Metaphor
a figure of speech in which one thing is likened to another, a different thing by being spoken of as if it were that other.

Revelation 12:1-17
The following questions will be answered
concerning Revelation Chapter 12 . . .
4. What is the wilderness in which the woman is nourished for 1,260 days?
5. When did the war in heaven take place?
6. How did the saints conquer Satan’s assaults upon them?
7. How is the woman and her offspring protected by God from destruction?