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In Revelation 12:3 we read “And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.” The great red dragon in this verse is a symbolism of Satan, the Devil, or the Serpent as he has many names. But you ever wonder why he is shown as red? I believe it because it is clue for us to understand the nature of the man/beast, which by the way is also shown as red (or scarlet).
Revelation 17:3; “So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.” Again the color is a clue to figure out the nature and mark of the beast, which is also the nature of the firstborn man.
Adam being the first man to have iniquity found in him is also a sign of this very thing; just as the name of Adam means earthly, red.
To confirm this sign we are also given a clue in Esau, who was also the firstborn. Genesis 25:25; “And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.” Who also by the way sold his birthright over some red pottage. Genesis 25:30; “And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.” ( Edom means red, earthly, of blood.)
More insight into the sign of the firstborn Esau is also shown here in Romans 9:13; “As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.” Why was this statement made by the Lord? If you back up to verse 8 we see the meaning in Romans 9:8; “That is, they which are the children of "the flesh", these are not the children of God: but the children of "the promise" are counted for "the seed.”
So now we begin to see the firstborn "nature" of man is flesh, or "carnally minded" like a "natural" brute beast. Jesus confirms this truth here in John 3:6; “That which is born of the flesh is "flesh"; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” And is also shown here 1 Corinthians 15:46; “Howbeit that was "not first which is spiritual," but that which is "natural;" and afterward that which is "spiritual.”
The difference between the flesh (carnally minded man) and the Spirit (spiritually minded man) also shows the difference between the "serpents seed" and the "woman's seed"; and is also why the firstborn man persecutes those who are born again of God’s Holy Spirit. Galatians 4:29; “But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.” That is the "enmity between the 2 seeds; Even as Cain the "firstborn" of Adam killed his own righteous brother Abel, and then received a “mark.”
In this we also see the "firstborn nature" of man has a different "spirit "working "in" him than that of God’s heavenly Spirit. Just as the Lord said in Genesis 6:3 “My spirit" shall not always "strive" with man, for that he also is "flesh:”
This spirit in the firstborn carnally minded man is earthly, lustful and is also of this world; which is also the same spirit of the Red Dragon, or prince of this world. We see the red dragon empowers the scarlet beast which comes up out of the sea.
Revelation 13:2; “And 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 13:4; “And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?”
If we worship our heavenly Father and His Lamb in the Spirit of Truth and in righteousness; how do you suppose the firstborn man "worships" the red dragon and the scarlet beast?
And perhaps in better understanding these spiritual things, it will also help one to understand the "mark" of the beast, and also the image of the beast they truly worship through the lusts of their own flesh.
So you still might be wondering what is that "red mark" shown in the "firstborn man of sin", and the red dragon, and the scarlet colored beast?
The answer is found right here in Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your "sins be as scarlet", they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”
It is written in Job 7:20 “I have "sinned"; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a "mark" against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?”
Job 10:14 “If I "sin", then thou "markest" me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine "iniquity.”
Jeremiah 2:22 "For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine "iniquity" is "marked" before me, saith the Lord."
Psalm 130:3 If thou, Lord, should "mark iniquities", O Lord, who shall stand?
And perhaps in knowing this mystery of Esau, it will also help one to understand these verses as well…. Obadiah 1:6 How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but it is the honor of Kings to search it out. Peace and God bless
Revelation 17:3; “So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.” Again the color is a clue to figure out the nature and mark of the beast, which is also the nature of the firstborn man.
Adam being the first man to have iniquity found in him is also a sign of this very thing; just as the name of Adam means earthly, red.
To confirm this sign we are also given a clue in Esau, who was also the firstborn. Genesis 25:25; “And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.” Who also by the way sold his birthright over some red pottage. Genesis 25:30; “And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.” ( Edom means red, earthly, of blood.)
More insight into the sign of the firstborn Esau is also shown here in Romans 9:13; “As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.” Why was this statement made by the Lord? If you back up to verse 8 we see the meaning in Romans 9:8; “That is, they which are the children of "the flesh", these are not the children of God: but the children of "the promise" are counted for "the seed.”
So now we begin to see the firstborn "nature" of man is flesh, or "carnally minded" like a "natural" brute beast. Jesus confirms this truth here in John 3:6; “That which is born of the flesh is "flesh"; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” And is also shown here 1 Corinthians 15:46; “Howbeit that was "not first which is spiritual," but that which is "natural;" and afterward that which is "spiritual.”
The difference between the flesh (carnally minded man) and the Spirit (spiritually minded man) also shows the difference between the "serpents seed" and the "woman's seed"; and is also why the firstborn man persecutes those who are born again of God’s Holy Spirit. Galatians 4:29; “But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.” That is the "enmity between the 2 seeds; Even as Cain the "firstborn" of Adam killed his own righteous brother Abel, and then received a “mark.”
In this we also see the "firstborn nature" of man has a different "spirit "working "in" him than that of God’s heavenly Spirit. Just as the Lord said in Genesis 6:3 “My spirit" shall not always "strive" with man, for that he also is "flesh:”
This spirit in the firstborn carnally minded man is earthly, lustful and is also of this world; which is also the same spirit of the Red Dragon, or prince of this world. We see the red dragon empowers the scarlet beast which comes up out of the sea.
Revelation 13:2; “And 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 13:4; “And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?”
If we worship our heavenly Father and His Lamb in the Spirit of Truth and in righteousness; how do you suppose the firstborn man "worships" the red dragon and the scarlet beast?
And perhaps in better understanding these spiritual things, it will also help one to understand the "mark" of the beast, and also the image of the beast they truly worship through the lusts of their own flesh.
So you still might be wondering what is that "red mark" shown in the "firstborn man of sin", and the red dragon, and the scarlet colored beast?
The answer is found right here in Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your "sins be as scarlet", they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”
It is written in Job 7:20 “I have "sinned"; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a "mark" against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?”
Job 10:14 “If I "sin", then thou "markest" me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine "iniquity.”
Jeremiah 2:22 "For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine "iniquity" is "marked" before me, saith the Lord."
Psalm 130:3 If thou, Lord, should "mark iniquities", O Lord, who shall stand?
And perhaps in knowing this mystery of Esau, it will also help one to understand these verses as well…. Obadiah 1:6 How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!
It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, but it is the honor of Kings to search it out. Peace and God bless
