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NOTES ON CHAP. XII., BY J. E. C.
Verse Revelation 12:15. _AND THE SERPENT CAST OUT OF HIS MOUTH WATER
AS A FLOOD_] The water here evidently means _great multitudes of
nations and_ _peoples_; for in...
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AND THE SERPENT CAST OUT OF HIS MOUTH WATER AS A FLOOD - This is
special and uncommon imagery, and it is not necessary to suppose that
anything like this literally occurs in nature. Some serpents are...
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REVELATION 12. THE VISION OF THE WOMAN, THE CHILD, AND THE DRAGON.
This chapter has always presented difficulties to the student of
Revelation. Two questions present themselves: (_a)_ What is the
conn...
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John, in the same chapter, beholds another conflict. The defeated
dragon changes the scene of combat. On earth he wages. war of
"persecution" which results in the exile of the woman to the
wilderness...
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THE WOMAN AND THE BEAST (Revelation 12:1-17)
It is necessary to read this chapter as a whole before we examine it
in detail. A great sign appeared in the sky--a woman clothed with the
sun, and with t...
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OUT OF. App-104.
FLOOD. river.
CARRIED... FLOOD. Greek. _potamophoretos._ Only here....
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We have not means for interpreting this description in detail. All we
can say certainly is, that it describes the providential foiling of
Satanic attempts at the destruction of Israel. Perhaps the mos...
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15, 16. Genesis 3:15. The sense must be, that the Devil attempts to
frustrate God’s counsels, not now by attacking the old Israel, but
the new “Israel of God.” Titus, we are told, resolved to destroy...
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ἽΝΑ … ΠΟΙΉΣΗΙ. Cop[424] omits, Primas[425] _ut eam
perderet_.
[424] Coptic.
[425] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter.
18. ΚΑῚ ἘΣΤΆΘΗΝ. So Text. Rec[426] and Tisch[427] with B2P
cop[428] And[429] Are.;...
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THE DELIVERANCE OF THE WOMAN...
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_WAR ON THE EARTH REVELATION 12:13-17:_ The war on earth had to do
with the persecution of the church by man and the protection of the
church by God. God's people were given strength--two wings of the...
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ΈΒΑΛΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΒΆΛΛΩ (G906) бросать,
ΣΤΌΜΑ (G4750) рот. ΌΠΊΣΩ (G3694) за, после,
ΠΟΤΑΜΌΣ (G4215) река,
ΠΟΤΑΜΟΦΌΡΗΤΟΣ (G4216) быть унесенным
рекой, бытьсмытым рекой,
ΠΟΙΉΣΗ _aor. conj....
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AND WHEN THE DRAGON SAW, &C.— When the dragon was thus deposed from
the imperial throne, and _cast unto the earth,_ he still continued to
persecute the church with equal malice, though not with equal...
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_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_
PART III
THE TWO SIGNS IN HEAVEN
CHAPTER XII
_Text (Revelation 11:19; Revelation 12:1-17)_
19 And there was opened the temple of God that is in heaven; and there
was seen in h...
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Strauss-' Comments
SECTION 37
Text Revelation 12:13-17(18)
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast down to the earth, he
persecuted the woman that brought forth the man child. 14 And there
were g...
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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.
FLOOD - `river,' (cf. ; ; especially Exodus 14:1.) The flood...
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Temple Section-The Male Son the same historical events from two sides,
Kings from the human, Chronicles from the divine, so this section
reviews the period which has already been presented in its r...
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THE WOMAN AND THE MAN-CHILD. THE DRAGON
The persecution which the Church had already suffered, and which was
about to burst forth again, is the great fact which underlies the
whole 'Revelation.' The s...
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FLOOD.. FLOOD] RV 'river.. stream.'...
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FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME
REVELATION
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 12
WAR IN HEAVEN AND ON THE EARTH - REVELATION 12:1-14
THE WOMAN AND THE *DRAGON - REVELATION 12:1-6...
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AND THE SERPENT... — Translate, _And the serpent cast out of his
mouth after the woman water as a river, that he might make her to be
carried away by the river._ The foe of the woman was described as...
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CHAPTER IX.
THE FIRST GREAT ENEMY OF THE CHURCH.
Revelation 12:1.
THE twelfth chapter of the Revelation of St John has been felt by
every commentator to be one more than usually difficult to interpr...
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Another mythological metaphor for persecution or persecutors, like
“torrents of Belial” (Psalms 18:4). As the primaeval dragon was
frequently a sea-monster, from Tiâmat onwards, his connexion with
wat...
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SATAN CAST DOWN FROM HEAVEN
Revelation 12:7
The spirit of evil waits to destroy each birth of good in our world.
As soon as Mary had given birth to our Lord, Herod sought to destroy
Him, and this is...
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In this and two subsequent Chapter s we have an interpolation in the
account of the actual procedure. Two signs are described, a woman and
a dragon, between whom is antagonism. Symbolically, it covers...
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Satan now tries to overthrow the faithful with a flood of evil. Since
it comes out of his mouth, it may be this describes lies he uses to
defeat the righteous. (Compare Genesis 3:1-5; John 8:44) The e...
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(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
pers...
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_The serpent (the dragon, the devil) came out of his mouth, &c. He
endeavoured to destroy Christian religion; but the earth, that is, the
princes of the earth, as God was pleased to turn their hearts,...
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(13) And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he
persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. (14) And to
the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly...
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We begin now what may be called the second volume of the Revelation.
The prophetic part of the book divides into two portions at this
point. This is another land-mark that cannot be despised, if we wo...
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Revelation 11:19; Revelation 12:1-17
War
A riot is a spontaneous outburst. A war is subject to advance
planning. --Richard M. Nixon
The grim fact is that we prepare for war like precocious giants,...
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Chapter 12 gives us a brief but all-important summary of the whole
course of events, viewed, not in their instruments on earth or the
judgment of these, but the divine view of all the principles at wo...
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AND THE SERPENT CAST OUT OF HIS MOUTH WATER AS A FLOOD,.... Which
cannot design any persecution before the fall of Paganism, either of
the Jews, or of the Romans; nor indeed the Arian persecution, sin...
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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.
Ver. 15. _Cast out of his, mouth water_] Those barbarous nations,
Goth...
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_And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth:_ &c. When
the dragon was thus deposed from the imperial throne, and _cast unto
the earth_, (Revelation 12:13,) he still continued to persecute...
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THE SERPENT CAST OUT OF HIS MOUTH WATER AS A FLOOD AFTER THE WOMAN;
thought by many to represent the inundation of northern barbarians, by
which Satan hoped to overwhelm Christianity....
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The dragon's hatred for the woman:...
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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....
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A WOMAN CLOTHED WITH THE SUN: ISRAEL
A great sign now appears in heaven. We thus are looking at things from
heaven's viewpoint, and the vision goes back in time to connect the
past with the future so...
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12-17 The church and all her friends might well be called to praise
God for deliverance from pagan persecution, though other troubles
awaited her. The wilderness is a desolate place, and full of serp...
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AND THE SERPENT; the devil, the old serpent, mentioned REVELATION
12:9, being able no longer to execute his malice as a dragon, by the
civil power of the heathen emperors, tearing Christians in pieces...
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A Treatise Against the Heretic Novatian by an Anonymous Bishop
, by the "violence of the flood which the serpent sent forth from his
mouth after the woman."[50]...
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Revelation 12:15 So G2532 serpent G3789 spewed G906 (G5627) water
G5204 of G1537 his G846 mouth G4750 like...
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‘And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a river, that he
might cause her to be carried away by the stream, and the earth helped
the woman, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the r...
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The third Woe, or the seventh Trumpet, came to an end with chap. 11;
and, as the seven Trumpets followed immediately after the seven Seals,
we might now have expected that these, in their turn, would...
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Revelation 12:15-16. The imagery employed in these verses is
difficult. It is in all probability taken from the passage of Israel
across the Red Sea and the river Jordan into the Promised Land. This
r...
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WATER AS A FLOOD
(υδωρ ως ποταμον). "Water as a river," accusative case
after εβαλεν (cast). The serpent could not follow the woman or
stop her flight and so sought to drown her.THAT HE MIGHT CAUSE...
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Revelation 12:1. _And there appeared a great wonder in heaven: a woman
clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a
crown of twelve stars:_
This is that woman of whom the pr...
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CONTENTS: The woman clothed with the sun (Israel). Satan drawing the
stars. The man-child (Christ) caught up to the throne. The arch-angel
and his angels fighting Satan. Satan and Israel in the great...
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Revelation 12:1. _There appeared a great wonder in heaven;_ that is,
in the church or kingdom of heaven below; for the church has long been
called a woman, and a fruitful mother, the bride, and the La...
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THE SERPENT POURED OUT A FLOOD OF WATER. Symbolic of words and
language. Here it means: Lies, false doctrines, false ideologies.
These are all things which hinder the spread of the Good News....
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_Now is come salvation._
THE HEAVENLY SONG OF VICTORY
This is a song of heaven--of that heaven from which the dragon had
been cast out.
I. The salvation. It is “the salvation” that is here sung of--...
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_Therefore rejoice, ye heavens._
THE DEFEATIBILITY OF THE DEVIL
I. Mighty as is the master-fiend of evil, he is not proof against
defeats. “Therefore rejoice, ye heavens.”
1. Here is a defeat impli...
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REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 12:1 Two signs appear in heaven—a
WOMAN who gives BIRTH, and a DRAGON intent on destroying her
offspring. Twice John sees the dragon defeated. B
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REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 12:15 WATER LIKE A RIVER OUT OF HIS
MOUTH. The serpent tries to destroy the people of God (SWEEP HER AWAY)
by lies and false teaching (compare...
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And the woman is given the wings of a great eagle to fly into the
wilderness where God has a place to protect and nourish her. The Lord
provided a way of escape for the persecuted church, which lifted...
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THE MISSION OF CHRIST’S CHURCH AND ITS GREAT HINDERER
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
“IN the set of visions now before us, the Apocalypse unveils the
spiritual aspects of the conflict, that we may k...
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EXPOSITION
This chapter commences another series of revelations. Again St. John
returns to the beginning, and traces the spiritual history of the
Church and the Christian in their warfare with Satan....
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_15 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._
_ 16 AND THE EARTH HELPED THE WOMAN, AND THE EARTH OPENED HER M...
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And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the
sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head [the sun and the
moon under her feet, and on her head] a crown of twelve stars...
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Isaiah 28:2; Isaiah 59:19; Isaiah 8:7; Psalms 18:4; Psalms 65:7;...
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Cause her to be carried away of the flood [π α υ τ η ν π ο τ
α μ ο φ ο ρ η τ ο ν π ο ι η σ η]. Lit., might make her
one carried away by the stream : a river - born one. The word occurs
only here in th...
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THE WAR IN HEAVEN
Revelation 12:1 _and Revelation 13:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
It almost seems folly to try to speak on two Chapter s in Revelation,
at one time. We realize we cannot do either one justi...
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Two things are here observable:. new danger, Revelation 12:15. renewed
succour, Revelation 12:16.
Observe, 1. new danger; this is set forth, 1. By the author of it, the
SERPENT; the former attempt aga...