7. Then there was a war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels fought back.
8. But the dragon was not strong enough. He and his angels lost their place in heaven.
9. He was thrown down out of heaven. (The giant dragon is that old snake called the devil or Satan. He leads the whole world the wrong way.) The dragon with his angels was thrown down to the earth.
10. Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say:“The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our Godand the authority of his Christ have now come.They have come because the accuser of our brothers has been thrown out.He accused our brothers day and night before our God.
11. And our brothers defeated himby the blood of the Lamb’s deathand by the truth they preached.They did not love their lives so muchthat they were afraid of death.