Study Title: The Flight of the Radiant Woman
Author: Kirby Williams
Lesson Title: The Messianic Community
Lesson No.: 4
Lesson Text: Rev. 12:2-5
Memory Verse:    ""   -ESV
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III. The Messianic Community.

		Rev. 12:2 She was pregnant and  was crying out in birth pains and the 
		agony of giving birth. 

	A. Waiting for the Lord.

		1. Zechariah and Elizabeth, Luke 1:5-7, 13-17.

		2. Mary and Joseph, Luke 1:26-33.

		3. Simeon in the temple, Luke 2:25-35.

		4.  Anna the prophetess, Luke 2:36-38.

		5. Wise men from the east, Matt. 2:1-2, 9-12.

		6. John the Baptist, Matt. 3:1-12.

			a. Paving the way for the Messiah, Matt. 3:1-3.

			b. Heralding a new covenant, Matt. 3:4-12.

	B. Contemporaries of Jesus.

		1. John the Baptist

			a. Paving the way for the Messiah, Matt. 3:1-3.

			b. Heralding a new covenant, Matt. 3:4-12.

		2. The disciples, Matt. 4:17-23, John 1:35-51.

		3. The disciples of Jesus and the disciples of John the Baptist.

			a. The first encounter, Matt. 9: 14-17.

			b. The second encounter, Matt. 11:14-17.

	C. The King arrives.

			Rev. 12:4 ... And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give 
			birth, so that when she bore her child  he might devour it.
			Rev. 12:5 
			She gave birth to a male child,  one who is to rule all the nations with 
			a rod of iron, but her child was  caught up to God and to his throne, 

		1. Ruling with a rod of iron, Psa. 2:1-12, Luke 1:30-33.

		2. Fulfilling all prophecies, Matt. 4:12-17, 5:17-18.

		3. The King of kings, John 18:33-37.

		4. Caught up to the throne of God, Acts 1:6-11.



**All quotations are taken from the English Standard Version of the Bible unless otherwise noted.