I’ve often wondered about the time of year that we choose to - TopicsExpress



          

I’ve often wondered about the time of year that we choose to celebrate the advent of the One who came to redeem the world, and make all things new. There it is backed right up against the New Year. The irony is that Evil hates Christmas; it also hates All Things New: new years, new beginnings, new (or second) chances. Evil works desperately to destroy all things new in the same way it devilishly labored to kill the new King after his birth. Since Evil could not kill the Christ-child, it now toils tirelessly to kill those he came to make new. As believers, we watch Revelation 12 unfold again each Christmas season in Evil’s frantic attempt to prevent the Advent and the hope found in the new beginnings of each year. In our Western lives, Evil’s attempt might be… patheos/blogs/evangelicalpulpit/2014/12/christmas-and-all-things-new-sudans-and-south-sudans-struggle-against-evil/
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 18:53:24 +0000

Trending Topics



Recently Viewed Topics




© 2015