Scattered

 . . . . he has scattered the proud in their conceit.

 - From The Song of Mary

Once again, we have another example of the recurring theme of all of Scripture: The poor have got it made in the Kingdom of God. The rich have quite a bit to worry about, in eternity. 

The birth of Christ is absolutely right in the pocket of every reformer in history. Every revolutionary wanting to throw off the yoke of oppressors; every social justice warrior in the 21st Century; every environmentalist; every health care activist; every agitator insisting that the wealthy "pay their fair share."

The words of Christ are life to the weary; justice to the downtrodden; wealth to the needy. 

And the return of Christ is the culmination of all of it. It will be quite a site. 

Conquerors always try to scatter their conquered. People are shoved off their land and then shipped out to places far, far away. 

But God, when He executes judgment on the world . . . will scatter the rich. The Christian message is one of the fair play of turnabout. 

And yet, the people that have the most to gain by wedding Christ's message, and the hope of Christmas, to their own righteous cause . . . turn away from Him. The one Final Solution to the injustice they see in the world, is Christ's second triumphant Advent. And yet they kick the same old tires, illuminating the same old worldly needs, absent the One Person that can correct all of it. 

The world is topsy turvy. Christ's natural allies try to go it alone. 

Still, the song of Mary rings through all of it. She was but a lowly servant. A peasant. Her faith, and her hope, made her blessed by all generations. She is revered through the ages. 

It's Christmas. And all will be well.