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“And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: and she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered… And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne… And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death” Revelation 12:1-11.

As mentioned in last weeks’ article, the process of birthing the sons of God described in the vision of John involves the sun, moon and stars. We established that the language employed here is symbolic of the activity of The Word of God and The Holy spirit working in the souls of men to bring forth divine life.

We showed that in Psalms 19, David gives us spiritual understanding of the roles of the sun and moon in this regard.

“The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth his handiwork, Day unto day uttereth speech and Night unto night showeth knowledge, their line has gone out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world, In them has he set a tabernacle for the sun which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber and rejoiceth as a strongman to run a race…The law of the Lord is perfect converting the soul, the testimony of the Lord is sure making wise the simple, the statues of the Lord are right rejoicing the heart, the commandment of the lord is pure enlightening the eyes…” Psalm 19:1-8.

David said that the heavens declare divine truths by day and night and he compared it to the law and commandments of the lord which converts the soul and enlightens the eyes. He means here that the heavens (meaning the sun, moon and stars) are a type of revelation that reaches into the spiritual eyes of man, not just the mind.

David says the sun represents a bridegroom which is the source of light and life. This corresponds to what John sees as the virgin-church being “clothed” or covered by the sun. The life giving power of the sun here is a type of the spirit of God that overshadowed Virgin Mary when she gave birth to Christ. In like manner there is a divine overshadowing that is currently happening since we are in the day of the Lord in order to complete the divine gestation process within the womb of the church.

The fact we are going to church and claiming that we are Christians does not mean we are also experiencing this because John says that this vision is taking place in the heavenlies. This is symbolic of the Holy Place within the tabernacle or better explained as a spiritual height, where we are nourished by direct fellowship with God without which this union is impossible.

The moon has no light of her own but receives light from the sun therefore it is like the bride which takes seed from the groom. Therefore, the moon is a type of the word of God that receives light of revelation correct interpretation from the Spirit of God.

Nature shows that it is the activity of the sun and moon that brings forth fruit in the Earth on a yearly basis. As it is in the natural so is it also in the spiritual because all truth is parallel. This is why Paul says that the natural precedes the spiritual.

“Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven” 1 Corinthians 15:46-47.

It is, therefore, the spiritual Christian that is in the position to bring forth this divine reality within their souls, not the carnal believers. Nevertheless we all start as carnal people with the word in our souls before divine insemination of the word takes place as we overcome the flesh and begin our ascension from the earthly to the heavenly realm of Christian living.

The monthly cycle of fruit-bearing suggested by the moon here is about the tree of life for it produces divine fruit every month (Revelation 22:2). Of course a month in spiritual terms is symbolic of the time it takes for divine fruit to mature within man. This describes the divine cycle through which the divine life grows into fullness in man.