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Revelation 12:1,2
And a great sign was seen in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon underneath her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars;
And she was with child, and she cried out, travailing in birth and being in pain to bring forth."
Three light giving aspects of this woman reveal that she is a totality of spiritual light.
1.) The stars that form a crown around on her head represent the patriarchs, saints of God before the age of the law. These would include people like Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph. These are saints prior to the giving of the law of Moses. And they are exalted as a crown upon the bright woman's head.
2.) The moon underneath her feet represent the saints of the age of the law. This would include all the believers in God after the Exodus with Moses up until the time of the establishment of the new covenant church.
The moon does not possess its own light. It reflects the shining of the sun. And the law's light is a reflection of shining of the Son of God Who is perfection in obedience to God.
The moon underneath the woman's feet does not show disrespect but subjection. Because of Christ God's people are saved by He who is the end of the law.
3.) The sun clothes the major part of the woman. This represents the new testament age of grace. Christ as the sun of righteousness cloths the vaster portion of this woman. For Christ having come as the light of the world has justified and clothed the greater portion of all God's people.
This Woman therefore represents the totality of God people throughout the entire history of mankind. The age of the patriarchs before the law is represented. The age of the law is represented. And the new testament age is represented.
The vision of the universal bright woman is very much like the vision Joseph had of his father, mother and brothers being God's testifying people on earth at that time.
Genesis 37:9 - "And he [Joseph] had still another dream and told it to his brothers and said, Now I have had another dream: There were the sun and the moon and eleven stars, bowing down to me."
That was the family of Jacob, the family of Israel as the testifying people of God on the earth at that time. By extrapolation the universal bright woman must be the testifying people of God throughout all the ages.
This woman becomes the New Jerusalem in chapters 21 and 22 of Revelation.
And a great sign was seen in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon underneath her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars;
And she was with child, and she cried out, travailing in birth and being in pain to bring forth."
Three light giving aspects of this woman reveal that she is a totality of spiritual light.
1.) The stars that form a crown around on her head represent the patriarchs, saints of God before the age of the law. These would include people like Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph. These are saints prior to the giving of the law of Moses. And they are exalted as a crown upon the bright woman's head.
2.) The moon underneath her feet represent the saints of the age of the law. This would include all the believers in God after the Exodus with Moses up until the time of the establishment of the new covenant church.
The moon does not possess its own light. It reflects the shining of the sun. And the law's light is a reflection of shining of the Son of God Who is perfection in obedience to God.
The moon underneath the woman's feet does not show disrespect but subjection. Because of Christ God's people are saved by He who is the end of the law.
3.) The sun clothes the major part of the woman. This represents the new testament age of grace. Christ as the sun of righteousness cloths the vaster portion of this woman. For Christ having come as the light of the world has justified and clothed the greater portion of all God's people.
This Woman therefore represents the totality of God people throughout the entire history of mankind. The age of the patriarchs before the law is represented. The age of the law is represented. And the new testament age is represented.
The vision of the universal bright woman is very much like the vision Joseph had of his father, mother and brothers being God's testifying people on earth at that time.
Genesis 37:9 - "And he [Joseph] had still another dream and told it to his brothers and said, Now I have had another dream: There were the sun and the moon and eleven stars, bowing down to me."
That was the family of Jacob, the family of Israel as the testifying people of God on the earth at that time. By extrapolation the universal bright woman must be the testifying people of God throughout all the ages.
This woman becomes the New Jerusalem in chapters 21 and 22 of Revelation.