Rev. 12 does not speak of the woman being Mary.
It describes a woman with twelve stars about her head. The woman is depicted in the throes of childbirth. The dragon, Satan, stands before the woman to devour the child as soon as he is born.
The woman is Israel, and the twelve stars symbolize the twelve tribes of Israel. The child is Jesus. Herod attempted to kill Jesus just as soon as He was born;
however, he failed. (Matthew 2:13)
The narrative of Revelation 12 then fast forwards 2,000 years. Satan wages war against the forces of God in heaven but is defeated. Satan is cast out of heaven with his angels and confined to the earth. The dragon then wages war against Israel, but Israel is
protected by the wings of a great eagle.
The prophecy depicts the nation of Israel during the last 3 1/2 years before Armageddon. Daniel too, saw a lion. The symbol of Great Britain. The lion had
eagle’s wings which
were plucked.
Daniel 7:4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.
Today, the most powerful nation on earth is symbolized by an
eagle:
the United States (we came from Britain).
The eagle’s wings are mentioned in
Revelation 12:14 "And to
the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where
she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent."
America (eagle's wings) stand with Israel during the last 3 1/2 years of the Tribulation.