So John wants to encourage and support these disciples So perhaps words like loyalty and obedience are associated to discipleship But maybe also words like devotion, dedication, love, are also part of discipleship So how do we find this in the signs and symbols in the chapters we read?? A summary Revelation 12, he is portrayed as a red dragon, whom John calls the devil, “In Satan, the serpent of the old (12:9). Who, says John, the whole world”. In “deceives Revelation 12 the dragon stands before a woman about to give birth to a child. When she does, the dragon tries to kill the child, but he cannot. He, therefore, in his rage, goes after the woman. He goes after the people of God. He goes after the disciples of Jesus. But not directly. Instead, the dragon goes after the disciples of Jesus through two other forces: two puppet powers, two Phantom Menaces. One is represented as a beast from the sea, the other is a beast from the earth (13:1 and 13:11). Remember chapter 6 we spoke about imitators – And that came to copy Christ it is possible to see the rider on the white horse – as an imitator Well here, is a possible mimic or imitation The and two dragons 3 A kind of Trinity but a counterfeit – – A deceiver and accuser Here’s a a copycat – Revelation 12 describes the dragon mimicking the description of God in Revelation 4 Revelation 13: 1 -10 the beast from the sea mimicking description of Jesus in Revelation 5 Revelation 13: 11-18 the beast of earth mimic description of the Spirit of God Revelation 11
So John wants to encourage and support these disciples So perhaps words like loyalty and obedience are associated to discipleship But maybe also words like devotion, dedication, love, are also part of discipleship So how do we find this in the signs and symbols in the chapters we read?? A summary “In Revelation 12, he is portrayed as a red dragon, whom John calls the devil, Satan, the serpent of the old (12:9). Who, says John, “deceives the whole world”. In Revelation 12 the dragon stands before a woman about to give birth to a child. When she does, the dragon tries to kill the child, but he cannot. He, therefore, in his rage, goes after the woman. He goes after the people of God. He goes after the disciples of Jesus. But not directly. Instead, the dragon goes after the disciples of Jesus through two other forces: two puppet powers, two Phantom Menaces. One is represented as a beast from the sea, the other is a beast from the earth (13:1 and 13:11). Remember chapter 6 – we spoke about imitators And that came to copy Christ – it is possible to see the rider on the white horse as an imitator Well here, is a possible mimic or imitation The and two dragons – 3 A kind of Trinity – but a counterfeit A deceiver and accuser Here’s a – a copycat Revelation 12 describes the dragon mimicking the description of God in Revelation 4 Revelation 13: 1 -10 the beast from the sea mimicking description of Jesus in Revelation 5 Revelation 13: 11-18 the beast of earth mimic description of the Spirit of God Revelation 11
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