Who is it that wears out the saints of God?
Response to comment [from a Christian]: [Who is it that wears out the saints of God?]
SaultoPaul
because
he watches Matthew Perry
movies.
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "Seems to me that the one who is persecuting the saints today is the same one who has been guilty of it almost from the start. The adversary, Satan, he is the one behind all those groups/individuals who have been and are guilty today of persecuting the saints. The spirit who now works in the children of disobedience Eph. 2:2..."
His day will
come to an end, thankfully.
"Re 12:10 accuser. See note on v. 9.
Satan will no longer accuse
believers before the throne of God
because he will no longer have
access to heaven.
12:11 blood of the Lamb. No
accusation can stand against those
whose sins have been forgiven
because of Christ’s sacrificial
death (see Rom. 8:33–39)."
MacArthur, J., Jr. (Ed.). (1997).
The MacArthur Study Bible
(electronic ed., p. 2008).
Nashville, TN: Word Pub.
And he shall speak great words
against the most High, and shall
wear out the saints of the most
High, and think to change times and
laws: and they shall be given into
his hand until a time and times and
the dividing of time [Dan. 7:25].
"The little horn is a blasphemer.
“And there was given unto him a
mouth speaking great things and
blasphemies; and power was given
unto him to continue forty and two
months. And he opened his mouth in
blasphemy against God, to blaspheme
his name, and his tabernacle, and
them that dwell in heaven” (Rev.
13:5–6).
One of the characteristics of
Antichrist is that he is against God
and against Christ. That is one of
the meanings of “antichrist”; the
other meaning is to imitate Christ.
I believe that the two beasts of
Revelation 13 represent these two
aspects of Antichrist: (1) that he
is against Christ and a blasphemer;
and (2) that he is a false prophet
and attempts to imitate Christ;
although he acts like a lamb, he
really is a wolf in sheep’s
clothing.
We are also told that he “shall wear
out the saints of the most High.”
That doesn’t mean like some of us
preachers wear out the saints on
Sunday mornings! It means literally
to afflict and persecute the saints
(see Rev. 12:13–17).
“And think to change times and
laws”—the little horn will change
customs and laws.
The period of the little horn’s
reign is of short duration: “they
shall be given into his hand until a
time and times and the dividing of
time.”
“Time”
1 year
“Times”
2 years
“Dividing of time”
1/2 year
31/2 years
It is during the last three and
one–half years of the Great
Tribulation that he will reign over
the earth (see Rev. 11:2–3; 12:6;
13:5)." McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru
the Bible commentary: The Prophets
(Daniel) (electronic ed., Vol. 26,
pp. 128–129). Nashville: Thomas
Nelson.
