Who is this boy and who is this woman in this passage?

Question

Who is the son and who is the mother? And what dose this passage mean? (book of Revelations)

3Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on his heads. 4His tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child the moment it was born. 5She gave birth to a 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. 6The woman fled into the desert to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.
Revelation 12:3-12:6

Answer 1

The woman is traditionally taken to represent Israel, and the son: Jesus.

Answer 2

John saw a symbolic version of the War in Heaven and its continuation on earth. The woman represents the church of God. The child she brought forth is the Kingdom of God- the government that will exist on the earth during Jesus Christ's millennial reign.

There are two powers on the earth and in the midst of the inhabitants of the earth-the power of God and the power of the devil. When God has had a people on the earth, it matters not in what age, Lucifer, the son of the morning, and the millions of fallen spirits that were cast out of heaven, have warred against God, against Christ, against the work of God, and against the people of God. Whenever the Lord set His hand to perform any work, those powers labored to overthrow it.

Answer 3

The classic position of the Roman Catholic Church identifies the Woman with the Virgin Mary because she is the mother of Jesus, the child who will rule the nations with a rod of iron(see Revelation 19:11–16).

This is what the Church always taught and always believed, from the beginning.

You only see the misinterpretation as "Israel" in the late 1800's with the rise of Dispensational Premillennialists, unheard of as a doctrine for the first 18 centuries of Christendom.

Answer 4

the 1,260 days represents the time in which it took the promise made to Abraham and "his seed" to be fulfilled...
14 generations from Abraham to King David, 14 from David to the exile of Israel into Babylon, and 14 from the exile to the coming of Jesus Christ.
14 x 3 =42 months as seen in revelation
42 x 30 days/month = 1,260 days
1,260 / 360 days/per year = 3.5 (time, times and half a time)
they all have the same basic meaning in prophecy for the reader. it is the fulfillment and completion of the promise of the salvation of man. it also represents the time of completion from the start of the church (woman)at pentecost to the return of Christ and the eternal salvation of her children .

Answer 5

It is Mary the Blessed Virgin and Jesus our Lord and Savior


Revelation 12: "And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; she was with child and she cried out in her pangs of birth, in anguish for delivery" (Rev. 12:1–2). Who is this newborn child? He is described as the messianic king exercising his dominion. In verse 5, the author of Revelation chose the messianic Psalm 2 to describe how this child will "rule all the nations with a rod of iron" (Rev. 12:5, Ps. 2:9). This royal son is taken up to heaven to sit on a throne (Rev. 12:5), and he ushers in the kingdom of God by defeating the devil: "Now the kingdom of our God has come, for the accuser has been throne down" (12:10). Certainly, this newborn child is the royal Messiah, King Jesus.

In this light it is clear who this woman is who gave birth to the messiah: It is Mary. Some people have interpreted this woman in Revelation 12 as merely a symbol either for the Old Testament people of Israel or for the New Testament Church and therefore have concluded that the woman cannot be an individual (i.e., Mary). However, this "either-or" proposition is foreign to the biblical worldview, in which individuals often symbolically represent collective groups. For instance, Adam represented all humanity (Rom. 5:19), and Jacob stood for all of Israel (Ps. 44:4). Given this biblical notion called "corporate personality," the woman in Revelation 12 should be understood as both an individual (Mary) and a symbol for the people of God.

But for our purposes, once we see that this woman is Mary, the mother of Jesus, it is important to note how she is portrayed as queen in this passage. Her royal office is hinted at by the imagery of the sun, moon, and twelve stars, which recalls the Old Testament story of Joseph’s dream in which the sun, moon, and stars bow down before him, symbolizing his future authority (Gen. 37:9–11).

"I will put enmity between you and the woman!" What woman? Who is the woman whose "seed" (offspring) saves? Who is this woman who is mentioned, in the context of Eve's sin, as being one whom God will have as the enemy of Satan?

Answer 6

Yes, those are common beliefs. I believe the child being taken up to heaven immediately indicates he was born righteous and also that the devil was taken out of the way. However, Satan is to appear later to test the body and Bride of Christ.

Answer 7

The woman is God's Kingdom in Heaven...the boy is Jesus as the King of that Kingdom.

Answer 8

The boy is Jesus returning for the final time. The woman is the church, God having prepared a safe place for her and protecting her.

Answer 9

THIS IS MAJOR PROPHECY

Shane is correct in a nutshell, but below is full prophecy and time in detail.

Dan.12:1-13 [ Michael in the time of the end, Rev.12:3,4,6-11,12; Michael, Satan and the WORD OF GOD in Satan's short time in the time of the end ];

At year 3460, Daniel goves 2520 yrs [ NOTE: 1260 + 1260 = 2520, God's time ], plus 1260 man's time 11:3; 1260 or 42 months 12:6, 14; 13:5; 42 months tomes 30 days each month is 1260 days. Satan has had 5980 years
from Eden, Gen.3:15; Michael and the holy angels are separated from Satan
ans 1 / 3 unholy angels they have been cast out of heaven and down to earth to have a short time in the end time to join Rev.17:5,6,10-14; the earthly woman that belongs to Satan his seven horns have passed [ SEVEN WORLD EMPIRES ], 10 horns or 10 nations for 8th of the 7 to contend with.

Jesus ascended yr 33 to be at God's right hand until his enemies are under his feet and the feet of the heavenly and the feet of the raised up to be heavenly at the last day Rom.16:20; John 6:39,40,44; 14:3 [ Jesus went to prepare a place for them ]; mark 13:27; 1Thes.4:15-17; THE HEAVENLY WILL BE WITH JESUS AT HIS SECOND COMING

At God's right hand: Acts 2:27-35; 7:55, 56; Matt.22:42-44; Psm.110:1; Mark 16:19; Rom.8:34; Col.3:1; Heb.1:1-13; 12:2; 1Pet.3:22; Satan and 1 / 3 angels are enemies that are cast out of heaven, the heavenly angels bring
forth the king to rule in the kingdom of the heavens the new Jerusalem Rev.3:12; Gal.4:26; Heb.12:22-24;

3460 plus 2520 is 5980 plus 93 years ago and 6073, in 2007 after Christ and the bible has been in circulation in the world 396 years.

Matt.13:37-39; 24:3,7,14,15,21,22,36,-39; 25:31-34 [ the time of the end ];

Eph.2:7; 3:21; The world with Jesus is without end. John 3:16; 17:3,17; 2Pet.3:13; 1Cor.15:22-28,51-53; Rev.20:1-6,12,13; 21:1-5; All is made as new as before Eden.

Prophecy of Daniel to Jesus to John in Revelations for time of the end.
Daniel was year 3460. 947 yrs after Exodus [ 606 before Christ ].
Solomon died year 3069 1Ki.6:1 [ 480 yrs after Moses dies + 36 years life.
David died year 3029.
Samuel died year 2893. Acts 13:20,21; 450 to 470 yrs after Exodus.
Judges 11:26 [ 300 ]; yr 2854.
Joshua Josh.5:6,10,14; 14th day New Year, year 2554.
Moses died yr 2553, 897 years after flood, 1513 before Christ.
Moses died age 120 Deut.1:3; 29:5; 34:7; 470 yrs after Abraham's covenant.
Moses at Exodus 7:7; 12:40,41; Gal.3:16-18; 430 yrs after covenant. Yr 2513.
Job died yr 2433.
Joseph died year 2368, Gen. 50:26;
Jacob died yr 2315, Gen.47:9:28;
Isaac died yr 2288.
Abraham died yr 2183.
Shem died yr 2158.
Abraham has Promised Land covenant yr 2083, 906 years before king David.
Abraham born yr 2008.
Noah died yr 2006.
Noah in flood yr 1656.
Noah born yr 1056.
Adam died yr 930.
Noah in flood

Answer 10

The dragon is satan. The woman is Mary The Child is Jesus.