DRAGON

DRAGON

It can mean any large reptile, snake, or sea monster, symbol of a great destructive creature.

The nations doomed to destruction and desolation, including Jerusalem, are described as the abodes of dragons (Is. 34:13; 35:7; Jer. 9:11; 10:22; 51:37).

Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is called the great dragon (Ez. 29:3).
As one of God’s creatures, the dragon is called to praise Jehovah (Ps. 148:7).

In the NT the dragon is a type of Satan and those moved by him.
In Rev. 12:3 the “great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns” is a symbol of Satan’s power in the form of the Roman Empire: he attempted, in the person of Herod, to destroy Christ at birth.

In Rev. 13:2, 4 it is Satan who gives the revived future Roman Empire the throne and great authority of it. In Rev. 13:11 the Antichrist, who has two horns like a lamb, speaks like a dragon. In Rev. 16:13 he is Satan, and in Rev. 20:2 he is described as “the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan.”

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