Covenant Reformed News – November 2020 • Volume XVIII, Issue 7
This article provides a Reformed exegesis of Revelation 12:4, interpreting the great red dragon's actions as references to Satan's rebellion against God and his attempts to prevent Christ's incarnation. The author traces Satan's opposition to the Messiah throughout Old Testament history, demonstrating how biblical prophecy reveals the cosmic conflict between God's purposes and demonic resistance.
The Great Red Dragon and the Man Child Revelation 12:4 ascribes two wicked actions to the great red dragon or the devil. First, “his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth.” The “stars” here are not Rigel or Alpha Centauri or any of the astral bodies. The stars in Revelation 12:4 are “angels,” as is clearly stated in verses 7 and 9. This way of speaking of angels is not unique to Revelation 12. Job 38:7 refers to angels as “morning stars.” Isaiah 14:12...