The beast was given a mouth so it could brag about itself and say insulting things about God. The beast was allowed to use its authority for 42 months.
The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle so she could fly away to the place prepared for her in the desert. There she would be taken care of for three and a half years, and she’d be out of the serpent’s reach.
The dragon’s tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and threw them down to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to have a baby, because he wanted to devour her child the moment he was born.
Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit to a desert. There I saw a woman sitting on a bright red beast that was covered with names that said insulting things about God. The beast had seven heads and ten horns.