Today's the day when in 1977 Star Wars fever hit Britain. Seven months after it had been first screened in America the long-awaited blockbuster was released in the UK. Thousands of people flocked to cinemas to watch Carrie Fischer, Alec Guinness and little-known Harrison Ford star in this fairytale set in space. Written and directed by George Lucas, this U-certificate sci-fi epic set in 'a galaxy far, far away' is a classic epic of good versus evil.
Stories like that touch on something at the core of being human: the undeniable sense that good and evil are in opposition and that the bets outcome is when good triumphs. In the Bible John tells us in his first letter that Jesus came into this world to challenge and overcome the powers of evil. His birth is God's promise that the end of human history will be the defeat of wickedness and the triumph of God. This is what John says:
The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work.
It's amazing to think that what began in a manger in Bethlehem is God's plan for the victory of righteousness – and God' challenge to us to make sure we are on his side and not his enemy's.
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