15The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with a flood. 16But 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.17Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And he stood on the sand of the sea.
How do you get to a child? Go through his mother! This is exactly what the dragon (Satan) did! He took off after Mom (Israel). But, God gave her the wings of an eagle to fly into the wilderness for a time, and times and half a time. (Remember: a time is a year...it is the same as 42 months).
About the wings, it has been used before in the OT. See Exodus 19:4, "4You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself." as well as Isaiah 40:31. It has been noted that the eagles wings are symbolic to the out stretched arms of Christ on the Cross. (Hippolytus noted this). The basic thought here is the protection given to Israel.
About the Water out of the serpents mouth:
There are two train of thoughts here,
1. That the water symbolizes The Antichrist's armies actually pursuing Israel. In a real and physical way.
2. That the river from the mouth is evil teaching. This would contrast nicely the live giving waters flowing from the mouth of Christ.
This is another one of those things we may just have to see, again, from the sidelines watching from Heaven!
Notice the ground actually opens up and swallows the river, do you ever recall the Earth helping out Christians before? See Numbers 16:30, "32And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the people who belonged to Korah and all their goods." Here is an OT reference concerning Korah and company! If it has happened once, it certainly can happen again!
Another thought is concerning the evil teaching, and that it will be so shocking and hard to believe that it will fall on dry ears, that it will "fall on the earth without effect" or have no effect on the people it was intended for. Have you ever heard anything so outrageous that you just couldn't believe it? This is what Israel will experience.
So, not being able to get "the woman or the man-child", the dragon goes to find the rest of the family. This is the finish of chapter 12. In chapter 13 we will find out what "the rest of the family" means.
Blessing on all,
Calabash
About the Water out of the serpents mouth:
There are two train of thoughts here,
1. That the water symbolizes The Antichrist's armies actually pursuing Israel. In a real and physical way.
2. That the river from the mouth is evil teaching. This would contrast nicely the live giving waters flowing from the mouth of Christ.
This is another one of those things we may just have to see, again, from the sidelines watching from Heaven!
Notice the ground actually opens up and swallows the river, do you ever recall the Earth helping out Christians before? See Numbers 16:30, "32And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the people who belonged to Korah and all their goods." Here is an OT reference concerning Korah and company! If it has happened once, it certainly can happen again!
Another thought is concerning the evil teaching, and that it will be so shocking and hard to believe that it will fall on dry ears, that it will "fall on the earth without effect" or have no effect on the people it was intended for. Have you ever heard anything so outrageous that you just couldn't believe it? This is what Israel will experience.
So, not being able to get "the woman or the man-child", the dragon goes to find the rest of the family. This is the finish of chapter 12. In chapter 13 we will find out what "the rest of the family" means.
Blessing on all,
Calabash
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