When Satan is through testing the saints, when there is nothing left to test, the Father asks Satan, "Well?"

Satan has no answer. They have overcome him.

Now the Father issues the authority to Michael and his angels. Now the legions of Heaven are authorized and empowered to force the ancient monarch, Satan, from his place in the heaven.

Will you be one of those who obeys the Father to this extent? Heaven and earth await your answer.

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. (Revelation 12:10)

Good news for the heavens. The evil influence no longer has access to the Throne of God.

The victorious saints have won victory for the heavens.

Salvation.

Strength.

The Kingdom of God.

The authority of God's Christ.

All these blessings have been brought to the heavens because of the willingness of a handful of people to love not their own life, to choose God's will to the point of death.

Satan and his angels now are compelled to live on the earth. What will it be like here? As we look about us and think of the downward path the nations (particularly the so-called "free" nations) have taken in the last few years, we wonder how far we can be from the coming of Satan and his angels to the earth.

The tail of the dragon has brought down to earth many of the "stars of heaven"—prominent ministers of the Gospel who have been deceived by sin and have fallen from their position in Christ at God's right hand.

The things done today in America, for example, are so filthy, so blasphemous, that we cannot grasp the extent of the depravity. Our minds are numb—and yet the government proceeds with its programs as though America were a righteous nation abiding under the blessing of God.

There can be no doubt there is turmoil in the heavens. The wealthy democracies of our day are sinking ever deeper into spiritual death. The poorer nations are living in civil war and terrible poverty, in many instances.

But we do not dwell too much on these abominations. The Lord our God is calling us to the conquering of Satan. We can overcome him through Christ, and in so doing, God's Ruler will be brought forth. When He, Christ, comes to earth with His legions, all of Satan's presence and works will be destroyed from the earth—even the memory of them.

The moral filth, the civil wars, and the poverty will be done away when Christ returns.

We choose to meditate about the coming victory, not about the works of Satan in the earth, although we remain aware and watchful concerning what is taking place around us, and do what we can to help when the opportunity arises.

To be continued.