To really understand what is happening with this war in heaven, you need to know that there are apparently three "heavens." The apostle Paul says that he was taken up to third heaven - Paradise, where I believe he encountered Jesus and possibly God Father. He says he does not know if he was in his body or out of his body when he had this experience. Here is verse:

"It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. I will come to visions and revelations of Lord: I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago - whether in body I do not know, or whether out of body I do not know, God knows - such a one was caught up to third heaven.

And I know such a man - whether in body or out of body I do not know, God knows - how he wascaught up into paradiseand heard inexpressible words, which is not lawful for a man to utter." (2 Corinthians 12:1-4)

"And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to course of this world, according to prince of power of air, spirit who now works in sons of disobedience." (Ephesians 2:1-2)

What happens in this event is that Satan is cast from second heaven down to first heaven - which is earth. The Bible says he really gets mad when this event occurs because he knows he has but little time left before Jesus comes back for His second coming to throw him into bottomless pit.

The Bible then says woe to people still left on earth when this event happens - for Satan will then start to release his wrath upon earth! He first goes after Jewish people, but God will provide protection for 1/3 of Jews so he won’t be able to kill all of them. The Bible then says that he will then turn his attention to rest of God’s people - saints in Christ - and this is where you get 42 months that God’s saints will allowed to be given into hand of Devil and Antichrist for persecution.

The war in heaven will probably occur right around midpoint of Tribulation. This event may also explain why Antichrist, all of a sudden in middle of Tribulation, breaks off his peace treaty with Jews and proceeds to sit himself in Jewish Temple proclaiming himself to be God - and then starts mass persecution of Jewish people and God’s saints. Some people actually think Satan himself may possess Antichrist at this time since he has now been officially cast down onto earth.

Why would God cast Devil out of second heaven? Why not just wait till His Son comes back and then cast him into bottomless pit from second heaven? I believe that when Jesus comes back second time, He will start His descension from third Heaven where He now resides. He will then pass through second heaven and then land on first heaven - our earth at Mount of Olives.

In my research of this topic, I discovered to my dismay that this doctrine is rather wide-spread in teaching of it. Many television evangelists who follow Faith doctrine teach this concept. The Faith doctrine primarily contends that you can have anything you desire -- if your faith is strong enough. To begin, let's examine in a little more detail exactly what this doctrine is all about.

Those who follow Faith doctrine believe and teach that Jesus, while still hanging on cross, was changed form divine to demonic. In other words, He became like Satan or at least one of Satan's followers (a demon). He had all characteristics of Satan and demons. This supposedly happened because Jesus "became sin" so you and I could be forgiven of our sins. To put it another way, Jesus not only died physically, but He also died spiritually.

Continuing with this line of thinking, Jesus, or more specifically His demonic spirit, then went to hell to pay price for our sins. While there, Jesus was tortured in most hideous fashion by Satan and his followers. They literally tortured life (spiritual life) out of demonic Jesus. His spiritual body lay limp and lifeless in very heart of hell. Satan thought he had won.

However, as Faith doctrine goes, God -through His faith-filled words - began to bring Jesus back to life. His spiritual body began to fill-out with a newness of life even more powerful than ever before. When this process was complete, Jesus had been re-born in hell and was once again Son of God, a divine being. His divine spirit then re-inhabited His physical body and was resurrected.

What is your first reaction to above account? Have you ever heard it before? If your first reaction was, "YES! Victory over Satan," then please STOP and read account again before going any further with this article. Think about what this doctrine teaches.

I hope and pray that your reaction is now one of repulsion and anger. How could anyone who loves God, His Son, and Holy Spirit ever conceive of such a ridiculous doctrine. Let's take a look at what Bible teaches in respect to this.

In order for false teachers of Faith doctrine to concoct such a fable as this, various Scriptures must be twisted and distorted to their way of thinking. First, let's take a look at possibly only verse that could even begin to be taken in such as way as to confirm this doctrine: "For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become righteousness of God in Him." (2 Corinthians 5:21) If you look closely, this verse does say "to be sin for us." The question is, does this verse mean literally that Jesus became sin? To answer this, let's consider two points: practically of it and respected Bible scholars.

To begin with, sin is an abstract not a tangible object. Sin is failure to obey commands of God. It is an action or in some cases an inaction. It is what we do, not what we are. A person cannot "be sin," but rather can only act sinfully. A person can sin; be a sinner; be despicable, terrible, abhorrent, ungodly, unrighteous, and all rest. But he cannot "be sin." The Bible teaches us to hate sin but love sinner. If person was sin we would have to hate him too. Therefore, Jesus could not have been sin for us. This Scripture then must, of necessity, mean something other than literal meaning as it relates to phrase "to be sin."

So me must rely on respected, trusted Bible scholars to assist is in interpretation of this Scripture. These scholars agree that phrase "to be sin" means "bearing penalty of our sins." In other words, Jesus did not become sin but rather became person who suffered penalty for sin which we and countless millions of others throughout ages have committed. Not only do respected scholars of our time agree on this point, but Scriptures also agree. In many places in Old and New Testament Jesus is portrayed as sacrificial lamb, person who bore punishment for our sins.