The Dragon | Revelation 12

And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born (Revelation 12:3-4 NKJV).

The Dragon is Satan, who works through earthly instruments to achieve his aims. The stars of heaven that the Dragon threw to the earth are the angels that followed Satan into the great war against heaven. They are the demons that now operate on our earth.

The Dragon has 10 horns, just like the fourth beast of Daniel 7 that represents Rome. Satan worked through pagan Rome to destroy Jesus. It was a Roman official that condemned Jesus to die, Roman soldiers that crucified Him and guarded his grave, and a Roman seal that secured His grave.

The Dragon tried to devour Christ, the Child, by killing Him as soon as He was born (Matthew 2:1‐20). When that didn't work, the Dragon tried again at the cross— and thought he succeeded. But instead of defeating Christ, killing Him produced the greatest victory the universe had ever witnessed. Christ, the sinless One, defeated death and rose from the grave. No Roman seal could hold Him and Satan lost the battle.

Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down” (Revelation 12:10 NIV).

Satan’s apparent victory at the cross became his greatest defeat. Realizing that his own fate had been sealed forever, Satan turned towards the Church, determined to destroy all those who believed in the risen Saviour:

“And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child” (Revelation 12:13).

He relentlessly persecuted God’s Church using first pagan Rome and then papal Rome. But even then Satan could not win, because the Church “overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death” (Revelation 12:11 NIV).

Satan’s aim is to destroy all those who want to follow Jesus, his Conqueror.

Ahead to The Story of Revelation Plays Out, which dives deeper into Satan’s war plans involving papal Rome.
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<p>Egyptian covering cherubs in the form of serpents. </p>
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<p>The Vatican has taken over the serpent symbol. The greatest serpents in the world are found on Bernini's canopy in Rome, surrounding the tomb of St. Peter. <br /><br />Interestingly enough, St. Paul's cathedral in London, which once was Protestant, is now rebuilt as an exact duplicate of the Vatican and also has serpent pillars. <br /><br />Watch<a href="https://amazingdiscoveries.tv/media/132/219-the-wine-of-babylon/"> The Wine of Bablyon on ADtv</a> for more information.</p>

<p>An ancient goddess holding a croisier. <br /><br />Watch<a href="https://amazingdiscoveries.tv/media/132/219-the-wine-of-babylon/"> The Wine of Bablyon on ADtv</a> for more information.</p>

<p>A serpent door handle on St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, California. <a title="Pagan Catholic Architecture Gallery" href="../albums.html?action=album&aid=5428977213518190017" target="blank">View more images of pagan Catholic architecture</a>. <br /><br /><br />Watch<a href="https://amazingdiscoveries.tv/media/132/219-the-wine-of-babylon/"> The Wine of Bablyon on ADtv</a> for more information.</p>

<p>A dragon on a papal crest in the Vatican Museum. <br /><br />Watch<a href="https://amazingdiscoveries.tv/media/132/219-the-wine-of-babylon/"> The Wine of Bablyon on ADtv</a> for more information.</p>

<p>A serpent symbol on a Roman bridge built during pagan times. <br /><br />Watch<a href="https://amazingdiscoveries.tv/media/132/219-the-wine-of-babylon/"> The Wine of Bablyon on ADtv</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Roman bath in Bath, England. Notice the serpent, a symbol of healing. <br /><br />Watch<a href="https://amazingdiscoveries.tv/media/132/219-the-wine-of-babylon/"> The Wine of Bablyon on ADtv</a> for more information.<br /><br /></p>

<p><a title="Read our article about Mary" href="../S-deception_end-time_paganism_Catholic_Mary" target="blank">Mary</a> standing on a serpent in a church in Bethlehem. <br /><br /><br />Watch<a href="https://amazingdiscoveries.tv/media/132/219-the-wine-of-babylon/"> The Wine of Bablyon on ADtv</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Serpents behind the head of Lord Nrsimhadeva, India. <br /><br />Watch<a href="https://amazingdiscoveries.tv/media/132/219-the-wine-of-babylon/"> The Wine of Bablyon on ADtv</a> for more information.</p>

<p>Top picture: The winged serpent spirit, signifying the soul of the departed. Egypt.<br /><br /> Bottom picture: Winged serpent guardians on King Tut's throne Cairo, Egypt. <br /><br />Watch<a href="https://amazingdiscoveries.tv/media/132/219-the-wine-of-babylon/"> The Wine of Bablyon on ADtv</a> for more information.<br /><br /></p>

<p>Serpent crosiers were commonly carried by bishops and high Catholic officials during the Middle Ages. <br /><br /><br />Watch<a href="https://amazingdiscoveries.tv/media/132/219-the-wine-of-babylon/"> The Wine of Bablyon on ADtv</a> for more information.</p>