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Text -- Revelation 12:6-17 (NET)
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12:6 and she fled into the wilderness where a place had been prepared for her by God , so she could be taken care of for 1,260 days.
War in Heaven
12:7 Then war broke out in heaven : Michael and his angels fought against the dragon , and the dragon and his angels fought back .
12:8 But the dragon was not strong enough to prevail, so there was no longer any place left in heaven for him and his angels.
12:9 So that huge dragon – the ancient serpent , the one called the devil and Satan , who deceives the whole world – was thrown down to the earth , and his angels along with him .
12:10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying , “The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God , and the ruling authority of his Christ , have now come , because the accuser of our brothers and sisters , the one who accuses them day and night before our God , has been thrown down .
12:11 But they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony , and they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die .
12:12 Therefore you heavens rejoice , and all who reside in them ! But woe to the earth and the sea because the devil has come down to you ! He is filled with terrible anger , for he knows that he only has a little time !”
12:13 Now when the dragon realized that he had been thrown down to the earth , he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child .
12:14 But the woman was given the two wings of a giant eagle so that she could fly out into the wilderness , to the place God prepared for her , where she is taken care of– away from the presence of the serpent – for a time , times , and half a time .
12:15 Then the serpent spouted water like a river out of his mouth after the woman in an attempt to sweep her away by a flood ,
12:16 but the earth came to her rescue ; the ground opened up and swallowed the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth .
12:17 So the dragon became enraged at the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her children , those who keep God’s commandments and hold to the testimony about Jesus . And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
DRAGON |
Michael |
Angel |
Vision |
Adultery |
REVELATION OF JOHN |
ASTRONOMY, II |
Jesus, The Christ |
Satan |
APOSTOLIC AGE |
Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena |
Heaven |
Demons |
Temptation |
War |
SERPENT |
Daemon |
ANGELS |
Eagle |
ASTRONOMY, I |
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NET Notes -> Rev 12:6; Rev 12:6; Rev 12:6; Rev 12:6; Rev 12:7; Rev 12:7; Rev 12:8; Rev 12:8; Rev 12:8; Rev 12:8; Rev 12:9; Rev 12:10; Rev 12:10; Rev 12:10; Rev 12:10; Rev 12:10; Rev 12:11; Rev 12:11; Rev 12:12; Rev 12:12; Rev 12:13; Rev 12:13; Rev 12:14; Rev 12:14; Rev 12:14; Rev 12:14; Rev 12:14; Rev 12:15; Rev 12:15; Rev 12:16; Rev 12:16; Rev 12:16; Rev 12:17; Rev 12:17; Rev 12:17; Rev 12:17; Rev 12:17; Rev 12:17; Rev 12:17; Rev 12:17; Rev 12:17
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NET Notes: Rev 12:7 The archangel Michael had a special role in protecting the nation of Israel in the OT (Dan 10:13, 21; 12:1; see also Jude 9).
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NET Notes: Rev 12:8 Grk “for them”; the referent (the dragon and his angels, v. 7) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Rev 12:9 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the result of the war in heaven.
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NET Notes: Rev 12:12 Grk “and is filled,” a continuation of the previous sentence. Because English tends to use shorter sentences (especially when exclamations...
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NET Notes: Rev 12:14 The parallel statement in Rev 12:6 suggests that the phrase a time, times, and half a time equals 1,260 days (three and a half years of 360 days each)...
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