From the Presbyterian News Service: The Politics of Christmas by Moderator Joan Gray.
Political realities are, however, deeply etched into the story of the first Christmas: Jesus was born in Bethlehem, on the human level at least, because the Roman emperor wanted money to do what governments do; after Jesus was born, Herod decided the little Messiah was too dangerous to live and used his army to kill all the baby boys in Bethlehem; as a political refugee, Jesus spent his first years hiding out from a political tyrant; and years later, he was executed as a dangerous political dissident, bearing the political title, “King of the Jews.”
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The deepest message of Christmas is that God is finally in control of our world and sovereign over our lives and the powers and principalities of every age. Then the question is: How should we live amid the kingdoms of this world as people who know that one day Jesus Christ will be King of Kings and Lord of Lords?
Amen!
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