1. Revelation 12:14 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

For how long would the woman (church) be nourished?

Revelation 12:14 (ESV)

14 But the woman was given the two wings of the great eagle so that she might fly from the serpent into the wilderness, to the place where she is to be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.

This same question was answered in Revelation 12:6 as: for 1,260 days. It is now answered as “for a time, and times, and half a time.” Given the parallels between Revelation 12:6 and here, these two expressions describe the same period of time. This period of time is also the “short” time the dragon has to express his great wrath (Revelation 12:12). It symbolizes the New Testament dispensation, the period between Christ’s ascension and his return.