Woman in the Wilderness: A Story of Survival, Love and Self-Discovery in New Zealand

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Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan… Rev. 12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. 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. … Now when the dragon saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child. But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood. But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. Rev 12:6, 13-17 The Revelation 12:5 says that this woman gives birth to a male child, who is destined to rule the world with a rod of iron. But before he can do that, he is taken to God’s throne in heaven. For us as Christians, this male child is obviously Jesus. So the woman must be Mary, the mother of Jesus. Easy! And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that there they may nourish her a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

She thinks the key to a good relationship is a desire for self-knowledge: “If he says something and I see it as an insult, then I think, ‘Ah, why do I see that as an insult?’ I use it as a reflective method to find out about myself.” “We refuse to fight,” adds Peter. When he annoys her, says Miriam, “I pretend not to listen.” Doesn’t living in these physical circumstances force dependence? “We call it independent inter-dependence,” explains Peter. “Sometimes under extreme stress we do get a bit snappy…” (for example, when they both nearly drowned in some New Zealand rapids). Miriam completes the thought: “… so you become more aware of how external factors affect your mood.” The book hints that theirs is an open relationship but I’m not sure how that can make much difference given they never meet anyone. and there were given to the woman two wings of the great eagle, that she may fly to the wilderness, to her place, where she is nourished a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent; And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared by God, that there they should feed her a thousand two hundred sixty days. and the woman fled into the Desert, there to be cared for, for 1,260 days, in a place which God had prepared for her. Kelpius, Johannes. "A Method of Prayer. A Mystical Pamphlet from Colonial America." Edited and translated by Kirby Don Richards, Ph.D. Philadelphia: Schuylkill Wordsmiths, 2006.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 (three and one-half years), away from the presence of the serpent (Satan).

Strong's 4072: To fly. Or prolongation petaomai, or contracted ptaomai middle voice of a primary verb; to fly. 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. Lisette Brisson is a 35-year-old single American woman who lives in the woods with her 2 German Shepherds. One women’s wilderness is the name of her social media handles. Amazing feeling, to be so alone in such an isolated place, isn’t it?’ I said. The nearest house was a good three days’ walk from here. At this time of year, in winter, most people left the mountains alone and stayed inside until the spring. Liefde in de wildernis, Miriam’s tweede boek begint met trektochten doorheen Europa (Frankrijk, Zwitserland, Bulgarije,…). Deze ‘dichtbij’ (voor mij) tochten geven me goesting om zelf op pad te gaan. Hoewel, dat kan je in dit boek lezen, niet alles rozengeur en maneschijn is. Er zijn beren op de weg, mannen die seks willen, mensen die niet blijken te zijn wie ze beweren (of denken) te zijn,… En Peter wordt ernstig ziek. Maar tussen al die lastige momenten schuilt er ook veel moois, op het vlak van liefde en in de natuur.Pulpit Commentary Verse 14. - And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle. "The two wings of the great eagle" is found in most authorities, though א omits both the articles. The symbol of the eagle is a common one in the Old Testament, and this may account for the presence of the article. The escape of the Jewish Church from the power of Pharaoh, and her preservation in the wilderness, are referred to under a like figure (see Exodus 19:4; Deuteronomy 32:11, "Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself"). The natural enmity between the eagle and the serpent is alluded to by Wordsworth (Wordsworth, in loc., where see a full exposition of the symbolism here employed). "The two wings" may typify the Old and New Testaments, by the authority of which the Church convicts her adversaries, and by which she is supported during her period of conflict with the devil. That she might fly into the wilderness, into her place. The reference to the flight of Israel from Egypt is still carried on. "Her place" is the "place prepared of God" (ver. 6). The Church, though in the world, is not of the world (see on ver. 6). Where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. Still the history of Israel is borne in mind. As the chosen people were nourished in the wilderness, so the Church of God is sustained in her pilgrimage on earth. The redundant δπονἐκεῖ, "where there," follows the analogy of the Hebrew (see on ver. 6). "The time, times, and half a time," is the period elsewhere described as 42 months, 1260 days, 3.5 years. It denotes the period of the existence of this world (see on Revelation 11:2). The expression is taken from Daniel 7:25; Daniel 12:7. By this verse and ver. 6 is established the identity of the two expressions - 1260 days, and the time, times, and half a time ( i.e. one year + two years + half a year). The plural καιροί is used for "two times," as no dual occurs in the Greek of the New Testament (see Winer, p. 221, Moulton's translation). The construction, "nourished from the face" ( τρέφεταιἀπὸπροσώπουτοῦ ὄφεως), is built upon the analogy of the Hebrew. The "serpent" is the "dragon" of ver. 13 (cf. ver. 9, "the great dragon, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan"). The two words are used as convertible terms (cf. ver. 17, where he is again called "the dragon"). The reformation period broke away from this control mechanism, rejecting the church's authority in matters of faith and science. She says women worry about being eaten by wild animals or being murdered by a mentally unstable predator, like they’ve seen in Nordic noir. Interestingly, the women at her readings in Holland are usually aged between 40 and 50; maybe they are drawn to Miriam’s story because they see hers as the alternative life they could have led if only they’d been bolder and conformed less. Younger women still have the big decisions – and regrets – ahead of them. What do the women who write to her tell her the book inspired them to do? “One woman said: ‘You inspired me to get a divorce.’ If you want to be more content, sometimes you have to change your life completely.”