arth, when that awful Being with
that great wrath comes down. Indeed what we have said shows clearly
that the great tribulation is impossible as long as the church, the
complete church, is not yet in glory. For to have the great
tribulation on the earth the old serpent must be cast down on the earth.

The redemption of the purchased possession begins then with the rapture
of the church to be with Christ in His Inheritance in the Heavenlies.
This is followed by Satan being cast out of heaven. And then a few
years more and the heavens open and the King of kings and Lord of lords
appears. The Son in all His Glory is manifested bringing many sons
with Him to Glory. It is then that we have the redemption of the
purchased possession completed. "And I saw an angel come down from
heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his
hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old Serpent, which is the
Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years and cast him into the
bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he
should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be
fulfilled, and after that he must be loosed a little season. And I saw
thrones and they sat upon them, and the judgment was given unto them,
and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of
Jesus, and for the Word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast,
neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads,
or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand
years" (Rev. xx:1-5).

Then all of groaning creation will be delivered and Satan will no
longer be the god of this age, the prince of this world nor the prince
of the power in the air. There will be peace on earth and Glory to God
in the Highest. Christ will reign and His church with Him in the Glory
above. What a time it will be when it comes. What singing in heaven
and on the earth. Then shall He have His full inheritance which we
share and also have His inheritance in us His Saints, and He will be
admired in all them that have believed. And all this is near.

Just a little while longer and we shall hear His shout which calls us
and all His redeemed into His presence, with bodies redeemed by His
power to enter into our inheritance, the purchased possession.

And now two things need to be mentioned in closing. Our conflict is
with these evil spirits, the usurpers, both in the heavenli