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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   Day 356, 22 December 2025   
      
   1) Revelation 12,13,14,15,16,17,18   
      
   Revelation 12   
      
   The Woman and the Dragon   
      
   1 (Rev 12:3; Mt 24:30) A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed   
   with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown   
   of twelve stars.   
   2 (Gal 4:19; Isa 53:11) She was with child and cried out in labor   
   and in pain to give birth.   
   3 (Rev 17:12; Isa 27:1) Then another sign appeared in heaven: There was   
   a great red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems   
   on his heads.   
   4 (Jn 8:44; Rev 8:7) His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven,   
   and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman   
   who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as He was born.   
   5 She gave birth to a male Child,   
   "who was to rule all nations with an iron scepter." (Ps 2:9.)   
   And her Child was caught up to God and to His throne.   
   6 (Rev 11:2-3; 12:4) The woman fled into the wilderness where   
   she has a place prepared by God, that they may ¬≠nourish her there   
   for one thousand two hundred and sixty days.   
   7 (Jude 1:9; Da 10:13) Then war broke out in heaven. Michael   
   and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon   
   and his angels fought,   
   8 but they did not prevail, nor was there a place for them   
   in heaven any longer.   
   9 (Lk 10:18; Jn 12:31; Ge 3:1) The great dragon was cast out,   
   that ancient serpent called the Devil and Satan, who deceives   
   the whole world. He was cast down to the earth, and his angels   
   were cast down with him.   
   10 (Rev 11:15; Job 1:9) Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying:   
   "Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God   
   and the authority of His Christ have come,   
   for the accuser of our brothers,   
   who accused them before our God day and night,   
   has been cast down.   
   11 (Lk 14:26; Jn 16:33) 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 (Rev 8:13; 10:6) Therefore rejoice, O heavens,   
   and you who dwell in them!   
   Woe unto the inhabitants of the earth and the sea!   
   For the devil has come down to you in great wrath,   
   because he knows that his time is short."   
   13 When the dragon saw that he was cast down to the earth,   
   he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child.   
   14 (Rev 12:6; Ex 19:4; Da 7:25) The woman was given two wings of a great   
   eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is   
   to be nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence   
   of the serpent.   
   15 (Isa 59:19) Then 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.   
   16 But the earth helped the woman. The earth opened its mouth and swallowed   
   the flood which the dragon spewed out of his mouth.   
   17 (Rev 14:12; Ge 3:15; Rev 1:2) Then the dragon was angry with the woman,   
   and he went to wage war with the remnant of her offspring,   
   who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.   
      
   [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 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.   
   [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.   
      
   Revelation 13   
      
   The Two Beasts   
      
   1 (Rev 12:3; 17:3; Da 11:36) I stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast   
   rising out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, with ten crowns   
   on his horns, and blasphemous names on his heads.   
   2 (Rev 16:10) The beast which I saw was like a leopard. His feet were like   
   those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave   
   him his power and his throne and great authority.   
   3 (Rev 17:8; 13:14; 17:13) I saw one of his heads as if it was mortally   
   wounded, but his deadly wound was healed, and the whole world marveled   
   and followed the beast.   
   4 (Rev 13:2; 18:18) They worshipped the dragon who gave authority   
   to the beast. And they worshipped the beast, saying,   
   "Who is like the beast? Who is able to wage war with him?"   
   5 (Da 7:8; 7:11) He was given a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies.   
   And he was given authority to wage war for forty-two months.   
   6 (Rev 12:12) He opened his mouth to speak blasphemies against God,   
   to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle and those who dwell in heaven.   
   7 (Da 7:21; Rev 11:7; Da 7:25) It was granted to him to wage war with   
      
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