This is a very important question that must be answered if one is to come to (1) An accurate knowledge of God and His Messiah, (2) know what the Bible is and what it is not, and (3) know who to give prominence to when we approach The Most High God in prayer or any request we have from Him.
Many have been taught that The Bible is The Word of God; that it itself is Scripture. Is this true? Well, what is Scripture?
2 Tim 3:16 says that:
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness …"
All Scripture is God-breathed. In other words, everything that comes out of the mouth of God – that is spoken by Him – is Scripture.
Let me give you an example of what is Scripture and what is not:
For example, at Isaiah 44:6:
This is what the Lord says— Israel’s King and Redeemer, the Lord Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God.
Another example at Zechariah 1:3:
Therefore tell the people: This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Return to me,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will return to you,’ says the Lord Almighty.
The above are only two of many many Scriptures that ARE Scripture. Why? Because God "Breathed" or spoke.
Next, are examples of what is NOT Scripture. First Exodus 5:10:
Then the slave drivers and the overseers went out and said to the people, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I will not give you any more straw.
Notice Matthew 4:8-9:
Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”
These two examples (there are many) are NOT Scripture. Why? Because God did not speak; He did not "breathe" these utterances.
Please understand, I am not saying what Pharaoh or the Devil stated was not stated or was not true; I am stating that what THEY SAID is not Scripture.
It is a clever ploy by the religious system called Christianity to sell the idea that the Bible is Scripture and The Word of God. This is one of the biggest deceptions that it has perpetrated. And, for what reason? To misled and deceive one away from "knowing" and "listening" to the ONLY ONE the Most High God has "approved" as His spokeman – His Word.
Jesus [the] Christ IS The Word of God. Thus, anything that he has spoken and yet speaks is from God. Anything he has spoken and has been written down is ALSO Scripture because he is The Word of God.
For example, at John 14:6 where Jesus says of himself:
I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
This is Scripture.
Now what of "The Bible," is it Scripture? No!
The Bible" does contain instances of God and Christ speaking and those instances are Scripture. But the Bible itself, in it's entirety, is NOT Scripture. It – in it's entirety – is not even The Word of God; ONLY Christ Jesus is The Word of God. (Rev 19:13)
It is interesting how proponents of the Bible being the Word of God wrongly use 2 Tim 3:16 as proof text. But they pull the cart before the horse. A book that appears on the scene many hundreds of years after Christ ascension is "made" – by men – Scripture and The Word of God. No such book called "The Bible" existed in Jesus' day or in the day of his Apostles.
If they are arrogant enough (and disrespectful enough) to assign a book The Word of God – a title that can only belong to Christ – why not call the Bible The Son of God as well?
They done all they can to take away from Christ what is his and assign it to another.
The Most High God "breathes" at Luke 9:35:
This is my Son, whom I have chosen; listen to him.
If you listen to the Bible, then you will get confused. Why? Because you think it ALL "God Breathed."
The Most High NOW tells us to listen to the utterances of the one He sent. And, the one He sent, does not "breathe" everything written down in The Bible.
B e s t D a r n D V D B u r n e r O n T h e P l a n e t !!!
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Satan has deceived the whole world until the woman of Rev 12 delivers the true word of God Rev 12:5. She is not a church, she is not Israel, and she is not Mary. She is the prophet like unto Moses and Elijah Matt 17:3, Acts 3:21-23, Luke 1:17 delivering the true word John 1:1 from the wilderness Rev 12:6 to prepare a people for the Lord’s return. God our Father will not put any child of his into a hell fire no matter what their sins. It never entered the heart or mind of God to ever do such a thing Jer7:31, Jer 19:5. Turn your heart to the children of God. A gift is now delivered to the whole world as a witness Matt 24:14. http://minigoodtale.blogspot.com. A righteous judge gathers ALL evidence before making a judgment. If you are called to know the true word – Prove all things.
“Until the woman of Rev 12 delivers the “true word of God?”
The Word of God has already been sent. If one reads Rev 1:1 what does it tell us?
“The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John.”
So God gave His Son – who is the Word of God – this revelation. So there is no need for God to give a “woman” the true word of God.
This “great sign” that is seen in heaven at Rev 12:1 is the same sign Jesus said would be seen at Matthew 24:30 in answer to his disciples question at Matthew 24:3.
The “woman” to which you are referring at Rev 12:5 (that gives birth) is “God’s Kingdom.” It will produce or give birth to Christs 1000 year kingdom over the earth. Christs 1000 year kingdom is that child.
Notice that all this occurs in heaven. Also occuring in heaven is another sign: A fiery-colored dragon.
What you are reading at Revelation Chapter 12 is the future establishment (birth) of Christs 1000 year kingdom over the earth. It will run it’s course. (Rev 20:6-7)
Satan waits until that 1000 year kingdom ends; it is caught back up to God’s throne. (Rev 12:5)
The earth in those future days is without a king. Satan is released from the Abyss and establishes on the earth a beastly system of rulership over the earth. (Rev 20:6-8)
Satans system of rule will be peaceful and beneficial for all who support (worship) it. His system of rule will prepare the world to resist what he knows must come down out of heaven: God’s Kingdom.
This preparation is the War mentioned at Rev 12:9. It is not a carnal war but a spiritual one and a major attempt to turn the world Christ took 1000 years to restore back to God, to turn against God.
This “woman” is no literal woman as no woman lives in heaven. This woman is God’s Kingdom and it will give birth to the very instrument that will restore all of mankind back to it’s Creator: Christs 1000 year kingdom.
The interesting part is that this 1000 year kingdom of Christ MUST end. And, when it does, that is when things get real interesting as Satan is released upon that future world. (Rev 20:6-8)
“Woman” in prophecy usually refers to a city. The woman in Rev 12, who is said to be a “great sign”, when read in conjunction with Eze 16, is most probably referring to the spiritual Jerusalem. For the earthly Yerushalayim is depicted in Eze 16 as virgin with whom Yah entered into covenant. Yahushua also spoke of Yerushalayim in Matt 23:37 as having borne children. Moreover, the earthly one is the focus of ha shatan’s diabolical attention in Rev 12: 13-16, a huge drama that was played out in reality when the Romans persecuted the Yahudim and eventually destroyed Yerushalayim.
By extension, the Roman “whore” Catholic Church and its Protestant daughters with its European governing “arms” plus the fake “Zionists” continued the saga when they chased the Yahudim into the African “wilderness”, where Yah provided them safety from the dragon by hiding them among similarly complexioned peoples with close cultural identity.
But because Scripture must be fulfilled, in which Yahuwah Most High had vowed to punish Yisrael for their Torah disobedience, the same powers of the beast eventually came to West Africa to take away descendants of Yisrael as slaves in ships to “Egypt” in USA, Europe and the Caribbeans. (see Lev 26 and Deut 28 for the curses on Yisrael).
Shalom
That the Woman in Revelation Chapter 12 is seen “in heaven” shows that she is NOT a city on earth.
Since “flesh and blood” does not reside in heaven shows that this woman is not someone of flesh and blood (human or human agency).
This woman in heaven is pregnant and about to give birth to something. What?
Our attention is turned to a great sign in heaven in association with this woman.
At Matthew 24:3 Jesus’ disciples asked him “.. what will be the sign of your presence.”
Jesus answers at Matthew 24:30:
“And then the sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven …”
The woman seen in heaven in Revelation is “God’s Kingdom” and it is about to give birth to – or coronate a King and a kingdom. This king is Christ and his kingdom of 1000 years over the earth.
This king and his kingdom will exist over the earth for 1000 years and then it will end.
“… who is to shepherd all the nations with an iron rod. And her child was caught away to God and to his throne.” (Rev 12:5)
That is exactly what the above Scripture says. Christ will shepherd ALL of the nations and then his kingdom ends. (Rev 20:7)
The Woman – God’s Kingdom – will flee. In other words, it will allow, without inference, Satan to establish a Wild Beast over the earth and mislead it. (Rev 12:7-9)