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Due to its remote location, and difficult accessibility, Petra is often speculated to be the city of refuge that God will one day use to supernaturally protect the remnant of Israel from the forces of the Antichrist, during the end times (a view based on several passages of the Book of Revelation, in the Bible). In these passages, Israel (represented by the figure of a pregnant woman who gives birth to a man child—a reference to Christ's advent from Israel) is allowed to flee to the desert (Petra?) in order to escape the forces of t ...

Petra: Encyclopedia II - Petra - The speculative future of Petra

Petra - The speculative future of Petra

In these passages, Israel (represented by the figure of a pregnant woman who gives birth to a man child—a reference to Christ's advent from Israel) is allowed to flee to the desert (Petra?) in order to escape the forces of the Antichrist, who is represented by the figure of a dragon. The woman is then supernaturally protected in the "desert" for three-and-a-half years until Christ's second coming.

This view was fictionalized in the popular Left Behind book series, written by authors Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins.

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