2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
Jupiter is the child that she bears. This is interesting because at the time of the Lord’s birth we saw something similar and Jupiter represented the Jesus in His earthly ministry as a king. If you look closely at Jupiter it has stripes like the crucified Christ had on His back and it has a big round wound where the spear was put in the side of Jesus. The only planet brighter than Jupiter is Venus which is called the morning star. The morning star signifies the resurrected Christ. But here the child she is delivering, the man child, is represented by Jupiter as well. These are the ones in the Church that are one with the Lord in His ministry, they are the ones who are bearing their cross and following Him.
3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
So surrounding this woman are a number of constellations that depict the dragon, a serpent, a scorpion, and even Hercules fighting with a serpent.
4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
This also occurred at that time. At the bottom of Hydra, the tail of the great serpent, on October 8th 2017 we had a large meteor shower from these cluster of dragon constellations. On that date you had about 200 meteors per hour, over the course of a day there were over 3,000 meteors. Since there are around 10,000 visible stars in the night sky with the human eye, this represents about a third.
5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
The last time we have had a sign similar to this 3915 BC, and it looked very similar to the prophecy that the seed of the woman would bruise the serpent's head, but the serpent would bruise His heel.
6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
One of the problems we have with these signs is we try to get them to say too much. If you are on the road heading to the Lord’s return and you see a great sign on the side of the road you would never expect the sign to be at the destination, what would be the point? Also, what is the point of creating the stars for a sign, telling us about the sign, if God didn’t want us to see and pay attention to the sign? So this is a sign telling us that the church (the woman) is going to have a “man child” that will be caught up to heaven. That is the rapture. The Lord told us to watch, if you were watching this would have certainly been warned with this sign that we are almost there. But to understand this we have to know what the Lord has spoken. The rapture is described by the Lord using the analogy of a wedding. In the wedding ceremony the man pays for the bride, similar to the Lord paying the price for us at the beginning of the age. Then the man goes and builds a house for the two of them, again similar to the Lord saying “I go to prepare a place for you”. This can take up to two years, similar to the Lord taking 2,000 years (with God one day is as a thousand years). When the man is done his friends come blowing trumpets to come and get the bride. This could be at any time which is why she has a lamp filled with oil ready for when He comes. That would typify the rapture. The father of the bride will look the other way when the man comes and steals the bride away. So the bridegroom comes like a thief in the night. Then you have the marriage followed by seven days of celebration. So with this analogy you have the rapture at the beginning of these seven years while on Earth there is tribulation. Why? Well the New Testament also says that the man of lawlessness (the antichrist) is revealed when those that restrain are taken away. So the man-child were those who were restraining, once they are raptured “all hell breaks loose”. The reason I feel I need to discuss this now is that the Lord told the disciples concerning the rapture “no one knows the day nor the hour”. To Gentiles this sounds completely contradictory. The Lord is giving us signs in the heavens concerning His return, He is giving us prophecies telling us beforehand concerning His return, He is telling us to watch otherwise that day will come upon us like a thief, and yet what is the point if we can’t know the day or the hour? Well the problem is that we are Gentiles. If we grew up as Jews we would know that this term “we can’t know the day nor the hour” refers to the festival of trumpets. The rabbi’s have to watch the sky and determine exactly when to sound the trumpets. So we are also told in Colossians that the festivals are prophetic. Jesus was crucified on Passover, He was buried on the feast of unleavened bread, He rose on the feast of the firstfruits, and Pentecost is when the church was born. This age began with these four festivals occurring on the key events and being prophetic of these events. Well the Lord’s return is as a bridegroom coming for His bride with the sound of the trumpet. The year is also significant. If Jesus was born on 3 BC and you consider His birth to be the year of Jubilee, then according to the Jewish calendar (based on the moon) it has been exactly 2,050 years since Jesus birth. That means this festival of trumpets will be the first year of jubilee of the third millennium. That is what the sign is telling us, the woman is ready, the man child is ready.
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
There are two groups of Christians, the stronger group that will be raptured to the heavens and with the Lord kick Satan out, and the weaker ones who will be on Earth for the first half of the tribulation.
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
This is why it is called the tribulation. The world doesn’t realize that the people who are restraining evil are keeping the whole world from going to hell. But once these ones are removed, then there is nothing left to restrain the evil. The lawless one will be revealed, and things will get really bad. It is very clear that one group or the other has been deceived. You can assume that half the country are deplorable and morons, or you can investigate why they are so clear that the Devil is deceiving the whole world.
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. 12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
There are two sides to this story. If you are raptured to the heavens it is a time of rejoicing. If you are left on the earth it is a time of woe. For many Christians it will be a time of weeping and gnashing of teeth. Please note that those who are trying to "Stop the Steal" or prevent this house from being broken into believe that it is China, the great Red dragon that is trying to break in.
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. Already in many countries on earth the church is persecuted, but apparently it will become really horrific at this time. 14 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.
My understanding is that “the great eagle” signifies the US. True, Mexico also has an eagle as their national symbol, but they would not be the “great” eagle. A time, and times and half a time is understood as 3 1⁄2 years which is also what the 1,260 days represents in the Jewish calendar. As a rule our tribulation is only for a short period of time compared to the eternal weight of glory. If I was left on the earth for the 1,260 days I would be counting each day, focused on preparing myself to be taken.
15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. 16 And 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 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.
So here is another example, you have the man child, you have the woman and you have the remnant. The word remnant means “a small remaining quantity of something”. Some are taken, some will remain. Two are in the field, one is taken, one is left behind. This is a common thread whenever the rapture is discussed.
