Revelation 12:3 And there
appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven
heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
This is clearly Satan, who is also
known as Lucifer. He is, possibly, described in part physically in Job 41 as
the description there is of a dragon,
what we since the 1800’s have called a dinosaur.
The last verse in the chapter is revealing.
[Note in the following that leviathan references simply a large
creature, just as the word whale
does, and is not referring to a specific species or other taxonomic
classification, which were invented after this Bible was translated and cannot
be read back into it honestly.
Genesis 1:21 And God created
great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought
forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and
God saw that it was good.
Psalm 104:26 There go the ships:
there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.]
Job 41:1 ¶ Canst thou draw out
leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose?
or bore his jaw through with a thorn? 3
Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto
thee? 4 Will he make a covenant with
thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? 5 Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or
wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? 6
Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among
the merchants? 7 Canst thou fill his
skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? 8 Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle,
do no more. 9 Behold, the hope of him is
in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? 10 None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who
then is able to stand before me?
11 ¶ Who hath prevented me, that I should repay
him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. 12 I will not conceal his parts, nor his power,
nor his comely proportion. 13 Who can
discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double
bridle? 14 Who can open the doors of his
face? his teeth are terrible round about. 15
His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. 16 One is so near to another, that no air can
come between them. 17 They are joined
one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered. 18 By his neesings a light doth shine, and his
eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. 19
Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. 20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a
seething pot or caldron. 21 His breath
kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. 22 In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is
turned into joy before him. 23 The
flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they
cannot be moved. 24 His heart is as firm
as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. 25 When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are
afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves. 26 The sword of him that layeth at him cannot
hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. 27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as
rotten wood. 28 The arrow cannot make
him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble. 29 Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at
the shaking of a spear. 30 Sharp stones
are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire. 31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he
maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. 32
He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be
hoary. 33 Upon earth there is not his
like, who is made without fear. 34 He beholdeth all high things: he is a king
over all the children of pride.
Notice another cross-reference in
Isaiah.
Isaiah 27:1 ¶ In that day the
LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the
piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the
dragon that is in the sea.
We have his color, red, and this symbology, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven
crowns upon his heads.
This, most likely, is a reference
to his nature and ten specific kingdoms over which he exerts control. As for Red, remember the red horse of the
second seal?
Revelation 6:4 And there went
out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to
take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was
given unto him a great sword.
The crimson stain of our sin?
Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us
reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be
as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Red is a very significant color.
It was the color of baby Esau.
Genesis 25:25 And the first came
out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
And, among other things, it was in
the name of the sea through which God safely led the Hebrews, like the passage
He makes for Christians through death and destruction.
What about the seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns
upon his heads?
Revelation 17:3 So he carried me
away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet
coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
This woman in chapter 17, whom we
will discuss later, possesses these seven heads and ten horns. Let’s not jump
ahead as there are many things to review before we get to those explanations,
which like chapters 11 and 12, maybe take us out of the linear exposition of
events and give us background and an overview.
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