[:en]The woman represents Israel who brought the Savior into the world. The Child is Jesus Christ. The dragon is Satan who attempted to keep Jesus from being born and attempted to kill him after He was born. Satan was able to deceive one third of the angels into following him (v. 4) He also accused God’s people but they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the Word of their testimony (v. 10-11) The dragon had been hurled to the earth and he tried to pursue the woman and spewed water like a river. But the earth helped the woman and the dragon was enraged and went off to make war against the rest of her offspring – those who obey God’s command and hold on to the testimony of Jesus. (vs. 13-17)
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