The Truth about Christmas

A True Spiritual View
Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ Inc.
December 2006 Edition

What’s the Real Reason for the Season?

This upcoming so-called holiday season many in the world will continue to be led astray into believing that Christmas is about Jesus Christ and His birth. The tree will be put up and decorated, the turkey and the ham prepared, and family members will gather together for yet another round of faking it with each other until dinner is through, all for the sake of the “Christmas spirit”. Do these things have anything to do with the Holy Bible and Jesus Christ? Or do they have everything to do with Satan? Let’s examine the facts of the Bible.

false nativity scene

True image of Mary and Jesus

The Birthday of Christ Revealed.

When we read about the early part of the life of our Lord and Savior in Luke 2 and verse 41, it states that “his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of Passover”. So this was a yearly custom that Mary and Joseph kept. Passover always falls at springtime, around March-April. Verse 42 goes on to say “And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast”. That little word “when” is a specific dispensation of time, meaning at that time Jesus Christ turned twelve. The day that Christ was born is not December 25th, but on the Passover. This is also the time when the New Year actually starts, not January 1st. The Lord told the Israelites that the month Abib ( spring forth) would be the beginning of months for them. (Read Exodus 12:1-2, Exodus 13:3-4) Another point has to be made clear. When you read Luke chapter 2 verses 1-11 it states that shepherds were watching their flocks by night. Winter season occurs in the land of Israel also and it gets very cold Read 1 st Chron 11:22). It makes no sense that they would be outdoors in the dead of winter watching sheep. Someone has been lying!

Jerusalem in the winter ..covered with snow (see the Dome of the Rock in the background?)

Let’s Chop Down that Tree!

Nimrod bush (grand-daddy of all Christmas trees)

The Christmas tree is spoken about in the Bible, but don’t get jolly just yet. In Jeremiah chapter 10 verses 1-5, the Lord told the children of Israel not to follow the customs of the heathen because they are vain. It also speaks about the evergreen tree that stands upright and how it was decked with silver and with gold. The Lord said not to be afraid of them because they can do neither evil nor good. The history behind all this dates back to the time of Nimrod and the ancient Babylonian Empire. His mother after his death enforced that all worship the tree because the spirit of Nimrod was in the tree. The custom was to idolize and worship the tree on his birthday, December 25 th. Nimrod was not a nice guy, but a worshipper of Satan. So the putting up of a tree at Christmas is a heathenistic and evil custom and goes directly against the command of God! Now you have been warned.

Lord of Misrule

Pope Benedictus

Pope Benedictus dressed as the Lord of Misrule!

The Feast of Fools.

Jesus Christ did not teach, practice, or celebrate any of these false holidays in the world. If you say you love him and celebrate these things, you are a liar and you are really worshipping the Devil. As a matter of fact, God hates your false holidays. Amos 5:21-23 states “I hate, I despise your feast days and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies”, thus saith the Lord. Whether it is Thanksgiving or Christmas, no matter how hard you pray over the ham, it will not justify you breaking the laws of God. Remember Matthew 5 verse 17. So now will you continue to lie to your children about this holiday season? How can you when the facts are clear. Will you continue to lie about Satan Claws coming down the chimney especially when some of you don’t even own a chimney? You work hard, break your neck, and don’t pay your rent to put toys on layaway for your children, just to tell them that the fat white man you saw in a red suit at the mall gave them those gifts. Now that’s really childish. The true holidays of God are found in the Holy Bible in Leviticus the 23 rd chapter, Esther the 9th chapter, and 1st Maccabees (Apocrypha) the 4th chapter. The Feast of Dedication or Hannukah falls in December. This is the time Israelites should celebrate honoring Christ and giving gifts one to another. Christ kept this holiday; Read St John 10 verse 22. Will you?

The true High Holy Day for Israelites is Chanukah!

True St. Nick

There once a cartoonist named Thomas Nast

Who drew a figure of a jolly old man ..

Who later was adopted by Hadon Sonblom ..

…to promote Coca-Cola…

Ok..so how’s that Satan worship you ask?… Remember this TV show?

There was always that famous scene where the witch would fly in front of the moon ..

The name of that witch is La Befana ..

see the “3 Wise men?”

This is what she supposedly looks like with her christmas sack filled with toys

Q. Who is Harry Potter?

Answer: A wizard (a person who worships and has power from Satan)

So if that’s the case… why in his forst movie he celebrates Christmas?

(see the Christmas tree in the background?) Rent the movie, you’ll notice there are “ghosts” (demons) deccorating the tree!
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