The Beast That Was
The Dragon (KJV Rev 12:3-4) And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a Great Red Dragon having Seven Heads and Ten Horns, and Seven Crowns upon his heads… and the Dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered for to devour her child (the Messiah) as soon as it was born…
Tracking The Dragon
The Serpent in Eden “You were the Signet of Perfection, Full of Wisdom and Perfect in Beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every Precious Stone was Your Covering, sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle; and crafted in gold were your settings and your engravings. On the day that you were created they were prepared (Stones of Wisdom) (KJV Eze 28:12-13) (Strongs H3742) Cherub, an Angelic Being, a Guardian of Eden; An Image Form hovering over the Ark of the Covenant
A Sinai Guardian “You Were an Anointed Guardian Cherub. I Placed You; You were on the Holy Mountain of God; in the Midst of the Stones of Fire You Walked. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created, till unrighteousness was found in you. In the abundance of your trade (to buy & sell) you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned; so I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God, and I destroyed you, O guardian cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire (Ten Sinai Laws) (KJV Eze 28:14-16)
A Tabernacle Cherub Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I Cast You To The Ground (Earth); I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you. By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your trade You Profaned Your Sanctuaries (Holy Places); so I brought fire out from your midst; it consumed you and I turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all who saw you (Satan in the Tabernacle) (KJV Eze 28:17-18)
Satan’s Priesthood At the birth of the Messiah we see the Roman Empire, Herod and a Jewish Priesthood all at the peak of their powers, conspire in combination to crucify the Lamb of God (Man in the Temple as God)
The ¹Horns of God’s Power
To Declare & Exalt: (¹Strongs H7160) HORN = Power; To Project; Ray of Light; Corner of the Altar, a Mountain Peak; Hill Horn of the Law, the Horn of Salvation, Horn of Anointing, the Horn of Israel and other examples are all terms that describe the declaration and exaltation of God’s Word, his Law, the Gospel of Jesus Christ and so forth. The Horn is a symbol of God’s Power, His Sovereignty (Kingship), Light, Authority and Rule
Satan the Archangel by right shares in these qualities and shadows the true
Witness #1: God came from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise and his brightness was as the light; He Had Horns Coming Out of His Hand and there was the Hiding of His Power. Before him went the pestilence and burning coals went forth at his feet (KJV Hab 3:3-5)
Witness #2: The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; He Shined Forth From Mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from His Right Hand Went a Fiery Law for them (KJV Deut 33:2)
Witness #3: He hath cut off in His fierce anger all the horn of Israel: He hath drawn back His right hand from before the enemy, and He burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about. He hath bent his bow like an enemy: He stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the Tabernacle of the Daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire (KJV Lam 2:3-4)
The Dragon in the Tabernacle: (Heb 8:5)
The Tabernacle of Witness is a shadow of things in Heaven. The Tabernacle allows us to see Satan’s role as the Dragon in Heaven
Seven Heads (His Ministries)
- Seven Heads
The Tabernacle’s Holy Place has a Lampstand with seven heads symbolic of Seven Times from Abraham to the Messiah (Father, Lawgiver, Priest, Judge, King, Prophet, Messiah) These lights all testify of the Messiah’s True Light (Rev 12: 1-4)
The Dragons Seven Heads mimic the Messiah’s Times: Abraham/Lot; Moses/Balaam; Aaron/Korah; Samuel/Eli; David/Saul; Elijah/Jezebel; Jesus/Judas
Satan/Man will usurp the Messiah’s true seed in every generation and in every office
Ten ¹Horns (His Seat of Power)
The Sinai Tablets
In The Holy of Holies sits the Ark of the Covenant containing Ten Sovereign Commandments. The Dragon’s Ten Horns are symbolic of the Power of these Ten Commandments
Satan’s Seat: The Mercy Seat sits on top of the Ark but without the blood on it, this seat becomes a Judgement Seat without mercy
The Sinai Law is an earthly image of the Heavenly Law in Christ. Anything born of this Law will be an image, an idol of the True
Seven Crowns (His Authority)
Satan & Michael (Cherubim)
The Ark’s Cherubim (³Strongs H3742) Cherub, an Angelic Being, a Guardian of Eden; An Image Form hovering over the Ark of the Covenant overshadow the Ark and the judgement/mercy seat. These two guardians are Satan and Michael. The Seven Crowns speak of their God Given Authority, in the Sinai Law (Rev 12:7) Satan and Michael War
Satan’s Authority has its root in the sevenfold vengeance written in the Sinai Law. Satan contends for Death and Michael for Life (KJV Deut 30:15) See, I have set before thee this day Life and Good, and Death and Evil
(Next: A Summary of Israel’s and the Dragons Time)