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Death.

It’s something most of us would rather not think about.

We take care of ourselves.

We go to doctors.

We try to eat better.

We exercise.

And we do what we can to postpone the day when physical life ends.

But what if physical death isn’t the death we should fear most?

Scripture speaks of something called “the second death.”

And unlike physical death, it is eternal.

Jesus described a place where the fire is not quenched and the worm does not die.

It’s not temporary.

It’s not purgatory.

And it’s not annihilation.

That’s sobering enough.

But Scripture tells us something even more disturbing:

Left to ourselves, every one of us deserves it.

So is there any way to escape it?

There is.

And that brings us back to the reason Christ came into the world in the first place.

Christmas wasn’t merely about a baby in a manger.

It was about a rescue we desperately needed.

And Revelation 12 pulls the curtain back even further, showing us the spiritual battle surrounding the coming of Christ—and an enemy who wanted to destroy God’s plan before the Savior could accomplish it.