1 | Page The Book of Revelation: Interpretation of Chapters 12 & 13 Signs, the Beast and its Mark The following pages you are about to read are what I know in my heart that the Holy Spirit has revealed to me. These are the interpretations of Chapter 12 and 13 from the Book of Revelations that I received on Friday April 15, 2016. This information is to be spread to as many people as possible. I believe that we are now in the time of the last harvest. Matthew 24:36 says “No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.” Although no one knows the day, time and hour but God, Jesus says there will be signs when the time is near. In Matthew 24:32 Jesus says “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: as soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know it is near, right at the door.” I, myself believe the time is near. The Book of Revelation The Book of Revelation is the last book in the Bible. The title is taken from the first word of the book written in Koine Greek: apokalypsis, which means "uncover" or "reveal". This book was written by a Jewish Christian prophet that biblical scholars refer to as John of Patmos. John was in exile on the Greek island of Patmos as a result of anti- Christian persecution at that time. During his time on Patmos he had a prophetic vision of what is to come leading up to end of days and the return of Jesus on Judgement Day. In the vision John is to write down what is revealed (what he sees in his vision) and send it to the seven churches. In the Bible God used dreams and visions (visions are “waking dreams”; see Numbers 24:4) several times to communicate with people. God used visions in the Old Testament to reveal His plan, to further His plan, and to put His people in places of influence. Old Testament Examples of Dreams and Visions Abraham (Genesis 15:1): God used a vision to restate the Abrahamic Covenant, reminding Abram that he would have a son and be the father of many nations. Jacob (Genesis 28:10-17): Jacob, with his mother's help, stole Esau’s firstborn inheritance. Jacob then fled Esau's anger, and on his journey he had his famous dream of a ladder reaching to heaven on which angels ascended and descended. In this dream Jacob received God's promise that Abraham's blessing would be carried on through him. Joseph (Genesis 37:1-11): Joseph is one of the most famous dreamers, and one of the most famous dream- interpreters, in the Bible. His first recorded dreams are found in Genesis 37. They showed through easily deciphered symbols that Joseph's family would one day bow to him in respect. His brothers didn't appreciate the dream and in their hatred sold Joseph into slavery. Eventually, Joseph ended up in prison in Egypt.
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The Book of Revelation: Interpretation of Chapters 12 & 13
Signs, the Beast and its Mark
The following pages you are about to read are what I know in my heart that the Holy Spirit has revealed to me.
These are the interpretations of Chapter 12 and 13 from the Book of Revelations that I received on Friday April 15,
2016. This information is to be spread to as many people as possible. I believe that we are now in the time of the
last harvest. Matthew 24:36 says “No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the
Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the
days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah
entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away.
That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.”
Although no one knows the day, time and hour but God, Jesus says there will be signs when the time is near. In
Matthew 24:32 Jesus says “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: as soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves
come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know it is near, right at the
door.” I, myself believe the time is near.
The Book of Revelation
The Book of Revelation is the last book in the Bible. The title is taken from the first word of the book written in
Koine Greek: apokalypsis, which means "uncover" or "reveal". This book was written by a Jewish Christian prophet
that biblical scholars refer to as John of Patmos. John was in exile on the Greek island of Patmos as a result of anti-
Christian persecution at that time. During his time on Patmos he had a prophetic vision of what is to come leading
up to end of days and the return of Jesus on Judgement Day. In the vision John is to write down what is revealed
(what he sees in his vision) and send it to the seven churches.
In the Bible God used dreams and visions (visions are “waking dreams”; see Numbers 24:4) several times to
communicate with people. God used visions in the Old Testament to reveal His plan, to further His plan, and to put
His people in places of influence.
Old Testament Examples of Dreams and Visions
Abraham (Genesis 15:1): God used a vision to restate the Abrahamic Covenant, reminding Abram that he would
have a son and be the father of many nations.
Jacob (Genesis 28:10-17): Jacob, with his mother's help, stole Esau’s firstborn inheritance. Jacob then fled Esau's
anger, and on his journey he had his famous dream of a ladder reaching to heaven on which angels ascended and
descended. In this dream Jacob received God's promise that Abraham's blessing would be carried on through him.
Joseph (Genesis 37:1-11): Joseph is one of the most famous dreamers, and one of the most famous dream-
interpreters, in the Bible. His first recorded dreams are found in Genesis 37. They showed through easily
deciphered symbols that Joseph's family would one day bow to him in respect. His brothers didn't appreciate the
dream and in their hatred sold Joseph into slavery. Eventually, Joseph ended up in prison in Egypt.
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Pharaoh's cupbearer and baker (Genesis 40): While in prison Joseph interpreted some dreams of Pharaoh's
cupbearer and baker. With God's guidance, he explained that the cupbearer would return to Pharaoh's service, but
the baker would be killed.
Pharaoh (Genesis 41): Two years later, Pharaoh himself had a dream which Joseph interpreted. God’s purpose was
to raise Joseph to second-in-command over Egypt and to save the Egyptians and the Israelites from a horrible
famine.
Daniel (Daniel 2; 4): As He had done for Joseph, God placed Daniel in a position of power and influence by allowing
him to interpret a foreign ruler's dream. This is consistent with God's propensity to use miracles to identify His
messengers. Daniel himself had many dreams and visions, mostly related to future kingdoms of the world and the
nation of Israel.
New Testament Examples of Dreams and Visions
Visions in the New Testament also served to provide information that was unavailable elsewhere. Specifically, God
used visions and dreams to identify Jesus and to establish His church.
Zacharias (Luke 1:5-23): God used a vision to tell Zacharias, an old priest, that he would soon have an important
son. Not long after, Zacharias and his wife, Elizabeth, had John the Baptist.
Joseph (Matthew 1:20; 2:13): Joseph would have divorced Mary when he found out she was pregnant, but God
sent an angel to him in a dream, convincing him that the pregnancy was of God. Joseph went ahead with the
marriage. After Jesus was born, God sent two more dreams, one to tell Joseph to take his family to Egypt so Herod
could not kill Jesus and another to tell him Herod was dead and that he could return home.
Pilate's wife (Matthew 27:19): During Jesus’ trial, Pilate’s wife sent an urgent message to the governor encouraging
him to free Jesus. Her message was prompted by a dream she had—a nightmare, really—that convinced her that
Jesus was innocent and that Pilate should have nothing to do with His case.
Cornelius (Acts 10:1-6): God spoke to an Italian centurion named Cornelius who feared the God of the Jews. In his
vision, Cornelius saw an angel who told him where to find Simon Peter and to send for him and listen to his
message. Cornelius obeyed the vision, Peter came and preached, and Cornelius and his household full of Gentiles
were saved by the grace of God.
Peter (Acts 10:9-15): While Peter was praying on the rooftop of a house in Joppa, God gave him a vision of animals
lowered in something like a sheet. A voice from heaven told Peter to kill the animals (some of which were unclean)
and eat them. The vision served to show that Christians are not bound by kosher law and that God had
pronounced Gentiles “clean”; that is, heaven is open to all who follow Jesus.
Paul: Paul had several visions in his missionary career. One sent him to preach in Macedonia (Acts 16:9-10).
Another encouraged him to keep preaching in Corinth (Acts 18:9-11). God also gave him a vision of heaven (2
Corinthians 12:1-6).
John (Revelation): Nearly the entire book of Revelation is a vision John had while exiled on the island of Patmos.
John’s vision explains in more detail some of the events that God had shown Daniel.
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What is a Parable?
A parable is a short story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or
political one designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson.
Throughout the Gospels in the Bible, (the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) Jesus spoke to his disciples and
crowds that gathered around him in parables when speaking about the Kingdom of God. Jesus explains the reasons
for speaking in parables in the Book of Mark Chapter 4: 10-12,
10 But when He was alone, those around Him with the twelve asked Him about the parable. 11 And He said to them,
“To you it has been given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to those who are outside, all things come
in parables, 12 so that
‘Seeing they may see and not perceive,
And hearing they may hear and not understand;
Lest they should turn,
And their sins be forgiven them.’”
I believe that John of Patmos wrote down exactly what was revealed to him in the vision from God. I also believe
that in that vision, everything that God revealed to him was revealed in the parable form. For example, just as in
the visions and parables in the Bible, everything John saw and wrote down was not intended to be taken literal but
symbolizes or represents something that is to be interpreted.
1Corinthans 2:10 says, “10 these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things,
even the deep things of God. 11 For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the
same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 What we have received is not the spirit of
the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. 13 This is what
we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities
with Spirit-taught words.[c] 14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of
God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the
Spirit.”
The Bible Verses: Book of Revelation
Chapter 12
¹And a great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her
head a crown of twelve stars,²and being with child, and crying out with contractions and anguish to deliver. ³And
another sign was seen in heaven, and behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his
heads seven crowns,⁴and his tail is pulling one third of the stars from heaven; and it threw them to the earth. And
the dragon took his stand in front of the woman who was about to deliver, so that he might devour the child
whenever it was born. ⁵And she bore a son, a male child, who was destined to shepherd all the nations with a rod
of iron. And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne. ⁶And the woman fled to the desert, to where she
has a place prepared there by God, so that there they might take care of her for 1,260 days.
⁷And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels must make war with the dragon. And the dragon made war,
and his angels also, ⁸and he was not strong enough, neither was their place found anymore in heaven. ⁹And the
great dragon was thrown out, that ancient serpent, which is called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole
world, he was thrown to the earth, and his angels thrown along with him. ¹⁰And I heard a great voice in heaven,