My
Sheep Hear My Voice-Rev. 12:3
Before
Jesus was crucified He told the disciples to watch and pray,
something so simple, but they let their physical bodies take over and
they fell back asleep. In these last hours of time you need to hear
His voice. When He tells you something, it is very important, but
most ignore my voice or just discuss it and go on with what they were
doing. You will see many things start to happen shortly and if you do
not hear and obey His voice,... it will mean death for some of
you....Jesus has only your best interest in mind. Christ knows you
heart, and if you are truly His you will hear His voice. He awakes
many of you at 3am on the dot, but most will roll over and go back to
sleep. There are a few who will get up and pray. Your day is filled
with so many things and Jesus is the last thing many of you give your
time to. But Christ needs to talk to you,... to fellowship with you
and only when you are still and quite (3am) can you hear Him,... the
rest of your day is so busy you do not have time for Him,... but you
need to make time, for time is short and the Lord has instructions
for you.
Revelation
Chapter 12
The
Dragon, War in Heaven, and the Remnant
The
Dragon
"And
there appeared another wonder (sign) in heaven; and behold a great
red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon
his heads.” (Rev. 12:3).
great
red dragon...
Used 13 times in Revelation as a symbol of Satan (Rev. 12:3-17;
13:2-4, 13:11; Job 41:1-34). The woman’s mortal enemy is Satan, who
appears as a dragon 13 times in this book (compare verses 9; 20:2).
Red speaks of bloodshed (compare John 8:44).
We
see here this "red dragon". This is the devil, and he is
shown red all over to show his murderous and destructive personality.
This is the only place in the New Testament that dragon is used. Here
it is not a literal "dragon", but a figure of Satan.
having
seven heads...
Symbols of the 7 world empires that precede the kingdom of
Antichrist, which is the 8th.
ten
horns, and...
His 10 horns are not crowned, while those on the beast are (Rev.
13:1), symbolizing his power over the 10 kingdoms will be given to
the beast. His 7 heads are crowned (Rev. 12:3), symbolizing his rule
over the 7 kingdoms preceding the Antichrist kingdom. The 7 heads on
the beast are not crowned (Rev. 13:1), meaning that the Antichrist
has not ruled the 7 kingdoms preceding his, the 8th kingdom (Rev.
17:8-11). We see here "ten horns" which symbolize world
power. Here too, we can assume these world powers oppose the
Christians and Jesus' believers. Figurative
language depicting Satan’s domination of 7 past worldly kingdoms
and 10 future kingdoms (compare Dan. 7:7, 20, 24; see 13:1; 17:9-10).
Satan has and will rule the world until the seventh trumpet blows
(11:15). He has inflicted relentless pain on Israel (Dan. 8:24),
desiring to kill the woman before she could bring forth the child
that would destroy him (see Esther 3:6-15).
These
seven are heads of evil governments. This world power, through these
earthly kingdoms, comes from Satan himself. The seven crowned heads
mean universal rule, and the ten horns mean world power to the
utmost.Five emperors had come and gone by the Apostle John's time; one ruled during his time; and the eighth represents the Antichrist to come. We will get into more on this in a later chapter about the 6 empires that have come, which is most interesting.
His ten horns show Satan's connection with the fourth beast of (Daniel 7:7, 24), and with the Beast from the sea (in Rev. chapter 13).
The
Second Personage: The Red Dragon With The 7 Heads And 10 Horns (Rev.
12:3-4)
The
second wonder (semeion, “sign”; cf. Rev. 12:1) appeared
in heaven, though it actually related to scenes on earth. It was a
great red dragon, having 7 heads and 10 horns, and 7 crowns on his
heads. From similar descriptions in Dan. 7:7-8, 7:24 and Rev. 13:1,
this beast represented Satan’s control over world empires in the
Great Tribulation. Rev. 12:9 identifies the dragon as Satan. The
color red might indicate the bloodshed related to this period. The
10 horns presented symbolically the 10 kings (see Dan. 7:24) who
reigned simultaneously with the coming world ruler and who were
mentioned both in Dan. 7:7 and Rev. 13:1.
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