22 Oct 2013
Revelation 12:3-4
Revelation 12:3: “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.
4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.”
The dragon, of course, is symbolic of Satan. This is very consistent throughout the Bible, and it especially makes sense in this passage. The devil has tried very hard to destroy Israel, and when Jesus was born Satan tried to kill him (using Herod, who slew all male children two years old and younger).
This passage gives us some other information: in the devil’s rebellion against God he managed to convince one third of the angels to join him. So, one third of the angels fell and two thirds did not. This means that God has twice as many angels as Satan has demons.