Reveling in the RevelationRevelation 12 – Our Great Intercessor

Have you ever been wrongfully accused of something?

What can you do to protect yourself? You may protest

your innocence, but you need a witness to tell the truth

or an advocate to stand for you and prove your

innocence.

Revelation 12 shows us we need a spiritual advocate

because Satan constantly accuses us before God until

the day in the future when he will be thrown out of

Heaven and down to Earth.

“The great dragon was hurled down... to the earth, and

his angels with him.... the accuser of our brothers and

sisters, who accuses them before our God day and

night, has been hurled down.” Revelation 12:7-11

Satan Accuses Us in Heaven

Satan was one of God’s chief angels until he rebelled

and took many angels with him. Today, this chief demon

is called the Prince of this World (John 14:30). However,

our Revelation passage says that he constantly accuses

us before God until his final judgment.

Job 1 makes it clear that Satan and his demons have a

limited-access pass to Heaven. But this access is

limited and under God’s sovereign control. Satan’s

access will one day be revoked, and he will ultimately

be defeated and condemned. Until then, he not only

wars with us on Earth, he also accuses us before God.

We Have an Intercessor in Heaven

How do you feel about Satan constantly accusing you

before God? If you are worried, Hebrews 7:25 should

give you great assurance: “...Jesus is able also to save

forever those who draw near to God through Him, since

He always lives to make intercession for them.”

Although Jesus’ work to secure our salvation was

completed on the cross as evidenced by his cry, “It is

finished.” (John 19:30), his care for his redeemed

children will never be finished.

Jesus did not leave Earth and go to Heaven to take a

break. His role as our Eternal Shepherd continues in

Heaven as our intercessor. Romans 8:34 states, “Who

is he that condemns us? Christ Jesus who...is at the

right hand of God and is interceding for us.”

Jesus is our great defender against Satan’s lying

accusations against us. 1 John 2:1 promises us that “if

anyone does sin, we have an advocate who speaks to

the Father in our defense.”

Jesus is interceding for us while Satan is accusing us

and pointing out our sins to God. But these accusations

fall on deaf ears in heaven. When God looks at

Believers, He cannot see our sin, because Jesus stands

between Him and our sin.

I love the promise in Psalm 103:12 that “He has

removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the

west.” Notice it specifies from east to west because that

cannot be measured like the North Pole to the South

Pole can. If you know Jesus, your sins are not seen in

Heaven because the Blood of the Lamb has forever

covered them.

How Can We Respond?

Rejoice - Even though Satan accuses us, we can stand

on the promise that if we claim Jesus as our Savior, God

no longer finds us guilty. Therefore, we should rejoice

because we do not need to live with guilt or shame.

Such feelings allow Satan to keep calling us unworthy

even though Jesus works to refute these lies in Heaven.

Resist – Remember we still live in a fallen world. But

when we draw near to God, the Holy Spirit will draw near

to us and give us the weapons to fight our spiritual

battles. Equip yourself by reading and memorizing the

following passages that will provide you with weapons

to stand firm: Ephesians 6:12-13, 2 Timothy 1:7, James

4:7-8, 1 Peter 5:8-10, and 1 John 1:8-9.