There is a lot of confusion concerning when Satan was cast out of heaven down to the earth, but the words of Jesus tells usexactly when this happened. Also at this same time is when the spirit of antichrist was prophesied to come, as the spirit of antichrist is of the same spirit as that of the Devil, as the Devil/Satan is the father of this lying spirit called antichrist.
Jesus said in John 14:30 “Hereafter I will not talk much you: for the prince of this world comes, and has nothing in me.”
As the lie has no place in the Truth.
Notice Jesus said “Hereafter” meaning this event was soon to take place right after Jesus said those words.
To prove this point, right before Jesus was to be crucified Jesus said in John 12:31 “Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.” And "now" means at that present time.
Satan/ the Devil/ the old serpent/ the Red Dragon are all speaking of the same angel and the same spirit, which is also called the Prince of this world, or even “the god of this world” in scripture.(2 Cor.4:4)
So to confirm the timing of what Jesus just said we need to go to Revelation chapter 12 where we see the red Dragon standing before the woman, ready to devour her child as soon as it was born. So when did this happen?
This event happened when Herod had heard of the coming of the King of the Jews, and Herod inquired where this man child was to be born, and Herod sought to destroy the child as shown in Matthew 2:13-16. In this you see how Satan, “the Prince of this world”, moves men by his spirit to do his will. In this case it was Herod that was moved by the spirit of the Red Dragon to try to devour the man child as soon as he was born, as is shown in Revelation chapter 12.
This is important to understand, because it is the spirit of the prince of this world that moves people to do his will. This is shown in the prophecy of Daniel with the coming of the prince of this world. In Daniel 9:26 we are told “the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary” Notice it says “the prince that shall come”. Many believe this prince is speaking of the Roman commander Titus, but it is really speaking about the coming of the prince of this world, as Jesus said.
Notice in Daniel 9:26 it was “the people of” the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The “people of” the prince that shall come was the Roman army, Titus included. But like with Herod, they too had the same “spirit of the Devil” working in them.
Notice what Jesus says here in John 8:44 “Ye are “of” your father the devil, and“the lusts of” your father you will do. So those who are “of” the spirit of the Devil will also “do” the lusts or desires of their father the Devil.
Jesus went to the cross to destroy the works of the Devil.(1 John 3:8) This is why Jesus announced the judgment of the prince of this world at that time. Jesus said in John 16:11 “Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged” But Jesus also announced the judgment of this world at the same time when Jesus said “now is the judgment of this world, now shall the prince of this world be cast out”.
The judgment of the world is connected to Satan being cast out of heaven and down to the earth. Notice in Revelation 12:12 we see the heavens rejoicing, but we are told “Woe to the inhabiters of the earth.”
So a part of the judgment of the world was Satan being cast down to the earth. Satan being cast down to earth is the first seal judgment seen in Revelation 6:2. When the first seal was opened by the Lamb of God, John heard the sound of thunder. Thunder is usually accompanied by Lighting. Jesus said in Luke 10:18 “I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven”
In Revelation 12 after the ascension of Jesus (the man child) we see the war in heaven and Satan is cast out with his angels down to earth. And we are told in verse 8 “neither was their place found any more in heaven.” In Revelation 12:4 we see the tail of the Red Dragon draw away a third part of the stars of heaven, the stars of heaven represent the angels of heaven who were deceived by the tailof the red dragon, which is the false prophet spirit, or aka the spirit of antichrist.
The spirit of Satan drawing away a third part of the angels (stars) from heaven is also shown in Daniel 8:10. The tail of the dragon that draws away the angels from heaven is the spirit of antichrist, which came at the same time when the Red Dragon was cast down to earth, as the tail is a part of, and is connected to the Red Dragon.
And John confirms the words of Jesus concerning when this spirit of the Devil would come, as John calls this spirit antichrist. John said in 1 John 2:18 “ye have heard that antichrist shall come”
So where did they hear this from? They heard it from Jesus, who said the prince of this world is coming. Again in 1 John 4:3 John says “This is that spirit of antichrist,, whereof ye have heard that it should come.” Again, they heard it from Jesus, that the prince of this world is coming.
And John confirms that this spirit of the Devil called antichrist, had already comein 1 John 4:3 when John said “even now already is it in the world.”
So John agrees with Jesus that the prince of this world and his spirit called antichrist had already come, and was already in the world when John said those words.
The presence of Satan and the spirit of antichrist can be seen in the world by all the evil and lies we see and hear in this world. Just as God has One Spirit that works in many to make up the body of Christ, whose Spirit is called the Spirit of Truth.
Satan also has one spirit that works in many that make up the body of the beast, whose spirit is a lying spirit called antichrist.
So be not deceived. Peace
