Symbolism
Rev 12:1-6
Rev 12:1-6
John saw this appear in heaven.
What is a great sign?
This broke out in heaven.
What is War?
He was confined to the earth.
Who is the dragon?
This spewed from the dragon’s mouth.
What is Water?
The three significant symbolic characters in these verses.
Who are the woman, her son, and the red dragon?
The two armies that battled in heaven.
Who were Michael and his angels warring against the dragon and his angels?
The means of escape given to the woman
What are the two wings of a great eagle?
How the serpent tried to destroy the woman.
What is “sweep her away with water” or drown her?
These represented the dragon’s might and authority.
What are the seven heads, ten horns, and seven crowns?
This praised God’s triumph yet warned of Satan’s fury.
What was he loud voice in heaven?
The woman was cared for here.
What is a place prepared for her in the wilderness, out of the serpent’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 nations 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.
“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”?