Who Are The Women In Revelation?

Women of The Apostolic Church Are Symbolic

        Women in Revelation represent apocalyptic symbolism, to which the key has been lost. In Revelation 12:1, we have "a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars." The text continues, "And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered" (Rev. 12:2). In this same chapter, verses 13-17, there is more about how Satan persecutes the woman.
       In Revelation 17, reference is made to "the great whore that sitteth upon many waters ... a woman upon a scarlet colored beast . . - THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS . . . the woman drunken with the blood of saints . . . the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her." All again represent apocalyptic symbolism and must be interpreted spiritually.
       In Revelation 18:7-10, a queen is mentioned. This refers to the wicked city of Babylon and her destruction.
       In Revelation 19:7-8, emphasis centers on "the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints." Mention is made again in Revelation 21:9 of "the bride, the Lamb's wife." All of this imagery of the Lamb's bride, most scholars concede, centers around the ideal Church and its final glory. Other interpretations have been innumerable.