Revelation 12:6

Notes

¹ “The flight of the woman may in part reflect the escape of the Palestinian church to Pella at the outbreak of the Jewish war in A.D. 66 (Eusebius, hist. Eccl . iii.5; cf. Mark Mark 13:14).”—Robert H. Mounce, The Book of Revelation (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1977), Rev. 12:6.

² Alva J. McClain, The Greatness Of The Kingdom (Winona Lake, IN: BMH Books, 1959), 136-137.

³ Walter Scott, Exposition of The Revelation (London, England: Pickering & Inglis, n.d.), 258.

⁴ Monty S. Mills, Revelations: An Exegetical Study of the Revelation to John (Dallas, TX: 3E Ministries, 1987), Rev. 12:6.

⁵ Merrill F. Unger, Unger’s Commentary on the Old Testament (Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 2002), Zec. 13:8.

⁶ John MacArthur, Revelation 12-22 : The MacArthur New Testament Commentary (Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 2000), Rev. 12:13.

⁷ Henry Morris, The Revelation Record (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 1983), Rev. 12:6.

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⁹ E. W. Bullinger, Commentary On Revelation (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1984, 1935), Rev. 12:16.

¹⁰ They perish to join the ranks of the second resurrection who remain in Hades for the duration of the Millennial Kingdom only to be resurrected for judgment at the Great White Throne and subsequent condemnation in the Lake of Fire (Rev. Rev. 20:11-15+).

¹¹ The difficulty and risk of their actions at the time of the end are a demonstration of their faith.

¹² It is provocative to consider some of the parallels between the temptation of Jesus and the testing of the Jewish remnant at the time of the end: Jesus is the Son of God (Mtt. Mat. 4:3), the Jewish remnant is the son of God (Hos. Hos. 11:1; Mtt. Mat. 2:15). Jesus is led to the wilderness by the Holy Spirit (Mtt. Mat. 4:1), the Jewish remnant is led to the wilderness by God (Hos. Hos. 2:14). Jesus is tempted to worship Satan (Mtt. Mat. 4:9), the Jewish remnant is tempted to worship Satan (Rev. Rev. 13:4+ cf. John John 5:43). Jesus refuses Satan’s kingdom in favor of the kingdom of God (Mtt. Mat. 4:10), the Jewish remnant refuses Satan’s kingdom in favor of the Millennial Kingdom (Hos. Hos. 2:18; Isa. Isa. 16:1-5). Jesus is fed by God (Mtt. Mat. 4:11), the Jewish is remnant fed by God (Rev. Rev. 12:6+). Jesus is tempted to command that stones become bread (Mtt. Mat. 4:3), in the midst of the rock city (Sela, Isa. Isa. 16:1; Isa. 42:11) the Jewish Remnant finds bread (Rev. Rev. 12:6+), much in the same way their fathers were fed upon fleeing Egypt (Deu. Deu. 8:16 cf. Rev. Rev. 2:17+). During the time of Jesus’ testing, Satan brings Jesus to the pinnacle (wing) of the Temple. During the time of testing of the Jewish remnant, Satan empowers Antichrist’s abomination on the wing of the Temple (Dan. Dan. 9:27). (Commentators differ as to whether “wing” (Dan. Dan. 9:27, NKJV, NASB) refers to a physical location within the Temple. Nevertheless, Jesus and Paul make plain the abomination will involve a desecrating authority over the Temple (Mtt. Mat. 24:15; Mark Mark 13:14; 2Th. 2Th. 2:4).)

¹³ “Satan knows that once Messiah returns, his freedom ends. Satan also knows that Jesus will not come back until the Jewish leaders ask Him to come back. So if Satan can succeed in destroying the Jews once and for all before they come to national repentance, then Jesus will not come back and Satan’s career is eternally safe.”—Arnold G. Fruchtenbaum, The Footsteps of Messiah, rev ed. (Tustin, CA: Ariel Ministries, 2003), 311-312.

¹⁴ Unger, Unger’s Commentary on the Old Testament, Hos. 5:15-6:2.