Revelation 12:13-14

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“And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.”

Did Christ build His Church or did the Church (the woman described here) give birth to Christ?

The proper explanation is that the woman (the one particularly of Rev 12:2) is the Old Testament “church in the wilderness” (Acts 7:38)—the twelve tribes comprising ancient Israel that gave birth to Jesus Christ, who was of the tribe of Judah. Christ then built His Church (Matt. 16:18), which is the New Testament “woman”! Most of Revelation 12:1-17 describes her, and the devil’s attacks against her until the end of the age.