He pursued the woman who had the baby, but God gave her two wings so she could fly back to her place in the wilderness. She stayed there where she was nourished “for a time, times, and half a time.” (NLT, Revelation 12:14) Generally, “a time” is thought to mean one year, “times” is thought to mean two years, and “half a time” is thought to mean half a year. So the woman stayed in the wilderness for three and a half years. The dragon became angrier with the woman, and went off to make war “against the rest of her children.” (NLT, Revelation 12:17)