Les Feldick Bible Study

How long is 'a time, times, and half a time' in Revelation 12?

According to Revelation 12, 'a time, times, and half a time' equals three and a half years. The singular 'time' is one year, the plural 'times' is two years, and the 'half a time' adds another half year, totaling three and a half years, also described as 1,203 days in the passage.

Les explains that in Revelation 12 the phrase 'a time, times, and half a time' breaks down to one year plus two years plus half a year, totaling three and a half years. He notes this matches verse 6, where the woman is nourished in the wilderness for 1,203 days, or three and a half years. Les connects her supernatural flight on eagle's wings to Israel's Exodus under Moses, and the serpent's flood to Pharaoh's attempt to destroy the Jews.

Revelation 12:6

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.