Satan In A Rage

But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. (NASB) Rev. 12:14

      God does not say how He will rescue Israel from Satan. We do not know if the “wings of the great eagle” refers to airplanes, but it is clear that God will protect His people. He has always been faithful and will continue to be faithful. Wings were symbolic of God’s protection and care.
      God will protect them for “times, time, and half-time.” Earlier we were told that they would be nourished for 1,260 days or 3.5 years. This means that “times, time, and half a time” refers to a 3.5 year period of time. This will be an important fact for Revelation 13.
      Another Rescue. When Satan sees that his little attempt at persecution has been defeated, he will try again. This time he will bring an army against Israel.

And the serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood. But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon poured out of his mouth. (NASB) Rev. 12:15-16

The flood of water symbolizes an invading army (Isa. 8:5-8; Jer. 47:1-2; Dan. 11:26). It will apparently be a large army, but it will not succeed. God will destroy a large portion of it when He opens the ground.
How does Satan respond? Like a frustrated, angry boy, Satan will now become enraged. His anger will be worse and He will direct the army to kill anyone who is a believer in Jesus Christ . He hates Christians. He will try to kill all of them.

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