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Sunday, October 13, 2019

My Sheep Hear My Voice-Rev. 12:3

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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