GINOLJC, first thanks for the reply. second,
Then, more comparison to the humans who have erred and followed the evil angels (such as Cain who murdered his brother out of jealousy - the evil one is a murdered, thus Cain followed the evil one for God rejecting him).
who and when did any angel murder anyone?. physically speaking.
I disagree completely. I think the 1/3 of stars are angelic, and not human. There's no verse to counter that they are not angelic.
not saying that you're right or wrong, but consider this. the stars in revelation 12 are humans, and the verses tghat proves this are found in the book of Matthews chapter 2 which clearly display all the actors.
Symbolic Meaning to understand chapter 12
the Child = the Messiah.
Woman = represent a Church, (the remnant of Israel, the church in the wilderness).
Dragon = a person, be it representative of a political, or religious power, (here king Herod).
Red in this chapter = blood
Stars = messenger, (human, not angelic).
Sun = the gospel, or word of God.
Moon = Mosaic Law.
Rev chapter 12 Verse 4. "And 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”.
The main key here is the word, “tail”, and “of “, as in, “of” heaven, and not in heaven, about the stars. stars here is symbolic, stars do not necessary , or automatically means angels. in this verse it means men. those on earth that have heavenly information, or a message, that’s the symbolization used here of, of, of, heavenly stars. when reading about
the birth of Jesus the Christ, revelation chapter 12 correspond to it to a tee. Matthews chapter 2 tells us how Herod the king, (the red dragon), tried to kill the baby Jesus. it say that the dragon drew the third part of
the stars of heaven, and cast them to earth, this to me is not a persuasion to follow the dragon, but an attempt by the dragon to use someone to gain heavenly knowledge. it said that his tail “DREW” the THIRD part of the stars of heaven. drew here, is another word to "
gather" together. so who did king Herod drew, or gathered together unto himself? it's the stars or messengers that is on earth, with
the heavenly knowledge of where the babe is to be born at. (I'll show this by scripture). Herod the king called/drew, or gathered together unto him his aids, to find out about the new born King, that the wise men came to worship. he wanted to know where the child was born at, so that he may kill the babe, (he stood ready to kill). as said, the word drew, past tense, mean to "gather"/draw together, king Herod inquired of the men of God, the (
Heavenly messengers, or
men of God), as to where the babe was born at. lets pick up the account in the scriptures. Matt 2:4 "And when he had
gathered all the chief priests,(1 third), and scribes, (2 third), of the people together, (there it is, of the people, not angels in heaven). he demanded of them where Christ should be born". these men was of God, who should know the things of God, for they had the written word of the prophets, and yes, they did. scripture, Matt 2:5 "And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written
by the prophet, 6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel". here it is confirm that the babe came out of Judah. Now lets get the third part, or the final third of stars,
the wise men. Matthews 2:7 “ Then Herod, when he had privily
called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared”. There is the third part, of the stars, the wise men. the scriptures said that the dragon, drew a third part, “of”, the stars, “of”, heaven. There you have it, all of the third part of the STARS. lets recap Matthews 2:4. 1/3 chief priests, 2/3 the scribes, and our 3/3 the wise men. there you have it.
understand, just because a vision is shown in heaven do not nesseary mean it took place in heaven. so Matthews chapter 2 is the vision John saw which was the things that was "PAST". if one keep one hand on Revelation chapter 12, and the other hand on Matthews chapter 2, it the same event.
hoped this help,
PICJAG.