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The European Union in Prophecy
heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which
didst weaken the nations! . . . Thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: . . . I will be like the Most High. Yet thou
shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. 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; that made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed
the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?" Isaiah 14:12-17.
For six thousand years, Satan's work of rebellion has "made the earth to
tremble." He had "made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof."
And he "opened not the house of his prisoners." For six thousand years his prison
house has received God's people, and he would have held them captive forever; but
Christ had broken his bonds and set the prisoners free. Even the wicked are now
placed beyond the power of Satan, and alone with his evil angels he remains to realize
the effect of the curse which sin has brought. "The kings of the nations, even all of
them, lie in glory, everyone in his own house [the grave]. But thou art cast out thy
grave like an abominable branch. . . . Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial,
because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people." Isaiah 14:18-20.
For a thousand years, Satan will wander to and fro in the desolate earth to
behold the results of his rebellion against the law of God. During this time his
sufferings are intense. Since his fall his life of unceasing activity has banished
reflection; but he is now deprived of his power and left to contemplate the part which
he has acted since first he rebelled against the government of heaven, and to look
forward with trembling and terror to the dreadful future when he must suffer for all
the evil that he has done and be punished for the sins that he has caused to be
committed.
To God's people the captivity of Satan will bring gladness and rejoicing. Says the
prophet: "It shall come to pass in the day that Jehovah shall give thee rest from thy
sorrow, and from thy trouble, and from the hard service wherein thou wast made to
serve, that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon [here
representing Satan], and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! . . . Jehovah hath
broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers; that smote the peoples in
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