“Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: ‘Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down.’” – Revelation 12:10
Joseph Goebbels was born on 29 October 1897 in Rheydt, Germany. Both of his parents were Roman Catholics with modest family backgrounds. During childhood, Goebbels experienced ill health, which included a long bout of inflammation of the lungs. He had a deformed right foot that turned inwards, due to a congenital disorder. He underwent a failed operation to correct it just prior to starting grammar school. Goebbels wore a metal brace and a special shoe because of his shortened leg and walked with a limp. He was rejected for military service in World War I because of this deformity.
Goebbels was a top student and his parents initially hoped that he would become a Catholic priest, but once he was in college, Goebbels had begun to distance himself from the church.
By 1933, he was one of Adolf Hitler's closest and most devoted acolytes, known for his skills in public speaking and his deeply virulent anti-Semitism, and attacks on the Christian churches.
Before his death, Goebbels declared: “We shall go down in history as the greatest statesmen of all time, or as the greatest criminals.”
Satan, the Great Accuser, has been hurled down through Christ’s victory on the Cross. Today in prayer, rejoice and praise God that He is Lord of all and the Great Accuser has been vanquished.
“His (Satan’s) accusations against the righteous continue day and night. But by the virtue of the death of Christ he is unable successfully to lodge a charge against God’s elect.” – Robert H. Mounce
God’s Word: “Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right side to accuse him.” – Zechariah 3:1
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