And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon,... And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. Revelation 12:3,7,9,4 Lucifer was cast out and took a third of the angels with him. Christ was about to be born among the Jews and Lucifer wanted to destroy Him.
And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. Revelation 12:5 That would be the Christ whom Lucifer failed to destroy.
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. Revelation 12:6 Now that ancient Israel rejected the Messiah-we shift to the woman, the Christian church, founded by the 12 disciples (12 stars over her head). She (the church) flees for 1260 years into the wilderness. ( In 538 AD Emperor Justinian declared the papacy in Rome head of all Christian Churches. In 1798 the papacy/beast recieved its deadly wound when he was taken captive and died by French general Berthier on orders of Napoleon. 1798 minus 538 = 1,260).
And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. Revelation 12:13 This was the time of the papal persecutions of the Church.
And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. Revelation 12:14 ( a time, and times, and a half time =1,260---Hebrew calendar of 360 days a year times 3 plus half = 1,260).
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. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. Revelation 12:15, 16 During the Reformation, as well as the inquisitions and other persecutions, there would not be total annihilation of the church. But look what happens to the "remnant" of "her seed" near the end.
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. Revelation 12:17 The remnant of her seed at the end keep the commandments. (Not 9, but all 10-Not some of them, but all of them).
