What time period does Revelation 12:5 cover between Christ's birth and His kingdom rule?
Revelation 12:5 covers the age from the birth of the Christ child to His future rule over all nations, a span of two thousand years or more. It then moves back to His ascension, when the child was caught up to God and His throne.
Les explains that in Revelation 12 the woman symbolizes the nation of Israel, and she brought forth a man-child, the Christ child. Verse 5 leaps the ages from the time of His birth to the rule of His kingdom, two thousand years or more. The man-child is to rule all nations with a rod of iron, and the verse then backs up to the ascension, where her child was caught up unto God and to His throne. Verse 6 then leaps back to the midpoint of the tribulation, when the woman flees into the wilderness for 1260 days, or 3 1/2 years.
And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.