Yes — Satan accuses believers before God day and night, but the believer has an Advocate in Jesus Christ, and Satan's accusing is temporary.
Les Feldick teaches that every time a believer sins, Satan is in the presence of God pointing it out. Revelation 12:10 calls him "the accuser of our brethren" who accuses them "before our God day and night." The believer's comfort is 1 John 2:1: when we sin, "we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." This accusing will not last forever — at the midpoint of the Tribulation, Satan is cast out of heaven.
Revelation 12:10 — This is the key verse that names Satan as the accuser of believers and says he accuses them before God day and night.
Job 1:6-7 — The book of Job shows Satan appearing before the LORD after walking up and down in the earth, an Old Testament picture of Satan's access to heaven.
1 John 2:1 — This verse provides the believer's comfort: if we sin, Jesus Christ the righteous is our advocate with the Father.
The Bible pictures Satan as an accuser who has access to heaven. In Job 1:6, "Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them." When the LORD asks where he has come from, Satan answers, "From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it." In Revelation 12:7-10, John describes the end of that access: "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." The great dragon, "that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan," is cast out. Then the voice in heaven declares, "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." For the believer who sins, 1 John 2:1 gives the answer: "My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous."
Les Feldick points to Revelation 12 to show that Satan and his angels actually have access into heaven, and he takes that literally. Satan stands in the very presence of God and accuses believers every time they sin. Les says the devil is doing that tonight — accusing every time a believer sins — and he will keep doing it until believers are in the Lord's presence, because as long as we are in this body of flesh, we are prone to fall. That is why the believer needs an advocate. Les compares the advocate to an attorney: when Satan accuses us, Jesus Christ the righteous is our advocate with the Father. Les also connects Satan's accusation to the Tribulation. At the midpoint of the seven years, Michael and the angels defeat Satan, and he is cast out of heaven into the earth. Then Revelation 12:10 announces that salvation, strength, the kingdom, and the power of Christ have come, "for the accuser of our brethren is cast down." Until that moment, Satan continues his accusing work. Les does not treat believers as sinless. He says no true believer makes up his mind to get drunk, commit adultery, or defraud someone, but it can happen, so a believer must constantly be on guard. Even a believer in open sin remains saved — as in the church-discipline case — but that believer will not get away with it. Satan can go only as far as God permits.
Yes. Les teaches from Revelation 12 that Satan and his angels have access to heaven and are actually in warfare in heaven. He says Satan is "up there in the very presence of God" and "accusing us before God the Father every time we sin." The book of Job shows the same pattern: Satan appears before the Lord after roaming throughout the earth. Revelation 12:10 describes the accuser as accusing "before our God day and night."
Revelation 12:7 says "there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels." At the midpoint of the Tribulation, according to Les, this war ends with Satan and his angels being cast out. Verse 10 then connects the heavenly announcement to the accusation: "for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night." Les notes that only three and a half years remain until Christ returns to set up His kingdom.
Les asks, "What have we got going for us? An advocate." In 1 John 2:1, the believer is told that if anyone sins, "we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." Les compares the advocate to an attorney — the believer has a defense before God. The accusation does not remove the believer's standing, because the advocate is Jesus Christ the righteous.
Not according to Les. He says true believers do not deliberately plan to get drunk, commit adultery, or defraud someone, but it can happen, so a believer must be on guard. In the church-discipline passage, Paul speaks of delivering a sinning believer to Satan for the destruction of the flesh "that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus." So even a believer in serious sin is still saved, but they will not get away with it. Satan himself is limited — he could only go as far with Job as God permitted.
Satan's Access to Heaven and His Casting Out
Les explains that Revelation 12 describes Satan and his angels being cast out of heaven, and he connects it to Job, where Satan appears among the sons of God.
Satan the Accuser of the Brethren
Les teaches from Revelation 12:10 that Satan is the accuser of the brethren who accuses believers before God day and night, and he will keep doing this as long as believers are in the flesh.
The Believer's Advocate
Satan has access to the throne room of heaven and accuses believers every time they sin, but the believer has an advocate — 'an attorney' — Jesus Christ the righteous.
Satan Accuses Today
Les connects Revelation 12:10 to present-day believers: the devil is accusing every time a believer sins, but at the midpoint of the Tribulation he will be cast out.
Advocate and the Believer's Walk
Les reminds believers that when they sin, they have 'that advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous,' and that even true believers must constantly be on guard.
War in Heaven
Les takes literally the Revelation 12 account of Michael and his angels fighting against Satan and of Satan being cast into the earth.
The Scroll in God's Hand That No One Could Open — Revelation 5
Satan is the God of this world. Everything that mankind accomplishes, whether it's good, whether it's beautiful, whether it's ugly, or whether it's bad, who has prompted it? Satan has. God is not in the business of a material world. And so, the world is in the lap of the wicked one. Satan has total dominion. Let me show you an example. Go back to Matthew chapter 5.
Satan's Limits and Church Discipline
Les teaches that Satan can only go as far as God permits, and that a believer in serious sin remains saved, though disciplined and not getting away with sin.
Revelation 12:7: And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
This verse describes the heavenly war at the midpoint of the Tribulation when Satan is defeated and cast out.
Revelation 12:8: And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
This shows that Satan and his angels lose their place in heaven.
Revelation 12:9: 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.
This names Satan as the great dragon and the old serpent, and records his expulsion from heaven.
Revelation 12:10: 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.
This is the key verse showing that Satan is the accuser of believers and that his accusing ends when he is cast out.
Job 1:6: Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
This Old Testament scene shows Satan having access to the LORD's presence.
Job 1:7: And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
This shows Satan roaming the earth and then appearing before God, the same pattern Les connects to the book of Job.
1 John 2:1: My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
This gives the believer's answer to Satan's accusation: Jesus Christ the righteous is our advocate with the Father.
Yes. Revelation 12:10 calls him "the accuser of our brethren" who accuses them "before our God day and night." Les teaches that every time a believer sins, Satan is in God's presence accusing him or her.
1 John 2:1 says we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. Les calls the advocate an attorney — Jesus defends the believer before God.
No. At the midpoint of the Tribulation, Michael and his angels defeat Satan and he is cast out of heaven. Then Revelation 12:10 declares that "the accuser of our brethren is cast down."
Les says true believers do not deliberately plan to get drunk, commit adultery, or defraud someone, but it can happen. A believer in serious sin is still saved, but he or she will not get away with it. Satan can only go as far as God permits.
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