Revelation 12: The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon | Dr. Michael Heiser

Support Dr. Heiser's ministry at https://nakedbiblepodcast.com The imagery of Revelation 12 is familiar to many Bible readers. A woman with twelve stars around her head gives birth to the messiah child, after which that child is caught up to God and his throne, the response to which by Satan (the Dragon) is a spiritual war. The astronomical elements of the vision were addressed earlier on this podcast in Episode 138. In this episode, we focus on the relationship of various images, metaphors, and numbers to Revelation 11 along with the Old Testament contexts for all of those elements. Who is the woman? How should we understand the numbers? How does this relate to the persecution of believers described earlier in Revelation? How will these events play out? #michaelheiser #bookofrevelation #thewatchers #divinecouncil #biblestudy #aseatforjesus #nakedbiblepodcast \\------------------------\\ Help Support ASFJ: https://aseatforjesus.com/a-seat-for-jesus Website: https://aseatforjesus.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SeatForJesus Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aseatforjesus X: https://x.com/ASeatForJesus 0:00 Beyond the Astral Theology of Revelation 12 1:33 Connecting Revelation 11 and 12 3:49 Who is the Woman in the Wilderness? 5:58 Temple Language and the Two Witnesses 8:52 The Offspring of the Woman 11:49 The Timing of Prophetic Fulfillment 18:06 Daniel 12 and the Calendar of the End 34:28 Drilling Down into Old Testament Roots