The Serpent's Flood Revelation 12:15

John the apostle wrote, “And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Therefore rejoice, you heavens, and you that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has but a short time, and when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent”, and in chapter twelve and verse fifteen of Revelation John shared how the “the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood” where we read:

And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman,

that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

The verse reads, “And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, ...” John began with the words, “and the serpent” which means “and the snake-like creature who deceived Eve and was regarded by the Jews as the devil” “cast out” or “threw, scattered and poured out” “of his mouth” which means “of the serpent's orifice in it's face used for speaking, eating an breathing” “water” or “like water in rivers, fountains or pools” “as a flood” which means “like a stream, river or torrent” “after the woman” or “pursuing and chasing the female John saw which represented Israel”. John watched as the “snake-like creature” or the “devil” spewed “a torrential river” which pursued Israel as she fled to the wilderness.

The verse goes on to say, “... that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.” John continued with the words, “that he might cause her” which means “that the snake-like creature could make, produce and be the means through which Israel was” “to be carried away” or “overwhelmed and drowned” “of the flood” which means “by the torrential river”. John stated the reason for the “serpent's flood” was to attempt to “drown” Israel before she reached the wilderness.

When we consider John's words in this verse, we discover the wickedness of the enemy of God, the devil. Satan desires to destroy Israel because they were the nation through whom God's Son Jesus, the Messiah, was born, and He was to become the “Savior and Lord” of the whole world. Everyone who believes and trusts in Jesus shall be “saved”, and the “devil” hates that idea. God's chosen people Israel have been assaulted time and time again to destroy them and the Messiah Jesus, and though many have tried, none shall be successful, this “flood” produced by “the devil” shall fail as well.

Next time John shares how, “the earth helped the woman”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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