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Christmas in the Old Testament

JESUS’ BIRTH IN REVELATION

As you read the following passage from Revelation you will be reading what the apostle John, “saw” in the heavenly realm. He is seeing glimpses of Genesis 3:15, the actual birth of Jesus to Mary, the pursuit of Jesus by Herod, and perhaps even the killing of the children under two in Bethlehem.
 
It seems that there is way in which what happens on earth mirrors what is happening unseen by most of us in the spiritual realm. And it also seems that Christianity, as opposed the Greeks and their mythologies, affirm that what happens on earth has an impact on what happens in the realm of the “heavens”.
 
When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the desert, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent's reach. Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river, to overtake the woman and sweep her away with the torrent. But the earth helped the woman by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to make war against the rest of her offspring--those who obey God's commandments and hold to the testimony of Jesus.
Revelation 12:13-17(NIV)