In my previous post, I told you about an unlikely character that is most definitely part of the Christmas story: “Old Red,” the dragon. The post described the events of Revelation 12, where Old Red tries to kill the infant, who is snatched away to safety.
We continue today with the war in Heaven:
Now Old Red is mad. He wants to fight. So Michael obliges him. They crawl into heaven’s ring. And the ring announcer speaks, “In this corner, wearing white trunks, bearing the mark of the Cross, Michael and his angels!” (Heaven erupts in applause. You can tell the crowd is prejudiced!) “And in this corner, wearing red trunks, bearing the mark of arrogance, the Dragon, the Ancient Serpent, the Devil, Satan himself, along with his angels.” (The crowd hisses and boos.)
