And his tail drew the third 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.
2006-06-16 20:34:19 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's the history of Satan in a nutshell. He fell from heaven and took a third of the angels with him. He then stalked the woman (Israel, through whom Christ would come) ready to defeat the prophecy God gave Eve - that through her Satan would be defeated. Christ is the Child Satan was waiting to devour. He tried when Herod had all the baby boys killed when the wise men were going to worship Him and told their plans to Herod.
2006-06-16 20:44:37 · answer #1 · answered by Contemplative Chanteuse IDK TIRH 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Remembering that Revelation is symbolic:
1/3 of the stars: Stars referring to angels (Job 38:7), in this case the wicked ones who were cast out of heaven along with the dragon (Rev 12:9). The dragon (Satan) stood before the woman (heavenly Jerusalem, Galatians 4:26) waiting to devour her child (Christ Jesus coming as king of God's newly established kingdom). As a result of this conflict between God's newly established kingdom and Satan's desire to have God's position, he was cast down to the earth as the next few scriptures in your quoted passage show.
2006-06-16 20:45:09 · answer #2 · answered by johnusmaximus1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His tail drew the third of the stars of heaven refers to Satan and his followers. As for devouring her child it means that he will tempt them to do evil.
2006-06-16 21:01:49 · answer #3 · answered by # one 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
His tail ,his being- Satan tail meaning ,followed third of the stars meaning one third of the angels, cast them to earth, dragon again meaning satan the woman meaning church, her child to be born meaning Jesus
interp---Satan followed by his one third angels was cast to earth because they sinned and sin can not be in the presence of God,Satan was near the church which was the people of God, to destroy Jesus when he was born. this was tried when Herod ordered for all the children 2 years and under to be killed. mat.2:16
2006-06-16 20:51:05 · answer #4 · answered by His eyes are like flames 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
basically dragon is satan he drew the stars the angels away in his rebellion the woman was israel and the child is jesus some believe this refers to the first advent the first time Jesus came
look forget these answers go to Dr Hilton Sutton's website a minister who has spent over 50 yrs studying revelation great rescource
2006-06-16 20:54:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Dragon is Satan the stars are angels the woman is Christs church or followers the child are the souls that would be gathered to Christ and transformed.
2006-06-16 20:56:50 · answer #6 · answered by Tommy G. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rev.12:7-12[Michael and his angels cast Satan and his angels out of heaven giving birth [as it was] to the kingdom of Jesus and he will rule all nations with a rod of iron];
2006-06-16 20:40:18 · answer #7 · answered by jeni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i believe the tail is a tail of a comet and and the woman is the earth and the child is the people of the earth
2006-06-17 08:18:02 · answer #8 · answered by priestess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THE STARS IN ( REV. 12:4 ) ARE SYMBOLS OF ANGELS. HE SWEPT A THIRD OF THE STARS OUT OF THE SKY MEANS THAT HE CAUSED 1/3 OF THE ANGELS TO FALL.THE PREGNANT WOMAN, HOWEVER, REPRESENTS ISRAEL, HER PREGNANCY IS A REFERENCE TO HER CONDITION JUST BEFORE THE BIRTH OF JESUS. BEFORE CHRIST'S BIRTH, ISRAEL WAS A CAPTIVE NATION TO THE ROMAN EMPIRE, AND HAD TO SUBMIT TO ROMAN LEADERS,. SHE WAS A NATION IN TRAVAIL. THE WOMAN SYMBOLIZES ISRAEL BECAUSE CHRIST WAS BORN OF THE SEED OF ISRAEL. ( REVELATION 12:2 ) I HOPE I'VE SAID SOMETHING TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BETTER. GOD BLESS
2006-06-16 21:32:59 · answer #9 · answered by lco216 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like fire from above rains down to destroy life.
2006-06-16 20:39:54 · answer #10 · answered by Yahoo answer dude 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋