Revelation 12:15 So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood.
16 But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.
The woman has been swept away to the wilderness and the serpent made one last attempt to keep her from entering into the place of protection reserved for her. Notice the limitation of his power versus the magnificent power of Our Heavenly Father. Out of the mouth of the serpent came forth a flood of water. This flood was intended to carry her back to the world she left. She would be carried away, not drowned. In the wilderness she would be nourished by the Living Word and SPIRIT in preparation of becoming a bride without spot or wrinkle. The serpent has read the book and knows this. That is why he is making an attempt to keep her from entering into the wilderness. If you are being called to the wilderness, don’t attempt to circumvent FATHER’S time of processing you. Let patience have its perfect work.
The serpent wants the woman to return to the ways of the world where the carnal nature of man rules and devoid of understanding. This flood coming out of the serpent’s mouth are an abundance of words. These are lies, deceit, manipulations, misrepresentations, and reasoning, all directed to keeping the woman from final preparations as a bride, destined to enter the City of OUR GOD and take up residence there. Once in the wilderness, the serpent will no longer have any influence over her.
Today, we see this same deceit, lies, and manipulation coming into full focus in the financial markets. There is no question in my mind where all of this is heading. The source of this deception is the serpent who relies on the greed of men and women to further his agenda. Just as it is so with the woman, all of creation will be brought into Truth by the Living Word and THE SPIRIT. This “third” of mankind will be the last to receive the ministry of restoration. Right now the focus is on the second “third” represented by the woman. The first “third” represented by the manchild has already been caught up to Heaven and has been perfected for ministering to mankind.
This flood of lies originates in the carnal nature of man and it produces thoughts contrary to the Word of GOD. It relies on human reasoning to gain traction as well as the cravings of the flesh. Whatever it can muster up as a resource, it will use. We must take our thoughts captive and cast down every vain imagination:
2 Corinthians 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
Recall in verse 11 of Revelation 12 that the Sons overcame the accuser of the brethren “by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death”. Let no imagination or thought contrary to HIS Word take root in your life but instead cast it down so the the Word of your testimony will be empowered to overcome the accuser. He would have you believe that your past will keep you from fulfilling FATHER’S calling in your life but the Blood of the Lamb took care of that. Your carnal man would have you believe you can’t survive its death and it will attempt to dissuade your from its certain destruction to the very end. Not my will but Your Will be done FATHER!
The accuser of the brethren tried to keep the manchild from being caught up to Heaven. This same accuser sent forth a flood of lies toward the woman. Neither attempts were successful and once you finally embrace that reality, you will be able to deal with those thoughts that once so easily beset you and you will finally take every thought captive. You do have that power and authority to do so… so, use it!
The earth swallowed up this flood of lies and deceit. FATHER will intervene with HIS Right Hand of mercy and remove any hindrance to HIS Plan for HIS people. HE did so on behalf of the children of Israel when the Egyptian army pursued them and attempted to overtake them at the Red Sea. We find the result in the Song of Moses found in Exodus 15:
11 “Who is like You, O LORD, among the gods?
Who is like You, glorious in holiness,
Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
12 You stretched out Your right hand;
The earth swallowed them.
13 You in Your mercy have led forth
The people whom You have redeemed;
You have guided them in Your strength
To Your holy habitation.
This is not the only time FATHER used “the earth” to swallow up an enemy to HIS anointed. There was a rebellion instigated against Moses by Korah in Numbers 16. Korah was a Levite and thought that he was just as capable as Moses to walk in Moses’ calling. Numbers 16:
3 They gathered together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “You take too much upon yourselves, for all the congregation is holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”
Then…
31 Now it came to pass, as he finished speaking all these words, that the ground split apart under them, 32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the men with Korah, with all their goods.
The point is that any opposition to Our Heavenly Father’s plan will not allowed and those who are walking out their calling will be protected. Likewise, it you attempt to walk out another’s calling, you will be removed from it even unto death.
On a personal level, the earth represents the soul. When our spirit has fully embraced a Truth from FATHER, our mind is renewed and able to rationally understand the Truth as opposed to being deceived by a lie. Deception arises when the Truth is not there to compare against. We must be willing to expose ourselves to Truth by dwelling on HIS Living Word and HIS Spirit. As Paul said in Romans 12:
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
When we view HIS Word from the same vantage point of Love, our minds are renewed and past lies and deception are swallowed up and put behind us. FATHER will reveal a TRUTH to us (we hear) and THEN we will see it in Scripture and watch it in action (doers of the WORD). This renews our mind and provides confirmation to it and the Word “saves our souls”. As we mature, we become more comfortable with the process and we are no longer moved by men’s attempts to dissuade us from the Truth we have received from Above. Peer pressure no longer impacts us as it once did. We then become doers of HIS Word, not hearers only:
James 1:21 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;
24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
The woman is under the full protection of Our Heavenly Father now and the adversary knows it. For a short time she will remain in the wilderness and go through the trials and testings to bring her to full maturity in order that she may become spotless and without wrinkle. Once fully prepared, she will be presented to the Bridegroom.