DR HOLLISA ALEWINE – Footsteps of Messiah Part 3 (The Wilderness Tribulation)

This week, we will look at the next wilderness: Yet, another “woman” goes to the wilderness. She is characterized by virtue: “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.” (Re 12:6) The midrash to the Song of Songs explains why the woman Israel is in the wilderness and gives specific predictions about how the serpent will pursue her. The midrash refers to Isaiah 59:15 concerning this tribulation as a time when “Truth became absent [ne-ederet] and refraining from evil seemed foolish.”