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Heavens As Universal Witness
- Paul argues the heavens communicated the coming of a divine king to all peoples using Psalm 19 imagery.
- This explains how Gentiles could plausibly know a king had arrived without direct preaching.
Revelation 12 As Astral Birth Scene
- Revelation 12 depicts a woman clothed with the sun, moon at her feet, and 12 stars, tied to messianic birth imagery.
- John uses this astral imagery to describe the birth and ascension of the Messiah within a Jewish symbolic framework.
Virgo, Sun, Moon And The Ecliptic
- The woman in Revelation 12 aligns with the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic when the sun 'clothes' her and the moon sits at her feet.
- That astronomical alignment narrows the possible birth-window to a short daily period each year when both placements coincide.