1 Peter 5:8-9
King James Version
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
Revelation 12:10
King James Version
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.
These verses seem to be contradictory? If I'm correct, in Revelation it says that Satan accuses the saints day and night before God, but in 1 Peter 5:8 it says he walks about seeking whom he may devour? Am I missing something?
revelation tells the story of the whole Bible from creation , even up to the end of this creation and it ends as we see the new creation promised in the Bible come to pass. The intent of the apocalyptic visions john saw was to tell the church what the order of things would be going forward “ things that shall be here after “ “ must soon come to pass “
In revelation 12 you see a new vision of israel ( the beautiful woman wearing the crown of 12 stars ) and she’s expecting a son “ man child “ the messiah promised to israel in tbe prophets and law she’s expecting him to be born , and then the man child is born and Satan tries to devour him through temptations and death but instead he is taken up to the throne of God to his right hand where earlier in johns vision he’s already shown he overcame and now holds the keys of hell and death. The man child is Jesus and him being taken to the throne happened after his resurrection
At that point this happened to Hods creation heaven and earth are one creation but look what happened when the earth rejected and crucified Jesus , and heaven received him
for just a moment consider this Jesus ascending to his throne see acts 2: 30-33 and also read psalm 2:8-12)
“And
she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: ( psalm 2 above ) and
her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. ( mark 16:19 rev. 3:21)
(so now consider that this happened after that )
And
there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and
the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not;
neither was their place found any more in heaven. 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.
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. 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.
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.
(now you see that war he lost on he lost in heaven pouring into the earth and being waged against the church )
……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.”
Revelation 12:5, 7-12, 17
Now consider that’s why after Jesus did this
“So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.”
Mark 16:19 KJV
said
“To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.”
Revelation 3:21 KJV
And then The church leaders were saying this to the people of earth
“Be sober, be vigilant; because
your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion,
walketh about, ( is present ) seeking whom he may devour: whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that
the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.”
1 Peter 5:8-9 KJV
and Paul
“Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
Ephesians 6:11-12 KJV
air makes perfect sense if we realize Jesus went into heaven and heaven became cleansed and purified and new and Satan was cast out into the earth and barred from heaven forever
a now he’s on earth tormenting and warring against man who God loves and died to redeem Satan is still attacking God through destroying his loved ones on earth
revelation tells of past present and future things , some are in heaven and some are on earth , some happened already some happen now and some will happen sooner or later in it’s time . To the intent to show the church the new heavenly order and warn us of our adversary on earth and what’s coming and what is and what was and will be also leads to the hope of a new creation with God being completed and fulfilled
