Merry Christmas to you as we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ!
The Good News is that He is coming back, not as a baby this time, but as the King of kings, the Lord of lords and the God of the WHOLE Earth!
What is He going to find when He comes? Isn’t it surreal that while we want to focus on our Faith, Family, Food and Fun, we are warring for the very heart, soul and future of our nation?
Two other Christmas seasons come to mind that were critical to the destiny of our nation.
One was 1913, when the 16th and 17th Amendments were passed. Then on December 22, 1913, when “Congress was preoccupied with departure for the Christmas recess and in no mood for debate,” the Federal Reserve Act “quickly passed by a vote of 282 to 60 in the House and 43 to 23 in the Senate. The president signed it into law the next day.”* We all now know that the Federal Reserve “is not Federal and has no reserves!” This act, with the 16th and 17th Amendments, made the year of 1913 a year of severe loss of liberty for America.
Where was the Church?
Another Christmas time compares and contrasts drastically in how America responded to a threat to her Liberty. It was during the American Revolution, right before Christmas.
“With the arrival of Sullivan’s troops, Washington decided to make one last strike against the British before the year’s end. Most of his six thousand men were due to go home at the end of December, barely a week away, and Washington wanted to utilize them one more time. General Howe, assuming that Washington would sit out the winter now that he was safely across the Delaware, retired to New York, leaving a series of posts to hold New Jersey. One of those posts became Washington’s target: the Hessian stronghold at Trenton. It would be a dangerous move—the entire American army would be at risk, and if they failed in the venture, retreat would be virtually impossible. But ‘necessity, dire necessity, will nay must, justify an attack,’ Washington said.”**
As the Americans prepared themselves for war, the Hessians partied heavily on Christmas eve. The stormy weather was so heavy and cold, that muskets froze, yet Washington ordered, “Use the bayonet. I am resolved to take Trenton.”
“The men stood stoically on the river banks, waiting their turn to cross. The sleet mixed with snow pelted their faces, dripped under their collars. Some had covered the firelocks of their muskets with rags, attempting to keep them dry for the battle. Others, having no rags—or no foresight—watched miserably as their muskets became useless burdens.”
The storm was so intense that Washington lost 2 out of three troops of his army and two soldiers froze literally to death.
“Jagged ice on the road cut through worn-out shoes and threadbare stockings. The next day, Major James Wilkinson, coming behind, could follow their route by the bloodstains in the snow.”
Yet 1/3 of the Americans stayed the course…
“Shortly after daybreak, about eight o’clock, the two columns converged on the town. Shocked Hessians had no time to prepare. Rall hurriedly dressed and formed a regiment on King Street. Another regiment, wearing scarlet uniforms, formed on the parallel Queen Street. The American artillery was waiting for them. Both armies hesitated, and time seemed to stand still. Then the gunners, under a slender young American officer named Alexander Hamilton, lit the touchholes of the cannon. Grapeshot roared from the cannons’ mouths and the screaming Hessians fell back.”
“It was a glorious and almost unbelievable victory for the beleaguered American commander and his troops. Nearly 1,000 Hessians were taken captive; another 115 were killed or wounded. Four Americans had been wounded, but not a single one was lost in battle—although in the fierce night before, two had tragically frozen to death.
“The enemy have fled before us in the greatest panic that ever was known,” one of the patriot soldiers wrote after the victory. “Never were men in higher spirits than our whole army is.”
Father, help us to recognize the scope of the battle that we find ourselves in presently. Help us to honor Your Son by not only by celebrating our Faith with Family, Food and Fun but enable us to press into what You are doing, to stay steadfast in prayer and actively defend our Faith and the Liberty of our Nation.
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Today, as our president has vetoed one major bill and is threatening to veto this other one: Stay alert! Stay in prayer. Ask your representatives to STAND for Truth, for the Constitution, and for righteousness. May we be vigilant and virtuous as our founders were and not be accused decades in the future by our grandchildren.
As we close this year of 2020, I praise God for your love for Jesus and for your commaraderie in fighting for our nation and everything that we hold dear. You remind me of the scripture in Nehemiah 4:14, ““Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, great and awesome, and fight for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”
And again in Nehemiah 4:17, “Those who built on the wall, and those who carried burdens, loaded themselves so that with one hand they worked at construction, and with the other held a weapon.”
I pray blessings upon you, that you can enjoy this Holy Day AND be a Warrior for Christ, as in the days of Nehemiah!
In His Name we Hope!
Bren
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* G. Edward Griffin, The Creature from Jekyll Island, American Media, 1994, page 468.
** Buy the book and read the whole fascinating story here. Excerpts above are in italics.