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The Woman in the Wilderness
Revelation 12 — fled, kept, nourished
A self-contained, intra-biblical commentary on Revelation 12:6 and 12:14 — the woman who flees into the wilderness and is there kept and nourished by God. From the eagles' wings of Sinai to the second exodus and the Breaker out of Bozrah: kept *through*, not taken *before*. This book is written first of all for Jewish readers and is expressly non-supersessionist: Israel is Israel, and the promises made to the woman remain hers. Every load-bearing reading carries a mark (well-documented / weighed / contested / speculative); the WORKBENCH panels set the original text one click deeper.
Front Matter
Foreword- A Note on Method
- How to Read This Book
Part I · Who Is the Woman?
1A Sign, Great and in Heaven- 2The Ancient Serpent and the Two Seeds
- 3Twice She Flees
- 4Caught Up, Kept, Handed Over
Part II · On Eagles' Wings
5Borne on Eagles' Wings- 6The Eagle That Stirs Up Her Nest
- 7The Two Eagles
Part III · The Dragon, the Flood, and the Earth That Helps
8The Ancient Sea-Dragon- 9The Flight — Whoever Is in Judea
- 10The Flood from His Mouth
- 11The Earth Opened Her Mouth
Part IV · The Wilderness of the Betrothal
12The Wilderness of the First Love- 13I Will Allure Her
- 14Until They Seek My Face
Part V · The Place, Prepared by God
15A Place, Prepared by God- 16The City of Refuge
- 17Where Is That Place?
Part VI · Nourished and Kept
18What Does She Live On?- 19Ravens, Widow, Angel — and the Bread of Life
Part VII · A Time, Times, and Half a Time
20Four Clocks, One Time- 21A Time of Trouble for Jacob
Part VIII · The Second Exodus
22The Second Exodus- 23The Breaker
- 24They Shall Look upon Me
Part IX · The Woman and the Bride, and the Anti-Woman
25Two Women, One Wilderness- 26Kept, or Caught Up — and Israel Remains Israel
Closing
Who Is This Coming Up out of the WildernessThe Apparatus
Appendix AMaster Concordance- Appendix BGlossary