Revelation 12:5

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So the woman gave birth to a son, a male child, who is going to rule over all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was suddenly caught up to God and to his throne,

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  • Rev 2:26-27 : 26 And to the one who conquers and who continues in my deeds until the end, I will give him authority over the nations– 27 he will rule them with an iron rod and like clay jars he will break them to pieces,
  • Rev 19:15 : 15 From his mouth extends a sharp sword, so that with it he can strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod, and he stomps the winepress of the furious wrath of God, the All-Powerful.
  • Rev 11:12 : 12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them:“Come up here!” So the two prophets went up to heaven in a cloud while their enemies stared at them.
  • Rev 12:2 : 2 She was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling to give birth.
  • Ps 2:9-9 : 9 You will break them with an iron scepter; you will smash them like a potter’s jar!’” 10 So now, you kings, do what is wise; you rulers of the earth, submit to correction!
  • Mic 5:3 : 3 So the LORD will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return to be reunited with the people of Israel.
  • Matt 1:25 : 25 but did not have marital relations with her until she gave birth to a son, whom he named Jesus.
  • Isa 7:14 : 14 For this reason the Lord himself will give you a confirming sign. Look, this young woman is about to conceive and will give birth to a son. You, young woman, will name him Immanuel.
  • Jer 31:22 : 22 How long will you vacillate, you who were once like an unfaithful daughter? For I, the LORD, promise to bring about something new on the earth, something as unique as a woman protecting a man!’”
  • Mark 16:19 : 19 After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
  • 2 Cor 12:2 : 2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago(whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows) was caught up to the third heaven.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Rev 12:12-17
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    12 Therefore you heavens rejoice, and all who reside in them! But woe to the earth and the sea because the devil has come down to you! He is filled with terrible anger, for he knows that he only has a little time!”

    13 Now when the dragon realized that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.

    14 But the woman was given the two wings of a giant eagle so that she could fly out into the wilderness, to the place God prepared for her, where she is taken care of– away from the presence of the serpent– for a time, times, and half a time.

    15 Then the serpent spouted water like a river out of his mouth after the woman in an attempt to sweep her away by a flood,

    16 but the earth came to her rescue; the ground opened up and swallowed the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth.

    17 So the dragon became enraged at the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her children, those who keep God’s commandments and hold to the testimony about Jesus.

  • Rev 12:6-7
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    6 and she fled into the wilderness where a place had been prepared for her by God, so she could be taken care of for 1,260 days.

    7 War in Heaven Then war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.

  • Rev 12:1-4
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    1 The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon Then a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and with the moon under her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars.

    2 She was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling to give birth.

    3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon that had seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadem crowns.

    4 Now the dragon’s tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born.

  • Rev 19:14-16
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    14 The armies that are in heaven, dressed in white, clean, fine linen, were following him on white horses.

    15 From his mouth extends a sharp sword, so that with it he can strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod, and he stomps the winepress of the furious wrath of God, the All-Powerful.

    16 He has a name written on his clothing and on his thigh:“King of kings and Lord of lords.”

  • 7 Before she goes into labor, she gives birth! Before her contractions begin, she delivers a boy!

  • Rev 17:3-7
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    3 So he carried me away in the Spirit to a wilderness, and there I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.

    4 Now the woman was dressed in purple and scarlet clothing, and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup filled with detestable things and unclean things from her sexual immorality.

    5 On her forehead was written a name, a mystery:“Babylon the Great, the Mother of prostitutes and of the detestable things of the earth.”

    6 I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of those who testified to Jesus. I was greatly astounded when I saw her.

    7 But the angel said to me,“Why are you astounded? I will interpret for you the mystery of the woman and of the beast with the seven heads and ten horns that carries her.

  • 3 So the LORD will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return to be reunited with the people of Israel.

  • Rev 12:9-10
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    9 So that huge dragon– the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world– was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him.

    10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying,“The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the ruling authority of his Christ, have now come, because the accuser of our brothers and sisters, the one who accuses them day and night before our God, has been thrown down.

  • 18 As for the woman you saw, she is the great city that has sovereignty over the kings of the earth.”

  • 7 The beast was permitted to go to war against the saints and conquer them. He was given ruling authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation,

  • 2 He seized the dragon– the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan– and tied him up for a thousand years.

  • Rev 2:27-28
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    27 he will rule them with an iron rod and like clay jars he will break them to pieces,

    28 just as I have received the right to rule from my Father– and I will give him the morning star.

  • Luke 1:31-32
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    31 Listen: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus.

    32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David.

  • Rev 13:1-2
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    68%

    1 The Two Beasts Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, and on its horns were ten diadem crowns, and on its heads a blasphemous name.

    2 Now the beast that I saw was like a leopard, but its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. The dragon gave the beast his power, his throne, and great authority to rule.

  • 15 Then the angel said to me,“The waters you saw(where the prostitute is seated) are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.

  • 1 “At that time Michael, the great prince who watches over your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress unlike any other from the nation’s beginning up to that time. But at that time your own people, all those whose names are found written in the book, will escape.

  • 19 Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to do battle with the one who rode the horse and with his army.

  • 21 When a woman gives birth, she has distress because her time has come, but when her child is born, she no longer remembers the suffering because of her joy that a human being has been born into the world.

  • 15 The Seventh Trumpet Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying:“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.”

  • 11 Then I saw another beast coming up from the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but was speaking like a dragon.

  • 57 The Birth of John Now the time came for Elizabeth to have her baby, and she gave birth to a son.

  • 13 The labor pains of a woman will overtake him, but the baby will lack wisdom; when the time arrives, he will not come out of the womb!

  • 4 they worshiped the dragon because he had given ruling authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast too, saying:“Who is like the beast?” and“Who is able to make war against him?”

  • 17 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!

  • 19 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!

  • 23 “Look! The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will name him Emmanuel,” which means“God with us.”

  • 2 He held in his hand a little scroll that was open, and he put his right foot on the sea and his left on the land.

  • 12 His eyes are like a fiery flame and there are many diadem crowns on his head. He has a name written that no one knows except himself.

  • 3 She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.

  • 4 Then I saw thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. These had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

  • 57 and will secretly eat her afterbirth and her newborn children(since she has nothing else), because of the severity of the siege by which your enemy will constrict you in your villages.