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Revelation 12

1And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:

2And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

3And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

4And 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.

5And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.

6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

7And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

8And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

10And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

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13And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.

14And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

15And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

16And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

17And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Commentary

Verse 11

Beloved, this is one of the great warfare verses in the whole Bible. *They overcame him.* Who? *The brethren* (verse 10). *And they overcame him by, the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony.* Two weapons. Joined. Watch carefully, friend. The *blood of the Lamb* is the *legal* basis of the overcoming. The cross is the verdict that has already been written in the heavenly court, Satan, the accuser, has been thrown down because the Lamb's blood paid the price. That is settled. But the verse says *and by the word of their testimony*. The blood is the legal basis, the testimony is the *operational application*. The blood made the victory possible. The testimony makes the victory active in specific situations. Hear me, beloved. *Your testimony is a weapon.* When you open your mouth and say *Jesus broke this off me, Jesus delivered me from that, Jesus healed me, Jesus restored my marriage, Jesus saved my child, Jesus snapped the addiction, Jesus broke the generational curse*, that is not autobiographical sentiment. *That is artillery.* The enemy loses ground every time a believer tells what Jesus has done. Why? Because the testimony of one delivered believer plants faith in other not-yet-delivered believers, and *faith* draws the same anointing that delivered you into their situation. The testimony is *contagious.* And see the third weapon hidden at the end of the verse, *they loved not their lives unto the death.* They did not love their own reputation, their own comfort, their own respectability, their own private peace, more than they loved the sending. Friend, that is the heart of every delivered person who actually publishes. Because publishing your testimony costs something. It costs reputation, you have to tell people what you used to be. It costs comfort, you have to enter rooms where you would rather not enter. It costs respectability, you have to admit you were once worse than they currently think. *But you do not love your life more than you love the assignment.* You spend the comfort to buy the souls. Beloved, *what Jesus broke off you is the message He is sending you to publish.* The very thing you are most tempted to hide is the very thing the Lord is most pleased to use. The addiction He delivered you from is your testimony to the addict. The barrenness He reversed is your testimony to the barren. The marriage He saved is your testimony to the marriage on the edge. The bloodline curse He broke is your testimony to the family still trapped in the same pattern. *The breaking and the message are the same material.* I declare over you in Jesus' name, every testimony in your mouth that has been hiding for fear of reputation, may it come out today as a weapon in your Decapolis in Jesus' name. **Amen.**

Source: Tosin Israel, Pastor Tosin Israel