This chapter tells two interwoven tales.
A woman with 12 crowns gives birth to a child and a dragon tries to kill them. The child goes to heaven and the woman in the desert for 1,260 days. The woman is in the desert to keep out of reach of the devil. Note, this is the same amount of the time as the two Witnesses have authority.
The other tale of the chapter is that we find out about the dragon. It is the great devil Satan who swept out 1/3 of the stars as he fell to earth. We also learn about the great war in the heaven where Michael and his angels fought against the devil and his angels. Satan lost and was sent to earth.
I think this chapter provides a bit of a roadmap to unlocking some of the prior chapters. We have an explanation of what all this "1/3" talk meant. Likewise, since the days the woman in the desert matches the length of time the Witnesses have authority, it suggests that they are linked and associated.
I think that they in fact are the same thing. The church will be protected from the devil (be in a desert) and the church will have spiritual power and witness the truth to the earth (the two Witnesses)
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