Ch 1
Rapture
Return of
7 Churches Ch 2-3 4:1 Christ ch
19 New Heaven
Trib ch 6-19
Millenium ch
20 & New Earth
Vision
of
Reign of Christ ch-21-22
Throne ch 4-5 1000 years
Revelation Chapter
12
Lesson 32
> This begins another
parenthesis section;
12:1-14:20
Major Players of the Tribulation
#1. Rev 12:1 -- A Woman =
#2. Rev 12:3 --
Dragon = Satan;
#3. Rev 12:5 -- Son, a
male child; Messiah/Christ
#4. Rev 12:7 -- Michael; One of God's elect messengers, main
responsibility is
#5.
#6. Rev 13:4-8 --
Beast; GWD, A/JC; Political ruler
#7. Rev 13:11-18 --
Beast out of the Land;
False prophet
> Chapter 12 is a description
of a War
- First on the earth - Phase I 12:1-6
- Next in Heaven 12:7-12
- War on earth - Phase II
The
main or primary warfare ongoing in this chapter will be between the woman and the dragon; 12:4b; 13; 15; 17
- There will be some
flashbacks in history; but primarily this section will be dealing with the last
3 1/2 years;
> War on the Earth Phase I 12:1-6
A great sign - a woman!
This tells us that the
following; "a woman" is a metaphor for something else;
- Then her dress is
described: It's described with great splendor, she is
crowned and arrayed with great glory!
- This woman symbolizes
- Reasons:
#1
#2 Her
description clearly associates the woman with
Gen 37:9-10 Joseph has a dream; find sun, moon, stars.
#3 Her pregnancy vs:2 & Her relationship to the child;
The child clearly being Christ, the Messiah; we
know that from vs:5 "who is to rule with a rod
of iron"
Paul also makes this point, that it is
The fact that the woman is pregnant and in pain, vs:2, refers to the
experience of
> 12:3-4 Another Sign - Red Dragon
- What does it mean when Satan is referred to as
"the great red dragon"?
- "great"
= indicates to us the scope of his power possessed especially by his agents,
his instruments through whom he works. 13:2; and the reaction of mankind in :3b-4
- "red"
= associated with war and death (red horse);
also seen in the bloodshed of the martyrs 13:7 which indicates his murderous bloodthirsty
character.
- "dragon"
= unfortunately for us our picture of a dragon comes either out of King Arthur
and his knights or from Pete's dragon the movie.
- This is a very peculiar
looking dragon! 7 heads, 10 horns, 7 diadems; Where
does this point you??
The 10 horns are 10 kings/rulers of 10 nations
(17:12) who make up the federation of nations that become the western power
block (RRE) whose sole purpose is to
give their power and authority to the Beast. (
> 12:4a A glance back to the fall of Satan; (2 sentences)
- The first sentence is an allusion back to the initial fall of Satan; this is not the one detailed coming up in 12:7-12; but a flashback to the one given in Ezk 28:11-19; Isa 14:12-17;
- What this passage tells us is the amount of angels
who responded to Satan's msg and chose to throw their
lot in with him.
> 12:4b (2nd sentence) His attack!
- this is a flashback to
the incarnation of Christ; birth of Jesus!
- From the time that
Satan was told in the garden that the seed of the woman would crush his head it
has been his intended purpose to stop the coming of this Son!
Summary
1. The object of anti Semitism is
Christ! The motivation of anti-Semitism
is Satan!
2. Anti-Semitism
arises every time that God is about to do something with or for
3. A key to prophetic perspective is the
world wide attitude toward
- since
1948 can you find a more widely hated and despised nation than