Another Wonder

Revelation 12:3 KJV

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.

There is in these verses two hugely contrasting "wonders."

• The first of them is of God.
• The second is anti God

Yet

• They both appear to John
• They both are said to be wonders and
• They are both in heaven.

The word another means "one more" and doesn't provide much distinction between the two.

• There is one wonder and
• There is one more

And herein lies one of the great dangers of religion; both that which is of God and that which is of Satan appear wonderful and appear to be heavenly.

Satan has deceived people by the multitudes with this ploy. It requires care and true work to divide the two and discern which is of God. The majority would rather not put the effort into it and that is why Jesus said they choose the broad way; it is the way which appears to be most obvious. Satan, the Bible says, will deceive the masses with lying wonders. So clever will they be that those who have not been deceived will be thought fools by those who have.

The answer to this deception is the Bible. Only as we judge those wonders through the lens of the Word of God will we see truth. Any other lens will only lead us to the other wonder