Deliverance will take place during the seventh plague. Babylon’s support base will be eroded during the sixth plague and the death decree will be proclaimed against all who would not worship the Beast and his image or accept his mark. The proclamation of this final decree will invoke God’s intervention, and Christ will then return to deliver those who chose His way.

God's people will not fight against Satan, as they have no power against his alliance. It is only Christ who will be able to deliver them, and He will fight the pre-millennial war called Armageddon on their behalf. During the seventh plague, the enemies of God will be destroyed by the earthquake, hail, and the brightness of Christ’s coming (Psalm 110:5-6; Job 38:22-23, Isaiah 28:17; Jeremiah 4:23-27 and 25:33-38; Zephaniah 1:1-3)

Behold, the LORD makes the earth empty and makes it waste,
Distorts its surface
And scatters abroad its inhabitants.
And it shall be: As with the people, so with the priest;
As with the servant, so with his master;
As with the maid, so with her mistress;
As with the buyer, so with the seller;
As with the lender, so with the borrower;
As with the creditor, so with the debtor…
The world languishes and fades away;
The haughty people of the earth languish…
Because they have transgressed the laws,
Changed the ordinance,
Broken the everlasting covenant (Isaiah 24:1-5 NKJV).

The prophet Isaiah clearly shows here that God is just in all His dealings. There is no favoritism, and also no room for error in what Christ will do when He returns. The earth will be utterly destroyed, but in the midst of this destruction, the Lord promises deliverance.

In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem:
“Do not fear;
Zion, let not your hands be weak.
The LORD your God in your midst,
The Mighty One, will save;
He will rejoice over you with gladness,
He will quiet you with His love,
He will rejoice over you with singing” (Zephaniah 3:16-17 NKJV).

In the midst of earthquakes and hail under the seventh plague, a loud voice will be heard (1 Thessalonians 4:16), and the armies of heaven will intervene (Micah 5:10-15).

The LORD will cause His glorious voice to be heard,
And show the descent of His arm,
With the indignation of His anger
And the flame of a devouring fire,
With scattering, tempest, and hailstones.
For through the voice of the LORD
Assyria will be beaten down (Isaiah 30:30-31 NKJV).

In Old Testament times, Assyria was one of the cruelest nations that Israel had to contend with. This nation serves as a type for the cruel master that Christ will destroy with “the brightness of his coming.” Christ’s redeemed of all ages will be raised from the dead, and the living people of God will be translated. They are then to be gathered by the angels and meet the Lord in the sky (1 Thessalonians 4:17).

For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain (Isaiah 26:19-21).

After the war, the earth will be desolate and dead, and the millennium of peace will then begin. The next article, Satan Bound, will discuss what happens to Satan, who remains on the earth.