THE WOMAN (GOES OUT) TO THE WILDERNESS
THE CHILD (GOES UP) TO THE THRONE
"And she gave birth to a son (hious), a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child (teknon) was caught up to God and to His throne. And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days." Revelation 12:5,6
These two are the SAME EVENT but from different perspectives. Both represent 1,260 days (3½ yrs, a watch in the night). The woman and the child will be 1,260 days in the Presence of God and His Throne ("away from the presence of the beast" Revelation 12:14). This is a wonderful season of Kingdom Power and Protection! There will be a Great Flood of Knowledge! There will be Full Disclosure! Divine Intimacy! Miraculous Provisions! Great Gatherings! and Great Manifestations, and much, much more!
"At MIDNIGHT a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the Bridegroom is coming; go out (to the WILDERNESS) to meet Him!’" Matthew 25:6 (emphasis added in parentheses)
*During this season many will experience the overwhelming Presence of the love of God. So much so, that for 1260 days (at any given time) it will be difficult to stand up under the weight of God's Presence! Also, the Spirit of the Fear of the Lord will be unmistakably known.
The woman and the child are one and the same. They are experiencing the SAME TRANSFORMATION. One perspective relates to the THRONE > the transformation of the MIND (which is metaphorically "masculine"), while the other relates more to THE WILDERNESS > the transformation of the Body and Soul (which is metaphorically "feminine", i.e. the body of Christ on earth - which is His Church).
WHY THE WILDERNESS?
Believe it or not, great things happen to God's people in the wilderness, as well as trials and testings. For example, the wilderness (Mt Sinai to be exact) is where God led the children of Israel after they left the land of Egypt. The wilderness became the meeting place where God did many things, including manifesting His Presence. It was a big deal, to say the least! God Himself came down from heaven. There were thick clouds of smoke. There was thunder and lightning, and a voice from heaven that caused all the people to tremble.
THE FIRST PENTECOST TOOK PLACE IN THE WILDERNESS
The very first Pentecost recorded in the Bible occurred fifty days after the first Passover. Israel had arrived at Mount Sinai where God gave them the law. Leviticus 23 lays out the requirements for all of the major feasts. Verses 15–21 are specific to Pentecost.
"Then it came to pass on the third day, in the morning, that there were thunderings and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain; and the sound of the trumpet was very loud, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled. And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. Now Mount Sinai was completely in smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire. Its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly. And when the blast of the trumpet sounded long and became louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by voice. Then the Lord came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain. And the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up." Exodus 19:16-20
NOW ITS OUR TURN TO HAVE OUR OWN WILDERNESS EXPERIENCE WITH THE ALMIGHTY GOD!
"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 (THREE AND ONE-HALF YEARS), AWAY FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE SERPENT (SATAN)." Revelation 12:14
"Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the WILDERNESS and speak tenderly to her. There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt." Hosea 2:14,15