Revelation 12
12
1 AND A great sign (wonder)–[warning of future events of ominous significance] appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and with a crownlike garland (tiara) of twelve stars on her head.
2 She was pregnant and she cried out in her birth pangs, in the anguish of her delivery.
3 Then another ominous sign (wonder) was seen in heaven: Behold, a huge, fiery-red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and seven kingly crowns (diadems) upon his heads. [Dan. 7:7.]
4 His tail swept [across the sky] and dragged down a third of the stars and flung them to the earth. And the dragon stationed himself in front of the woman who was about to be delivered, so that he might devour her child as soon as she brought it forth. [Dan. 8:10.]
5 And she brought forth a male Child, One Who is destined to shepherd (rule) all the nations with an iron staff (scepter), and her Child was caught up to God and to His throne. [Ps. 2:8, 9; 110:1, 2.]
6 And the woman [herself] fled into the desert (wilderness), where she has a retreat prepared [for her] by God, in which she is to be fed and kept safe for 1,260 days (42 months; three and one-half years).
7 Then war broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels went forth to battle with the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought.
8 But they were defeated, and there was no room found for them in heaven any longer.
9 And the huge dragon was cast down and out–that age-old serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, he who is the seducer (deceiver) of all humanity the world over; he was forced out and down to the earth, and his angels were flung out along with him. [Gen. 3:1, 14, 15; Zech. 3:1.]
10 Then I heard a strong (loud) voice in heaven, saying, Now it has come–the salvation and the power and the kingdom (the dominion, the reign) of our God, and the power (the sovereignty, the authority) of His Christ (the Messiah); for the accuser of our brethren, he who keeps bringing before our God charges against them day and night, has been cast out! [Job 1:9-11.]
11 And they have overcome (conquered) him by means of the blood of the Lamb and by the utterance of their testimony, for they did not love and cling to life even when faced with death [holding their lives cheap till they had to die for their witnessing].
12 Therefore be glad (exult), O heavens and you that dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in fierce anger (fury), because he knows that he has [only] a short time [left]! [Isa. 44:23; 49:13.]
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast down to the earth, he went in pursuit of the woman who had given birth to the male Child.
14 But the woman was supplied with the two wings of a giant eagle, so that she might fly from the presence of the serpent into the desert (wilderness), to the retreat where she is to be kept safe and fed for a time, and times, and half a time (three and one-half years, or 1,260 days). [Dan. 7:25; 12:7.]
15 Then out of his mouth the serpent spouted forth water like a flood after the woman, that she might be carried off with the torrent.
16 But the earth came to the rescue of the woman, and the ground opened its mouth and swallowed up the stream of water which the dragon had spouted from his mouth.
17 So then the dragon was furious (enraged) at the woman, and he went away to wage war on the remainder of her descendants–[on those] who obey God's commandments and who have the testimony of Jesus Christ [and adhere to it and bear witness to Him].
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Revelation 12
12
The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon
1Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars. 2Then being with child, she cried out #Is. 26:17; 66:6–9; Mic. 4:9; Gal. 4:19in labor and in pain to give birth.
3And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, #Rev. 13:1; 17:3, 7, 9a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. 4#Rev. 9:10, 19His tail drew a third #Rev. 8:7, 12of the stars of heaven #Dan. 8:10and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood #Rev. 12:2before the woman who was ready to give birth, #Ex. 1:16; Matt. 2:16to devour her Child as soon as it was born. 5She bore a male Child #Ps. 2:9; Is. 7:14; 9:6; Rev. 2:27; 19:15who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was #Luke 24:51; Acts 1:9–11caught up to God and His throne. 6Then #Rev. 12:4, 14the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there #Rev. 11:3; 13:5one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
Satan Thrown Out of Heaven
7And war broke out in heaven: #Dan. 10:13, 21; 12:1; Jude 9Michael and his angels fought #Rev. 20:2with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, 8but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. 9So #Luke 10:18; John 12:31the great dragon was cast out, #Gen. 3:1, 4; 2 Cor. 11:3; Rev. 12:15; 20:2that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, #Rev. 20:3who deceives the whole world; #Rev. 9:1he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, #Rev. 11:15“Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, #Job 1:9, 11; 2:5; Zech. 3:1who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. 11And #Rom. 16:20they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, #Luke 14:26; (Rev. 2:10)and they did not love their lives to the death. 12Therefore #Ps. 96:11; Is. 44:23; Rev. 18:20rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! #Rev. 8:13Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, #Rev. 10:6because he knows that he has a short time.”
The Woman Persecuted
13Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted #Rev. 12:5the woman who gave birth to the male Child. 14#Ex. 19:4; Deut. 32:11; Is. 40:31But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, #Rev. 12:6that she might fly #Rev. 17:3into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished #Dan. 7:25; 12:7for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. 15So the serpent #Is. 59:19spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. 16But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. 17And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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