Dragon as Symbol
(From Forerunner Commentary)
Revelation 12:3-4 (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up)
The dragon of verse 3 is identified as Satan in verse 9. This identification provides the lead-in to the introduction of the end-time beast in Revelation 13:1.
John W. Ritenbaugh
Where Is the Beast? (Part 1)
Revelation 12:3 (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up)
The similarity between Revelation 13:1 and Revelation 12:3, 9, show a direct relationship between the dragon, viewed in heaven in Revelation 12, and the beast rising on earth. This relationship between these two is further confirmed in Revelation 13:4: "And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast," showing that the beast on earth receives its power from the dragon.
There is another commonality: both the dragon in heaven and the beast on earth have seven heads and ten horns. But there are two differences. One is in the number of crownsseven on the dragon, ten on the beast. The second is that the crowns on the dragon are on the heads, while the crowns on the beast are on the horns.
It is unclear what these differences mean, but they may reveal a relationship between the beast of Revelation 13 and the beast of Daniel 7. The beast in Revelation 13 is a further illustration of the fourth beast of Daniel 7, with its ten hornsthe ten horns representing ten kings who will be part of the Beast and present at Christ's return.
John W. Ritenbaugh
Where Is the Beast? (Part 1)
Revelation 12:7-8 (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up)
By these verses, time in the prophecy has leapt forward to the end time. The red dragon being cast down did not happen anciently. That is an end-time event. So just that quickly, in the space of one or two verses, time moved from BC to AD almost two thousand years.
John W. Ritenbaugh
(From Forerunner Commentary)
Revelation 12:3-4 (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up)
The dragon of verse 3 is identified as Satan in verse 9. This identification provides the lead-in to the introduction of the end-time beast in Revelation 13:1.
John W. Ritenbaugh
Where Is the Beast? (Part 1)
Revelation 12:3 (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up)
The similarity between Revelation 13:1 and Revelation 12:3, 9, show a direct relationship between the dragon, viewed in heaven in Revelation 12, and the beast rising on earth. This relationship between these two is further confirmed in Revelation 13:4: "And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast," showing that the beast on earth receives its power from the dragon.
There is another commonality: both the dragon in heaven and the beast on earth have seven heads and ten horns. But there are two differences. One is in the number of crownsseven on the dragon, ten on the beast. The second is that the crowns on the dragon are on the heads, while the crowns on the beast are on the horns.
It is unclear what these differences mean, but they may reveal a relationship between the beast of Revelation 13 and the beast of Daniel 7. The beast in Revelation 13 is a further illustration of the fourth beast of Daniel 7, with its ten hornsthe ten horns representing ten kings who will be part of the Beast and present at Christ's return.
John W. Ritenbaugh
Where Is the Beast? (Part 1)
Revelation 12:7-8 (Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up)
By these verses, time in the prophecy has leapt forward to the end time. The red dragon being cast down did not happen anciently. That is an end-time event. So just that quickly, in the space of one or two verses, time moved from BC to AD almost two thousand years.
John W. Ritenbaugh
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"SANCTIFY THEM THROUGH THY TRUTH: THY WORD IS TRUTH
(John 17:17)
And Jesus Speaking; " He that rejecteth me, receiveth not my words, hath one that, judgeth him:the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in
( John12:48 KJV)
"SANCTIFY THEM THROUGH THY TRUTH: THY WORD IS TRUTH
(John 17:17)
And Jesus Speaking; " He that rejecteth me, receiveth not my words, hath one that, judgeth him:the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in
( John12:48 KJV)
