I'd encourage you to take time today and read it. It's the story of a dragon and a woman - an allegory of Satan, the great enemy of God and the Church, the Bride of Christ. The dragon hates the woman. He does everything to destroy her. He tries to snatch the child born to her - the child representing Jesus.
Creation rises up to save the bride.
Acts 12 is a small glimpse into the spiritual war that has raged over the centuries, a war that has earth as the battlefield, with the great players being in the heavenly dimensions of reality. War - It's gone on throughout the history of God's people, Old Testament and New. It continues today, affecting over 400 million believers around the Globe in painfully real ways. We in North America are among the few who are tucked safely in the back lines. When one part of the army of God is under attack, the rest ought not behave as if it were peace time and head off to some spiritual resort to play, rest in lazy indolence.