Apocalipsis 12:10-18

10 Luego oí una fuerte voz que resonaba por todo el cielo:
«Por fin han llegado
la salvación y el poder,
el reino de nuestro Dios,
y la autoridad de su Cristo.
Pues el acusador de nuestros hermanos
—el que los acusa delante de nuestro Dios día y noche—
ha sido lanzado a la tierra.

11 Ellos lo han vencido por medio de la sangre del Cordero
y por el testimonio que dieron.
Y no amaron tanto la vida
como para tenerle miedo a la muerte.

12 Por lo tanto, ¡alégrense, oh cielos!
¡Y alégrense, ustedes, los que viven en los cielos!
Pero el terror vendrá sobre la tierra y el mar,
pues el diablo ha descendido a ustedes con gran furia,
porque sabe que le queda poco tiempo».

13 Cuando el dragón se dio cuenta de que había sido lanzado a la tierra, persiguió a la mujer que había dado a luz al hijo varón;

14 pero a ella se le dieron dos alas como las de una gran águila para que pudiera volar al lugar que se había preparado para ella en el desierto. Allí sería cuidada y protegida lejos del dragón
durante un tiempo, tiempos y la mitad de un tiempo.

15 Luego el dragón trató de ahogar a la mujer con un torrente de agua que salía de su boca;

16 pero entonces la tierra ayudó a la mujer y abrió la boca y tragó el río que brotaba de la boca del dragón.

17 Así que el dragón se enfureció contra la mujer y le declaró la guerra al resto de sus hijos, a todos los que obedecen los mandamientos de Dios y se mantienen firmes en su testimonio de Jesús.

18 Entonces el dragón se plantó
a la orilla junto al mar.

Apocalipsis 12:10-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO REVALATION 12

This chapter contains a vision of two wonders or signs seen in heaven, a woman and a dragon, and an account of what followed thereon, war both in heaven and earth. The vision of the woman is in Re 12:1,2, who is described by her being clothed with the sun; by her having the moon under her feet; by a crown of twelve stars on her head; and by her pregnancy, travail, pains, and cry. The vision of the dragon is in Re 12:3,4, who is described by his size, a great one; by his colour, red; by the number of his heads and horns, and the crowns on the former; by the force and strength of his tail, drawing and casting: down to the earth the third part of the stars of heaven; and by his position, standing before the woman, in order to devour her child when born. Next follows an account of the birth of her child, and what became of that and her: the child is said to be a man child, is described as a monarch, and as advanced to great honour and dignity; but she flies into the wilderness, where a place is prepared for her of God, and where she is hid for the space of 1260 days, Re 12:5,6; upon this ensues a war in heaven; the combatants on one side were Michael and his angels, and on the other the dragon and his; the issue of which was, that the latter were conquered, and cast out into the earth, Re 12:7-9, on account of which victory a triumphant song is sung by the inhabitants of heaven, because of salvation and strength that were come to them; and because of the kingdom and power of Christ, which now took place; and because of the ejection of Satan, the accuser of their brethren; in which song also notice is taken of the manner in which Satan was overcome by those he accused, by the blood of the Lamb, by the word of their testimony, and by their death; and it is concluded with an apostrophe to those that dwell in heaven, calling on them to rejoice, and to the inhabitants of the earth denouncing woe to them, because the devil was among them, whose wrath was great, his time being short, Re 12:10-12. Next follow the dragon's persecution of the woman, and her flight into the wilderness, and the care took of her there, as before described, Re 12:13,14; then the method the serpent took to annoy her, the help she received from the earth, and the wrath of the dragon upon that; which put him upon making war with the remnant of her seed, who kept the commandments of God, and had the testimony of Jesus, Re 12:15-17.