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Revelation 12
…a woman clothed with the sun…
…γυνὴ περιβεβλημένη τὸν ἥλιον…
Chapter Outline:
I.
THE WOMEN, VV. 1-2
II.
THE DRAGON, VV. 3-4
III.
THE MAN CHILD, VV. 5-6
IV.
MICHAEL FIGHTS WITH THE DRAGON, VV. 7-9
V.
A LOUD VOICE IS HEARD IN HEAVEN, VV. 10-12
VI.
THE WOMEN PERSECUTED BY THE DRAGON, VV. 13-17
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I.
The Women, vv.
1-2
A. “…clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a
crown of twelve stars…”
1.
Some say that this woman is Christ, some say itʼs Christʼs Church, still others
say that it is Mary the mother of our Lord.
2. But none of these suggestions really can be substantiated with scripture and
if an idea about what a passage in the Bible says canʼt be supported by the
rest of the Bible then it is risky to rely upon that idea.
It is always best to turn
to scripture to find the best commentary on a particular passage that is being
studied.
3.
As we look through Scripture we learn that this woman canʼt really be anyone
else but the nation of Israel.
4. At first this might seem like an odd or even foreign idea because Israel is
being represented by a woman and Israel (a.k.a.
Jacob from whom the twelve
tribes of Israel issued forth) was a man.
5.
It is true that Israel or Jacob was a man but the nation which came from him
is repeatedly referred to as a woman through scripture.
Here are a few
examples:
a) Isaiah 54:5-6
“For thy Maker [is] thine husband; the LORD of hosts [is] his name; and
thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he
be called.
For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and
grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy
God.”
b) Jeremiah 3:6-10
“The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou
seen [that] which backsliding Israel hath done?
she is gone up upon every
high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the
harlot.
And I said after she had done all these [things], Turn thou unto me.
But she returned not.
And her treacherous sister Judah saw [it].
And I saw,
when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I
had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister
Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
And it came to pass
through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and
committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
And yet for all this her
treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart,
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but feignedly, saith the LORD.”
c) Jeremiah 31:32
“Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day
[that] I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which
my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the
LORD:”
d) Ezekiel 16:32
“[But as] a wife that committeth adultery, [which] taketh strangers instead
of her husband!”
e) Hosea 2:14-16
“Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and
speak comfortably unto her.
And I will give her her vineyards from thence,
and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in
the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land
of Egypt.
And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, [that] thou shalt call
me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.”
f) Hosea 3:1
“Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of [her]
friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the
children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.”
6.
We can see from a scriptural standpoint that there would be no discrepancies
with Israel being represented by a woman.
So now what about a passage that
would correlated well to and lend greater credibility to this woman in
Revelation 12 being Israel?
That passage is found in Genesis 37:5-11.
a) “And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told [it] his brethren: and they
hated him yet the more.
And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this
dream which I have dreamed: For, behold, we [were] binding sheaves in
the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold,
your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
And
his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou
indeed have dominion over us?
And they hated him yet the more for his
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