Revelation Chapter 12 (GOD'S WORD)

Chapter 12 is the beginning of one of the most difficult portions of Revelation. Before this, not much of the conflict with the devil has be recorded in Revelation or the rest of the Bible for that matter. We all sense intuitively that this conflict is occurring even now in the pre-uptaking period, but since it is of a spiritual nature, we have a difficulty comprehending the conflict, its reasons, or even its outcome. Some will never be understood until we get a chance to ask our Savior about it.

The chapter discusses the demise of the first person of the Satanic Trinity: the devil himself. The next chapter discusses the other two members of the Satanic Trinity: the sea beast and the earth beast.








































Revelation Chapter 12, Verse 1 (GOD'S WORD)

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    1 A 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.
Before chapter 12, not much about the conflict with the devil has been recorded. There was a bit about evil angels (demons) in the fifth trumpet (Revelation 9:1ff), but not about Satan's conflict with God. Now we will see it.

The use of "SPECTACULAR SIGN" indicates that what John is describing is symbolic and thus chronological ordering may not be inferred here. Furthermore, "SPECTACULAR" implies this is larger than individual activity; it is more on the scale of a group/nation (even whole earth). What we are seeing here in the first nine verses of chapter 12 is a history lesson of the earth from God's spiritual perspective. It, obviously, is not the whole perspective but a mere glimpse.










































Revelation Chapter 12, Verse 2 (GOD'S WORD)

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    2 She was pregnant. She cried out from labor pains and the agony of giving birth.
It is given to women to have children with pain, Genesis 1:27 and Genesis 3:16. This is a very unique earthly experience. That is, there will be no pain or sorrow in heaven as Revelation 21:4 says. Thus, there seems to be a conflict with 'appeared in the sky' in the previous verse and the 'pain' in this verse. While the sign was (appeared) in heaven, the object of the symbol was on earth. We really cannot understand the linkages between heaven and earth while we are physically alive. When we get to heaven, then we will understand (if we care to ... the praise session may be so overwhelming that we will not care about this kind of semantics.). Check out the clues in verses 5 and 6.

The prophets in the Old Testament indicate that Jerusalem and the Israelis will be compared to these birth pangs:


Isaiah 26:11-17,18-19 Deliverance of Israel
Jeremiah 6:22-26 Rumor of invasion from the north cause anguish as childbirth pangs
Jeremiah 13:20-21-27 North invaders and an unclean Jerusalem
Jeremiah 30:4-6-9 Sound of terror. Israelis not destroyed completely but nations to where they are scattered will be
Micah 4:6-9,10-13 Distress and rescue
Micah 5:1-3-6 Bethlehem foretold; One would be born there.










































Revelation Chapter 12, Verse 3 (GOD'S WORD)

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    3 Another sign appeared in the sky: a huge fiery red serpent with seven heads, ten horns, and seven crowns on its heads.
The woman (verse 1) was the first sign. "Look at that", John says, "I have seen evil in my day, but seeing this makes me realize evil is much larger and pervasive than really known." Even John is taken by the "size of evil"; we just don't experience that in our everyday activities. Nonetheless, evil of that magnitude is around us all the time.

Red is the absence of peace (Revelation 6:4); so all turmoil and conflict is embodied in this SIGN (symbol).

This is an ugly creature. Many scholars believe the seven heads refers to past governments (Revelation 17:10) periods and the ten horns to governments in the last times (Revelation 17:12). Daniel's dragon had only one head and ten horns (Daniel 7:7; Daniel 7:23-28). Since Daniel's dream was about the end times, this would make sense for Daniel's vision to only have the 10 horns. This denotes that the evil is actively working inside governments in the end time. The devil (serpent - verse 9) openly boasts that the world's kingdoms are his (Luke 4:5-6). While Jesus didn't refute it (why should He argue with the devil?), He countered it by quoting scripture. This tells us that to counter 'the HUGE FIERY RED SERPENT', that we should quote scripture. Oh, that we would spend more time in studying God's Word. This also implies that instead of working for the people, governments work for Satan (1 John 5:18-19-21). One wonders what the government's programs really are meant to do! One only has to recall the Holocaust or abortion rights or alcohol misuse; all "legal" in government terms but intent on 'killing' people in violation of one of God's ten commandments (Exodus 20:13).
















































Revelation Chapter 12, Verse 4 (GOD'S WORD)

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    4 Its 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.

a.   Its tail swept away one-third of the stars in the sky and threw them down to earth.

The literal view is that the cosmic response to the heaven and earth conflict will be a multitude of asteroids or similar stellar shower. Since most stars are many times larger than the earth and are 'burning', this would be the end of the physical earth as we know it. Thus the symbolic view is preferred in this instance. However, don't discount the physical phenomena from happening!

The symbolic view is that the WOMAN (verse 1) is a collective view of Israel. That is, the 12 stars are the twelve tribes of Judah. Then this part of this verse would be that a third of Israelis will be killed, "threw them down to the earth" (Matthew 24:15-22-28). See how Daniel saw this verse in Daniel 8:8-14.

This conflict has gone on throughout history

  1. Cain killing Abel
  2. Pharoah/Moses
  3. Saul/David
  4. Babylonian/Captivity
  5. Herod/Jesus
  6. People/Jesus (Luke 4:28-30)
  7. Government/church

b.    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.

From the SERPENT viewpoint, he has to kill the child coming from the woman. According to 1 John 3:7-10, this is the reason Jesus came to the earth: that He might destroy the works of the devil. In a real sense, when Jesus said "unless one is born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God (John 3:3), Satan is standing right in front of you waiting to DEVOUR you as soon as you say "YES" to Jesus. Even after you say yes, Satan is still trying to kill Christ who lives in us. But since the devil is not successful (see the rest of this chapter), we have our HOPE OF GLORY (Colossians 1:24-29)!













































Revelation Chapter 12, Verse 5 (GOD'S WORD)

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    5 She 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.
There are two interpretations of this:

The most obvious is the male child is Christ Himself and the mother is Israel (as a chosen people), Psalm 2:7-9.

The less obvious is the male child is the overcomers, Revelation 2:26-27 and the mother is the church of believers. This is not so impossible or confusing as true overcomers are "in Christ" (Romans 12:3-5-8; Philippians 1:21; and 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17).

With respect to the most obvious, Revelation 4 explains Christ being at the THRONE.

With respect to the less obvious, the overcomers according to 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 are with Him; the Laodicean overcomers (Revelation 3:21) are granted the privilege to sit on the throne even as Christ Himself is an overcomer. PRAISE HIM!

Believers (overcomers) at regeneration time will sit on twelve thrones judging Israel (chosen people -- not overcomers because of unbelief) according to Matthew 19:27-28-30.











































Revelation Chapter 12, Verse 6 (GOD'S WORD)

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    6 Then 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.
While this verse says the WOMAN (Israel) fled into the wilderness, Jesus uses a similar expression "flee to the mountains" in Matthew 24:15-28 and Luke 21:20-24. Some scholars believe this wilderness (mountains) is the ancient city of Petra (today Sela). Cross-reference this passage with Daniel 11:40-41-45 and Isaiah 16:1-5.

Symbolically, the wilderness is a place of trial and much hardship for humans; yet, it is the place of peace and confident rest for God and His people. Recall this PLACE is prepared by God (John 14:1-11, Isaiah 33:13-16).

Again, we are amazed by the precision of time down to the day from a God who really has no reason to know time and is absolutely eternal. Throughout the Revelation, we see this precise timing....watch for it.

This time period is the GREAT TRIBULATION. If it lasted any longer, all life may disappear (Matthew 24:15-22).

Note also that in the midst of "harsh conditions" in the wilderness, there is a place where one is taken care of. This was true for the bondwoman, Hagar, in Genesis 16:7-14 and Galatians 4:21-31.

Many scholars believe that during this time the two witnesses (Revelation 11:3-4) speak out, and that this is the same 42 weeks that is given to "the beast" to do his boasting (Revelation 13:5).











































Revelation Chapter 12, Verse 7 (GOD'S WORD)

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    7 Then a war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels had to fight a war with the serpent. The serpent and its angels fought.
Now this really goes against our preconceived idea of heaven being a peaceful place filled with beautiful music and so on, but there is WAR in heaven. This may well be a different kind of WAR than what we know here on earth. Spiritual warfare is soul and spirit related; two areas we are not but should be very familiar with.

This verse must be tied to the hymn in verse 10 and following. Thus the redemption by the Son's blood was fought over in heaven long before/or even til the earthly conflicts we have. Christ WINS THEM ALL!

Michael is found five times in the Bible, and he always is associated with the protection of Israel:
  1. Daniel 10:13
  2. Daniel 10:21
  3. Daniel 12:1
  4. Jude 9
  5. this verse
From the reference to the 1,260 days in the previous verse, we know that this WAR must take place during or at the end of the tribulation period. The earthly saints have been translated into heaven and only the woman/man-child problem for the serpent remains. Recall the 'spectacular sign' of the woman appeared in the SKY (HEAVEN in other translations). This WAR was an all out conflict between 'stand ins': Michael (for Christ) and his angels vs. the serpent (for devil) and his angels. There was a direct one on one confrontation between Jesus and the devil recorded in Matthew 4:1-11 and Luke 4:1-13. The quotation of scripture was how these 'temptations' were overcome. This verse doesn't indicate if Michael and his angels use scripture to fight this WAR at this 'opportune time'.

Also compare this with 1 Kings 22:13-23 where a spiritual conflict was between ONE prophet, Micaiah verses many 'false prophets'. The conflict in this verse is much larger.











































Revelation Chapter 12, Verse 8 (GOD'S WORD)

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    8 But it was not strong enough, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.
There is no doubt that Satan and his army could wage a strong fight. The archangel Michael had to come to fight the 'prince of the kingdom of Persia' (Satan) in Daniel 10:13, after the angelic messenger sent to Daniel had struggled with him 21 days. Now the messenger may have been a 'lower' angel (Daniel 10:21) but that shows, even in the heavenly realm, Satan is very strong and powerful. Satan, at this time, still has access to heavenly places. He continually is accusing the saints before God (Job 1:9-11, Zechariah 3:1). Even today, every time we make a request of God, Satan stands there to say its a lie, or we won't keep our commitment, and so on. Since we still have the privilege of making choices, Satan is the 'politician' trying to swing our vote his way. BUT, Satan is NOT STRONG ENOUGH when we have made our commitment to Christ!

Four Overthrows of Satan


Luke 10:17,18 Jesus saw Satan falling from heaven like lightning as 70 disciples took authority over Devil.
Revelation 12:8-9 Here Satan is removed from heaven entirely and relegated to earth.
Revelation 20:1-3 Satan is removed from earth and jailed in the abyss.
Revelation 20:7-10 Satan is released from the abyss after the 1000 year reign for a short time and then forever cast into the lake of fire and brimstone.
There was a brief moment at the 5th trumpet where Satan (Revelation 9:1, a star) was forced to come down and open the bottomless pit. He was not required to stay in the pit. There is a king over the residents there (Revelation 9:11) who probably is not Satan, but is under Satan's command.

Note the consequence of Satan losing this fight (Revelation 12:12): the tribulation period will be awful!








































Revelation Chapter 12, Verse 9 (GOD'S WORD)

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   9 The 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.
The GREAT DRAGON is symbolically equal to evil. It is clear that evil was defeated first in heaven and then on earth. Believers can take comfort in this. No matter how bad things get on earth, the GREAT DRAGON is already DEFEATED (Romans 8:31-37-39)! No mistaking this SERPENT; he is the same as in Genesis 3:1-7. His works are evil and are destroyed by Christ (1 John 3:1-10). He is the same one who is prowling seeking believers to devour (1 Peter 5:1-11). Humanly, it is difficult to believe that one being would try to do this. The deception starts in the minds of the unbelieving (2 Corinthians 4:1-4-6 and 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12).

Next, the deception moves into the church as "servants of righteousness" (2 Corinthians 11:7-15) to try to divert the nominal believer. The parable of the sower explained in Matthew 13:18-23 indicates this takes place where the seed is sown. Today, "seed sowing" is done in or is left up to the church.

The deception goes all the way to humanism which says God is not the ultimate reality, but that the universe, science, and knowledge are the only lasting reality. When the absolutes of God and His Word are denied, only a humanistic process is left. Humanists ought to look closely at the results of the deception. The list is given in Revelation 21:8; if the GREAT SERPENT can deceive you into being one on this list, he has accomplished his plan.

If the devil believes he will become greater than God by mastering the earth, then that is where he should be confined to. Sad to say, the devil believes that destroying the earth has an impact on the spiritual life of the believer. And he does if the believer is laying up treasures HERE ON EARTH (Matthew 6:19-21).

Note: the phrase "THROWN DOWN" is used three times in this verse. There is no doubt this event will take place forceably by Michael and his angels (verse 7).










































Revelation Chapter 12, Verse 10 (GOD'S WORD)

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    10 Then 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.
 This may be a relative "sound level". If the last part of this verse goes on continually, then heaven must have been/now is a very noisy place. Consider how many people are continually being accused before God (and Jesus). Silence in heaven is a very rare thing (see Revelation 8:1); if the saints aren't praising, the devil and his followers are accusing.

But now that the devil and his cohorts are "THROWN DOWN" to the earth, John hears the LOUD VOICE. This voice stands out above the rest of the loud voices when the seventh trumpet is sounded (Revelation 11:15).

In action, Jesus Christ has just had enough. As High Priest (Hebrews 9:11-14), he stands at the right hand of God intercepting the accusations against mankind being hurled toward God. By action, Jesus indicates that because of HIS BLOOD (next verse), God cannot hear the accusations of the devil. The devil and his followers might as well reside on the earth and talk to the residents there, verse 12.

The use of the pronoun, OUR, indicates this is a believer's view. This is confirmed in the next verse.

When a person repents of their sins, the accusations become more intense. While the devil doesn't want anyone to accept Christ as Savior and the one with AUTHORITY, the believers are the ones he really would like to deceive and get back. So at this point, the accusations become more mental than physical. This allows us to understand what Paul meant when he says that Christ "cleanses our conscience" in Hebrews 9:14.

Science indicates that the brain is very active even while we are asleep physically. This mental accusation also stops when we receive Christ completely into our lives.













































Revelation Chapter 12, Verse 11 (GOD'S WORD)

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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.

This verse is the second stanza of the three-verse victory song. It explains the cause of Satan's removal from heaven.

VICTORS are a major theme in Revelation. VICTORs are OVERCOMERs, and their reward is found in Revelation 2:10
  1. because of the BLOOD OF THE LAMB and
    We, believers, have no concept how powerful the BLOOD of Christ is. It is a cleansing agent (1 John 1:7,9) at the same time it is the victorious life (1 John 5:6-12).
  2. because the WORD of THEIR TESTIMONY.
    It is imperative for a believer to SPEAK of what Christ did for them. Check it out: Romans 10:9; Psalm 19:14; and 1 Peter 3:15. Compare this to John's view of the TESTIMONY in Revelation 1:9; Revelation 6:9; Revelation 14:12; and Revelation 20:4. That is how important SPEAKING THE WORD of TESTIMONY is.
  3. They didn't love their LIFE so much that they REFUSED to give it up.
    Being "sold out" to Christ says my earthly life is not important compared to my eternal life. Jesus talked about this in Matthew 10:34-39 and Mark 13:9-13.
Can you claim and speak these three things today? Why not?




































Revelation Chapter 12, Verse 12 (GOD'S WORD)

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    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."

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

































Revelation Chapter 12, Verse 13 (GOD'S WORD)

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    13 When the serpent saw that it had been thrown down to earth, it persecuted the woman who had given birth to the boy.

John interrupted the vision of the woman (verses 1 - 6) to explain the casting out of the devil from heaven. Now he picks up the rest of the vision of the woman and why she is persecuted. Being "THROWN DOWN" (verse 9) must have happened so quickly that the devil couldn't believe his eyes. Up to this point, the SERPENT (devil) has other fallen angels doing the "dirty work" on earth. Now he himself realizes he has to take charge and destroy Israel once and for all. He can't touch the BOY anymore (verse 5) because he has no more access to Him.

On earth, the two witnesses (Revelation 11:3) have been vocal in their testimony. They, the two witnesses, are no longer in Israel, but their prophesies will haunt the SERPENT. The two witnesses, too, are out of harms way (Revelation 11:12).

If the devil himself is going to take charge of events especially against Israel, one cannot help but feel for our Jewish brothers. It was prophetic of David to request that we "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem" (Psalm 122:6). In this verse in Revelation, that peace will be gone and the WOMAN is forced to flee (next verse).










































Revelation Chapter 12, Verse 14 (GOD'S WORD)

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    14 The 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.
In the covenant made with Israel upon leaving Egypt, the "wings of eagles" (Exodus 19:3-6) is the expression used to describe how quickly the exit was made. In this verse, during the tribulation the WOMAN (Israel as a nation) is transported very quickly to the wilderness. Some biblical scholars feel that the United States or other ally of Israel will provide aircraft or helicopters to "fly" the people to the wilderness. However, the use of "LARGE EAGLE" would indicate a supernatural departure (like the way through the Red Sea). Jesus talked about how quickly this must happen in Matthew 24:15-28. The "wilderness" is where God holds court. Ezekiel explains in Ezekiel 20:32-39. And after the judgment, a bonding will take place with His chosen people again (Hosea 2:14-23). The last part of the Hosea prophesy indicates that Gentile believers will be considered part of "My people". Some scholars use this to say that "the WOMAN" here refers not only to Israel as God's chosen people but also to all born-again believers. See also Deuteronomy 32:4-18 and Isaiah 40:27-31. Even in the harshest of conditions, God still TAKES CARE of us! This is both spiritually and physically.

Note the precision of the time period: time equals a year, times equals two years, and total time is 3 1/2 years or 1260 days (verse 6).

How comforting to know that believers are protected from the devil when they are "feeding on God's Word". We don't have to try to eat and watch over our shoulders for an evil attack. This is a deep spiritual truth that even David recognizes in Psalm 23:5.











































Revelation Chapter 12, Verse 15 (GOD'S WORD)

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    15 The snake’s mouth poured out a river of water behind the woman in order to sweep her away.
This could have two meanings. Literally, there would be a river diverted, perhaps the Euphrates where the four ugly angels were chained (Revelation 9:14), to flood Jerusalem. Recall that there has been much geologic activity in the previous chapters of Revelation which could alter the terrain around Israel.

However, the symbolic meaning is the most likely due to the use of 'snake' for the devil. It shows a great outpouring of demonic activity against Israel. Since demons usually reside in people (~75% water), this would imply that a flood of people will try to "drown"/kill the Jews in Israel.

That water is symbolic of evil spirits is given throughout scripture. Egypt, a type of evil master, pursued Israel to the Red Sea. God parts the WATERS and Israel, God's chosen people, crosses on DRY LAND (Exodus 14:15-20). After the wilderness wanderings when Israel crosses the Jordon River into the Promised Land, Israel crosses on DRY GROUND (see also Joshua 3:14-17) after the priests holding the Ark of the Covenant step into the river (full and flowing swiftly). Jesus makes a curious observation in Matthew 12:38-43-45 about demons needing WATER to survive.

So most likely, the Israeli nation will be pursued by a great demonic onslaught; the Holocaust will appear minor (birthpang - Mark 13:1-8) compared to this outpouring!

One must realize that the devil was the reason for the great flood in Noah's day (Genesis 6:11-12). His reasoning must go something like this: if God can destroy all mankind (Nahum 1:8) except Noah and his family (Genesis 7:1-5) using water, I can use the same technique to destroy Israel. The devil, as believers know, is not very "creative", but tends to copy what God does (part of the deception process). The Old Testament uses this expression for destruction by an enemy (Psalm 32:6; Psalm 69:1-2; and Psalm 124:2-5). But God in His supernatural way will not let this evil onslaught approach or even touch His people (next verse).








































Revelation Chapter 12, Verse 16 (GOD'S WORD)

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    16 The earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river which had poured out of the serpent's mouth.
The earth originally was created pure and later became cursed because of the sin (Genesis 3:17-19) of the first man, Adam. Besides end time events, this book of Revelation is about the redemption of the earth from its sin curse. So it is entirely appropriate that the earth should help the WOMAN.

It was clear to Moses that the Lord is Master over the earth (Exodus 9:29). David declares in Psalm 24:1-2 that the earth is "established upon the rivers". David has it correct in that the earth is superior to rivers. The devil, true to his subversive ways, is trying to make the river superior to the earth. The devil can't succeed.

Physically, the African and Indian tectonic plates meet at the Jordan River, Dead Sea, Gulf of Araba, and Red Sea. With all the natural disasters, earthquakes, and stars falling from heaven to earth, it is easy to imagine that the plates shift and "drink up the water" sending it into the Indian Ocean.

Symbollically, the Lord uses the EARTH to keep the WOMAN high and dry. That is, while the DRAGON (devil) tries to destroy God's Chosen people, Israel, through an onslaught of demons (previous verse), the Lord provides a supernatural detour to Sheol (the place of departed spirits). The family of Korah due to exaltation or pride (Numbers 16:1-7) also took that detour (Numbers 16:25-35) straight to Sheol.

Prophetically, Isaiah talks about the protection of Israel (Isaiah 26:20; Isaiah 42:15; Isaiah 43:2; and Isaiah 50:2) in terms of earth covering or water being diverted or dried up.

After the tribulation, Israel will not need to be protected anymore. But it will be "healed" along with all the other nations on the NEW EARTH by the leaves of the trees along the river of the water of life (Revelation 22:2). This is a GOOD river straight from the throne of God and of the Lamb (Revelation 22:1)!






































 

Revelation Chapter 12, Verse 17 (GOD'S WORD)

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    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.

As much as the SERPENT is angry with the WOMAN, God still doesn't want to see the devil perish (2 Peter 3:8-13). If only the SERPENT would humble himself and repent. Present day boastings from Arab leaders and terrorists to "get the Jews" are but a precursor to the wrath the SERPENT shows at this mid-tribulation point. Some scholars believe this refers to the final battle of Har-Magedon (Armageddon). If the "river" in verse 15 was against Jerusalem, then the rest of her offspring could have fled elsewhere like the plains of Megiddo (2 Chronicles 35:20-27). Megiddo is somewhere between Egypt and the Euphrates River. Most maps place it west of the Jordan River and north of Jerusalem. Note the interesting paradox here. The WOMAN (nation of Israel) in the previous verse is protected, while the OFFSPRING (Jews in other countries and/or all other believers) are at WAR with the SERPENT.

Likewise to those who ignore the Old Testament teachings because we are not under LAW but under the New Testament GRACE should understand the conjunction here is "and". The Old Testaments contains ten COMMANDMENTS not SUGGESTIONS. This makes KEEPING the COMMANDMENTS of GOD part of the TESTIMONY of JESUS. This just reinforces the "I AM" foreverness of God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Exodus 3:13-14; Revelation 1:8; Revelation 4:8; and Revelation 21:6).











































Revelation Chapter 12, Verse 18 (GOD'S WORD)

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    18 The serpent stood on the sandy shore of the sea.
The devil is contemplating his next move.