The Book of Revelation, verse-by-verse, Chapter Twelve

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Rev. 12:1
"And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:"

I work from the KJV because it provides more metaphors.

Reading Verse 12:1.

There appeared a great wonder on the earth, the Savior's church having leaders and followers. And upon her government a crown of 144,000 servants.

Keep in mind that the Savior's 144,000 are sealed in Rev. 7:4-12 at the marriage (Rev. 19:5-8). These are the many crowns of the Savior (Rev. 19:11) as he enters into judgment and warfare. But for now, at Verse 12:1, the 144,000 are on the earth, and Lucifer knows this and has intentions of attacking them.

I need to go for now and will be back later this afternoon.
 
Rev. 12:2
"And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered."

I should go back to Rev. 1:!2 for just a moment. "Head" means the government of which the Saivor is. He has twelve stars on his crown, which are his servants. In the Book of Revelation, the servants are the 144,000.

In Verse 12:2, the church has a Moses (Rev. 15:3). This child of God is ready to lead the army of God (Rev. 19:15) against the enemy.

The Rev. 12:1-2 series shows the church is ready and has 144,000 kings, as well as their Moses, although the 144,000 are not yet sealed (Rev. 7:4-8), and their Moses (Rev. 15:3) is not yet revealed.
 
Rev. 12:3
"And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads."

Countering the Savior's church upon the earth is Lucifer's Chruch.
The woman (Rev. 12:1) is countered by a great red dragon.
The leaders (sun) are countered by the seven heads of governments.
The followers (moon) are countered by the ten horns of governments.
The Savior's twelve stars upon his crown are countered by seven crowns upon the beast's seven heads.

Thus, the church with its Moses and 144,000 are countered by Lucifer's church with its beast having heads of governments and their armies (Rev. 19:19).

And the tribulation is ready to begin as Babylon falls.
 
Rev. 12:4
"And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born."

Babylon has fallen (Rev. 18:2)
And the illegal governments of the beast drew out from the Savior's church one third of its population and caused them eternal damnation. And the dragon stood before the church of God to destroy the Savior's Moses before he could respond. That is, the servants were not yet sealed to the Savior for their calling (Rev. 7:4-8).
 
Rev. 12:5
"And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne."

And the church brought forth their Moses through prayer and fasting, who is to serve the Savior as his rod of iron, ruling all nations (Rev. 19:15).

And the Savior's Moses (Rev. 15:3, Rev. 19:15) was caught up to God and to his throne.
 
Rev. 12:6
"And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days."

And the church of God fled into hiding, where she has a place prepared by God. That there the 144,000 should be taught for the duration of the tribulation.

An interesting thing of note is that the 144,000 do not stay secluded for the entire tribulation, but come out to put an end to the tribulation.
The 144,000 are sinners who require a period of time to be taught how to serve God correctly, in the capacity that they have been called. That is, the Savior prepares his army to do their job correctly. My best guess is that they are in training for about two years.

This event of sequestering the 144,000 is the first kind of rapture that does not take saints from the earth, as shown in Rev. 12:6.
 
Rev. 12:7
"And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,"

This verse begins the series, Rev. 12:7-9, which is the war in heaven as a type of the war on the earth. The war on earth is Lucifer trying to destroy the saints of God through plagues (Rev. 6:8, 18:8)
Michael represents the Moses of Rev. 15:3, and Michael's angels represent the 144,000 servants of God who are sequestered at the time of this series of verses.

Here are the verses in series for Chapter Six in relation to Chapter Twelve
1) vv. 6:1-2 = vv. 12:1-2, The Savior and his church are ready
2) vv. 6:3-4 = vv. 12:3-4, Lucifer and his demons attack, and Babylon falls
3) vv. 6:5-6 = vv. 12:5-6, The Savior's Moses and his 144,000 begin preparation to respond
4) vv. 6:7-8 = vv. 12:7-9, The beast and false prophet continue to attack, and the saints remain faithful to Jesus
5) vv. 6:9-11 = vv. 12:10-12, And the saints gave their lives unto death
6) vv. 6:12-17 = vv/ 12:13-17, The saints are harvested and the beast is destroyed in the winepress.
 
Rev. 12:8
"And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven."

Lucifer is not successful as the 144,000 continue toward their calling.
 
Rev. 12:9
"And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."

This verse ends the Rev. 12:7-9 series, where the beast and his false prophet try to destroy the saints of God with plagues and the mark of the beast.
 
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."

In this verse, we see the angel with the loud voice, which is the angel of Rev. 1:1.
He announces "is come," 1) salvation, 2) strength, 3) the kingdom of our God, 4) and the power of his Christ.
And this, as previously explained, is the number four, the sign of the Savior.

The accuser is cast down as the plagues have not stopped the Savior from his plan of Salvation. The saints have remained faithful in their testimonies.
 
Rev. 12:11
"And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death."

Verse 12:11 continues from Verse 12:10, that the victory is the testimony of the saints. And they stood firm in their testimonies and did not take the mark of the beast. Although many did take the mark but many did not, and this is the victory (Rev. 20:4).
 
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."

Therefore rejoice ye saints, and ye that dwell in Christ. Woe (Ch. 9) to the followers of the false prophet (Rev. 13:11), and the beast Rev. 13:1). For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath to take revenge upon mankind.

This verse ends the Rev. 12:10-12 series.
 
Rev. 12:13
"And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child."

In this verse, the "Moses" (Rev. 15:3), which is the "man child" (Rev. 12:5), is participating in his calling. The beast remains steadfast in his effort to destroy saints. But the time for the harvest of saints has come.
 
Rev. 12:14
"And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent."

This is the harvest of saints as stated in Rev. 14:14-16.
The saints are taken to a safe location where they are protected on the planet.

Thus, the "Moses" (Rev. 15:3) and his 144,000 are harvesting saints. Not into the sky, but to a location here upon the earth.

This is not the raptrue from the planet that comes later.
 
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."

And the beast attacked.
The mouth is the false prophet of Rev. 13:11.
 
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 mouth."

The planet Earth, responding to the command authority of the Savior, responds to defend the saints.
 
Rev. 12:17
And the dragon was wroth 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.

The tribulation is over,
Lucifer has lost the war.
His response is to engage the 144,000 a second time.
 
Rev 12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:

Wonder in heaven not on earth.

Woman- Israel.

God is the husband.

gunē
goo-nay'
Probably from the base of G1096; a woman; specifically a wife: - wife, woman.

Moon.

selēnē
sel-ay'-nay
From σέλας selas (brilliancy; probably akin to the alternate of G138, through the idea of attractiveness); the moon: - moon.

12 tribes of Israel.

Rev 12:2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

Jesus.

Rev 12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
Rev 12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

Satan.

7 heads.

1.Egypt.

2.Assyria.

3.Babylon.

4.Medo-Persia.

5.Greece.

6.Roman Empire.

7.10 horn kingdom the world divided in to 10 sections with a leader in each section covering the earth.

Dan 7:7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.

Dan 7:8 I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.

Dan 7:12 As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time.

The Roman Empire does not lose their dominion until Jesus puts down the world.

Babylon, Medo-Persia, and Greece shall never have physical dominion again.

But their ways are still on earth.

And all 4 kingdoms ways show up at the beast kingdom.

Rev 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
Rev 13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
Dan 7:23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.

10 horns- Roman Empire- pushing for territory, world domination.

The physical dominion.

Lion-Babylon- human religion, the occult, kingdom of man.

The beast kingdom is Babylon in spirit.

Bear- Medo-Persia- physical cruelty in war which they will go against all people who oppose them.

Leopard- Greece- human wisdom.

The kingdom of man in its entirety.

Daniel chapter 7 Lion, Bear, Leopard, 10 horns.

4 kingdoms.

Lion, Bear, and Leopard are not 3 nations but 3 kingdoms.

Rev 13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

The Roman Empire which 10 horns come from them.

And the antichrist comes comes from the 10 horns.

Which the prince to come comes from the people who overthrew Jerusalem who is the Roman Empire.

The Roman Empire does not lose their dominion until Jesus puts down the world.

The 10 horns is the physical dominion of the beast kingdom.

Rev 12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

Rev 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

In chapter 12 the crowns are on the heads.

Satan in the spiritual realm deceiving people by the 7 kingdoms.

In chapter 13 the crowns are on the horns.

Satan in the physical realm deceiving people as the antichrist.

Rev 12:5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

Jesus who will rule the world.

Rev 12:6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

Israel is protected for three and one half years.

When the 3.5 years is over the transgressors will have come to the full.

And then a king of fierce countenance shall stand up the antichrist.

And then the tribulation.

Rev 12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
Rev 12:8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
Rev 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

Rev 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

Dan 8:23 And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
Dan 8:24 And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people.

2Th 2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
2Th 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
2Th 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2Th 2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

The devils will be cast to earth.

And the earth will be the holding cell of the devils.

Satan will appear as the antichrist.

The devils will deceive all people who do not love the truth to follow the antichrist.

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.
Rev 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
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.

The devil knows he is defeated so he will try to deceive as many people as possible.

And those he cannot deceive he will try to destroy physically.

And he will take those that followed him to the battle of Armageddon where Jesus will defeat them.

Continued in next post
 
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Rev 12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
Rev 12:14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
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 mouth.

Act 1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
Act 1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

Rom 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
Rom 11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
Rom 11:27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

Rev 11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
Rev 11:4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

Israel is protected for the last 3.5 years.

Which God will turn Israel as a nation to the truth during the last 3.5 years.

That is why Israel is protected for the 7 years period.

Eze 39:21 And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.

Eze 39:22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward.

Eze 39:23 And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.

Eze 39:24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.

Eze 39:25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;

Eze 39:26 After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.

Eze 39:27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;

Eze 39:28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.

Eze 39:29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.

A peace treaty in the Middle East for 7 years will pave the way for all Hebrews to go to Israel for the nations will see to it.

Rev 12:17 And the dragon was wroth 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.

Joh 4:22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

Rev 13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

Dan 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

Dan 12:7 And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.

1Co 15:23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
1Co 15:24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

The 3.5 years tribulation where the saints are persecuted who are the remnant of the woman's seed because salvation is of the Jews.

Physical Israel is protected for the 3.5 years which 2 witnesses will turn them to the truth.

Which the world cannot defeat them.

When the 3.5 years is up then comes the end and the saints are resurrected to heaven.

Zec 12:1 The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.

Zec 12:2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.

Zec 12:3 And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.

Zec 14:1 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

Zec 14:2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

Zec 14:3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
Zec 14:5 and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.

The wrath of God is poured upon the heathen leading up to the battle of Armageddon

Then the saints come back with Jesus and He defeats the world and saves Israel.

Zec 14:9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.

Zec 14:16 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

Then Jesus rules over the heathen that God spared.

3.5 years the world goes by a system contary to the operation of God.

Salvation is still available to the world.

At the end of that time the transgressors have come to the full.

The antichrist claims to be God.

And the world persecutes all people who oppose their system for 3.5 years.

That is the 7 years period.

When that period is over then 75 days later Jesus comes back with the saints and defeats the world.

There is no 3.5 years judgement.

Jesus is ruling so there is peace.

And what is there to judge for the heathen's fate is already sealed for they took the mark of the beast and followd the antichrist which they cannot be saved.

You have an improper foundation and it is throwing off the interpretation.

You are trying to fit scriptures in to places that do not go there.

And then you think I have an understanding no one else can understand.

By saying you found it and an understanding you have not heard before.

But it is an improper foundation so it will be different.

But you will not believe because you are running on arrogance.

Listen to me, hearken unto me, for I will tell you things that you have not heard, things that you cannot understand.
 
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