17:17, “For God has put it into their
minds to carry out his purpose and to make them come
to an agreement to give their kingdom to the beast until
the words of God are accomplished.” It is this verse
that strikes at the heart of today inasmuch as it
does seem that once Christian countries are
indeed turning their kingdoms over to the beast.
The book of Revelation had its origin in a
time of crisis, but it remains valid and meaningful
for Christians of all time. In the face of apparently
insuperable evil, either from within or from
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