Revelation 12: Then a great and mysterious sight
appeared in the sky. There was a woman, whose dress was the sun and who had the
moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. 2 She was soon to
give birth, and the pains and suffering of childbirth made her cry out.
3 Another mysterious sight appeared in the sky. There was a
huge red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and a crown on each of his
heads. 4 With
his tail he dragged a third of the stars out of the sky and threw them down to
the earth. He stood in front of the woman, in order to eat her child as soon as
it was born. 5 Then she gave birth to a son, who will rule
over all nations with an iron rod. But the child was snatched away and taken to
God and his throne. 6 The woman fled to the desert, to a place God
had prepared for her, where she will be taken care of for 1,260 days.
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Everyone was working normally until a sudden moment. An armored
car pulled up and I could see the tension on the manager’s face as the guards
entered the facility. They quickly went into the back, grabbed what they needed
and quickly left. I asked what was going on. Someone said, “We had a lot of
cash that needed to be deposited and required a special level of protection.”
- The cargo was precious and required a different level of protection.
- The place that held the cargo was at risk, so it needed special protection.
- Once the cargo was delivered, normal operations continued and all was well.
John, the disciple JESUS loved, had heard the seventh
trumpet blow. JESUS was revealed and was now showing him a recap of life from
the beginning of human time. JESUS showed John a woman about to give birth. The
woman was precious to GOD as well as the baby. They both needed special
protection from GOD.
My Observations:
- Life is precious to GOD.
- JESUS chose to become a human and was born by a woman who belonged to one of the twelve tribes.
- Satan tried to stop JESUS from being born, but his plan to harm the baby or the woman, was thwarted.
As fragile as this plan seemed, GOD’s protection was always
there. Satan did a lot of harm and JESUS showed us that everything was in
control. The birth of JESU was the beginning of a victorious story.
HE will one day return and rule with an “iron rod” meaning
this time HE won’t be so gentle. GOD’s power protected JESUS and the nation HE
chose to be born through. That same power protects me and you.
Challenge
- Do you think the writer knew what was being shown?
- Have you ever needed a recap of events to know what was going to happen next?
- Will you believe that the woman, also known as the nation JESUS chose, was safe and did give birth to JESUS and HE did die and was raised to life and is victorious for you and me today?
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