Israel's Conflict With the Dragon in the Future 12:6, 13-17
"And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days."
"And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child." "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." "And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood." "And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth." "And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ."
(2) This covers the last 3 1/2 years of the tribulation period (6).
(3) When this period is finished, Israel's pains will be over & past.
The Battle of the Land vs. 6, 13-14
"And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days."
"And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child." "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."
The Dragon vs. 13
"And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child."
The Perception of His Present Condition
When
finally the full significance of his defeat in the air grips him, it is too
much. He is then aware that the end is near. By this time he has become incorrigible.
He is determined to use the last opportunity to vent his wrath on any object
within his reach.
The Persecution of the
Sun-Clothed Woman
Israel
is the only object within his reach, so he bares his fangs and turns upon
Israel in the land of Palestine. He can never forget that this is the woman who
bore the man
child, the one who will rule the nations.
The Woman vs.
6, 14
"And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days."
"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."
The Human
Response vs. 6
"And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days."
The woman for sheer fear flees into the wilderness for safety. Little did this people realize that God had already prepared a place for her protection for that period of time the dragon would be persecuting the woman. There she is sheltered from the stormy blasts for 1260 days (cf. Matt. 24:15-22 and Dan. 11:41). Not all Israel will flee. Some will remain in Jerusalem (Zech. 12:8-10).
"When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)" "Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:" "Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:" "Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes." "And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!" "But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day:" "For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be." "And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened."
"He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon."
"In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them." "And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem." "And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn."
The Divine
Provision vs. 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."
For the sake of speed in flight, the Lord bares her on eagles' wings as he did in the days of old, and thus she escapes the dragon's hordes. She is fed times, time, and a half a time. Cf. Exodus 19:4; Dan. 4:16, 23, 25, 32.
"Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself."
"Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him: and let seven times pass over him." "And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him." "That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will." "And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will."
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