There’s a dragon in my nativity,
Dreadful and immense, The shepherds quake, the wise men shake And spill their frankincense. The cattle are a-lowing and The baby is awake, While Joe and Mary tremble, “Oh! This must be some mistake!’ There’s a dragon over Bethlehem, I don’t know how he came. I didn’t think a donkey Could have borne the dragon’s frame. I don’t believe the census, Had been called for such as him. And I’m certain that when Dragon knocked, No room was at the Inn. There’s a dragon by the stable, I don’t know why he’s there. He hasn’t brought a present And he only seems to glare. He hovers over David’s town, That still beneath him lies. Yet no-one’s sleep is dreamless, Underneath his piercing eyes. This dragon isn’t visible With ordinary sight. You cannot snap a selfie, Or televise his flight. Unseen, he stands for every power that stands against the earth, The death, disease and darkness Overshadowing each birth. This dragon is an enemy Of all that’s good and true. This monster lies and steals and kills — He’s coming after you. Above each crib the dragon hovers, Sure to swallow whole, Rulers, empires, beauty, joy — A flesh-and-blood black hole. But dragons always meet their match, They always meet their doom. A hero rises to the fight, To cast them into gloom. And so at this nativity, Arose another player. The baby wrapped in swaddling cloths — He was a dragon slayer. He’d come to fight through Herod’s plot, Through dangers big and small. He took on evil, sickness, death, And triumphed over all. A dragon or a baby — Just who would win the fight? It wasn’t really fair, you see, The Child was a Knight. From high above and long before, He knew what must be done. He knew the dragon waiting here, And still he chose to come. There’s a dragon in my nativity, A fierce and monstrous danger. But fiercer still the bravery And love within the manger.I was led to this video and poem and post by the End Notes of something a friend texted me.
Here's this link: https://hebraicthought.org/apocalyptic-christmas-story-book-of-revelation/
"Rescuing Eagles and Baby-Eating Dragons: An Apocalyptic Christmas Story" By Amy Gabriel published on December 15, 2020.
It included hyperlinks, the first of which is actual part 2 of a two part podcast and it had a link to part 1.
So... here you go, if you're interested, part 1
At the bottom of the original article was:
“There’s a dragon in my nativity,” writes Glen Scrivener, “Dreadful and immense.”22 But though the dragon may continue to rage, the nativity story reminds us that the infinite God has entered our finite world and has secured the final victory:
And so at this nativity, Arose another player.
The baby wrapped in swaddling cloths—
He was a dragon slayer.23
Here are those End notes
22. Glen Scrivener, “There’s a Dragon in My Nativity,” SpeakLife, YouTube video, “There IS a dragon at Christmas — John Lewis/Waitrose response,” November 21, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyC5RHKNBm4.
23. Scrivener, “There’s a Dragon in My Nativity.”
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