Revelation 12

Summary: Revelation 12 reminds us that “your kingdom come” is a wartime prayer. This petition recognizes that we are living in the midst of a cosmic conflict between the desperate fury of a defeated dragon and the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ. And so, as the Heidelberg Catechism outlines, it’s a prayer for three things: 1. For Me – that my life would be properly submitted to Christ’s Kinship; 2. For the Church – that God would protect and grow her around the world; 3. For the New Creation – that God would make all things new by destroying the devil and every force which revolts against Him. It’s an urgent prayer, and yet it is a confident prayer, knowing that the outcome in this ultimate conflict has already been secured by the life, death, resurrection, and ascension of our Lord Jesus.