Natural living, homemaker, wife, MAHAmom, pro 1A and 2A, biology believer— the pursuit of happiness only works when you do not tread on the happiness of others.
"I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven."
Jesus said this out of nowhere. One sentence. No explanation. Then He moved on.
It's one of the strangest verses in the Gospels, and most people skip right past it.
Here's what was actually happening.
In Luke 10, Jesus sends out seventy-two disciples ahead of Him. Ordinary people. Not the twelve. They come back stunned: "Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name!"
And Jesus answers: "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven."
The Greek unlocks it. The verb is ἐθεώρουν (etheōroun) - imperfect tense. Not "I saw" as a single glance, but "I was watching." Continuous. Ongoing.
While the seventy-two were out preaching in village after village, Jesus was watching Satan's dominion collapse in real time. Every demon that fled, every town that received the Kingdom, another crack of lightning. Sudden. Visible. Irreversible.
Some hear an echo of Isaiah 14:12 here - "How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star" and the ancient fall of the enemy. Others see Jesus speaking prophetically of the cross, where the ruler of this world would be driven out (John 12:31). The early church fathers read it both ways, and the verse holds both: what began before time was now breaking into time.
But notice what Jesus says next because it's the real point, and almost nobody quotes it:
"Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." (Luke 10:20)
Power over darkness wasn't the prize. It never was.
The enemy falls like lightning - fast, loud, spectacular.
But your name in heaven is written quietly and permanently in a Book no lightning can touch.
That's where Jesus told them to fix their joy.
That's where He tells you to fix yours.
Oral vitamin k was what we used . Honestly, we only administered it the first and second dose because baby’s natural vitamin K starts producing on its own after a week and a day. Breastmilk is what makes the gut produce vitamin k naturally.
Please have your wife practice the spinning baby exercises. Knowing how and when to position the legs for her hips to stretch during birth will greatly reduce complications.
@capeandcowell From my understanding, it’s not all the bones. Some still reside at other sites.
But yes. It’s horrible that he did that. I hope St. Nicholas appears to him in jail and slaps him in the face.