Thurs.’s Devo- God’s Remnant

Read: Zechariah 1:1-21; Revelation 12:1-13b; Psalm 140:1-13; Proverbs 30:17
Zechariah is the same as Revelation 11 that we read yesterday so I’n not going to spend too much time on it. Joshua is Jesus, our High Priest, the man snatched from the fire, the one Satan accused. This is the picture of Jesus when he ascended back to heaven after his crucifixion. He was given his priestly garments to wear once again. It even tells us that this is a picture of things yet to come. We even see the white stone talked about in Revelation 2:27 that will be engraved with a new name. The beast that came out of the sea
In Revelation, John sees a woman clothed with the sun and the moon under her feet. This is the church and Israel. She is standing on the moon which is the universal church with no light of its own. She has a crown of twelve starts standing for the 12 tribes of the Old Testament and the apostles of the New. She is pregnant with the plan of salvation but before it can come forth, the dragon appears with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns. The seven heads are seven rulers that oppose Jesus. The ten horns are nations that oppose Him. We are the head because of Christ, but Satan is the tail so with his tail, he sweeps a third of the stars and throw them to the earth. This is a picture of what Satan did when the church began. It tried to apostate the leaders who were heavenly minded and bring them down to earth to be earthly minded. But God prepared a place where she could flee to just like God prepared an obscure place for Jesus to be born. The child came forth but did not stay long before God snatched him up to the throne. The true church had to flee to hidden places to worship God in sincerity and truth. Spiritual warfare became more and more fierce but God’s people overcame by the blood of the lamb. Satan was thrown to earth where he roams about trying to deceive the elect and the ignorant of the earth. He is mad because he knows his time is short.
The church was given the Holy Spirit, the eagle in which to find rest and safety and be out of Satan’s reach. The flood was probably when the Germans tried to take Rome and root out all Christianity. God preserved a remnant. God always has a remnant of people that are his warriors and Satan’s enemies.