What Old Testament event does Revelation 12 parallel?
Revelation 12 parallels the Exodus from Egypt. As God miraculously led Israel out under Moses into the wilderness and sustained them with food, water, and clothing for forty years, so the coming remnant of Israel will be divinely protected and provided for during three and a half years.
Les explains that Revelation 12 is a direct parallel with the Exodus from Egypt. Just as God providentially and miraculously brought the nation out under Moses, took them into the wilderness, and provided all their food and water—their shoes and clothes did not wear out—and sustained them for forty years, so He will protect the escaping remnant of Israel in the wilderness for 1,260 days, or three and a half years. God will prepare a place, feed them, and keep them in total safety and security, even while upheaval occurs elsewhere.
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.
More Questions
Why does Revelation 12 connect to Matthew 24?
Revelation 12 and Matthew 24 should be tied together because they use the same identical words and describe a like circumstance.
What happens to Israel in the wilderness in Revelation 12:6?
In Revelation 12:6 Israel flees into the wilderness to a place prepared of God, where the Godhead feeds her for a thousand two hundred and sixty days.