The Ark Of The Covenant

The Woman Crowned With Twelve Stars

One Axiom describes all Prophecy- The Mystery Vanishes as Fulfillment Approaches.
This Wolf has long held that the division of the Apocalypse into chapter and verse was often arbitrary and sometimes unfortunate.
The last verse of Chapter 11 of the Apocalypse ends thusly: "And the Temple of God was opened in heaven: and the ark of his testament was seen in his temple, and there were Lightnings, and Voices, and an Earthquake, and Great Hail."  The Opening Verse of Chapter 12 begins: "And a Great Sign appeared in Heaven: A Woman clothed with the Sun, and the Moon under her feet, and on her head a Crown of twelve Stars."
These two verses describe perfectly the Apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima.  Now, granted, there was no Earthquake nor Great Hail during any of the six separate apparitions in 1917, nor did St Sr Lucia ever describe Our Lady as wearing a crown of Twelve Stars.  Those were things St John saw from his own perspective in eternity.  But all else fits perfectly.
In the Litany of Loreto, one of the Titles of Our Lady is "Ark of the Covenant", because She was the Vessel from which came forth Our Lord Christ, Who established the New and Eternal Covenant.  Meanwhile, the Fathers of Holy Mother Church saw the Woman of St John as a figure of the Church, because in succeeding verses, The woman travails in pain to give birth, and Holy Tradition tells us Our Lady suffered not the pains of labor.  Moreover, the Woman flies into the Desert to escape the persecution of the Red Dragon, symbolizing the members of the church fleeing the apostasy.  And of course all this is true, but Our Lady is Mistress of the Church.  She is our Co-Redemptrix and Mediatrix of All Graces, by virtue of her Fiat, Her Station at the Cross, and her Role in Bringing down the Holy Ghost at Pentecost after the Primordial Novena.  Our Lady, more than the Apostles, gave us the Sacred Deposit of the Faith.
"And being with Child, she cried travailing in Birth, and was in pain to be Delivered." [Apocalypse, Chapter Nine, Verse Two.]  This sentence is pregnant with many meanings.  Firstly, Our Lady of Sorrows gave birth to the sanctification of each member of Holy Mother Church, from her pleadings and intercessions at the Foot of the Holy Cross.  Secondly, this is the Church being persecuted for steadfastly preaching Divine Truth to a world that "Like a stubborn snake, stops its ears."  [ See Psalm 57, Verse 5]  But specifically applied to Fatima, here is Our Lady giving Truth to the World and the Church Authorities, knowing she will be opposed, and her words twisted to accommodate the Red Dragon.
"And there was seen another sign in Heaven: and behold a great Red Dragon, having seven heads, and ten horns: and on his heads seven diadems:   And his tail drew the third part of the Stars of heaven, and cast them to the Earth: and the dragon stood before the Woman who was ready to be delivered; that, when she should be delivered, he might devour her son."
The Great Red Dragon is here the collective cohesion of the One World Ecumenical Religion, which, as Pius X noted, will have neither dogma nor discipline, and which has been metastasizing especially since Vatican II.  The Stars of Heaven have long been understood to be priests and bishops, and casting them to earth means reducing them, through worldliness and impurity, to a state of practical apostasy.

[PLEASE NOTE: “Third Part of The Stars of Heaven” denotes the whole panorama of Salvation History. During the current Great Apostasy, that percentage is much, much higher- the vast majority!]
"And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with an iron rod: and her son was taken up to God, and to his throne."
The Man Child is a reference to what Our Lady told St Sr Lucia, and Sts Jacinta and Francesco (who could not hear Our Lady, but was subsequently told the Secret) during the July Apparition.  Our Lord Jesus Christ is Truth Incarnate, and all Truth, especially those pertaining to eternity, relates to Him.  Her Requests, the Will of God, if accomplished, would result in the nations being ruled by the Iron Rod of the Kingship of Christ, under the Triumph of the Immaculate Heart.  Moreover, these words are not conditional.  They will be fulfilled in their time.  
"And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place prepared by God, that there they should feed her a thousand two hundred sixty days."
The "wilderness" here is not necessarily deserts and forests, but rather the hearts of those with good will but lacking the Faith. Meanwhile, the duration of time appointed is the 42 months of the reign of the Antichrist, as Daniel foretold: " And from the time when the continual sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination unto desolation shall be set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred ninety days."  [Daniel Chapter 12, Verse 11]  (The "Continual Sacrifice" is that of the Holy Mass, as per the famous quote of the Prophet Malachi: "For from the rising of the sun even to the going down, my name is great among the Gentiles, and in every place there is sacrifice, and there is offered to my name a clean oblation: for my name is great among the Gentiles, saith the Lord of hosts" -Chapter 1, Verse 11)
The next verses of Chapter 12 depict the battle fought between St Michael and his angels and the Red Dragon and his angels.  Many think this was a battle fought before the creation of the world, but this is to misunderstand eternity, which lies outside of time. That battle was fought from the beginning, is being fought now, and has yet to be consummated, from a certain aspect, and so remains quite mysterious.  That is why a Devil, during an exorcism, when asked why he tormented men because it only guaranteed him being buried deeper in Hell, could somewhat truthfully reply: "That has not formally been decided yet" because the devils can only see in the context of causality- even at a preternatural level- but are blind to the Supernatural, wherein Our Lord Jesus Christ assured the Apostles that the Prince of the World is already judged.  (As per St John Chapter 16, Verse 11).
The next verse that interests us from chapter 12 is number 14: "And there were given to the woman two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the desert unto her place, where she is nourished for a time and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent."
The "Two Wings of the Great Eagle" are the Holy Rosary and the Scapular.  These alone will sustain the Church and the Message of Fatima during the reign of the Antichrist, which is three and a half years, or a time (1 year) and times (2years) and half a time (6 months).
"And the serpent cast out of his mouth after the woman, water as it were a river; that he might cause her to be carried away by the river."

This "water" from the serpent is the summation of all false mysticism and false apparitions, particularly those following Our Lady of Fatima, and especially that of the "Divine Mercy", and "The Spirit of Vatican Two".  Satan wishes to destroy the message of Fatima, which centers around the vision of Hell, with a false caricature of Almighty God, which minimizes sin and maximizes God's Tender Mercies to the detriment of His Infinite Justice.  This false notion of God utterly dominates the Conciliar Church.

And it is here that St John transitions to the very pragmatic, and quite easily understood, 13th Chapter of the Apocalypse, which we see being played out before our very eyes.

Flee every cleric who does not pay homage to Our Lady of Fatima with every breath.