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Rev 6:2
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
KJV
5. Lord Jesus returns riding a white horse per Rev.19. But the above rider on a white horse is not our Lord Jesus, because Jesus has a sword and will wear many crowns when He returns. This rider here is about Satan when he is kicked out of the heavenly dimension towards the end of this present world. The point of Jesus giving this warning first is for us to not be deceived, for Satan is coming to mimic Him, The Christ.
Rev 12:7-12
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
That war in heaven is still future, and is for the end that will start the time of "great tribulation". That idea that when Satan loses that war, that no place will be found any more in heaven for him, means Satan has to come to the only other place he can go to, this earthly dimension. It is another proof that Satan and his angels are literally... coming here upon this earth in plain sight for the end.
9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, "Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night."
Did the "kingdom of God, and the power of His Christ" come at Satan's original rebellion long, long ago? No, of course not. That's one of the ways here that we know this war in Heaven has not happened yet.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
That above is actually the event of the 5th Seal about the fellow-servant saints that must be killed like those under the Altar were, per Rev.6. That is for the time at the end, not back when Satan first rebelled. So this is another proof that the above war in Heaven is still yet future.
12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
KJV
Is that "for the devil is come down unto you" serious? is that meant literally? Yes, it is meant literally, Satan and his angels right here upon this earth, in plain sight. Those whose names are not written in the book of life will "wonder" at him. Satan knows he has but a "short time", put for the time of "great tribulation" at the end of this world.
Matt 24:23-26
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, "Lo, here is Christ, or there"; believe it not.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, "Behold, He is in the desert"; go not forth: "behold,
He is in the secret chambers"; believe it not.
KJV
In the above Lord Jesus is warning us about a singular coming false-Messiah with the power to do "great signs and wonders" that IF it were possible, would deceive even His very elect.
The KJV phrase "false Christs" is Greek pseudochristos, which is from two Greek words, pseudo which means false, and christos which is singular in the Greek for Christ. The 23 and 26 verse context is also about the coming of a SINGULAR pseudo-Christ. This is the main warning Scripture, delivered to us by Lord Jesus, about the coming "beast" king of Revelation for the end of this world. This false-Messiah is coming to actually mimic Lord Jesus Christ!
2 Thess 2:3-4
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;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
KJV
The above is Apostle Paul giving us the same warning that Lord Jesus did about the coming pseudo-Christ. Paul shows that false one must come first before Jesus comes to gather us.
Did you notice Paul calls that false one the "son of perdition"? Do you remember in Revelation about the false one related to that idea of "perdition" in the future "lake of fire"? It's about Satan, the beast that ascends from the bottomless pit and goes into perdition.
Note what Satan will do when he comes; he will sit in that "temple of God" while exalting himself in place of GOD. The children of darkness and deceived preachers try to get you to believe that "temple of God" means a pope as Antichrist sitting over the Spiritual Temple of Christ. No, Paul is speaking of the traditional Jewish stone temple in Jerusalem, as the "abomination of desolation" prophecy that Jesus quoted from the Book of Daniel about the end requires a standing Jewish temple in Jerusalem to fulfill it for the end.
If you have not yet studied Ezekiel 28 and Isaiah 14 where God shows about Satan's original rebellion of old in coveting God's Throne, then you will miss another reason why that coming pseudo-Christ will be Satan himself coming to earth to finalize that beast kingdom of Rev.13:1. God is going to allow Satan to try and exalt himself as GOD upon a throne in Jerusalem on earth, in a 3rd Jewish temple. It will be the same kind of sin that Satan tried to do in that time of old when he first coveted God's Throne. God destroyed that time of old of Satan's original rebellion, and God then ordained His Son Jesus Christ to be born of woman to die on the cross for the remission of sins of those who believe on Him.
