WIFE AND DRAGON

Revelation , chapter 12

 

The Bible calls the "sky":

- atmosphere ( Gen 1.6, 8.20; Jer 4.25 )

- sidereal space ( Gen 1.14-17, Rev 6.13 )
- Heaven, where God lives, or the third Heaven ( 2 Cor 12.2-4; Rev 2.7, 22.1-3 )

 

Explanation of the vision:

1. The wife is a symbol of the Church of God ( 2 Cor 11.2)

2. The Sun - symbol of the Gospel of Christ ( Mal 4.2, John 8.12, 2 Tim 1.10 )
3. The Moon - profigurative (Old Testament) era before Christ ( Col 2.14-17; Heb 8.1-5,10.1 )
4.12 stars - 12 Apostles ( Matt 10.1 )
5. Dragon - the devil and the earthly kingdoms, through which it works ( Dan 7.17,23 )

Note: So, this applies to pagan Rome, where King Herod wanted to kill Christ and Pilate gave Him to be crucified. So the Dragon well is a symbol of pagan Rome and its power.

 

The war, which satan fought in heaven against Michael (Christ), precisely illustrates war which he leads through their wicked slaves against the children of God in this world.

 

Wife fled from persecution "in the wilderness" on 1260 years, where God cared for her ( Rev 12.6,14 ).

Satan repeats his prosecution through papacy of Christians, who sought refuge in the Alps - the Waldensians ( v.13-15 ).

His wife (the Church) was facilitated by the reformation and the discovery of the New World - America ( v. 16 ).

 

Satan makes desperate efforts to pursue “the rest” - those who obeyed the commandments and gives has a testimony of Jesus Christ is the spirit of prophecy ( Rev 12.17, 19.10 ).