CHAPTER 12
And
a great
sign
appeared
in
heaven:
a woman
clothed in
the
sun,
with
the
moon
under
her
feet
and
a crown
of twelve
stars
on
her
head.
Then
another
sign
appeared
in
heaven:
a huge
red
dragon
with
seven
heads,
ten
horns,
and
seven
royal crowns
on
his
heads.
His
tail
swept
a
third
of the
stars
from
the sky,
tossing
them
to
the
earth.
And
the
dragon
stood
before
the
woman
as she was about
to give birth,
ready to
devour
her
child
as soon as
He was born.
And
she gave birth
to a son,
a male child,
who
will
rule
all
the
nations
with
an iron
scepter;
and
her
child
was caught up
to
God
and
to
His
throne.
The
woman
fled
into
the
wilderness,
where
God
had prepared
a place
for
her
to be nourished
for 1,260
days.
Then
a war
broke out
in
heaven:
Michael
and
his
angels
fought
against
the
dragon,
and
the
dragon
and
his
angels
fought back.
But
the dragon was not strong enough,
and no longer
was any place
found
in
heaven
for him and his angels.
And
the
great
dragon
was hurled down—
the
ancient
serpent
called
the devil
and
Satan,
the
deceiver
of the
whole
world.
He was hurled
to
the
earth,
and
his
angels
with
him.
And
I heard
a loud
voice
in
heaven,
saying:
“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
has been thrown down,
he who
accuses
them
day
and
night
before
our
God.
They
have conquered
him
by
the
blood
of the
Lamb
and
by
the
word
of
their
testimony;
and
they did not love
their
lives
so as to shy away from
death.
Therefore
rejoice,
O
heavens,
and
you who
dwell
in
them!
But woe to
the
earth
and
the
sea;
with
great
fury
the
devil
has come down
to
you,
knowing
he has
only a short
time."
And
when
the
dragon
saw
that
he had been thrown
to
the
earth,
he pursued
the
woman
who
had given birth
to the
male child.
But
the
woman
was given
two
wings
of a
great
eagle
to
fly
from
the presence
of the
serpent
to
her
place
in
the
wilderness,
where
she was nourished
for a time,
and
times,
and
half
a time.
Then
from
the
mouth
of the
serpent
spewed
water
like
a river
to overtake
the
woman
and
sweep
her
away in the torrent.
But
the
earth
helped
the
woman
and
opened
its
mouth
to swallow up
the
river
that
had poured
from
the
dragon’s
mouth.
And
the
dragon
was enraged
at
the
woman,
and
went
to make
war
with
the
rest
of
her
children,
who
keep
the
commandments
of God
and
hold to
the
testimony
of Jesus.
And
the dragon stood
on
the
sand
of the
seashore.