Fundamental Beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists

heaven's angels (Rev. 12:4, 7-9). Now, if it can
devour the infant about to be born, it will have won
the war.
The woman standing before it is garbed with
the sun and has the moon under her feet and wears
a crown of twelve stars. The male Child to whom
she gives birth is destined to "rule all nations with a
rod of iron."
The dragon pounces, but its efforts to kill the
Child are in vain. Instead, the Child is "caught up
to God and to His throne." Enraged, the dragon
turns its wrath against the mother, who is
miraculously given wings and is taken to a remote
place specially prepared by God, where He
nourishes her for a time and times and half a time--
3 1/2 years, or 1260 prophetic days (Rev. 12:1-6,
13, 14).
In Biblical prophecy, a pure woman represents
God's faithful church.[1] A woman depicted as a
fornicator or adulteress represents God's people
who have apostatized (Ezekiel 16; Isa. 57:8; Jer.
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