Tag: Christmas

A fallen angel who seduced humanity to join him in rebellion and misery, with death the tragic consequence vs the “Defeater of Death” who humbled Himself and carried the cross. Two absolute opposites.
Among the various characters in the story of the birth of Jesus, I have a soft spot for the magi. I have imagined them as learned men who don’t fit with the more provincial characters in Jerusalem, but who are puzzled and disappointed by the unwitting ignorance and self-interested plotting they encounter.