>> “If you read the entirety of what I wrote (which I have copied below), you will see I came to the conclusion that the woman is NOT Israel.” <<
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Yes, the woman is Israel.
You have to accept that the person Mary is of no significance whatsoever. She will not be crowned Queen, because there is no queen.
All reference to a “Queen of Heaven” is the pagan myth of Semiramis/Ishtar/Easter, because that was what Constantine strove to put in place of Yeshua. You can read about this in the prophets if you are interested.
Every time that Mary and her children are mentioned in the Gospels, Yeshua goes out of his way to show that they are of no more importance to him than any of his followers are. This is something that you cannot deny.
What Revelation 12 speaks about is completely genetic Israel, and nothing else. The 144000 are the symbol of the remnant of Israel that remained true to his commandments.
In the gospel of Matthew, Yeshua makes it clear that he came to save the portion of Israel that were dispersed through the world, and out of covenant, and really nobody else, but then in the same passage makes it clear that he will be saving others that join Israel.
The entire Bible is about Yeshua and his people (Israel).
Nothing in the Bible is about Mary. Even the part that mentions her, is about her son, not her. She is mother only to those children to whom she gave birth. Her virginity was important only WRT Yeshua, and it is made clear that after his birth, she and Joseph had other children by the normal biological process. The gospel says clearly that Joseph “knew” her, a direct reference to sexual intercourse. This was put in the gospel specifically to establish that she did not remain a virgin.
There is way too much scripture establishing these facts for anyone to even attempt to refute them.
Everything that is presented in the NT had already been presented in the ancient scriptures. That is why almost every time Yeshua said anything, he preceded it with “it is written.”
He did not come to bring anything new. Even his sinless blood was previously prophesied. Even his remarriage to the House of Israel, the “mystery” Paul mentioned in Romans 7, was prophesied in Hosea.