...it is said (ch. xii. 3, 4) of the " great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, that his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth," the explication is, that antichristian power, shadowed out by this formidable monster should be permitted...

...idolatry, and in particular got himself to be worshipped in the hideous form of a serpent."* "And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth." A 'tail,' considered as a prophetic emblem, is used to signify two things which frequently concur in...

...idolatry, and in particular got himself to be worshipped in the hideous form of a serpent."* "And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth." A 'tail,' considered as a prophetic emblem, is used to signify two things which frequently concur in...

...a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. 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...

...dragon" — a figurative representation of the Roman kingdom. Verse 4, " And his tail drew a third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth." Judea became a Roman province before the Messiah's advent, which is figured by the tail, and the Jews...

...seven crowns upon his heads," signifies, falsified truths of the Word. " And his tail drew a third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth," signifies, the destruction of all the knowledges of truth. " And the dragon stood before the woman...

...residue with his feet ; that he should work deceitfully, &c. John says that the dragon drew a third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth, and that he deceiveth the whole world. The Roman government, then, must be the apocalyptical red dragon...

...Christianity, before the birth of the promised seed, who was predestined to bruise his head. — " drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the cart h.' ' He debased and brutalized the best and the wisest of the Heathen world ; he led them to...

...the ground, &c., v. 10. Compare this with Rev. xii. 3,4: "A great red dragon," &c., " and his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven and did cast them to tjie earth." All admit that this dragon is Rome ; but who can fail of seeing its perfect agreement...

...to wield his horns, the heads may appear to be clothed with sovereign power. $ 273. ' And his tail drew the third (part) of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth.' — " The prophet that speaketh lies, he is the tail," Is ix. 15. The stings of the scorpion-locusts were in...