and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days.
Here we see that early prophecy eminently fulfilled in which God said he would put enmity between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent, Gen 3:15. You will observe, I. The attempts of Satan and his agents to prevent the increase of the church, by devouring her offspring as soon as it was born; of this we have a very lively...
Commenting on Revelation 12:1-11
And the woman fled into the wilderness,.... Not as soon as she was delivered of her child, which is not reasonable to suppose, and would have been improper if not impracticable; nor indeed was this flight until after the war was over, mentioned in Rev 12:13; nor until the dragon and his angels were conquered and cast out; nor until a fresh persecution was raised...
Verse 6. And the woman. The woman representing the church. . Fled. That is, she fled in the manner, and at the time, stated in . John here evidently anticipates, by a summary statement, what he relates more in detail in .