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Friday, December 21, 2018

Revelation chapter 12 describes a fascinating interlude in the events during the tribulation.  A pregnant woman cries out in pain as she is about to give birth.  Then an enormous red dragon confronts the woman intending to devour her child when born.  Verse 5 says, “She gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.”  The moment the child is born he’s snatched up to God’s throne.  The woman flees into a desert hotly pursued by the dragon. 

The woman, I believe, refers to Israel.  The dragon is identified as the Devil.  The son, the child, is none other than Jesus Christ. 

This is a different description of Christmas than the one found in the gospel of Luke, but it is in fact what was really going on.  Herod, who tried to kill the infant Jesus, was merely a tool in the hands of the Devil.  This archenemy of God stalked Jesus at every turn.  In the end he played into the hand of God.  When he thought he struck the fatal blow by having Jesus crucified; he actually witnessed Jesus Christ’s greatest triumph.  Paul explained in Colossians 2:15, “Having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.” 

Revelation 12 depicts a “Cosmic Christmas.”  What we celebrate is a historical Christmas; very real, true and wonderful.  But far more was going on behind the scenes.  This bigger picture captures the real Christmas story.

Praise God this Christmas for Christ’s victory.

 

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