And (1) there appeared a great wonder in heaven; (2) a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: (1) Until now it has been the general prophecy, comprehended in two parts, as I showed in (Rev. 11:1-19). Now will be declared the first part of... [ Continue Reading ]
And (3) she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. (3) For this is the barren woman who had not given birth; (Isaiah 45:1; Galatians 4:27). She cried out with good cause, and was tormented at that time, when in the judgment of all she seemed near to death, about to... [ Continue Reading ]
And there appeared another wonder in heaven; (4) and behold a great red dragon, having (5) seven heads and ten (6) horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. (4) That is the devil or Satan, see (Revelation 12:9), mighty, angry and full of wrath. (5) By this to withstand those seven churches spoken of,... [ Continue Reading ]
(7) And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon (8) stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for (9) to devour her child as soon as it was born. (7) After the description of Satan follows this action, that is, his battle with... [ Continue Reading ]
(10) And she brought forth a man (11) child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and [to] his throne. (10) The second history of this Church delivered of child: in which first the consideration of the child born, and of the mother, is described in t... [ Continue Reading ]
(12) And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that (13) they should feed her there a thousand two hundred [and] threescore days. (12) The Church of Christ which was of the Jews, after his ascension into heaven, hid itself in the world as in a wilderness, trust... [ Continue Reading ]
And there was war in heaven: (14) Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, (14) Christ is the Prince of angels and head of the Church, who bears that iron rod (Revelation 12:5). Also See Daniel 12:1. In this verse a description of the battle and of the... [ Continue Reading ]
(15) And prevailed not; neither was their (a) place found any more in heaven. (15) The description of the victory, by the denying of the thing in this verse, and by affirming the opposite in (Revelation 12:9). As Satan gained nothing in heaven, but was by the power of God thrown down into the world... [ Continue Reading ]
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, (16) Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. (16) The song of victory or triumph containing first, a proposi... [ Continue Reading ]
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they (b) loved not their lives unto the death. (b) He is said in the Hebrew tongue, to love his life, who values his life more than anything else: and on the other side, he is said not to love his life, who does... [ Continue Reading ]
And when (17) the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man [child]. (17) The third part: a history of the woman delivered, consisting of two parts, the present battle of Satan against the Christian Church of the Jewish nation, in (Revelation 12... [ Continue Reading ]
(18) And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her (c) place, where she is nourished for a (19) time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. (18) That is, being strengthened with divine power: and taught by oracle, she fl... [ Continue Reading ]
(20) And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. (20) That is, he inflamed the Romans and the nations that in persecuting the Jewish people with cruel arms, they might at the same time invade the Church of Christ,... [ Continue Reading ]
(21) And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. (21) That is, there was offered in their place other Jews, to the Romans and nations raging against that people: and it came to pass by this that the Church of God... [ Continue Reading ]
(22) And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. (22) Being set on fire by this means, he began to be more mad, and because he perceived that his purpose against the Christian... [ Continue Reading ]