The beginning of birth pains.pdf
NKJV (John 16: 21-22) 21 A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. 22 Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.
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Jesus compared the pregnancy of a woman and the birth of a child with His departure to His Father and His Second Coming. A very applicable comparison as will appear from this article.
Thousands of years have passed since the Christ was on earth.
Jesus told us in His days on earth about birth pains that would affect the inhabited world.
Now, after all these years, the woman is highly pregnant and the labor pains suddenly start.
These first birth pains are the birth announcement that will follow shortly.
John writes that a great sign appeared, an unusual event. It is therefore not a real woman who is going to give birth to a child, but a ‘symbolic’ woman:
CSB (Rev. 12: 1-2) 1 A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and a crown of 12 stars on her head. 2 She was pregnant….
The theme of this article is the birth pains of the highly pregnant woman and the impact of the birth of the Child.