As soon as the man-child is raptured, there is war in heaven, and Satan is cast down to the earth; we need to be those preparing and being qualified now to deal with the enemy by preaching to him according to God’s word so that we may be one with the Lord to cast him down when the man-child is raptured!
Amen, Lord Jesus, make us Your overcoming saints today! May we be those who stand with You today, fighting against the enemy and his plots, so that we may overcome! Amen, Lord, may each one of us, where You have placed us, overcome. May we learn to overcome the enemy by the word of our testimony, by the blood of the Lamb, and by not loving our soul-life even unto death! Yes, Lord Jesus, we choose to be Your overcoming saints today who stand on Your word and not deny Your name! Amen!
As we prayerfully read Revelation chapter 12 to see how we can experience, enjoy, and express Christ today, we realise that the Lord wants to gain His overcomers, in particular, the man-child.
God has a people on earth, and the whole body of God’s people on earth from the beginning until now is like a woman.
But within that woman, as we see in Revelation 12, there is a man-child, a stronger part. Satan wants to devour the man-child, but the Lord protects this stronger part of the church. As soon as the man-child is born, he is raptured to heaven, and there’s war in heaven.
Then, Satan is cast down to the earth. Who is the man-child, and how can we be part of the man-child today?
According to the divine revelation in God’s word, the man-child is composed of the overcoming saints throughout the ages who have died and will be resurrected at the Lord’s secret coming.
The Lord has had His overcoming saints throughout the ages, those who were the stronger part of God’s people.
Many of these saints have died, and they are waiting to be resurrected by the Lord when He returns.
They have fought the enemy throughout their life, and they have overcome. Now they are waiting, patiently waiting, and they are also praying, being ready to be resurrected and be raptured to the throne to cast Satan to the earth. What a scene!
How glorious it will be when this happens! Today we believers in Christ want to live in the principle of the man-child; we want to be those who fight Satan, stand against his schemes, and pray for the kingdom of God to come in.
We do not agree with Satan’s tactics; we pray for the Lord’s kingdom to be spread all over the earth, and we put Satan under our feet. Hallelujah!
The Man-Child is Fighting against God’s Enemy and, when He’s Raptured, There’s War in Heaven, and Satan is Cast down to the Earth!
In Revelation 12:7-9 we see what happens after the man-child is raptured: there was war in heaven! Wow! First, the dragon stands before the woman, the body of the people of God, ready to devour the man-child to be brought forth from her.
Then, when the man-child is brought forth, he is raptured to the throne of God. Once this happens, there is war in heaven.
Michael and his angels went to war with the dragon, and the dragon warred and his angels, but they could not prevail, nor was their place found any longer in heaven. Wow, when the man-child is raptured, war erupts in heaven, and Satan and his angels are cast down to the earth!
The great dragon was cast down, the ancient serpent, he who is called the Devil and Satan, he who deceives the whole inhabited earth; he was cast to the earth. This is amazing!
This shows us that the man-child is composed of the stronger part of God’s people, those who overcome in their lifetime.
They are always engaged in fighting God’s enemy, Satan, and they defeat him. Now, after they are resurrected and raptured, they continue to fight the enemy and they remove him from heaven. Amazing!
The overcomers have been fighting Satan continually, even unto death, and they have defeated him on earth.
But the heaven is still polluted by the enemy’s presence, so when the man-child is raptured, the overcoming saints go and wage war with Satan and his angels and remove them from heaven.
Don’t we want to be there, one of those one with the Lord to kick Satan out of the heaven? We need to be such ones today.
The man-child, the stronger part of the woman, is being prepared within the body of God’s people throughout the ages. Our daily experience needs to be one of overcoming, for we want to be part of the man-child.
The stronger part of the woman is always fighting the enemy and defeating him. We don’t need to try to make this happen; we simply need to grow in life and allow the Lord to train us and qualify us to be part of the man-child.
Heaven is waiting for such ones today, those who fight against the enemy and defeat him in their experience. When the man-child is raptured, a war is waged in heaven to cast Satan out of heaven!
The Bible reveals the names of two angels – Michael and Gabriel. Gabriel is a reporter bringing news to God’s people (Dan. 8:16; 9:21-22; Luke 1:19, 26), whereas Michael is a fighter contending for God’s people (Dan. 10:13, 21; 11:1; 12:1; Jude 9).
“The dragon warred and his angels” (Rev. 12:7b); these angels must be the fallen angels, who follow Satan to rebel against God (Matt. 25:41).
Satan has his kingdom, and he still has access to heaven; he still is making trouble there, he is still accusing us before our God day and night.
But we want to be the overcoming saints today who are one with the Lord and stand on His word to defeat the enemy in our experience so that we may be part of the man-child in this age.
We are not afraid of the enemy; we stand on the Lord’s precious blood, we do not love our soul-life even unto death, and we declare the word of God (Rev. 12:11).
Our merit is not in ourselves; our standing is not our good deeds or perfect behaviour.
We stand on the blood of Christ, which has defeated the enemy, and we stand on the Word of God, which is like a two-edged sword to cut the enemy into pieces. May we be such ones today, those who are part of the man-child!
Lord Jesus, we give ourselves to You today to be part of the man-child in this age! Amen, Lord, we praise You that the man-child will be soon brought forth, and there will be war in heaven! Wow, Hallelujah, Satan will fight against the Lord with his armies, but he will not prevail, but rather, he will be cast to the earth! Amen, Lord, we want to be with You on that day, in heaven, defeating Satan and his armies and casting him down to the earth. We open to You today. We apply Your precious, prevailing, victorious blood. We stand on the blood. We do not love ourselves nor do we love our soul-life; we love You and we love Your interest. Amen, Lord, we stand on Your word. We declare Your word. Your word is our testimony. We overcome the enemy by the blood of the Lamb, by the word of our testimony and by not loving our soul-life even unto death! Amen, Lord, make us Your overcoming saints in this age! Gain those who are the stronger part of God’s people for You to rapture and bring in the end of this age!
Being the Man-Child who Defeats the Enemy by Preaching God’s Word to him and Executing God’s Judgment on him
How can we be prepared and qualified to be part of the man-child in this age? How can we defeat the enemy of God in our experience today so that we may be part of the overcoming man-child when the Lord returns?
We need to see the most effective way today, which is to take the word of God and preach to Satan regarding what the Lord has accomplished for us. Satan is the source of all problems, and too many times we pray for the Lord to solve our problems, instead of preaching God’s word to Satan and executing God’s judgment on him.
We may see that our temper bothers us, for it is aroused so easily; instead of trying to deal with our temper, we should simply forget it and preach to Satan, declaring the word of God to him.
We can tell him, Satan, you have been crucified on the cross. My ugly temper is from you; you have been destroyed by Christ on the cross! If we preach God’s word to Satan in this way, we will be delivered from him.
The man-child is composed of those who do not stand on their merit but on the blood of Christ, and they declare God’s word to the enemy.
They love the Lord so much that they are one with Him to go up to heaven by means of being raptured so that they may cast Satan down to the earth.
This is what we see in Revelation 12: as soon as the man-child is raptured, there’s war in heaven, Satan and his armies cannot prevail, and they are cast down to earth.
God wants to execute His judgment on Satan, but He will not do it by Himself; He needs an executor.
This executor is the man-child, and we want to be part of the man-child today. Before we can execute God’s judgment on Satan in heaven, we need to first defeat him on earth today. After we defeat Satan on earth, we will fight upward to heaven, and eventually, we will fight downward to earth!
Today we need to not stand with our feelings, our emotions, our failures, or our mistakes; we need to stand with the Lord and against the enemy, preaching God’s word to the enemy! Amen!
We need to give Satan many messages, many sermons; we simply need to declare the word of God to him (2 Cor. 4:13; Acts 5:20).
As we speak one with the Lord, declaring God’s word to the enemy, we will defeat the enemy today.
Then, when the Lord raptures the man-child and we continue to speak God’s word, the enemy will be defeated again and will be cast to the earth.
After there will be some damage done to the earth by Satan after being cast down to the earth, we will return with the Lord and we will again preach God’s word to Satan and send him to the abyss (Rev. 20:1-3).
Then, after the millennium, there will be another preaching of God’s word to Satan, this time to send him to the lake of fire (v. 10).
After being locked in the abyss for one thousand years, Satan will be released temporarily, and he will instigate all men to rebel against God and fight against Him.
It is then that we will stand with the Lord and declare His word to Satan, and he will be cast into the lake of fire, his final destination! Hallelujah!
This is our destiny, to be part of the dispensational instrument that ends this age, brings in God’s kingdom, and deals with God’s enemy.
If we want to be part of the man-child, if we want to be qualified to participate in this, we must fight now. We cannot be indifferent today.
We need to speak to the enemy, telling him, Satan, you have been deceiving me for many years. But now my eyes are open: I see what you are doing and I am no longer indifferent. You are God’s enemy and you are also my enemy. I am absolute for the Lord and I will never listen to you! I stand with the Lord and preach God’s word to you until you are fully judged and cast into the lake of fire!
If we preach to Satan in this way, we will become another person, and we will probably soon be included in the stronger part of the woman.
May we begin now to be qualified and equipped, even perfected, for us to be among those who will be raptured to heaven to execute judgment upon Satan.
We do not allow the enemy to have any ground in our being, and we do not stand in or with our failures and mistakes; we stand on God’s word and we declare His word to the enemy! Amen!
When the Lord comes secretly to rapture the overcomers, this rapture is not mainly for our happiness or for us to be rescued from this terrible world; the rapture is for God’s purpose.
God is waiting for the overcomers, the man-child, to go to heaven and execute His judgment upon the enemy.
And we have the privilege to share in this! The angels can’t share in this, but we can; we can give the Lord the ground today to produce us as His overcoming saints so that we may be one with Him to execute God’s judgment on the enemy! Praise the Lord!
Lord Jesus, we stand one with You today. We stand on Your word. We read and pray over Your word. We love Your word. We declare Your word. We declare God’s word to the enemy until he is fully judged. Amen, Lord, teach us how to not stand with ourselves or remain in our failures and defeats but be one with You to preach the word of God to the enemy! May we be those qualified to be the man-child today by declaring God’s truths to the enemy to defeat him today! We no longer want to be indifferent, Lord; we give ourselves to You to be absolute for You today! May we be qualified, equipped, and perfected to be among the overcoming saints today! May we be those who overcome the enemy by the blood of the Lamb, the word of our testimony, and by not loving our soul-life even unto death! Amen, Lord, what a privilege it is for us to cooperate with You in this age to be Your overcoming saints who will deal with Your enemy! Wow, the man-child will cast Satan to earth, send him to the abyss, and cast him into the lake of fire for eternity, for the man-child will execute God’s judgment over the enemy! Amen!
References and Hymns on this Topic
- Inspiration for this article/sharing comes from the Word of God, the enjoyment in the ministry, a sharing by brother Ron Kangas on this topic, and portions from, Life-study of Revelation (msg. 38), by Witness Lee, as quoted in the Holy Word for Morning Revival on, Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (4) (2025 December Training), week 44 (msg. 8), The Man-child, the War in Heaven, and the Overcoming Saints – day 2.
- Hymns on this topic:
– By the blood of Christ the Victor / Claim His full authority; / Just apply the blood of Jesus / And defeat the enemy. / By the blood of Christ the Victor / Standing in the heavenlies; / In the pow’r of Christ ascended, / Tread the principalities. (Hymns #889 stanzas 5-6)
– Will you be an overcomer? / To the Lord be drawn! / Keep the “first love,” never leave it, / Till the break of dawn. / Will you be an overcomer? / On His life depend! / Dare to suffer persecution, / Faithful to the end. (Hymns #894 stanzas 2-3)
– The vict’ry’s won! We’ve overcome the enemy. / The Word of God we boldly testify. / God speaks His Word—in it there’s life and liberty— / And by the Word the devil we defy. / The vict’ry’s won! Beneath our feet the enemy, / For we love not our soul life unto death; / And so we shout, “O Lord, You are our victory!” / And praise our God with all our spirit’s breath. (Hymns #1289 stanzas 2-3)
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Life-study of Revelation, pp. 430-431, by Witness Lee
Aaaameeen! The rapture is not for our happiness; it is for God’s purpose. Our God is waiting for the overcomers, to go to heaven to execute His judgement upon the enemy. What a priviledge it is to share in this! The angels do not share this priviledge, but we do! Hallelujah! Lord produce us as Your overcomers!
It is amazing to see how the man-child is produced and immediately he is caught up to heaven. As soon as this happens, there’s war in heaven, and Satan and his armies are cast to the earth; the rapture of the man-child triggers this.
We want to be those who defeat God’s enemy by preaching His word to him to execute God’s judgment upon Him in our daily Christian life.
What a scene that immediately after the man-child is raptured to heaven, Michael and his angels begin to war against Satan. This indicates that the man-child, the stronger part of God’s people, is always engaged in fighting God’s enemy, Satan. They have been fighting Satan continually on earth. Heaven is waiting for them to arrive that a war may be waged to cast Satan out of heaven. Praise the Lord for showing us the most effective way to defeat Satan is by taking the word of God and preach to Satan what the Lord has done for us. We need to proclaim the Lord’s victory over him. What a privilege to share in this privilege of defeating satan on the earth, in heaven, casting him to the abyss and eventually into the lake of fire.
In these days Lord perfect, train, and equip us to be among those who can execute judgment on Satan. Lord make us Your overcoming saints for the sake of Your purpose. 🙏🙏🙏
On the cross, our Lord Jesus judged Satan, sin & death! Yet God is still waiting for the man-child to execute this judgment. Satan has been condemned, judged, and sentenced already! The war waged by the overcoming believers against Satan is actually the executing of the Lord’s judgment upon him.
We need to ask ourselves whether we will be part of those who will go to heaven to execute God’s judgment and command the enemy Satan to depart from heaven?
If we would be qualified to be part of the raptured man-child in the heavens to execute judgment upon Satan, we must begin to execute the judgment upon him now on earth!
We need to be those headed up under the man Jesus in His overcoming life, who lived not to Himself but to do the will of the Father!
May we be those who fight Satan in the church today, preaching to him on earth! May we be those who will be raptured to the heavens to fulfill God’s need in executing judgment on Satan in heaven!