Thursday, March 11, 2021

Revelation Chapter 12 (R12a)

Glorious Woman
5th Seal – Wrath of Satan/Tribulation
 
From chapter 12 onwards, all prophecies recorded here correlate to the preceding chapters with more vivid descriptions and information.
 
Rev 12:1  Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars.
 
Jesus - Sun of Righteousness
Mal 4:2  But to you who fear My name the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings; and you shall go out and grow fat like stall-fed calves.
  Jesus is the Sun of Righteousness and the Light of the world
 
1. Clothed with the Sun
Mat 5:16  Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
  The woman with complete obedience to God and His words is clothed with the sun (put on Christ) for her good works.
Rom 13:14  But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts
 
Eph 2:10  For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
  We are created in Christ to do good works and to walk in His planned destiny so that we can be free from the temptations of this world.
Eph 4:24  and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness
 
2. Moon Under Her Feet
  The woman has defeated the works of darkness (moon shines only at night)
Eph 5:8,11-12  For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord... And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.
  The woman shuns evil and exposes the skeletons in the closet of sinful Christians.
2 Tim 2:22, 25-26  Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart... in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.
 
3. Garland of Twelve Stars 
  The woman was rewarded with a garland of twelve stars for staying true to the doctrine of the 12 Apostles
Rev 21:14  Now the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
  To enter the Kingdom of Heaven, Christians must abide in the doctrine (foundation) of the Apostles, whose epistles compliment the teachings of our Lord Jesus and are mainly the words of our risen Lord before He went back to heaven.
Acts 1:3  to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.
 
The Glorious Woman had:
1.           put on Christ (clothed with the sun)
2.           overcame the temptation of this world, the deception of Satan and his cohorts (moon under her feet)
3.           built her foundation based on the apostles’ doctrine (garland with 12 stars)
 
Defilement of Church
  After the defilement by savage wolves, the church is divided into 2 distinct groups.
1. The faithful disciples of Jesus (body of Christ)
- represented by the glorious woman.
2. The faithless, covetous, worldly, sinful, rebellious and heretic Christians (2 Tim 3:1-5)
- represented by the Harlot in Rev 17-18