Revelation 12:12

Therefore Because of the coming of "the salvation and might and kingdom," in which the victory of "our brethren" is included.

that dwell Lit. that tabernacle.

Woe to the inhabiters of We should read, Woe to the earth and the sea! the sense is clear, though the construction is peculiar, which led to the alteration. Whenand in what sensethe Devil's power was, or will be, at once lessened and brought into more terrible neighbourhood to earth, we can hardly venture to say. Perhaps it is to be illustrated by texts like St John 9:39; John 15:22: the Incarnation, as it broke the otherwise invincible power of sin, so made sin more deadly, if it remains in spite of Christ's coming.

but a short time viz. the time, apparently, between Christ's first coming, which broke his strength, and His second, which will destroy his kingdom for ever. It seems unlikely that the "little season" of Revelation 20:3 is here referred to.