“And 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.”
They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony - the saints overcome through Christ's redemptive sacrifice and their faithful witness, even unto death. The blood of the Lamb is the judicial and covenantal foundation; their testimony is the proclamation of that victory.
Church Fathers on Revelation 12:11
“There was a battle in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon warred, and his angels, and they prevailed not; nor was their place found any more in heaven. And that great dragon was cast forth, that old serpent: he was cast forth into the earth.” This is the beginning of Antichrist; yet previously Elias must prophesy, and there must be times of peace. And afterwards, when the three years and six months are completed in the preaching of Elias, he…
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