Revelation 12 - A Woman and the Dragon

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COURSE COMMENTARY


12:1 - a great sign

12:1 - a woman with sun and moon

12:2 - she cried out in labor

12:3 - a fiery red dragon

12:4 - ready to devour

12:5 - a rod of iron

12:6 - the woman flees

12:6 - where she has a place

Judean Wilderness West of Jericho

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 "Where she has a place" indicates a specific place in the wilderness where God will provide for her. Many passages imply it will be in the region of Edom, in what is now southern Jordon, south east of the Dead Sea (Isa. 16:1-5; 26:20; Isa. 63:1-4; Dan. 11:41; Ps. 60:9-12; Mic. 2:12-13).

12:6 - she is fed

12:7 - war in heaven

12:8-9 - Satan cast out

12:10-11 - Satan overcome

12:12 - woe to the earth

12:13-14 - wings of a great eagle

12:15-16 - the earth helped

12:17 - the rest of her offspring