Symbolism
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 3 significant symbolic characters in these verses
Who are the woman, her son, and the red dragon?
The 2 armies that battled in heaven
Who were Michael and his angels and the dragon and his angels?
The means of escape given to the woman
What are the 2 wings of the 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, ten 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 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
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 a safe place for the woman
The one who lost his place in heaven is known by these four names or labels
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 they "keep God's commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus"?