Many Christadelphians believe that the man-child in Revelation 12 is (1) negative and (2) Constantine. However, some Christadelphians (correctly) note that the “man-child” is Jesus and the scene in Rev 12 is positive, not negative. To quote one leading Christadelphian commentator:
As the chapter unfolds, the Woman
gives birth to a male child “who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron”
(i.e. Jesus Christ; Rev 19:15). The child is caught up to God and his throne
(Rev 12:5), a reference to exaltation of Jesus to the right-hand of God. As
soon as the child is caught up, war breaks out in heaven and the Dragon (i.e.
sin) is cast down; he is overcome by “the blood of the Lamb” (Rev 12:11). The
Dragon is not yet defeated, and now persecutes the Woman, who bore the child.
So the Woman is given two eagle’s wings to fly into the wilderness and there she
remains for a set time (cf. Rev 12:6, 14). The final verse of the chapter is
telling; the Woman thus protected, the Dragon makes war on those who “keep” the
commandments of God—this might imply that the Woman herself no longer keeps the
commandments. (Thomas Gaston, “A Late-Date for Revelation: A Church-Centric
Interpretation,” Christadelphian Ejournal of Biblical Interpretation [October
2010]: 213)
