The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. Marian worship is insidious in so many ways. I think one of the saddest things to see is people who seem to want to know the Lord running to idols that they bow down and pray to. This interpretation of Rev. 12 is just another example of how goddess worship twists the mind.
The answer to the identity of the woman in Rev 12 is answered in Rev. 12.
Rev. 12:6 Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred sixty days.
The woman is Israel that flees from the Antichrist indwelt by Satan at the mid point of the Tribulation.
Lack of comprehension of the significance of the incarnation is a lack of comprehension of who Christ is.
The incarnation of God is a fact that makes Mary extremely significant.
If Christ is made present to you in scripture, how much more is He made present to you through His mother?
Do you worship scripture? No.
Do Catholics worship Mary? No, absolutely not.
Does scripture reveal Jesus to mankind? Yes.
Does Mary reveal Jesus to mankind? Duh, in the most physical way possible for a human being to bring forth something new. By giving birth to Him. God takes reality from its most abstract, and condenses it to the most concrete of facts.
This is what comes from proof reading scripture .... lousy theology
You do realize Mary fled into the wilderness with the Christ for about 3.5 years or 1260 days which are two ways of saying the same thing right ?
The woman who gave birth to Christ is hardly a mystery. And all those painting/statues of Mary are paintings of a woman with a crown of 12 stars, with the rays of the sun streaming around, standing on the earth and crescent moon. And sometimes standing on the serpent as prophesied in Genesis.
Goddess worship of Mary is directly attributed to the Pagan Goddess Isis of long ago when the church opted to create their own Goddess (Mary) in which to entice the pagan worshipers into the church. By creating the Mary Idol it appeased the pagans desire for a female Goddess in which they could worship.
Even today where many pagan rites, rituals and idols continue to be incorporated within the catholic church this isn't much discouraged by the catholic leadership...Haiti comes to mind where Voodoo practices, idols and rites are done along side of relics , rituals and practices within their catholic churches. In fact in some areas an individual wanting to become a Voodoo Priest candidate must first become a catholic to qualify for Voodoo Priesthood.....which shows how twisted idol worship can become.
Catholics do not worship Mary.
We worship Christ in the Mass.
We love Mary because she is His Mom!!