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Originally Posted by Unregistered
At the same time, we need to realize what is happening in Gen 3:15. 15And I will put enmity Between you (Satan, see vs.14) and the woman (Eve, here Eve is Israel) , And between your seed (Satan’s seed, which is the Dragon) and her (Eve, who is Israel, Rev 12:2,5) seed (Jesus); He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel.” In this verse, Eve is a type of Israel because this is a relationship between the woman (Eve) and the seed (Jesus), which is a “mother-Son” relationship and NOT a “Bridegroom-bride” relationship. Israel gave birth to Jesus.
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Two comments (related to that in bold).
Satan's seed, is the Dragon, which is Satan. The Dragon is Satan.
Eve is a type for the church. See Eph. 5:23-26 which describes the husband-wife relationship.
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.
Rev 12:2,5 speaks of the man-child, or the stronger part of the church.
That the seed of the woman is Christ and the church, or God's people
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
But the fact that this child is Christ must not cause us to limit the meaning of the vision to the efforts of the evil one to destroy the infant Jesus; for it is also the Christ in the Church which the wicked one hates: and wherever Christ dwells in any heart by faith, and wherever the preachers of the gospel in earnest travail for their Master, seek to lift up Christ, there will the foe be found, like the fowls of the air, ready to carry away the good seed.
Barne's notes on the bible:
And she brought forth a man child - Representing, according to the view above taken, the church in its increase and prosperity - as if a child were born that was to rule over all nations. See the notes on Revelation 12:2.
Who was to rule all nations - That is, according to this view, the church thus represented was destined to reign in all the earth, or all the earth was to become subject to its laws. Compare the notes on Daniel 7:13-14.
Your view is not considering that the purpose of Revelation is to encourage the persecuted Church. For this reason, we should consider that the Church is destined to rule and reign with Christ, and this is the most likely meaning of the prophesy. If we restrict the interpretation only to Jesus and not to the church, the body of Christ, we miss out on the intended view. Thus ,Satan attempting to kill the man-child is not merely Satan trying to kill the infant Jesus, but trying to destroy the church worldwide. If we restrict the interpretation only to Jesus or Israel we miss out on the intended meaning.
The Prophet John was not having a vision of old testament Israel and the 12 tribes ruling over the nations, but of the Church, or the sum total of all God's believers, past and present.