6/29/2023 0 Comments Flee into the wilderness![]() These two cases mark a departure from the types of cases the ACLU had argued from its inception in the early part of this century. Before that point, in nearly every school in the country since schools began in the 1600s, Bible reading was part of the daily curriculum. In 1963, the ACLU successfully argued before the Supreme Court that Bible reading in school was also unconstitutional. Before that point, in nearly every school in the country since schools began in the 1600s, prayer to God was part of the school day. In 1962, the ACLU successfully argued before the Supreme Court that silent prayer in school was unconstitutional. But what if they don’t? Consider this:ġ620 = arrival of the woman in the wilderness on the wings of the great eagle, corresponding to the Pilgrims (Christians) landing in the wilderness which was to become America.ġ970 = 3-1/2 “times” have elapsed, or 3-1/2 centuries. I know that traditionally the church has held that all the references in Scripture of 3-1/2 times, 42 months, and 1260 days refer to the same time period. So what about the 3-1/2 times of nourishment? I wonder if the angel used the phrase “3-1/2 times” rather than 1260 days as he did in verse 6, because two different time periods were meant. Christians continued to be persecuted by the Roman church, which is what prompted the flight of the Pilgrims in the first place, and Jews also have had so much trouble finding any place which would welcome them, receive them, and allow them to keep the commandments of God in peace. While the Pilgrims and those who followed after them were busy making a great nation out of the wilderness, the dragon did indeed make war with the rest of her offspring. For so many years, the earth has indeed helped the woman, and the sufferings which Christians and Jews in the rest of the world suffer, do not touch the woman here. That the earth helped the woman, because it swallowed the flood of persecution from the serpent, also fits, because America has been separated from the rest of the world by two oceans. In 1620 the Pilgrims fled religious persecution in Europe and arrived on these shores, which was a vast wilderness at that time. My alternate theory is this: when the dragon began to fiercely persecute the woman Israel, she fled the persecution on the wings a great eagle. While she was being martyred by the Roman church, how was she being nourished? Read their position, it does have merit. My only problem with it is that the Scriptures say that the woman was nourished in the wilderness for 3-1/2 times. Second, what about this wilderness? Traditional historicists say that the woman, who they identify as Zion or the true church, fled into the wilderness of obscurity with the rise of the state- sponsored counterfeit church (the Roman church) which they place at 533 ad, and they end the 1260 years at 1793 with the French Revolution. Judah and Ephraim are of course considered the offspring of Israel. The house of Judah, i.e., the Jews, keep the commandments of God, and the house of Ephraim, i.e., the Gentiles who became the Christians, have the testimony of Jesus Christ. He is the firstborn among many brethren. The rest of Israel’s offspring are: 1) those who keep the commandments of God, and 2) those who have the testimony of Jesus Christ. ![]() Her firstborn was the male Child, Jesus Christ the Messiah. Rev 12:6, 13-17ġ) fled into the wilderness, where she would be nourished for 1260 days or 3-1/2 times Ģ) escaped there by the two wings of a great eagle ģ) was persecuted by the dragon, who is the serpent, by a flood pouring from his mouth Ĥ) the earth helped the woman, and swallowed up the flood of the dragon – serpent ĥ) this enraged the dragon, who made war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.įirst let us consider who the rest of her offspring are. … Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child. But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. ![]() Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days. Revelation 12, the identity of the woman and dragon
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