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The Dragon or Satan took 1/3 of the 'stars of heaven' with him when he was thrown out of heaven.


The 'stars' that followed the Dragon are angels. They also rebelled.
Satan has been ruling over the kingdoms of this world since the fall of Adam.

.........He has been seeking to devour and destroy the seed of the Woman.

...................He stood before the Woman to destroy Christ in the days of King Herod who ordered the slaying of the children of Bethlehem.

.................................He will stand before the Woman seeking to prevent the birth of the Manchild children just before the Great Tribulation.
The seven heads are seven kingdoms
................that rise in succession on the earth.

Since a crown is only one world kingdom at a time,
................the seven crowns must signify the
...............whole period of man's history.
The 'seven kingdoms' that are represented by the seven heads of the Dragon are:

Egypt
Assyria
Babyon
Media-Persia
Greece
Rome
The Antichrist's kingdom
The seven heads of the Great Red Dragon refers to the seven kingdoms of past ages which Satan has had rule over.






Revelation 17:9 says that 'the seven heads are seven mountains'.

"And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth."
The word 'mountain' means kingdom.

The Kingdom of Babylon is called a 'destroying mountain'.
The devil has ruled the kingdoms of this world over the past ages.

...............Through the betrayal of Adam, Satan has taken authority over the earth.

...............This is plain from the conversation that Satan had with Jesus in the Mount of Temptation.

........Luke 4:5-7
"And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine."







The Great Red Dragon has seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on his heads.


The heads refer to the seven world empires.
Some say that Michael is really Christ.

That's not possible.... Christ is the Manchild.
He is the head of the Manchild children.

.............When Michael contended with Satan for the body of Moses, he said, "The Lord rebuke thee".

.......Christ never used that kind of language. When he rebuked Satan he said, "Get thee behind me Satan" or "It is written".











The Dragon is anxious to destroy the Manchild right away when he is born because the catching away of the Manchild evidently has a definite connection with Satan's defeat and overthrow in the heavenlies.

.........Michael and his angels war against him.

.......................But in some way the testimony of the saints has an important part in the overthrow of Satan in the heavenlies.
"if any man sin, we have an advocate [lawyer] with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous."

There is only one testimoney that will win this case.

"And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony."
All the good works of a lifetime will be completely insufficient to respond to Satan's accusations.

............He is a master prosecutor.

......We will need a lawyer and a good one!
Satan's accusation must be answered correctly.

They can't be answered
by accusations or
by excuses or
by comparing ourselves with others less righteous or
by parading our good works.
The war that Michael the archangel wages against Satan and his angels is not just one of brute force. That kind of war would be easy for Michael.


.........There is something else involved. There is the aspect of a court trial in which Satan shows why he should keep the bodies of the Saints. A similar dispute took place when Michael contended for the body of Moses.


....................Satan takes up each case spearately and raises charges. He will fight over every single body.

..............................The accused answer and give testimony to dispute Satan's accusations.
Jude 9 also refers to Michael in connection with Moses. He speacks of the archangel's contending for the body of Moses.

...........................................It seems possible that as Satan resisted Michael in fighting for the body of Moses, he may also try to prevent the resurrection of the saints [dead christians].
The archangel Michael appears as guardian of Daniel's people, the Jews, and seems also to be involved in some way with the resurrection of the dead.

......................................Verse 2 of Daniel 12 speaks of the resurrection of those "that sleep in the dust of the earth.".
Daniel 12:1 "And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book."








...........In the Book of Daniel we are told that Michael will come to the rescue of the people of God at the time of the end.



He will be particularly active in the end-time events!


When Daniel's angel couldn't get through because of the opposition of the 'prince of Persia', it was Michael that came to the angel's aid and supplied the extra power that caused the hosts of Satan to give way.






Michael the archangel, is the leader of God's angelic forces.

..............We are told that he and his angels fought against Satan. When he goes to battle, the full resources of heaven are used.
The original casting out of Satan from heaven took place before Adam.

Read
*Isaiah 14:12-15 it tells of the rebellion of Satan and
..........how he fell from heaven.
*Ezekiel 28:14 tells of the original position of Lucifer.
..........He was the 'anointed cherub that covereth'.
..........Pride and self-will was what removed Lucifer
............from his high position.
*Isaiah 14:15 shows his overthrow was not complete.
..........He still was able to move about in the
.............heavenlies, and even accuse the saints
.............before God.

The 12th Chapter of Revelation ends his times in heaven.
Read Revelations 12:7-12







The seventh verse speaks of "war in heaven".

In the case of Christ and the Manchild, the prophecy can refer back to the original casting out of Satan.

There are several "casting out of Satan", each forcing him to a lower and more restricted sphere until at last he is locked in the Bottomless Pit.

Prophecy never has primary reference to something that has already happened, but to things in the future.

Satan is cast out of the heavenlies shortly after the Manchild is caught up to heaven.
The Manchild [children or group] is the first-fruits unto God.

...........................Revelation 14:3-5
". . . . but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God."
Marriage isn't intended in the symbol of the Sun-clothed Woman.

...............Her children are spoken of as her seed [Revelation 12:17].

......................In the natural, the seed comes from the male and not the woman.
Mary, Jesus' mother, didn't bare Him by a husband but by the Spirit of God. Luke 1:35

............................As to the Sun-clothed Woman, physical birth isn't the main meaning, but it's the spiritual birth of the Manchild children/the true overcomers.

................Those who attain to this called out group of believers, do by prayer and travail of spirit.


2 Peter 3:10-11
In a sense, the Lord is the Bridegroom of the Church. The Bride is called a wife.
............................Revelation 19:7
"Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready."

......................... ..The Sun-clothed Woman isn't already a wife, but rather acts as a mother bearing children through her travailing in the spirit.
Paul isn't trying to show that the Church is married, but that she is bearing more children than she that has a husband.

....................The Lord has stated that He is the husband of Israel, although because of Israel's adulteries, He has left her for a time.
Paul shows that the Church isn't like Israel under the Law, "but Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all." Galatians 4:26

.............................Then He says that the barren, beareth more than she which hath an husband.

.............................Galatians 4:7
"For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband."
Paul who began the Gentile Church, spoke to the Galatians 4:19

"My little children of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you."
The "TRAVAILING WOMAN" is a symbol not used of the New Testament only, but of the Church of all ages.

.................John who wrote the Book of Revelation speaks of the Church as "the elect lady and her children." 2 John 1

...................................The duty or responsibility of the Church in every age involves travailing for spiritual children.
Satan is not successful in his attempt ot prevent the rapture of the Manchild group.

...............The Manchild children are caught up to heaven [raptured]. Once this happens, Satan' place in the heavenlies ends.

.........................Michael and his angels move against Satan and his angels and then the war in heaven begins with Satan and his angels being cast down to earth.
God declares that those who give in to Jezebel's seductions will go into Great Tribulation, unless they repent.

....................God calls the Church, today, to be on the alert against creeping spiritual inactivity that has a root in a deadly spirit of worldliness. She must separate herself from the world.

..........Those who are faithful will share the position promised to the overcomers,the Manchild.
Read Revelation 2:26 & 27