The Red Dragon -- Some Interesting Coincidences

We've been watching some very interesting things in the news lately, seeing some significance in them and wonder just what the common thread might be. The first little tidbit of news that caught our eye was this little blurb from AFP (Agence France-Presse) which talks of the Pope's recent mention of the Red Dragon. A number of things were odd about the statement. First, it was made on the day of the Feast of the Assumption which marks the ascension of The Blessed Virgin's physical body into heaven. This day August 15th was also, coincidentally, a day when hundreds died in Peruvian Catholic churches celebrating the religious event. We quote from the article:

The pontiff said the "red dragon" had been embodied in "the great dictatorships of the past century: Nazism and Stalinism."

"Today, the dragon exists in various forms -- in the materialist ideologies which tell people that it is absurd to think about God, to observe the Commandments which are described as outdated, and that they should grab what they can." "It seems impossible to oppose this dominant mentality with all the media backing it has and the dragon once again appears to be invincible," he said.

"But God is stronger than the dragon and it is love which triumphs, not selfishness."

The red dragon appears in the Book of Revelation 12:3, we quote from the New American Standard Bible:

Then another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems.

Another odd coincidence, on August 15th NASA released major and historic news in the world of astronomy. Using GALEX the Galaxy Evolution Explorer, scientists had discovered that a known star, Mira, was followed by a thirteen light year tail. The discovery was baffling, the mechanism for the existence of such an object is not known. To NASA the existence of such a thing in space just didn't make sense. Mira is, according to NASA's press release: "an older star called a red giant that is losing massive amounts of surface material." (emphasis added)

Could Mira be our red dragon?????
Watch the NASA animation below. Be sure to pause the video and look at it for a few seconds at about 33 seconds into the animation. Their animation of Mira could almost resemble a dragon, but that may be a stretch.

We did a little research on the word DIADEM, which is also mention in the same verse of Revelation as the red dragon, and it got us to thinking about some of the symbolism in a different way. "Diadem is the brightest star in the constellation Coma Berenices." Perhaps diadem does not refer to a crown at all, but a group of stars in the sky? Let us now disclaim that we are not claiming to be expert in Bible Prophecy, nor do we lay much credence to much of what has come from the analyzation of the Book of Revelation over the centuries. We have an amateur interest, simply because the work is packed with symbolism.

Interestingly, Mira herself is located in the constellation Cetus. This constellation has been associated with ancient Mother of the Gods of Babylon, Tiamat. Tiamat is the dragon goddess of chaos who battled the Marduk the god of justice and light.


Perhaps we are getting some kind of mixed message or accidentally encrypted warning with all of this red dragon stuff. We don't really know for sure what it all means. We are certain that the parallels are fascinating and after some more digging, we may find even more...