Whose protection are the fleeing Jews under during the tribulation?
The fleeing Jews during the tribulation are under the sovereign, mandated protection of God Himself. They are completely insulated, fed, and protected by God throughout the final three and a half years, even as the Antichrist, indwelt by Satan, pursues them like Pharaoh pursued Israel.
Les explains that the fleeing Jews are under a sovereign, mandated protection of God Himself [s395]. Wherever this group is being protected, they are completely insulated, and God will feed them and protect them throughout that final three and a half years [s356-s360]. At the midpoint of the tribulation, the Antichrist comes from his headquarters, likely Europe, to Jerusalem, and Satan is cast out of heaven and indwells the man Antichrist, as he did with Judas [s373-s384]. When Satan in the Antichrist sees this escaping group of Jews, he sends an army after them, just as Pharaoh sent an army after the escaping Jews from Egypt [s385-s391]. The serpent casts out water as a flood after the woman, or these escaping Israelites, to cause her to be carried away or destroyed [s397-s401], but God’s sovereign protection shields them.