God will supernaturally destroy the Antichrist's pursuing forces by opening the earth to swallow them.
As the Jewish remnant flees into the wilderness, the Antichrist sends an armed force to destroy them, but God intervenes. Just as He opened the Red Sea to save Israel and drown the Egyptians, He will open the earth to swallow up the Antichrist's army, ensuring the remnant's safety.
Revelation 12:16 — This verse directly describes the earth opening to swallow the flood (the Antichrist's forces) sent after the woman.
Revelation 12:15-16 reveals that after the woman (Israel) is given eagle's wings to flee into the wilderness, the serpent casts water as a flood after her to cause her to be carried away. But the earth helps the woman by opening her mouth and swallowing the flood. This is a supernatural deliverance, as the earth itself acts to protect the woman from the serpent's pursuit.
Les Feldick explains that the Antichrist, indwelt by Satan, will send an armed force after the escaping Jewish remnant, just as Pharaoh sent his army after Israel. However, God will intervene supernaturally, opening the earth to swallow the Antichrist's forces, much like He opened the Red Sea to drown the Egyptians. This intervention ensures the remnant's safety, as they are under God's sovereign protection. When the Antichrist hears of his army's destruction, he will rage and turn his efforts to war against the remnant.
Les Feldick draws a direct parallel between the Antichrist's pursuit of the fleeing Jews and Pharaoh's pursuit of Israel at the Exodus. Just as Pharaoh sent his army and chariots to destroy Israel, the Antichrist will send an armed force, perhaps a battalion or regiment, to wipe out the escaping remnant. In both cases, God intervenes supernaturally to protect His people.
The forces pursuing the Jews will be completely destroyed. As the Jews continue into the mountains, the earth will open up in front of the pursuers and swallow them, just as the Red Sea closed over Pharaoh's chariots. This supernatural event eliminates the threat completely, and the remnant is safe, nourished by God for three and a half years.
When word reaches the Antichrist that his armed force has been destroyed, he will be enraged and turn his efforts toward making war on the remnant of the woman's seed. This reflects the ongoing conflict between Satan and God's people, but the remnant remains under divine protection.
The Great Tribulation: Israel's Flight & God's Protection Explained
Verse 14, "...and to the woman," that is this escaping remnant of Israel now, "...to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she will be nourished for a time one year, plus two times two years, for a total of three and a half, from the face of the serpent." All right, now we have to go back to Exodus a moment.
Pharaoh's Parallel
Les explains that Satan will indwell the Antichrist, who will send an armed force after the escaping Jews, just as Pharaoh did, to destroy them.
Supernatural Intervention
God will open the earth to swallow the Antichrist's army, protecting the Jewish remnant and providing for them for three and a half years.
Earth Swallows the Flood
The 'flood' from the dragon's mouth represents an armed force, which God causes the earth to swallow up, destroying them completely.
Where Will Jews Flee During the Tribulation? Revelation 12
And so she is given the wings of a great eagle, and she's going to be nourished and taken care of for three and a half years, and then verse 15 backs up a little bit that when the serpent, or the Antichrist, cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away, or to be destroyed of the flood.
Where Will Jews Flee During the Tribulation? Revelation 12
He will just literally indwell him, and from that point on everything the Antichrist says and does is going to be a word and an act of Satan himself. So here we have the midpoint now. Satan has indwelled the man Antichrist, he becomes almost a super human being, and when he saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman that is Israel, who brought forth the man-child, and to the woma…
Eagle's Wings Parallel
Les compares the Exodus and the remnant's flight, noting that just as God destroyed Pharaoh's army at the Red Sea, He will destroy the Antichrist's army.
All Israel Shall Be Saved — What Romans 11:26 Really Means
Now then, there's going to be a group of Jews who are the elect of God, and if it weren't that this thing is ended right on schedule, even they would not be able to survive. So who are we talking about? This escaping remnant of Jews that are fleeing from Jerusalem down to the mountains, and they're going to be supernaturally escorted. You remember, you pick them up in Revelation chapter 12.
Revelation 12:15-16: And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
This passage directly describes the Antichrist's attempt to destroy the woman (Israel) and God's intervention through the earth.
Yes, according to Les Feldick, God will open the earth to swallow the entire armed force sent by the Antichrist, resulting in their complete destruction, just as Pharaoh's army was drowned in the Red Sea.
The Antichrist, indwelt by Satan, hates the Jews and wants to destroy them. He sends an armed force to wipe out the escaping remnant, mirroring Pharaoh's pursuit of Israel in the Exodus.
The Antichrist becomes furious and turns his efforts to making war against the remnant of the woman's seed, but God continues to protect and nourish the remnant for three and a half years.
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