July 3, 2026
Revelation 12
New King James Version
The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon
12 Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars. 2 Then being with child, she cried out in labor and in pain to give birth.
3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. 4 His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born. 5 She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His throne. 6 Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
Satan Thrown Out of Heaven
7 And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, 8 but they [a]did not prevail, nor was a place found for [b]them in heaven any longer. 9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. 12 Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.”
The Woman Persecuted
13 Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child. 14 But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. 15 So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. 16 But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. 17 And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus [c]Christ.
Footnotes
- Revelation 12:8 were not strong enough
- Revelation 12:8 M him
- Revelation 12:17 NU, M omit Christ
New King James Version (NKJV)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.” (BibleGateway.com)
“12:1, 2. Chapters 12—14 are explanatory prophecies that describe some of the major personages and movements of the latter half of the Tribulation period. The woman represents Israel, and her child is Christ, the Messiah (cf. 12:5; Is. 7:14; 9:6; 66:7, 8; Mic. 5:2; Rom. 9:4, 5). The woman is not the church, since the church did not bring forth Christ, but rather He brought forth the church. Her identification as the persecuted Jewish saints clearly proves that the church is not on earth during the Tribulation period. The sun depicts her as God’s chosen nation. The moon under her feet alludes to God’s promise of dominion, and the crown of twelve stars pictures royalty and relates to the 12 tribes of Israel. The birth pains refer to the period before the birth of Christ when Israel was waiting for redemption by the Messiah (cf. Rom. 8:22, 23).’
’12:3, 4. The dragon is identified as Satan in verse 9. His red color shows his murderous character (cf. John 8:44). His seven heads and seven crowns depict the completeness and universality of his power and influence (but cf. Ps. 74:14). His ten horns show Satan’s connection with the fourth beast of Daniel 7 (vv. 7, 24) and with the Beast from the sea in chapter 13 of Revelation. The third part of the stars of heaven are probably the fallen angels who followed Satan in his original rebellion against God (cf. Is. 14:12-15; Ezek. 28:12-16; 2 Pet. 2:4; Jude 6). At the time of the birth of Christ, Satan was ready to kill Him (cf. Matt. 2:13-18).’
’12:5, 6. The man child is Christ, destined to rule all nations as the Messiah (cf. 19:15; Ps. 2:7-9). He was caught up unto God, and to his throne at His ascension into heaven (cf. Acts 1:9; 7:55). The wilderness represents anywhere outside Palestine. During the last half of the Tribulation period (1,260 days = three-and-a-half years). Israel will take refuge among the Gentile nations, where God will care for her (perhaps through Gentile believers—cf. Matt. 25:40). Chronologically, verse 6 occurs after verses 7—12, and is equivalent to verse 14.’
’12:7-9. The vision of war in heaven anticipates Satan’s exclusion from “heaven” and his restriction to the earth during the last half of the Tribulation. Michael the archangel is the leader of God’s holy angels (cf. Dan. 10:13, 21; 12:1; Jude 9). Satan is the chief of the fallen angels. At the middle of the Tribulation period, God will empower Michael and his forces to cast Satan and his forces out of access to heaven, so that Satan must thereafter confine his activities to the earthly sphere. He is given four designations: (1) dragon pictures his monstrous character as the enemy of God; (2) serpent connects him with the clever deception of Eve in Genesis 3; (3) Devil means “slanderer” (cf. v. 10); (4) Satan means “Adversary” (cf. 1 Pet. 5:8). He also deceiveth the whole world (cf. 20:8).’
’12:10-12. The words salvation, strength (Gr. dunamis, “power”), kingdom, and power (Gr. exousia, “authority”) all refer to the coming of the millennial kingdom of Christ. With reference to believers, Satan is most commonly a tempter and the accuser of the brethren before God (cf. Job 1:6—12; 2:1—5; Rom. 8:33, 34). Believers can and will overcome him through the blood of Christ and their witness (testimony) about Christ. The last half of the Tribulation will be a time of terrible trouble on earth (cf. Jer. 30:7; Dan. 9:27; 12:1; Zeph. 1:15; Matt. 24:15-22). It will be Satan’s final attempt to prevent the return and the reign of Christ. He has only a short time to try to prevent the establishment of Christ’s kingdom. Therefore he has great wrath and intensifies his persecution of Israel, God’s chosen nation (vv. 13—17), while setting up his own counterfeit kingdom through the Beast, the false messiah (13:1—17).’
’12:13, 14. Satan’s persecution of Israel is apparently an attempt to exterminate God’s chosen people, thereby preventing the fulfillment of God’s promises to Abraham and David in the messianic kingdom. But God protects Israel (cf. v. 6). The wings of a great eagle represent swift escape from persecution. The wilderness symbolizes the Gentile nations of the world (cf. Matt. 24:16-20, 31), where believers will help to hide Jews from the Antichrist’s persecution. According to Zechariah 13:7-9, however, two-thirds of the Israelites will die first. The time, and times, and half a time equals three-and-a-half times, which refers to the last three-and-a-half-years of the Tribulation period (cf. Dan. 7:25; 12:7), the time of “great tribulation” (Matt. 24:21).’
’12:15-17. The flood symbolizes overwhelming evil and persecution (cf. Ps. 18:4; Is. 43:2). Satan, through the Antichrist and his forces, will persecute the Jews throughout the earth, but the Gentile believers of the earth will receive them and hide them. The remnant may be a reference either to (1) Jewish believers, who have refused to worship Satan and his Beast (cf. 13:4, 7, 15); or to (2) Gentile believers, who are the seed of Abraham through Christ (cf. Gal. 3:26, 29). The last half of the Tribulation period will see a worldwide persecution of those who genuinely believe in Jesus Christ (13:7).” (THE KING JAMES STUDY BIBLE) (KING JAMES VERSION) (THOMAS NELSON) (Since 1798)
Good morning beloved of YESHUA JESUS CHRIST. Our first reference Scriptures of our new, chapter 12, “12:1, 2” are:
“12:1, 2. Chapters 12—14 are explanatory prophecies that describe some of the major personages and movements of the latter half of the Tribulation period.”
Therefore, I will post chapters 13-14, without following the “Footnotes” as our LORD’S Holy Spirit will lead us into those chapters, after He has blessed us with all of the sweet nectar He has for us in our chapter 12. Amen. There are references to those chapters in our commentary from the KJV Bible of our chapter 12. Amen.
Therefore, beloved, let us receive all that our LORD has for us, as His Holy Spirit, leads us into and through chapters 13 and 14 (we are in chapter 12 now Amen) that we continue to grow together in the magnanimous-awesome-beautiful-Grace and knowledge of our Precious Redeemer-The Lamb of GOD Most High-our Savior and LORD-YESHUA JESUS CHRIST, to Whom belong all Praise, Honor, and Glory, yesterday, today, and forever. Amen. Amen. Amen.
(Revelation 13:11-18)
‘. . . “Revelation 13:11-18
Amplified Bible
The Beast from the Earth
11 Then I saw [a]another beast rising up out of the earth; he had two horns like a lamb and he spoke like a dragon. 12 He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence [when the two are together]. And he makes the earth and those who inhabit it worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13 He performs great signs (awe-inspiring acts), even making fire fall from the sky to the earth, right before peoples’ eyes. 14 And he deceives those [unconverted ones] who inhabit the earth [into believing him] because of the signs which he is given [by Satan] to perform in the presence of the [first] beast, telling those who inhabit the earth to make an image to the beast who was wounded [fatally] by the sword and has come back to life. 15 And he is given power to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast will even [appear to] speak, and cause those who do not bow down and worship the image of the beast to be put to death. 16 Also he compels all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead [signifying allegiance to the beast], 17 and that no one will be able to buy or sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. Let the person who has enough insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the [imperfect] number of a man; [b]and his number is [c]six hundred and sixty-six.
Footnotes
- Revelation 13:11 See note v 1.
- Revelation 13:18 Regardless of the earthly power of the two beasts (the demonically controlled Antichrist/dictator and his false prophet) described in these verses, they and their mentor, Satan, fall far short of the power, perfection, and majesty of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, whose perfection is represented biblically by the number seven.
- Revelation 13:18 This is not actually three sixes (or the equivalent in Greek or Hebrew letters), as commonly represented. Such a combination would not be used; and if it were, the sum would then be only eighteen, because in alphabet-based numbering systems like ancient Hebrew and Greek, place values are not used (10’s, 100’s etc.), but the letters are treated more like Roman numerals. What John is most likely indicating is that the letters of the name will add up to 666 (the best Greek manuscripts have the number spelled out), and there could be many different combinations of letters that would do so. Determining the values of the individual letters is another matter. John probably assumed that the name would be Hebrew or Greek, and in Hebrew vowels for the most part are not represented as letters. Further complications arise when names from other nationalities are considered, and are converted for valuation. For example, at various times it has been argued that the name “Nero Caesar” adds up to 666 when transliterated to Hebrew as NRWN QSR (according to the Greek form); but in the Talmud, the name is transliterated as NYRWN QYSR, which totals 686. Also, the original Latin form of the name (without the second “n”), if converted directly to Hebrew, adds up to 616, and a few ancient manuscripts had that number.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
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Let him who has an ear, hear what The Holy Spirit says to His church. Amen.
“Adversity is the test of faith; prosperity is the test of integrity.”
(THE JEREMIAH STUDY BIBLE—DR. DAVID JEREMIAH—NEW KING JAMES STUDY BIBLE—WORTHY)”
“The Absence of Adversity, is the test of faith in YESHUA CHRIST JESUS;
The Temporary Lack of Prosperity, is the test of integrity-from YESHUA CHRIST JESUS.” (Holy Spirit)— (Minister Timothy M. Shephard.)
Have a blessed Friday beloved of YESHUA JESUS CHRIST. Amen.
With much precious love, grace, and mercy, from our heavenly Savior-Abba-Father-GOD, our Redeemer and LORD-YESHUA CHRIST JESUS, and our Holy Spirit, to Israel and to you and I; Sincerely: Minister Timothy M. Shephard. Amen.