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Christmas
ReplyDeleteAs professed Christians the question needs to be asked, "do we truly love the Lord?" In today's world most Christians have been convinced that modern times has somehow caused the timeless God of creation to change our duty, or bow to the church's "new and improved" method of worship. Is this true? Or is the Word of God plain when it states "Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever." (Hebrews 13:8) Has our Lord really changed His Word? Or does it stand forever as Hebrews declares? Take His Law for example, did it ever change over all the thousands of years? Or do we still have 10 complete commandments that are summed up by Jesus in Matthew 22:37 where He said, "...Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." (Commandments 1 -4) And Matthew 22:39 where He says, "...Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." (Commandments 5-10) Is Jesus really confirming His unchangeable Law when he says that? Or was He kidding when He said in Matthew 22:40, "On these two commandments hang all the law..." So as we can honestly see, He was serious when He said back in Malachi 3:6, "For I am the LORD, I change not..." With that said, what does our Lord in heaven say about the well known Pagan rituals of Christmas?
For those that are unaware, Pagan are Sun worshippers. The Sun god they worship has many names just as the Christian God has many names. Satan mimics the God of creation this way to effectively draw away His people. But the Pagan god's main title is as we all know, "Baal." Does the Word declare this false god to be worthy of worship? Or is this the very false god that angers the True God?
• 1 Kings 18:21, "And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word."
Since the Christian is prophesied to stand firm in the same Spirit of Elijah in these last days, it is only fitting for the same question to be asked of the church. "...if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him." So, which is it?
Below is a condensed version of my "Christmas" page on the site. I pray you are blessed by the facts contained therein.
• Is it acceptable to mix Pagan rituals with Christian worship? No, according to the Word of God we should "Abstain from all appearance of evil." -1 Thessalonians 5:22 (Click here for validation)
• Is the term "Merry Christmas" a term that pleases God? No, it is a term that declares joy that Jesus is dead. (Click here for validation)
• Is December 25 Jesus' birthday? No it is not, it is the birthday of a Pagan god "Mithra." (Click here for validation)
• Did Christians in the past celebrate Christmas? No they did not. In fact, most Christians in the mid 1800's refused to keep the day because of it's Pagan origin. (Click here for validation)
• Did early Christians give gifts on Jesus birthday? No they did not. In fact, in doing so allowed for Christ to be eclipsed and mankind to be glorified. Would you be upset if someone gave a gift addressed to you to another person? Imagine how Christ feels as His church ignores Him and gives each other gifts. (Click here for validation)
• What about birthdays themselves? Are they of Pagan origin? Yes they are. (Click here for validation)
• Is the date Christmas special to Pagans? yes it is. It is the very day they celebrate the re-birth of the Sun god as the Sun starts to hang longer in the sky this time of year. (Click here for validation)
• Is the Christmas tree Pagan? Yes it is. In fact, it's origin is quite vulgar and I will not get into that here. (Click here for validation)
• is the Yule log Pagan? Yes it is, and this too is quite vulgar in origin. (Click here for validation)
• Who invented Christmas? The Roman Catholic church did , and as was prophesied in Revelation 13:3,4 all the world follows her lead. (Click here for validation)
• Does Christmas cause Parents to lie to their children? Yes it does when they speak of Santa Clause. Later in life the child discovers the lie and worse yet realizes lying works! He now has a tool he can use that his own parents taught him. (Click here for validation)
• Was Santa Clause designed as a blasphemous mockery of Jesus Christ? Yes he was. There are dozens of Scriptures to confirm Satan uses Santa to mock Jesus and His Truth. (Click here for validation)
• Is there anything wrong with the colors, 'red and green?" Yes, in Scripture they are the sign of leprosy. Paganism is in fact leprosy to the soul. (Click here for validation)
• Has anyone ever come forward to admit they mixed Paganism with Christianity? Yes they have. The Roman Catholic church admitted this numerous times in writing. (Click here for validation)
• Is there a church on earth right now that performs every one of the Pagan rituals of old? Yes there is, the Roman Catholic church. (Click here for validation)
• Is it true the title "Santa Clause" is actually the title of a woman thereby making him a cross dresser? Yes it is. (Click here for validation)
• For much more information exposing the Pagan origins of Christmas, click here.
As Christians are we ok with performing such evil acts before the ever watching Christian God? Such "commandments of men" are forewarned by our Lord Jesus Himself in Matthew 15:9, "But in vain ye do worship me, teaching for doctrine the commandments of men." The Christmas season with all it's merry making and Pagan rituals can in no way be associated with the Christian God. It's all a mockery of idol worship against the very Lord we as Christians declare to be God. If we continue to follow the lead of the world, will we not be among the number that says "Lord, Lord" on that very day Jesus says, "...I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity." -Matthew 7:23
The Word of God is quite plan. "Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen." - 1 John 5:21
For the Seventh Day Adventists that believes Sister White approved Christmas, see the following quotes...
Every tree in Satan's garden hangs laden with the fruits of vanity, pride, self-importance, evil desire, extravagance,--all poisoned fruit, but very gratifying to the carnal heart. Let the several churches present to God Christmas trees in every church; and then let them hang thereon the fruits of beneficence and gratitude,--offerings coming from willing hearts and hands, fruits that God will accept as an expression of our faith and our great love to him for the gift of his Son, Jesus Christ. Let the evergreen be laden with fruit, rich, and pure, and holy, acceptable to God. Shall we not have such a Christmas as Heaven can approve? Thousands of dollars are needlessly spent every year in gifts to each other. That is means lost to God, lost to his cause. It pleases the vanity, encourages pride, creates all kinds of dissatisfaction, murmuring, and complaints, because perhaps the gifts are not just what was desired, not of the high value wanted or expected. Christmas is not observed as its name implies it should be. Man has forsaken God in almost everything, and has turned the attention to self. {RH, December 9, 1884 par. 10}
She also stated quite plainly,
Shall we have a Christmas tree? Will it not be like the world? We answer, You can make it like the world if you have a disposition to do so, or you can make it as unlike the world as possible. There is no particular sin in selecting a fragrant evergreen (like a potted plant today) and placing it in our churches, but the sin lies in the motive which prompts to action and the use which is made of the gifts placed upon the tree. {AH 482.1}
What we see today in Christian homes, both SDA and other denominations is a celebration “like unto the world!” The enemy of all souls has crafted such a day that is so filled with temptation that it does indeed generate quite an effort to avoid. For example, for those of us that understand how evil it is to have a Yule tide log in our home may not see as much danger in a wreath. For those that see sin in the tree itself, Satan has offered the mistletoe instead. And for those that can’t even bear to look at Santa Clause on their front lawn, he gives them plastic snowmen bearing gifts.
" In his wisdom, the Lord concealed the place where he buried Moses. God buried him, and God resurrected him, and took him to heaven. This secrecy was to prevent idolatry. For the very same purpose he has concealed the precise day of Christ's birth; that the day should not receive the honour that should be given to Christ as the Redeemer of the world, - one to be received, to be trusted, to be relied on as he who could save to the uttermost all who come unto him. The soul's adoration should be given to Jesus as the Son of the infinite God. "There is no divine sanctity resting upon the twenty-fifth of December; and it is not pleasing to God that anything that concerns the salvation of man through the infinite sacrifice made for them, should be so sadly perverted from its professed design. Christ should be the supreme object; but as Christmas has been observed, the glory is turned from him to mortal man, whose sinful, defective character made it necessary for him to come to our world." -R&H 12-9-1884
God With Us"
ReplyDeleteHis name shall be called Immanuel, . . . God with us." "The light of the knowledge of the glory of God" is seen "in the face of Jesus Christ." From the days of eternity the Lord Jesus Christ was one with the Father; He was "the image of God," the image of His greatness and majesty, "the outshining of His glory." It was to manifest this glory that He came to our world. To this sin-darkened earth He came to reveal the light of God's love,--to be "God with us." Therefore it was prophesied of Him, "His name shall be called Immanuel." {DA 19.1}
By coming to dwell with us, Jesus was to reveal God both to men and to angels. He was the Word of God,--God's thought made audible. In His prayer for His disciples He says, "I have declared unto them Thy name,"--"merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,"--"that the love wherewith Thou hast loved Me may be in them, and I in them." But not alone for His earthborn children was this revelation given. Our little world is the lesson book of the universe. God's wonderful purpose of grace, the mystery of redeeming love, is the theme into which "angels desire to look," and it will be their study throughout endless ages. Both the redeemed
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and the unfallen beings will find in the cross of Christ their science and their song. It will be seen that the glory shining in the face of Jesus is the glory of self-sacrificing love. In the light from Calvary it will be seen that the law of self-renouncing love is the law of life for earth and heaven; that the love which "seeketh not her own" has its source in the heart of God; and that in the meek and lowly One is manifested the character of Him who dwelleth in the light which no man can approach unto. {DA 19.2}
The Meaning of Christmas
ReplyDeleteJerimiah 10:1-5
1Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
2Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
3For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
4They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
5They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
Christmas
Christmas is another festival in the Christian church that antedates
Christianity by hundreds of years, and that is of pure pagan origin. Like
Easter, it brings with it numerous trappings that are a certain guide as to
its source. Among the ancients, the mistletoe was sacred to the sun because
of its yellow color, and was believed to possess miraculous healing powers.
Kissing under the mistletoe likewise is pre-Christian, and was but an early
step in the night of revelry and drunken debauchery with which the pagans
celebrated the death of the old sun and the birth of the new at the time of
the winter solstice.
Holly berries were also sacred to the sun-god among the demon worshipers of
the Old World. The yule log is in reality the sun log, for "yule" means sun
or wheel (an ancient symbol of the sun) in some languages today, and our
English word "wheel"-comes from this source. Even the lighting of fires and
candles as a Christmas ceremony is but a continuation of the pagan custom
of encouraging the waning sun-god as he reached the lowest place in the
southern skies.
Christmas, as a celebration of the birth of the sun, not the Son, was
widespread among the ancients. The Arabians celebrated the birth of the
moon, considered as an emanation of the sun, on December 4 To this day, the
most important state observance in China occurs on December 21, the
sacrifice of the winter solstice. In Rome, the pagan Brumalia occurred on
December 25, long before the birth of Christ. Christmas was a holyday in
Mithraism, the Persian form of demon worship. Centuries before the birth of
Christ, the Egyptians likewise celebrated Christmas much as it is
celebrated today.
CHRISTMAS STEMS FROM SUN WORSHIP? The author of "The Two Babylons" identifies also the child, whose birth was so universally celebrated, with The king turn God Nimrod, who built the tower of Babel, and says that he was worshiped by Egyption Gods namely Osiris in Egypt, and Tammuz (the same one as Adonis the famous hunter) in Phoenicia and Assyria. (See page 56.) This Tammuz is also mentioned by the holy prophet, Ezekiel, who in a vision saw the women of Judah weeping for him. He is there spoken of in company with sun-worship. Notice This has nothing to do With CHRIST
"It was an essential principle of the Babylonian system that the sun, or Baal, was the one only god. (Notice, "BAAL?" As in Daniels in the Book of Daniel in the bible day too?) When, therefore, Tammuz was worshiped as God incarnate, that implied also that he was an incarnation of the sun."--Alexander Hislop, The Two Babylons, Loizeaux Brothers, page 96.THE PAGAN CHRISTMAS TREE...
"The Christmas tree, now so common among us, was equally common in Pagan Rome and Pagan Egypt. In Egypt it was the palm tree; in Rome it was the fir; the palm-tree denoting the Pagan Messiah, as Baal-Tamar, the fir referring to him as Baal-Berith. The mother of Adonis, the Sun-God and great mediatorial divinity, was mystically said to have been changed into a tree, and when in that state to have brought forth her divine son. If the mother was a tree, the son must have been recognized as ‘Man the Branch.’ And this entirely accounts for putting the Yule Log into the fire on Christmas Eve and the appearance of the Christmas tree the next morning. As Zero-Ashta, ‘The seed of the woman,’ ...he has to enter the fire on ‘Mother night,’ that he may be born the next day out of it, as the ‘Branch of God,’ or the Tree that brings divine gifts to men." -The Two Babylons, p. 97.
-[Baal-vs-The "Catholic" God]- INVENTED FOR THE PAGAN SUN GOD BAAL CATHOLIC DOCTRINES OF THE VATICAN
1. The nativity of the Sun, the birth of Tammuz Dec. 25 The nativity of Jesus, Christmas Dec 25
2. The Midsummer festival held Jun 24 The Nativity of St. John held June 24
3. The assumption of Semiramus who became the mother godess The assumption of Mary, who became the mother of God
4. The mother goddess was worshipped as the Queen of Heaven. Jer. 7:18 The Virgin Mary worshipped as the Queen of Heaven.
5. Cakes decorated to the goddess with a "+" drawn on it. Jer. 44:17,19 Hot cross buns
6. 40 days fasting for Tammuz, Ezek. 8:14 40 days of Lent
7.Pagan festival of Easter. Ezek 8:16 The festival of Easter
8. The ressurection of Tammuz at Easter and the procession of graven images during holy week The procession of graven images of Jesus, Mary, and Peter, and of the saints
9. Veneration of graven images of Baal, Ishtar, Tammuz and lesser gods in the heavens
Veneration of graven images of Jesus, Mary, Peter, and of the "lesser" saints in the heavens
10. The belief of immortality of the soul and burning place of torment The belief of immortality of the soul and burning place of torment
11. The doctrine of purgatory The doctrine of purgatory
12. The belief of the dead visiting the living, feast held for all in November, (All souls day) The festival of all souls day held Nov. 2, and all saints day held Nov. 1 (All souls day)
13. Burning incense and candles Jer 11:17; Ezek 8:11 The burning of incense and candles
14. Chants and repetative prayers. Beaded prayer chains. Gregorian chants and the Rosary
15. Symbol of the cross as symbol of Sun worship. Mesopotamian cylinder seal depicted the "cross in the sky" as a symbol of sun worship. Ancient carvings of an Assyrian king has a huge cross carved on his chest. The oldest pictures in the world from Mesopotamia has text with is explaining the "cross" in the sky as the sun. This particular find is on display at the University Museum in Philadelphia. The crucifix
16. Amulets and idols ro scare away evil spirits The wearing of crucifixes and medals displayed for protection. (Scapular = main example)
17. The round disk "sun" wafer IHS symbol of Isis, Horus & Seb, eaten as food for the soul. Some wafers also had a large "+" sign engraved on them as well to symbolize Baal. The wafer used in the Eucharist is round with IHS engraved on it on on one side, and many have a large "+" engraved on the other side.
18. Painting of the child (Tammuz) and mother (Semiramus) with the glory of the Sun around their heads Paintings of the child (Jesus) and mother (Mary) with halos or of the Sun around their heads
19. Infant baptism, and sprinkling of holy water Infant baptism, and sprinkling of holy water
20. Necromancy (Talking to the dead) Mysticism (Novenas (prayers) to the dead)
21. The first day of the week kept sacred to honor the Persian sun god Mithra. "SUN"day The admitted change of 7th day Sabbath to "SUN"day
22. Title Pontifex Maximus name for chief head of the pagan Babylonian system of idolatry Pontifex Maximus one of the first names for the office of Pope
23. Janus and Cybele, holders of the keys to Heaven and Hell The pope claims to have the keys of Peter
24. The high priest kings carried on a throne to the to the Temple of his god The Pope carried on a portable throne to the Basilica of St. Peter (Sedia Gestoria)
25. The Pagan high priest king believed to be the incarnate of the Sun god The Pope proclaims to be Christ's Vicar (replacement) here on Earth. It is also recorded in numerous documents that the pope believes he is god on earth.
26. Offerings of "good works" to appease the gods Penance, indulgences, salvation by works
27. Houses for the virgin priestesses (Prostitutes) to be employed at Pagan temples to "service" priests that were not 'gay' Nuns. (Recent modern day sex scandals involving Nuns has uncovered this well hidden reality)
28. Human sacrifices burned by fire as offering to appease Sun god Opposers of doctrines of the Roman Catholic church burned at the stake
29. Gold was considered the flesh of the "Sungod" Vatican and numerous Cathedrals are lietrally drenched in gold throughout
30. Gargoils = a pagan god of protection Vatican as well as thousands of Catholic churches have gargoils on their roofs for 'protection'
31. Phallic symbol of the male sex organ placed on roofs as a sign of allegiance with Baal Largest phallic symbol in center of St. Peter's square as well as steeples on all Catholic churches
32. Solar wheel as symbol for Baal worship can be found carved into ancient as well as modern Buddhist temples,, carved into ancient ornament representing Osiris. Stone carvings showing a whell to represent and Assyrio Babylonian altar. St Peter's square has largest solar wheel on planet. ALL Catholic churches have numerous solar wheels in stain glass windows as well as many other areas of the church. Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris sports a very huge one on it's face. There is a great one in ceiling as well as the floor tiles of the monastery of St. Ignatius Loyola in Spain. Numerous paintings, statues, ornaments, and letterheads of all Catholic churches have one or more "solar wheels" depicted upon them. And the ONE WORLD CHURCH that started on June 26, 2000 uses the solar wheel as its official logo.
33. Symbol of serpent on numerous Roman bath houses Symbol of serpent on numerous Catholic church in door handles, Papal crests, etc.
34. Atlas carries the universe on his soilders Numerous Popes depicted in paintings in same manner
35. Symbols of the "Unicorn, Peacock, and Phoenix" used to signify sun god Symbols of the "Unicorn, Peacock, and Phoenix" used to symbolize the Christ in many churches on doors or chapels as well as sanctuarys holding the 'eucharist'
36. Crescent moon used to signify moon goddess "Nanna" Crescent used to cradle Eucharist in the Monstrance of the Catholic church. As well as depicted in numerous paintings and scupltures with Mary standing within it
37. Three letters "S.F.S" within a small blaze is used to represent the universal symbol for the number "6" in the Pagan mysteries S.F.S in a small blaze is carved into the Vatican Monstrance in the Vatican museum as well as many monstrances the world over
38. Alternating rays of the sun burst used to represent unity of "man and woman" common in all aspects of Paganism. (Curved ray = female "yonic" Straight ray = male "phallic") Monstrance of Catholicism as well as many paintings and sculptures all depict same rays of both the "phallic and yonic" symbolism can be found literally all over the Roman Catholic church
39. Carvings of "nature spirits" (fauns or satyrs) depicting a horned, hoofed-god were a common feature in all Pagan cults Carvings of "nature spirits" (fauns or satyrs) depicting a horned, hoofed-god are found all over the Treasury of the Vatican beneath St Peters square as well as many Cathedrals
40. Statues of a "Madonna" found in all Pagan cults as well as Egyptian Madonna Isis with her son Horus, or Hindu cults with Divaki and her son Krishna Statues of Mary can be found in all Catholic churches holding baby Jesus
41. Statue of Zeus holds symbol of thunder and a lightening bolt to symbolise his position as a god. Mary depicted in many statues holding the pagan symbol of thunderr
42. Demi-gods holding crooked diving staff representative of the serpent and lightening bolt Pope carries exact same staff (serpent crosiers)
43. Adad, Enlil, Baal, Neptune, Poseidon and other "gods" of storm and sea were depicted as carrying tridents Crosses as well as statues of Jesus and Mary in Cathedrals all over the world carved with tridents on them.
44. Hand gestures in the form of a trident found depicted in Jupiter, Buddah, Appollo, Hindu diety's, as well as "votive hands" in pagan temples Statue of St. Peter (Actually the old Jupiter statue of Rome) as well as millions of other statues, painitings, photos, and videos of everyone from Jesus and Mary to priests, cardinals,bishops, all the Popes, Vatican guards and even lay people in the Catholci church seen holding up the three finger trident salute of pagan Rome. (Now called the salute to the Trinity)
45. Pine cones used to represent the diety of a solar god Osiris, Bacchus, Dionysus, as well as Mexican gods, Hindu gods, and Assyrian gods Largest pine cone sculpture in the world found in the "Court of the pine cone" at the Vatican. Pine cone is also found carved into the crooked pagan staff (serpent crosier) or the Popes of Rome. In fact the pine cone is found all throughout the Vatican as well as Cathedrals as decoration.
46. Oanne, Babylonian fish-god (half man half fish) was depicted by Pagan high priests by wearing a fish head mitre (head dress) upon a mans head to symbolize man and fish joining when "sun god" set into the ocean. (Neptune = case in point. Half man half fish) One particular Biblical diety = "Dagon" Dag=fish On=sun Mitres are worn by all Popes of Catholcism
47. The Roman sun-god with the alternating yonic and phallic symbols surrounding his head was found carved in excavated Roman bath houses in England. It is alos found as "Apollo" on the facade of the Pergamum Museum in East Berlin. Almost all Catholic churches have the exact same carving above their pulpits, pillars, on statues, as well as carved into ceilings above altars. Some Catholic churches actually have it carved into the Eucharist itself.
48. Statues of the Romanized Egyptians Isis with globes in hand, Hercules as a solar diety carried the very same globe in hand, and the Persian sun-god Mithra is also depicted with the globe in hand as a sign ruler of the Universe. The Vatican has a solid gold statues of Jesus with the globe in hand, plus a black marble statue called "the black virgin of Montserrat" and a statue of a "child Jesus" with globe in hand, the list goes on...
49. Coptic shells were carved to symbolize the Universe. Roman grave stones used them to represent the Heavens. Statues of Atlas can be found carrying the "universe" shell upon its shoulders. Pagan Rome carved Poseidon with the shell in his head. Venus was said to be born IN a coptic shell. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican has the Pagan symbols within the papal crest upon the wall. The Coptic shell is found over the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral in London. This cosmic symbol is often used as a font for holy water in Catholic churches the world over. They even have statues of angels holding the pagan symbol
50. Large evil eye can be found carved on a Roman sarcophagus in the National Archaeological Museum in Rome Italy. Masonic pendants have them as well. Hathor the "eye of Osiris" can be found all over Egyptian temple. It was commonly used as protection against evil magic. This very same evil eye within the pyramid is found on Roman Catholic pulpits, ceilings, altars, doors, pendants, medals, etc. It is also on the back of the dollar bill of the USA on the left side
51. The multi-level crown was first worn by old Babylonian gods in 1800BC. The horned tiara was carved atop Assyrian winged-bull cherubims. The Jewish Kabbalistic solar diety wore this very same tiara, as did Krishna. The bronze tomb of Pope Sixtus (Pope6) has this three ringed tiara on his head. On that tiara you can also see 6 serpents upon it. All the Popes have word the tiara as a symbol of their authority as "gods of the earth, heaven, and hell" Hence, the "three rings" upon it. The Vatican has a solid gold tiara on display in the Vatican treasury. This is the very crown the Pope will hand to Antichrist when he arrives to impersonate Jesus Christ in the days ahead.
52. Quetzalcoatl, the lord of life and death in the Aztec and Toltec cultures of 1000 AD had an open chest with an exposed heart displayed. This was believed to be nourishment offered to the sun gods. Literally hundreds of thousands of statues, paintings, posters, lithographs, etc have Jesus as well as Mary depicted in the same manner with what the Catholic church calls "The sacred heart." Notice that these "sacred hearts" also have the symbols of the sun god Mithra glowing rather boldly behind them.
53. Assyrians carvings show eagles as genies hovering over the dead. Their "book of the dead" depicts just such a picture on its cover. Eagles are used as symbols all over the Roman Catholic church. See Rev 18:2 speaks of the Vatican as the "hold of ever foul spirit, and a cage of ever unclean and hateful bird."