Subj:	Revelation 12:4&5
Date:	98-05-31 07:04:27 EDT
From:	SERVFATHER



Revelation 12:4
 "and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour
her child as soon as it was born."

      You have to remember this is speaking spiritually.  The
woman is Israel, the dragon is Satan,  and the child is the Son of God.  This was God's
plan to try to redeem some of  his children that had gone and followed Satan.  Satan
knows the Father wants to keep as many of his children alive with him during the eternity,
that will really love him.  The Father knows the children made a mistake and followed
Satan, but he his willing to wash all that away.

Revelation 12:5

	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.

      We all know that the bible speaks of Jesus ruling with a rod
of Iron.  Which means that you will do as you are told to do.  If you don't you will be
punished.  The Lord does not want mushy people, that follow this person or that person.

  If someone  comes along and is a good speaker, they listen to them.  A mature christian
knows there is only one way and that is to follow the Word of God, and that Jesus will
rule with a rod of iron during the millenium, as it is written;  
Ps 2:7	I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day
have I begotten thee.
8	Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the
uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9	Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a
potter's vessel.
10	Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
11	Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
12	Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is
kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

     (This is pretty plain english, it means the same things as a parent to a child.  If your
child does not do what you want them to they will feel you "wrath".  This does not mean
to beat senceless and abuse.)
     
Rev 2:26	And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I
give power over the nations:
27	And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be
broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.

      (Jesus telling his servants what they will be doing during the mellinium.  People will be
taught what they need to know.)

Rev 19:15	And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the
nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the
fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16	And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS,
AND LORD OF LORDS.

     (Jesus will go by the Word of God, and anyone that does not follow the Word will get
the correction they need, to know what they are doing wrong.)

        The Lord wants everything done his way.  Not done the way people think it should
be done.  If you do not punish a child, then you do not love your child.  That is The Law
of the Lord.  The parent is the master and the child is to do what they are told. 

Prov 19:18	Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his
crying.

Prov 13:24	He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth
him betimes.

Prov 22:15	Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall
drive it far from him.

Prov 23:13	Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the
rod, he shall not die.
14	Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

Prov 29:15	The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his
mother to shame.

      This is what is important to the Lord to follow him not someone else.  

Deut 13:6	If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the
wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying,
Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
7	Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or
far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;
8	Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity
him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:
9	But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to
death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
10	And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust
thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the
house of bondage.
11	And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as
this is among you.

    If you look around today at the children, you will know what happens if you do not
follow the Word of God.  It is shameful and a disgrace to see how children are today. 
Well this is all the proof you need, because their parents spared the rod. 

     The same thing would happen spiritually, if the Lord did not punish his children when
they did something wrong.  If he allowed them to just follow what ever they wanted to,
and do what ever they wanted to.  Look at the religious community today, it looks the
same spiritually as the children do in the flesh. 

     The Lord is our Father and the "churches" don't listen to his Word, just as the Children
don't listen to their parents.  The both do what they want.  The Lord is not allowed to
teach his children what is right and wrong, because the "churches" are teaching what they
think is right and wrong. But during the mellinium that will all change, there will be no
"churches" and there will be no "Satan", both of these work on the same team today.

In His Service