Chewymom

Here’s a version of Jesus’ birth that you likely won’t find in most church services. It is more raw, more violent, more real than most of the passive nativity scenes lovingly placed upon our mantles. But it is the story, nonetheless. Read this account taken from Revelation 12:1-5a

A great Sign appeared in Heaven: a Woman dressed all in sunlight, standing on the moon, and crowned with Twelve Stars. She was giving birth to a Child and cried out in the pain of childbirth. And then another Sign alongside the first: a huge and fiery Dragon! …With one flick of its tail it knocked a third of the Stars from the sky and dumped them on earth. The Dragon crouched before the Woman in childbirth, poised to eat up the Child when it came. The Woman gave birth to a Son who will shepherd all nations with an iron rod. Her Son was seized and placed safely before God on his Throne.

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