“And I heard a great voice in heaven saying, “Just now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ.”” (Rev. 12:10, VL) The “great voice in heaven” is the victory of Christ, and the “salvation” which He gave His Church when He appeared “in the flesh.” (1 Tim. 3:16) All the kingdoms of the earth — that is, the saints — serve Him; and He has destroyed the idols who were seen to be nothing. Before His Advent, He was awaited by the patriarchs and prophets, but He was not seen. (cf. Mt. 13:17, Lk. 10:24) After He came, He said to the disciples, “Many just ones and prophets have coveted to see what you see” — that is, Me in the flesh. “Blessed the eyes which see what you see, and happy the ears which hear what you hear.” (Mt. 13:16-17; Lk. 10:23, VL)
Then they said, “Just now is come the salvation of our God, and the power of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers is cast forth, he who accuses them before our God day and night. And they conquered him in the Blood of the Lamb, and by the Word of testimony, and they did not love their lives to death.” (Rev. 12:10-11, VL) As certain ones would suppose, this is the voice of the angels as they would speak from the higher heaven. In no way ought they have said “the accuser of our brethren,” but “our accuser;” nor “he accuses,” but “he accused.” For if the angels had named the just on earth “our brothers,” they would not be rejoicing to have sent devil to earth, when humans would dwell with the devil also. If so it is to be understood, it would be no joy for humans to dwell with demons. But as we said above, we believe it to be the voice of the apostles, when they have realized the devil to have been held bound, and the incarnate Son of God to reign, in His saints, [as if it is] when they would say, “Just now is come the salvation and the kingdom of our God, because the accuser of our brothers is confounded, he who accuses them day and night,” which is seen to exist in the Church now. For frequently with Sacred Scripture, it is customary to put “the day” for favored things, “the night” for the opposite. Therefore, he does not cease to accuse them, “day and night,” because he accuses us now in good times, now in bad. He accuses by day when, in good times, he insinuates to us an evil word or deed or thought. He accuses by night when, in bad times, he shows us not to have patience, so that we would not yet be “in heaven.”
For thus they curse us “on earth,” saying, “Woe to you, o earth and sea” (Rev. 12:12) — that is, [to you] who are not “in heaven” — that is, to the Church. “Earth and sea” are evil human beings.
“Because the devil is descending down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has a short time.” (Rev. 12:12) He is to descend to the “earth and sea” of the devil — that is, [he is] to dwell in evil human beings. He is thrown down from heaven when he is expelled from the saints; where he is thrown out of the saints, he descends into his own. For evil ones cannot be “heaven,” besides the devil having been shut out; and when he was shut out of them, it then is said, “his place is not found in heaven, outside of the devil’s place.”
Beatus of Liebana's Bloggentary: Commentary on the Apocalypse 
Explanatio: Rev. 12:10-12
“And I heard a great voice in heaven saying, “Just now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ.”” (Rev. 12:10, VL) The “great voice in heaven” is the victory of Christ, and the “salvation” which He gave His Church when He appeared “in the flesh.” (1 Tim. 3:16) All the kingdoms of the earth — that is, the saints — serve Him; and He has destroyed the idols who were seen to be nothing. Before His Advent, He was awaited by the patriarchs and prophets, but He was not seen. (cf. Mt. 13:17, Lk. 10:24) After He came, He said to the disciples, “Many just ones and prophets have coveted to see what you see” — that is, Me in the flesh. “Blessed the eyes which see what you see, and happy the ears which hear what you hear.” (Mt. 13:16-17; Lk. 10:23, VL)
Then they said, “Just now is come the salvation of our God, and the power of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers is cast forth, he who accuses them before our God day and night. And they conquered him in the Blood of the Lamb, and by the Word of testimony, and they did not love their lives to death.” (Rev. 12:10-11, VL) As certain ones would suppose, this is the voice of the angels as they would speak from the higher heaven. In no way ought they have said “the accuser of our brethren,” but “our accuser;” nor “he accuses,” but “he accused.” For if the angels had named the just on earth “our brothers,” they would not be rejoicing to have sent devil to earth, when humans would dwell with the devil also. If so it is to be understood, it would be no joy for humans to dwell with demons. But as we said above, we believe it to be the voice of the apostles, when they have realized the devil to have been held bound, and the incarnate Son of God to reign, in His saints, [as if it is] when they would say, “Just now is come the salvation and the kingdom of our God, because the accuser of our brothers is confounded, he who accuses them day and night,” which is seen to exist in the Church now. For frequently with Sacred Scripture, it is customary to put “the day” for favored things, “the night” for the opposite. Therefore, he does not cease to accuse them, “day and night,” because he accuses us now in good times, now in bad. He accuses by day when, in good times, he insinuates to us an evil word or deed or thought. He accuses by night when, in bad times, he shows us not to have patience, so that we would not yet be “in heaven.”
For thus they curse us “on earth,” saying, “Woe to you, o earth and sea” (Rev. 12:12) — that is, [to you] who are not “in heaven” — that is, to the Church. “Earth and sea” are evil human beings.
“Because the devil is descending down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has a short time.” (Rev. 12:12) He is to descend to the “earth and sea” of the devil — that is, [he is] to dwell in evil human beings. He is thrown down from heaven when he is expelled from the saints; where he is thrown out of the saints, he descends into his own. For evil ones cannot be “heaven,” besides the devil having been shut out; and when he was shut out of them, it then is said, “his place is not found in heaven, outside of the devil’s place.”
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