The Dragon and the Woman: Revelation 12:1-17
A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head.
A sign—not literal reality but symbolic vision. A woman. Clothed with the sun—radiant, glorious. Moon under feet—authority over the night. Twelve stars—the twelve tribes, the twelve apostles. She represents God's people, Israel who would bring forth Messiah.
She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth.
The labor pains of messianic expectation. Centuries of waiting. Prophets, promises, hopes deferred. The cry of a people groaning toward deliverance.
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