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Israel During the
Antichrist Covenant Week of Years
Rev. 12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven;
[1] a woman
[a.]
clothed with the sun [Note: this entire chapter concerns itself solely with Israel (Gen. 37:9-11)], and
[11.] the moon
[aa.] under her feet, and
[12.] upon her head
[ab.] a crown of twelve stars:
[2] she being
with child*
[a.] cried,
[b.] travailing in birth, and
[c.] pained to be delivered.
[*This child is not Jesus: as from Chapter 4 through the end of the Book, Revelation is a prophecy [c/p. vs. 1:3; 11:6; 19:10; 22:7, 10, 18-19]. Compare, however: Isa. 66:7 Before she travailed [before Israel's last day travail during the time of Jacob’s trouble], she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child [this man child is Jesus]. 66:8 ..Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion [Israel] travailed, she brought forth her children [the 144,000 of the whole house of Israel (verse 5; Rev. 7:1-8)].
12:3 And there appeared
another wonder in heaven; and behold
[1] a great red dragon, having
[a.] seven heads [c/p.
Rev. 13:1;
Rev.
17:3] and
[b.] ten horns, and
[c.] seven crowns
[11.] upon his heads.
[2] his tail drew
[a.] the third part
[11.]
of the stars of heaven [the
heavenlies: fallen angels (Rev.
12:7 and
Rev. 12:9; c/p. Isa. 14:13)], and
[12.] did cast
them to the earth]: and
[3] the dragon
[a.] stood before the woman
[11.] which was ready to be delivered, for
[12.] to devour
her child
[aa.] as soon as it was born
[Isa. 66:7; one-third of Satan’s entire kingdom will be assigned by him to kill the 144,000 as soon as they are sealed (Rev.
7:4)].
The 144,000 of the 12
tribes of Jacob [Israel]: the manchild
12:5 And she [Israel]
[1] brought forth a man child
[from verse 2 we see that this is a future event. From the whole House
of Israel, God will set apart, seal, and Anoint the 144,000 of the 12 tribes of Jacob/Israel (Rev.
7:4)],
[a.] who was to rule all nations [God’s special ruling class of the natural seed of Abraham—raptured in their natural bodies (Rev. 14:1-4)—to govern the earth along with the Church, and to repopulate the nation Israel (Isa. 4:1)]
[b.] [who was to rule them] with a
rod of iron [Ps. 149:5-8; c/p.
Rev.
2:26-27;
Rev. 19:15]: and
[2] her child was caught up [Strong’s #726, catch away,
pluck, seize (by force), raptured (1
Thes. 4:17, Matt.
11:12); Jesus in His ascension was not caught up, seized by
force, or “raptured” to God’s throne (Acts. 1:2, 9, 11, 22), as Satan had been
defeated and all danger for Him was past (c/p.
Rev. 1:18)]
[a.] unto God [before the 7 vials
of the
wrath of God (Rev.
16)],
[b.] and [to] his throne [they are
seen in heaven in
Rev. 14:1-4].
Midweek: the remnant of Israel is hidden 3 ˝ years in the wilderness
12:6 And the woman [Israel]
[1]
fled into the wilderness, where
[a.] she hath a place
[11.] prepared of God, that
[b.] they [Michael and
his angels] should feed
her there
[11.] a thousand two hundred [and]
threescore days [3 ˝ years; c/p.
Rev. 12:14].
War in heaven: the end of the
Antichrist Covenant Week
12:7 And
[1] there was war in heaven [this war
happens at the conclusion of
the Antichrist Covenant week
and
Daniel's 70th week]:
[2] Michael [the war angel over the nation Israel (Dan. 10:13, Dan. 10:21)]
[a.] and his angels
[11.]
fought
[aa.] against the dragon; and
[3] the dragon fought [Satan, himself] and
[a.] his angels [fought],
12:8 And
[b.] prevailed not;
[c.] neither was their place
[11.] found
any more in heaven [in the
heavenlies: the earth’s atmosphere (Eph. 2:2)].
[1]
was cast out [by Michael and his
angels],
[a.] that old serpent,
[b.] called the Devil, and
[c.] [called] Satan,
[d.] which deceiveth
[11.] the whole
world:
[2] he was cast out
[a.]
into the earth, and
[3] his angels were
[a.] cast out with him.
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