The “Great Alarm Bell”: Revelation 12

Revelation 12 starts with a beautiful picture of Mary, Our Blessed Mother 🙂

“Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars.” – Revelation 12:1

And then Jesus is born ?

But the devil wants to “devour” Jesus, in other words kill Jesus.  And the devil tries to kill Jesus, remember Herod.  But the devil failed and Jesus lived and offered the Gift of Salvation to us all!

During the great war, Mary is tucked away safely by God and kept safe for the entire time.

And there is a great war in which the the devil is thrown down to earth. (which happened in the past).  But since the devil is always attacking those who serve Christ, the devil must be continually thrown down, so to speak.  And he is…

And then we read:

“Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.” – Revelation 12:10-11

At the very end of Revelation 12, God’s Word talks of the devil’s persecution of those who truly serve Jesus and obey God.  And have we not seen that?  People killed and tortured for their faith in Christ.  Faithful people with horrific illnesses.  People of faith who have lost their faith in Jesus and embraced the dark…The list is endless.

There is only one answer here, ask Jesus for Help ?