Satan Rules, but God Overrules

Author:
Woodrow Kroll, Tony Beckett
Source: Faith Walk
Scripture Reference Revelation
11 Micah
1-3

Satan Rules, but God
Overrules

Micah 1–3, Revelation 11
Key Verses: Revelation 11:1–2

A time is coming in which it will seem like Satan is on the throne. His kind
of government, church and economic world system will be in place as well as his
kind of control. In those days it will look like Satan rules, but consistently
God will show that He overrules. In what is considered to be one of the most
perplexing chapters of Revelation, God demonstrates this.

That God is in charge is seen in an act of protection found in verses 1 and
2. He instructed John to mark off the boundaries of the temple and to count the
worshipers there. That place and those people are then set aside, Satan
notwithstanding. God can draw the line on Satan anytime, anyplace because He is
in charge. What He protects is protected.

That God is in charge is also seen in an act of proclaiming. The next portion
of this chapter tells of the two witnesses. In the midst of darkness, they are
light. They also are protected until they finish their testimony. This may seem
to be Satan’s time, but God’s message will still be going out and His messengers
will be triumphant.

The scene of the people celebrating the death of the two witnesses should
scare us in the sense that again we see the deceitfulness of sin. It should also
embolden us because at that precise time God again demonstrates Resurrection
power!

It should also amaze us. God has been rejected but still reaches out. Even in
that day of abomination, God will have a witness.

“Some days, God, it seems like Satan is in control. Help me remember that
You alone are the Sovereign of the universe, that you overrule Satan.”

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