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Explore the history and pagan influences behind Christmas traditions, revealing the roots of popular customs. Unveil the hidden origins of holiday practices.
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Oh come let us adore who? And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God. Deut. 8:19,20
Oh come let us adore who? Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name. Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you; For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth. Deut. 6:13,14
Oh come let us adore who? And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. Exodus 3:8 These were all SUN Worshipers
Oh come let us adore who? The history of Christmas dates back over 4000 years. Many of our Christmas traditions were celebrated centuries before the Christ child was born. The 12 days of Christmas, the bright fires, the yule log, the giving of gifts, carnivals (parades) with floats, carolers who sing while going from house to house, the holiday feasts, and the church processions can all be traced back to the early Mesopotamians.
Oh come let us adore who? First century believers, taught personally by Christ, did not celebrate His birthday. Second century theologians condemned the thought. Only after severe persecution, destruction and inaccessibility of biblical scripture and the blending of pagan doctrine with the worship of God was the Mithraic celebration of December 25th proclaimed to be "Christian" in nature.
. The biggest holiday of the Christian year is Christmas. Everything about this holiday is steeped in pagan (other gods) tradition.
Santa Clause (a mispronunciation of Saint Nicholas) has pagan origins as well. He originated as a god of the hearth who supernaturally traveled around the world, descended down chimneys and left gifts according to a child’s behavior. Food offerings and gifts were left to appease him.
The worship of the Sun is the center The custom of the Christmas tree was an extension of this evergreen worship. It was often brought into the house and worshipped as an idol, usually decked with fruit, as food offerings, and with gifts left under it for their gods. Burning candles – mini suns – were often placed on the limbs and have been replaced by lights in present days.
The worship of the Sun is the center The mistletoe, which was sacred to the Druids, was used to cast spells. It was believed that a woman underneath it was unable to resist one’s sexual advances and thus the custom of kissing someone who is standing below it. Holly, and evergreens in general, were worshipped as symbols of life, and fertility. They were often used to make wreaths, which were to pay homage to the circular sun, especially during the winter months.
Oh come let us adore who? 'Yule' is the Chaldee name for an 'infant' or 'little child;' and as the 25th of December was called by our Pagan Anglo- Saxon ancestors, 'Yule-day,' or the "Child's day,' and the night that preceded it, 'Mother-night,' long BEFORE they came in contact with Christianity, that sufficiently proves its real character" (Two Babylons pp.93-94).
Oh come let us adore who? The image of mother with child in her arms was so firmly entrenched in the pagan mind that by the time Christianity appeared on the scene in 30 A.D., these statues and paintings were merely renamed and worshiped as the virgin Mary with her god-incarnate son Jesus. Thus, the pagan mother and child entered Christianity as the Roman Catholic worship of Mary with the infant Jesus
Oh come let us adore who? Three Wise Men 2:11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh..
The worship of the Sun is the center December 25th. There is no record of a December 25th celebration of the birth of Christ in Rome earlier than 336. In Constantinople, no record of a celebration before 378. In Alexandria, not before 400; and in Jerusalem, not before 425. The bottom line is that there are no reliable historical documents that would place the birth of Jesus on December 25th. There is overwhelming documentation that the birthday of many of the sun godsof antiquity was recognized as December 25th
The biggest holiday of the Christian year is Christmas. Everything about this holiday is steeped in pagan tradition. On December 25th “Natalis invicti solis,” or the “birthday of the unconquerable sun,” was celebrated. The winter solstice usually fell before, or on, this day and Pagans celebrated the victory of the sun over darkness and the fertility it would bring to the earth as the days began to lengthen.
The biggest holiday of the Christian year is Christmas. Everything about this holiday is steeped in pagan tradition. It is this birth -–the birth of the Sun and not the Son – which is observed and revered on December 25th. The same birth which the Babylonians and Egyptians had worshipped in earlier centuries. All the “church” did was to simply replace the name of Nimrod/Tammuz/Bacchus, etc. with that of Jesus.“Ye worship ye know not what….” (John 4:22)
Our Christian ancestors knew better. The celebration of December 25th was illegal in England. It was outlawed in New England from 1649 to 1658. The December 25th celebration was condemned for its pagan roots by the Puritans, the Methodists, the Quakers, the Amish, the Presbyterians, and the Baptists. Why would they do that if there was not a legitimate problem? Christmas was made a legal holiday in Massachusetts in 1856.
Oh come let us adore who? The Day of December 25th Most Christians say that it does not matter what day we celebrate it, the day does not really matter to God as long as we honor Christ.
Oh come let us adore who? God is VERY specific about worship days “Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.” Gen 2:1-3
Oh come let us adore who? God is VERY specific about worship days “Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God .” Lev. 23:27,28
Oh come let us adore who? God is VERY specific about worship days “Fifty days from the offering of first fruits, came the Pentecost, called also the feast of harvest and the feast of weeks. The Pentecost occupied but one day, which was devoted to religious service.” PP pg 540.
Oh come let us adore who? Who is Behind all this? For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. Rev.18:3
The largest “Christian denomination in the world is the Universal Church better known as The Roman Catholic Church. What she institutes, the rest of the “Christian” world will follow. Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter. Eze. 16:44
Oh come let us adore who? The winter solstice, another celebration of the sun, fell just a few days earlier. Seeing that pagans were already exalting deities with some parallels to the true deity, church leaders decided to commandeer the date and introduce a new festival. . In 350 AD the Bishop of Rome, Julius I, choose December 25th as the observance of Christmas.
Oh come let us adore who? Because of pagan idolatrous practices, God cast the Canaanites out of the Promised Land. They were worshippers of Baal, or Nimrod, Tammuz, the sun god, the pagan Messiah, the god of wine and revelry. They worshipped the evergreen tree, and used it as a symbol of their god. They observed December 25, in worship of the waning sun, and their sun-god divinity. This whole religious system stemmed from ancient Babylon, the fount of all heresy and apostasy.
Oh come let us adore who? The very name "Christ-mas," combining the holy name of Christ with the pagan mass, POLLUTES and PROFANES Jesus’ holy name! The celebration of these ancient pagan festivals, calling them "Christian," is an abomination in the sight of God! He will not accept such pagan, superstitious worship!
Oh come let us adore who? Thus 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. Jer. 10:2
Oh come let us adore who? And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true [are] thy ways, thou King of saints. Rev. 15:2,3