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Revelation 12:6

ESV and the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, in which she is to be nourished for 1,260 days.
NIV The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.
NASB Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she *had a place prepared by God, so that there she would be nourished for 1,260 days.
CSB The woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared by God, to be nourished there for 1,260 days.
NLT And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place to care for her for 1,260 days.
KJV And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
NKJV Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.

What does Revelation 12:6 mean?

An indeterminate length of time separates the events described in verses 5 and 6. In the middle of the tribulation, the False Prophet in Jerusalem will erect an image to the beast who achieves enormous political power. The false prophet demands that everyone worship the image (Revelation 13:14–15). Failure to worship the image brings the death penalty.

Many Jews will understand this idolatrous act to be the abomination of desolation that Jesus referred to in Matthew 24:15. They will act upon his warning: "Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains" (Matthew 24:16). These Jews will escape to the mountains. By doing so they will escape the invasion of "the north"—most likely Russia—into Palestine (Ezekiel 38, Joel 1). The place God has prepared for the fleeing Jews may be Petra, also called Sela, the capital of Edom, in Isaiah 16:1. Whatever the place of safety is, it will provide sustenance for the escapees for 1,260 days. This is three and a half years, or the second half of the tribulation.

These locations are likely candidates due to their combination of terrain. Various biblical references to this event mention both "wilderness"—or "desert"—and mountains, both of which can be found in these regions.
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