I'd like you to turn in your Bibles today to the book of the Revelation, chapter 11. We'll begin with verse 15 today, and we will enter into Revelation chapter 12, verses 1 to 17. Verse 15 of chapter 11 is where I began my reading. And the seventh angel sounded, and there were great voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of this world are become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he shall reign forever and ever." And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces and worshiped God, saying, "We give thee thanks, O Lord God, Almighty, which are and was and are to come, because thou hast taken to thee thy great power and hast reign." And the nations were angry.

And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou should give reward unto thy servants, the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great, and shouldst destroy them which destroyed the earth. And the temple of God. And the temple of God was opening in heaven. And there was seen in his temple the ark of his covenant, and there were lightning, and voices, and thundering, and an earthquake, and a great hail. Chapter 12, verse 1, "And there appeared a great wonder in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars.

And she, being with the child, cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. And there appeared another wonder in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads, and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his head. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman, which was ready to be delivered, for to destroy her child as soon as it was born. And she brought forth a man's child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days. And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. And the dragon fought and his angels. And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent called the devil and Satan, which deceiveth 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 Messiah, 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 death. Therefore rejoice, ye heaven, and ye 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 knoweth that he hath but a short time. And when the dragon saw that he was cast into 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 the serpent cast out of his mouth waters as a flood, after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood, which the dragon cast out of his mouth. And the dragon was wrathed with the woman, and he went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which kept the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Yeshua the Messiah. What a reading! Revelation chapter 11 from verse 15 into Revelation chapter 12, all the way there to the end of chapter 12. And today, dear brothers and sisters, I really want to be occupied with these verses in order to help us to understand these verses.

We must bear in mind, as we understand these verses, that we are now, in the text that we have read, we are somewhere in the middle of the tribulation. Never forget for a moment, we have already passed from chapter 4, all the way to where we are today, in chapter 11. We have already understood that the heavenly company, the church, is already in glory. We are surrounding Yeshua the Messiah in heaven. We are right represented by the 24 elders. We are, the body of Messiah is in heaven, in the presence of God. But we have scenes here that occur during the seven year tribulation period. What is known to be, in Hebrew, "Tsarat Yaakov", Jacob's trouble.

We have already covered much ground. We have already have seen that the Messiah Yeshua was opening seven seals. And every seal that he had opened, it was a judgment that came from God. And by the time he opened the seventh seal, he was really introducing seven additional judgments, which are called the trumpet judgments. Every time the trumpet was sound by the angel, it was really another judgment that was coming. In fact, there is an intensity in the judgment as they are falling here upon the face of this earth. So, at the time we have arrived to chapter 11, we have already also seen in the first 14 verses, we have seen the two additional witnesses which God will raise during the tribulation period.

We have looked over those verses already, and we have understood that those witnesses will speak for the Messiah, will speak for God. In fact, God called them "my two witnesses". They will be prophets that will prophesy, hear, and convict this world concerning the need of repentance, and the need to turn to God. And as they were preaching, and they were speaking to men here in this world, they were not loved at all, as we have read. That the antichrist, the counterfeit Messiah, the false Messiah ended up killing them, leaving them on the streets of the city of Jerusalem for three and a half days without to bury them.

And if you remember, as we have read also in the earlier verses, in the first 14 verses of Revelation 11, they were giving gifts. People were so happy because of those two witnesses, because of their death, that they were celebrating in giving gifts to one another. And if you remember, we mentioned the fact that the only time that we find rejoicing in the tribulation is right here over the death of the two prophets of God. Because men's heart is hard, and the message of God convicts them. And they either soften their hearts and turn to the Lord, or they are hardening their heart and going against the Lord.

And so they were happy. They were giving gifts. But then, in a miraculous way, God had raised those two witnesses. And they stood and appeared in the city of Jerusalem alive. And then God called them, and He took them up to heaven, as it says in verse 12. "Come up hither!" And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies beheld them. That's how we concluded in our last ministry meeting together. And you remember those last verses, verse 13 and 14, and especially verse 14. We also found out that this area of the reading, and what happened there, it's the second woe. You notice it said in verse 14, "The second woe is passed, and behold, a third woe is coming quickly." So, what we really learn here, that there was seven trumpet judgments, and the last three, the fifth, the sixth, and the seventh trumpet judgments, are really called in the scripture, the three woes.

You know, we read in the scripture often times, "Woe is me. Woe is men." This is when there is fear coming. And that is when there is, in other words, God is alerting men to realize there is yet to come. There is yet more judgment to come upon this world. And so, we see that at the end, in verse 14, we really have finished the two woes, and there is only one more judgment is awaiting, and that is called the seventh judgment trumpet. Now, the seventh judgment trumpet opened to us another seven judgments. I know it sometimes seems to be confusing, but listen, when the seventh trumpet will sound, it will introduce additional seven judgments that they will be in the second half of the tribulation, and they are called, we're going to read it later on, the ball judgments.

There will be judgment as if God will pour, will turn over a ball and pour that ball, and it will come as judgment upon the face of this earth. We'll read that in chapter 15 and chapter 16 of the book of the Revelation. So, we have arrived now into Revelation 11 verses 15, to the end of this chapter, to verse 19, and there are some things that are all of a sudden introduced before us in those verses. What we really see is that the seventh trumpet is being sounded, and when the seventh trumpet is being sounded, there is a proclamation in heaven of the results of God's judgment against this world.

Look what we read in verses 15 to verse 18. Look what we read all of a sudden here. It says, "And the seventh angel sounded, and there were great voices in heaven." Now, I pause here for a moment. You will notice in those verses that we read today, from verse 15 of chapter 11 to verse 17 of chapter 12, that there is at least seven times that the word "heaven" or "in heaven" is mentioned. In other words, John, you remember, he sees things that are happening on earth, but he also sees things that are happening in heaven and the combining of the two. You can see, he sees something that's going on in heaven, but he also sees things which indicates of events that will occur here on earth as well.

So, what does he do? What does he see in verse 15? There was a great voice in heaven. And look at this, this voice now saying those words, "The kingdom of this world are become the kingdom of our Lord and of his anointed one, his Messiah. And he shall reign forever and ever. And the four and twenty elders which sat before God on their seats, they fell upon their faces and they worshiped God. And they said, "We give to thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art and which was and which is to come, because you have taken to thee thy great power and you have reigned." You see, what's happened now, in a sense what we see here in those verses, John sees that there is a rejoicing that is in heaven because soon the Messiah is going to take his rightful place here in this world.

Because the word "you have taken," notice that in verse 15, "the kingdom of this world will become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign forever and ever." You see, now John sees that there is a joy in heaven because the kingdom of this world becomes the kingdom of the Messiah. Now, I know in your Bibles you might have the word "kingdoms" in plural, but it should not be in plural, it should be singular. It should be the kingdom singular of this world become the kingdom singular of the Lord and of his Messiah. Why it is singular is because at the end of the tribulation, especially the second half towards the end, the counterfeit Messiah, the false Mashiach, he will seek to unite the world and to make the world as one world kingdom, single.

He want to reign over the rest of the world. He want to take a place here in this world, and therefore it is one kingdom headed up under the counterfeit Messiah. But at the end of the tribulation, and that's what they are singing about, about some things that yet are going to happen in the future, they are singing about the fact that this kingdom that the counterfeit Messiah wanted to take for himself is not going to be his. Because this kingdom is going to be, belong to the anointed one, to the true Mashiach, Yeshua himself. And they are glorifying God in heaven. That's what John is seeing here.

And notice the church, this is us, the believers, in verse 16, the four and twenty elders, which we read of them already earlier in the book of the Revelation, what do they do? They rejoice! Because they know now that finally the Messiah is going to be in his rightful place. So they fell on their faces, and they worshiped God, and they said in verse 17, "To you we give thanks, O Lord our God. You are the one that was, you are the one that are, you are the one that is going to come, because you has taken to thee this great power, and you have reigned." They are worshipping God, they are worshipping the Messiah, because they see the finality he is heading.

They are going to see the fact that he is going to finally reign over this poor world that is anticipating a time of peace, a time of blessings. And here we can see that the church, the heavenly company, is rejoicing over this fact. Actually, where we are in chapter 11, it didn't happen as yet, but we can see a glimpse of what there is anticipation for the end of the tribulation, where the Messiah will finally take his rightful place and will reign over this universe. You know, Daniel, when he was speaking in Daniel chapter 2, he was speaking about this kingdom that the Messiah will have. He says in Daniel chapter 2 and verse 44, "For in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom," singular, "which shall never be destroyed, and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms of men, and it shall stand for ever and ever." This is the messianic hope is that Israel's Messiah will finally take his rightful place and be the King of kings and Lord of lords.

And so, here we see that glimpse of anticipation. And then, notice now, the people in heaven were happy, but look what the people on earth we read here in the next verse, 18, "And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and thou should give reward unto thy servants, the prophets, and to the saints, and to them that fear thy name, small and great, and should destroy them which destroy the earth." While the heavenly company rejoicing in the coming kingdom of the Messiah, and on earth the nations are angry at God. They are angry because God's wrath is going to fall upon them, and so they are upset with God, because God is going to judge this world in righteousness.

He is going to establish the kingdom, and the Messiah is going to reign, but the unbelieving world are going to be angry at God. They are not going to be happy. God is going to deal with them, and God is going to reward his prophets, his servants, and to them he will give a reward in the Messianic kingdom." Now remember again, brothers and sisters, though we talk about the Messianic kingdom, we are not here yet, but we get glimpse about the coming kingdom in the future day. So those are the verses, verses 15 to 18, that shows us a proclamation in heaven about the future days, when the tribulation will be over.

Now all of a sudden also, we see in verse 19, the last verse of chapter 11, the temple of God in heaven, and it was opened there in preparation for the coming judgment. Look, we read, "And the temple of God was opened in heaven." Again, I want you to notice how many times the word "in heaven." We read in verse 15, "Voices in heaven." Now verse 19, "The temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his covenant, and there was lightning, and voices, and thundering, and the earthquake, and a great hail." What we also see in verse 19, that in preparation, as the seventh trumpet sound was sounded, that now we see in heaven the true temple of God, and the covenant of God.

He's a covenant-keeping God. Because you see here the temple, the ark of the covenant, and there was lightning, and voices, and thundering, and earthquake, and hail, in preparation of the coming second half of the tribulation period. And so that is the conclusion of Revelation 11 verses 15 to 19, the scene in heaven, as the seventh trumpet is being sounded, and the proclamation concerning the coming days. Now we begin with chapter 12. And in chapter 12, dear brothers and sisters, in Revelation here, we are really, chapter 12 and chapter 13, we are introduced here to what you call the counterfeit Godhead. Just the same like we had God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit.

We see in those two chapters, chapter 12 and chapter 13, that all throughout the ages, Satan have always thought to counterfeit that which is real, to take the place of God. And what we see here in chapter 12 and chapter 13, in chapter 13, an introduction to the three individuals, that appears to take the place of the Godhead. Satan, seek to be the counterfeit God, God the Father. The first beast in chapter 13, that rises from the sea, he seeks to take the place of the Son. He is the counterfeit God the Son. And then in chapter 13, from verses 11 to the end, to the end, we have the third person. This is the second beast, which is rising from the earth.

He seeks to take the place of the Holy Spirit of God. So we see, God the Father, God the Son, God the Spirit. Counterfeit God the Father, counterfeit God the Son, and counterfeit God the Holy Spirit. So let's look over now, in chapter 12, in those 17 verses, let's see, what we learn here, some important things. The theme really, is Satan himself. He is the subject here, and what he's going to do, in the tribulation period. He's called the dragon, and here, we read of the dragon, Satan, is persecuting the Jewish people, Israel, in the tribulation period. I don't have to tell you, that there is no generation, in the history of our people, the Jewish people, that we didn't experience persecution.

There is no nation, like the nation of Israel, that have experienced, so much persecution, and hatred, by mankind. Now we ask ourselves the question, where did this hatred, came from? How come, there is a hatred, towards the nation of Israel, that Israel is experiencing, from generation to generation? Even today, you can see it around the world. Why is it, that the world, hate Israel, so much? Which, chapter 12, helped us to see, that the origin, of the hatred, towards our nation, Israel, the Jewish people, the Hebrews, is Satan himself. Satan hates God, and he hates, those, that belong, to God. Satan, want to take, the place of God, and Satan, want to replace, the people of God, to remove them, to curse them, to judge them, to judge them, because of his envy, and his desire, to hurt God, and God's people.

Well, look what we see here, in chapter 12. The first six verses, we can see, two wonders in heaven. Again, I told you, that we read many times, the word, in heaven, in those verses. Verses one to five, take us historically, to the history, of the nation of Israel, to the past history, take us to the past. The first wonder, that John sees, he sees a wonder in heaven, and he sees a woman. And many people, have an opinion upon, who is this woman? Some over the years said, well, this woman is the church. Others said, over the years, this woman is Miriam, the mother of Yeshua, the Messiah.

There are other opinions, that men have, some says, this is saying about the church, this is Rome, speak about Rome. This woman, according to some, they say that this woman, is either the church, or either Rome, or either Miriam. But I want you to notice, that the text, helps us to see, who the woman, really is. Look, again, I saw, a great wonder, in heaven. A woman, closed, and now, notice, with the sun, and the moon, under her feet, and upon her head, a crown, of twelve stars. Now, if you remember, earlier, in our reading today, we read in Genesis chapter 37, of the dreams, that Yosef, the son of Yaakov, was dreaming, among his brethren.

And you remember, one of the dreams, that he had, that we read, in Genesis chapter 37, and verses 9, 10, and 11, we read, of the dream, that he was dreaming, concerning the sun, the moon, and the stars. He dreamed, another dream, we read in verse 9, of Genesis 37, and he told this, to his brethren. And he said, to them, I have dreamed, another dream. And he says, behold, the sun, and the moon, and the eleven stars, made obedience unto me. In other words, they bowed, before me. And he told it, to his father, and to his brethren. And his father rebuked him, and he said to him, what is this dream, that you dreamed?

Shall I, this is Jacob, and your mother, the mother of Joseph, was Rachel, and your brethren, indeed come, and bow down, ourself, to thee, to the earth? Jacob kept this dream, in his mind. This dream, was a prophetic message, concerning the future day, that actually, that the brethren, of Joseph, will ultimately, will recognize, will recognize him, and will come, bow to him, in the land of Egypt. You remember, after they rejected him, later on, they have accepted him. And Joseph, is a picture, of Yeshua, the Messiah, throughout scripture. Here, John is picking up, that dream, if you will. In heaven, he received, or he sees, this vision, concerning this woman, that she is closed, with the sun, and the moon, and the twelve stars.

And how do we know, that this woman, is not the church? Because the church, is already, in glory. The church, is not here, we are in the middle, of the tribulation, and we see, that this woman, does not represent, the church, does not represent, Rome, does not represent, Miriam, but it represents, the whole nation, of Israel. The people of Israel, the Jewish people, the whole nation, of Israel. You see, this woman, is depicted here, as a woman, that is ready, to give birth, to a man child. Look, again, I am reading, verse 2 now, of Revelation, chapter 12. It is the first, wonder, that John sees, in heaven.

She, this is Israel, been with a child, cried, travailing, in birth, and in pain, to be delivered. In other words, that woman, Israel, is going, to bring forth, this man child, the Messiah, himself. And how, do we know, that this man child, is the Messiah? Well, look in verse 5. She brought forth, the man child, listen, who was, to rule, all nation, with a rod, of iron. You see, the man child, is none else, but Yeshua, himself, himself, who was going, to rule, this universe, with a rod, of iron. God said, through the prophets, through the psalmist, in Psalm 2, he said, concerning the son, he says, in verse 7, he says, you are my son, this day, have I begotten thee, ask of me, and I shall give thee, the heathen, for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts, of the earth, for thy possession.

You shall break them, with a rod, of iron. You shall dash them, in pieces, like a potter's vessel. You see, brothers and sisters, it is very clear, we don't need to be, confusing things, the church, is in heaven, we just read, about the 24 elders, in verse 16, of chapter 11. Israel, is on earth, during the tribulation period, the women, represent the nation, of Israel, taking from, Genesis chapter 37, and the man, child, is none else, but the Lord, Yeshua, the Messiah, that Israel, was bringing, here, into this world. He was going to rule, to this world, with a rod of iron. He is the one, that God, have intended him, to rule all nations, with a rod of iron.

Now, what happened? That was the first vision, that Johnny sees, in heaven. The woman, she has, this child, that she is, travailing, to bring forth, in birth. Now, let me just mention, here, one or two things, over the years, how, many times, Satan, sought, Israel, to stop, to bring, the Messiah, into this world. Let me just tell you, for example, when Israel, was in Egypt, Pharaoh, sought to kill, every baby, from two years old, and down. Every baby, that was born, actually, it was Herod, but I'm talking, about Pharaoh now. Pharaoh, sought to kill, every baby boy, that was born, into this world. Satan, was trying, to not allow, Israel, to bring the Messiah, into this world.

And then, we don't have to go, too far, because years later, we read, in the book of Matthew, how Herod, wanted to kill, every baby boy, from two years and under. In order for the Messiah, not to come, into this world. There will be no, redemption, provided for mankind. Well, we see, that ultimately, she in pain, she brought forth, the Messiah. And we read, other passages, in scripture, about the woman, that Israel, often time, is being looked, as the wife, of Jehovah. And that Israel, will introduce, the Messiah, to this world. Verses that kind of, flying through my mind, Isaiah chapter 9, and verse 6, unto us, this is Israel, a child is born.

Unto us, this is Israel, a son is given. And the government, shall be upon his shoulder, and his name, shall be called, Wonderful Counselor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. That is the Messiah, that was going to come, through the nation of Israel. And this is so beautiful, dear brothers and sisters, to understand, that the woman, is Israel, and the man, child, is the Messiah. Another verse, that come to my mind, I don't want to, miss that, in the book of Micah. In the book of Micah, Israel is looked, like as a woman, be in pain. Chapter 4, of Micah, verse 10, and labor, to bring forth, or daughter of Zion, like a woman, in travail.

Chapter 5, of Micah, of Micah. And verse 2, But thou bet lechem, Ephrata, though thou be little, among the thousands, of Judah, yet out of you, this is Israel, shall come forth, unto me, the one, that shall rule, the nation of Israel. We have many verses, to show us, that this man child, is the Messiah, and this woman, is none else, but the nation, of Israel. So, we are back, to Revelation chapter 12, chapter 12, in verses 1 and 2, we saw the first wonder, but now look, at the second wonder, that John sees, in heaven. What is the second wonder? It is in verses, 3 and 4. We read that, there appeared, another wonder, in heaven, and behold, a great, red dragon, having seven hands, ten horns, and seven crowns, upon his head, and with his tail, he drew, he drew the third part, of the stars, of heaven, and he did cast them, into the earth.

Listen, and the dragon, stood before the woman, which was ready, to be delivered, in order, to devour, the child, as soon, as it was, brought forth, as soon, as it was born. The second vision, that John sees, he sees, he sees this, red dragon. Now, this red dragon, is none else, but Satan, himself. You may ask me, brother Gideon, how do you know, it is Satan, himself? Just go down, to verse 9. It says, "And the great dragon, was cast, that old serpent, called the devil, and Satan, which deceived, the whole world." This red dragon, is none else, but Satan. And, as John sees, the vision, about the woman, Israel, the baby boy, the man child, that was going to be born, the Messiah, that's the one vision, he sees another vision, and what does he see?

Satan, and he's called here, red dragon.

You know, every time you read, the word red, in scripture, it speaks of war, it speaks of blood, it speaks of death, and that is exactly, a description, of Satan, and when you think, about him, he's calling here, the dragon, he speaks, about the fact, that he's vicious, a dragon, is very vicious, he wants, to consume, his hatred, is so strong, that he wants, to consume, and that's what, we see here, that sign in heaven, this red dragon, in the Bible, the Lord, is calling him, a murderer, from the beginning, in John 8, and verse 44, he was a murderer, a killer, from the beginning, he sought, to destroy, he sought, to ruin, right, from

the beginning, and here, we see him, he says, in Hebrew, he has seven heads, ten horns, seven crowned, upon his heads, we will talk, about it later on, that speaks, about human governments, Satan, used human governments, over the ages, to control, to ruin, to seek, to not, allow the Messiah, to enter, into this world, and to finish, the work, on the cross, on the tree, and so, we see, this great, red dragon, vicious, one, here we see him, and you know, what he did, in verse 4, it says, that with his tail, he drew, a third part, of the stars, now in the New Testament, even in the Old Testament, the stars, even in the

book of Revelation, often refers, to angels, and what we learn here, from this verse, that even though, we do not know, how many angels, God created, but what we do know, from this verse, that one third, of the creation, of the angelic being, followed Satan, in other words, every third angel, if you will, ended up to be, what is known today, a demon, you see, he says here, that with his tail, he drew one third, part of the stars, one third of the stars, of heaven, and he cast them, into the earth, and the dragon, stood before the woman, before Israel, which was ready, to be delivered, in order to devour, the child, that was

soon, to be born, always, dear brothers, and sisters, look at the line, of scripture, in every time, the Lord, was giving us, in scripture, a prophetic message, concerning, the birth, of the Messiah, he intended, that the Messiah, will be born, through father Abraham, and then father Isaac, and then father Yaakov, and through, the twelve sons, of Yaakov, the line, was going to continue, through Judah, and as Judah, was entering, into this world, Judah, one of the families, of Judah, was the family, of Jesse, the family, of David, and when the Messiah, was going to come, he was going to come, as a descendant, of Abraham, through Isaac, through Jacob, through Jacob, the tribe of Judah,

and through, the family of Jesse, when the Messiah, was going to enter, into this world, and if you look, at the history, he sought, always, to oppose, the Hebrews, the Israelis, the Jewish people, he always hated them, and sought to destroy them, because, he does not, want, the Messiah, to take, his rightful place, here, in this world, so, he's standing, and this is, by the way, now we are looking back, now it's history, he's standing, before the woman, that is ready, to bring birth, to this man child, the Messiah, himself, but, look, in verse 5, he didn't succeed, to destroy, the entrance, of the Messiah, into this world, because it says, in verse 5, that,

she brought forth, the man child, this is Jesus, this is Yeshua, you remember, Matthew 1:21, and you shall call, his name Yeshua, for he shall save, his people, in connection there, with Israel, he shall save, his people, from their sins, this woman, Israel, brought forth, this man child, Yeshua the Messiah, and then, it says in verse 5, he was going to rule, the nations, with the rod of iron, he's the one, that was going, to become, the king of kings, and lord of lords, but you see, before he became, king of kings, and lord of lords, he had to go, through the cross, where he would pay, the penalty, for sin, and for sins, and

that's why, he had to die, he had to be rejected, by men, and that's why, Satan thinks, that he, succeeded, to allow him to die, he thought, he won a victory, but actually, Satan, was defeated, right there, when Yeshua the Messiah, died, and so, we read in verse 5, about Yeshua the Messiah, about this man child, that was going to rule, all the nations, with the rod of iron, we read, that the man child, was caught up, unto God, and to his throne, and you remember, we read, in Luke chapter 24, and in Acts chapter 1, that after the Lord, Yeshua the Messiah, died, was buried, and was raised, from among the dead, he was

taken up, to heaven, you remember that, in Acts chapter 1, I love these verses, where the angels, were talking, to the men, of Galilee, in Acts chapter 1, and they said to them, very clearly, in these beautiful verses, in Acts 1, and verse 11, where they said, ye men of Galilee, why stand ye up, gazing into heaven, this same Yeshua, which had been taken up, from you, into heaven, shall so come, in like manner, as ye have seen him, going into heaven, Yeshua was taken, from this earth, after he was rejected, by men, God had been so pleased, to take him, to his presence, and now, he is there, in the presence of God, in

glory, waiting the day, when he is going, to come, to rule, this world, with a rod, of iron, at his second coming, so, you see, brothers and sisters, see, in the first five verses, of chapter 12, of the book, of the revelation, now, all of a sudden, and remember, we are now, in the middle, of the tribulation, somewhere, and I said before, that throughout, the history, of this woman, Israel, Satan, this red dragon, always, were persecuting, the Jewish people, he was persecuting, him, them, through the time, of Hitler, through the time, crusaders, the Spanish, Inquisition, and we have, the Pharaoh, and we have, the Antiochus, epiphany, and we can look back, throughout the history, of

our people, the Jewish people, always have been, persecuted, but I want to say, that all, the persecution, that Israel, have experienced, in the past, is really, nothing, compared to what, they will experience, in the tribulation, period, all, what have happened, historically, is really, nothing, to be, compared, to what will happen, during the tribulation, period, that's why, brothers and sisters, it is called, Jacob's trouble, that's why, in Hebrew, it is called, Sarat Yaakov, that's why, the Lord Jesus, Yeshua, the Messiah, said in Matthew, chapter 24, and verse 21, he says, verse 22, except, those days, should be, shortened, there should, no flesh, be saved, that's why, Yeshua, the Messiah, said, there will be, such, great tribulation,

such, that was never, since, the beginning, of this world, even, to this time, in Revelation, chapter 12, we are in the middle, of the tribulation, period, we are going, to begin, in a sense, the second half, of the tribulation, and you are going, to see this, right now, in the next verses, look at this, in verse 6 now, we read, of something, that will happen, during the tribulation, to the Hebrews, to the Jewish people, it says, and the woman, she fled, into the wilderness, where she, this is Israel, have a place, prepared, of God, that they should, feed her there, for one thousand, two hundred, and sixty days, now, brothers, and sisters, we just read,

about this number, one thousand, two hundred, and sixty days, in chapter 11, and verse 3, this, one thousand, two hundred, and sixty days, are the first half, of the tribulation, where the two witnesses, have been witnessing, during the first half, of the tribulation, but here, we find out, the second half, of the tribulation, one thousand, two hundred, and sixty days, this is, three and a half years, the woman, had to flee, from the city, of Jerusalem, from the land, of Israel, into, notice that, the place, the wilderness, notice that, in verse 6, she fled, into the wilderness, where she had, a place, prepared, of God, that they should, feed her there, for these, three and

a half years, now, I want you to, note a few things here, the first thing, we know that, she had to flee, why does she, this is the woman, this is the nation, of Israel, why does the woman, has to flee, we're gonna read about it, in the next verses, in a few moments, that's the first thing, the second thing, you know, is that we read, wilderness here, if you look at a map, of Israel today, you will see, the north, Syria, and Egypt, in the south, look in the west, you see the Mediterranean Sea, and in the east, you see, what is known to be, Jordan, you know, the west bank, west side, of

the east bank, of the Jordan River, in the east, is really Jordan, what is present day, Jordan, known to us today, and, that's the wilderness, that the woman, Israel, is going to flee to, God, is telling, the people, of Israel, this woman, that she will, flee, in a time, of persecution, to what is known today, through this verse, as the wilderness, as the wilderness, now, go with me, back to, Matthew 24, I just want to show you, there in connection, with this chapter, Matthew chapter 24, is what is known today, the Olivet Discourse, and in the Olivet Discourse, Yeshua, the Messiah, was explaining, to his disciples, about events, that are going to occur, during the

tribulation period, and Yeshua, said to them, in Matthew 24, verse 15, when ye shall therefore, see the abomination, of desolation, spoken by Daniel, the prophet, standing, in the holy place, this is in the temple, whosoever read, let him understand, then, let them, which be in Judea, flee into the mountains, you notice that, the word mountains, is mentioned here, the word wilderness, is mentioned, in Revelation chapter 12, it is the same place, the mountains, what is known today, present day Jordan, is the wilderness, that is a present day, Jordan today, it is the area, that we know today, that called Bosra, in the book of Isaiah, it is the wilderness area, and then he says, whosoever

read, let him understand, let them, which be in Judea, flee into the mountains, let him, which is on the house top, do not come down, to take anything, out of his house, neither let him, which is in the field, returned back, to his own house, to take his clothes, and woe unto them, that are with a child, and to them, that give sack, in those days, but pray, that your flight, you see the word, to flee, Revelation 12, that your flight, be not in winter, neither on a Shabbat day, for then, shall be great tribulation, such as was not, since the beginning, of the world, you see what Yeshua, is telling to the future, remnant

of Israel, he says, listen, when you're gonna see, the abomination, of desolation, standing in the temple, in Jerusalem, this is when the Antichrist, gonna situate himself, in the temple, you better know, that that is a sign, for you to run, run for your life, don't come back home, if you're on the house top, don't go down, to take clothes, if you're in the field, don't come back, to your house, to take anything, but run, because this is the sign, that the greater part, of the tribulation, is going to begin, and you have to, make sure, that you flee, and use the word, mountains here, in Revelation chapter 12, he used the word, wilderness, brothers and

sisters, it is the same place, the area, that is known today, that some of us, understand it to be, Petra, Bozrah, in the wilderness, area, in Jordan, present day Jordan today, and they are to flee, because something, is going to happen, to them, now also, taking us, to the prophet Hosea, and I gotta read, this verse as well, because in Hosea chapter 2, God said, through the prophet Hosea, about the future day, when he is going, to restore Israel, he says in verse 14, of Hosea chapter 2, therefore behold, behold, I will allure her, and bring her, into the wilderness, and I will speak, comfortably there, unto her, again he used, the word wilderness, he

is speaking, the fact that, he is going, to draw the woman, to draw Israel, to the wilderness, where he is going, to preserve, this nation, in a difficult time, in a time, of a tribulation period, and so, here we see, the woman in verse 6, flee, into the wilderness, and there, she will be fed, and protected, by God, for three, and a half years, one thousand, two hundred, and sixty, days, now immediately, you ask the question, why does the woman, have to flee, what is the reason, that she is going, to flee now, into the wilderness, into the mountains, to be protected, and kept by God, for one thousand, two hundred and sixty, days, why

does, she have to do that, why, the next verses, tells us why, in verses 7, to 12, we see why, and the reason is, Satan, is now, going to be, cast down, to this earth, you see, right now, as you and I, sit here today, even though, Satan, has a lot of influence, upon man, on earth, yet Satan, is in the, what you call, the atmospheric realm, he is no longer, in the immediate, presence of God, while he can appear, before God, we read, in the book of Job, but Satan, is still, in the atmospheric, realm, and he is, in the coming days, he is going to be, cast down, and he is literally, going

to have, three and a half years, according to these chapters, I am going to show you, this in a moment, when he is going to be, cast down, to this earth, and this expression, this earth, will experience, hell, on earth, that is what is going to happen, look, it says in verse seven, there was a war, in heaven, and Michael, and his angels, fought against the dragon, and the dragon, fought, and his angels, and he prevailed not, neither was there, a place found, for him anymore, in heaven, Satan, was fighting, against, Michael, now it is also beautiful, brothers and sisters, the word, Michael here, it is so beautiful, to see how, the word of God,

is so clear, Michael, is an angel, that is always associated, with our nation, Israel, in the Bible, Michael, is often, is associated, with the people of Israel, read Daniel chapter 10, and so on, and, Michael, is fighting, against, this dragon, and his angels, fighting, against Michael, and there was, no room anymore, in heaven, for Satan, and his angels, in other words, Michael, won the fight, against, the dragon, and his angels, now you remember, the dragon, being Satan, he wanted to take, the place of God, you remember, he says, I, will be like, the most high, in Isaiah chapter 14, and yet, it is important, to see that, Michael, is the one, that fought against him,

because the meaning, of the word, Michael, is in Hebrew, who, is like, God, you cannot, replace God, who is like, the true, and living God, Michael, he fought, against Satan, he fought, against the dragon, the dragon, prevailed, not against Michael, and there was, no more room, for him, found in heaven, and so notice, in verse 9, and his 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, now, can you imagine, if there are such, a demonic activities, throughout, the ages, that have happened, here in this world, where there is such, an

evil, that is going on, in this world, in the present day, dispensation, can you imagine, what's going to happen, in the tribulation period, when Satan, and his angels, are going to be, cast down, to this earth, where he will have, these three and a half years, the second half, of the tribulation, when he is, no longer, in the heavenly steers, he is no longer, can approach, God anymore, he is right, here on earth, and all the, demonic activities, are right here, in this universe, in this earth, it says here, called the dragon, the serpent, the devil, and Satan, those four words, that we have here, in verse 9, dragons, speak about, his viciousness, the serpent,

speaks about, his lying, he is a liar, from the beginning, the devil, speak of him, as the accuser, and Satan, is the one, that he is the adversary, he is against, the people, of God, here we have, a summation, of who Satan is, he is vicious, he is a liar, he is an accuser, and he is an adversary, of the people of God, he is against, the people, of God, and he is cast down, into this earth, and all his angels, were cast with him, now we are talking about, the second half, of the tribulation, because, we are already talked about, 1,260 days, when the Jewish people, are going to be preserved, in the wilderness,

in the mountains, in the area, of Bosra Petra, and here, we can see, that he is cast down, and now, notice brothers, and sisters, it says, in verse 10, that there is, a loud voice, in heaven, saying, now, is come, salvation, and strength, and the kingdom, of our God, and the power, of his Messiah, for the accuser, of our brethren, is cast down, which accused them, before our God, day, and night, night, you know, Satan, did all the time, in the history, of men, he accuses, he is standing, before God, and accusing, men, accusing us, pointing, to every fault, that man has, in order to stir up, God, to judge men, he is called, in

the Bible, the accuser, of the brethren, but in this context, the brethren, are none else, but Israel, the nation, he is accusing, the nation, of Israel, before God, constantly, he is accusing, them, before God, and he is called, the accuser, of the brethren, no wonder, there is so much, that happening, against Israel, throughout the ages, all the time, accused, the nation, the Jewish people, accused, for doing, so many things, even Christians, with lack, of understanding, sometimes, accused, and they say, well, the Jewish people, killed Jesus, accusing, the nation, not realizing, that, Yeshua, the Messiah, died, for their, own sin, and sins, and that, we all, are guilty, in the death, of the Messiah, but he

is called, the accuser, of the brethren, he was cast down, so in heaven, it says here again, the word heaven, in verse 10, I heard a loud voice, saying in heaven, now comes salvation, and strength, in other words, they are anticipating, the last, three and a half years, finally, there will be, this salvation, in this world, and they say, the kingdom, of our God, and the power, of the Messiah, now Satan, is cast down, to earth, no longer, any privileges, anymore, in the presence, of God, in heaven, he can no longer, appear, like he appeared, in the time of Job, and he is still appearing, in this present day, before God, but he will never,

have anymore, that opportunity, to appear, and to accuse, the people of God, and so, it says here, at the end of verse 10, he was cast down, he accused them, before our Lord, day, and night, that's what he does, and so, in verse 11 now, look how, the people, who overcame Satan, it says in verse 11, the overcoming, of Satan, by those, who have trusted, in the Messiah, look, it says in verse 11, very beautiful, they overcame Satan, or him, by the blood, of the Lamb, and by the word, of their testimony, and they loved, not their life, even unto death, you see, they overcame, Satan, those, remnant, who believed, in the Messiah, how did

they, overcome Satan, number one, by the blood, of the Lamb, they simply, trusted, the work, of the Messiah, not their own works, but the blood, shed, of the Lamb, just the same, who trusted, the Messiah, John tells us, in Epistle, who is he, that is the overcomer, but he, that believes, that Yeshua, is the Messiah, see, we have overcome, Satan, because we have, trusted Yeshua, the Messiah, and accepted, his blood, shed for us, the same thing, for Israel, in a future day, secondly, in verse 11, by the testimony, by the word, of the testimony, in other words, they simply, took the word, of God, and the word, of God, had effect, in their lives, they

could, overcome Satan, when they, appropriated, the word, of God, into their lives, you and I, on the same thing, we can, overcome Satan, when we, appropriate, God's word, into our lives, and thirdly, they loved, not their lives, even, unto death, in other words, they trusted, God, and his plan, for their lives, that's how, they overcome, Satan, who was cast, down to earth, and the last, thing, that we read here, there is a joy, in heaven, but there is a preparation, of sorrow, here on earth, in verse 12, it says, rejoice, ye heaven, and ye that dwell, in heaven, rejoice, Satan, is no longer there, but look, at the other side, but woe, to the inhabitants,

of this earth, and of the sea, for the devil, is come down, unto you, having great wrath, because he knows, that his time, is but short, you see, to heaven, when Satan, is cast down, is joy, because he is, no longer there, but on earth, for these, 1260 days, of the second half, of the tribulation, is gonna be hell, on earth, Satan, is here, there is a woe, that is coming, upon this earth, and Satan, is angry, he's angry, it says here, that he is wrath, why, at the end of verse 12, because he knows, that he has, but short time, he doesn't have much time, he has short time, and you know, because he

has such, short time, he intensing, his persecution, of the nation, of Israel, of Israel, there will be, an intensity, in his persecution, of the Hebrews, of the Israelis, of the Jews, during the tribulation period, and when it says, he has short time, how does he know, it says, that he knows, that he has, but short time, why does he know, that he has, very short time, because at the end, of Matthew chapter 23, Yeshua said, to his people Israel, these words, I say unto you, Yeshua said to Israel, to the leaders of Israel, you shall see me, henceforth, no more, until, you shall say, blessed is he, that cometh, in the name, of the Lord,

Yeshua said to Israel, to our nation, he said, you are not going to see me anymore, until you are going to say, in other words, Satan, knows, that as long, that Israel, is not going to say, Baruch Haba, B'Shem Adonai, there will not be an end, to him, he also know, that when Israel, is going to say, Baruch Haba, B'Shem Adonai, that will be the end, of the devil, and his authority, over this world, and he knows, that he has short time, and that's why, he's angry, and that's why, look at the wrath, of Satan, at the end of the chapter, we're going to conclude, from verse 13, to verse 17, look at the wrath,

of Satan, look what he's doing, during the second half, of the tribulation, when the dragon, saw that he was cast, into this earth, he persecuted, the woman, this is Israel, which brought forth, the man child, this is Yeshua, and to the woman, were given two wings, of great eagles, that she might fly, into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished, she is nourished, for a time, this is one year, times, another two years, and half a time, this is three and a half years, from the face, of the serpent, and the serpent, cast out of his mouth, water, as flood, after the woman, that he might cause her, to be carried away, of

the flood, and the earth, helped the woman, and the earth, opened her mouth, and swallowed up, the flood, which the dragon, cast out, of his mouth, and the dragon, was wrath, with the woman, and he went, to make war, with the remnant, of her seed, which keep, the commandments, of God, and have, the testimony, of Yeshua, the Messiah, in these last verses, dear brothers, and sisters, we can see, the anger, and the wrath, of Satan, he is down here, on earth, he is persecuting, Israel, knowing that he have, only three and a half years, and that's why, he is intensing, the persecution, against the Jewish people, but in a miraculous way, in a supernatural way,

God is going, to prepare, a place, for the remnant, of Israel, to be preserved, in the wilderness, for three, and a half years, of the second half, of the tribulation, it says here, that the woman, will be given to her, two wings, of great eagle, it is the same expression, that we have, in the book of Exodus, I have carried you, on eagle's wings, God said, to his people Israel, I have brought you, forth, to the land of Israel, I have protected you, as a mother eagle, with my wings, and I watched over you, and took care of you, that is exactly, what's going to happen here, dear brothers and sisters, when Israel, is going

to be persecuted, by Satan, in the second half, of the tribulation, the people of Israel, will be preserved, by God, in a place, notice, notice, it says here, a place, we do not know, where it is, we assume, it may be, Petra, of this present day, Jordan, but God, going to protect, Israel, for three and a half years, and the serpent, cast out of his mouth, as water, as flood, and often time, in the Bible, when we read of flood, it speaks about, armies, of the antichrist, that are going to come, against Israel, the flood, of what is known, the outpouring, hatred, and flood, of hatred, from the antichrist, and he is going, to run,

after the woman, who will flee, and be preserved, for three and a half years, and God, is going to protect, the nation of Israel, and at the end, of this chapter, we read, that the dragon, was wroth, with the woman, and he went, to make war, with the remnant, of her seed, which kept, the commandments, of God, and have the testimony, of Yeshua, the Messiah, this verse 17, we can divide it, into two groups, of people, among Israel, the woman, and make war, with the remnant, of her seed, there are two groups, if you will, from among, the people of Israel, the woman, is the nation, of Israel, and the remnant, of her seed, are

believers, from among, the Jewish people, that already, came to faith, in the Messiah, during the tribulation, because it says here, that they kept, the commandments, of God, and they have kept, the testimony, of Yeshua, the Messiah, well, it's going to be, an evil, terrible, time, that's going to happen, during the second half, of the tribulation, but God, is going, to preserve, the nation, of Israel, and protect them, until the second, coming of the Messiah, when Yeshua, is going to come, and Israel, we're going to say, Baruch, Baruch, Haba, B'Shem, Adonai, blessed, is he, that cometh, in the name, of the Lord.