A Woman, A Child, A Dragon, & A Galactic Battle - Part 1

Jim Scudder, Jr. (0:02)

InGrace with Jim Scudder Satan is a fake. He is going to show you what he thinks you want to see. It's gonna be like you have to have it, and he's gonna promise you the world, and then you get it, and you're gonna find out that it actually is enslaving you.

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Welcome to InGrace with Jim Scudder, the senior pastor of Quentin Road Baptist Church in suburban Chicago. He is a strong advocate of the nation of Israel and leads annual tours to the Holy Land.

Jim Scudder, Jr. (0:37)

Today on InGrace, we are going to be talking about a woman, a child, a dragon and a galactic battle. I'm Jim Scudder, and we are in a series called Armageddon's Dawn. This is a verse by verse look at the book of Revelation, and we are about a little over halfway through, but there's still so much more to study. Today, we're going to see that there is this satanic person, Satan himself actually, described as a serpent, a dragon. And in Revelation 12, three, it says this great red dragon having seven heads and 10 horns and seven crowns upon his head. And this dragon is trying to devour a child. So we're like, what in the world is all of this? Well, I think it's easy to interpret this. I do believe that this isn't that hard. And I do believe this all ties in with why there's so much anti-Semitism, anti-Jew, this hatred of Israel going on in our world today. It's the same thing that Revelation is warning us about. And by the way, speaking of the satanic war against Israel, we have a new book called The Spiritual War Against Israel that we'd love to send to you along with the Armageddon Prophecy Chart and the Armageddon Video Series. These resources will really help you understand the Bible as it relates to the end times. To get these resources, make a gift of $35 or more to InGrace and your investment in grace will be used wisely for the Kingdom of God. And you're going to get these great resources, the Armageddon Chart, the Armageddon Video Series, and the Spiritual War Against Israel. To get these, give us a call right now. The number is 1-800-78-GRACE, 1-800-78-GRACE, or go to ingraceradio.com.

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We have come in our study of the book of Revelation to chapter 12 And in chapter 12, we're going to be introduced to three characters that are found in the Tribulation, that are found in the book of Revelation. We're going to be learning more about these three individuals, these three personages, as we continue our study. We're introduced to what's called an unholy trinity. I would not put a capital T on that word, because this trinity is the devil, the antichrist, and the prophet. We're introduced to the devil, the liar, the accuser of the brethren today. He's called an old serpent. He's called a great dragon. We're going to learn about him today, and that's not just so we know what's coming in the future, because Satan is at work today.

And if he is the enemy, and we are in a battle, then it is important for us to understand our enemy. Those of you that have been in the military, you know exactly what I'm talking about. They take a lot of time in training you all about the enemy. The enemy's tactics, the enemy's weapons, the methodology of the enemy, what's motivating the enemy, right? We need to know the enemy in order that we can protect ourselves and also move forward in our life to be successful for God as we have this spiritual battle happening around us. And if you say, well, that's whacked out. You know, the devil, the end is near and all of that. All we're doing here is we're just reading the Bible. Okay, these things are in the Bible. And if I love this about the Bible, you can't get mad at me for what I say up here, you know? I mean, as long as I'm giving you what God says, I mean, you can get mad at me, but you're really getting mad at God. And so, you know, whether or not you take these things in or not, it doesn't really matter. These things are written in the holy scripture. The word of God says these things. So I think it would behoove us to learn what God says and protect ourselves for the battle that is today. We're going to learn more about the devil today, and we'll be learning more about this unholy Trinity as we continue our study.