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  2. Revelation 12 - Wikipedia

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    Revelation 12 is the twelfth chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle, [1] [2] but the precise identity of the author remains a point of academic debate. [3]

  3. Serpents in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    The tannin, a dragon monster, also occurs throughout the Hebrew Bible. In the Book of Exodus, the staves of Moses and Aaron are turned into serpents, a nāḥāš for Moses, a tannin for Aaron. In the New Testament, the Book of Revelation makes use of ancient serpent and the Dragon several times to identify Satan or the Devil [3] (Revelation 12 ...

  4. The Beast (Revelation) - Wikipedia

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    Just like the Dragon and the Sea Beast, it has seven heads and ten horns (Revelation 17:3), implying that these three are of the same species. Since there are also seven heads and ten horns among the four animals of Daniel 7, and since the animals of Daniel 7 exist until Christ's return, the seven heads and ten horns of the beasts in Revelation ...

  5. Devil in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    A medieval tapestry, depicting the devil as a dragon with 7 heads in the Book of Revelation. The Book of Revelation describes a battle in heaven (Revelation 12:7–10) [83] between a dragon/serpent "called the devil, or Satan" and the archangel Michael resulting in the dragon's fall.

  6. Book of Revelation - Wikipedia

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    The Dragon is imprisoned in the Bottomless Pit for a thousand years. (20:1–3) The resurrected martyrs live and reign with Christ for a thousand years. (20:4–6) After the Thousand Years The Dragon is released and goes out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the Earth—Gog and Magog—and gathers them for battle at the holy city ...

  7. War in Heaven - Wikipedia

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    When the dragon fought with the Archangel Michael. The voice of a thousand thousand was heard saying: Salvation, honour and power be to almighty God. A thousand thousand ministered to him and ten hundreds of thousands stood before him. Alleluia. Variant 1: For a serpent was waging war; and Michael fought with him and emerged victorious.

  8. Leviathan - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] Parallels to the role of Mesopotamian Tiamat defeated by Marduk have long been drawn in comparative mythology, as have been wider comparisons to dragon and world serpent narratives, such as Indra slaying Vrtra or Thor slaying Jörmungandr. [4] Leviathan also figures in the Hebrew Bible as a metaphor for a powerful enemy, notably Babylon ...

  9. Dragon - Wikipedia

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    A dragon is a magical legendary creature that appears in the ... a real dragon came and visited ... references to Near Eastern dragons preserved in the Bible, ...