Symbolism
12:1-6
12:1-6
John saw this sign in heaven.
What is a great sign?
This broke out in heaven.
What is war?
He was confined to earth.
Who is the dragon?
This spewed from the dragon’s mouth.
The 3 significant symbolic characters in these verses
Who are the woman, her son, and the enormous red dragon?
The 2 armies that battled in heaven.
Who were Michael & his angels fighting the dragon & his angels?
The means of escape given to the woman.
What are 2 wings of a great eagle?
How the serpent tried to destroy the woman.
What is “sweep her away with the torrent” or drown her?
These represented the dragon’s might and authority.
What are the seven heads, 10 horns, and seven crowns?
This praised God’s triumph yet warned of Satan’s fury.
What was the loud voice in heaven?
The woman was cared for here.
What is a place prepared for her in the wilderness, out of the serpeent’s reach?
This is how the woman was miraculously protected.
What is “ the earth swallowed the river”?
The baby who would one day “rule the world with an iron scepter” symbolizes this person.
Who is Jesus?
God’s people triumphed over their accuser, Satan, by these things.
What is “the blood of the lamb” and “the word of their testimony”?
Satan was filled with fury because of this?
What is “his time is short”?
The dragon reacted this way to God protecting the woman?
What is he “went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring”?
The primary truth illustrated by God snatching up the child to heaven and providing safety for the woman.
What is the Main Tuth: God rescues His people from Satan’s power?
The one who lost his place in heaven id known by these 4 labels or names.
What is the great dragon, the serpent, the devil, and Satan?
The exact words describing how long the woman would be cared for.
What is “ a time, times, and half a time”?
The behavior of God’s people in the face of Satan’s attacks.
What is “keep God’s commands and hold fast to their testimony about Jesus”?