SHEPHERD TO SHEEP
CHRISTMAS IN REVELATION
Did you know that Christmas is found
in the book of Revelation?
First you have a Satanic
Christmas because the world will be so evil during the Tribulation: (Rev
11:7-10) When they finish their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the
bottomless pit will make war against them, overcome them, and kill them. 8 And their dead bodies will lie in the
street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where
also our Lord was crucified. 9 Then
those from the peoples, tribes, tongues, and nations will see their dead bodies
three-and-a-half days, and not allow their dead bodies to be put into
graves. 10 And those who dwell on the
earth will rejoice over them, make merry, and send gifts to one another,
because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
Notice how people were so excited
to get rid of the two witnesses of God that they exchanged gifts! See what happens when you take Christ out of
society? God puts the spirit of
celebration in our hearts and if we don’t worship His Son then we end up with a
cheap substitute. How meaningless the
holiday can be when you replace it with something so foreign to its original
design. Having Christmas without Christ
is like people coming over to your birthday party and no one ever acknowledges you
or even gives you a present. It’s all
about you, but your friends make it into something that’s all about them.
Then you have a picture of the events
of Bethlehem during the birth of Christ: (Rev
12:1-5) Now a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with
the moon under her feet, and on her head a garland of twelve stars. 2 Then being with child, she cried out in
labor and in pain to give birth. 3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold,
a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems
on his heads. 4 His tail drew a third of
the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before
the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was
born. 5 She bore a male Child who was to
rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and His
throne.
The woman is Israel (Gen 37:9‑11) and she is in pain to
give birth because Israel was waiting for the Messiah to come forth. The red dragon represents Satan and His
murderous nature. He rebelled against
God and was kicked out of heaven taking a third of the angels with him, who
became demons. When Jesus was born in
Bethlehem, Satan stirred up Herod to kill the Christ child but Joseph and his
family fled to Egypt for safety (Mat 2:13-16).
Jesus was to be born and then die for the sins of mankind. He rose again from the dead and then ascended
to the Father. Soon He will rule in His
kingdom on the earth and the whole world will worship Him.
The devil’s holiday or Merry
CHRISTmas. Let’s give gifts to honor the
greatest gift of all…Jesus!
Louie
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