December
21st Revelation
12
(Satan in action) A woman gives birth to a son
1:
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the
sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve
stars: 2: And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and
pained to be delivered. 3: And there appeared another wonder in
heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten
horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. 4: And his tail drew the
third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth:
and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be
delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. 5: And she
brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of
iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. 6: And
the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared
of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and
threescore days. 7: And there was war in heaven: Michael and his
angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his
angels, 8: And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more
in heaven. 9: And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent,
called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was
cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 10:
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and
strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ:
for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them
before our God day and night. 11: And they overcame him by the blood
of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not
their lives unto the death. 12: Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye
that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the
sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because
he knoweth that he hath but a short time. 13: And when the dragon saw
that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which
brought forth the man child. 14: And to the woman were given two
wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into
her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a
time, from the face of the serpent. 15: And the serpent cast out of
his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her
to be carried away of the flood. 16: And the earth helped the woman,
and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the
dragon cast out of his mouth. 17: And the dragon was wroth with the
woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep
the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
This
passage is a picture of the whole history of Israel from Gods
perspective. This is the passage of Great wonders in heaven. First a
woman clothed in the sun and the moon under her feet and having a
crown of twelve stars and she is with child. Second a Red Dragon.
Seven heads ten horns and seven crowns. The dragon brings a third of
the stars (angels) of heaven down to earth. The dragon stands ready
to eat the child that will be born. And she brought forth a man child
(Christ) who will rule the nations. The child is caught up into
heaven and the Woman (Israel) flees into the wilderness. 2260 days
she is fed in the wilderness. (Most of the Tribulation) There is war
in heaven Michael fights with the great dragon and casts him down to
the earth. This is Satan the Devil. Satan the accuser is now cast out
of heaven to the earth. Heaven rejoices but the earth fears the
dragon. 3 ½ yrs Israel is persecuted in the wilderness. But God
protects her. The dragon tries to flood Israel but God opens the
earth and swallows the flood.
- How is Israel described in the figure of the woman?
- How will Israel be fed in the winderness?
- What happens when Satan is cast out of heaven?
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