Revelation 12:6 (KJV) A Place and a People for Protection

Revelation 12:6 (KJV)
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.

The Praetorist sees this passage as having been fulfilled at the Roman conquest of Jerusalem in 70 AD. I see this passage as having a future fulfillment during the seven-year Tribulation, an event that is preceded by the rapture of all believers off the earth; the next prophetic event in God’s final dealings with this current world.

Having said that, there are still applications that may be legitimately extrapolated for our present benefit. Notice that the woman, as fiercely persecuted as she was, had a place prepared for her. God knew of her trials (I speak as if this has already taken place when in fact it is yet to take place) and had prepared for her a place of protection. Notice too that there were there those who would feed and provide for her. The Bible does not reveal who the “they” is. Perhaps it is because the “they” has been different peoples in different periods providing for believers facing many different sorts of tribulations.

• When hunted by the Catholics, Luther found shelter among the German Baptists. 
• Those same Baptists found shelter from Luther when he turned upon them. 
• Baptists in England found shelter in Holland. 
• Baptists in Massachusetts found shelter in Rhode Island. 
• Baptists in the newly formed United States found shelter in the reasoned positions of men like Madison and Jefferson.

Just as God opened the door for David to flee, of all places, to Gath for shelter, He has

always had a place prepared for His remnant and a people willing to feed them when they needed it most. This protection and provision continues into the Tribulation. We may be confident that it exists for us still.

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Revelation 12:6 (KJV) A Place and a People for Protection

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