The woman in Rev 12 isn't even Mary. It is Israel. The 12 stars are the twelve tribes. Israel is the focus of the Tribulation. Mary is not the woman. Rather, Israel brought forth the man-child and was persecuted by Satan.
Israel = Church = Mary. Who ELSE gave literal birth to the man who would rule with an iron rod?
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1,541 posted on 12/15/2006 1:09:57 PM PST by jo kus
(Humility is present when one debases oneself without being obliged to do so- St.Chrysostom; Phil 2:8)