Bible Questions Answered:
“Senior what is the meaning satan
falling from heaven?...”
Roberto/ Curitibas, Parana Brazil
South America
Bible Answer:
Bible Text:
(Here is the full context of Luke
10:18.)
Luke 10:1-20 KJV
1 After these things The Lord
appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before His
face into every city and place, whither He Himself would come.
2 Therefore said He unto them, The
harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few: pray ye therefore
The Lord Of The Harvest, that He would send forth laborers into His
harvest.
3 Go your ways: behold, I send you
forth as lambs among wolves.
4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip,
nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
5 And into whatsoever house ye
enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
6 And if The son Of Peace be there,
your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.
7 And in the same house remain,
eating and drinking such things as they give: for the laborer is
worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
8 And into whatsoever city ye enter,
and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:
9 And heal the sick that are
therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
10 But into whatsoever city ye
enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of
the same, and say,
11 Even the very dust of your city,
which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be
ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
12 But I say unto you, that it shall
be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
13 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto
thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and
Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago
repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
14 But it shall be more tolerable
for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.
15 And thou, Capernaum, which art
exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.
16 He that heareth you heareth Me;
and he that despiseth you despiseth Me; and he that despiseth Me
despiseth Him that sent Me.
17 And the seventy returned again
with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through
thy name.
18 And He said unto them, I
beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
19 Behold, I give unto you power to
tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy:
and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice
not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice,
because your names are written in heaven.
Our Lord had
already commissioned 12 disciples, but now He called some 70 to go
before Him, proclaiming the God News of the gospel, while healing the
sick, and freeing those that were bound.
And were they
successful?
Luke 10:17-19
KJV
17 And the seventy returned again
with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through
thy name.
18 And He said unto them, I
beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
19 Behold, I give unto you power to
tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy:
and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Yes, They were very
successful!
And The Lord Jesus
replied...“ I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.”
Did Jesus receive a vision? We do not know.
Certainly He was speaking metaphorically! Meaning that Satan's
kingdom and his power was being conquered!
Genesis 3:14,15 NLT
14 Then The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done
this, you are cursed more than all animals, domestic and wild. You
will crawl on your belly, groveling in the dust as long as you live.
15 And I will cause hostility between you and the woman, and
between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head,
and you will strike His heel.”
Isaiah 14:12-17 KJV (More than just Babylon-Satan, himself.)
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!
how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I
will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the
mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like
The Most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the
pit.
16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider
thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that
did shake kingdoms;
17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities
thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
Zechariah 3:2 KJV
And The Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan..."
John 3:31 KJV
He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is
earthly, and speaketh of the earth: He that cometh from heaven is
above all.
John 12:30,31 KJV
30 Jesus answered and said..."
31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this
world be cast out.
Ephesians 1:22 KJV
And hath put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be The
Head Over All Things
Colossians 1:16-18 KJV
16 For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and
that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or
dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by
Him, and for Him:
17 And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.
18 And He is The Head Of The Body, The church: who is The
Beginning, The Firstborn From The Dead; that in all things He might
have the preeminence.
Colossians 2:10 KJV
"...Christ...is the head over every ruler and authority."
I Peter 3:22 KJV
Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels
and authorities and powers being made subject unto Him.
Our Lord's promise to His messengers today!
Mark 16:15-18 KJV
15 And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the
gospel to every creature.
16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that
believeth not shall be damned.
17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In My name
shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any
deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the
sick, and they shall recover.
Luke 10:19 KJV
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and
scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall
by any means hurt you.
Serpents and scorpions, what was The Lord referring to?
Luke 10:20 KJV
Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits
are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your
names are written in heaven.
Who were the serpents and scorpions, they were the evil
spirits they encountered!
Satan, himself is referred to as the serpent.
Genesis 3:1 KJV
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field
which The Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath
God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Psalm 91:10-13 KJV
10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come
nigh thy dwelling.
11 For He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in
all thy ways.
12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot
against a stone.
13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion
and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Isaiah 27:1 NLT
In that day The Lord will take His terrible, swift sword and
punish Leviathan, the swiftly moving serpent, the coiling,
writhing serpent. He will kill the dragon of the sea.
II Corinthians 11:3 KJV
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve
through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the
simplicity that is in Christ.
Revelation 12:9-11 KJV
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.
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.
Revelation 20:1-3 KJV
1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the
bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which
is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a
seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the
thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed
a little season.
Has God called you to be one of His messengers, if so, He has
promised...
Hebrews 13:5 KJV
“...I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”
Luke 10:19 KJV
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents
and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and
nothing shall by any means hurt you.
And will you be successful? Yes!
Harvest Time:
Jeremiah 8:20 KJV
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
Matthew 9:37,38 KJV
37 Then saith He unto His disciples, The harvest truly is
plenteous, but the laborers are few;
38 Pray ye therefore The Lord Of The Harvest, that He will send
forth laborers into His harvest.
