Read Revelation 12:6 and compare it to Revelation 12:14-16. Notice carefully the time period, Satan’s attack on the “woman” (God’s church), and God’s provision for His people. What are these verses talking about?

The 1,260 days in Revelation 12:6 are parallel to the time, times, and half a time in Revelation 12:14. This same time prophecy describing the same time period is found in Daniel 7:25, Revelation 11:2-3,, and Revelation 13:5. Because these are prophetic symbols (a literal woman with wings did not go into the wilderness), we apply prophetic time, the day-year principle (see, for instance, Numbers 14:34 and Ezekiel 4:4-6) to these prophecies. This means, simply, that one prophetic day equals one year. Commenting on this same prophetic period of time in Revelation 11:2, the Andrews University Study Bible states, “Historicist interpreters, therefore, have generally understood the period of 1,260 prophetic days to mean 1,260 literal years running from A.D. 538 to 1798” (p. 1,673 comments on Revelation 11:2). A corrupt church — together with a corrupt state &mdash oppressed, persecuted, and at times slaughtered God’s faithful people.

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This fierce, satanic persecution of Bible-believing Christians was an extension of the great controversy between good and evil. Coming out of the darkness of the Middle Ages, at the time of the Reformation, men and women were faced with a choice. Would they be faithful to the Word of God, or would they accept the teachings of priests and prelates? Once again truth triumphed, and God had a people who were faithful to Him in the face of mighty opposition.

There are some fascinating and extremely encouraging expressions of God’s care in these verses. Revelation 12:6 uses the expression, “a place prepared by God” (NKJV). Revelation 12:14 declares that the woman was “nourished” in the wilderness, and Revelation 12:16 declares, “The earth helped the woman.” At times of severe persecution, God provided for His church. As He did then, He will do the same for His end-time remnant.

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Key Thought: The theme of the last book in the Bible, Revelation, is that Jesus wins and Satn loses. The heart of the battle is in Revelation 12.
April 1, 2023

1. Have a volunteer read Revelation 12:7-9.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. How could something like this happen in heaven?
3. Personal Application: What does the war in heaven tell us about free will? If God knows everything, why did He let it happen? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “Why didn’t God just destroy Satan as soon as he started to rebel and lead the angels away from God?” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Revelation 12:4-6,9.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What do the dragon, the woman, the man-child, and the rod of iron represent?
3. Personal Application: How did Satn persecute the woman after Christ left, and how did he try to kill the baby as soon as he has born? Share your thoughts
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “Why did God send the devil to the earth? Couldn’t He have destroyed him or sent him somewhere else in the universe where he couldn’t bother anyone?” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Revelation 12:17.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What does the remnant of the woman’s seed represent and why is Satan so angry with them?
3. Personal Application: What does the testimony of Jesus mean to you? (See Rev 19:10, 22:9) What does having the gift of prophecy mean to you? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states: “Keeping God’s commandments is legalism. Jesus said obedience depends on loving God and man. So Satan hates those who show love. Satan doesn’t love, nor those who are following him. Love is accepting and encouraging everyone. We shouldn’t worry about how people live, speak, or act. We should be accepting and not confrontational or accusatory of anyone.” How would you respond to your relative?

4. Have a volunteer read Revelation 12:10-16.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. Where is the wilderness and what is the earth that helped the woman?
3. Personal Application: What is the time, times, and half a time mentioned here?
   Share your thoughts.
   (Note: 360 days, + 720 days + 180 days or years = 1260 days or years. 538AD Justinian’s Code – 1798AD Berthier took the Pope captive. 1260 years of Papal supremacy in political control in affairs in Europe.)
4. Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.

(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared.”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).

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