The War on Christmas

       There is nothing new under the sun.  We were told that many years ago by King Solomon.  It hasn't lost any ground in the present time.  There is still a war on Christmas.  This was brought to my attention this morning as I went to Yahoo's web site to write the devotion for tomorrow.  The headline was that the young leader of North Korea had upped his war on Christmas banning singing and drinking during this time of the year.  He doesn't want any Christmas parties to be taking place in his country or if truth be told, probably in the rest of the world.  The war on Christmas is not just in North Korea, it's also here in America as various groups try to ban anything that might offend someone else so the ban on Christmas trees and nativity scenes continues to increase throughout the nation.  you can however, probably trace the war on Christmas even back to King Herod in the days of our Savior's birth.   Matthew 2:16 says, " Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men." 
      Herod was looking for where Jesus was born and it wasn't to come and worship Him.  The wise men were told this and so they skipped going back to Herod to tell him where the spot was.  Herod, then upped his war on Christmas, bay killing all the children that were two years and under in the city of Bethlehem.  Could anything be worse than that?  We know, however, that God had other ideas and that the Holy Family goes down into Egypt until Herod is gone.  There actually was no action that anyone could take to deter the First Advent of the Lord Jesus Christ.  We can attest to the fact of the first advent by noticing the date on the calendar.  The year, 2017, refers to the year of our Lord.  So, we or at least many people in the world, try to ignore that.  Our war on Christmas has come to a transfer of our activities from worship to partying, drinking, malls, buying, and a lot of fictitious characters such as Frosty, Rudolph, Santa, elves and mother nature.  So the war on Christmas continues from North Korea to the USA.  No one, however, can tell you Whom to worship during this time of year.  Since God has given to us His Word, we know the rest of the story and in the end, Jesus wins the war on Christmas.  Praise God today that Our Savior is greater than all.