War on Christmas...Dragon's war
 

By Jim Killebrew

[August 13, 2014]  Of course it is only August and Christmas is still over four months away. The problem is we hear about the war on Christmas all year long. We can't turn on the television or listen to the radio anymore without hearing about the atrocities the terrorists referred to as ISIS in Syria and Iraq are carrying out against humanity, especially the Christians. Horrific scenes of dead children lying on the ground are seen more abundantly now than anyone in a civilized world needs or wants to see. Thousands of Christians have been forced to the mountain top in Iraq being pursued by the terrorists. Some in the news media are referring to the terrorists as "militant groups" or "rogue fighters" but whatever the media wants to call them to soften their identity from wanton killers, the fact remains they are terrorists to the core.

Now, before a barrage of upset people fire off a truck-load of letters to the editor claiming I am comparing the knocking down of a nativity scene in front of the courthouse in America to what is going on with ISIS in Syria and Iraq, let me simply suggest it is a horrific outcome along a continuum of a set of atrocities that may only begin with kicking the baby Jesus out of the manger being displayed on the town square. When the hearts of humanity reach the depths of what we are seeing in the Middle East, we can be assured the sin nature is in control and those terrorists have turned their lives over to the evilness of the devil.

In our country we see a war each year geared toward trying to eliminate Christmas and replacing it with a "Winter Holiday," but in reality it is a war against Christians. It is a war that has been carried out for a couple of thousand years and of course, will likely continue on until judgment comes. Perhaps among the most futile endeavors in which one can engage these days is the actions to make war on Christmas. When you think about the efforts of Lucifer, the dragon, and the war he has perpetrated throughout history totally without avail in destroying Christianity; it a tragedy of course and seems an intolerable injustice propelling the weak efforts from atheists and unbelievers, and in today's world, even the terrorists who are mounting a war against Christians in current events.

We are witnessing the most deplorable actions being carried out against Christians in the Middle East with beheadings, crucifixions, rape, hanging and firing squad killings. Even with the efforts of a horrified watching world and the armies with precision bombing or even carpet-bombing, the hate, evil and violence will only be curtailed partially because of the hardened hearts of the terrorists who are following Satan the dragon and will ultimately only be stopped by the intervention of God. For a preview of that action refer to the Revelation of Jesus.

"Then the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born." "Then war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. But the dragon was not strong enough to prevail, so there was no longer any place left in heaven for him and his angels. So that huge dragon – the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world – was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him." "...But they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony...." Ultimately the dragon will be dealt with, "And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are too, and they will be tormented there day and night forever and ever."

We should do all that we can to stop the mayhem being carried out by the terrorists who are waging a war against Christmas. That includes everything from besmirching the name of Christ, to the systematic genocide being perpetrated by satanic terrorists like the ones who refer to themselves as ISIS. Those who are killing should be stopped; they are following a spirit of hate, murder and evil. But even a small, shallow victory for them is empty and hollow. They will not succeed; their doom is sealed.

So each time I hear of the "war on Christmas" I know it is only those who have decided to do the bidding of Satan who is making his last-ditch effort to win a battle he has already lost. So Christians should not lose heart, the die has already been cast, the battle is already won and any small victory accorded to the followers of the dragon will be short-lived, their doom is already established and the Christian's victory is already assured!

[By JIM KILLEBREW]