What are the two wings of the great eagle given to the woman for?
The two wings of the great eagle enable the woman—the escaping remnant of Jews—to fly into the wilderness to her God-designated place. There she is nourished and providentially protected from the serpent for three and a half years.
Les teaches that verse 14 uses the identical words from Exodus. The woman represents the escaping remnant of Jews. The two wings of the great eagle let her fly into the wilderness to her place, a designated place by a sovereign God, where she is nourished and taken care of, even as God cared for Israel with manna and water from the rock. This protection lasts for "a time, plus times," a total of three and a half years, from the face of the serpent. Les connects this to Exodus: just as Israel was isolated in Goshen from the plagues, so this escaping remnant fleeing to the mountains southeast of Jerusalem will be providentially protected for the last three and a half years while the ravages of the tribulation tear around them.