Should we Celebrate PAGAN Christmas? Sometimes tradition is acceptable and perhaps even pleasing in the sight of Yahawah. But other times it is not acceptable and can even be hated by Him. The issue of traditions transgressing the commandment of Yahwah was a key teaching of Yahawashi Ha-Mashayach the Messiah: (KJV) Matthew 15:1- Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Yahawashi, saying, 2 Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread. I hear people ask me this, Why do you not celebrate Christmas (transgress the traditions of our elders)? First of all, nowhere in the pages of scripture do we find a command to keep the celebration of Christmas. Nowhere in the pages of scripture do we find an example of any disciple keeping Christmas. It was never celebrated by believers in Messiah until sometime after 30AD. The reality is, the only time Christmas is even mentioned in the pages of scripture is to declare how wrong it is to practice something like this. So likewise, my answer to this kind of question would be: Matt 15:3 - He answered and said to them, Why do you also transgress the commandment of Ahllahayam because of your tradition? Messiah didnt like the traditions of the Scribes and Pharisees because they transgressed Yahawahs clear commandments. As I will share, Christmas is also transgressing the commandment of Yahweh in favor of tradition. But first, notice that He goes on to say: Matthew 15:7 - Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying: 8 `These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with [their] lips, But their heart is far from Me. 9 And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men. So a tradition can honor him with the lips, but actually be a vain thing that displeases Him. I have found that Christmas is honoring with the lips but it is actually a vain tradition that has essentially become a doctrine and commandment of men. It is a tradition and commandment of men because there is no verse in the bible that tells us that we are to celebrate the birth nor the resurrection of Yahawashi ha-Mashayach the Messiah---let alone in a way that imitates paganism and idolatry! So yes, I do believe we must question these traditions that have been handed down to this generation even though few dare to. Many Christians speak against the Catholic traditions of Lent, Ash Wednesday, etc. but fail to recognize that the same types of pagan elements exist in the celebration of Christmas and Easter. So how did the Christmas observance get its start? Origin of Christmas The following is a quote from the 2000 Encyclopedia Britannica, Volume 11 ; page 390. During the later periods of Roman history, sun worship gained in importance and ultimately led to what has been called a solar monotheism. Nearly all the gods of the period were possessed of Solar qualities, and both Ha-Masahsyach and Mithra acquired the traits of solar deities. The feast of Sol and Victus (open unconquered Sun) on December 25th was celebrated with great joy, and eventually this date was taken over by the Christians as Christmas, the birthday of Ha-mashayach. Notice how it says both Hamashayach and Mithra acquired the traits of solar deities? Pardon me, but do any alarm bells go off here? The Christians were apparently trying to get more converts so they tried to make the Messiah more like the idols found in sun worship---all under the guise of making Him more attractive to pagans. They even brought various elements of the December 25th feast of the unconquered sun into their worship by saying that December 25th was actually the Messiahs birthday, which was simply not true. This is the origin of Christmas and this is why we have various pagan-rooted traditions accompanying this holiday. When it comes to things like this, the real question for me is who converted who? Do we imitate the world to bring the world to the Messiah? Absolutely not. You dont win the world by imitating the world; you win the world by imitating Yahawashi the Messiah! It seems to me that true believers should be teaching the unbelievers the true way of Yahawah rather than the unbelievers teaching believers these pagan customs and practices. But Christians of former times not only learned these heathen ways, they also incorporated them into their worship. When Paul was writing to the Ephesians, a group of believers who were surrounded by idol worship, he said: Ephesians 5:11 - And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. So we shouldnt be trying to copy idolatrous feasts. Rather, we should be exposing them for the fraud and lie that they are. Creating a new lie by saying the Messiah was born on Dec. 25th, the birthday of various sun gods, is preposterous. One of the last things our Savior would ever want is to acquire the traits of solar deities. So when was His birthday? We can learn by studying the timing of the priestly course of Zacharias (Luke 1:5), John the Baptists father, and adding six months to that time period (Luke 1:24-26). This would place Yahawashi Ha-Mashayach the Messiahs birth in either the spring or fall. The scriptures do not supply us with an exact date of birth, but it certainly was not in the winter. We know the date of His death is on Passover. Scripture does tell us the time of many other important events in biblical history such as the founding of the temple (first day of the biblical year), the timing of the Exodus from Egypt, the date that the flood began and many other events. But the date of the Messiahs birth? Scripture is silent. To me this speaks volumes. Even though Yahawashi Ha-Mahsyach could look into the future and know that there would be billions of people who wanted to celebrate His birthday, He never told us when it was. If He wanted us to celebrate His birthday, He surely would have told us when it was. I realize that today, Christmas is a very popular holiday. However, as is often the case, what is popular is not always right and what is right is not always popular. We cant follow the masses if the masses are wrong. We should have no fellowship with those things, rather we should reprove them. Christmas means mass for Ha-Mashayach, but the name of the holiday is much newer than the holiday itself. The customs associated with Christmas, in one form or another, have been celebrated for literally thousands of years. Christmas is just a new name for an old holiday. We cannot mix the profane with the holy, and we cannot mix lies with truth, and we cannot mix the table of Yahawah with the table of demons. We must choose one, or the other. https://youtube/watch?v=t08r4aMuOUE
Posted on: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 15:05:01 +0000
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