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THE KINGDOM OF A NEW WORLD 271
possible for him to continue to be held fast by it" .
Romans 10 :7 and Acts 2 :24, NW Now Satan
and his demons are hurled into the abyss of total
deathlike inactivity, for a thousand years . "After
these things he must be let loose for a little while ."
-Revelation 20 :3, NW.
By motivating the king of Babylon to crush
Jerusalem in 607 B .C. Satan the Devil had become
like the "shining one, son of the dawn", in his organization
heavenly and earthly. He had exalted
his throne above the royal stars of the ruling line
of King David, and he was sitting on the mount
of congregational assembly where the Israelites
worshiped Jehovah. He had brought reproach on
Jehovah's name and appeared then like a rival of
the Most High God . But A .D . 1914 Satan, the king
of Greater Babylon, tried to complete his climb
to a rival position by overwhelming the Permanent
Heir of the Kingdom covenant, the starry
Seed of David, and by swallowing up God's kingdom.
Numbers 24 :17 He failed and was cast
down to earth . Insanely mad and desperate, he
tries to hold the earth as his last stronghold
against the "bright morning star", the King Jesus
Christ. But without first killing Satan the
Devil, this mighty King binds him and his demons
to powerlessness and hurls them into the abyss of
deathlike inaction under a seal no other creature
can break to loose him . Then is when the tauntsong
against Satan the Devil, the wicked king of
Greater Babylon, reaches the height of its crescendo
8 "How hast thou fallen from heaven, 0 Shining
7. From what height of his ambitious climb does Satan
then fall? To what depth is he brought, and by what act?
8. What is the taunt-song that then reaches its crescendo?