Glory Message for February 14, 2014 - Revelation 12 from The Chronological Gospels
The Temple in Heaven Is Opened
(to be continued in Revelation 15:5)
Parenthetic flashback recalling what the saints have just overcome
(Parenthesis 12:1 - 15:4)
(The Promised Seed)
12:1 There appeared a great sign in heaven – a woman clothed with the sun, the new moon under her feet, and above her head a crown of twelve stars. 2 Being great with child, she cried, agonizing in labor and about to give birth. {1} 3 There appeared another sign in heaven; I saw a great, red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon its heads. 4 Its tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to be delivered in order to devour her child as soon as it was born. 5 She brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron, {1} and her child was caught up to YHVH and to his throne.
{12:2.1} See event <14> in the Gospel Chronology – The Great Sign in heaven.
“Just after sunset on September 12, 3 BCE, while the sky was clothed with the last rays of the setting sun, the first sliver of the new moon (4% illuminated, 7 degrees above the horizon) appeared beneath the feet of the constellation of the woman Betulah (Hebrew), or, Virgo (Latin), meaning “virgin.” At that moment, in the constellation of Ariyeh (the Lion) above her head, the planet Tzedek (the Righteous) came into conjunction with the star Melek (the King), which is astronomically positioned between the front feet of the Lion. The sighting of the new moon that evening announced the Day of Trumpets, and the astronomical display in the constellation above the head of the woman heralded the upcoming birth of the Righteous King – the Lion of the Tribe of Judah. The “Great Sign” in heaven occurred as Miriam herself was about to give birth. Just fifteen days later, at the beginning of the Feast of Tabernacles, she brought forth “the man child who was to rule all nations.” On the first High Sabbath of the Feast of Tabernacles, the Word was made flesh and “tabernacled” (dwelt, KJV) among us (John 1:14).”
12:5.1} Psalm 2:1-9
(War in the Heavens)
12:6 The woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared by YHVH so that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days. 7 And there was war in heaven. Mikhael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought. 8 They did not prevail, neither was their previous place recognized in heaven any more. 9 The great dragon was cast down, that old serpent, called the devil and hasatan, who deceives the whole world. He was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him. 10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven proclaiming, “Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of YHVH and the power of his Messiah, for the accuser of our brothers is cast down, who accused them before our Elohim day and night. 11 The saints overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives to the death. 12 Therefore rejoice, you who dwell in the Heavens. But woe to the inhabitants of the earth and sea! The devil has come down to you with great wrath because he knows that he has but a short time.
13 When the dragon realized that he was cast down and confined to the earth, he persecuted the woman who brought forth the man child. 14 The woman was given two wings of a great eagle that she might fly into the wilderness, into her prepared place, where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, away from the face of the serpent. 15 The serpent spewed a flood of water out of his mouth after the woman so that he might cause her to be swept away by the flood, 16 but the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. 17 So the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed that keeps the commandments of YHVH and has the testimony of Yeshua Messiah.)”
Excerpt From: Michael John Rood. “The Chronological Gospels.” iBooks.