I have heard, so many times, people make the statement that the woman described in the twelfth chapter of Revelation is Mary, the mother of Jesus. This woman is not Mary. She, however is called Jesus’ mother, she is also called the Lord’s bride (church).
Let’s read Revelation 12:1-2, 5-6; as we read the scriptures, it tells of a woman clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars. She being with child cried travailing in birth, and pains to be delivered . After she gave birth, her child was caught up God in to heaven, not the woman.
The woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared of God; she was in the wilderness for 1,260 days (3 ½ years). What I do not understand is how they come up with this being Mary, and her being in heaven and not in the wilderness, which is on the earth.
But before we go any further I have a question. If this is Mary in the twelfth chapter of Revelation, then who is the woman in the seventeenth chapter?
First, let us find out who the woman in Revelation 12 is. For only God’s words can interpret God’s Word; 2Peter 1:19-21.
Turn to Genesis 37; in this chapter we read how Joseph, one of the sons of Jacob who is called Israel, was a dreamer of dreams. He had a dream; Genesis 37:5-8, that his brothers would make obeisance to him, which came true when Joseph became second in command in Egypt; Genesis 42:1-9. Let’s go back to Genesis 37: 9-11, Joseph had another dream in which the sun, the moon, and eleven stars made obeisance to him. When he told the dream to his father and his brothers, his father rebuked him saying, “What is this dream, shall I your Jacob your father (the sun), your mother (the moon), and your brethren (the eleven stars) bow down ourselves to the earth to you?”
Why eleven stars, because Joseph the dreamer, is also the twelfth star. So, now can you see that the woman in Revelation 12 is the nation of Israel/Jacob, whose name was changed; whose twelve sons became the twelve tribes of Israel.
Now we know who this woman is in Revelation chapter twelve—this is not Mary, it is the nation of Israel (the True Church), the congregation of the Lord; Exodus 12:1-3, Acts 7:38.
TO BE CONTINUED
TO BE CONTINUED
3 comments:
Thank you for this article, Brother Ty. I, too, see this woman to be Israel and definitely not Mary.
There are some who propose that this is not Israel but the Church. What's your take on that?
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Thank you for visiting and commenting. I am glad to see that you discerned that this woman in Revelation 12 is the Nation of Israel.
Israel (spiritual & physical) is the church. I am writing a continuing post on Israel, the Woman In Revelation Twelve, please bear with me.
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