There will arise at the end of the Church Age a large and powerful army of saints, with Christ at the head, that will invade the earth, driving out all unclean spirits.

And the Lord shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the Lord is great and very terrible; and who can abide it? (Joel 2:11)

From the present hour forward in the history of the world we shall see expressions of Satan's nature we never believed we would witness on the earth. We are entering an age of moral horrors. Every filthy, perverse practice that can be imagined by the lords of Hell will fill the large cities of the earth.

If we would not be destroyed by what we are seeing we will have to keep our eyes focused on the Lord Jesus, setting our affections and treasures in Heaven above, not on the earth. We must learn to view the heavens and the earth as one arena of conflict, recognizing that the moral filthiness occurring on the earth is merely a reflection of the spiritual lords who govern the earth from their position on the thrones located in the air above the surface of the earth.

If we do not close our eyes and ears from seeing and hearing evil, if we do not fasten our gaze on the Lord Jesus at the right hand of the Father, we surely will succumb to the spiritual darkness now on the horizon.

The bringing forth of Christ in the personalities of the saints will intensify the spiritual warfare and the distressing conditions on the earth.

And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 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. (Revelation 12:7-9)

The dragon, Satan, and his angels still have their place in the heavens. But when a company of saints overcomes the accuser, the Father will give power to Michael and his angels to throw down Satan from the heavens into the earth. Then the earth will be a dreadful place in which to live.

It is difficult to grasp the enormity of the expression "neither was their place found any more in heaven." Satan and his angels always, from a time further back than man can imagine, have had their place in the heavens. During the age of reconciliation, which we believe to be beginning in the present hour, Satan and his followers will be forced from their ancient positions. This is a wonderful hope for the inhabitants of the heavens but the worst of all possible situations for those living on the earth.

To be continued.