The woman is the coming age.. and the woman is the earth. Compare a parallel prophecy...
".. Isaiah 66:7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once?..."
".. Isaiah 66:7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.
8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once?..."
We are waiting for a very specific nation / or Kingdom upon the earth (of Christ) it should be the nation birthed at a moment of travail (which means it comes at a very unlikely time of distress on the earth) and remains hidden for a while.
Three points we get from Revelation 12:5
1. The nation will rule the world
This is how the nation takes rule:
Daniel 7:18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. (From the powers of darkness)
This is how the nation takes rule:
Daniel 7:18 But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. (From the powers of darkness)
2. With an iron rod
I believe this refers to a strictness that was not before. It's also used to refer to strength as in Daniels interpretation below...
Daniel 2:40
And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
The coming Kingdom will be also strong and hard. This scripture, refers to the same people, also called daughter of Zion:
Micah 4:13 |
Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.
It's a promise, to rule and subdue in the coming age, to those who shall overcome the powers of this world...says Christ;
Revelation 2: 26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: 27 | And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
The scripture above, referring to saints who had overcome;
The same also refers to Christ, because it shall be a new age of His rule and we are His body. Heirs with Him...
Revelation 12:5 |
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 19:15 |
And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Am referring to that child to Christ and a nation interchangeably because Christ reigns with a people when He takes the Kingdom.
Dan 7:22 ... judgment was given to the saints of the most High...
3.The Nation is caught up to God's throne...
This is a time of hiding, from the enemy in pursuit according to revelation. Protection at a time of distress. Many interpret this as a literal disappearing of the chosen elect, the heirs of the from Kingdom the face of the earth. Daniel describes the events of the day as a time when indeed the very elect shall be tested, purged, and there will be power specifically for their comfort..
Dan 11:32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. 33. And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
Remember the saints are a nation of priests and Kings. They have inherited the Kingdom. The same people have always been sitted at the right hand of God. God is still King over all even in the new Kingdom. And the Power to rule is His Power. Just as Christ was exalted by being caught up to God's presence, the Child gets exalted over the powers of the earth by being caught up to God... The son of man is already with God.
Acts 2:33 |
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.
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.
So the child...is the body of Christ...whose exaltation was also promised, at start of of a new age, the Kingdom of God that Christ declared was at hand.
Colossians 3:24 |
Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
And, the heritage is a Kingdom....
James 2:5
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
