Revelation · Section 6 of 10
The Cosmic Conflict
Revelation 12:1–14:20 · days 20–24
Chapters 12 to 14 step back to show the conflict behind the scenes: a woman, a child and a dragon, two beasts who demand worship, and the Lamb standing with his people on Mount Zion. The section closes with pictures of harvest and winepress.
Studies in this section
Revelation · Day 20The Dragon Has Already Lost
Revelation 12:1-17Behind the trumpets and the pressure on the church stands a dragon at war with God's people and God's Son, but the Child has been caught up to the throne, the accuser has been thrown down, and the Lamb's blood and his people's faithful testimony have already overcome him.
Revelation · Day 21Who Is Like the Beast?
Revelation 13:1-10The dragon raises up a beast, a God-defying power that imitates the Lamb and demands the worship that belongs to God, but its authority is borrowed, its time is limited, and its victory over the saints is answered by their patient endurance.
Revelation · Day 22A Lamb's Horns, a Dragon's Voice
Revelation 13:11-18A second beast, gentle in appearance and deadly in speech, uses signs, an image, and economic pressure to lead the world into worshiping the first beast, and the church is called to wise discernment, loyalty to the Lamb, and no easy answers about the number 666.
Revelation · Day 23The Song Only the Redeemed Sing
Revelation 14:1-13While the beasts demand worship from the shore, the Lamb stands on Mount Zion with a company who carry his name, and three angels announce the eternal Good News, the fall of Babylon, and a solemn warning, so that the saints can persevere and the dying in Christ can rest.
Revelation · Day 24Grain Gathered, Grapes Trampled
Revelation 14:14-20The Son of Man reaps a ripe earth and an angel treads the winepress of God's wrath, a sobering picture that shows evil being ended at its appointed hour, and that points us back to the One who first drank the cup of wrath for his people.