The woman's flight into the wilderness is Israel's God-ordained escape to a prepared place at the midpoint of the Tribulation.
Les identifies the woman as the nation of Israel, and the wilderness as a place prepared of God where the Godhead will feed her for 1,260 days—three and a half years. The flight occurs at the midpoint of the Tribulation, after a great earthquake in the Jerusalem area, and it involves the same cross-section of Jews described in Matthew 24.
Revelation 12:6 — This is the verse that directly describes the woman fleeing into the wilderness and God's provision for her there.
Revelation 12:14 — It repeats the wilderness flight, adding the eagle's wings and the 'time, times, and half a time' period of nourishment.
Revelation 12:5–6 tells of a woman who brings forth a man child "who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron." The child is caught up to God and to His throne, and then "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 text does not name the woman, but it plainly shows a divinely arranged refuge and a specific period of provision. Later, Revelation 12:13–14 shows the dragon persecuting "the woman which brought forth the man child." She is given "two wings of a great eagle" to fly into the wilderness, where she is nourished "a time, and times, and half a time." The woman is the same figure throughout, and her flight is presented as God's preserving action in the face of the dragon's pursuit.
Les Feldick identifies the woman of Revelation 12 as the nation of Israel. In the flow of the chapter, the man-child is Christ, born through Israel, caught up to God at His ascension, and destined to rule with a rod of iron. The woman's flight into the wilderness then returns the narrative to the midpoint of the Tribulation, when a cross-section of Jews from Jerusalem flees for their lives and goes into the mountains. He sees this as the same group Jesus describes in Matthew 24. Les emphasizes that the place is prepared of God and that the Godhead—the triune God—will feed and protect her in the wilderness. The stay lasts 1,260 days, or three and a half years. He also connects the later reference to the dragon persecuting the woman to Satan, who has been cast to earth and who now indwells the Antichrist, turning his attention on Israel. The two wings of a great eagle, Les says, carry the escaping remnant to her prepared place, where she is nourished from the face of the serpent.
Les places the flight at the midpoint of the Tribulation. He says Revelation 12:5–6 moves from the birth of the Christ to His rule and ascension, then leaps over the Church Age and comes back to a future moment when the woman—Israel—flees into the wilderness. The same hour is marked by a great earthquake in the Jerusalem area, and the Jews leaving Jerusalem are a cross-section of retired people, working people, young parents, and mothers.
Les is explicit: the woman is the nation of Israel, and the man-child is Christ. He notes that Israel "brought forth a man child" who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron, and that the child's being caught up to God is the Ascension of Acts 1. He then applies the woman's flight to the escaping remnant of Israel—the same group that Matthew 24 describes fleeing Judea.
The Scripture says God has prepared the place, and Les emphasizes that the plural pronoun "they" in Revelation 12:6 refers to the Godhead—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—who will feed her there for 1,260 days. This is the same three-and-a-half-year period Les sees in Revelation 12:14, where the woman is nourished for "a time, and times, and half a time" from the face of the serpent. The two wings of a great eagle are God's means of bringing her to that prepared place.
Les says the Jews flee "into the mountains" and identifies the direction as southeast of Jerusalem. He mentions the ancient city of Petra as a possibility some people hold, but he personally does not think Petra will be large enough. His main point is that God has prepared a place in a more or less uninhabited area.
Les teaches that the fleeing remnant in Revelation 12 is the same escaping group that Jesus describes in Matthew 24. He says these Jews go to their place in the wilderness where the triune God protects and feeds them. The people do not recognize Jesus as the Christ; they are giving glory to the God of Abraham while fleeing from Jerusalem.
Midpoint Earthquake in Jerusalem
Les places the woman's wilderness flight at the midpoint of the Tribulation, when a great earthquake shakes the Jerusalem area.
Israel Fled into Wilderness
Les explicitly says the woman is Israel and that the Godhead feeds her for 1,260 days in a place prepared of God, tying it to Matthew 24.
Dragon Persecutes the Woman
Les identifies the dragon as Satan and the woman as the nation of Israel, noting that the escaping remnant is protected and fed by the triune God.
Flight at Midpoint After Ascension
Les says the narrative leaps from Christ's ascension and the Church Age to the midpoint, when Israel flees into the mountains to a prepared place for three and a half years.
Man-Child Is Christ
Les teaches that the man-child is Christ, born through Israel and caught up at the Ascension, and then the remnant of Israel flees to the wilderness for 1,260 days.
Eagle's Wings and Nourishment
Les says the dragon is Satan indwelling the Antichrist, and the woman is given eagle's wings to escape to her place, nourished for three and a half years from the serpent.
Location of the Flight
Les notes the fleeing Jews go to the mountains southeast of Jerusalem, and while some suggest Petra, he doubts it will be large enough.
Woman Is a Cross-Section of Matthew 24 Jews
Les identifies the woman as the nation of Israel and the cross-section of Matthew 24 Jews fleeing into an uninhabited area—a place prepared of God.
Revelation 12:5: And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
Shows the woman is the mother of the Christ child, connecting her to Israel in Les's teaching and setting up the flight that follows.
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.
The key verse describing the wilderness flight, the prepared place, and the 1,260-day duration.
Revelation 12:13: And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
Moves the scene to the midpoint aftermath: Satan persecutes Israel after being cast down.
Revelation 12:14: 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.
Repeats the flight and gives the symbolic eagle's wings plus the three-and-a-half-year protection.
Les Feldick teaches that the woman is the nation of Israel. Her flight into the wilderness is the escape of a Jewish remnant at the midpoint of the Tribulation, the same group he connects to Matthew 24.
At the midpoint of the Tribulation. Les places it after the narrative of Christ's birth and ascension, and he associates it with a great earthquake in the Jerusalem area at that same hour.
Revelation 12:6 gives 1,260 days, which Les equates to three and a half years. Revelation 12:14 speaks of the same period as "a time, and times, and half a time."
Les says they are fleeing for their lives at the Tribulation midpoint, before the dragon—Satan—turns his persecution on Israel. The fleeing remnant gives glory to the God of Abraham but does not yet know Jesus as the Christ.
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