The purpose of the Marriage is the man child?

"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...(Rev 12:1-3)
          
"God blessed them, (Adam and Eve) and God said unto them" (Gen.1:28) The "last Adam" (Jesus) and His wife (The Church / Eve) is to be made "one flesh" in marriage, just as the first Adam was made one flesh with his wife Eve. (Gen.2:24-25, Eph.5:28-32) Note: The thought of "unity" is marriage! (Eph.4:11-16, John.17:21-23)
     
The end result of being "one flesh" in marriage, is a man child!
Remember: The first Adam was a "figure" (a type, a model 2) of "Him" (Jesus, the "last Adam")
that was to come. (Rom.5:14, 1Cor.15:45)        
           
                    Remember: Genesis through Revelation is God's Redemptive plan for redeeming mankind back to where the first Adam
                    (1Cor.15:45-49) and Eve fell from. This is confirmed by the apostle Paul when he   1.  interpeted Jesus to be the "last Adam" 
                    (1Cor.15:45. Rom.5:14) and   2.  As the first Adam  gave Himself (Gen.2:21-23) for Eve, Jesus "gave Himself" (Eph.5:25-27,
                    Rom.5:14) for the Church (Eve - 2Cor.11:1-3) to "present to himself a glorious Church," a Bride.  3.  The purpose ("the intent"-
                    Eph.3:10) of this marriage is the birth of the man child. (Rev.12:1-2)  4.  This will result in "war in heaven...and the great 
                    dragon...that old serpent...the Devil, and Satan" (Rev.12:7-9) will lose his access (Rev.12:10, Job.1:6-12, Zech.3:1) to 
                    heaven and be "cast out into the earth." This bring bring the conclusion to Gen.3:15.

The "man child" is the seed of the Woman
    
God said, "I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." (Gen 3:15-16) 

1.  Doesn't the "seed" comes from the male?            
     a.  "And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish 
          my "covenant with you, and with your seed after you."(Gen 15:3-4)
     b.  "And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and
          because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice;
          for in Isaac shall thy seed be called." (Gen.21:12-13) 

2.  Why then is the "seed" coming from the Woman?
     The reason is because God is showing His independence from the "wisdom [and the sin - 
     Rom.5:12] of men." (1Cor.1:20-29; 2:1-14, Rom.8:1-8) "That no flesh should glory in His
     presence." (1Cor.1:29) God has already demonstrated how He will do this. In the example of 
     Mary and Joseph. (Matt.1:18-25) "The angel of the Lord said "unto her, (Mary) "the Holy Ghost
     shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow ("conceive in"- Matt.1:20)
     thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God." 
     (Luke 1:34-36) Sinless! Virgin born! Mary's firstborn!" (Matt.1:25) This eliminates the human
     sin factor because "death by sin" has "passed upon all men" through the natural seed. 
     (Rom.5:12-21)   
3.  Enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed 
     This "enmity" (hostility) between the serpent (devil, Satan) and the "seed of the woman"  
     (Gen 3:15-16) has been a constant conflict just as God said it would be to our present time.
     a.  Beginning with the killing of Abel.(Gen.4:1-8) but God "appointed..another seed 
          instead of Abel." (Gen.4:25-26) 
    b.  The serpent tried to corrupt "the seed", but "Noah found grace in the eyes of the 
          Lord" (Gen.6-7) and preserved "the seed" by building an Ark.
     c.  After the flood, the serpent caused man corrupted himself again, but God preserved 
          the seed" through Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. (Gen.12:1 - Gen.45)
          (1)  Abraham was told that "in thee (his seed) shall all families of the earth be blessed."
                 (Gen.12:1-3) This promise continued through Isaac and Jacob. (Gen.21:12; 28:3-4)
          (2)  This "seed" is Christ (Gal.3:14-16, 28-29, Rom.9:7, Gal.4:28) in which "all the
                 families of the earth" will be blessed. (2Cor.5:17)
     d.  From Abraham to David, (Matt.1:1-17) the serpent tried to destroy "the seed of the
          woman" but God preserved the "seed." God said, "I have made a covenant with my 
          chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up 
          thy throne to all generations. Selah. (Ps 89:3-5) "Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that
          God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh,
          (Rom.1:3; 9:1-5) he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne." (Acts 2:30-31)
       .
     e.  From "David until the carrying away into Babylon," God preserved the "seed." 
          (1Sam.16:1-13, 1Chron.11 - 36, Matt.1:17) 
      f.  From the "carrying away to Babylon unto Christ." (Matt.1:17) God preserved
          the "seed." This is recorded in the Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther. (This is where 
          Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi were prophesying) After Esther there were 400 silent
          years. There was no prophetic voice of God until John the Baptist who prepared "the 
          way of the Lord." (Matt.3:3) 

          When Jesus was born, Herod tried to kill all the males from two years old and younger.
          (Matt.2:1-23)

          "Now the birth of Jesus was on this wise..." (Matt.1:18-25) 
          God was faithful to bring the natural seed to Christ, (Rom.9:1-6) but now "the seed" 
          continues in Christ Jesus. (Eph.2:1-19) Review: Phase.5, page.4-5  - Natural seed?

     g.  "Now if you are Christ's then" the serpent wants to destroy you because you "are...
          Abraham's seed. (Gal.3:29, 1Peter.5:8) This conflict (Eph.6:12) will continue until the
          fulfillment of the Rev.12 Woman and the man child, who brings about Satan's defeat and 
          removal from heavenly places. (Rev.12:10, Eph.3:1-12) 
         
To summarize: "The seed" (Gen.3:15, Rom.16:20) 

1.  Jesus "gave Himself" as "the first Adam" did. 
     a. "The Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon (the first) Adam (the figure / type model -
          Rom 5:14-15, 1Cor.15:45) and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh
          instead thereof; And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and
          brought her unto the man. (Gen 2:21-23, Gen.2:18-22)
     b.  Jesus, "the last Adam" (the reality) "gave himself" (the church) "that he might sanctify and
          cleanse it with the washing of water by the word." (Eph 5:25-26)

2.  Jesus prepared a Bride for Himself, as "the first Adam" did. 
     a.   God "took one of (the "first" Adam's) ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And 
           the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto
           the man." (Gen.2:21-22) 
     b.  At the Cross, God "as-it-were" took a rib from the side of Jesus (John.19:34) to form His
          Bride. That he might present to himself a glorious church, (Eve) not having spot, or
          wrinkle, or any such thing...that it should be holy and without blemish." (Eph.5:27) 
     c.  Paul compared the Church to Eve. "But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled
          Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in
          Christ, as you are presented as "a chaste virgin to Christ.) (2 Cor 11:1-3, Eph.5:21-33,
          Gal.1:"11-12)

3.  Jesus brings forth a man child, as "the first Adam"and Eve did. 
     a.  The "first Adam" (1Cor.15:45) knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and
          said, I have gotten a man from the Lord." (Gen 4:1-2) This was the plan, the purpose to fruitful
          and multiply. (Gen.1:27-28) However, Satan corrupted Cain and he slew Abel, but God 
          "appointed..another seed instead of Abel." (Gen.4:25-26)  
     b.  The "last Adam" will know His wife (the Bride / Church) and she will conceive, and bare
          a "man child" after "His kind" (Gen.1:11-12, 21, 24-25. Rom.1:20) which will this time defeat
          the serpent. (Rev.12:1-2, 4-5, 7-12)

4.  For what purpose? To subdue and take dominion. (Gen.1:2728) This will bring us back to
     where Adam and Eve fell from.

     Note: The next prophetic picture that John saw was a "beast (antichrist) rise up out 
     of the sea...(with) one of his heads as it were wounded to death." (Note: Gen.3:15)
     (Rev.12:7-17; 13:1-2) Review: The antichrist
     

Is this "seed" an individual or a group, or company?
     
The Woman is a group, because she has been taken from the body of Christ, (which has 
"many members."- 1Cor.12:12-27) She is as the "rib" that was taken from the first Adam's side. (Gen.2:21-25, 1Cor.15:45, Rom.5:14) Therefore, the man child would be a group, a company of people. Note: The highest "prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus" is to be the Bride of Christ. (Phil.3:12-15) The "man child" is totally in God's hands, just as it is in a natural family. 
(Rom.1:20, 1Cor.12:14-27)


While "travailing in birth" the dragon "stood before" the Woman

"And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born." (Rev 12:2-5)

Remember: This is still future, or "hereafter." (Rev.4:1)
This is why the "man child" cannot be Jesus!

1.  Travailing in birth. (Note the timing)
     a.  The Rev.12 Woman had been "overshadowed" (Luke.1:35) i.e. "found with child of the Holy
          Ghost" - Matt.1:18) as Mary did while being "espoused" to Joseph. (2Cor.11:2, Matt.1:18) 
     b.  Before the birth of the man child, the marriage of Christ and His Church takes place, as it
          did with Mary and Joseph. (Matt.1:19-25)  (Review: Phase 11. Trumpets, Atonement)
     c.  After this the purpose of the marriage (The Man Child) is revealed. 
          (Review: Phase 10 Eschatology One)

2.  Then the dragon (that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan - (Rev.12:9) appears because
      he wants the man child. (the "seed" of the Woman - Gen.3:15) This has been in pursuit of this
      since the Garden of Eden. (Review: The "man-child" is the seed of the Woman on this page)

3.  "And his tail drew a third part of the stars cast to the earth"
     a.  The tail is used to picture deception and lies.
          (1)  The prophet "that teacheth lies, he is the tail. (Isa 9:15-16)
          (2)  The antichrist and false prophets with "lying signs and wonders" (2Thes.2:9-10)
          (3)  Showing "himself that he is God." A lie! (2Thes.2:4, Isa.14:14, John.8:44)
     b.  This is the "falling away" are the stars.
          (1)  Abrahams seed would be as the "stars." (Gen.15:5; 22:17)
          (2)  Jude spoke of false gift / minitries "wandering stars," "clouds without water" 
                 (Jude.1:13, Prov.25:14)


Man child caught up to God as soon as it was born

"She brought forth a man child, who was to rule (tend as a shepherd)3 all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne." (Rev 12:5-6) "As soon as it was born." (Rev.12:4) Some say that the "man child" is Jesus because Herod wanted to kill all the male babies to eliminate the threat to his kingdom. (Matt.2:1-23) However, the scripture says:

1.  Mary and Joseph took Jesus down into Egypt. (Matt.2:13-15) Revelation says, that the      
     man child was "caught up to God" (Rev.12:5) "as soon as it was born." (Rev.12:4)

2.  When the wise men came to visit Jesus, He was a "young child." (Matt.2:13) Therefore He had
     time grow from being a baby to a young child. The confirmation to this is, Herod killed all the
     children from "two years old and under." (Matt.2:16)

3.  Jesus ministered for 3 1/2 years before he "ascended." (Acts.1:11) He did not ascend "as 
     soon as (he) was born." (Rev.12:4)

4.  Another point is: The "man child" has not be born yet because when John saw the Rev.12
     Woman, (that brings forth the man child) "must be hereafter." (Rev.4:1) Future to John who 
     was 90+ years after the birth of Jesus.
    
     The next scene is: the woman fled (two wings of a great eagle v.14) into the wilderness, 
     where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two 
     hundred and threescore days".(time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent / 
     3 1/2 yrs.) Rev 12:14-15, Rev 12:6-7
     


Then there was war in heaven

"And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him."  (Rev 12:7-10)

This is the purpose of the Marriage and the birth of the man child. This is the "firstborn"
of Christ and His Bride.

1.  The power and strength of the "firstborn!"       
     David prophesied, "Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength
     because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger." (Psa. 8:2-3)
     Phaoah's firstborn was  "the chief of their strenght." That's why God killed their firstborn to
     demonstrate His absolute control. (Psa.78:51, Exod.11:5; Exod.12:12, 29. Num.8:17; 33:4)

     In the "natural" this is foolishness! (1Cor.1:20-29; 2:1-14) How can a babe make war
     against the Dragon? 

     a.  First:The weapons of our warfare are not "carnal." (i.e. fleshly 2Cor.10:4) Our "fleshly" mind 
          would think that an adult warrior would lead the war in heaven. (Note: Saul's response to
          David. (1Sam.17:32-37) God's wisdom is:            
          (1)  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood..." (Eph.6:11) We do not wrestle using our
                 natural, (1Cor.2:14) fleshly, (1Cor.1:29, Rom.8:7) carnal, hostile minds. 
          (2)  Jesus told Peter, "Blessed art thou...for flesh and blood..." (i.e. your natural thinking did not
                 reveal this unto to you, (Matt.16:17-18) "but my Father which is in heaven."
     b.  Second: God has hidden (Prov.25:1-2, 1Cor.2:7) these things from the wise (1Cor.1:20-
          29) and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes." (Matt 11:25-26, Eph.3:1-12) 
          (1)  "Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine
                 enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger." (Psa. 8:2-3)
          (2)  Phaoah's firstborn was  "the chief of their strenght." (Psa.78:51)
     c.  Third: "As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the Word." (1Peter.2:2) Never
          forget the "simplicity (singleness 4) that is in Christ." (2Cor.11:3, Matt 6:22-23)
          (1)  Peter writes, "As newborn Babes." (1Peter.2:2) Never forget (2Peter.1:12-13;
                 3:1-2) the "simplicity (singleness) that is in Christ." (2Cor.11:1-3) as you mature to
                 adulthood. (Eph.4:11-16, 1Cor,13:9-12) 
          (2)  A Babe (new born) is not "cluttered" with all the "rubbish" of "philosophy and vain deceit, 
                 after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
     d.  Fourth: "Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
          As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man
          that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the
          enemies in the gate." (Psa.127:3-12)

2.  The "man child" causes war in heaven. 
     The "man child" is born, and "caught up unto God as soon as it was born." (Rev.12:2-5) 
     At the same time there is "war in heaven" (Rev.12:7) and Satan is cast out (down) to the earth
     with his angels. 
     a.  Here Satan loses his access to "accuse the brethren." (Rev.12:10, Eph.6:12, 
          Zech.3:1-3, Job.1:6-12)
     b.  He had already lost his position as "the anointed cherub the covereth" when he "fell like
          lightening from heaven." (Luke.10:18-19) Note: Chart below

    .
     c.  Thou "art the anointed cherub (Lucifer Isa.14:11-15) that covereth; and I have set thee
          so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the
          stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity 
          was found in thee. By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee
          with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain
          of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. Thine
          heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy
          brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold
          thee." (Ezek 28:14-18)

          How do we know that Ezekiel is prophesying about Lucifer and not the King 
          of Tyus? The key words are:
 
          (1)  Thou "was hast been in Eden the garden of God" (Ezek.28:13)
                 Eden is the same Eden as in Gen.2:8-25; 3:1-24. There is no other "Eden."
                 Genesis records that there was God, Adam, Eve and the serpent in "Eden, the garden 
                 of God." (Gen.3:1-14) This prophetic word could only apply to the serpent because
                 Adam and Eve were not in the holy mountain of God and were not Cherubs.The king of
                Tyrus was not in the "garden of God" during his life time, because it wasn't there. Eden
                 was before the flood, and the king of Tyrus was hundreds of years after the flood. 
                 The apostle Peter wrote (1Peter.1:10-12) that when the Old Testaments Prophets
                 (i.e. Ezekiel) spoke," it was revealed, that not unto themselves, (or unto Ezekiel) but unto
                 us they (Ezekiel) did minister."  As Ezekiel spoke the Word of the Lord to the king of
                 Tyrus, "it was revealed" (1Peter.1:10-12) that he (Ezekiel) was speaking to us about      
                 Lucifer being cast out from God's presence. (Review: Phase 6, Page.1)  

                      The example of Haggai. He was speaking to the Temple of his time (Haggai.2:1-9) and
                 to the true Temple, (the Church - Eph.2:20-22, 1Peter.2:5) at the same time.
                  (Review: Phase 6, Page.1)                 
    
          (2)  Thou "art the anointed cherub      
                 that covereth" (Ezek.28:14)
                 What is an "anointed cherub
                 that covereth?" The Cherubs or
                 cherubims were part of the Ark
                 of the Covenant, that is a 
                 "shadow" of the Throne of God.  
                 (Review: Phase.4, Page.3)
 
                 Note the chart opposite.

                 Adam and Eve were not the
                 "anointed cherubs that
                 covereth," because they were
                 not in the "true tabernacle" in
                 heavenly places. (Heb.8:1-5;
                 9:1-26) They were on this earth,
                 in the garden of God. (Gen.2:8;
                 3:1-24)


           (3) Thou was "upon the holy mountain of God" (Ezek.28:14, Isa.14:13)
                 The holy mountain of God is (Dan.9:16, Joel.3:17, Zech.8:3, Psa.48:1-2, Isa.2:2) 
                 The House of God / Jerusalem / Zion. The king of Tyrus was never in the Mountain of the
                 Lord's House. Lucifer was because he was the "anointed cherub the covereth"
                 (Ezek.28:14) the Mercy Seat (Exod.25:10-20) that was upon the Ark of the Covenant.
                 The Ark of the Covenant belonged in the Most Holy Place in the Temple. The House of
                 God. (Exod.26:33, 2Chron.5:1, 14; 4:22, Haggai.1:2; 2:3 / 2Chron.5:1-14, 
                 Haggai.2:18)
          (4) "I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God" (Ezek.28:16) 
                 Jesus said, "I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven." (Luke.10:18-19)
                 Isaiah prophecied, "How art thou fallen from heaven, O lucifer, son of the morning! how 
                 art thou cou down to the ground." (Isa.14:11-15)

      d.  The connection of the "man child" and Michael and his angels
           Paul says that God "made known unto me the mystery...which from the beginning of the world
           hath been hid in God..." (Eph.3:1-12)
           (1)  "To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places..." This is
                  the "man child" excuting war in the heavens. (Rev.12:1-12) 
           (2)  "Might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God." This is the Rev.12
                  Woman, becoming the Bride of Christ and bringing forth the "man child."
           (3)  "According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord." This
                  is bring man kind back to where Adam and Eve fell from.
                          b.  The "falling away"

"And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth"

When "the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child."  (Rev 12:13-14)   

1.  The Devil is now restircted to the earth
     One thing we must remember that the Devil is NOT omni-present, he is a created being. Only 
     God the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost are omni-present. (everywhere at the same time -
     Psa.139:7-12)

2.  The Woman is now persecuted
     When "the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought
     forth the man child." (Rev 12:13-14)
     (1)  This confirms the Devil's limitation to this earth a "short time" before Jesus returns.
            (Rev.12:12) "Forty and two months" is certainly a short tome, when a day with the Lord is 
            a thousand years. (2Peter.3:1-9)
     (2)  God protects the Woman, the Bride, as He did Noah in the Ark. (Rev.12:6, 14-16. 
            Gen.7:1-24) 
     (3)  She (the Married Bride of Christ) is given "two wings of a eagle." (Exod.19:1-6, Isa.40:31,
            Matt.24:31) The power, protection and provision of God. (Rev.12:14)
     (4)  The "earth help the woman, and...swallowed up the flood (ungodly / enemy armies - 
            Isa.59:19, Dan.9:26) which the dragon cast out of his mouth."

3.  The dragon made war with the remnant (remaining) of her seed
     The "dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed,
     which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." (Rev 12:17)
     a.  The man child has be "caught up unto God, and His throne." (Rev.12:5)
     b.  The "woman clothed with the sun" (the Married Bride of Christ) has "fled into the wilderness"
           (Rev.12:6, 14)
     c.  The only one's left is the "remmant (remaining) of her (the woman's) seed" (Rev.12:17)

4.  Who are the "remnant (i.e. remaining) of her seed?"
     a.  These are the five "foolish virgins" company / group. (Matt.25:1-13)
     b.  These are those that built with "wood, hay and stubble." (1Cor.3:1-15) 
     c.  These are those that are like Lot. (Luke.17:28, 2Peter.2:6-8)