People often ask me
why I don't celebrate Christmas. I usually say that it's a biblical
thing, and leave it at that. Nobody ever wants to talk about the bible,
so it's usually a pretty safe bet they're going to drop it.
In fact, I don't
just not celebrate it, I despise it from the bottom of my soul. It's an
abomination, and a big, fat lie against the creator of the universe, and it
disgusts me how few people can open their heart to the truth of it and see what
is happening.
It’s the first
commandment, and supposed to be the easiest one to understand. NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME.
Before you argue
with me that Christmas is a "Christian" holiday, and the birthday of
the Christ, please educate yourself .
Once you have a complete understanding, and if you still believe that
Christmas is of the God of Heaven, we'll talk then. A good place to start is right here: December 25
I learned the truth
about Christmas in 1991. I was pregnant
with my second child at that time, and discovered a book lying in my parents
house that had no business being there, "National Sunday Law" by
Jan Rasmussen. I read that book cover
to cover, then cried for two days. I
didn't stop celebrating Christmas though.
It was nearly 10
more years before I stopped, even though I knew the truth. I got that help through a book called "Fossilized Customs" by Lew
White. I believed I worshipped him in my
heart, so it made it ok. I told myself
that it was my intentions that mattered, and what difference did it make what
day we celebrated his birthday, as long as we did? Of course, back then, I didn't understand the
issue with the Hebrews and the golden calf.
I had heard the
story many times, of course, being a
winner of awards for Sunday School attendance.
Moses, after leading his people through the desert and literally through
the Red Sea, after guiding them through more desert, lead them to Sinai. After seeing the power of Yahweh settle on
Mt. Sinai, and hearing his voice bellow down at them to cause them such fear as
to ask to never have to speak directly with him again, they built an idol unto
Him.
The word says they
built it, "Unto Yahweh." As a
child and young adult, I used to ask myself, "What's the big
deal?" They did it unto Him, right? Weren't their intentions good? That's what should matter, right?
Of course, I was
wrong. Yahweh specifically tells us in
his word not to worship him as the pagans worship their gods, which involves
golden idols. The idol they built was of
an Egyptian god Hathor, not just some random calf. They built an idol of this calf, and gave it
their worship, or gave it worth. You can
see that very altar by copying the map coordinates into Google maps and zooming in as deep as you can:
28.5813277777778, 35.3961277777778 You
can see some pictures and videos of the areas on this website: Mt. Sinai
This was the problem
the Hebrews had. They wanted to worship
Yahweh the same as they had been taught to worship Hathor. It was not enough to see the power of their
god with their own eyes, and hear it with their own ears. The tradition of worshiping an idol was more
real to them than the decrees of Yahweh.
Yahweh tells us in the bible not to worship him as the pagans worship their gods.
12 These are the decrees and laws you must be careful to follow in the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given you to possess—as long as you live in the land. 2 Destroy completely all the places on the high mountains, on the hills and under every spreading tree, where the nations you are dispossessing worship their gods. 3 Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and burn their Asherah poles in the fire; cut down the idols of their gods and wipe out their names from those places.4 You must not worship the Lord your God in their way. Deuteronomy 12
It's simple fact
that Christmas has nothing to do with the Bible. The reformation knew it. Protestant's like Martin Luther and John
Calvin knew it. The American pilgrims
knew it. My atheist friends, my few
Muslim acquaintances, and even a few Wiccans I am acquainted with all know this
to be true. The Christians I know stuff
their fingers in their ears and scream "Deck the Halls" at the top of
their lungs until December 26th. They
are so proud of their own great faith, they cannot imagine humbling themselves
to see the truth.
It's not just
commonly known fact, it's archeologically true.
Christians give me a
lot of excuses for why they celebrate Christmas, none of them based in biblical
truth. They tell me they are at peace
with God about it, and no matter who tells them otherwise, they won't quit, even
though the bible tells us that our brethren are meant to be correctors. They tell me they have prayed about it and
that they are at peace with it. Yahweh
has not told them otherwise, they say; yet He is trying, and they ignore
him. They tell me they know what it
means in their heart, when the bible says the heart is deceitful above all
things. It's Christianity based out of
the emotional need to follow tradition, and has nothing to do with the hard
truth of the word.
I follow a person on Facebook who typifies this sort of
emotional Christianity. The Facebook
profile presents itself to be tellers of the truth, and the watchmen on the
wall. Yet, they are liars. They spread the yeast of this indoctrination
into everyone they speak with. Nearly
every day comments show up that are stiff-necked declarations that their own
understanding is more important that the biblical truth. They say that they have prayed, and are at
peace with it. Yahweh sends brother
after brother, sister after sister, to try to talk to them and help them, and
every day they close their ears, shut their eyes, and keep speaking the
blasphemes of the Catholic church and it's residual effect on the body of
Yahshua's bride. It seems that every day
a brother or sister tries to correct them, tries to provide the truth. The people behind this profile attack them,
then forbids them to talk about it in the open, shuns them from their
thread. I've seen the people behind the
profile question the salvation of others, and deny the truth of the bible, then
shun people from speaking openly about it.
Whenever someone refuses to let others speak it is, in my opinion,
because they know they are wrong, and they refuse to hear the truth. They lash out openly against the truth, and
love the lie instead.
I no longer believe
the things this profile says. I no
longer read or participate in the posts. I have shaken their sand from my
feet. I watch them cling to the
traditions of man in the face of Yahweh's beautiful truth and I pray each day
that their pride is brought down, that they
be chastened from their stiff-necked pride. I can't stand to see these truth telling
believers be told to shut up as they lovingly try to share the truth and be
denied by the prideful heart of another, again and again, like moths banging up
against a light bulb. I follow their
page still because of the occasional news article or meme that comes
through. I do question everything they
post, however, and look it up myself. If
they don't know this truth...who knows what lies they will unknowingly pass
on. Rule of thumb: If you are praying for insight and truth into
something, and brethren show up every, single day to share something with you,
it might be the answer.
I can't trust them
to tell the truth when they are so blatantly rejecting it. If they can't see something that even
non-believers can see, they are deliberately lying to themselves and everyone
they think they are reaching out to, and I refuse to participate in such
obvious untruths.
Pride goeth before
the fall. Help me, Yashua, to never be
too prideful to understand any small morsel of your truth. Please keep my neck bent, and my heart soft
toward you. Amen.
