Revelation 12:6

REVELATION—NOTE ON Revelation 12:6 The child’s mother fled into the wilderness. This symbolizes the church’s complete dependence on God. He protects them from the dragon’s rage (vv. Revelation 12:13; compare Exodus 16:13; 1 Kings 19:5). Some scholars think the time period symbolized as 1,260 days (or “a time, and times, and half a time”; see note on Rev. 11:1–2) began with Christ’s ascension. It will end when God allows the dragon to deceive the nations and gather them against the church (Revelation 20:7). Others understand the “1,260 days” (three and a half years) to represent the second half of the great tribulation. They consider this the same period as the second half of Daniel’s seventieth week (Daniel 9:27). On this view, the woman’s fleeing indicates that during the great tribulation Jewish believers will be persecuted by the Antichrist and will flee into the wilderness (see note on Rev. 11:1–2).