Revelation 12:15

 So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood.

·        The fury poured out against Israel after the abomination of desolation (marking the half-way point of 70^th week of Daniel) was spoken of by Jesus in Matthew 24:15-22, and spoken of in distinctly Jewish terms (housetop . . . pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath).  (DG)

·        This passage in Revelation describes the fury that Jesus told them to flee.  (DG)

Isaiah 59:19  So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun; when the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him.

Psalm 29:10  The LORD sat enthroned at the Flood, and the LORD sits as King forever.

Revelation 12:14

But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.

·        Eagle’s Wings are an emblem from the Exodus deliverance (Exodus 19:4), another way of connecting these people with Israel.  (DG)

·        This is another reference to a three and one-half year period, indicating that these events - this dramatic persecution of Israel - takes place during the 70^th week of Daniel 9.   (DG)

Exodus 19:4  You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.

Deuteronomy 32:11  As an eagle stirs up its nest, hovers over its young, spreading out its wings, taking them up, carrying them on its wings.

 

Revelation 12:13

Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child.

·        The devils second attempt upon the church now in the wilderness (MH)

·        “The persecution of Israel is part of the satanic program to thwart and hinder the work of God . . . Israel is hated by Satan not because of any of its own characteristics but because she is the chosen of God and essential to the overall purpose of God for time and eternity.” (Walvoord)

Isaiah 27:1  In that day the LORD with His severe sword, great and strong, will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan that twisted serpent; and He will slay the reptile that is in the sea.

Isaiah 66:7  Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before her pain came, she delivered a male child.

 

Revelation 12:12

 “Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them!  Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea!  For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.”

·        The warning given of the distress that should fall upon the inhabitants of the world in general (MH)

·        Being defeated in his designs against the church, he is resolved to give all the disturbance he can to the world in general (MH)

Psalm 96:11  Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and all its fullness

Isaiah 49:13  Sing, o heavens!  Be joyful, O earth!  And break out in singing, O mountains!  For the LORD has comforted His people, and will have mercy on His afflicted.

Revelation 12:11

“And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.

·        Overcame by a resolute powerful preaching of the everlasting gospel.  (MH)

·        And by their courage and patience in sufferings (MH)

Leviticus 14:25  Then he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering and put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

Psalm 19:7  The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple