Why was woe at this same time proclaimed to the world?

Answer

"Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and of the sea! For the devil is come down unto you, having great
wrath, because he knows that he hath but a short time." Verse 12, last part.
NOTE - This not only shows that, since the crucifixion of Christ, Satan knows that his doom is
sealed, and that he has but a limited time in which to work, but that his efforts are largely if not wholly now
confined to this world, and concentrated upon its inhabitants. Better than many professed Christians, Satan
knows that time is short.

What use of this prophecy by the Apostle Peter shows that it referred to Christ?
Why does God manifest such mercy and long-suffering toward men?
What classes of persons are necessarily shut out of the kingdom of God?
Do Protestant writers acknowledge the same?
Under what authority were its decrees published?
15. Then when miracles are performed by spirits purporting to be those of our dead friends, to what shall we attribute them?
What is God called in the Scriptures?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle