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Revelation
12: The Woman, the Dragon, the Child |
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~ The Woman [Israel], the Dragon
[Satan], and the Child [Jesus]. (The 3.5 Years from the Perspective
of Israel.)
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Jesus'
Birth: Jesus comes to Earth as our Saviour |
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| Rev 12:1 And there appeared a great
wonder in heaven; a woman [Israel] clothed with the sun,
and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve [ 12 ]
stars:
Rev 12:2 And
she being with child [Jesus] cried, travailing in birth, and pained
to be delivered.
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Rev 12:3 And
there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon
[Satan], having seven [ 7 ] heads and ten [ 10 ] horns,
and seven [ 7 ] crowns upon his heads. [see Rev
13:1, Rev 17:3, Rev
17:9, Rev 17:12 ]
Rev 12:4 And
his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven [angels?], and
did cast them to the earth:
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stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour
her child [Jesus] as soon as it was born [Herod tried to
have Jesus killed].
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Rev 12:5 And
she brought forth a man child [Jesus], who was to rule all nations
with a rod of iron [when He (Jesus Christ) returns at Armageddon
[Megiddo]; see Rev 19:15 ]:
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[Jesus Christ] was caught up unto God [40 days after Jesus's
resurrection], and to his throne.
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Woman
Nourished in the Wilderness 3.5 years |
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~ An Overview of Rev 12:13-17 (Israel
Nourished for 3.5 Years)
Rev 12:6 And the woman fled
into the wilderness [desert], where she hath a place prepared
of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred
and threescore days [ 1260 1,260 days = 42 months = 3.5 years].
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War
in Heaven: Satan cast out of Heaven |
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| ~ War in Heaven. Satan and his angels
Loose their place in Heaven.
Rev 12:7 And there was war in
heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon
fought and his angels,
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Rev 12:8 And
[the dragon [Satan] & his angels] prevailed not; neither was
their place found any more in heaven. [After this event, Satan never
returns to heaven.]
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Satan
cast to Earth: the Great Tribulation begins |
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~ Satan and his angels are Cast to an
Unsuspecting Earth. (A Heavenly Event, with No Advance Warning or Immediate
Perception to those on Earth.)
Rev 12:9 And the great dragon
was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan
[the 4 "names" of Satan], which deceiveth the whole world: he was
cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast
out with him.
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Rev 12:10 And
I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and
strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for
the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them
before our God day and night.
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The
One-Verse Christian Survival Kit |
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| ~ The One-Verse Christian Survival
Kit: How to Overcome Satan.
Rev 12:11 And they [Christians]
overcame him [Satan] by the blood of the Lamb [Jesus Christ],
and by the word of their testimony; and they [Christians] loved
not their [own] lives unto the death [Christians willing
to die for Christ, rather than live for Satan (or rather than live
in fear of Satan)].
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The
Great Tribulation begins with Satan's Wrath |
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~ Woe to Earth: The "devil's" Short Time
of Great Wrath Has Come.
Rev 12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens,
and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth
and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great
wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time [3.5
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Israel
Persecuted First, but is Protected |
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~ The "dragon" begins by Persecuting Israel
Rev 12:13 And when the dragon
saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman
[Israel] which brought forth the man child [Jesus].
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~ Israel Nourished/Protected
from the "serpent" for 3.5 Years.
Rev 12:14 And to the woman
were given two [ 2 ] wings of a great eagle
[the USA?], that she might fly into the wilderness [desert],
into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times,
and half a time [time(+1), times(+2), half a time(+1/2) =
3 1/2 years (3.5 years)], from the face of the serpent [out
of Satan's reach].
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Rev 12:15 And
the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood
after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the
flood.
Rev 12:16 And
the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth,
and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his
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Satan
then Makes War with the Christians |
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~ The "dragon" then Makes War on Christians.
Rev 12:17 And the dragon [Satan]
was wroth [enraged] with the woman, and went to make war with the
remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God,
and have the testimony of Jesus Christ [Christians].
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