The 'Woman' to come

God further identifies that He is speaking to Judah: Isa 66:7 "Before she goes into labour, she gives birth; before the pains come upon her, SHE DELIVERS A SON. Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen such things? Can a COUNTRY be born in a day or a NATION be brought forth in a moment? Yet no sooner is ZION in labour than she gives birth to her CHILDREN. Do I bring to the moment of birth and not give delivery?" says the LORD. "Do I close up the womb when I bring to delivery?" says your God. "Rejoice with JERUSALEM and be glad for her, all you who love her, all you who mourn over her. For you will nurse and be satisfied at HER comforting breasts; you will drink deeply and delight in HER overflowing abundance." Who is the woman that gave birth to a son? Read it again! Then notice that this woman - which is ZION, and which is also JERUSALEM, gives birth to not just a son, but also a whole nation! It then describes who these people, her children, are! Notice the words 'Rejoice with JERUSALEM and be glad for her, all you who love her, all you who mourn over her'. Which is the only tribe on earth who loves Jerusalem so much that they will fight to the death for her? Which tribe has special prayers about Jerusalem? Which tribe mourns for her? ONLY JUDAH!

Notice again who the woman is that gave BIRTH TO A SON! It's ZION! You need to understand this clearly otherwise all other prophecy becomes blurred! It's true that several of the beloved Apostles of Christ traveled to Europe and Britain and established the glorious Gospel there. And the Church flourished even amidst horrific persecution. But Satan chose to concentrate his efforts elsewhere! He set up his palace and his throne in Asia Minor (Rev 2:13) where seven Churches were established. Many of these Christians were the remnant of the lost ten tribes. He immediately set out to pervert and corrupt them. When they finally migrated throughout Europe and Britain hundreds of years later, they took with them a corrupted doctrine that was scarcely recognizable. Only two of these Churches held to the basic doctrines - all the rest were corrupted! What we see today is a proliferation of doctrines spawned by these corrupted Churches.  God intends to show them who their mother is – the woman that loves and nurtures them as her offspring. This woman knows what God requires of them, and she knows what God requires of her. And their roles are vastly different. Like a lioness or an eagle, this woman will turn on whole nations to rescue her offspring. At that time the whole world will know they are fighting God. Presently, the Churches refuse to acknowledge their mother. They glean satisfaction from the myopic view that has been taught them.

He tells them to flee to the mountains and not to bother to go back for their clothes (Matt 24:18). God has provided all! And this is when the Great Tribulation begins – long after the WOMAN is transported by God.

Gen 3:15 "And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will bruise his heel." And so began the great division of humanity - the good 'seed' and the 'bad' seed

Of all the tribes of Israel, only one tribe had a crown of 12 stars - this was JUDAH! Only JUDAH ruled over all twelve tribes. In the Kingdom of God they will again have a king over them; King David of JUDAH!

V13 “When the dragon saw that he had been HURLED TO EARTH, he pursued the WOMAN WHO HAD GIVEN BIRTH TO THE MALE CHILD. The WOMAN was given two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the desert, where she would be taken care of for a time,

times, and half a time, out of the serpent’s reach.” God has a very great purpose in transporting the WOMAN, which is a fledgling nation with national responsibilities to the whole House of Israel. And this WOMAN has some OFFSPRING: V17 “Then the dragon was enraged at the WOMAN and went to make war against the rest of her OFFSPRING – those who obey God’s Commandments and hold to the TESTIMONY OF JESUS (Rev 19:10).” And here we see two separate groups, and one of them is the offspring of the other. Both keep the COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, and both have the TESTIMONY OF

JESUS.

Gen 37:9 "Then he [Joseph] had another dream, and he told it to his brothers, "Listen," he said, "I had

another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me."

When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, "What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?" His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind." This prophetic dream was a parable, and Jacob perceived the meaning of it, and identified himself and Rachel as the sun and the moon. This prophecy was fulfilled in part in Egypt many years later. This was an early physical fulfillment of a prophecy that would have a spiritual fulfillment in the latter days. It's significant that Rachel had already died (Gen 35:17- 19) during the birth of Benjamin, and had been buried in Bethlehem, before Joseph had this dream.

This time around, God will use a small army, much smaller than anciently, to defend the Holy Land. Prior to this, God will use overwhelming power to bring destruction to His enemies and to clear the Holy Land – the same kind of power used against Pharaoh in Egypt. There will be a small number of STARS trained for this very purpose. These will be purified, trained and taught by God Himself. These are the ones who have been chosen to prepare the Way for the Christ (Mal 3:1-3).

It's no secret that God intends to gather His 'treasured possession' and bring them to Jerusalem to

BUILD THE TEMPLE (Zech 6:15) under the direction of God's prophets. No matter how you view it, none of the leaders of the Churches have ever understood the purpose God has for His faithful end time people to BUILD THE TEMPLE! In God's eyes, nothing else is more important! These people would have you believe that your salvation depends on their own internal power-struggles. They are leading you to certain death! And God adds one more proviso in V13 "If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath...." And let it be positively stated: Anyone who doesn't keep God's Sabbath holy WILL NOT BE THERE! You will not help to build the Temple and neither will you repair the dwellings of God's Holy City.

We are already living in dangerous and perilous times, and it serves no-one’s purpose to ignore this. God has never suggested that salvation and admission into His Kingdom would be easy. On the contrary, it will be a tortuous route for all concerned.

The Kingdom of God is the culmination of six thousand years of human rule, and the Kingdom of God is destined to take over all the kingdoms of the earth (Dan 2:35, 44). So it’s no secret that this will be done by force. The problem for most corrupted flesh is that the Kingdom of God is about to be established by men of force. These are men with great resolve who are not distracted by the things of this world. Their commission is entirely different to the Church of God. As a point of interest, the Apostle Paul makes a clear distinction between those of the common purpose and those of the noble purpose (Rom 9:21). The noble purpose is of course the establishment of God’s Kingdom, while the common purpose is present in the Churches of God to follow Christ as sheep to the slaughter as evidence of their unfeigned devotion to God. Sheep are more common than true shepherds. Jesus is the True Shepherd, True Messenger and True Saviour. And the messenger that precedes Him is all of these things also – but of a far lesser magnitude. Only the Lord Christ has true Divinity, but His appointed messenger has a small portion of that Divinity through the indwelling of a double portion of God’s Holy Spirit. The extra portion of God’s Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Prophecy (Rev 19:10) and this Spirit of Prophecy is given only to God’s servants, and this makes them prophets and fellow-servants with the mighty archangels (same verse).

And now, God has determined to call an eagle from the east to fulfill His purpose. God’s purpose firstly, is to get little Israel (the Jewish Israelis) on board, and then to rescue Ephraim from all the lands to which they will be driven. God begins firstly with a stinging attack on the rebels who have foolishly tried to thwart His Plan, by failing to act according to His instructions: Isa 46:8-10

"Remember this, fix it in your minds, take it to heart, YOU REBELS. Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, WHAT IS STILL TO COME. I say: My PURPOSE will stand, and I will do all that I please."

God plans to establish His KINGDOM long before Christ returns in all His glory. And Christ will RULE that KINGDOM! A man will be appointed king by the ONE WHO GRANTS ASCENSION (Ps 110:5 - see margin), that is God the Father! Zechariah describes this in Zech 6:11-13. The KINGDOM OF GOD is established at the moment when Satan is cast down to the earth. This is what God says: Rev 12:9 "The great dragon was hurled down - that ancient serpent called the devil or Satan, who leads the WHOLE WORLD ASTRAY. He was hurled to earth, and his angels with him. Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: "NOW HAVE COME the SALVATION and the POWER and the KINGDOM OF OUR GOD, and the AUTHORITY OF HIS CHRIST." And for the disbelievers, notice what happens AFTER this: V12 "Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, because the DEVIL HAS GONE DOWN TO YOU! He is filled with fury, because HE KNOWS THAT HIS TIME IS SHORT." What happens next is self-evident from the verses that follow this scripture. But be aware, that all these events PRECEDE BY MANY YEARS the LAST TRUMPET AND THE GLORIOUS RETURN OF CHRIST!

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