Revelation 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has but a short time.
Question: How does he know that he has a short time? Answer: He knows because he studies his Bible and if we were to study ours, we will come to the same conclusion, that we also have but a short time….. [2SP pp 87] Satan is a diligent student of the Bible, and much better acquainted with the prophecies than many religious teachers. He has ever kept well-informed concerning the revealed purposes of God, that he might defeat the plans of the Infinite.
[9T pp 16] Satan is a diligent Bible student. He knows that his time is short, and he seeks at every point to counterwork the work of the Lord upon this earth….. That is the reason why those first passages in 1st Thessalonians 4 have such great significance for us today, because our time is short, because we’re now living on the very brink of eternity. There is a prospect before us that some Christians who are alive today just may not pass through the portals of the tomb, that’s how short it is.
The Bible tells us that no man knows the day nor the hour, but the prophecies that are scheduled for the last days are being fulfilled quite rapidly, even as we speak. Not only is the gospel being taken to almost every inhabitable place on the globe, but the fact that for the first time in history, we now have an American Pope, and the makeup of the supreme court is now majority Catholic, (7 out of 9), tells us something is brewing on the horizon. Wherefore, comfort one another with these words.
2nd Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!