SO WHAT DO WE DO WITH CHRISTMAS?
By Rabbi Hadassah Ryklin
There are many born from above believers (Yehudim/Jews and Ephraim/Christians) from all over the world who have come to the understanding that CHRISTMAS IS A PAGAN HOLIDAY. I pray that you, too, will be under the conviction of Ruach Elohim/Spirit of Elohim as you read this newsletter and you will turn away from this great evil of celebrating Christmas.
The Scriptures/Tanach/Old Covenant and B’rit Hadasha/Renewed Covenant do not indicate in any way that the Messiah of Yisra’El was born on December 25.
Well, if Adon/Master Yahshua was not born on December 25th, WHO WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 25th?
WHOSE BIRTHDAY DOES THE CHURCH CELEBRATE ON DECEMBER 25TH? WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF CHRISTMAS?
Catholic Encyclopedia:
“Christmas was not among the earliest festivals of the Church. (ibid., vol.3, p.724)
Encyclopedia Britannica:
"The traditional customs connected with Christmas have developed from several sources as a result of the coincidence of the celebration of the birth of Christ with the pagan agricultural and solar observations at midwinter. In the Roman world the Saturnalia (December 17) was a time of merrymaking and exchange of gifts. December 25 was also regarded as the birth date of the Iranian mystery god Mithra, the Sun of Righteousness.
Christian festival celebrating the birth of Jesus. The English term Christmas (“mass on Christ’s day”) is of fairly recent origin. The earlier term Yule may have derived from the Germanic j?l or the Anglo-Saxon ge?l, which referred to the feast of the winter solstice. The corresponding terms in other languages - Navidad in Spanish, Natale in Italian, Noël in French - all probably denote nativity. The German word Weihnachten denotes “hallowed night.”
Colliers Encyclopedia:
"After the triumph of Constantine, the church at Rome assigned December 25 as the date for the celebration of the feast, possibly about A.D. 320 or 353. By the end of the fourth century the whole Christian world was celebrating Christmas on that day, with the exception of the Eastern churches, where it was celebrated on January 6. The choice of December 25 was probably influenced by the fact that on this day the Romans celebrated the Mithraic feast of the Sun-god (natalis solis invicti), and that the Saturnalia also came at this time."
Sir James Frazer:
“The largest pagan religious cult which fostered the celebration of December 25 as a holiday…was the pagan sun-worship, MITHRAISM…This winter festival was called…”The Nativity of the SUN.” (Sir James Frazer, The Golden Bough, p.471)
What is MITHRAISM?
Catholic Encyclopedia:
"A pagan religion consisting mainly of the cult of the ancient Indo-Iranian Sun-god Mithra. It entered Europe from Asia Minor after Alexander's conquest and spread rapidly over the whole Roman Empire. Mithraism was the fastest growing cult just prior to the year 321 and was the major rival of Christianity."
Franz Cumont, the greatest scholar of Mithraism:
“The Mithraists also observed Sun-day and kept sacred the 25th of December as the birthday of the Sun.” (Franz Cumont, Textes et Monuments, 1, p.339)
C. J .Koster. Come out of her, My people:
“Mithraists, Manicheans and Christians were all syncretized and reconciled when Constantine led the take over by Christianity, even if it meant the latter’s surrender of most vital Scriptural truths, especially its Hebrew roots.” (Come out of her, My people, p.28)
Mario Righetti, renowned Catholic liturgist:
“The Church of Rome, to facilitate the acceptance of the faith by the pagan masses, found it convenient to institute the 25th December as the feast of the temporal birth of Christ, to divert them from the pagan feast, celebrated on the same day in honour of the “Invincible Sun”, Mithrah.” (quoted in: S. Bacchiocchi, from Sabbath to Sunday, p.260)
Sir James Frazer:
"If the Mithraic mysteries were indeed a Satanic copy of a divine original, we are driven to conclude that Christianity took a leaf of the devil’s book when it fixed the birth of the Saviour on the 25th of December: for there can be no doubt that the day in question was celebrated as the birthday of the Sun by the heathen before the Church…transferred the Nativity…" (Sir James Frazer, The Worship of Nature, p.526)
Bar Salibi, Syrian scholar:
“It was a custom of the heathen to celebrate on the same 25th of December the birthday of the sun, at which the kindled lights in token of festivity. In these solemnities and festivities the Christians also took part.” (H. Usener, Das Weinachtsfest, pp.349 seq.)
WHO WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 25TH?
December 25th is well known as the birthday of various pagan gods.
According to S.E. Titcomb, (Aryan Sun-myrths, the Origin of Religions, pp.37, 60, 62, 65, 68, 71, 84, 128) the following Sun-deities were all born on 25th of December, according to their legends:
KRISHNA/VISHNU - Supreme god/deity of Hinduism
MITHRA/MITHRAS - Mithra had been worshipped by the Iranians for centuries. Mithra may also have been worshipped by the Mani, branches of Manicheism. In the Roman Empire this same deity was called Mithras.
OSIRIS - Egyptian god/deity, usually called the god of the afterlife, underworld or dead.
HORUS - was often the ancient Egyptian's national patron god. He was usuallydepicted as a falcon-headed man wearing the pschent as a symbol of kingshipover the entire kingdom. Horus was the Sky God in Ancient Egypt.
HERCULES - was the Roman name for the mythical Greek god/deity, son of Zeus.
DIONYSUS/BACCHUS – was the god of wine and the inspirer of ritual madness and ecstasy. He was also known as Bacchus. In Greek mythology, Dionysus is made out to be a son of Zeus and Semele. He is described as being womanly or "man-womanish".
TAMMUZ - in Babylonia, the month Tammuz was established in honor of the eponymous god Tammuz, who originated as a Sumerian shepherd-god.
INDRA – a Hindu god called the King of the gods or Lord of Heaven. He is also known as the god of war, storms and rainfall.
BUDDHA - main god/deity of Buddhism.
FRIGGA - Scandinavian goddess, in whose honor a “Mother-night” - festival was held at the winter solstice (25 December) as well as similar great feast of Yule, where a boar was offered at the winter solstice in honour of Frey. (ibid., p.74). Frigg (sometimes anglicized as Frigga) is a major goddess in Norse paganisim a subset of Germanic paganism. She is also described as having the power of prophecy yet she does not reveal what she knows. The English term Friday derives from the Anglo- Saxon name for Frigg, Frigga.
Jewish Prophet Yirmeyahu/Jeremiah describes a ‘CHRISTMAS TREE” AS A PAGAN TRADITION.
Yirmeyahu/Jeremiah 10:1-4
1. Hear the word which Yahweh speaks to you, O house of Yisra’El.
2. Thus said Yahweh, “Do not learn the way of the gentiles/hagoyim/ pagans/heathen, and do not be awed by the signs of the heavens, for the gentiles are awed by them.
3. For the prescribed customs of these peoples are worthless, for ONE CUTS A TREE FROM THE FOREST, WORK FOR THE HANDS OF A CRAFTSMAN WITH A CUTTING TOOL.
4. THEY ADORN IT WITH SILVER AND GOLD; THEY FASTEN IT WITH NAILS AND HAMMERS SO THAT IT DOES NOT TOPPLE.
TO ALL OF THE BISHOPS, PASTORS, TEACHERS, EVANGELISTS AND ELDERS WHO PUT THE CHRISTMAS TREE IN THEIR CHURCHES!!!
LET IT BE KNOWN TO YOU THAT IT IS A PAGAN/HEATHEN TRADITION. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BIRTH OF YAHSHUA FROM NATZERET/NAZARETH.
REPENT AND STOP LEADING YOUR SHEEP ASTRAY! REPENT OF YOUR EVIL OF CELEBRATING THE PAGAN HOLIDAY OF CHRISTMAS.
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