1And 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:
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And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)Here we see that early prophecy eminently fulfilled in which God said he would put enmity between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent , Gen. 3:15. You will observe, I. The attempts of Satan and his agents to prevent the increase of the church, by devouring her offspring as soon as it was born ; of this we have a very lively description in the most proper images. 1. We see how the chu…
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