Revelation 12
This chapter introduces some of the protagonists in the struggles featured in Revelation.
There is a usage of signs in presenting them.
The Woman
In Revelation 12: 1 we have a woman adorned with the celestial bodies.
This fact links her to the dream of Joseph. When Joseph’s father, Jacob, heard the dream, he understood that the sun and moon and eleven stars referred to him and his wife and the eleven other children. So this sign John saw probably speaks of Israel.
It is further affirmed by Revelation 12: 6 which speaks of the woman fleeing into the wilderness. She is nourished there for 1,260 days.
This ties in with what we have seen concerning the need for Israel to flee into the wilderness to escape from the beast. The time period also agrees with what we already know.
Isaiah 26: 20 21 Go My people enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you Hide yourselves for a little while until His wrath has passed by….