PART II- The woman gives birth to the Messiah at the Second Coming...proving Jesus takes up the body of an anointed Christian at the second coming.
FUNDAMENTALLY: A fundamental of Jesus appearing in the imperfect flesh at the second coming, totally in harmony with your "chieftan" reference offering a sin offering, is that basically, Jesus has a first and second coming. The first was for the purpose of "sin", that is, as a sacrifice. But this was for "all time" and not necessary again, so when he appears in the flesh again, combining with some specific individual, he doesn't have to do so at the embyonic level. He can simply possess and inhabit the body and identity of some individual already born, one of his chosen anointed ones.
Please keep in mind, as well, a critical factor in this regard with respect to his perfect body. He gave this perfect body and what it represented as a sacrifice for all of mankind's sins. Therefore, he would not have legitimate access to it again. It was no longer available to him. But in order to reappear in the flesh again to rule on the earth during the Millennium and Judgment Day, it would have been a simple matter to possess by spirit one of his chosen followers. The identity of that chosen one is what is referenced in scripture in various places whether the "chieftan" who has to make the bull sin offering in Ezekiel, or high-priest Joshua/Sprout who is seen appearing at the time of the anointing as king with befouled garments, etc.
Having said that, though, the vision in Revelation of the woman giving birth to the Messiah can be better understood.
Now just looking at what is happening here, we see Jesus and his angels just kicked Satan and his angels out of Heaven and down to the Earth. At this time, a woman, apparently on the Earth gives birth to a child, "a male, who would shepherd the nations with an iron rod", obviously, a reference to the Messiah.
But this woman has to flee from the Dragon, Satan. Certainly, therefore, this woman is not in heaven, but on the earth. Who can she be? None other than those who would make up Christ's Bride.
But how is it that the Messiah is just now being born from this woman, when he was just in Heaven as a mighty king dispelling Satan?
The answer is that it is at this time, the time when Satan is removed from Heaven and cast down to the earth, that the Messiah himself must come down to the earth and manifest himself in human form. How does he do this though? Well, as noted, not having the need to be born as a child again so that he is a perfect man, he simply takes up the body and identity of a man who is already alive. Per the vision, though, this man is born from the woman, simply meaning that he takes up the body of one of his own anointed followers who was previously part of the Bride Class.
Thus, at the time Satan is kicked out of Heaven, at the "end of the gentile times" as some say, one of his anointed followers are chosen to become the embodiment of the Messiah and this is typified by showing the woman, the Bride Class, giving birth to a child who is then taken up to heaven. The child being symbolically taken up to Heaven represents his being placed in a highly favored position with the Father, in fact, the "bosom position of the Father" which is the symbolic place for Jesus Christ.
So you see, even Revelation truly gives us some details as to precisely who this person chosen to embody the Messiah comes from. Jesus' taking up the human flesh in the body of another individual is what this vision is about. This woman, representing the Bride Class, producing this child, simply means one of her members is chosen to become the Messiah.
After the Messiah is chosen from her (born), then she runs into the "wilderness, to her place" which is simply an indication that this gathering of anointed ones is secretive and underground. Thus the Messiah is born out of this secret Christian organization who is present on the earth at the time of the second coming.
Of course, again, more details specifically about this individual are found hidden in various scriptures, but obviously, this person is not perfect and a sinful man, and thus consistent with the second wave offering being WITH LEAVEN instead of unleavened bread, leaven being a specific Biblical representation for sin.
So it's really all right there. How can a woman just now be giving birth to the Messiah when the Messiah is already alive up in heaven? The answer is this is a reference to his rebirth in human form, only this time via possession of one of his anointed followers in the imperfect flesh.
Other scriptures are totally consistent with this, of course. One that comes to mind in particular is John 3:2 where John acknowledges that he would be in the same sort of flesh as Jesus is when he is revealed at the second coming:
"Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, bu we know that when He is revealed, we shall be LIKE HIM, for we shall see Him as He is."
This supports that Jesus will be no different than his own followers when he is revealed and they will behold him as he is. Of course, at the second coming he must again come into the form of human flesh, only this time, it will be as an ordinary man just like his own followers; he will be just LIKE them. This has a specific meaning when you understand that Jesus will appear at the second coming in the imperfect flesh as the "prodigal son", one who is chosen by God, but who, like Jonah, had left God's house and his faithfullness and become dead spiritually before awakening again via God's mercy.
Thus when the Bible says "there is more joy over a sinner who repents than [the faithful ones]"...that is a secret reference that the chief one of joy in God's eyes, the one in the bosom position of the Father is, indeed, a repentant sinner.
Also it becomes clear Jesus' hidden meaning when he said: "The fact that you did not do this to the LEAST ONE OF THESE MY BROTEHRS, you did not do it to me..." was a cryptic reference to the fact that when manifested back into the flesh at the second coming, he would actually take up the body of not one of the gloriously faithful anointed ones, but one of a repentant sinner who is regarded as a LEAST one among his brothers.
Thus "what is low....is made high".
And finally, Jehovah fulfils SPECIFICALLY his insistance that he chooses who will rule in the earth, "even the LOWLIEST OF MANKIND"...thus he chose one of the lowliest of mankind to become the embodiment of the Messiah at the second coming, though it could have been any one of his chosen anointed ones. He chose a repentant sinner for his own divine reasons to be the Messiah at the second coming.
Quite fascinating, is it not?
Of course, this was all HIDDEN until it was time for him to be revealed.
L.G.
