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
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The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon
1A great sign#12:1 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 twelve 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#12:3 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 ten horns,#Dn 7:7,20,24; Rv 13:1; 17:3–18 and on its heads were seven crowns.#12:3 Or diadems 4Its 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 it might devour her child.#Mt 2:16 5She gave birth to a Son, a male who is going to rule#12:5 Or shepherd all nations with an iron rod.#Ps 2:7–9; Rv 2:27; 19:15 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 nourished there#12:6 Or 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,#1Sm 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 and Satan,#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 Christ
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 and sisters,
who accuses them
before our God day and night,
has been thrown down.
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
to the point 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!#Ps 96:11; Is 49:13
Woe to the earth and the sea,
because the devil has come down to you
with great fury,
because he knows his time is short.
The Woman Persecuted
13When the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he persecuted#12:13 Or pursued the woman who had given 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 nourished for a time, times, and half a time.#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 with a flood. 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 went off to wage war#Rv 11:7; 13:7 against the rest of her offspring#12:17 Or seed#Gn 3:15 — those who keep the commands of God#1Co 7:19 and hold firmly to the testimony about Jesus.#Rv 1:2,9; 19:10; 20:4
The Beast from the Sea
18The dragon#12:18 Or he; other mss read I stood on the sand of the sea.#12:18 Some translations put Rv 12:18 either in Rv 12:17 or Rv 13:1.
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