Revelation 12:17 (NASB) 17So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus.
Revelation 13:1a (NASB) And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore.
Because the offspring holds to the testimony of Jesus, this must refer to the body of Christ, of those who place their trust in the Son. The dragon does not place his trust in or on that rock, but continues to stand in the sand of his own will and hate.
He will only stand for a while. Though he has been defeated, he seeks to take as many as he can down with him as he can. He was a murderer from the beginning, the agent of death through the sin of disobedience.
With cold and merciless eyes, he looks out over the sea of humanity.
No comments:
Post a Comment