Revelation 12 depicts a battle between Satan and God in graphic apocalyptic imagery. "A pregnant woman about to give birth appeared in heaven clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of 12 stars on her head... then also appeared an enormous red dragon with 7 heads, 10 horns and 7 crowns on his heads... his tail swept a third of the stars from the sky... and he waited for the woman to give birth to that he could devour the baby... and she had a boy who will rule all nations... but the child was snatched up to God's throne... and the woman fled to the desert to a place prepared by God where she was taken care of for 1,260 days... then there was war in heaven as Michael and his angels fought against the dragon... and the dragon and his angels lost their place in heaven... as the ancient serpent called the devil and Satan was hurled to the earth... and I heard a loud voice from heaven declaring... this is the salvation, power and kingdom of God and the authority of Christ... who has hurled down the accusers of the brothers... who overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony... so rejoice... but woe to the earth and sea because the devil has gone down to you... and he is furious because he knows his time is short... then the dragon chased the woman but she was given eagle's wings so she could fly somewhere safe in the desert out of the serpent's reach... so the serpent spewed a river of water to try and drown her and sweep her away... but the earth helped the woman swallowing up the river... so the dragon was enraged and went to war against those who obey God's commandments".
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