Revelation 12

From the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible we learn -

"And the dragon prevailed not against Michael, neither the child, nor the woman which was the church of God, who had been delivered of her pains, and brought forth the kingdom of our God and his Christ." (JST New Testament | Revelation 12:7)

The woman then is the Church and the child is the Kingdom of God. It were these that Satan did and would not prevail even though it appears he had some success. Even though it may be hard to understand the symbolic nature and meaning of this revelation, there is one thing that is very clear. As the the angel opened the bottomless pit, the temptations of Satan were allowed to greatly increase. It is in this part of the revelation that John heard -

"...Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time." (New Testament | Revelation 12:12)

Even such that -

"...the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood." (New Testament | Revelation 12:15)

I believe the water our of his mouth was filthy water in order to carry away the righteous. Even such that in the latter days -

"...the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." (New Testament | Revelation 12:17)

I'm convinced that in our day, Satan is attacking the righteous in all his strength, for he knows his days are limited. But again, we are reminded that we are not left alone for not only -

"...the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth." (New Testament | Revelation 12:16)

But returning to an earlier portion of this revelation -

"...it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads." (New Testament | Revelation 9:4)

Which again in my mind are the youth, the elect, and the faithful of thise that have the seal (testimony and conversion} upon their foreheads.