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Israel finally brought forth its Messiah. And it’s Israel that will go into tribulation.

Miriam is Israel, the very Israel of God, and there is no valid interpretation of Revelation 12 that excludes her. She, at God' will and by the Holy Spirit, brought the Messiah to this world and she was with him at his death and resurrection. She was with the Apostles at the foundation of the Church. Did you think God used that figure in Revelation 12 by accident ?

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13 When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. 14 The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the desert, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent's reach. 15 Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent. 16 But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. 17 Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to make war against the rest of her offspring--those who obey God's commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus.

Mary does not fit the details of the verses in Rev 12. She is not on earth, the location of the pursuit. The woman is.