St. John continues to give us a picture of the battle in Heaven and how satan and his angels are thrown out in Chapter 12 of the Book of Revelation. Irish Scripture Scholar Frances Hogan explains how St. Michael, the Archangel defends God’s people and satan accuses them; the greatest sinner before God accuses the weak ones.
The woman-church has to trevail; it is the duty of the woman-church to overcome evil with good and she must face down the antichrist. Through the Scripture, we are told that the little ones will overcome the beast; we need to understand how Jesus overcame satan in order to do this. The woman-church must face down pride with humility, arrogance with lowliness, hate with love, and desire for dominance and control with self-sacrifice; it is the martyrs who overcome the beast.
St. John wants us to see the implacable hatred and chaos of satan with the infinite love and mercy of God the Father and God the Son. He wants us to see the inexplicable love of Jesus who would pay for our sins with His life. This is what cures the human race.
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Scripture Scholar Frances Hogan takes you to the world of the Apocalypse of John shown to us in the Book of Revelation written from the Greek island of Patmos. Through this podcast, we will try to understand the Book of Revelation through St. John’s warnings, the punishment that awaits, and the consolation the Lord offers to the faithful.
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