Episode 306: The war in heaven!

Revelation 12-13

A woman clothed with the sun (and a 7-headed, 10-horned, baby-eating dragon)

12 ¹ A great wonder appeared in heaven. A woman clothed with the son, with the moon under her feet, and a crown of twelve stars.

² She was pregnant and about to give birth.

³ Then a huge red dragon, with seven heads, ten horns, and seven crowns on his heads appeared.

⁴ He threw a third of the stars onto the earth.

The dragon stood in front of the woman, waiting to eat the baby as soon as it was born.

⁵ She delivered a baby boy, who would rule all nations with an iron rod. The baby went up to God and his throne.

⁶ The woman ran into the wilderness, where she was fed for 1260 days.

The war in heaven (Michael vs. the dragon)

⁷ There was a war in heaven, in which Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and his angels.

^8-9 The dragon lost the battle and was cast out of heaven to the earth, where that old serpent (the Devil and his Satan), deceives the whole world.

¹⁰ I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying,

Salvation, strength, and God's kingdom has come. For the accuser is cast down.

¹¹ They overcame him with the lamb's blood.

¹² Woe to everyone who lives on the earth or sea. Because the devil has come down to you. He's angry since he knows he doesn't have much time.

¹³ When the dragon saw he was cast onto the earth, he persecuted the woman who delivered the baby boy.

¹⁴ The woman was given the wings of an eagle, so she could fly into the wilderness, where she is fed for a time, and times, and half a time.

¹⁵ The serpent spit out water to flood the woman.

¹⁶ But the earth helped the woman by swallowing the flood.

¹⁷ The dragon was angry with the woman and went to make war with the remnant of her seed.

A blaspheming sea beast

13 ¹ I saw a beast come out of the sea, who had seven heads, ten horns, and ten crowns, with the name "Blasphemy" written on each head.

² The beast was like a leopard, with the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion.

The dragon gave him great power and authority.

³ One of his heads had a deadly wound. But the wound healed and the whole world was amazed by it. ⁴ Everyone worshiped the dragon and beast, saying,

Who is like the beast?

Who can go to war against him?

⁵ The beast was given a mouth, with which he spoke for 42 months.

⁶ And he opened his mouth to blaspheme against God.

⁷ He was given power to defeat the saints in war.

⁸ Everyone on earth, whose names aren't written in the book of life, will worship him.

⁹ If you have an ear, hear.

A fire-throwing land beast

¹¹ I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. He had two horns and spoke like a dragon.

¹² He made everyone worship the first beast (whose deadly wound was healed).

¹³ He did great wonders, like make fire come down from heaven to earth.

¹⁴ He did miracles and told people to make an image of the beast (who was wounded with a sword but lived).

¹⁵ He made the image of the beast speak and killed whoever wouldn't worship it.

The mark of the beast: 666

¹⁶ He forced everyone to receive the mark of the beast on their right hand or on their forehead.

¹⁷ No one could buy or sell without the mark or the name or the number of the beast.

¹⁸ This is wisdom: to count the number of the beast, which is the number of a man, and it is 666.