In Revelation 12:1 we read about a "woman clothed with the sun." Is the "sun" in this verse the Lord Jesus...

Question

Christ?? The reason I ask this is because we read in 2 Chronicles 6:41 we read, "Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness."

In Psalm 132:9 we read, "Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy."

In Isaih 61:10 we read, "I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels."

Answer 1

The woman represents Israel. The child she was about to give birth to is Jesus. Maybe clothed with the sun means they were under God's protection because they are the chosen(the 144,000) who fled into the wilderness.

Answer 2

This could be pointing to a calendar date. The Virgin (Virgo) holds a branch in her hand (a Messianic term). When Feast of Trumpets occurs, the sun is right over Virgo and the moon is at her feet.

This is just conjecture based on some early studies of mine.

The question is, of whom does this type represent? It cannot be a type of the Church because the Church is identified as the virgin Bride of Christ--this woman is pregnant.
Our answer can be seen flagged in the verse above [a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars]. In Genesis 37:9–10 we see that Joseph has a dream that relates to his father Jacob, his mother Rachel and his eleven brothers.
Jacob recognized that the sun represented himself, the moon his wife and the eleven stars his sons (twelve minus Joseph). Our visual type is now simplified to represent the nation of Israel. Her pregnancy is a fulfillment of the very first prophecy recorded in scripture; that is the coming of the Messiah was to be conceived through the seed of the woman.

So no, the sun represents Jacob and the child within the womb represents Messiah. The woman is Israel.

Answer 3

I don't think that the sun is Jesus, as Jesus is later described in that same chapter as the "son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was snatched up to God and to his throne." a perfect depiction of Jesus.

I honestly don't know what the sun is that she's clothed with. I could look into it for you and get back to you if you'd like.

If I had to guess right now, I'd say that the "sun" is God's glory and power clothing Israel at that time because of the birth of the Messiah. But that's my personal interpretation. There may be an actual answer out there backed with scripture to back it up.

Edit: It looks like there are some other answers here that I'm going to be looking into! (Thanks Schneb)

Answer 4

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12:1 And there appeared a great sign in heaven showing those things as they are upon the earth. And I saw a woman clothed in a robe as if it were the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head there was a crown of twelve stars.

It has already been established that the term “woman” is used to represent the human race. Here John is presenting the “woman” as the church of God, or in other words, the group of people in mortality who wear “robes” (their works) filled with the light of “the sun” (the illumination of truth and righteousness). To guide the “footsteps of the woman” throughout mortality, the people have been given the prophets of God (“the moon under her feet”).
Because John was called as a Jewish prophet, and subsequently used Jewish symbolism and time frames in his expressions throughout Revelation, he presents here that the power and authority (“the crown”) of truth and righteousness was established through Abraham, whose lineage is the twelve tribes of Israel (“twelve stars”). However, this reference is purely figurative, as it has already been explained that the term “twelve tribes” represents all those in every culture and in every time period who keep the commandments of God.


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Answer 5

I think she is Israel, Jesus' natural seed line, and the 12
stars in her crown are the 12 tribes of Israel. The moon
under her feet, is the gospel church or spiritual seed of
Christ which reflects His light, in an otherwise dark world.
The church is surrounded by darkness, but it reflects the
true Light, having no light of her own. She does rule in
this dark world, spiritually. Once Israel was delivered of
her child, Jesus, that dragon sought to kill him, but God
hid them away.

Rev 21:10-14, tells about this spiritual Jerusalem, which
is the spiritual church, which Christ built upon spiritual
revelation. "HER LIGHT was like unto a stone most
precious", Jesus, the chief corner stone. The city has
12 gates and written thereon, are the names of the
twelve tribes of the children of Israel, and the 12 foundations
have the names of the 12 apostles of the Lamb.

Romans 2:28-29, says, "he is not a Jew, which is one
outwardly....But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly",
through "circumcision of the heart, in the Spirit". These
are those who are of this Spiritual Jerusalem, Christ's
Bride.

Answer 6

The woman in the revelation represents the Bride of Christ, His Church, and the sun represents the Celestial Kingdom, the highest order and level of heaven where God the Father and His Son reside. This Celestial Kingdom is of such glory and brightness it defies all mortal understanding.

Answer 7

If six days means six days and Adam was Adam and the ark was real then one must believe that the woman put on garments made with the sun. Why would literal stop at Revelations?

Answer 8

The sun is the light of truth, infinite God, and the cloth is grace and divine Love, purity, and holiness, a most beautiful sight such as can't be imagined by human thought.

Answer 9

No, silly, it's the new Vera Wang fashions.

But seriously, "clothed with the sun" may mean victory, strength, power, glory, honor and the like.

Answer 10

"The woman is Israel. The sun, moon and stars depict the glory and dominion which has been promised to her [Israel] in the coming kingdom, just as they pictured Joseph's ultimate rule over his father, mother, and brothers (Gen. 37: 9-11)"