Economic anxiety, concern over food prices, tension in Israel, cultural decadence, corruption in the ruling class, populist uprisings…

No, I'm not talking about 2024, I’m talking about 2,024 years ago, or thereabouts, when Christ was born in Bethlehem. Light came into the darkness, but the darkness could not comprehend it. 

The darkness still cannot comprehend it, and will never defeat it. Herod tried, and died. Rome, the alleged eternal city, tried to murder the eternal God. But Christ rose and Rome fell. China is trying to eradicate the faith. It too will fail and then fall, until it repents. 

What happened in Bethlehem two millennia ago was D-day for the Kingdom of God, an invasion of the kingdom of darkness. We’ve spent a lot of time this year arguing about politics—talking about who should represent us … as we should. Now: How about refocusing us on the far more important question: Who our King is. 

Rejoice, Jesus the Messiah is born of the virgin Mary, rejoice!