The Match

The scene would have looked much like the David and Goliath episode. Goliath, day after day taunting the opposing army. He was sure, confident, strong, expereinced, the best. When he saw his opponent he had to laugh. A kid. "This is it? This is all you got?" He was bound and determined to dispose of this nuicance so all might remember who was really in charge. It didn't quite turn out as planned.
This scene would have been quite similar. However, the taunting had not been going on for only forty days, but for thousands of years. The battle field would not have been a relatively small valley, but the entire world. The stakes would not have been slavery or death, but ultimate control. The opponents would not have been a giant and a teen, but the great Deceiver and the coming Redeemer. Up until this point Satan had been flexing his muscles and shouting taunts to the seemingly absent opponent. He was the Prince of the power of the air and he was in control. Ever since the Garden of Eden he had been mocking. There was talk of an opponent from the very beginning, but He had yet to show His face. Arrogant and fierce, he stood there scoffing. Little did he know that this morning would begin his end.
I can image him following the shepherds to the stable, laughing the whole way. "A baby is born! That is it? I am supposed to be crushed by a child?!" He should have remembered Goliath's mistake - God always wins.
I am so thankful Jesus Christ came to earth to conquer the Adversary. There was no match. Have a Merry Christmas and celebrate the day that God came to live among us.