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Dragon, the.

From: The New Topical Textbook By: Reuben Archer Torrey

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Often of a red color. Rev. 12:3³And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. (Revelation 12:3).

DESCRIBED AS

Powerful. Rev. 12:4⁴And 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. (Revelation 12:4).

Poisonous. Deut. 32:33³³Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. (Deuteronomy 32:33).

Of solitary habits. Job 30:29²⁹I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. (Job 30:29).

Its mournful voice alluded to. Mic. 1:8⁸Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls. (Micah 1:8).

Its wailing alluded to. Mic. 1:8⁸Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls. (Micah 1:8).

Its snuffing up the air alluded to. Jer. 14:6⁶And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass. (Jeremiah 14:6).

Its swallowing of its prey alluded to. Jer. 51:34³⁴Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out. (Jeremiah 51:34).

FOUND IN

The wilderness. Mal. 1:3³And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. (Malachi 1:3).

Deserted cities. Isa. 13:22²²And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged. (Isaiah 13:22). Jer. 9:11¹¹And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. (Jeremiah 9:11).

Dry places. Isa. 34:13¹³And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls. (Isaiah 34:13). Isa. 43:20²⁰The beast of the field shall honor me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. (Isaiah 43:20).

A species of, in rivers. Psa. 74:13¹³Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. (Psalm 74:13). Isa. 27:1¹In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. (Isaiah 27:1).

ILLUSTRATIVE

Of cruel and persecuting kings.

Isa. 27:1¹In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. (Isaiah 27:1). Isa. 51:9⁹Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? (Isaiah 51:9). Ezek. 29:3³Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. (Ezekiel 29:3).

Of enemies of the church. Psa. 91:13¹³Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. (Psalm 91:13).

Of wicked men. Psa. 44:19¹⁹Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. (Psalm 44:19).

Of the devil. Rev. 13:2²And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. (Revelation 13:2). Rev. 20:2, 7²And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, (Revelation 20:2)
⁷And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, (Revelation 20:7).

(Poison of,) of wine. Deut. 32:33³³Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. (Deuteronomy 32:33).

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