Unveiling Jesus Christ

Unveiling Jesus Christ

por John Cassinat

[§211] Rev 12:13: Satan Persecutes the Ancient Earthly Church

This podcast explains and interprets Revelation 12:13 which states: “And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.” (Rev 12:13) The Dragon symbolizes Lucifer (Satan) who was cast down to this earth at the time of the physical creation of the earth. However, in this verse, Satan was cast to the earth in the sense that he fell spiritually to defeat at the time of Jesus Christ's crucifixion and successful atonement. Christ’s victory brought Satan down to defeat or low in the dust metaphorically speaking. This verse also indicates that after the crucifixion, Satan persecuted “the woman which brought forth the man child." The woman represents the ancient earthly church of Jesus Christ as of the time of Christ's crucifixion. John previously identified the man child in Revelation 12:5. The reference to the man child in verse 13 alludes back to the premortal birth of the man child in verse 5. The man child is not born in verse 13. He is simply mentioned by John as a point of reference to indicate that the woman representing the ancient church is the same woman John previously saw in premortality as the Church of God. (JST Rev 12:7) The church and kingdom of God in premortality evolved into and became the same church and kingdom of God on earth. The persecution mentioned in verse 13 occurred in the ancient earthly church after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and during the apostolic period that formally ended with the death of the apostles and the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD.

[§210] Rev 12:12: Woe to the Earth for Satan’s Time Is Short

This podcast explains and interprets the meaning of the words found in Revelation 12:12 which state: "Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.” The meridian of time and the atonement of Jesus Christ is context and timing for this woe. It cannot relate to the physical creation of this earth when Satan was cast down because, among other reasons discussed herein, there were no inhabiters to warn when Satan was cast down to this earth at the physical creation of the earth. The woe in Revelation 12:12 is pronounced on the inhabiters after the atonement of Jesus Christ. Satan then knew that Christ had the victory. As Christ rose to power and victory, Satan fell spiritually. Satan's knew about the atonement and its effects because Satan retained his memories of all that had transpired in premortality. Thus, he knew that when the atonement was complete, he had only a very short time between the atonement and the Second Coming to destroy the souls of men. The time between the atonement and Second Coming is extremely short when compared to the millions of years that Satan has been fighting against Christ since the time of the heavenly grand council in premortality.

[§209] Rev 12:12: Rejoicing in Heaven at War’s End

This podcast explains the statement in Revelation 12:12, which states that the heavens rejoiced when Lucifer (Satan) was cast down from Kolob to this earth at the end of the war in heaven. There was great reason to rejoice because salvation had come to Kolob with the strength and kingdom of God and the power of his Christ. Revelation 12:12 refers specifically to heavens‒plural that rejoiced at the end of the war in heaven. There were at least three distinct heavens that rejoiced when Satan was cast down to this earth. The first heaven was Kolob itself and the premortal spirits who kept their first estate. These spirits rejoiced when they were appointed to live on this earth during their second estate. They rejoiced because this earth had been created and they were about to embark on their mortal journey. Revelation 12:12 alludes to another heaven, which consists of countless other worlds created by Christ in this generation. The inhabitants of these other worlds rejoiced because Christ's infinite atonement could and would occur on this earth after its creation. The atonement on this earth has the effect of redeeming people on these prior worlds. Thus, when Christ was resurrected on this earth, his infinite atonement had the power to bring about their resurrection. For this reason, the people appointed to live on these other worlds had great reason to rejoice when this physical earth was created. The third heaven alluded to in Revelation 12:12 is the endless line of worlds and their inhabitants from prior generations. Creation is multi-generational. The worlds of prior generations and their inhabitants had already been redeemed. These higher kingdoms rejoiced in the progress of this earth as the greatest world in the universe of this generation.

[§208] Rev 12:11: Satan’s Defeat by the Blood of the Lamb

This podcast explains events at the end of the war in heaven described by John in Revelation 12:11. This verse indicates that Michael the Archangel and his heavenly hosts overcame Satan “by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.” (Rev 12:11) The blood of the Lamb alludes to the infinite atonement of Jesus Christ. He sacrificed his blood to cleanse people from sin, including sins committed in the premortal existence on Kolob. The spirits who accepted Christ and kept their first estate were cleansed and became innocent again in the presence of God. They were born innocent at the time of their birth in mortality. Michael and his heavenly host also prevailed against Satan by the word of their testimony. Their testimony was accompanied by the power of the Holy Ghost, which means they spoke the words of Christ. The power of Christ sealed up the wicked sons of perdition to condemnation. When the war in heaven ended, Satan and his followers were condemned to be cast down to this earth as unembodied spirits because they rejected the law given to them as a testimony or witness against them. Michael and his angels also prevailed against Lucifer because they loved not their lives unto the death. This means that Michael and his angels put their spiritual lives at risk to fight with great valor against Satan. The words express the idea that it’s better to die than deny the faith. In the context of the premortal war in heaven, this means that Michael and his angels fought to preserve the eternal principle of agency at the risk of their own spiritual death.

[§207] Rev 12:10: The Accuser of the Brethren Is Cast Down

This podcast explains John’s vision in Revelation 12:10, where Satan is cast down from heaven to this earth and a loud voice is heard saying that John heard a loud voice saying in heaven … the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. Satan is called the accuser because he complains, or brings a charge, against those he opposes. Since Satan is the father of all lies, his accusations are false and untrue. Satan accuses his brethren, which includes members and leaders in the premortal church of God. These accusations have their likeness on earth when antichrists persecute, and make accusations against the saints of God. Satan’s day and night accusations symbolize his consistent and persistent efforts to destroy the premortal church and kingdom of God throughout the entirety of the war in heaven.

[§206] Rev 12:10: Now Is Come Strength and the Kingdom

This podcast explains John’s vision in Revelation 12:10, where Satan is cast down from heaven to this earth and a loud voice is heard saying that now is come strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ. These words describe the premortal establishment of God’s kingdom on Kolob after Satan was cast down, which is in the likeness of the Second Coming when the kingdoms of our God and his Christ will be established on earth. To establish the government of God after the war in heaven, an organizational council was held similar to the grand council that was held to organize the premortal church of God before the war in heaven. In the general council held after the war in heaven, God’s spirit children received their appointment to dwell on this physical earth, including the time of their birth, the place of their birth, and the family of their birth. According to the doctrine of election or the election of grace many faithful spirits who kept their first estate were appointed to be born into a favored lineage such as the house of Israel. Many were foreordained to exaltation and to enter the Patriarchal Order of the Priesthood. The Patriarchal Order was organized as a model for the full government of God during the patriarchal era, during the millennium, and during this earth’s existence as the celestial kingdom.

[§205] Rev 12:10: The War Ends and Now Is Come Salvation

This podcast explains the loud voice in heaven that John heard in Revelation 12:10 at the end of the war in heaven. The voice declares "Now is come salvation." The loud voice may be the voice of a mighty angel, or the collective voices of premortal spirits who kept their first estate and rejoice because they were saved as Lucifer and his sons of perdition were cast out of heaven to this physical earth at the time of their defeat. After Lucifer and his sons of perdition were cast down and out of heaven at the end of the war in heaven, Kolob was spiritually cleansed and the premortal conditions after the war have their likeness in the millennial conditions on earth after Satan was defeated by Christ at the Second Coming. In both conditions, heavenly and millennially, there was righteousness, purity, peace, and the presence of the Father and the Son, Jesus Christ. Salvation means different things depending on the context. Salvation is often synonymous with exaltation and eternal life. But in the context of the premortal existence, salvation came to those who kept their first estate. Such spirits are blessed to receive a physical body in this life and their faithfulness in premortality qualifies them for resurrection and immortality. The gift of immortality comes through the grace of Jesus Christ. He paid for this gift through his atonement. The gift of immortality is frequently referred to as general salvation. Full salvation means exaltation which is conditioned upon obedience to celestial law in this life, including temple ordinances. Full salvation means a person is added upon in this second estate with glory, power, and dominion forever and ever.

[§204] Rev 12:8-9: Lucifer Prevailed Not and Was Cast Out

This podcast explains the signs and symbolism used by John in Revelation 12:8-9 to describe the end of the premortal war in heaven that began in Revelation 12:7. Revelation 12:8 states that the war in heaven ended because Lucifer and his rebellious angels did not prevail against Michael and his heavenly hosts during the premortal war. When Lucifer was defeated, he and his followers were cast out of heaven on Kolob and they were cast down to this earth at the time of its physical creation. Lucifer’s death during the war in heaven is in the likeness of his future defeat in the battle of Armageddon at the Second Coming and the conditions of peace that will follow during the millennium. John also identifies Lucifer, the great dragon, by three different names including that old serpent, the devil, and Satan. The serpent is an allusion to the garden of Eden where Eve was beguiled by Lucifer who spoke by the mouth of the serpent. His cunning and deceit brought about the fall of Adam. Each of the three names help to identify and define the characteristics by which Lucifer may be known on earth as he and his evil unembodied spirit sons of perdition continue to use their influence to destroy the souls of mortal men and women.

[§203] Christ Ministers on All His Celestial Earths

This podcast explains the meaning and symbolism of the parable found in Doctrine and Covenants Section 88:51-61, called the Parable of the Lord of the Fields. In this parable, Jesus Christ is Lord over the countless celestial earths he created to become habitable earths for all God’s children who kept their first estate. These many earths are symbolized by the field in the parable. In the parable, Christ sends one servant to the field in each hour of a 12-hour day. The Lord visits and ministers to each of the 12 servants consecutively in their hour beginning with the first to the last. After the first series of hourly visits, Christ visits each servant in their time in reverse order from the last to the first. Finally, the Lord visits each servant in his season from the first to the last. The first series of visits represent the premortal ministry of Jesus Christ on each of the celestial earths he created. After the premortal ministry of Jesus Christ on this last earth of the physical creation as Jehovah, the God of the Old Testament, Jesus Christ was born on this earth in mortality. After his death and resurrection, Christ ministered to disembodied spirits in the postmortal spirit world for this earth. His atonement then brought to pass the resurrection of all exaltation-worthy people on this earth. This began the morning of the first resurrection and the second series of visits of the resurrected Jesus Christ to all his other worlds in reverse order. In this second series of visits, he resurrected exaltation-worthy saints in reverse order from the last to the first. Finally, during the third season of visits beginning with the first and continuing to the last, Jesus Christ resurrected people worthy of the celestial kingdom who were not worthy of exaltation in that kingdom. This stage of the resurrection is called the afternoon of the first resurrection. This third series of visits will conclude on this earth as the last earth of the physical creation. This will occur at the end of the millennium when the last celestial-worthy person is resurrected on this earth.

[§202] Physical Creation During the War in Heaven

This podcast discusses the creation of celestial earths by Jesus Christ during the war in heaven. Before the war in heaven began, Christ created worlds of lesser intelligence to become part of the telestial and terrestrial kingdoms. The creation of these lesser worlds occurred during the premortal apostasy that John describes in Revelation 12:6. When the war in heaven began in Revelation 12:7, Christ (Jehovah) began to create celestial earths that could sustain the life of human inhabitants during the period of their mortal second estate. Since these worlds abide celestial law, they will also be the place of inheritance for people living on them who also obey celestial law. This earth, with Kolob as its inward spirit, was created last as the most intelligent of all celestial earths. Celestial earths were created as needed to accommodate God's spirit children who kept their first estate during the war in heaven. As new celestial worlds were created in ascending order of their intelligence, human spirits of like intelligence in their order were appointed to leave the war in heaven on Kolob to live on the spirit world of their habitable physical earth. A certain number of Lucifer's rebellious followers were also appointed and cast down to each such world. The war in heaven thus became a war of attrition as bad spirits who failed to keep their first estate were cast down to live upon the physical earth to which they had been appointed, while good spirits who kept their first estate received their appointments to be born on the same earth. This earth was the last of Christ's physical creations. The creative process is eternal and has no beginning and no ending. That is the nature of multigenerational creation. However, in this generation of God’s direct offspring, there was and is a beginning and an end to creation. When this earth dies and is resurrected, all God's spirit children worthy of exaltation will be empowered by the atonement of Jesus Christ to begin a new generation of spirit creations. The process of creation will then continue endlessly from generation to generation.

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