In his struggle against Christ and His saints, "the accuser of our brethren is cast down," while the saints "overcame him by the blood of the Lamb." Rev. In the war fought by the dragon in heaven, the dragon "prevailed not," but "was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." Rev.
In the struggle which the seven-headed beast carries on against the forces of righteousness, its doom is in each case foretold. 17:6) and of the ten horns of the beast, we are told that they "shall make war with the Lamb" (Rev. Of the woman who sat on the scarlet beast of Revelation 17 it is said that she was "drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus" (Rev. This beast was engaged in blasphemy against God, His tabernacle, and those that dwell in heaven, and made war with the saints. 12:13-17).Ĭoncerning the leopardlike beast of Revelation 13, the question is raised: "Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?" Rev. 12:12) which "persecuted the woman," drove her into the wilderness, cast forth a flood of water against her, and made war with the remnant of her seed (Rev. And it was this same beast which with great wrath came down against the "inhabiters of the earth and of the sea" (Rev. It was this dragon which "stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born." Rev. It was the great red dragon that had part in the "war in heaven," when 'Michael and His angels fought against the dragon and the dragon fought and his angels." Rev. 17:3-5).Įach of these beasts, is represented as being at enmity with God and at war with the forces of righteousness. 131, 2) and last, the scarlet-colored beast on which sat the woman, Babylon, "mother of harlots and abominations of the earth" (Rev. 12:3) next, the leopardlike beast which John saw rise out of the sea, having the feet of a bear and the mouth of a lion, and drawing his power and authority from the dragon (Rev. In the book of Revelation three different beasts are described as having seven heads and ten horns: first, the "great red dragon" (Rev.
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