1 And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars;
2 she was with child and she cried out in her pangs of birth, in anguish for delivery.
3 And another portent appeared in heaven; behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems upon his heads.
4 His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven, and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bear a child, that he might devour her child when she brought it forth;
5 she brought forth a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne,
6 and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which to be nourished for one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
7 Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought,
8 but they were defeated and there was no longer any place for them in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world -- he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.
11 And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.
12 Rejoice then, O heaven and you that dwell therein! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in great wrath, because he knows that his time is short!"
13 And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had borne the male child.
14 But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
15 The serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to sweep her away with the flood.
16 But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river which the dragon had poured from his mouth.
17 Then the dragon was angry with the woman, and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and bear testimony to Jesus. And he stood on the sand of the sea.
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Revelation 12 talks about a pregnant woman who is persecuted by the dragon and her son is raptured to God and his throne. Five verses that relate to the themes of this chapter are:
Isaiah 54:17: "No instrument forged against you will succeed, and you will refute every language that accuses it. This is the inheritance of the Lord's servants, and this is the defense I make of their name," says the Lord. This verse emphasizes divine protection against persecution and attempts to destroy the enemies of God's people.
Psalms 2:9: "With an iron stick you will crumble them like a potter vase." This verse portrays the victory of the Son of God over his enemies and his authority over the nations.
Isaiah 7:14: "Therefore, the Lord Himself will give them a sign: The Virgin will be pregnant and give birth to a son, and call him Emanuel." This verse makes a connection with the pregnant woman in Revelation 12, indicating that she represents the nation of Israel.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17: "For the Lord will come down from heaven with a cry of command, with a voice of archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will raise first. They in the clouds, to find the Lord in the air. And so we will be forever with the Lord. " This verse describes the rapture of the saints, which relates to the rapture of the woman's son in Revelation 12.
Daniel 7:13-14: "I kept looking at my night visions, and there was, coming in the clouds of heaven, someone as a son of man. He approached the old man of days and was led to his presence. He was given Authority, glory, and power over all peoples, nations and tongues, and all will worship him. " This verse also relates to the authority and victory of the Son of God, which is emphasized in Revelation 12.
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