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THE MYSTERY OF INIQUITY
(Mysteries Of The Bible)
1. Paul Says, There Are Mysteries Of God In The Scriptures And It Is The Duty Of Every Christian Espescially Ministers And Teachers And Preachers Of God’s Word To Be Stewards Of These Mysteries
1 Corinthians 4:1-2 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
Note:
* The mysteries are important for us to study because they lay the basic foundation of the christian faith
* The reason why many christians are not rooted and grounded In the word of God is because pastors and preachers do not teach this great subject of the mysteries of the word of God
* It is our duty to faithfully preach these mysteries in the word of God, so that these doctrines can strenghten and build them up so that they will never be shaken of their faith and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who would ask them for a reason for the hope that is inside of them
* It is important that we study these mysteries
SECTION 2: MYSTERY OF INIQUITY: THE ANTICHRIST
* God revelaed this mystery to Paul
1. Verse Showing The Mystery: The Mystery Of Iniquity Is About The Antichrist. Even In Paul’s Day, The Spirit Of The Antichrist Is Already Working
2 Thessalonians 2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
* The next person the bible has so much to speak about other than Lord Jesus Christ is the antichrist
* Since God talks so much about the antichrist, we need to learn more about the enemy
* The spirit of antichrist is causing people to rebel against God. The greatest tool in the spirit of antichrist is deception
2. John Says That Specific Antichrist Will Come But During His Time, There Are Many Antichrists
1 John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
a. Antichrist Were Part Of The Church: They Went Out From Us
1 John 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
* When the final antichrist appers, he may not come as an outsider. He comes with flatteries, lies and deception.
* He may come as a part of the church
* They come with the spirit of rebellion and deception
b. Anyone Who Deny Jesus Is Christ Is An Antichrist
1 John 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
2 John 1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
1 John 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
3. He Is Against God (Opposeth God), He Is A Substitute Of God (Exalteth Himself As God, Sit In The Temple Of God Showing That He Is God)
2 Thessalonians 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
* The antichrist has to do with rebellion and deception
4. The Mystery Of Iniquity Is About The Incarnation Of Satan
* Incarnation means in the flesh
* The mystery is how can this angelic being called satan come in human flesh?
* Just as God came in a man, Satan will also come in a man
* The mystery iniquity is the opposite of the mystery of Godliness. The mystery of iniquity is satan’s incarnation in the flesh
5. The Bible Talks About A Time When Satan’s Seed Will Rule The World
a. The Serpent Is Said To Have A Seed And The Woman Is Said To Have A Seed
Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
* God is talking about the seed of the woman that is Jesus Christ
b. Eve Thought That The Seed That God Refered To Was Abel
Genesis 4:25 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
* Eve got it wrong. A woman does not have a seed. Only a man has a seed.
* God was clearly talking about the virgin birth of Jesus Christ and interference from any human male seed but only the seed of the woman
* With this is mind, then it follows that the seed of the serpent would also be a physical seed and that would be the antichrist
* Many will find it difficult to believe because they find it hard to believe that angelic beings can reproduce. We know angelic beings interminggled with human woman in Genesis 6 and produce giant offsprings.
* so , the antichrist is none other than satan manifest in the flesh. That is the mytery
6. Context Of The Mystery Of Iniquity
2 Thessalonians 2:1-12 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
7. Antichrist Will Be Reavealed In His Time. He Is Withhold By The Holy Spirit. Until The Holy Spirit Allows And Is Taken Away Then Only The Antichrist Can Be Revealed
2 Thessalonians 2:6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
* there are antichrists since then but there will be one antichrist who comes at his appointed time to rule and reign after the church is taken out
8. After The Holy Spirit Leaves, Antichrist Is Revealed. Antichrist Will Be Destroyed When Jesus Comes Back At His 2nd Coming
2 Thessalonians 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
9. The Lost Will Be Left Behind: They Will Be Deceived And Be Damned
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
10. How Does He Come? He Will Come With Signs And Lying Wonders, Miracles
2 Thessalonians 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
11. The Antichrist Is Known As That Man Of Sin, Son Of Perdition
2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a /u>falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
* in the first part of the tribulation, he appears as a man of sin and in the 2nd part of tribulation, he appears as a son of perdition
12. What Is The Son Of Perdition?
a. Abaddon And Apollyon Means Perdition Or Destruction And Its Reference To The Antichrist
Revelation 9:1-3, 11 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
13. The Man Of Sin Becomes The Son Of Perdition Because He Dies And He Ressurects As Satan Incarnate At The 2nd Part Of The Tribulation
* Man of sin is assasinated and he rose again
a. He Had A Deadly Wound At His Head And It Healed
Revelation 13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
* He had a deadly wound, wounded to death (he died) and his wound was healed (he was brought back to life). When he comes back, he comes back as satan incarnate
14. Types Of Antichrist
a. Pharoah Is A Type Of Antichrist: He Is Wounded With A Deadly Wound
Ezekial 30:24 And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.
a. The Idol Shepherd Is A Type Of The Antichrist: When The Antichrist Comes Back, His Right Eye Is Blinded And His Right Arm Is Withered
Zechariah 11:17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
* Withered is used to describe someone's leg or arm when it is thin and weak because of disease or injury.
c. The Antichrist Is Connected To The Roman Catholic Church
Revelation 17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
d. In The Old Testament, Nimrod Is A Very Good Candidate For The Antichrist
* Every major ancient religion in this world have this doctrine that their god will die and rise up again
* In every major religion, their god is Nimrod.
e. The Assyrian Is Nimrod
Ezekial 31:3 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
Genesis 10:8-10 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.
10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,
SECTION 3: WORKINGS OF SATAN
1. Who Is Satan? Satan Is The Prince Of The Power Of The Air, He Is A Spirit And Works In People Who Follow The Flesh
Ephesians 2:2-3 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
2. There’s A Spiritual Darkness In This World. They Are In High Places
Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
3. There Are Religious Spirit That Start Their Own Religions. Satan Has His Ministers
2 Corinthians 11:13-15 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
4. What Do False Ministers Preach? They Preach Doctrines Of Devils. Many Will Depart From The Faith By Seducing Spirits
1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
5. Satan Is The God Of This World And He Is Going Around Blinding People From The Gospel
2 Corinthians 4:3-4 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
a. What Is The Gospel?: The Gospel Is About The Death, Buriel And Resurrection Of Christ (His Blood Atonement For Our Sins)
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
6. There Will Be People Who PretendTo Be Christians But They Deny The Power (Deity Of Jesus Is God And Salvation By Faith Alone)
2 Timothy 3:1-5 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
a. What Is The Power? Paul Said It’s The Power Of God Unto Salvation
Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
* They deny the deity of Jesus Christ manifest in the flesh
* They also deny the gospel of Jesus Christ
* They deny salvation is by grace alone. They try to make salvation by works.
7. There Are People Who Will Fall Away They Deny The Gospel Of Jesus Christ: They Are Reprobates Concerning The Faith
2 Timothy 3:6-10 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
8. What Doctrine Should We Follow? The Doctrines Of Paul Because He Is Our Apostle
Romans 11:13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
* Romans to Philemon is where we find the new testament doctrines for the church age today
Note:
* The mystery of iniquity deals with 2 things. the antichrists which were in existance during the times of the apostles but it specifically focuses in on that time period in which the antichrist will rule upon the earth
SECTION 4: DURING THE TRIBULATION
1. According To The Bible, The Tribulation Will Be 7 Years. How Do We Get 7 Years?
Daniel 9:24-27 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
25 Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
* Total = 70 Weeks
* 62+7 = 69 Weeks (Missing 1 Week)
* Final 1 Week (Week of Years) = 7 Years
2. There Must Be A Future 7 Years Of Tribulation
a. The Jews Will Take Back The Temple Mount, Rebuilt It And Worship In That Temple And Then The Gentiles Will Take Over The Temple For 42 Months (3 1/2 Years @ The 2nd Half)
Revelation 11:1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
* Noticed verse 2: holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months (42 months = 3 1/2 years)
b. Ressurected Antichrist Continues For 42 Months (3 1/2 Years @ The 2nd Half)
Revelation 13:4-5 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
5 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.
3. What Happens In The Middle Of The Tribulation? The Antichrist Is Killed And Resurrected
a. He Has A Deadly Wound As Though Wounded To Death That Was Healed
Revelation 13:4-5 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
5 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.
* How long will he be dead? Satan always imitate what Jesus does. He may probably be dead for 3 days and 3 nights
b. Antichrist Will Be Wounded By A Sword In His Right Arm And Right Eye
Zechariah 11:16-17 For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.
17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
c. Antichrist Ressurects From The Dead: His Deadly Wound Was Healed & He Lived. He Did Signs And Wonders And Miracles To Deceive The People
Revelation 13:12-14 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
4. What Will The Antichrist Do On The Earth? Perform Miracles, Have People To Take The Mark Of The Beast Otherwise People Cannot Sell Or Buy
Revelation 13:15-18 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
* 3 parts to the mark of the beast: mark, name, number
5. Satan’s Desire Is To Sit In Jerusalem Temple And Say That He Is God
2 Thessalonians 2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
6. Why Does God Allow All This To Happen? God’s Plan Is To Gather Them In One Place So That God Can Destroy Them
Zephaniah 3:8 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
7. They Gather Themseleves To Battle Against God In Armageddon
Revelation 16:12-14, 16 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
8. Antichrist Goes Into Perdition (Satan Incarnate). They Will Make War With God But God Shall Overcome Them
Revelation 17:11-14 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
SECTION 5: SATANIC TRINITY
1. They Have A Satanic Trinity: Dragon, Beast, False Prophet
Revelation 16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
2. Names Of Satan: Dragon, Serpent, Devil, Satan, Acuser, Lucifer
Revalation 12:9-10 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.
10 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.
3. Satan Wants To Be God But God Will Cast Him To Hell
Isaiah 14:12-17 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
4. Satan Was Was The Annointed Cherub, He Was Covered With Precious Stones, He Has Built In Musical Systems (Tabrets And Pipes), He as Perfect Until Iniquity Was Found In Him
Ezekial 28:13-15 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
5. What Will Happen To Satan, Antichrist, False Prophet?
a. Antichrist And False Prophet Both Will Be Cast Into The Lake Of Fire
Revelation 19:19-20 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
b. Satan Will Be Cast And Bound In The Bottomless Pit For 1000 Years And Then Will Be Let Loosed
Revelation 20:1-3 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
c. When Satan Is Loosed, He Will Gather People To Battle God Again. God Will Destroy Them With Fire From Heaven. Satan Will Be Cast To The Lake Of Fire Where He Shall Be Tormented Day And Night Forever And Ever
Revelation 20:1-10 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.