Revelation 12
Chapter 12 of the book of Revelation 12 is no more than another view point of the letters to the seven churches in chapters 2&3 of this very same book. The letters to the seven churches set the time frame on which all of the prophesies will follow, and the prophesy in chapter 12 is absolutely no different.
This chapter tells another point of view than what we have seen so far. The letters to the churches told the story of the history of His church, the seven seals told the history of the world and its pivotal events as seen from the eyes of the Creator, and now here in chapter 12, we see exactly what was witnessed in the spiritual realm upon the Messiahs return after completing his work…
1 Now 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. 2 Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth.
Revelation 12
This chapter tells another point of view than what we have seen so far. The letters to the churches told the story of the history of His church, the seven seals told the history of the world and its pivotal events as seen from the eyes of the Creator, and now here in chapter 12, we see exactly what was witnessed in the spiritual realm upon the Messiahs return after completing his work…
1 Now 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. 2 Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth.
Revelation 12
Just as the letters and the seals, this chapter starts out with the Messiah.
Here we have the symbolism of Israel as a woman, clothed with the sun and the moon under her feet. The 12 stars are symbolic of the 12 tribes of that same nation, and the Son she is to have is the Messiah himself.
The symbolism of Israel as a woman is nothing new to the bible, in fact it’s a very common thing…
1 Then the LORD said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by a lover and is committing adultery, just like the love of the LORD for the children of Israel, who look to other gods and love the raisin cakes of the pagans"
Hosea 3
So chapter 12 starts out symbolically speaking of Israel giving birth to the Messiah…
3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. 4 His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born. 5 She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His throne. 6 Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
Revelation 12
This perfectly tells the tale of the Messiah, and His birth according to the book of Matthew. Verse 4 states that satan (the dragon) drew a third of the stars, or angels to combat the Messiah when He had set out to do his Fathers will. This verse states that satan stood before the Woman to try and catch the Child as soon as He was born, which is exactly how the story is told in Matthew…
14 When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, 15 and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”
16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men. Matthew 2
Verse 5 states…She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His throne. Which means the Messiah had finished His work, and has now returned to be seated next to His Father.
Verse 6 gives us a date, it says the woman [Israel] has a place prepared for her where she would be protected from the dragon for 1260 days. This date explains itself at the end of chapter 12, when this very date is heard again at the end of this prophesy.
7 And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, 8 but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. 9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Revelation 12
Because the Messiah had finished His work, there was no longer any room for lucifer in the kingdom of heaven, so he and his angels were cast out, and have been stuck on this planet ever since.
The bible goes into great detail of this very same thing on more than one occasion. It starts in the book of Job, where satan had the ability to confront YHWH after walking too and fro on the earth…
6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them. 7 And the LORD said to Satan, “From where do you come?” So Satan answered the LORD and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.” Job 1
As you can see satan had the ability to be both on the earth and in YHWH’s presence. But as soon as the Messiah had finished His work,this was no longer the case.
We see again in the bible, in the letters to the seven churches that satan had been cast to the earth. For we see him getting settled in his new home…
13 “I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. Revelation 2
satan has been here ever since the Messiah returned home. For almost 2000 years he has been working in the hearts and minds of men, preparing for the day when he is apprehended and throne into his prison along with all those who work with him toward his cause.
10 Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. 12 Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.” Revelation 12
The symbolism of Israel as a woman is nothing new to the bible, in fact it’s a very common thing…
1 Then the LORD said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by a lover and is committing adultery, just like the love of the LORD for the children of Israel, who look to other gods and love the raisin cakes of the pagans"
Hosea 3
So chapter 12 starts out symbolically speaking of Israel giving birth to the Messiah…
3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. 4 His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born. 5 She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His throne. 6 Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
Revelation 12
This perfectly tells the tale of the Messiah, and His birth according to the book of Matthew. Verse 4 states that satan (the dragon) drew a third of the stars, or angels to combat the Messiah when He had set out to do his Fathers will. This verse states that satan stood before the Woman to try and catch the Child as soon as He was born, which is exactly how the story is told in Matthew…
14 When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, 15 and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”
16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men. Matthew 2
Verse 5 states…She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His throne. Which means the Messiah had finished His work, and has now returned to be seated next to His Father.
Verse 6 gives us a date, it says the woman [Israel] has a place prepared for her where she would be protected from the dragon for 1260 days. This date explains itself at the end of chapter 12, when this very date is heard again at the end of this prophesy.
7 And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, 8 but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. 9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Revelation 12
Because the Messiah had finished His work, there was no longer any room for lucifer in the kingdom of heaven, so he and his angels were cast out, and have been stuck on this planet ever since.
The bible goes into great detail of this very same thing on more than one occasion. It starts in the book of Job, where satan had the ability to confront YHWH after walking too and fro on the earth…
6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them. 7 And the LORD said to Satan, “From where do you come?” So Satan answered the LORD and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.” Job 1
As you can see satan had the ability to be both on the earth and in YHWH’s presence. But as soon as the Messiah had finished His work,this was no longer the case.
We see again in the bible, in the letters to the seven churches that satan had been cast to the earth. For we see him getting settled in his new home…
13 “I know your works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is. And you hold fast to My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days in which Antipas was My faithful martyr, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. Revelation 2
satan has been here ever since the Messiah returned home. For almost 2000 years he has been working in the hearts and minds of men, preparing for the day when he is apprehended and throne into his prison along with all those who work with him toward his cause.
10 Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. 12 Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.” Revelation 12
Its disgusting to see the way this book is taught by the teachers of today...
...because never once have I heard the truth about lucifer being here for almost 2000 years. On the contrary, they still teach to this very day that these things do not occur until the end. They teach that satan is cast to earth during the ‘tribulation’ period. But what these fools do not realize is, that even the Apostle John mentioned that he too was also part of this period in chapter 1 of the book we are reading…
9 I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, Revelation 1
So if the tribulation period is at the end as the teachers of today say it is, then how come John claims that he is already in it almost 2000 years ago?
13 Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child. 14 But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. Revelation 12
Here we see that satan has begun to persecute the Jewish people, the nation that brought forth the Messiah. And again we see that very same date…1260 days, Time is one year, times is two years, and half a time is one half of one year. So for 3 ½ years the woman would be safe from the dragon.
The next two verses are crucial to understand what this date is referring too…
15 So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. 16 But 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. Revelation 12
This very same flood is mentioned in Daniel, it is not a flood of water, it is a flood of persecution…
22 With the force of a flood they shall be swept away from before him and be broken, and also the prince of the covenant. Daniel 11
This verse here in Daniel is referring to emperor Tiberius, the emperor who reigned during the times of the Messiah. The flood is referring to the Julian bloodline, where Tiberius destroyed almost all of them due to a conspiracy to try and depose him as emperor. So, as the bible interprets it, the flood that satan puts forth is not water, its persecution.
Have the Jewish people ever suffered a flood of persecution against their race?
The Holocaust began with Hitler's rise to power in January of 1933 and ended on VE Day (May 8, 1945). During this time, more than 6 million Jews and millions of other groups that caught the negative attention of Nazi Germany.
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9 I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, Revelation 1
So if the tribulation period is at the end as the teachers of today say it is, then how come John claims that he is already in it almost 2000 years ago?
13 Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child. 14 But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. Revelation 12
Here we see that satan has begun to persecute the Jewish people, the nation that brought forth the Messiah. And again we see that very same date…1260 days, Time is one year, times is two years, and half a time is one half of one year. So for 3 ½ years the woman would be safe from the dragon.
The next two verses are crucial to understand what this date is referring too…
15 So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. 16 But 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. Revelation 12
This very same flood is mentioned in Daniel, it is not a flood of water, it is a flood of persecution…
22 With the force of a flood they shall be swept away from before him and be broken, and also the prince of the covenant. Daniel 11
This verse here in Daniel is referring to emperor Tiberius, the emperor who reigned during the times of the Messiah. The flood is referring to the Julian bloodline, where Tiberius destroyed almost all of them due to a conspiracy to try and depose him as emperor. So, as the bible interprets it, the flood that satan puts forth is not water, its persecution.
Have the Jewish people ever suffered a flood of persecution against their race?
The Holocaust began with Hitler's rise to power in January of 1933 and ended on VE Day (May 8, 1945). During this time, more than 6 million Jews and millions of other groups that caught the negative attention of Nazi Germany.
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The Jewish people suffered tremendously at the hands of the German armies during WWII. It was most definitely a flood of persecution against their race of people. But who was it that defeated Hitler and his armies? Was it not the United States and its allies? The allies played a very large part, and many men dies on there side, but it was the US forces that turned the tide in the war. The Jewish people were carried to safety by the United States military or as the bible symbolism puts it; the wings of a great eagle…
14 But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place
Revelation 12
The prophesy states that she will have a place that is prepared for her for 3 1/2 years from the presence of the dragon. And did you know that it took exactly 3 ½ years from the end of WWII, until Israel
14 But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place
Revelation 12
The prophesy states that she will have a place that is prepared for her for 3 1/2 years from the presence of the dragon. And did you know that it took exactly 3 ½ years from the end of WWII, until Israel
End of WWII...
Date September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945 Location Europe, Pacific, Atlantic, South-East Asia, China, Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa Result Allied victory
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Israel became a nation Sivan 5 on the 360 calendar, which was May 14 evening to May 15 evening in 1948. Israel became a nation at midnight May 14th ending, in 1948, upon the termination of the British mandate. This ended British colonial rule over Palestine.
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It was 2 years and four months since the end of the II World War until the end of British rule in Palestine. But it wanst until February 24, 1949 and the Armistice agreement that Israel and the surrounding countries came to an agreement…
The deadlock culminated on 12 February 1949 with the murder of Hassan al-Banna, leader of the Islamist group Muslim Brotherhood. Israel threatened to abandon the talks, whereupon the United States appealed to the parties to bring them to a successful conclusion. On 24 February the Israel–Egypt Armistice Agreement was signed in Rhodes. The main points of the armistice agreement were: The armistice line was drawn along the international border (dating back to 1906) for the most part, except near the Mediterranean Sea, where Egypt remained in control of a strip of land along the coast, which became known as the Gaza Strip. The Egyptian forces besieged in the Faluja Pocket were allowed to return to Egypt with their weapons, and the area was handed over to Israel. A zone on both sides of the border around 'Uja al-Hafeer was to be demilitarized, and became the seat of the bilateral armistice committee. Wikipedia
It was exactly 3 ½ years from the surrender of the Germans to the Armistice agreement, and it was on the wings of America that all of this was made possible.
14 But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. Revelation 12
With the sheer accuracy of this prophesy, why is it the pastors and preachers of today continue to teach the foolishness they do? They change the days to years and include the temple in Ezekiel, and say that all of this took 1260 years to accomplish, and then they sit back and say how amazing the accurate the prophesies are of the bible. But the prophesy doesn’t say years it says days, and says nothing of Ezekiel’s temple.
Absolute and utter foolishness. No wonder why all of humanity looks at the Christians as fools, because that what they’re teachers portray so eloquently.
The prophesy even depicts Israel’s greatest ally, the great eagle of the west, by saying ‘on the wings of a great eagle’ she will fly to safety; the United States of American…go figure.
17 And 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 Christ. Revelation 12
This is the last verse of chapter 12, and one that’s very fitting...
The teachers of today still have the Christians waiting for satan to be cast to the earth and the tribulation to begin, but satan is already here, and he established his throne at the founding of the catholic system and has been here ever since toying with the minds of men.
According to this last verse, if you have been bought and paid for with the blood of the Messiah, you have been followed by your enemy ever since you’ve been born. Maybe that’ll answer some of your questions as to why your life has been the way it has, but even more important, maybe it’ll give you a new lease on those that are around you, maybe they also have had to endure the crap that this creature is capable of.
The enemy of humanity knows he has but a short time left, and he is going after everyone the Messiah and His Father have placed here on this earth. And that’s a fact.
I got news for you people, if your life is going well, and you have no worries, and it seems as though you are a friend to the world…
…you’re going the wrong direction. For he only toys with those that are heading the right way.
According to this last verse, if you have been bought and paid for with the blood of the Messiah, you have been followed by your enemy ever since you’ve been born. Maybe that’ll answer some of your questions as to why your life has been the way it has, but even more important, maybe it’ll give you a new lease on those that are around you, maybe they also have had to endure the crap that this creature is capable of.
The enemy of humanity knows he has but a short time left, and he is going after everyone the Messiah and His Father have placed here on this earth. And that’s a fact.
I got news for you people, if your life is going well, and you have no worries, and it seems as though you are a friend to the world…
…you’re going the wrong direction. For he only toys with those that are heading the right way.