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It is a little difficult to understand how these three are so intricately interwoven with one another that they appear as one. And without a solid knowledge of the Tenach~Old Testament (two thirds of Scriptures that many put aside), it is basically impossible to see it. If one relies solely on the New Testament for understanding and interpretation, one is bound to miss the mark. 

It has been "Woman" who has been the Sign. Since the Garden of Eden. But the woman’s message in Coma is the “Desired One.” Her sign heralds the rebirth of a nation not only after the flesh, but also after the Spirit. Her appearance announces that salvation has come to Zion, and that the times of the Gentiles are drawing to an end.

The word used in Rev. 12 for sign is semeiõn which means an indication of, signifying coming events, and is a [supernatural] miracle, sign, wonder, and portent. Her appearance indicates change --- something new G-d is going to do. 

The Church has existed for almost 2,000 years, but this “sign” is a new portent. Nobody took “note” of her until the moment of her travail.

About 20 years ago when the Lord taught me about this particular subject, He said that interpreting her as the “Church” was not a gross error because of her intimate relation to the nation Israel and the city of Jerusalem. However, it did not hit the mark. Both “Zion’s” are like two sides of a coin.
 

From Greg Killian cont’d:

The sun is just below the horizon such that Bethulah is 'clothed' with the sun. The sun must be below the horizon in order to have any possibility of seeing this 'sign'. The moon is 'new' and after 'birth', the moon will move directly to the feet of Bethulah (Virgo, the young woman) within 24 hours. Over Bethulah's head is the mazzaroth (constellation) known as 'Bernice's hair'. This is the crown of twelve stars! Higher and above her legs, we will find Draco, the Dragon, poised to devour Bethulah's child.

On Av 29, 5759 (August 11, 1999), there will be a total eclipse of the sun, visible over Jerusalem. This is just two days before the beginning of the month of Elul. On Elul 1, we begin a forty (40) day period of repentance, culminating in Yom HaKippurim, The Day of Atonement. The last ten (10) days are known as the awesome days, or Days of Awe. These ten days begin with Rosh Hashanah (Yom Teruah), The Feast of Trumpets. So, Ha-Shem[1] is going to warn the nations, concerning Jerusalem, just before we begin the intense time of repentance. Recall that the eclipse of the sun is a bad omen for the Gentiles, the nations:

Commentary by Annelore:  Indeed, the eclipse of the sun is a bad omen for the Gentile, as is also the woman, for the Lord said many years ago that AFTER the sign of the woman, the pride of the Gentiles would be brought low. The eclipse was, I also believe, a warning sign to the nations, and as I wrote in newsletter Vol. 37, the path of darkness from the eclipse moved across nations who either sought to destroy the people of Israel or grab their land. Iran and Iraq aspire to do both. 

However, to correct Greg Killian about the total eclipse being visible over Jerusalem: not so! Over all of Israel there was an eclipse of about 77-80%. This percentage of what was eclipsed over Israel made me very uneasy, because I heard in my spirit these words: “’In the whole land,’ says the L-RD, ‘two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive. And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested.’”³³ The sun was never completely eclipsed. One third of it remained visible as we observed from our roof, from our TV and from friends in Jerusalem and other towns of Israel. Thank G-d Greg Killian’s prediction was wrong!

And whether or not the sign of the woman was visible only from Jerusalem I also question, since Rev. 12 does not limit her SIGNAL specifically only to Jerusalem. I would think, rather, that astronomers who keep alert to the signs and occurrences in the skies could see it from various locations at specific times. Research in astronomy magazines, and on the Internet, should verify if indeed on that day this unique line-up of constellations was observed. 

Nonetheless, what is significant is, that it was projected to appear³⁴  in the skies 3 days before this “Jerusalem Assignment,” at evening of the 11th to the 12th of September 1999^35, at sundown, precisely on “Yom Teruah”, in Israel being the second day of Rosh Hashanah observed nationally. That also was the day I was NOT to fast but to observe it.

I thought it necessary to go into such length about the latest words regarding the Woman and the Manchild and the Birthing because interpretations have begun to run more and more into the  “symbolic” and further and further away from the actual Biblical texts and meanings. But we are to test everything, and dissect, divide, search out and weigh the Word rightly.

To return now to Yoseph's dream --- Shira shares that she did indeed play the birthing of this Manchild – the lifting of the veil – the “open heavens” for G-d to fulfill His end-time purposes and send the angels on assignments. This was done from the rooftop of the “Upper Room” on Mt. Zion!