Victory Cannot Be Defeated

“Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun…. Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth. And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon…. His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born” (Revelation 12:1-4, NKJV).

Satan knew an incredible Church was about to be born out of the Old Testament remnant. It would be a glorious body, so the devil declared war once again, reasoning that now he could do battle on his territory, the Earth.

Satan knew he couldn’t get to the child in Mary’s womb, so he determined to destroy Christ as soon as he was born. He gathered all his demonic forces around Bethlehem, sending spirits of deception to blind the scribes, priests, and Pharisees. Then his own spirit entered King Herod, possessing him. If Satan couldn’t kill Christ himself, he would have a man standing by, ready to do it for him.

But the Lord’s armies of heavenly angels stood guard over the child, so that Satan couldn’t touch him. The devil would have to wait another thirty years. His next chance came at the beginning of Jesus’s ministry. At that point, Satan led Christ into the wilderness to be tempted, yet Jesus defeated him in that battle too. God protected his Son again, sending angels to minister to him in his time of physical weakness.

The devil would try one last time to devour Christ. This time, he moved forces into place to try to kill Jesus by crucifixion and cast him into the grave. He sent demonic spirits to incite a mob, entering the bodies of priests, soldiers, political leaders, and false witnesses. At last, Satan thought, he had his hour of power. Now he would wage an all-out war!

Yet we know the rest of the story because on the day of resurrection, Satan’s most humbling defeat occurred. When Jesus ascended to heaven, he was out of the devil’s reach forever. “Her Child was caught up to God and his throne” (Revelation 12:5).

All of hell was shaken because Satan had lost again. Even using all of his power, he still could not defeat the victorious Son of God.