Echoes #12

Echoes of Victory

Revelation 12:1–5

Bethlehem looked quiet that night. A child in a manger. Shepherds kneeling. A young mother and a faithful husband. Nothing about the scene suggested danger or conflict. But Revelation pulls back the veil and shows us what human eyes could not see.

A woman in labor.

A dragon waiting.

A Child born to rule.

The birth of Jesus was not merely a tender moment in history; it was the opening move of the endgame of a cosmic war. Heaven saw what earth could not. Behind the stillness of the manger stood a furious enemy, already losing, yet raging.

The Child was never in danger of being overcome. His authority was never uncertain. The dragon could not stop His mission, only oppose it.

And that mission reached its decisive moment not at the manger, but at the empty tomb. Revelation tells us He was caught up to God and to His throne to rule the nations.

The resurrection is where the dragon was defeated once and for all. Death was broken. The accuser was silenced. The authority of Jesus Christ was publicly and eternally established. The enemy was conquered.

Yet Scripture is clear: the battle did not disappear. A defeated enemy still lashes out. The war continues, but its outcome is settled. We live in the thin space between what we can see and what has already been secured. We feel the struggle, even as Christ reigns.

This is the tension of the Christian life.

We see ordinary moments; heaven sees eternal reality. We experience resistance; Christ holds the throne. The victory is complete, but the conflict has not yet faded from view. This is an echo of victory.