The woman chose her place herself. "And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent."(Re.12:14). The time tag is distinct for Israel. There is also another group, remnant of her seed, "And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ."(12:17) Compare with God's curse on the serpent,"And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed."Ge.3:15)
Now we shall attend to what the woman signifies. Re.17:1 gives her an epithet, 'the great whore' the angel with the vial informs us that it is judgment time. She is after all spiritually called Sodom, Egypt and in the next two chapters the name Babylon a hold-all for the nations that are ungodly. "Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:/With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication." Israel chose her place from which she is at present fulfilling the prophets of old."and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness."(Is.31.8-14) God's answer is in 18:21. "And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all."
The woman chose her place herself. "And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent."(Re.12:14). The time tag is distinct for Israel. There is also another group, remnant of her seed, "And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ."(12:17) Compare with God's curse on the serpent,"And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed."Ge.3:15)
Now we shall attend to what the woman signifies. Re.17:1 gives her an epithet, 'the great whore' the angel with the vial informs us that it is judgment time. She is after all spiritually called Sodom, Egypt and in the next two chapters the name Babylon a hold-all for the nations that are ungodly. "Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:/With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication." Israel chose her place from which she is at present fulfilling the prophets of old."and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness."(Is.31.8-14) God's answer is in 18:21. "And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all."
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