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Dragon/Beast/False Prophet as systematic parody of Father/Son/Spirit in Revelation 12-13. Document every verbal parallel. Trace Greek vocabulary links. Does the parody operate at verse, scene, or macro-structural level?

DRAGON — GENERAL

  • Deu 32:33
  • Psa 91:13
  • Isa 27:1
  • Isa 34:13
  • Rev 12
  • Rev 13
  • Rev 16:13
  • Rev 20:2

A poisonous serpent DEU 32:33 A serpent or the desert PSA 91:13; ISA 34:13; JER 9:11; 51:37; MAL 1:3 Of the sea PSA 74:13; ISA 27:1 A wolf MIC 1:8 Interpreted as whale, in GEN 1:21; JOB 7:12 Serpent EXO 7:9 A term applied To Pharaoh ISA 51:9 To Satan REV 20:2 Symbolical EZK 29:3; 32:2; REV 12; 13; 16:13

SATAN — NAMES AND TITLES

  • Rev 12:9
  • Rev 20:2
  • Rev 12:3
  • Jhn 8:44
  • Eph 2:2
  • 2Co 4:4

Called Abaddon (Hebrew: Destroyer) REV 9:11 The accuser of our brethren REV 12:10 The adversary 1PE 5:8 The angel of the bottomless pit REV 9:11 Apollyon (Greek: Destroyer) REV 9:11 Beelzebul MAT 12:24; MRK 3:22; LUK 11:15 Belial 2CO 6:15 The Devil MAT 4:1; LUK 4:2,6; REV 20:2 Our common enemy MAT 13:39 Evil spirit 1SA 16:14 The father of all lies JHN 8:44 Gates of hell (Hades) MAT 16:18 Great red dragon REV 12:3 The liar JHN 8:44 Lying spirit 1KI 22:22 The murderer JHN 8:44 That old serpent REV 12:9; 20:2 The power of darkness COL 1:13 The prince of this world JHN 12:31; 14:30; 16:11 The prince of demons MAT 12:24 The prince of the power of the air EPH 2:2 The god of this world 2CO 4:4 Unclean spirit MAT 12:43 The wicked one MAT 13:19,38 UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES: GEN 3:1,4,5,14,15; 1CH 21:1; JOB 1:6,7,9-12; 2:3-7; ZEC 3:1,2; MAT 4:1-11; LUK 4:1-13; JHN 8:38,41,44; 12:31; 13:2,27; 14:30; 16:11; ACT 5:3; 13:10; 26:18; ROM 16:20; 1CO 7:5; 2CO 2:11; 4:4; 11:3,14,15; 12:7; EPH 2:2; 4:27; 6:11-16; COL 1:13; 2:15; 2TH 2:9; 1TI 1:20; 3:6,7; HEB 2:14; JAS 4:7; 1PE 5:8,9; 2PE 2:4; 1JN 2:13; 3:8,10,12; 5:18; Jude 1:6-9; REV 2:9,10,13,24; 3:9; 9:11; 12:9-12; 20:1-3,7,8,10

WORSHIP — EXCLUSIVE COMMAND

  • Exo 20:3
  • Deu 6:13
  • Mat 4:10
  • Rev 19:10
  • Rev 22:8

To be rendered only to God EXO 20:3; DEU 5:7; 6:13; MAT 4:10; LUK 4:8; ACT 10:26; 14:15; COL 2:18; REV 19:10; 22:8 Of Jesus — See JESUS, WORSHIP OF Acceptable to God GEN 4:4; 8:21 Of the wicked rejected GEN 4:5,7 Public, in the temple JER 26:2; LUK 18:10; 24:53 Of angels, forbidden REV 19:10; 22:8,9

IDOLATRY — WICKED PRACTICES

  • Dan 3:1-7
  • Rev 13:14-15
  • Rev 14:9-11
  • Rev 20:4

WICKED PRACTICES OF: Human sacrifices LEV 18:21; 20:2-5; DEU 12:31; 18:10 Music DAN 3:5-7 Cutting the flesh 1KI 18:28 Bowing 1KI 19:18; 2KI 5:18 ANNUAL FEASTS 1KI 12:32 OBJECTS OF: Sun, moon, and stars; Animals ROM 1:23; Brazen serpent 2KI 18:4; Net and drag HAB 1:16 DENUNCIATIONS AGAINST: GEN 35:2; EXO 20:3-6,23; 23:13; 34:17; LEV 19:4; 26:1,30; DEU 4:15-23; 5:7-9; REV 21:8; 22:15 FOLLY OF: ISA 44:9-20; DAN 5:23; ACT 14:15; 17:22,23,29; ROM 1:22,23; 1CO 8:4,5; 10:19; GAL 4:8; REV 9:20

IMAGE — FIGURATIVE

  • Gen 1:26-27
  • Col 1:15
  • Heb 1:3
  • 2Co 3:18
  • Rev 13:14-15
  • Rev 14:9-11

For idols — See IDOLATRY FIGURATIVE Man created in, of God GEN 1:26,27; 5:1; 9:6; JAS 3:9 Regenerated into PSA 17:15; ROM 8:29; 2CO 3:18; EPH 4:24; COL 3:10; 1JN 3:1-3 Christ, of God COL 1:15; HEB 1:3 Of jealousy EZK 8:3,5 See IDOL See IDOLATRY

SEAL — FIGURATIVE — DIVINE OWNERSHIP

  • Eph 1:13
  • Eph 4:30
  • Rev 7:3-4
  • Rev 9:4
  • Rev 14:1
  • 2Ti 2:19

FIGURATIVE Of secrecy DAN 12:9; REV 5:1 Of certainty of divine approval JHN 6:27; ROM 15:28; 2CO 1:22; EPH 1:13; 4:30; REV 7:3,4

HOLY SPIRIT — GENERAL

  • Jhn 16:13-14
  • Rev 1:4
  • Rev 4:5
  • Rev 5:6
  • Rev 13:15
  • Rev 16:13

General scriptures concerning GEN 1:2; 6:3; EXO 31:3; PSA 51:11,12; ISA 4:4; 11:2; 40:13; 42:1; 44:3,4; 48:16; 61:1; EZK 36:27; 37:9,14; JOL 2:28,29; ZEC 4:1-7; MAT 1:18,20; 3:11,16,17; JHN 1:9,32,33; 3:5,6,34; 14:16,17,26; 15:26; 16:7-14; 20:22; ACT 1:2,5,8,16; 2:2-4,33,38; ROM 1:4; 5:3-5; 8:1-27; 1CO 2:4,10-14; 3:16; 6:11,19; 12:3-11; 2CO 1:22; 3:3,6,8,17,18; 5:5; GAL 3:2,3,14; 4:6; 5:5,17,18,22,23,25; EPH 1:12-14,17; 2:18,22; 3:5,16; 4:3,4,30; 5:9,18; HEB 2:4; 3:7; 6:4; 9:14; 10:15,29; 1PE 1:2,11,12,22; 2PE 1:21; 1JN 2:20; 3:24; 4:2,13; 5:6-8; REV 1:4; 2:7,11,29; 4:5; 5:6; 11:11; 14:13; 19:10; 22:17 SIN AGAINST: ISA 63:10; MAT 12:31,32; MRK 3:29; ACT 5:3,9; 7:51; EPH 4:30; HEB 10:29

PRAISE — IN HEAVEN

  • Rev 4:8-11
  • Rev 5:9-14
  • Rev 7:9-12
  • Rev 11:16-17
  • Rev 14:7
  • Rev 19:1-7

IN HEAVEN: NEH 9:6; JOB 38:7; PSA 103:20,21; 148:2,4; ISA 6:3; EZK 3:12; LUK 2:13,14; 15:7,10; REV 1:6; 4:8-11; 5:9-14; 7:9-12; 11:16,17; 14:2,3; 15:3,4; 19:1-7 Song of Moses, after the passage through the Red Sea EXO 15:1-19 Of Miriam EXO 15:21

RESURRECTION — GENERAL AND TYPIFIED

  • Rev 1:18
  • Rev 13:3
  • Rev 13:12
  • Rev 13:14
  • Rev 17:8

General scriptures: JOB 14:12-15; 19:25-27; PSA 16:9,10; 17:15; ISA 25:8; 26:19; DAN 12:2,3,13; JHN 5:21,25,28,29; 6:39,40,44,54; 11:23-25; 14:19; ACT 2:26-31; 4:1,2; ROM 4:16-21; 8:10,11,19,21-23; 1CO 15:12-32,35-57; 1TH 4:14,16; HEB 6:2; 11:19,35; REV 1:18; 20:4-6,13 Of Jesus — See JESUS FIGURATIVE — Of regeneration ROM 6:4; EPH 2:1,5,6; COL 2:12; 3:1 TYPIFIED: Isaac GEN 22:13; with HEB 11:19; Jonah JON 2:10; with MAT 12:40 SYMBOLICAL REV 11:11

TESTIMONY — RELIGIOUS

  • Rev 1:2
  • Rev 6:9
  • Rev 12:11
  • Rev 12:17
  • Rev 19:10

RELIGIOUS: 1CH 16:8,9; PSA 9:11; 18:49; 119:172; ISA 43:10; 44:8; MAT 5:15; 10:32; MRK 5:16,19,20; LUK 8:16; 24:48; JHN 4:28-30,39,41,42; 15:27; ACT 1:8,22; ROM 10:9,10; 1CO 1:5,6; 1TI 6:12,13; 2TI 1:8; 1PE 3:15; 5:1; REV 12:11 RELIGIOUS, EXEMPLIFIED: JOB 19:25-27; PSA 16:5-9; GAL 2:20; 2TI 1:12; 4:7,8; 1JN 1:1-4

BRAZEN SERPENT — GENERAL

  • Num 21:9
  • 2Ki 18:4
  • Jhn 3:14-15

Made by Moses for the healing of the Israelites NUM 21:9 Worshiped by Israelites 2KI 18:4 A symbol of Christ JHN 3:14,15

MIRACLES — FALSE MIRACLES

  • 2Th 2:9
  • Rev 13:13-14
  • Rev 16:14
  • Rev 19:20

CATALOGUE OF: The transformation of Moses' rod into a serpent EXO 4:3,4,30; 7:10,12 The plagues in Egypt Fire from heaven 1KI 18:38 Elijah's miracles — fire from heaven 2KI 1:10-12 FIGURATIVE: False miracles performed by the beast REV 13:13-14; 2TH 2:9; REV 19:20