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AND THEY OVERCAME HIM - That is, he was foiled in his attempt thus to
destroy the church. The reference here, undoubtedly, is primarily to
the martyr age and to the martyr spirit; and the meaning is,...
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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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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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WORD. App-121.
TESTIMONY. See Revelation 1:2.
LOVED. App-135.
LIVES. life.
THE. Omit....
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_by the blood_ More literally BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD … AND BECAUSE OF
THE WORD.
_they loved not their lives_ St John 12:25, St Luke 14:26 are the
closest parallels among the similar sayings of our Lord....
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ΑΥ̓ΤΟΊ. א cop[420] read οὗτοι.
[420] Coptic.
11. ΔΙᾺ ΤῸ ΑἾΜΑ … ΔΙᾺ ΤῸΝ ΛΌΓΟΝ. These
conquerors are the martyrs and confessors of Christ: though He is gone
up, Satan is not at once cast down. The accu...
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THE WAR IN HEAVEN
Here it is possible that a part of the vision of the Seven Trumpets
has been transposed into the vision of the Woman and the Dragon, for
it certainly seems as if the coming down of t...
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Revelation 11:15-19; Revelation 12:7-12. THE SEVENTH TRUMPET...
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_WAR IN HEAVEN REVELATION 12:7-12:_ Michael and his angels fought
against the Devil and his angels. The Devil had once been in heaven in
the presence of God. (Job 1:1-22; Job 2:1-13) Now there is joy...
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ΈΝΊΚΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΝΙΚΆΩ (G353)
побеждать, преодолевать,
ΔΙΆ (G1223) с _acc._, из-за. Предлог здесь
указывает на основание, а не средство
победы (Mounce).
ΑΊΜΑ (G129) кровь. Здесь кровь от...
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DISCOURSE: 2513
HOW SATAN IS TO BE VANQUISHED
Revelation 12:11. _And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb_.
THE establishment of Christianity, whether in the world at large, or
in the souls of...
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AND THERE WAS WAR IN HEAVEN, &C.— It might reasonably be presumed,
that all the powers of idolatry would be strenuously exerted against
the establishment of Christianity, and especially against the
es...
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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 36
Text Revelation 12:7-12
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels going forth to
war with the dragon; and the dragon warred and his angels; 8 and they
prevai...
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And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of
their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
THEY - in particular; emphatic, 'they alone.'
OVERCAME - (Romans...
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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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BY] RV 'because of' (twice). WORD OF, etc.] i.e. the word of Christ to
which they testify.
13-17. The devil is not able to hurt a section of the Church, perhaps
the Palestinian Church at Pella is mean...
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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 THEY OVERCAME HIM... — Better, _And they conquered him_ (not
“by,” but) _on account of the blood of the Lamb, and on account of
the word of their testimony,_ &c. They overcame him — _i.e.,_ the
ac...
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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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This sentence, like Revelation 12:7, suggests that earth's history is
the reflex and outcome of transactions in heaven, on the common
principle of Jalkut Rub. (on Exodus 14:7): “there was war above in...
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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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Michael and his angels won because Jesus had already won. How
reassuring to know the same blood is available to us in our battle
with Satan and he cannot defeat us as long as that blood is ours.
Chris...
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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 value...
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Now is come salvation....rejoice, O ye heavens. The blessed in heaven
rejoice for the victories of the faithful on earth, and also for the
reward and glory which would shortly be given them in heaven....
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(7) And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against
the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, (8) And prevailed
not; neither was their place found anymore in heaven. (9) And...
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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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_THE VICTORIOUS CHARACTER_
‘And they loved not their lives unto the death.’
Revelation 12:11
If we Christians believe at all, we must believe in an ideal for
humanity. Jesus Christ is the Son of Ma...
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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 THEY OVERCAME HIM BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB,.... The Lord Jesus
Christ, by whose blood they were redeemed and ransomed out of the
hands of Satan, that was stronger than they; and by which they were...
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And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of
their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Ver. 11. _By the blood of the Lamb_] By his merit and spirit, Christ...
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_And there was war in heaven_, &c. It might reasonably be presumed
that all the powers of idolatry would be strenuously exerted against
the establishment of Christianity, and especially against the
es...
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BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB-BY THE WORD OF THEIR TESTIMONY; not by carnal
weapons, but by faith in the efficacy of Christ's atonement, and their
faithful testimony to his truth.
LOVED NOT THEIR LIVES UNT...
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The dragon cast out of heaven:...
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AND THEY OVERCAME HIM BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB AND BY THE WORD OF
THEIR TESTIMONY; AND THEY LOVED NOT THEIR LIVES UNTO THE DEATH....
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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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_ 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of
their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death._
A. These brethren have overcome Satan. How is this possible?...
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7-11 The attempts of the dragon proved unsuccessful against the
church, and fatal to his own interests. The seat of this war was in
heaven; in the church of Christ, the kingdom of heaven on earth. Th...
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OLBGrk;
AND THEY OVERCAME HIM; Michael and his angels, mentioned REVELATION
12:7, overcame the dragon and his angels: the Christians overcame the
pagans. BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB: some translate dia h...
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Revelation 12:11 And G2532 they G846 overcame G3528 (G5656) him G846
by G1223 blood G129 Lamb G721 and...
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‘And I heard a great voice in Heaven saying, “Now is come the
salvation and the power and the kingship of our God, and the authority
of his Christ, for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, who
ac...
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Revelation 12:10-12. The victory thus gained is followed by a song of
praise and thanksgiving, which proceeds from A GREAT VOICE IN HEAVEN.
Whose voice this is we are not told, and it may be well to l...
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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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THEY OVERCAME HIM
(αυτο ενικησαν). First aorist active indicative of
νικαω, the verb used by Jesus of his own victory (John 16:33) and
about him (Revelation 3:21; Revelation 5:5). "The victory of th...
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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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OUR BROTHERS WON THE VICTORY! This is the second effect. The blood of
the Lamb, and the Truth of the Good News, permit escape from the "law
of sin and death" (Romans 8:1-4)....
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_There was war in heaven._
WAR IN HEAVEN
I. The character of the war of rebel angels in heaven.
1. Wilful. They brought it on themselves.
2. Irreconcilable.
(1) On the part of God.
(2) This war i...
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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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NEITHER COUNTED THEY THEIR LIVES DEAR
They loved not their life even unto death. Revelation 12:11.
Today I am going to give you a text and tell you three stories, and
then I shall leave you to make...
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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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There was war in heaven and the Devil and his angels were cast out.
And a voice said: "Now is come salvation and strength and the kingdom
of our God and the power of his Christ for the accuser of our...
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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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_10 AND I HEARD A LOUD VOICE SAYING IN HEAVEN, 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
ACCUSE...
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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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1 Corinthians 15:57; 1 John 2:13; 1 John 2:14; 1 John 4:4; 1 John 5:5;
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Overcame [ε ν ι κ η σ α ν]. See on 1 John 2:13.
By the blood of the Lamb [δ ι α τ ο α ι μ α τ ο υ α ρ ν
ι ο υ]. The preposition dia with the accusative signifies on
account of. Hence Rev., correctly,...
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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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And they have overcome him — Carried the cause against him. By the
blood of the Lamb — Which cleanses the soul from all sin, and so
leaves no room for accusing. And by the word of their testimony —
Th...