Woman and Dragon
Revelation Chapter 12
“1 And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. 2 She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth.”
How bright and glorious of this woman! God did not tell us who she is, but surely she is closely related to God’s kingdom for she give birth the sons who rule all the nations. Surely she represents an heavenly organization who is responsible sealing(give birth) the 144000 saints.
“3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems.”
There was another sign in heaven that was a great red dragon, it has seven heads and ten horns, and his heads with seven diadems. What does it mean? Please read <Bruise Serpent Head>. This red dragon is also an heavenly organization of the Devil, who wants to kill the woman’s son(heavenly kingdom).
“4 His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it.”
What does it mean of the red dragon swept down a third of the stars? it means it controls a third of angels in heaven and they are following the red dragon, but they were thrown down to the earth. This dragon was monitoring the heavenly woman, wanted to devour her child.
“5 She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne, “
Who is the male child?
Isaiah 9:6
6 For to us a child is born,
to us a son is given;
and the government shall be upon his shoulder,
and his name shall be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Luke 1:31-33 “And behold, you(Mary) will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the YHWH God will give to him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”
Daniel 2:44 “And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed… It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever”.
So who is the male child? We can say the male child symbolic Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the representative of God’s kingdom. He will break down all the nations and it will be the only one kingdom of God. This child “was caught up to God and to his throne” that means Jesus went to the heaven in AD33 and sit down next to the God’s throne.
Acts 7:55,56 “But he(Stephen), full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56 And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
1260 Days
“6 and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days.”
Why Jehovah God prepared a wilderness place for the heavenly woman, and nourished her 1260 days? That means she gave birth a male child did not finished her mission, she was finished the first part, another part will be finished in 1260 days. Why the place was wilderness?
“Wilderness” the symbolized the time of Israelis left Egypt and stayed in the wilderness period, is used to symbolic the period of seven seals of Revelation,. Please read <Revelation message> and <Seven Seals>. Why the time is the 1260 days(3.5 years)? Because it is related to the prophecy of <Seventy Sevens or Seventy Weeks>.
“Now” – the war in heaven
“7 Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back, 8 but he was defeated, and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.”
“9 And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.”
Michael and his angels make war with the dragon and his angels, the dragon and his angels were defeated and thrown down to the earth. Who is the dragon? He is the ancient serpent called Devil and Satan who deceives the whole world. Now they have no any place in heaven, they can’t go to heaven any more.
“When” did the dragon throw down to the earth? “Now“…
10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying,
“Now” the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ “have come“, for the accuser of our brothers “has been” thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.
12 Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil “has come down” to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!”
So “when” did the dragon has thrown down to the earth?
Angel told apostle John in loud voice, “Now“… the salvation and the power and the kingdom… “have come“. “Now“, when was the time of that angel declaring- “Now“? “Now” was the time of apostle John got the Revelation.
What time did apostle John write down the Revelation? Maybe about AD98, so that means the war of Michael and the dragon was ended before AD98. The dragon and his angels had already thrown down to the earth at that time.
Angel told apostle John “now“…. Heavens were rejoice but “woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil “has” come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!”.
People say “Now” does not mean now, it is the prophecy for the future. One of the explanation is: this period “1260 days” same as 3.5 years, will occur in the future of the final 3.5 years of “The Great Tribulation”. Is that true?
If the angel announced “Now” does not mean “now”(AD 98), then his announcement of “now” is meaningless, for now does not mean now. Then he no need to say “Now” the salvation… “have come“, …“has been” thrown down, …devil “has” come down…
He can say “the salvation… will come, for the accuser… will be thrown down“, “for the devil will come down to you…”.
Another evidence is the verse of Revelation 12:11, obviously angel was talking with John about what was happening in the first century John’s time, surely John knew what was angel saying, that some Christians who were persecuted and killed because of their testimony of Jesus. And this proves that “now” points to first century.
Revelation 12:11 “And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.”
So for the things that John wrote down(AD 98) in Revelation is like that: Something “has” happened, something is happening and something will happen. Jesus has announced “Write therefore the things that you have seen, “those that are” and…”-Revelation 1:19.
The Revelation is not only recorded the things in the future but also “those that are” and somethings “has happened“! Therefore now “really” is now(John’s time), the red dragon has thrown down, it has already happened in 1st century!
Angel was loudly and clearly to tell us “Now” the Red Dragon “has” come down, it happened before AD 98. He told us the red dragon has been thrown down to the earth at that time already. Can you hear also that?
1260 Days — “a time, times, half a time”
Therefore “1260 days” and “a time, times, and half a time” must not be the real 3.5 years, otherwise this 3.5 years has already ended. So the truth is : this period must be the symbolic period.
It is related to the prophecy of <Greatest Top Tree and Seven Periods>, <Seventy Weeks or Seventy Sevens>, <Seven Churches and Seven Stars>, <144000 and a great multitude>, and also <New Jerusalem>.
Please read it. You will know the mystery of “1260 days” “a time, and times, and half a time”, all of them points to a same symbolized time. And this period is also the <seven churches period> from AD 70 till to the End Day.
Maybe the heavenly war was happening after Jesus back to the heaven(AD 33) and before AD 70 this period. And from AD 70 till to the End Day, the Red Dragon make war with 7 churches is the symbolized period of “a time, times, and half a time” ; And the red dragon make war with 144000 saints is the symbolized period of “1260 days“.
Therefore the actual timeline of “1260 days” and “a time, times, half a time” is from AD 70 till to the End Day. Actually, this is closely related to the saints the offspring of Kingdom of God. Please read <The Mystery of Kingdom of God>.
Make war on the rest of offspring
If we read the history of the early churches, we would found that the persecution of churches was very violent at the end of 1st century and reached to the climax in the 2rd century. And also woe to the earth the sea, for devil knows his time is short.
“13 And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.”
“14 But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.”
“15 The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood. 16 But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth”.
What does it mean? Actually, it happens in the heaven(spirit world), we can’t see. What does it mean of “water”? Rev. 17:15 says, “The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and languages”.
So maybe the “water” means the red dragon wants to use the people(false saints) from his mouth(offspring come out from him) to replace the woman’s offspring(144000 saints). And we have no idea how does it happen about “the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth”, but surely the help is come from God.
“17 Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring(Saints), on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus”.
When the dragon’s trick failed, he went off to make war on the rest of woman’s offspring(the rest of saints). The rest of woman’s offspring are the 144000 saints who are sealed by God. The Woman and Dragon(Old Serpent) was the first prophecy declared in Genesis 3:15,
I will put enmity between you(Red Dragon) and the woman(Heavenly Woman),
and between your offspring(Red Dragon’s offspring) and her offspring(Jesus and 144000 Saints);
he(Jesus and 144000 Saints) shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise his heel.
This vision is about the Woman and Red Dragon(Serpent) of Genesis, it is the first and the most important prophecy of the whole Bible, all other Biblical prophecies and visions and developments are based on this prophecy(Genesis 3:15). It will fulfill completely soon, as God has already declared in the Revelation. That means the first prophecy from the declaration to the fulfillment used about 6 thousands years, but Jehovah God is the God Almighty and all his words must be fulfilled. Amen.
But how did the red dragon make war on the saints? He use the beast…
“And he(The Red Dragon) stood on the sand of the sea…” <The Beast 666>
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