Revelation 12
12
Two Signs
1A spectacular sign appeared in the sky: There was a woman who was dressed in the sun, who had the moon under her feet and a crown of 12 stars on her head. 2She was pregnant. She cried out from labor pains and the agony of giving birth.
3Another sign appeared in the sky: a huge fiery red serpent with seven heads, ten horns, and seven crowns on its heads. 4Its tail swept away one-third of the stars in the sky and threw them down to earth. The serpent stood in front of the woman who was going to give birth so that it could devour her child when it was born. 5She gave birth to a son, a boy, who is to rule all the nations with an iron scepter. Her child was snatched away and taken to God and to his throne. 6Then the woman fled into the wilderness where God had prepared a place for her so that she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.
7Then a war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels had to fight a war with the serpent. The serpent and its angels fought. 8But it was not strong enough, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven. 9The huge serpent was thrown down. That ancient snake, named Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world, was thrown down to earth. Its angels were thrown down with it.
10Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying,
“Now the salvation, power, kingdom of our God,
and the authority of his Messiah have come.
The one accusing our brothers and sisters,
the one accusing them day and night in the presence of our God,
has been thrown out.
11They won the victory over him because of the blood of the lamb
and the word of their testimony.
They didn’t love their life so much that they refused to give it up.
12Be glad for this reason, heavens and those who live in them.
How horrible it is for the earth and the sea
because the Devil has come down to them with fierce anger,
knowing that he has little time left.”
13When the serpent saw that it had been thrown down to earth, it persecuted the woman who had given birth to the boy. 14The woman was given the two wings of the large eagle in order to fly away from the snake to her place in the wilderness, where she could be taken care of for a time, times, and half a time. 15The snake’s mouth poured out a river of water behind the woman in order to sweep her away. 16The earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river which had poured out of the serpent’s mouth. 17The serpent became angry with the woman. So it went away to fight with her other children, the ones who keep God’s commands and hold on to the testimony of Jesus.
18The serpent stood on the sandy shore of the sea.#12:18 Some translations include this verse at the beginning of 13:1.
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Revelation 12
12
The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon
1A great sign # Or great symbolic display ; see Rv 12:3 appeared in heaven: # Mt 24:30 a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of 12 stars on her head. # Gn 37:9-10 2She was pregnant and cried out in labor and agony as she was about to give birth. # Ps 48:6; Is 13:8; Jr 22:23 3Then another sign # Or another symbolic display appeared in heaven: There was a great fiery red dragon # Rv 13:2,4,11; 20:2 having seven heads and 10 horns, # Dn 7:7,20,24; Rv 13:1; 17:3-18 and on his heads were seven diadems. # Or crowns 4His tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. # Dn 8:10; Rv 8:7,12 And the dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she did give birth he might devour her child. # Mt 2:16 5But she gave birth to a Son — a male who is going to shepherd # Or rule all nations with an iron scepter # Ps 2:7-9; Rv 2:27; 19:15 — and her child was caught up to God and to His throne. 6The woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared by God, # Ex 16:4; 1Kg 19:3-8; Hs 2:14 to be fed there # Lit God, that they might feed her there for 1,260 days. # Dt 1:31; 2:7; Dn 12:11; Rv 11:2-3; 12:14; 13:5
The Dragon Thrown Out of Heaven
7Then war broke out in heaven: Michael # Dn 10:13,21; 12:1; Jd 9 and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels also fought, 8but he could not prevail, # 1Sa 2:9; Ps 21:11; Jr 20:11 and there was no place for them in heaven any longer. # Jb 2:1 9So the great dragon was thrown out — the ancient serpent, # Gn 3:1 who is called the Devil # In Gk, diabolos means slanderer. and Satan, # In Hb, Satan means adversary. # Lk 10:18; Rm 16:20; Rv 2:9; 3:9; 20:2,7 the one who deceives the whole world. # Rv 13:14; 20:3,8,10 He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him. # Mt 25:41; Lk 10:18; Jn 12:31
10Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say:
The salvation and the power
and the kingdom of our God
and the authority of His Messiah
have now come, # Rv 11:17; 19:1
because the accuser # Jb 1:6-12; 2:1-5; Zch 3:1; Rm 8:33-34 of our brothers
has been thrown out:
the one who accuses them
before our God day and night.
11They conquered him
by the blood of the Lamb # 1Pt 1:19; Rv 5:9; 7:14
and by the word of their testimony, # Rv 6:9
for they did not love their lives
in the face of death. # Lk 14:26; Jn 12:25; Heb 11:32-37; Rv 2:10
12Therefore rejoice, you heavens,
and you who dwell in them! # Is 49:13; Ps 96:11
Woe to the earth and the sea,
for the Devil has come down to you
with great fury,
because he knows he has a short time.
The Woman Persecuted
13When the dragon saw that he had been thrown to earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child. 14The woman was given two wings of a great eagle, # Ex 19:4; Dt 32:10-11; Is 40:31 so that she could fly from the serpent’s presence to her place in the wilderness, where she was fed for a time, times, and half a time. # This expression, occurring in Dn 7:25; 12:7, = 3 1/2 years or 42 months (Rv 11:2; 13:5) or 1,260 days (Rv 11:3). # Dn 7:25; 12:7; Rv 11:2; 13:5 15From his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river flowing after the woman, to sweep her away in a torrent. 16But the earth helped the woman. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth. 17So the dragon was furious with the woman and left to wage war # Rv 11:7; 13:7 against the rest of her offspring # Or seed # Gn 3:15 — those who keep God’s commands # 1Co 7:19 and have the testimony about Jesus. # Rv 1:2,9; 19:10; 20:4 18He # Other mss read I. “He” is apparently a reference to the dragon. stood on the sand of the sea. # Some translations put Rv 12:18 either in Rv 12:17 or Rv 13:1.
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