Revelation 12:1, A woman clothed with the sun travails; Revelation 12:4, The great red dragon stands before her, ready to devour her child; Revelation 12:6, when she is delivered she flees into the wilderness; Revelation 12:7, Michael and his angels fight with the dragon, and prevail; Revelation 12:13, The dragon, being cast down into the earth, persecutes the woman.
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Revelation 12 — OverviewRevelation 12 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIt is generally agreed by the most learned expositors that the
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sounding of the seventh trumpet to the opening of the vials, is not a
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he would put enmity between the seed of the woman and the seed of the
serpent, Gen. iii. 15. You will observe,
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