After his expulsion, Satan waged war against the “seed of the Woman” – Those who hold the “testimony of Jesus” – Revelation 12:7-17.
Having failed to destroy the messianic “son,” and thoroughly enraged, the “Dragon” vents his rage by pursuing the “woman” into the “wilderness,” and not by waging war against the unsaved “inhabitants of the earth.” Instead, prevented from destroying the “woman,” he persecutes her offspring.
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Defeated by the messianic “son,” the Dragon was expelled from heaven, while victory was declared for the saints – Revelation 12:7-12.
With the exaltation of the “Son,” the “Dragon” was expelled from heaven, having lost the battle with Michael and “his angels.” The narrative now makes the identity of the “son” explicit – He is none other than Jesus – and when his victory and enthronement took place – “NOW is come salvation and the kingdom…by the blood of the Lamb.”
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SYNOPSIS – The “Dragon” set off to wage war on the “seed of the woman,” those who have the “testimony of Jesus” – Revelation 12:17.
Having been expelled from heaven, the “Dragon” pursued the “woman.” However, his effort to destroy her was thwarted with help from the “earth.” Enraged, he went off to wage war against the “remnant of her seed,” A group identified as those who “keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus.” The two descriptions provide verbal links to other passages in Revelation.
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The “beast from the sea” is the latest incarnation of an ancient creature that has stalked the “seed of the woman” since Adam’s fall.
In Revelation, the “Dragon, that Ancient Serpent” is poised to wage “war” against the “seed of the woman” as he stands on the seashore summoning his own “seed” to execute his “war” – the “beast from the sea” and the “beast from the earth” – against the men and women who have the “testimony of Jesus,” and the culmination of an ancient feud.
Continue reading “ANCIENT BEAST”Synopsis: The saints overcome the Dragon and his forces through the death of the Lamb and their faithful witness, “even unto death” – Revelation 12:11.
In Chapter 12 of the book of Revelation, the “sign of the Great Red Dragon” appeared, a sign that war had commenced “in heaven,” the battle between the Dragon and Michael the Archangel. This “war” is the heavenly counterpart to the earthly events described in the passage: The Dragon’s attempt to devour the Son at his birth from the Woman clothed with the Sun. This “son” is a messianic figure destined to “shepherd” the nations. But the Dragon fails when the Son is exalted to God’s throne (Revelation 12:1-12. Compare Revelation 5:5-12, Psalm 2:7-9). Continue reading “Victory of the Saints over the Dragon”
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