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Search 1: "woman Revelation 12"

  1. PFF1 342.2 (Froom): "The symbolic 'woman' of Revelation 12 is declared to be the church bringing forth Christ"
  2. PFF2 459 (Froom): "WOMAN OF Revelation 12 REPRESENTS TRUE CHURCH"
  3. PFF1 637 (Froom): "SEES VIRGIN MARY IN Revelation 12" (some interpreters)
  4. PFF1 276.4 (Froom): "The woman of Revelation 12 is, he declares, the church; the twelve stars are the twelve apostles; the man-child is Christ. The church flees to the wilderness while Antichrist rules during the time of tribulation."
  5. PFF1 561.3 (Froom): "On Revelation 12 he remarks that the woman is the church, clad in beauty and splendor like the sun, whereas the moon, deficient and transitory, refers to the world which is under her feet. The male child symbolizes the sons of the church..."
  6. MWV2 207.1 (Miller): "Give the history of the woman, as in the twelfth chapter of Revelation."
  7. PFF1 345.2 (Froom): "Woman of Revelation 12 Is the Church; the Child Represents the Saints" (Methodius, 3rd century)

Search 2: "dragon Revelation 12"

  1. PREX1 93 (Litch): "THE DRAGON OF THE TWELFTH CHAPTER"
  2. PFF4 1078 (Froom): "Revelation 12 and 13—DRAGON, PAGAN ROME; BEAST, PAPACY"
  3. KPC 38 (Smith): "THE DRAGON AND BEASTS OF REV. XII & XIII"
  4. PFF2 319.3 (Froom): "The dragon is Satan, ruler of this world, and the seven heads signify earthly powers."
  5. SHR 2.2 (Smith): "But the view that the seven heads of the dragon of Revelation 12 represent seven forms of government that were developed in the Roman Empire alone, is now called in question..."
  6. CFL 28.3 (White): "'And the dragon [Satan, see Revelation 12:9] was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.' Revelation 12:17 NKJV"
  7. AMCR 5.5 (Smith): "Coming to the book of Revelation, the vision of chapter 12 opens with a view of ancient Pagan Rome, under the symbol of a great red dragon."

Search 3: "war in heaven Michael"

  1. TA 45 (White): "War in Heaven" (chapter heading)
  2. SR 17 (White): "War in Heaven" (chapter heading)
  3. FABER 1474 (Faber): "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."
  4. CLARKE 129263 (Clarke): Commentary on "And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon"
  5. UL 338.3 (White): "The same deceptive agency that seduced the angels in heaven is working in like manner upon human minds today. By means of his seducing statements he won the confidence of many of the angels, and there was a great war in heaven. Michael and His angels fought against Satan and his deceived followers."
  6. BARNESREV 939 (Barnes): Commentary on Rev 12:7

Search 4: "1260 years persecution"

  1. PFF3 529 (Froom): "1260 YEARS OF PAPAL OPPRESSION"
  2. HLv 423 / HH 294 / 3TC 411 (White): "Dark Centuries of Persecution"
  3. PFF4 1075.8 (Froom): "the 1260 years."
  4. CLARKE 119487 (Clarke): "The persecutions suffered"
  5. FBOM 27 (Foxe): "Persecutions in the Eleventh Century"
  6. FABER 931 (Faber): "termination of the 1260 years: therefore the persecution of the second mentioned men of understanding is to continue to the end of the 1260 years..."

Search 5: "remnant commandments"

  1. CFL 26 (White): "THE REMNANT"
  2. CCh 352 / 2TT 175 (White): "The Remnant Church"
  3. HEVI 25 (Loughborough): "THE REMNANT CHURCH"
  4. CANRIGHT1 2133 (Canright): "Rev. 12:17. The remnant keep the commandments."
  5. DAR1909 557.2 (Smith): "This remnant is characterized by the keeping of the commandments of God, and having the testimony of Jesus Christ. This points to a Sabbath reform to be accomplished in the last days; for on the Sabbath alone, as pertaining to the commandments, is there a difference of faith and practice among those who accept the decalogue as the moral law."

Search 6: "three means overcoming blood lamb testimony"

  1. 10MR 122.2 (White): "'They overcame him,' we read, 'by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony' (Revelation 12:11). You may bear a testimony the opposite to that which Satan would have you bear. You may keep heart and mind sanctified by obedience to the truth."
  2. ST April 7, 1887, par. 1 (White): "'And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony.'"
  3. MWV2 210.3 (Miller): "Verse 11, 'And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb,'—by the blood of atonement, all believers in Christ do finally overcome the powers of darkness—'and by the word of their testimony,'—preaching and testimony of the apostles.—'And they loved not their lives unto the death'—suffered martyrdom."

Search 7: "seven heads dragon pagan Rome"

  1. TBUS 7.3 (Loughborough): "If the dragon symbolizes Pagan Rome, how can the beast of chap 13, with seven heads and ten horns, symbolize the same, when it is said, 'the dragon gave him his power, his seat, and great authority?'"
  2. PFF2 400 (Froom): "BEAST'S SEVENTH HEAD Is PAPISTICAL ROME"
  3. CUNINGHAME 1644 (Cuninghame): "The sixth head of the dragon I conceive to have represented the Imperial Government of Rome, in its Heathen form..."
  4. ELLIOTT3 159 (Elliott): "...marked it as distinctively the persecuting power of Pagan Rome. For these heads could scarce be different from the first seven of the Beast, the dragon's successor."

Search 8: "Michael archangel Christ"

  1. BHB 53.12 (Haskell): "Jude 9; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; John 5:28, 29. Michael, the archangel, is Christ, our High Priest."
  2. TA 112 (White): "Christ as the 'Angel of the Lord'"
  3. BIRKS1 1079 (Birks): "Michael, the archangel, one of the chief princes of the heavenly host, is described as... who has a special charge of protection towards the people of Israel."
  4. CLARKE 127871 (Clarke): Commentary on "Yet Michael the archangel..."

Search 9: "eagle wings wilderness woman nourished"

  1. SLWM 289.9 (White): "'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.'"
  2. CFL 29.3 (White): Same verse quoted
  3. ELLIOTT3 293 (Elliott): Same verse quoted with commentary on the eagle-wing imagery
  4. BARNESREV 955 (Barnes): Commentary on Rev 12:14
  5. BR-ASI9 149.9 (White): Full quotation of Rev 12:14 alongside Rev 13:5 and 11:2

Search 10: "Revelation 12 man child rod of iron" (book: BARNESREV)

  1. BARNESREV 936 (Barnes): "And she brought forth a man child. Representing, according to the view above taken, the church in its increase and prosperity—as if a child were born that was to rule over all nations... Who was to rule all nations... With a rod of iron. The language here used is derived from Ps. ii..."
  2. BARNESREV 352 (Barnes): "And he shall rule them with a rod of iron. There is an allusion here to Ps. ii. 9..."

Search 11: "Revelation 12 dragon seven heads" (book: ELLIOTT3)

  1. ELLIOTT3 519 (Elliott): Discussion of whether the seven heads represent successive rulers
  2. ELLIOTT3 159 (Elliott): The seven heads mark it "as distinctively the persecuting power of Pagan Rome"
  3. ELLIOTT3 855 (Elliott): "Having satisfied ourselves on this seventh governing head of Pagan Rome..."

Results mostly unrelated (Earth Made New topics). The "earth helping the woman" imagery in Rev 12:16 is understood in historicist commentary as the New World (Americas) providing refuge for persecuted Christians during the 1260-year period.