My Sheep Hear My Voice-Rev. 12:6, 13-16

My Sheep Hear My Voice-Rev. 12:6, 13-16

Before Jesus was crucified He told the disciples to watch and pray, something so simple, but they let their physical bodies take over and they fell back asleep. In these last hours of time you need to hear His voice. When He tells you something, it is very important, but most ignore my voice or just discuss it and go on with what they were doing. You will see many things start to happen shortly and if you do not hear and obey His voice,... it will mean death for some of you....Jesus has only your best interest in mind. Christ knows you heart, and if you are truly His you will hear His voice. He awakes many of you at 3am on the dot, but most will roll over and go back to sleep. There are a few who will get up and pray. Your day is filled with so many things and Jesus is the last thing many of you give your time to. But Christ needs to talk to you,... to fellowship with you and only when you are still and quite (3am) can you hear Him,... the rest of your day is so busy you do not have time for Him,... but you need to make time, for time is short and the Lord has instructions for you.

Revelation Chapter 12
The Persecution, Flight and Protection of the Woman

In these passages a complete revelation of the woman, as to her identification, motherhood, persecution, flight and protection, is given. These subjects in conjunction with other scriptures will now be taken up in their logical order.

"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” (Rev. 12:6).

And the woman... The woman here is Israel. The wilderness represents Edom, Moab, and Ammon out side of Israel.

into the wilderness... The persecution, flight, and protection of the woman in the wilderness prove her to be Israel. God will protect Israel from Satan by hiding her in the wilderness, perhaps in the region of Moab, Ammon and Edom, east of Israel.

prepared of God... Edom, Moab, and Ammon escape the Antichrist and make the place of refuge for Israel in the tribulation. Interestingly, those countries will be specifically spared from the Antichrist’s attack against the Holy Land (compare Dan. 11:41).

they should feed... The Arabs of modern Jordan and Arabia. During the last half of the Great Tribulation period, Israel will take refuge among the Gentile nations, where God will care for her (perhaps through the Gentile believers).

a thousand two... This is the number of days the woman flees into the wilderness and the man-child, or the 144,000, are in heaven before the second coming of Christ (Rev. 11:1-3; 12:6, 12:14; 13:5; Dan. 7:25; 12:7). At the midpoint of the Tribulation, the Antichrist breaks his covenant with Israel, puts a stop to temple worship, sets up the abomination of desolation (Dan. 9:27; Matt. 24:15), and devastates Jerusalem (11:2). At that time, many Jews flee for their lives (Matt. 24:16ff). God will preserve them during the last 1260 days (42 months; 3-1/2 years), constituting the Great Tribulation (see 3:10; 6:1, 9) God will frustrate Satan's attempt to destroy Israel during the Tribulation and will hide His people just as Jesus stated (in Matthew chapter 24:15-21).

The world government, and even part of the church world, is leaning more and more to elevating ourselves to the point of making us god. You see, secular humanism and the New Age Movement both elevate mankind to Godhood. These are two very dangerous things to do. This is the very reason Lucifer was tossed out of heaven.

The deliverance itself took place when the woman fled into the desert to a place prepared for her by God, and she was preserved for 1,260 days, which was three and one-half years or 42 months of 30 days each. Matthew (Mat. 24:16) referred to the flight of Israel at the beginning of the Great Tribulation (cf. Mar. 13:14). References to both desert and mountains are not a contradiction as both were wilderness areas. In her desert hideout Israel was cared for perhaps as miraculously as Israel was in her wilderness journey from Egypt to the Promised Land.

The time period was 1,260 days, later described as “a time, times, and half a time” (cf. Rev. 12:14). This action (Rev. 12:5-6) followed what is described in Rev. 12:7 as a “war in heaven.”

“And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. 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. 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" (Rev. 13-16).

And when the... When the devil saw that he could not uphold his kingdom by paganism, nor further execute his malice by pagan emperors, but was wholly routed and overcome, as to that power. “He persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child” (see Rev. 12:5).

saw that he... When he sees that he has failed to destroy the 144,000 or the man-child, he will turn on the woman or Israel who has produced the man-child. The child is represented as safe; that is, the ultimate progress and extension of the believers was certain. But Satan was permitted still to wage a warfare against them, represented here by his wrath against the woman, and by her being constrained to flee into the wilderness.

The woman introduced in Rev. 12:1 became the special object of Satan’s persecution. She was given supernatural help symbolized by the two wings of a great eagle which enabled her to fly to the place prepared for her in the desert.

This hiding place was not clearly identified. Some suggest that it might be Petra, fortress capital of the Nabateans in Edom, south of the Dead Sea. This city has a narrow access which could easily be blocked but which opens up into a large canyon capable of caring for many thousands of people. Though Scripture is not specific, some believe the 144,000 of Rev. 7:1-17 are to be preserved here. The Scriptures themselves speak of God’s seal of protection on them.

wings of a... Not actual birds’ wings, but a graphic depiction of God’s providential protection of Israel (compare Exodus 19:4). Wings often speak of protection (compare Deut. 32:9-12; Psalm 91:4; Isa. 40:31). Eagles, probably vulture like griffins, were the largest birds known in Israel. The wings represent swift escape from persecution. The eagle in many instances in the Bible is symbolic of God. I believe, it means that God will protect us in the midst of the problems. This I believe is what the (sealing of the believers), is all about. The word “might” indicates that those in Israel who care to flee may do so, but not that all will flee into the wilderness from Judea, for a remnant will be left, Rev. 12:17. “Her purpose will be to flee from the face of the serpent.” There is to be such a place of security and she will know of it. Who but God could preserve a place for her and lead her to it under such conditions?

Isaiah 40:31 "But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; [and] they shall walk, and not faint."
To me this just shows again that God will protect the true believers.
That phrase comes (from Dan. 12:11). This refers to the second half of the Tribulation which begins by the abomination of desolation. In Matthew, we read:
Matt. 24:15 "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand)."
During this time, God protects Israel from the Satan who may know where the Jews are hiding, but will be unable to get at them because of God's divine protection.
“A time, and times, and half a time”: Three and one half years; the second half of the Tribulation (compare verses 6; 11:2-3; 13:5).

The two wings probably do not refer to modern airplanes but rather to God’s delivering power, and are a figure of speech taken from such Old Testament passages as Exo. 19:4 and Deut. 32:11-12. The flight of Israel to a place of safety was also indicated in Mat. 24:16; Mar. 13:14; and Luke 21:21.

Though Rev. 12:6, 12:14 referred to the refuge as a desert and the Synoptic passages referred to mountains, this is no contradiction as both desert and mountains are in a wilderness area. The length of time of her preservation was said to be a time, times, and half a time. This refers to the three and one-half years of the Great Tribulation with “a time” equaling one year, “times” equaling two years, and “half a time” indicating 6 months (cf. Dan. 7:25; 12:7 with the 42 months referred to in Rev. 11:2; 13:5). References to these specific time periods show that the Great Tribulation is not the entire present Age but the three and one-half years preceding the second coming of Christ.

And the serpent... The devil, the old serpent, mentioned (in Revelation 12:9), being able no longer to execute his malice as a dragon, by the civil power of the heathen emperors, tearing Christians in pieces, but discerning the believers secured by the special providence of God, went to work another way.

flood after the... Symbolizes the armies of the Antichrist pursuing defeated Israel (Dan. 9:26-27; 11:21-26; Jer. 46:7-8).

Water is symbolic of the Word of God. This is strange because this water comes from the serpent's mouth. I believe this is a flood of false doctrine coming from Satan himself. Some of the new translations of the Bible are very dangerous as well. If Satan can't destroy us outside the church, then the final assault would be inside the church with false doctrine that is so close to truth that we would not even notice the difference, unless we were grounded and rooted in the truth.
This imagery symbolizes trouble in general. Satan's forces will sweep towards the Jew's hiding place like a great flood so as to be drown, killed or consumed by them.

Pursuing the woman, the devil as the serpent originated a flood to sweep her away with the torrent, but the earth swallowed up the water. Some have taken this as a literal flood, but since Israel could flee in every direction the contour of the Holy Land does not lend itself to such a flood. Probably the flood represents Satan’s effort to exterminate Israel. This is thwarted by the rough terrain which provides hiding places. In some way God assists the Israelites so that they are not completely destroyed, though Zec. 13:8 indicates that “two-thirds will be struck down and perish.”

swallowed up the... The earth will open its mouth and swallow the armies of the Antichrist, like it did Korah and his company (Num. 16:29-35).

And the earth... By opening itself, and taking in what the serpent cast out, so that it could not reach the woman, and annoy her. Yet they served, in a great measure, to swallow up that flood of heresies which the devil threw out of his mouth by these heretics.

cast out of... A great army will come against Israel like a flood (verse 15; compare Jer. 46:8; 47:2), only to be swallowed up.

Though only one-third of Israel in the land is thus preserved (of which the 144,000 of Rev. 7:1-17 are a portion), Satan the dragon continues to war against the rest.