Revelation

Lesson 9Revelation 12

In this lesson and the next lesson, we will examine Revelation Chapters 12 and 13, respectively; as we are provided a description of the central figures in the last days of the Tribulation period.

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By way of preview, during our study these chapters, we will encounter seven main figures They are: (a) the sun-clad woman, (b) the great red dragon, (c) the man-child, (d) Michael the Archangel, (e) the "seed" of the woman, (f) the first beast, and (g) the second beast. What marvelous insight God provides us into the last days, if we take the time and effort to gain an understanding of these seven figures. May He richly bless you as you study His word this week.

Read Revelation Chapter 12 and consider the following questions:

  1. Considering what we have learned in previous lessons regarding symbology pertinent to Revelation, who (or what) is being described in Revelation 12:1-2? (see also Genesis 37:9 and Isaiah 9:6)
  2. Who (or what) is being described in the followng verses: Revelation 12:3-4, Revelation 20:2, Revelation 17:3, Isaiah 7:4, and Jude verse 13?
  3. What is being described in Revelation 12:5-6? Have some of these events already happened?
  4. Review Revelation 12: 6-14 and list the specific things that are described in each of these verses.
    1. Verse 6
    2. Verse 7
    3. Verse 8
    4. Verse 9
    5. Verse 10
    6. Verse 11
    7. Verse 12
    8. Verse 13
    9. Verse 14
  5. In the passages pertinent to the previous question, how do we know that this means Satan is still not cast down to earth, and that he still has access to heaven? And if it means that he is not cast down until the second half of the Tribulation Period, called the Great Tribulation (or the "Great and Terrible Day of the Lord"), what words might indicate this in Revelation 12:8-10?
  6. When do the events described in Revelation 12:13 occur within the overall seven-year period of the tribulation period? (see also Matthew 24:9-27)
  7. Examining Revelation 12:15, what does the phrase "water like a flood (or river)" represent?
  8. Given your interpretation of Revelation 12:15 above, how do verses 16 and 17 relate? What do they indicate to us about the earth, and "the woman" during this time?
  9. What do you suppose is referred to in Revelation 12:18 as "her seed", which is curious in itself, since seed usually comes from a man?

May God richly bless you as we study His Word.

Yours in Christ,

Wes

[2006]

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