Yes, indeed. Those things can end up being distractions.
I got to admit though, the Rev 12 thing is REALLY cool!
I won’t be selling my guitar or my Harley just yet though! :-)
It's a sign about a woman giving birth. And as is usually the case, as that set-in-stone due date comes and goes, women start freaking out. Every "extra" day is like a month. Terrible!
Like with Moses coming down off the mountain. The people miscalculated his "due date" and dang, one a day went by and they completely lost it.
Rev 12 has its parallel in the birth of Ben-oni. It was Ben-oni who was whisked away, along with his mother. Rachel is the moon in Joseph's dream. The moon also represents the nation of Israel (and King David, and the Shekhinah).
Jewish tradition places that event on the 11th of Cheshvan, which isn't until October 31 this year, the eve of "All Saints" Day, which is also the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.
reformation:
the action or process of reforming an institution or practice.
There is some real irony in all of this.