Charles Spurgeon Commentary Revelation 12:6

"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." — Revelation 12:6 (ASV)

The church of God was long in obscurity. You can hardly find it among the Albigenses and Waldenses. It was hidden away among the mountains. The Wycliffites, and the Lollards, and others, held fast the truth; but history scarcely records their names.

The woman was in the wilderness, hidden away for many days. And there was war in heaven. You are not to think of heaven as a place, but among the heavenlies.

John, in a vision, saw the great contending powers of evil. He was like the prophet when he saw a mountain full of horses of fire and chariots of fire.