Revelation of John 12:11-17
12:13 a When the dragon realized: The scene picks up from 12:9 b.12:14 c two wings ... of a great eagle (see Exod 19:4-6 d; Deut 32:10-11 e; Isa 40:29-31 f): God strengthens his people; he does not promise that they will escape persecution or death.
• a time, times, and half a time: Usually understood as three and a half years (see Rev 11:2-3 g).
Summary for Rev 12:15-16: 12:15-16 h John pictures Satan as Leviathan (cp. Job 41:1 i) trying to destroy God’s people (the woman; see study note on Rev 12:1). The protective earth responds and the waters of chaos are contained, as at creation (cp. Gen 1:2 j, 6-7 k, 9-10 l).
12:17 m The dragon turns his hostility against the woman’s children (believers) who keep God’s commandments and continue in their testimony for Jesus.
Summary for Rev 12:18-13:18: 12:18–13:18 n John portrays the dragon conducting its war (12:17 o) through two beasts who with Satan form an evil trinity. 12:18 p on the shore beside the sea: By contrast, the Lamb stands on the rock of Zion (14:1 q).
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