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Is she queen of the Jews? If not, what on earth has that got to do with the topic?
Brrrrrrrrr. It sure got cold in here.
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Is she queen of the Jews? If not, what on earth has that got to do with the topic?
The queen being mother of the king is from Hebrew culture. In other cultures the queen is the wife of the king, hence why your question made no sense.Brrrrrrrrr. It sure got cold in here.
Revelation 12 MSG;NIV - The Woman, Her Son, and the Dragon - A - Bible Gateway
Is it Mary or the church?
If you read the whole chapter.....The woman is the church who gives birth to the bride...Who is caught up and the rest of the church has to flee from the antichrist. Study and you will find that not all the born again church is the bride...Only those who are ready.
What is the time, times and half a time?
So...Israel gives birth to a 'son' What is that?
Hello Major1.7 years!
Neither. It is the nation of Israel.
Hello Major1.
Revelation 12:14
But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.
So does that mean the period of time the woman was nourished, was of a seven year duration?
Hello Major1.
Revelation 12:14
But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent.
So does that mean the period of time the woman was nourished, was of a seven year duration?
It means she was nourished--sustained--for the complete length of time necessary. That might mean 70 years--from about the birth of Christ until the destruction of the temple. But seven years basically means "the complete length of time necessary."
I agree that Israel is the woman. Mary may be the physical image Israel in this case, as Jesus is the image of God, but Israel is the representation.
The bible offers us a clear cut example of a woman who is also the people of a nation. The woman at the well in reference to the number of her husbands. Five have fallen one is.
Rev. 17:9
And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
Her history parallels the history of Samaria. Thats why Jesus calls her Woman. At that time the nation of Samaria had had five vassal kings that had come and gone over the generations, and the one she had at the time of this encounter, Jesus said wasn't her husband either. Jesus spoke to her differently. How many times do we hear Jesus saying " yeah I'm that guy, I'm the messiah."
Her experience of life paralleled the experience of all the people of Samaria from the time of it's first foreign King. Samaria a nation of idolaters. But not after her encounter with Jesus. She was looking out for the messiah. She doesn't let her expectations have sway over the truth. She is obviously a prophetess.
The Idolatrous Samarians wanted Jesus to stay, that is all those who believed because she believed, but Jesus could only stay two days, a short time for new believers. The new converts believed at first because they had faith in the woman at the well. Then they say that they believe because they heard Jesus themselves.
The picture is of a woman who found her real husband. She found the messiah! Her seventh is Jesus who is also an eighth who is one of the seven and is going to destruction. Where was Jesus going? To the cross.
Who is the eighth? The Risen Christ.
Compare her story to the description of the woman as given by the angel to John and the implications are a....a deep well.
Paul say's the mother of Christians is Jerusalem from above.
Gal.4:22
22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
Isn't that a "Pretearist" theological position?
Many say that the "Wings of an eagle" means that the USA will be involved as that is our nation emblem. I do not think that is the case. The "wings of an Eagle" in the original Greek simple means an explination of their quick escape and it does not mean a country or region.
I agree.
I'll also point out that the eagle was the symbol of the Roman empire at the time.
Would you be in favor of a new Roman Empire?Yes.....good point. However, "IF" the Revived Roman Empire is what is in view as the vehicle of the A/C, it seems unlikely that it would allow the A/C to be in controle & declare that he is God, and then help the Jews escape Jerusalem.
But that is just my way of thinking so don't follow it as the Scriptures are just not clear on this.
Depends on which line and phrase you are reading in Revelation 12.Revelation 12 MSG;NIV - The Woman, Her Son, and the Dragon - A - Bible Gateway
Is it Mary or the church?
Would you be in favor of a new Roman Empire?