For many Americans, Christmas 2015 arrives against a backdrop of growing despair. Morally-preening elites in government, speaking now for both parties, as well as an entire pantheon of pop culture gods seem bent on destroying anything they cannot control. The rights we once boldly declared have become mere suggestions, fading as they echo out of memory. The republic of citizen legislators has willingly given way to the dictates of a near all-powerful executive. Silent Night is now the background music for the celebration of abortions.

But as our self-appointed betters rob us of our freedom, don’t let them rob you of your hope. Consider this oft-neglected aspect of the birth of Christ:

On the day that Jesus was born, an Idumaean named Herod claimed the title King of the Jews. In reality, he was neither a Jew, since he was born an Edomite, nor a king, since all real power was vested in the throne of the first true emperor of Rome, Gaius Octavius.

Octavius was known to his people as Caesar Augustus — literally Dictator God.

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