She gave birth to a male child, one who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, but her child was caught up to God and to his throne,
From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father.
She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth.
You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.” Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth.
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here!” And they went up to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies watched them.
but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.
Therefore he shall give them up until the time when she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of his brothers shall return to the people of Israel.
I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows.
So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
How long will you waver, O faithless daughter? For the Lord has created a new thing on the earth: a woman encircles a man.”
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