Archangel Michael - Source: www.allposters.com

And, to add weight to the concept that Satan's fall did not occur until after the birth of Jesus, we have direct testimony from the victim of Satan's failed murder plot. "And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven." (Luke 10:18).

The Revelation to John is often believed to be exclusively concerned with end-times prophecy, but according to the original instructions given to John, it was about things already known, as well as, things to come: "Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;" (Revelation 1:19)

This is also evidenced by the fact that both the second and third chapters of the Revelation are written to, and about, churches that existed in John's own time.

The concept of a great battle in the sky as the finale to the return of Jesus is of critical importance to the vast majority of end-times prophecy theorists. Everyone, from the authors of the "Left Behind" series to the satanic UFO internet crowd, accepts most, if not all, of the following events about the return of Jesus and the future evil reign of the "Antichrist" as the "gospel" truth.

* The "Antichrist", AKA, the Beast, who is the central figure of the end times, will establish a world government, bring peace to the world, he will stand in a rebuilt temple at Jerusalem and either declare himself as the Messiah, or be declared the Messiah, by a new world church, which he has established.

* This "Antichrist" will force all people to be marked with a symbol, generally believed to be the number 666 or something representing that number, as an identifying sign of loyalty to the "Antichrist".

* The "Antichrist" will be charismatic and popular, and even convince the Jews to accept Jesus as the Messiah before he returns.

* Many, who believe this concept, will be "raptured" just before this all occurs, and all the "non-believers" will be "left behind" to suffer the devastation described in the Revelation. * These events will lead to a great battle in the sky against Satan, just before he is imprisoned in chains, and the world is destroyed by fire.

Neither the word "Antichrist" or any description of such an individual, a world government and religion, a rebuilt temple, a symbol of loyalty to the "Antichrist", the conversion of the Jews, a rapture of the modern church, a great battle against Satan at the return of Jesus, nor the destruction of the world is found anywhere in the Revelation to John.

Many end-times theorists use the "dual prophecy" theory; a method of taking Old Testament prophecies, which have already been fulfilled and are used out of context, and claim they have a dual meaning for end-times prophecies. Of course, not all previously fulfilled Old Testament prophecies have a dual meaning for the mainstream end-times theories; only those for which they can find no backing in the New Testament and, particularly, the Revelation.