Revelation 12:3-5

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The Red Dragon, Satan

³Then another sign [of warning] was seen in heaven: behold, a great fiery red dragon (Satan) with ^[a]seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven royal crowns (diadems).^(A) ⁴And his tail swept [across the sky] and dragged away a third of the stars of heaven and flung them to the earth. And the dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.^(B)

The Male Child, Christ

⁵And she gave birth to a Son, a male Child, who is destined to rule (shepherd) all the nations with a rod of iron; and her Child was ^[b]caught up to God and to His throne.^(C)

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Footnotes

Revelation 12:3 The seven heads and ten horns correspond to the heads and horns of the beast in 17:3 ff, and to those of the beast in Dan 7:7 ff as well. Daniel’s description reveals that the ten horns are ten kings who temporarily reign with the Antichrist during the Great Tribulation (cf 17:12).
Revelation 12:5 This refers to the ascension of Christ to heaven following His death and resurrection.