The Devil’s Destiny

Penetrating Enemy Lines

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Revelation 20:1–10 (CSB)

SATAN BOUND

20 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven holding the key to the abyss and a great chain in his hand. ²He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan,^, and bound him for a thousand years. ³He threw him into the abyss, closed it, and put a seal on it so that he would no longer deceive the nations until the thousand years were completed. After that, he must be released for a short time.

THE SAINTS REIGN WITH CHRIST

⁴Then I saw thrones, and people seated on them who were given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God, who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and who had not accepted the mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. ⁵The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed.

This is the first resurrection. ⁶Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.

SATANIC REBELLION CRUSHED

⁷When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison ⁸and will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the sea. ⁹They came up across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the encampment of the saints, the beloved city. Then fire came down from heaven and consumed them. ¹⁰The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet are, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Instead of the saints of God continuously dwelling on the devil’s gloom and doom in our minds, we should dwell on what the Word of God says concerning the ultimate destiny of the devil:

Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. (John 12:31-32)

Now is the judgment — that means the devil is already defeated. He no longer has power over the earth. Jesus Christ has the power and, if we lift him up, no fiery darts of the enemy can ever harm us.

In the book of Revelation, we find details regarding Satan’s ultimate destiny:

And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. (Revelation 20:10)

If you are to ever receive God’s promises, claim your inheritance, and take the spiritual territory that is rightfully yours, then you must get these truths down in your spirit:

The enemy has been judged.
His power has been destroyed.
His ultimate destiny is assured.
Jesus destroyed the works of the devil (1 John 3:8).

Surely, if the Son of God has destroyed the works of the devil, then the saints of God need to grasp that breakthrough revelation and begin to function in the full power and authority God intended.

You must know and act upon these facts as the nation of Israel did:

The devil has no power over you except what you allow him to have.
The devil cannot make you do anything that you do not want to do.
He has no power over your will!

Each morning, start your day focusing not on your current circumstances, but on the ability of God to overcome every obstacle before you. Each day, give God the glory as the creator of the universe and the source of all your needs. Start each day with the knowledge that there is no circumstance that you cannot overcome.

Make this declaration:

The power God gave me is greater than the forces of Satan. As a child of God, I can overcome all the purported power of the enemy.

*Adapted from MCWE email – Journey Into The Promised Land by Morris Cerullo

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