Revelation Chapter 12
The woman, Israel. Red dragon, Satan. The
tribulation is yet future. This is a parenthetical chapter.1
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Parenthetical chapters (Ch 10 The "Little Book", The Seven Thunders; Ch 11 The
Temple, The Two Witnesses; Ch 12 The Woman, the Man Child & the Dragon; Ch 13
The Two Beasts).
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Yes, Rome riding the beast. "The woman represents a
corrupt religious system depicted by the city of Babylon (17:8)." Willmington,
H. L. (1999). The Outline Bible (Re 17:8–18). Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House
Publishers.