1. The Backstory of Christmas
Revelation 12:1-17
The Backstory of Christmas
So the LORD God said to the serpent, (dragon of darkness & chaos) “Because you have done this, “Cursed are you….   I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” To the woman he said, “I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.” ~Genesis 3:14-15
“Then he (Joseph) dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers and said, “Behold, I have dreamed another dream. Behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing
down to me.” Genesis 37:9

2. Symbol of Lady Wisdom / seal of Jerusalem kings
“She gave birth to a son, a male child, who ‘will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.’”~12:5
“I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.” I will proclaim the LORD’s decree: He said to me, ‘You are my son; today I have become your father. Ask me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession. 
You will break them (kings of the earth ) with a rod of iron ; you will dash them to pieces like pottery.” ~Psalm 2
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,     though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old,     from ancient times.”
~Micah 5;2
Symbol of Lady Wisdom / seal of Jerusalem kings

3. “The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time, out of the serpent’s reach…” ~12:14
“Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who ‘guard or keep’ / preserve God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.” ~12:17
“You yourselves have seen what I have done to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself” ~Exodus 19:4

4. “He will be called a Nazorean.” Matthew ~2:23
The original name for the Christians: the Nazōreans ~Acts 24.5
From the Hebrew nāṣar, which meant to “guard, preserve or keep”
Lady Wisdom! Driven from Temple
& the more ancient tradition
Of Melchizedek (bread, wine, inscence)
“Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed. Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight.” Proverbs 9:5-6
“He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes…”
Logos! – knowledge!