This is a great mystery; but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Eph. 5:32 There are many mysteries in life. There are many mysteries to be found in the Word of the Lord. As a matter of fact, we are always looking for a more comprehensive, a fuller understanding of the Word of the Lord. The Word is the communication of the Lord with mankind. Particularly those who love Him and want to know Him better. Jesus spoke in parables due to the lack of spiritual insight among the people. He has also made it necessary to fit together the truths of the Word like the pieces of a jig saw puzzle. Whom shall He teach knowledge? And whom shall He make to understand doctrine? Them that are weaned from the milk and drawn from the breasts. It is precept upon precept, line upon line, here a little and there a little. Isaiah 28:10-12 It is a monumental undertaking to write concerning such a mysterious topic. One which is so openly revealed by fact and figure, type and shadow throughout the Word of the Lord, yet remains hidden from so many in the church.
Let us first of all put to rest a myth which has been accepted for too long, that is, that the woman is Mary and the man child Jesus. Sorry, but it does not fit into the plan of the Lord. In the first place, the Book of Revelation is just that, a revelation, an insight into the future. It is a prophetic book, not a history book. Consider what the book says about itself. A Revelation, which must shortly come to pass Rev. 1:1 The time is at hand. Rev. 1:3 Write the things which thou has seen, and the things which are and the things which shall be hereafter. Rev. 1:19 Things which must be hereafter. Rev. 4:1 The things which must shortly be done. Rev. 22:5 For the time is at hand. Rev. 22:10 The references made to the time at hand are to those things which were to be fulfilled in the seven churches in Asia. Otherwise the whole of the book projects the completion of its revelations out into the future. The events which transpire at the birth of the man child cannot be compared to any experience that Mary or Jesus had after His birth. Other than there being the birth of a male child, there is absolutely no connection which may be made to Mary and Jesus.
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The first man, was Adam. First the natural, then the spiritual. The natural has its spiritual counterpart. A divine principal which is carried out throughout the Word of the Lord. The natural has its beginning and ending. The spiritual likewise has its beginning but never ends. The spiritual is eternal. The first man made of the dust of the earth, in whom the Lord breathed the breath of life, and he became a living soul. Gen. 2:7 The Lord formed, shaped, molded man by the work of His loving hands. It was a hands on personal project. The first Adam possessed natural life. The last Adam (Christ) was made a quickening spirit., dispensing eternal life to all who will call on Him. 1 Cor. 15:45.
The man Christ Jesus. 1 Tim. 2:5 While the Deity of the Lord Jesus is plainly seen in the Word of the Lord. His manhood, His human nature is just as openly displayed. As a man, He is the only one commissioned to mediate between God and man. There are none other who could possibly feel the compassion for the sinner as the man Christ Jesus. No other could possibly have the power and authority to approach a just and merciful God for our forgiveness. He is greatly moved by the feeling of our infirmities.
Inasmuch as He was tempted in every point such as we are. Yet He was without sin. Heb. 4:15 He is compassion personified. The perfect man. The man of perfection. He represents both aspects of life. Mortal and immortal. He stripped aside His high and holy status in the presence of His Father with whom He was of equal standing. Taking upon Himself the form of a man, the nature of a servant. Furthermore, He committed Himself to the most degrading death of that day. The death of a habitual criminal. A shameful and ignominious death. No greater sacrifice could be made under any circumstances.
We must see Jesus, not only in His Godly nature, but as a man. He completely fulfilled every requirement to be both God and man. And the LORD God said, it is not good that the man should be alone. Gen. 2:18 I will create a helper for him. A companion, a wife who was to share His life with him. Male and female created He them. Gen.1:27 As with the type, so with the antitype. Some types are fulfilled in just a measure. This one is to be complete. The blessing of the Lord upon them was that they be fruitful and multiply, filling the earth with their kind, that is their descendents.