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And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars
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(In it Mary, mother of jezus?)
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And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne
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(Jesus ascended into heaven)
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And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
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(she lived in seclusion, outside the world and society)
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And 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.
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(the demon sent her many gifts and good things, but they were supposed to destroy her soul or distance her from God)
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And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
beings from the earth came, and they took everything and divided it among themselves
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(perhaps by praying for the protection of the soul, or by protection from God, nothing could get to her, so the beings who came divided the gifts among themselves) (so her soul was pr
otected until end of life)
It’s a vision of Gods bride isreal giving birth to the messiah the son of man and him being caught up into heaven on his throne and after Satan begins to war against the church who believes in him who was taken up to rule
You do realize that the Book of Revelation is highly-symbolic. One clue to the symbolism in that chapter is that the dragon is explained as the devil. Therefore, the woman is also symbolic; I believe that she is, therefore, the Old Testament people of God, who "gave birth" to the Messiah, Jesus.
Amen revelations imagery comes from the Old Testament narrative like this
“And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and,
behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed?
Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves
to thee ( 12th star) to the earth?”
Genesis 37:9-10 KJV
jacob was given the name “ Israel “ by God and then he ( sun) and his wife ( moon ) had twelve recognized sons ( 12 stars ) which formed the twelve tribes of Israel’s inheritance.
So you have an image of a woman clothed with the sun moon any twelve stars
expecting a male child a son to be born
later israel
the nation represented by the woman Jerusalem Israel’s chosen city of God. was promised by God this promise
“Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign;
Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”
Isaiah 7:14
“For
unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and
his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”
Isaiah 9:6
israel was expecting the son to be born who would rule with a rod of iron and be caught up to God
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The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion:
Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.”
Psalm 110:1-2, 4 KJV
“Yet have I set
my king upon my holy hill of
Zion. I will declare the decree:
the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, And
the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, When his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.”
Psalm 2:6-9, 12
“I saw in the night visions, and, behold,
one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. And
there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.”
Daniel 7:13-14 KJV
were seeing these things condensed down into a narrative and vision more complete and onderrrsndsble and ordered them scattered scripture . so israel becomes a woman ( Jerusalem) with a crown of twelve stars and the sun and moon clothing her as she then gives birth to a son who she was expecting and he is taken up to God to rule the nations with a rod of Iron ect
“And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with
the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: and she being with child ( israel was promised the son ) cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. And
she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.”
Revelation 12:1-2, 5 KJV
jesus was born and taken up to God in heaven to rule the world he died for
“So then after the Lord had spoken unto them,
he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.”
Mark 16:19 KJV
it’s really a remarkable book in that it’s totally reliant on one’s knowledge of Old Testament figures and symbols labeled as different things for instance
“And
the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:”
Genesis 3:4 KJV
“And he said unto
them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.”
Luke 10:18 KJV
Just two quick exemples but now in revelation he’s a serpent a great dragon fallen from heaven
“And the great dragon was cast out,
that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and
his angels were cast out with him.”
Revelation 12:9
now with further apocalypse through John we know he’s an angel with charge over other angels who was cast out of heaven into earth ect ….
The book of revelation is actually “ the apocalypse of John “
the entire Bible is presented in an
apocalyptic literary manner and form so that the imagery builds and works together to reveal things later on revelation is an apacolyptic vision or an “ apocalypse “ of the rest of the Bible based upon the figures and imagery pre labeled and explained in the prophets and law of Moses and gospel
“And Abraham said, My son,
God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.”
Genesis 22:8 KJV
“and looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith,
Behold the Lamb of God!”
John 1:36 KJV
“And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are
the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.”
Revelation 5:6 KJV
“This
Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. Therefore
being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the
promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.”
Acts 2:32-33 KJV
It all works together and is seen on revelations imagery but to know the prior explainations of the symbolism and imagery what it represents is imperative for revelation like your talking about Jerusalem represent eing Israel’s tribes inheritance and covenant with God is without a doubt the woman