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Put Christ Back in Christmas

Jesus is the Reason. Put Christ Back in Christmas. Many conservative evangelical Christians at this time of year want to “Put Christ back in Christmas” and insist that “Jesus is the Reason for the Season.” “Unfortunately, you don’t have much of a case.” It is a Pagan Festival.

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Put Christ Back in Christmas

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  1. Jesus is the Reason Put Christ Back in Christmas

  2. Many conservative evangelical Christians at this time of year want to “Put Christ back in Christmas”and insist that “Jesus is the Reason for the Season.” “Unfortunately, you don’t have much of a case.” It is a Pagan Festival Thus says most of the secular propaganda

  3. Christmas is the continuationof a pagan ritual!!

  4. Christians took over the Decemer 25th Roman holiday of Natalis Solis Invicti,festival of the birth of the invincible sun, as well as Saturnalia.Christians took over German mid-winter festival celebrations which used evergreen trees and holly as symbols of eternal life. Where is Christ in all of this?How is Jesus the reason for the season of mid-winter festivals that pre-date Christianity?

  5. Natalis Solis Invicti, Deus Sol Invictus ("the undefeated sun god") was a religious title applied to at least three distinct divinities during the later Roman Empire; El Gabal, Mithras, and Sol. The Sol Invictus festival ran from December 22 through December 25.

  6. MERRYSATURNALIA the festival of the shortest day of the year which took place on 17 December

  7. Early church never celebrated Christmas We dont know the birthday of Jesus Bible does not tell us the birthday of Jesus Christmas is a Pagan Practice Most Christians Agree!!

  8. but Dr. Luke disagrees Zachariah Mary John the Baptist Jesus Luke 1

  9. Luk 1:3 it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus; Luk 1:4 that thou mightest know the certainty concerning the things Zachariah the Priest

  10. Zachariah's Temple Ministry Angel appears Elizabeth conceives Sixth month Annunciation of Mary Birth of John the Baptist Birth of Jesus

  11. + 7 days _

  12. Luke 1:8 Once when Zechariah's division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, 9 he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10 And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside.11 Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.

  13. Inside the Holy of Holies Lev 16:15 Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering, which is for the people, bring its blood inside the veil

  14. Inside the Holy of Holies Assembly

  15. This happens only once a year on Yom Kippur

  16. Yom Kippur According to the Bible Calendar, the tenth day of the seventh month (Tishri) is the Day of Atonement. The Jews call it Yom Kippur. We know this date for certain. It comes once a year only Yom Kippur will occur on the following days of the Gregorian calendar: Jewish Year 5766 : sunset October 12, 2005 - nightfall October 13, 2005 Jewish Year 5767 : sunset October 1, 2006 - nightfall October 2, 2006 Jewish Year 5768 : sunset September 21, 2007 - nightfall September 22, 2007 Jewish Year 5769 : sunset October 8, 2008 - nightfall October 9, 2008 Jewish Year 5770 : sunset September 27, 2009 - nightfall September 28, 2009

  17. Hebrew Calendar Our Calendar New Year 22nd 15th Sept - Oct 10th

  18. + 7 days? Zachariah's Temple Ministry Angel appears Elizabeth conceives

  19. Luke 1:26-33 On the sixth month (of Civil Calendar – Elizabeth’s pregnancy) God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, To a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, .... You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus.

  20. Annunciation Of Mary 7 6 8 5 4 9 Birth of John the Baptist Tammuz 3 June third week 3 2 Zachariah goes Home 1

  21. + 7 days _ On the sixth month would then well be "on the sixth month i.e. Adar " which is also the "sixth month of pregnancy of Elizabeth." From 23rd Tishri adding 280 days of gestation period we arrive at (7+30+29+30+29+30+29+30+29+30+3) Tammmuz 3 June 20Birth of John the Baptist

  22. Tammmuz 3 Birth of John the Baptist Adding 6 more months we arrive at Teveth 3which is around December end or early January every year + 7 days _

  23. Annunciation Of Mary 1 2 Birth of Jesus 3 Birth of John the Baptist Tammuz 3 June third week 9 4 5 8 6 7

  24. 5 months 280 days of Gestation Period Birth of Jesus 25 December, 6 BC Mary conceives 20 March 6 BC Elizabeth Conceives DAY OF ATONEMENT 7 days 10 Tishri Second half of September + 7 days? In BC 6 using Gregorian Calendar it falls exactly on Dec 25th

  25. What about the Shepherds?

  26. Choir Served at the Holy of Holies The Levites were also Keepers of Sacrificial Lambs Ark carriers After the return of Judah from captivity, the Levites provided the certified sacrificial lambs to the Jewish pilgrims from the nations.

  27. And in that region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

  28. "For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the LORD" (Luke 2:11). Good News! The Perfect Lamb

  29. "For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the LORD" (Luke 2:11).

  30. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among men with whom he is pleased!"

  31. What about Saturnalia? Out of a million pagan gods and their festivals Give me a day when Jesus could be born

  32. Eastern Church celebrated the Nativity on January 6th. The Julian Calendar The system of numbering years A.D.( "Anno Domini") was instituted in about the year 527 A.D. by the Roman abbot Dionysius Exiguus, Correction to calendar Gregorian Dec 25

  33. The celebration of the Nativity on 6 January is the oldest practice, followed by the Early Church, and for Eastern Christians today that is still Christmas day. This timing was based on a reference by the early Greek scholar, Clement of Alexandria (150 - 215 AD). In his Stromateis (I, xxi, 45), he wrote about the even earlier Greek teacher, Basilides, (100-140 AD): “And there are those who have determined not only the year of our Lord's birth, but also the day... And the followers of Basilides hold the day of his baptism as a festival… And they say that it was… the fifteenth day of the month Tubi; and some that it was the eleventh of the same month.”

  34. Sextus Julius Africanus (160-240) in Chronographiai (AD 221), an early reference book for Christians. It is both nine months after the Festival of Annunciation (March 25) as well as the date that the Romans marked as the winter solstice, which they called bruma.

  35. Tertullian 160 -250 AD The Creation The Fall The incarnation All were on Dec 25

  36. "Only sinners, not saints, celebrate their birthdays

  37. Calendar of Filocalus, an illuminated manuscript compiled in Rome in 354. Celebration of Christmas 350 360 370 380 390 400 360 indicates that Christmas was well-established in Rome by that time Constantinople in 379 Antioch about 380 John Chrysostom about 400. Alexandria about 430.

  38. Jesus

  39. Problem 2 Christmas Tree Kaavu? “Bringing an evergreen tree into the house is another pagan tradition relating to the worship of evergreen plants as symbols of fertility, life and reproduction. The pagans decorated their trees with fruit, and placed other foods underneath it as offerings to the tree.”

  40. In spite of the many attempts on the part of some historians to trace the origin of the Christmas tree to mythology, the custom and the symbolism are completely Christian. The Christmas tree resulted from a combination of the medieval Paradise tree and the Christmas candle.

  41. Paradise Play One of the most popular of the medieval German mystery plays was the Paradise play, representing the creation of man, the sin of Adam and Eve and their expulsion from Paradise. This play became a favorite for Advent because it usually ended with the consoling promise of a Savior. As a matter of fact, the closing scenes led directly to the story of Bethlehem.

  42. Morality Play an allegorical drama popular in Europe especially during the 15th and 16th centuries, in which the characters personify moral qualities (such as charity or vice) or abstractions (as death or youth) and in which moral lessons are taught. Miracle Play The mystery plays, usually representing biblical subjects, developed from plays presented in Latin by churchmen on church premises and depicted such subjects as the Creation, Adam and Eve, the murder of Abel, and the Last Judgment.

  43. In this play, the Garden of Eden was represented by a large tree symbolizing the "Tree of Discernment of Good and Evil." The Paradise tree was usually surrounded by lighted candles and the play enacted within the circle of lights

  44. Problem 3 How Did Santa Get Into Christmas?

  45. Nicholas – Bishop of Turkey 300 AD

  46. Born in Patara in Turkey (Lysa, Asia Minor) Bishop of Myra

  47. St.Nicholas Day December 19

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