Revelation 12

>What does a harlot symbolize? Whoredom is relation with a whore or harlot as an institution instead of the bride of Christ. Who is the Harlot of Babylon? Why is the whore said to ride a beast? What does the beast represent? Who are her daughters? A bride serves out of love but a harlot does it for money. Who are the "strange women" of Proverbs?^[1] Is the harlot, the strang woman? Is it a symbol of the false church? What does she look like, and what does she teach? Are they the harlots of false religion who ride the beast that goes about and devours who they will? Do we give power to the beast when we bite one another with our covetous practices? Who is the beast? Who is the dragon that gives the beast power?
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"behold a great red dragon" is said to be "a symbolic representation of Satan, the Devil". Satan means the adversary, who is the ultimate enemy of God and mankind. The dragon's characteristics symbolize its power and influence over the world and its attempt to destroy God's plans and persecute His believers, particularly by trying to devour the male child (Jesus) and later pursuing the woman who is to be His bride which is Israel and the Church.



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A great red dragon

[1] And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:

[2] And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

[3] And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

[4] And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon(δράκων drakōn)^[2] stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

[5] And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

The women fled

[6] And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

[7] And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

[8] And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

[9] And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

[10] And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

[11] And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

[12] Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

[13] And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.

[14] And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

[15] And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

[16] And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

[17] And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

↑ Proverbs 2:16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;
Proverbs 5:3 For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:

Proverbs 5:20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Proverbs 6:24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

Proverbs 7:5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.

[[Proverbs 20][:16 Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Proverbs 22:14 The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

Proverbs 23:27 For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.

Proverbs 23:33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

Proverbs 27:13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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1404 δράκων drakon [drak’-own] probably from an alternate form of derkomai (to look, to see, see clearly, to watch, to live, to flash, gleam); n m; TDNT- 2:281,186; [{See TDNT 200 }] AV-dragon 13; 13
1) a dragon, a great serpent, a name for Satan
- From Latin draconem with the nominative draco meaning "huge serpent, dragon", from Ancient Greek drákōn with genitive being δράκοντος, drákontos a "serpent". A dragon is a reptile-like legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures worldwide but vary considerably through time and location.

[1] Proverbs 2:16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;
Proverbs 5:3 For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:

Proverbs 5:20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Proverbs 6:24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

Proverbs 7:5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.

[[Proverbs 20][:16 Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Proverbs 22:14 The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

Proverbs 23:27 For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.

Proverbs 23:33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

Proverbs 27:13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

[drakon-2] 1404 δράκων drakon [drak’-own] probably from an alternate form of derkomai (to look, to see, see clearly, to watch, to live, to flash, gleam); n m; TDNT- 2:281,186; [{See TDNT 200 }] AV-dragon 13; 13
1) a dragon, a great serpent, a name for Satan

From Latin draconem with the nominative draco meaning "huge serpent, dragon", from Ancient Greek drákōn with genitive being δράκοντος, drákontos a "serpent". A dragon is a reptile-like legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures worldwide but vary considerably through time and location.

[3] From Latin draconem with the nominative draco meaning "huge serpent, dragon", from Ancient Greek drákōn with genitive being δράκοντος, drákontos a "serpent". A dragon is a reptile-like legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures worldwide but vary considerably through time and location.

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Revelation 12

A great red dragon

The women fled

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