Rev 12:3And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems 4His 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.
Haven't we seen a dragon mentioned a time or two in the Old Testament? Why yes, How about in Isaiah 51:9, there are mentions of behemoths and leviathans as well. Many of the eastern peoples see creation as a fight between the dragon of chaos and the God of order.
The dragon is the enemy of God, the Little "g" god of this world verses the God of all creation, the fallen angel vs the Creator.
Lets look at he description of the dragon:
Great Red Dragon: this has been used in Revelation and Job, as a description of Satan, and we will see it further down the road in this study.
We already know that the Devil has power over this world. We know that he is waging a battle for our souls, and that we have the freedom of choice over his side or God's side. (choose wisely, this is the most important choice of your entire life!) Satan has significant power NOW and during this battle we will experience his full force, turbo loaded wrath! TWENTY FOLD POWER! We will see this in the next chapter. (be with me, choose Christ and we can watch it from the side lines in the safety the Heavenly Kingdom)
7 Heads: Symbolizes the 7 empires of the world that are to precede the kingdom of Antichrist. Israel oppression int he time of the Gentiles:
1. Egypt- they were first kingdom to enslave Israel during the times of the Gentiles.
2. Assyria- they were the second. See Genesis 10:8-12, 2 Kings 15-16. Now see Isa. 10:20-27 they whipped out Baal (Satan). He was the last Assyrian to oppress steal during the time of the Gentiles.
3. Babylon- that is the third. Mentioned in Daniel. Babylon assisted Assyria.
4. Medo-Persia- the forth. Also mentioned in Daniel as the grease and arms of silver, the bear, and the ram.
5. Greece-the fifth in Daniel it is the belly and the thighs of brass, the leopard, and the he-goat.
6. Rome- the sixth and in Daniel is the legs of iron & the non-descript beast.
7. The Revised Rome- this kingdom will be made up of 10 kingdoms inside the Roman Empire during the last days. It will be "revised" in Rome. Rome will have 10 kingdoms with 10 kings or leaders with 10 separate capitols. This is the 10 toes and 10 horns seen in Daniel.
10 Horns: First, the horns are not crowned. This will be significant in Chapter 13:1 where the beast in that chapter the horns are. The 10 Horns signify the dragons mighty power over the 10 kingdoms see above that will be Revised Rome.
7 Diadems: The word "crown" is used here in different versions but the correct word is Diadem. The crowns on the elders head is a victor's wreath. To say that this dragon and the elders have crowns is an incomplete picture. The diadem on the dragons head is an imperial diadem, it is a crown of reigning, he is the "king of this world, currently".
The tail took out 1/3 of the stars of heaven: We are given a choice as I have mentioned many times in the blog. The angles are given the same choice. Apparently, some of them have chosen a wrong course. The third are those angles who have sided with Satan in the battle, and thus at this time are falling. How sad a time it must be, for all those angles to be removed from heaven.
The dragon wants the child, wants to destroy the child. Remember, who is the child? It is the 144,000 Jews, see the previous blog for proofs. The attempt failed, God to the rescue.....again.
Think back in your life where you remember things going wrong, maybe horribly wrong. Now, could it have gone worse? Did God rescue you? I know there are several times in my life where I thought I was alone and no one was there, things were wrong and I thought they would never get better. For example, the death of my parents, the childless adult married life, the financial hardships my husband and I have gone through. Yes, I am just like you! Things could be so much worse, God has rescued me again and again, He give me peace, understanding and wisdom, all I had to do was trust Him and ask. He also takes care of all my needs, spiritually, physically (healing can be yours too!) and financially! You too can study the Word, turn your life over to Him and have the same! He loves us all! EQUALLY!
I pray Blessings on all from our Father above!
Until next time,
Calabash!
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