Revelation 12 gives us with an overview of history from Christ’s birth to the final events. It pulls back the veil to uncover the origin of sin and the conflict between God’s people and their archenemy. Satan’s true character shows to what extent he will go to destroy God’s faithful bride in the last days. (Part 1 of 2)

<p>Revelation 12 gives us with an overview of history from Christ’s birth to the final events. It pulls back the veil to uncover the origin of sin and the conflict between God’s people and their archenemy. Satan’s true character shows to what extent he will go to destroy God’s faithful bride in the last days. (Part 1 of 2)</p>

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Amazing Facts

Doug Batchelor

A Woman, a Child and a Dragon Part 1

This presentation is brought to you by the Friends of the Amazing Facts Ministry.

Coming to you from New York City at the historic Manhattan Center with your host, Doug Batchelor.

Join this exciting journey of discovery as we learn the truth about Bible prophecy, explore the timeless wisdom of God's Word, and see how it relates to our lives today.

The study today is based on revelation chapter 12 if you have your Bibles You may want to thumb your way there right now or on your Bible device that you're holding beginning with a really amazing fact in 1954 a four-year-old girl was abducted from her home in Columbia in the mountains, and with the idea of kidnapping her and asking for a ransom, we don't know exactly what went wrong, but something went wrong, and they didn't want to kill the child.

So they took her off down a logging road in the jungle and they let her go.

And of course, she cried and mourned for a while and She didn't struggle so much with thirst because it did rain frequently.

There was water there and the climate was somewhat mild and so she did not freeze.

But she wandered around and looked for food and eventually a group of Capuchin monkeys were intrigued with her and they began to drop food.

Often tormented by insects, eventually she wore her clothes off.

She followed this troop of monkeys that were watching her from the tree that kind of adopted her.

She even got to the place where she could climb pretty well and learned to forage for food, and she stayed alive when she was finally found after these years of living in the jungle, she'd lost all of the natural social inhibitions.

She had no clothes, she'd forgotten how to speak her language.

She didn't remember her name, and they did not ever find her real parents.

She eventually was young enough where she could still learn, relearn to speak both English and Spanish.

She moved to Britain, she was married, and all of this is contained in a fascinating book called The Girl With No Name.

God provided for her in the wilderness in a miraculous way.

Right now, she's nearly 70 years old and she can still climb trees.

You know, the Bible talks about a woman, which is a symbol for the church and we have a true woman and a counterfeit woman in Revelation 12 and Revelation 17 we're going to study a very important subject, there are Christians all over the world, go to different churches.

How do you know, does it matter what church?

We're gonna find out what people on the street think about this subject.

So let's take a look at some of their comments.

I guess just whatever feels best for each person, right?

I think a lot of religions have a lot of different things, but I think revelations is 1 of the important things.

I think there's only so much that Old Testaments and old things can predict.

You know, there's only so many coincidences, I feel like.

I guess typically it would be how you're raised originally, and then as you get older, you do your own investigation.

I think you just gotta go back to whatever your parents are and stick with that, don't change it.

Well, it depends on which God you're into really, doesn't it?

People just need to pray a lot and, you know, get some discernment, read, do their own research, read their own literature, and that's probably the best way.

You believe what you believe in your soul, and that's how you live.

Like if there's no cross in the top or no religious signs?

I believe it does only because the Bible preaches baptism for remission of sins.

And there's a lot of churches that don't teach that.

Just have the same, if it's the same Bible, it's fine.

Not really, unless you're attending church and believe in something.

Most important question that was ever asked was when Pontius Pilate said to Jesus, what is truth?

And then he walked away from Jesus and did not wait for the answer.

He was standing there in front of the person who is the embodiment of truth.

And with cynicism, he walked away figuring nobody can really know the truth.

And you can tell from the answers that we've been hearing some people say, well, you've got your truth and I've got my truth, and there is really no absolute truth.

Whatever you believe is good for you and what I believe is good for me.

How many of you would like to go to a doctor that's doing brain surgery on you and have him say, well, I think it's a brain, but he thinks it's a cantaloupe, so, you know, whatever you believe is okay.

Or when you're on the airplane and you're flying across the ocean and the pilot comes on the air and says, I realize that some of you think there are absolute laws of aerodynamics, but, you know, I'd like to try an experiment.

I think this plane will work just fine as a submarine because I believe it, and I'm sincere.

Or how many of you want to know that that pilot has learned there are certain absolute rules of aerodynamics and aviation.

And if you violate those rules, there are terrible consequences because it's unforgiving.

There is absolute truth regarding God and eternal life.

This notion that has become popular in society that, well, you got your truth and I got my truth and who can know what truth is?

Jesus said, I am the way, I am the truth, I am the life.

Don't believe the devil's lie that it doesn't really matter.

And as long as you're sincere, how many of you have been sincere and you found out you were wrong and it didn't help that you were sincere.

I was driving cross-country 1 time, going from California to Texas.

Late at night, finally needed some gas, got off on the cloverleaf and looped around.

I looped around a couple of times and I found the gas station, I filled up and I got back on the freeway and I was feeling pretty good that I was gonna make great progress.

But as I was going down Interstate 10, I kept seeing there are signs that said Interstate 10.

But then I started saying, well, they must have a chain of those restaurants everywhere because I just saw 1 a few miles back.

Then I realized I was looking at the same restaurant and it said Interstate 10 West.

Well, I'm going to Texas, I needed to be going East.

I had been perfectly happy and sincere, but I was never gonna get to Texas going the wrong direction.

And there's a lot of people in the world today they think, well, it doesn't really matter as long as you're sincere.

Oh, it does matter, friends, what you believe.

There is a truth and knowing the truth and every element of Bible truth makes you freer.

So number 1, first question, how does Revelation picture God's true church?

Turn to your Bibles, we're going to read it first.

And now a great sign appeared, verse 1, a great sign appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun and the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland, That means a crown, a Stephanos, with 12 stars.

Then being with child, she cried out in labor and pain to give birth.

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