Revelation 12
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Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars.
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Then being with child, she cried out a in labor and in pain to give birth.
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And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, b a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads.
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c His tail drew a third d of the stars of heaven e and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood f before the woman who was ready to give birth, g to devour her Child as soon as it was born.
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She bore a male Child h who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was i caught up to God and His throne.
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Then j the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there k one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
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And war broke out in heaven: l Michael and his angels fought m with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought,
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but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer.
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So n the great dragon was cast out, o that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, p who deceives the whole world; q he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
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Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, r "Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, s who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.
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"And t they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, u and they did not love their lives to the death.
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"Therefore v rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! w Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, x because he knows that he has a short time."
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Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted y the woman who gave birth to the male Child.
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z But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, a that she might fly b into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished c for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.
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So the serpent d spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood.
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But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.
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And the dragon 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.
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Cross References
2 Corinthians 5:21
For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Hebrews 7:26
For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens.
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Ephesians 2:18
For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.
Hebrews 10:19
Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus.
Hebrews 10:22
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
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Hebrews 2:17
Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 8:3
For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this One also have something to offer.
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Hebrews 7:28
For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever.
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Leviticus 9:7
And Moses said to Aaron, "Go to the altar, offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself and for the people. Offer the offering of the people, and make atonement for them, as the LORD commanded.
Leviticus 16:6
Aaron shall offer the bull as a sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house.
Hebrews 7:27
Who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people's, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.
Hebrews 9:7
But into the second part the high priest went alone once a year, not without blood, which he offered for himself and for the people's sins committed in ignorance.
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Exodus 28:1
Now take Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to Me as priest, Aaron and Aaron's sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Numbers 16:40
To be a memorial to the children of Israel that no outsider, who is not a descendant of Aaron, should come near to offer incense before the LORD, that he might not become like Korah and his companions, just as the LORD had said to him through Moses.
1 Chronicles 23:13
The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was set apart, he and his sons forever, that he should sanctify the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister to Him, and to give the blessing in His name forever.
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John 8:54
Jesus answered, "If I honor Myself, My honor is nothing. It is My Father who honors Me, of whom you say that He is your God.
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Psalms 2:7
I will declare the decree: The LORD has said to Me, 'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.
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Psalms 110:4
The LORD has sworn And will not relent, "You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.
Hebrews 7:17
For He testifies: "You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.
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Matthew 26:39
He went a little farther and fell on His face, ...
Matthew 26:42
Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, ...
Matthew 26:44
So He left them, went away again, and prayed th...
Mark 14:36
And He said, "Abba, Father, all things are poss...
Mark 14:39
Again He went away and prayed, and spoke the sa...
Luke 22:41
And He was withdrawn from them about a stone's ...
Luke 22:44
And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. T...
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Psalms 22:1
My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me, And from the words of My groaning?
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Matthew 26:53
Or do you think that I cannot now pray to My Father, and He will provide Me with more than twelve legions of angels?
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Matthew 26:39
He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, "O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.
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Philippians 2:8
And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
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Hebrews 2:10
For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
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Psalms 110:4
The LORD has sworn And will not relent, "You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.
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John 16:12
I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
Hebrews 7:1 - 22
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him.
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Matthew 13:15
For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.
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1 Corinthians 3:1 - 3
And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ.
1 Peter 2:2
As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby.
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Ephesians 4:14
That we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting.
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Isaiah 7:15
Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good.
Philippians 1:9
And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment.
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Hebrews 5:12
For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food.
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Hebrews 9:14
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
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John 3:25
Then there arose a dispute between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purification.
Acts 19:3 - 5
And he said to them, "Into what then were you baptized?" So they said, "Into John's baptism.
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Acts 8:17
Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
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Acts 17:31
"because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead."
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Acts 24:25
Now as he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and answered, "Go away for now; when I have a convenient time I will call for you.
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John 4:10
Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.
Ephesians 2:8
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.
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Galatians 3:2
This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Galatians 3:5
Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? -
Hebrews 2:4
God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?
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Hebrews 10:29
Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
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