Revelation 12:2-6
12:2 She
was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling
to give birth.
12:3 Then
another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon that had seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadem crowns.
12:4 Now
the dragon’s
tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. Then
the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born.
12:5 So
the woman gave birth to a son, a male child,
who is going
to rule over all the nations with an iron rod.
Her
child was suddenly caught up to God and to his throne,
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.
Revelation 12:13--13:4
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. (12:18) And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore.
The Two Beasts
13:1 Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, and on its horns were ten diadem crowns, and on its heads a blasphemous name.
13:2 Now the beast that I saw was like a leopard, but its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. The dragon gave the beast his power, his throne, and great authority to rule.
13:3 One of the beast’s heads appeared to have been killed, but the lethal wound had been healed. And the whole world followed the beast in amazement;
13:4 they worshiped the dragon because he had given ruling authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast too, saying: “Who is like the beast?” and “Who is able to make war against him?”