What if the Book of Revelation isn’t about the end of the world, but about the beginning of YOU?
Many think the book of Revelation is only about future, visible events.
But Revelation 12 shows something much closer: a spiritual battle happening now, in your own spirit.
The woman, the dragon, and the child are not figures from a distant past or future.
They describe your present journey toward living in the fullness of Christ.
The Woman: Clothed in Your True Identity
Revelation 12 opens with a striking image that immediately grabs your attention.
Revelation 12:1
A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
This woman is you—clothed with insight and wisdom and crowned with life.
She is not a distant historical figure; she is a revelation of who you truly are.
You were created in the image and likeness of God.
And just as God is Spirit, so your true being is spirit.
The radiance of this woman reveals the glory of your anointed identity—your Christ-identity that you share with all who are born of God.
Christ means “Anointed One.”
It is not Jesus’ last name; it is our true identity.
Jesus shows us what it means to live in the fullness of Christ.
He shows you your true identity.
Revelation 12:2
She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth.
This is a crucial insight!
This is not about a physical birth, but the spiritual birth of your Christ-identity—your SONSHIP.
It’s a process that can bring spiritual pain and travail as the old, flesh-based identity gives way to the reality of who you have always been in God.
The Dragon: The Flesh Unmasked
Revelation 12:3
Then another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great fiery red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns on his heads.
This is not a literal monster from the past, nor is it something that will appear in the future.
The dragon is carnal thinking.
Seven heads of thoughts full of confusion and worldly logic.
The fullness of confusion!
This is what the Bible calls ‘the mind of the flesh’, and the mind of the flesh is enmity against God.
Iit does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to (Romans 8:7).
Therefore, life from the flesh is death, and life from the spirit is life (Romans 8:6).
For your spirit is in the image and likeness of God.
Revelation 12:4a
His tail swept a third of the stars from heaven and threw them to the earth.
This is a ruthless attack from the carnal mind, dragging part of your insight down into the natural realm, clouding divine truth with earthly reasoning.
It is the subtle shift from seeing through the spirit, to living by what your senses tell you.
Revelation 12:4b
And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, to devour her child as soon as it was born.
This is the constant pressure of the flesh to devour your sonship.
It tries to kill the revelation of your Christ-identity before it can sprout and grow.
It seeks to keep you trapped in self-effort and religious rules, instead of resting in your anointed reality.
The Birth and Elevation of Sonship
Despite the dragon’s menacing presence, the woman gave birth to a son.
Revelation 12:5a
The woman gave birth to a son, a male child
who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.
This is the birth of your sonship; Christ in you.
This sonship is destined to “rule all nations with an iron scepter,” which speaks of the spiritual authority you possess.
Revelation 2:26-27 confirms:
To him who overcomes and keeps my deeds until the end,
I will give him authority over the nations.
And he will rule them with an iron scepter.
This shows that this ruling authority is tied to overcoming and to the growth of your sonship into maturity; the fullness of Christ.
This is not a future political kingdom but a present spiritual reality: you are destined to reign in life, from your spirit over the world – your flesh and its fleshly desires.
Revelation 12:5b
And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.
Immediately after birth, the child is caught up to God and His throne.
This is a profound spiritual truth.
Your sonship is not left vulnerable on earth—it is instantly taken into God’s kingdom and seated on the throne.
This shows your spiritual position in Christ: you are already seated with Him in heavenly places.
This is the source of your authority, reigning from within, from your spirit, over the limitations of the flesh.
Your true self is eternally secure and enthroned with God.
Revelation 12:6
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared by God, that He should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
This is you remaining on earth, where God and you are one, and where God’s Word nourishes you until your sonship grows into perfection—the fullness of Christ.
This “wilderness” is not a place of abandonment but of divine provision, where truth feeds you and protects what has been born in you.
The War Within: Lies Cast Down
Revelation 12:7
Then war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.
This is not a cosmic battle in outer space but a fierce war within your spirit.
It is the Word of God — the Truth — fighting against the lies; the dragon.
And the dragon fights back with all its might.
Because the dragon — the natural man — does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned (1 Corinthians 2:14).
Revelation 12:8
But the dragon and his angels were not strong enough,
and no longer was any place found in heaven for them
The truth sets free!
The dragon—the lies, the confusion—is not strong enough and is driven out of your inner being.
Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was cast down, that ancient serpent called devil and satan, who deceives the whole world. He was cast to the earth, and his angels with him.
The great dragon, the deceiver, is thrown down to the flesh.
Carnal thinking loses its position in your spirit and is pushed back to where it belongs—the outer man—where it can no longer define your identity.
The Victory: The Accuser Cast Down
Revelation 12:10
Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down—he who accuses them day and night before our God.
This loud voice in your spirit announces victory!
The accuser is your own carnal thinking.
Seven heads of thoughts full of confusion and worldly logic.
The fullness of confusion!
This is the carnal part of you that condemns, that whispers doubt, that points out faults day and night.
But now this accuser is thrown down.
This means freedom from the knowledge of good and evil!
Freedom from the inner voice that constantly casts doubt and makes you see with the eyes opened at Adam.
Eyes that seek the kingdom of God far away.
But the kingdom of God is within you.
And Christ in you is the hope of glory.
Revelation 12:11
They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives even unto death.
Victory is won only through the death and resurrection of Jesus—the Anointed—and by the word of your testimony—the truth you declare about your anointed identity.
“Not loving your life even unto death” means letting go of the old self—the old man—and being willing to die to self-reliance, living fully in God’s grace as the Christ you are.
Revelation 12:12
Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them!
Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has a short time.
“Rejoice, you who dwell in the heavens!”— You who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit (Romans 8:4).
Your spirit is free!
But woe to the flesh, for there the fury of the carnal mind rages.
Even though its power over your spirit is broken, it still tries to influence your outer life, knowing its time to affect your whole being is running out as your sonship grows to perfection.
The Dragon’s Final Attempts
Revelation 12:13
And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.
Even after the carnal mind has been dethroned in your spirit, it continues its pursuit.
Revelation 12:14
But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time, times, and half a time, away from the face of the serpent.
When you have birthed sonship, you receive two wings of a great eagle: divine wisdom and insight.
This is the Spirit carrying you.
He brings you to the place where the Word continues to nourish you until your sonship is fully grown into a perfect man; to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
Revelation 12:15
And the serpent spewed water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, to cause her to be carried away by the flood.
This river is a torrent of lies, doubt, worldly philosophies, and old thought patterns designed to overwhelm you and pull you back into confusion.
Revelation 12:16
But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth.
This is a remarkable image!
This earth is not the planet, but your renewed being.
2 Corinthians 5:17
For when anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.
In Christ, you are a new creation; a new heaven and a new earth.
This means that your thinking, your body and your life are fully aligned with the truth.
The new earth—your renewed self—swallows the lies.
This speaks of the transforming power of your renewed being.
Your “new body,” your transformed inner reality, actively consumes and neutralises lies and earthly logic.
It not only resists enemy attacks, but absorbs them and renders them harmless.
Revelation 12:17
The dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went off to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
The dragon is furious with the woman but has no hold on her any longer, so he departs from her.
In this context, the flesh—earthly logic and doubt—lets go of those who live fully secure in their Christ-identity.
This does not mean the flesh disappears from the world; it still manifests in the earthly thoughts and doubts of those at an earlier stage of spiritual growth.
Her offspring are those who, inspired by your testimony, transformation, and spiritual growth, have also begun to rise up in their true identity as Christ.
They may still experience resistance from the flesh, but they are on their way to the same victory.
Conclusion: Living the Reality of Revelation 12
Revelation 12 is not about waiting for something to happen in the world—it is a mirror of your spiritual process. It is a profound revelation of birthing and protecting your sonship while the influence of the flesh is steadily dismantled.
This enables you to grow into the fullness of who you really are; Christ.
That victory is assured, not by your own strength, but by resting in the finished work of the Lamb ; Jesus the anointed one, the Christ.
His blood can also anoint you to be a king and a priest (Revelation 1:6).
This takes place by counting yourself dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 6:11).
Thus His blood anoints you to rule as a king over the flesh and serve God as a priest in His temple-your body-by embracing the true identity God Himself has given you, namely His Own image and likeness.
THIS is the Christ.
THIS is the truth that truly sets you free.
