B.
The second section, giving details of the important things and the crucial matters covered in the first section
12:1—22:5
1.
A woman who brings forth a man-child, and a great red dragon — Satan
12:1-18
a.
The woman in travail
vv. 1-2
Rev. 12
:1
12:1
And a great
asign was seen in heaven: a
1bwoman clothed with the
csun, and the moon underneath her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars;
Rev. 12
:2
12:2
And she was with
1child, and she
2cried out,
3atravailing in birth and being in
bpain to bring forth.
b.
The great red dragon against the woman
vv. 3-4
Rev. 12
:3
12:3
And another sign was seen in heaven; and behold,
there was a great red
1adragon, having
2bseven heads and ten horns, and on his heads
3seven cdiadems.
Rev. 12
:4
12:4
And his tail drags away the third part of the
1astars of heaven, and he cast them to the earth. And the
2dragon stood before the woman who was about to bring forth, so that when she brings forth he might
bdevour her child.
c.
The man-child born and caught up to God and to His throne
v.5
Rev. 12
:5
12:5
And she
1brought forth a son, a
2man-child, who is to
ashepherd all the nations with an iron rod; and her child was
3caught up to God and to His throne.
d.
The woman fleeing
v.6
Rev. 12
:6
12:6
And the woman fled into the
1wilderness, where she has a place there prepared by God so that they might nourish her there a
athousand two hundred and sixty days.
e.
War in heaven
vv. 7-9
Rev. 12
:7
12:7
And there was
1war in heaven:
2aMichael and his angels went to war with the dragon. And the dragon warred and
3bhis angels.
Rev. 12
:8
12:8
And they did not prevail, neither was their place found any longer in heaven.
Rev. 12
:9
12:9
And the great dragon was
1cast down, the
2ancient aserpent, he who is called the
3bDevil and
4cSatan, he who
ddeceives the whole inhabited earth; he was
ecast to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.
f.
The triumphant shout in heaven
vv. 10-12
Rev. 12
:10
12:10
And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, Now has come the salvation and the power and the
1akingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ, for the
2accuser of our brothers has been cast down, who
baccuses them before our God day and night.
Rev. 12
:11
12:11
And 1they aovercame him because of the
2bblood of the
cLamb and because of the
3word of their testimony, and they
4dloved not their soul-life even
5eunto death.
Rev. 12
:12
12:12
Therefore be glad, O heavens and
athose who
1dwell in them.
bWoe to the earth and the sea because the devil has come down to you and has
2great rage, knowing that he has
only a
3short time.
g.
The dragon persecuting the woman
vv. 13-16
Rev. 12
:13
12:13
And when the dragon saw that he was cast to the earth, he
1persecuted the woman who brought forth the man-child.
Rev. 12
:14
12:14
And to the woman there were given the two wings of the
1great aeagle that she might
bfly into the wilderness into her place, where she is nourished for
2a ctime and times and half a time from the face of the serpent.
Rev. 12
:15
12:15
And the serpent cast
1awater as a river out of his mouth after the woman that he might cause her to be carried away by its current.
Rev. 12
:16
12:16
And the earth helped the woman, and the earth
1opened its mouth and swallowed the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
h.
The dragon making war with the rest of the woman's seed
vv. 17-18
Rev. 12
:17
12:17
And the dragon became angry with the woman and went away to make
awar with the
1rest of her seed, who
bkeep the commandments of God and have the
ctestimony of Jesus.
Rev. 12
:18
12:18
And 1he stood on the sand of the
2asea.
