A Strange Christmas Meditation

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‘Twas Christmas morn.

A time to reflect on the Savior’s birth. The shepherds. A manger. The joy set before him. Bright star. Noel.

Not me.

I reflected on other verses—strange verses—given the occasion. During my morning  meditation I read this out of Revelation 14:9-11:

A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast and his image and receives his mark on the forehead or on the hand, he, too, will drink of the wine of God’s fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. He will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment rises for ever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and his image, or for anyone who receives the mark of his name.”

I couldn’t shake it.

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