Injectable Biochip for SARS-CoV-2 Detection Near FDA Approval
Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola
Profusa, in partnership with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), has created an injectable biosensor capable of detecting the presence of an infection in your body
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What Do You Think Of The New “COVID Vaccination Cards” That Were Just Revealed To The Public?
This is starting to get really frightening. This week, the US Department of Defense unveiled the very first images of the “COVID-19 vaccination record cards” that will be given to every person who gets one of the COVID-19 vaccines.
Now that such a record is going to be available, it is probably inevitable that some schools, businesses and government entities will want to starting requiring people to provide “proof of vaccination”. If this starts to happen, the public needs to protest very loudly against it. In addition, when someone receives a COVID-19 vaccine, that fact will be reported to state immunization registries and to the CDC. So they will know exactly who has been vaccinated, and that will also know exactly who has not been vaccinated.
The Department of Defense is preparing to distribute millions of “vaccination kits”, and every single one of those kits contains a blank COVID-19 vaccination record card.
The following comes from CNN…
The Department of Defense released the first images of a Covid-19 vaccination record card and vaccination kits Wednesday.
Vaccination cards will be used as the “simplest” way to keep track of Covid-19 shots, said Dr. Kelly Moore, associate director of the Immunization Action Coalition, which is supporting frontline workers who will administer Covid-19 vaccinations.
Obviously this has been the plan the entire time, but they never told the public that this was coming until now.
And we are also being informed that every time someone gets vaccinated it will be reported directly to the appropriate state immunization registry…
“Everyone will be issued a written card that they can put in their wallet that will tell them what they had and when their next dose is due,” Moore said. “Let’s do the simple, easy thing first. Everyone’s going to get that.”
Vaccination clinics will also be reporting to their state immunization registries what vaccine was given, so that, for example, an entity could run a query if it didn’t know where a patient got a first dose.
So if you get injected, there will be a permanent record of that fact.
And if you don’t get injected, they will know that too.
In addition, CNN is also telling us that every single vaccination “will be reported to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention”.
That means that there will be a centralized national registry for COVID vaccinations.
Needless to say, that should send a chill up your spine.
If someday government officials decide to crack down on those that have refused to get vaccinated, they will have all of the information that they need at their fingertips.
This is anti-American, and our “conservative” politicians in Washington should be fighting against this.
But so far, I haven’t heard a single one of them object to this plan. Hopefully that will change soon.
Meanwhile, politicians on the left continue to push the envelope. For example, Joe Biden just announced that he plans to ask every American to wear a mask for the first 100 days of his presidency…
President-elect Joe Biden told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Thursday that he will ask Americans to wear masks for his first 100 days after he takes office, in a sign of how Biden’s approach to the virus will be dramatically different to President Donald Trump’s response.
“Just 100 days to mask, not forever. 100 days. And I think we’ll see a significant reduction,” Biden told Tapper during his first joint interview with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris since winning the election.
In California, Governor Gavin Newsom has revealed that regional “stay-at-home” orders are about to go into effect throughout much of the state…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced most of the state will come under a stricter set of limitations as intensive care units reach near-capacity levels with the latest pandemic surge in coronavirus cases.
Regional stay-at-home orders will likely go into effect “in the next day or two” in places with less than 15% ICU availability, Newsom said in a daily briefing with reporters.
Of course it is inevitable that these new lockdowns will destroy thousands of businesses and will cause the suicide rate in the state to shoot up again, but Newsom doesn’t seem bothered by any of that.
Not to be outdone, Dr. Anthony Fauci actually wants to cancel Christmas.
He insists that it is way too dangerous for Americans to enjoy their usual celebrations, but he is hopeful that things will start to get back to normal in the future.
But for now, they are going to continue to try to scare us into radically changing our lifestyles. In fact, Joe Biden just warned that another 250,000 Americans could die from the virus by the end of January…
I DON’T WANT TO SCARE ANYBODY here but understand the facts: we’re likely to lose another 250K people—dead, between now & January.
No, that is not really going to happen.
The media has always accused President Trump of being loose with the truth, but so far they haven’t applied that same standard to Biden.
And they probably never will.
In any event, every American on the left and the right should be deeply concerned about these new vaccination cards. I think soon we will start hearing about people that are not allowed on airplanes or that are fired from their jobs because they chose not to be vaccinated.
If our society is going to get completely nuts over COVID-19, what is going to happen when a pandemic comes along that is so severe that it will make COVID-19 look like child’s play?
If our politicians will instantly gravitate toward draconian measures during a relatively low level pandemic, how oppressive would they be during a pandemic in which people are literally dropping dead in the streets?
Our freedoms have been eroding for decades, but now authorities are moving at lightning speed to take them away from us.
If we don’t take a stand now, soon it will be too late to do so.
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SACRED TREE WORSHIP?
Pagan Origins of The Christmas Tree
Dating back centuries before Messiah, cultures brought evergreen trees, plants, and leaves into their homes upon the arrival of the winter solstice, which occurs in the northern hemisphere between December 21st and 22nd. Although the specific practices were different in each country and culture, the symbolization was generally the same: to celebrate the return of life at the beginning of winter’s decline.
Egyptians particularly valued evergreens as a symbol of life’s victory over death. They brought green date palm leaves into their homes around the time of the winter solstice.
Romans had a public festival called Saturnalia, which lasted one week beginning on December 17th, and included a variety of celebrations around the winter solstice. Curiously, the Roman winter solstice was marked on December 25th on the Julian calendar. These celebrations are thought to have merged with pagan practices of hanging mistletoe and the burning of the Yule log.
In Britain, the Yule log was originally seen as a magical amulet, and eventually made it into the hand’s of Father Christmas. In Italy the Yule log is still burned for the “Festa di Ceppo”. In Catalonia, the log is wrapped in a blanket until Christmas Eve, when it’s unwrapped and burned for the custom of “fer cagar el tio”. And in Serbia, families bring the Yule log (known as a “badnjak”) into their homes on Christmas Eve to be burned along with prayers to God to bring happiness, luck, and riches.
Druid priests in Great Britain also used evergreen plants and mistletoe in pagan ceremonies, and the mistletoe plant was the symbol of the birth of a god. Celtic Druids and Norseman of Scandinavia also used mistletoe in a mysterious ceremony just after the winter solstice.
In the mid 1500’s, Germans began using evergreen trees as a symbol of hope for the coming of spring. This practice is likely to have gradually evolved from pagan rituals of past, and merged with the celebration of Christmas leading to the tree’s Christian beginnings.
Thus says YAHUAH, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.
For the customs of the people are vain: for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
Forasmuch as there is none like unto you, O YAHUAH; you are great, and your name is great in might.
Who would not fear you, O King of nations? for to you does it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto you.
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the tree is a doctrine of vanities.
YIRMEYAHU (JEREMIAH) 10:3-8 את CEPHER
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Many Christians will defend this by saying “I don’t worship Christ Mass Trees.”
The Hebrew word for “Worship” is “Shachah” which means “To Bow Down, Prostrate Oneself.”
UNLEARN THE LIES WE HAVE INHERITED
Christmas Trees are the descendants of “Ever Green Trees” the apostate Israelites worshipped the Tree of Life
Tree of Life. The “prototype,” sort to speak, is found on the wall relief of the Mesopotamian archeological findings. Not suprisingly they look like Christmas Trees! Many renderings of the 10-sephiroth Tree of Life also look like the Christmas Tree.
In the Kabbalistic minds, the cross also symbolizes the of Tree of Life. When the Messianic Jews talk about a cross, it is highly likely that they are talking about a cross from another realm. Check out the google search result for “cross, tree of life.” Also, a messianic ministry published a Messianic/Kabbalah version of the New Testament called, “Tree of Life Version.” They are truly obsessed with the Tree of Life.
The movie “AVATAR®” by James Cameron on TV, is completely Kabbalistic in the nature of its plot. It features a long-tailed hybrid looking blue forest people, in the land of “Pandora,” who worship a tree goddess called, “Eywa,” who gives “life” to people and can also resurrect them. Another depiction of the Kabbalah Tree of Life. This huge tree in the middle of the forest looks just like the Kabbalah Tree of Life. The tree is even called, the “Tree of Soul” in that movie, and the plot even has the implication of an alien invasion, which happens to be the US military force, called the “Sky People.” Of course, a messiah figure comes from the invaders, who can interact with the forest people, but only in his dream state, to heroically save the people and the forest from getting totally destroyed, which is a hint of the rain forest preservation theme.
Tree worship of Kabbalah is literally and absolutely everywhere all around us, and is undoubtedly intensifying. We must be able to recognize and resist these Hollywood messages, and not allow our minds to become influenced or indoctrinated. YAHUAH’s people need to train their eyes by becoming familiar with the symbolism and signs that are mentioned in this report, such as those pertaining to the Tree of Life.
Christmas Trees are the descendants of “Ever Green Trees” the apostate Israelites who worshipped the Tree of Life. Please note the shiny “kether” at the top.
At the top of the tree is the “kether” the shiny presence representing the sun god. The lightening represents Lucifer and often drawn as a coiling serpent.
Two Wolves
Our negative thoughts can create anxiety, anger, resentment, jealousy—an array of emotions. Negative thinking is normal. However, if this way of thinking becomes incessant, it can lead to depression and self-destructive behavior like addictions, derailing us from what we want most in life. At minimum, negative thinking saps our energy, erodes our self-confidence and can put us in a bad mood. Certainly, many would agree that our thoughts come and go so quickly that it’s seems impossible to notice them, but with awareness and an attitude of self-compassion, we can redirect our negative thoughts to more positive ones.
Two Wolves is a Cherokee Indian legend and illustrates the most important battle of our lives – the one between our good and bad thoughts. Here is how the story goes:
An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy.
“It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.” He continued, “The other is good – he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you – and inside every other person, too.”
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather, “Which wolf will win?”
The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”
Our thoughts can be our own worst enemy. That is, if we let them. Think about how you may be “feeding” your negative thoughts by allowing them to rule your mind. Next time you have a negative thought, catch it and ask yourself, “What is this thought doing for me?” You will find that the answer is that all they are doing is disempowering you. You can immediately feel more empowered by focusing on something good in your life and cultivate the practice of gratitude.
We can create greater peace, confidence and a more positive outlook by learning how to manage our thoughts. After all, this battle can be won because we have the power of choice!
Which wolf are you feeding? Remember, you always have a choice…
Salt
If You would allow Your Brother a moment of Your Valuable Time I would like to share a few things regarding Salt.
Brief History of Humans and Salt
“Worth its weight in gold” is an expression that served well for salt in ancient times. The history of salt is sprinkled with piracy, war, economics, religion, and health.
In fact, the next time you contemplate your current salary, consider that the very word “salary” is derived from the Latin word sal because Romans often received their pay in salt.
If this is hard to accept, consider that during the Age of Discovery, Africans and European explorers traded an ounce of salt for an ounce of gold — even-steven.
Around 110 BC, salt trade was so valued that salt piracy was punishable by death. And Mahatma Gandhi even used salt as major leverage against the British Empire in 1930 when he led thousands of people to the sea to collect their own salt in order to avoid the salt tax imposed by the British.
The Importance of Salt
One point everyone can agree on is that the body needs Salt to function.
If we look at the big picture for a moment, we can recognize that:
A human embryo develops in salty amniotic fluid.
Our developed human bodies possess three distinct fluid systems – blood plasma, lymphatic fluid, and extracellular fluid — all salty fluids.
As a main component of the body’s extra-cellular fluids, salt helps carry nutrients into the cells. It also helps regulate other body functions, such as blood pressure and fluid volume, and works on the lining of blood vessels to keep the pressure balance normal. The concentration of sodium ions in the blood is directly related to the regulation of safe body-fluid levels.
0.9% sodium chloride in water is isotonic with blood plasma. It is known medically as normal saline. It is the mainstay of fluid replacement therapy that is widely used in medicine in prevention or treatment of dehydration, or as an intravenous therapy to prevent hypovolemic shock due to blood loss.
The propagation of nerve impulses by signal transduction is regulated by sodium ions. (Potassium, another metal closely related to sodium, is also a major component in the same body systems).
Salt is an energy carrier. It is also responsible for sending messages from the brain to muscles through the nervous system so that muscles move on command. When you want to move your arm or any muscle in the body, the brain sends a message to a Salt molecule that passes it to a potassium molecule and then back to a Salt molecule etc., etc., until it gets to its final destination and the muscle moves. This is known as the sodium-potassium ion exchange. Therefore, without sodium(Salt), you would never be able to move one muscle of your body.
So we find that Salt is very important in the right proportions and balance….
So if we take into our bodies in the amount and balance of Salt it is most beneficial to our health and wellbeing.
However, if we over do on the Salt we can stand the risk of a Stroke or Heart Attack… The Body can not take an over abundance of Salt… It will Kill Us…
Let’s do a comparison. Let’s look at the Salty Ocean. It has the right balance of Salt and Water and Oxogen to Give and Support Life… The Salty Ocean is abundant with Life.
Then on the other hand let’s look at the Dead Sea. The Salt content is so high it will not produce or support life. No life what so ever… It’s simply way to much Salt Content. The Salt will burn anything live or living.
Now let’s look at one more illustration more down to earth for us Country Folk know what I’m talking about…
Say you have out in your pasture a Block of Salt called a Salt Lick. That is for the Cows to Lick and get some Salt into their system as needed…
Now what we can do we can just lay that Salt Lick on the ground or on a post so the Cow’s can Lick it as they need it…. For their bodies will let them know how much to take in for health’s sake…. It’s built in their Nature… It helps to have good healthy cows and it makes them thirsty to drink more water.
But say for some reason I take that same Big Block of Salt and Cram that Salt Block down the Cows Throat what the heck do you think is gonna happen to the cow? Well if you don’t know you gonna kill your cow forcing the Whole Thing down Her Throat…
All she needs is just a Little Bit… Just a Small Amount of Salt goes a very Long Way …
Brother said all that to say this Beloved….
Be Salt and Be Salty but Beware and Season with Salt Lightly.
You will be surprised what a Little Salt can do. Less is More.
Friends once you get folk Thirsty using a Little Salt and not Choke ‘em or Burn ‘em then You can Lead them to The Well of Living Waters where they can Drink Freely and Never Thirst Again.
Salt Meaning = We the Qodeshiym (Set-Apart Ones) Living in Truth (Torah)
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Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.
Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a menorah; and it gives light unto all that are in the house.
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
MATTITHYAHU (MATTHEW) 5:13-16
Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
QOLASIYM (COLOSSIANS) 4:6
Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
IYOV (JOB) 6:6
Shalom!
Your Brother,
Gerald W Thomas in New Hebron, Mississippi
25 Fascinating Facts About The Dead Sea Scrolls
1.The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in eleven caves along the northwest shore of the Dead Sea between the years 1947 and 1956. The area is 13 miles east of Jerusalem and is 1300 feet below sea level. The mostly fragmented texts, are numbered according to the cave that they came out of. They have been called the greatest manuscript discovery of modern times. See a Dead Sea Scroll Jar.
2. Only Caves 1 and 11 have produced relatively intact manuscripts. Discovered in 1952, Cave 4 produced the largest find. About 15,000 fragments from more than 500 manuscripts were found.
3. In all, scholars have identified the remains of about 825 to 870 separate scrolls.
4. The Scrolls can be divided into two categories—biblical and non-biblical. Fragments of every book of the Hebrew canon (Old Testament) have been discovered except for the book of Esther.
5. There are now identified among the scrolls, 19 copies of the Book of Isaiah, 25 copies of Deuteronomy and 30 copies of the Psalms .
6. Prophecies by Ezekiel, Jeremiah and Daniel not found in the Bible are written in the Scrolls.
7. The Isaiah Scroll, found relatively intact, is 1000 years older than any previously known copy of Isaiah. In fact, the scrolls are the oldest group of Old Testament manuscripts ever found.
8. In the Scrolls are found never before seen psalms attributed to King David and Joshua.
9.There are nonbiblical writings along the order of commentaries on the OT, paraphrases that expand on the Law, rule books of the community, war conduct, thanksgiving psalms, hymnic compositions, benedictions, liturgical texts, and sapiential (wisdom) writings.
10. The Scrolls are for the most part, written in Hebrew, but there are many written in Aramaic. Aramaic was the common language of the Jews of Palestine for the last two centuries B.C. and of the first two centuries A.D. The discovery of the Scrolls has greatly enhanced our knowledge of these two languages. In addition, there are a few texts written in Greek.
11. The Scrolls appear to be the library of a Jewish sect. The library was hidden away in caves around the outbreak of the First Jewish Revolt (A.D. 66-70) as the Roman army advanced against the rebel Jews.
12. Near the caves are the ancient ruins of Qumran. They were excavated in the early 1950’s and appear to be connected with the scrolls.
13. The Dead Sea Scrolls were most likely written by the Essenes during the period from about 200 B.C. to 68 C.E./A.D. The Essenes are mentioned by Josephus and in a few other sources, but not in the New testament. The Essenes were a strict Torah observant, Messianic, apocalyptic, baptist, wilderness, new covenant Jewish sect. They were led by a priest they called the “Teacher of Righteousness,” who was opposed and possibly killed by the establishment priesthood in Jerusalem.
14. The enemies of the Qumran community were called the “Sons of Darkness”; they called themselves the “Sons of Light,” “the poor,” and members of “the Way.” They thought of themselves as “the holy ones,” who lived in “the house of holiness,” because “the RUACH HA’QODESH (Holy Spirit)” dwelt with them.
15. The last words of Joseph, Judah, Levi, Naphtali, and Amram (the father of Moses) are written down in the Scrolls.
16. One of the most curious scrolls is the Copper Scroll. Discovered in Cave 3, this scroll records a list of 64 underground hiding places throughout the land of Israel. The deposits are to contain certain amounts of gold, silver, aromatics, and manuscripts. These are believed to be treasures from the Temple at Jerusalem, that were hidden away for safekeeping.
17. The Temple Scroll, found in Cave 11, is the longest scroll. Its present total length is 26.7 feet (8.148 meters). The overall length of the scroll must have been over 28 feet (8.75m).
18. The scrolls contain previously unknown stories about biblical figures such as Enoch, Abraham, and Noah. The story of Abraham includes an explanation why YAHUAH asked Abraham to sacrifice his only son Isaac.
19. The scrolls are most commonly made of animal skins, but also papyrus and one of copper. They are written with a carbon-based ink, from right to left, using no punctuation except for an occasional paragraph indentation. In fact, in some cases, there are not even spaces between the words.
20. The Scrolls have revolutionized textual criticism of the Old Testament. Interestingly, now with manuscripts predating the medieval period, we find these texts in substantial agreement with the Masoretic text as well as widely variant forms.
| 21. Some of the Dead Sea Scrolls actually appeared for sale on June 1, 1954 in the Wall Street Journal. The advertisement read — “The Four Dead Sea Scrolls: Biblical manuscripts dating back to at least 200 BC are for sale. This would be an ideal gift to an educational or religious institution by an individual or group. Box F206.” 22. Although the Qumran community existed during the time of the ministry of YAHUSHA, none of the Scrolls refer to Him, nor do they mention any of His follower’s described in the New Testament. 23. The major intact texts, from Caves 1 & 11, were published by the late fifties and are now housed in the Shrine of the Book museum in Jerusalem. 24. Since the late fifties, about 40% of the Scrolls, mostly fragments from Cave 4, remained unpublished and were unaccessible. It wasn’t until 1991, 44 years after the discovery of the first Scroll, after the pressure for publication mounted, that general access was made available to photographs of the Scrolls. In November of 1991 the photos were published by the Biblical Archaeological Society in a nonofficial edition; a computer reconstruction, based on a concordance, was announced; the Huntington Library pledged to open their microfilm files of all the scroll photographs. 25. The Dead Sea Scrolls enhance our knowledge of both Judaism and Followers of Messiah. They represent a non-rabbinic form of Judaism and provide a wealth of comparative material for New Testament scholars, including many important parallels to the YAHUSHA movement. |
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You can either believe the propaganda, or be patient and watch the Dark World Order (DWO) implode.
Either way, you should not have a dog in the race.
Neither side is good
(And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. QORINTIYM SHENIY (2 CORINTHIANS) 11:14
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The Shocking Truth about Christmas
by: Dr. Russell K. Tardo
“We Americans take Santa Claus, presents, holly, trees, carol singing and all the other pleasant Christmas customs very much for granted. How intriguing it is … to trace them to their origins. Many of our cherished traditions are buried deep in the pagan past. In fact, when Christmas was first officially established, the date coincided with ancient celebrations of the sun’s rebirth at the winter solstice. The church saw no reason to destroy the old customs, and so they were adopted to fit our celebration of the birth of Messiah.” 1
Prepare yourself! Because it may come as quite a shock to discover the true meaning and origin of the Christmas celebration. For decades Christians have trimmed trees, decorated houses with lights and garlands, exchanged gifts and propagated the tale of a white whiskered, fat man in a red suit being pulled across the sky by reindeer! But have we ever stopped to wonder about the significance of these Christmas customs? Where do they come from? And what could they possibly have to do with the birth of Messiah? By uncovering the truth about Christmas origins and customs, we may realize that it is not the innocent Messiah glorifying celebration that it seems on the surface. Instead we may discover sinister implications in many Christmas practices, and origins heavily steeped in ancient pagan idolatry. Once you know the shocking truth about Christmas, as the facts are presented in this pamphlet, you may well wonder whether Christians should celebrate it at all! As a matter of fact, for all of the reasons presented here, may sincere Christians have forsaken this holiday altogether. “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32).
Here then, is the shocking truth:
1. Messiah was not born on December 25th
Although Christians everywhere observe this day as the birthdate of Messiah, we know that He was definitely not born on December 25th , nor at any time during the winter season. At least two factors make this quite evident. Note what the Scriptures records concerning the time of YAHUSHA’ birth:
a) “And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field , keeping watch over their flock by night” (Luke 2:8). As these shepherds were watching their sheep by night in the open fields, the angel came to them with the message of the birth of Messiah. It has well been established that the shepherds of Judea did not themselves abide, nor did they keep their flocks in these open fields any later than about the end of October, due to the piercing nature of the winter wind, rain and cold. 2
“The shepherds always bring their flocks in from the mountain slopes and fields not later than the fifteenth of October.” 3
Obviously, the birth of Messiah could not have occurred at late in the winter season as December 25th.
b) The Scripture records that at the time of Messiah’s birth, Caesar Augustus had decreed that “all the world should be taxed … and all went to be taxed, every one into his own city” (Luke 2:1,3). It was because of this tax that Yoceph (Joseph) traveled to Bethlehem, “To be taxed with Miryam (Mary) his espoused wife, being with child” (vs. 5). While in Bethlehem, unable to secure a room in which to lodge, Miryam delivered her child in a stable behind an inn.
Certainly this could not have occurred in the winter, since travel at that time of year was very difficult. Caesar would not have ordered such a taxation then since it would have been virtually impossible for everyone to comply. Travel was so bitterly hard and hazardous during the deep winter season that YAHUSHA himself told the people to pray that their flight at the end of this age would not be in winter, “But pray ye that your flight be not in winter…” (Matthew 24:20). In fact, history records that these taxations always took place at the end of harvest, which was sometime in September or October, a much more logical time for taxation and travel. 4
Obviously, Messiah could not have been born on December 25th
His birthdate was probably sometime in the fall of the year, but no exact day can be determined. Even the Roman Catholics are compelled to admit, that “The date of Christ’s birth is not known” 5
Dear reader, isn’t it amazing that no one knows the date of the most important birth in the history of mankind? We know the birthdates of many famous, ancient men, from the Caesars to the Pharaohs, and in fact, “… in Egypt, birthday celebrations can be documented back to the 13th century BC.” 6
But there is not one single reference in all 66 books of the Bible, and not one mention in early (church) Assembly literature pinpointing the date of Messiah’s birth. Obviously, YAHUAH did not want us to know the date YAHUSHA was born! We must remember that the Son of ELOHIYM pre-existed from eternity with the Father. Perhaps for us to affix a “date of birth” to Messiah who always was, is to detract from His divinity. One thing is certain; if YAHUAH wanted the Assembly to celebrate the birth of His Son, He would have told us to do so! Reasonable minds can only conclude that the reason the Scripture is silent on the subject, is because it was never YAHUAH’s intention for Messiah’s birthday to be celebrated!
However, we do celebrate YAHUSHA’s death! It is through His death and atoning sacrifice that we are reconciled to YAHUAH ELOHIYM, and have forgiveness of sin. 7
Every time we partake of the breaking of the bread and cup, we are celebrating the death that purchased our redemption (I Corinthians 11:23-28).
2. Christmas is not a Scriptural doctrine. One author asked: “…What was Christmas? Had Messiah or His apostles made it a QODESH (Set-Apart Day, holy-day)?” Is there any passage anywhere in the Scripture encouraging us to celebrate Messiah’s birth? Emphatically NO! This author continues, and answers himself: Christmas “…was a survival of the old pagan Saturnalia.” 8
Another writes: “If our blessed ADONAI had wanted us to celebrate His birthday, He would have told us when to celebrate it, and how to celebrate it. But Messiah never told anyone to celebrate His birthday. Furthermore, we know from the Scriptures and from the Assemblies (church) history that the apostles and the early Qodeshiym (Believer’s) never celebrated Messiah’s birthday. The Scripture is YAHUAH’s complete and final revelation to man, and it tells us everything we need to know for our spiritual lives (II Timothy 3:16). We don’t have to go outside the Scripture for anything. YAHUAH’s word tells us how we’re to worship, how we’re to give money for the support of the ADONAI’s work, how to evangelize the lost, how to observe everything else pertaining to the Qodeshiym (Believer’s) life. But not once in the Scripture does YAHUAH tell us to celebrate Christmas! We’re told to remember YAHUSHA’s death, but nowhere are we told to celebrate His birth. YAHUAH’s people are supposed to be Scriptural people. We’re supposed to live by the teaching of YAHUAH’s QODESH (Set-Apart, holy) Word. So the very fact that Christmas is never mentioned in the Scriptures is sufficient reason for us not to have anything to do with it.” 9
3. December 25th does have profound religious significance. Although we have clearly demonstrated that December 25th was not Messiah’s birthday, that day does have profound religious significance. In fact, long before Messiah was born, December 25th was the most widely recognized and celebrated holiday of ancient times among the idolatrous nations. This day was universally recognized and celebrated as the birthday of the sun god, Mithra, who also was known by other names in different parts of the world. The birthday of other sun gods such as Osiris , Horus, Hercules, Bacchus, Adonis, Jupiter, Tammuz, Saturn, etc., was celebrated on December 25th also. Christmas originated with pagan sun worship! As one writer says: “Instead of this being the time of our Savior’s birth, it was the very day and season on which the pagans for centuries had celebrated the birth of the sun god!” 10
It was the celebration of the winter solstice! A time for merriment, revelry and drunkenness (the very same way many celebrate it still today). Most of our current Christmas customs, such as decorated evergreen trees, lights, holly and mistletoe, exchanging presents, parties and revelry, all were essential elements of this pagan winter solstice.
History records just how firmly entrenched these heathen celebrations had become in society, and when the Roman Catholic church could not persuade the public to give up these idolatrous practices, they adopted them! The Catholic church adopted every pagan aspect of this abominable custom, including the date, and simply renamed it. Now instead of representing the birth of Tammuz or Saturn (or any of the sun-gods), it was supposed to celebrate the birth of Christ. They mixed Christianity with paganism! “It was in the fifth century that the Roman Catholic church commanded that the birth of Christ (Messiah) be observed forever on December 25th, the day of the old Roman feast of the birth of Sol—one of the names of the sun-god.” 11
No honest investigator could deny these plain facts. When you celebrate Christmas, you are actually participating in an ancient sun-worship ritual. It is nothingless than sacrilegious idolatry!
Britannica has this to say about Christmas: “Its observance as the birthday of the Savior is attended with secular customs often drawn from pagan sources; indeed, both Christmas and Epiphany, which falls 12 days later on January 6th, are transformed pagan celebrations of the winter solstice, and so closely linked that their origins cannot be discussed separately. December 25th in Rome … was the date of the a pagan festival … the birthday of the unconquered sun (god).” 12
Nothing could be plainer. December 25th is the celebration of pagan sun deities, not the birthday of YAHUSHA HAMASHIACH! The Scripture says, “Put away the strange elohiyms (gods) that are among you, and be clean …” (Genesis 35:2). Christians should have nothing to do with it.
4. The Christmas celebration is an abominable mingling of truth with falsehood. It mingles right with wrong, and pollutes the purity and truth of the Believers with the abominable practices of heathenism. How dare we pollute the QODESH (Set-Apart, holy) name of YAHUSHA with the vile customs of sun-worship? How dare we mix the purely pagan elements of Christmas, such as the Christmas tree, boughs, wreaths, holly, mistletoe, Santa Claus, exchanging of presents, etc., with the true worship of Messiah as commanded in the Scripture? Do you honestly think YAHUAH looks with favor upon such a mixture?
“Thus saith ADONAI YAHUAH; are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? For when ye offer your gifts … ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, shall I be inquired of by you? … pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.? (Ezekiel 20:30,31,39)
“For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath YAHUSHA HAMASHIACH with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of YAHUAH with idols?” (II Corinthians 6:14-16)
It is an abomination to YAHUAH, to take a thoroughly idolatrous holiday, and with all of its attending practices and customs, simply change the name and call it “Christian”. There is nothing Scriptural about Christmas! It is 100 percent pagan. One author has well noted: “Christmas looks out at us from the shadow of the groves of the Druids who knew not Messiah, and it is dear to those who now renounce the name of Christian. The Christmas log, is but the Saxon Yule-log burning on the English hearth, and the blazing holiday temples of Saturn shine again in the illuminated Christian churches. It is the pagan mistletoe under which the Christian youth kisses the Christian maid. It is the holly of the old Roman Saturnalia which decorates Bracebridge Hall on Christmas Eve. The huge smoking baron of beef, the flowing oceans of ale, are but survivals of the tremendous eating and drinking of the Scandinavian Walhalla. The Christian and ante-Christian feeling blend in the happy season and the Christian observance mingles at every point with the pagan rite. It is not easy to say where the paganism ends and the Christianity begins.” 13
How clear it is for all who have eyes to see! Blatant, outright paganism has been incorporated into the church through the Christmas celebration. What an unholy amalgamation to mix the name of YAHUSHA the QODESH (Set-Apart) Son of YAHUAH, with the depraved deities of the ancient heathen nations! Originally, the church would have nothing to do with the winter solstice celebrations. But the Roman Catholic church, under Constantine, began, “the adoption under Christian forms not only of pagan rites and ceremonies, but also of pagan festivals. In order to reconcile heathen converts to the new faith, these relics of paganism, like antique columns transferred from ancient temples to adorn Christian churches, were freely incorporated into the Christian ceremonial. Thus it was that Christmas was transferred to the 25th of December, the time of the Roman Saturnalia, and became invested with much of the paraphernalia of the heathen festival.” 14
In Rome, the Saturnalia was the most vile, immoral feast that ever disgraced that pagan city. It was a season of license, drunkenness and debauchery. The spirit of revelry prevailed, and the entire city wantonly indulged in the filthiest sorts of immorality imaginable.
Dear reader, isn’t it plainly obvious to you, that though its name has been changed, the same spirit of merriment is present in our modern Christmas celebrations? There is no doubting the fact that Christmas is the most drunken, immoral time of the whole year. Any liquor salesman would tell you that more alcoholic beverages are bought, sold, given, and consumed at Christmas than at any other time of the year. That fact alone assures me that Christmas is not of YAHUAH! If it were, it would be a time of holiness and repentance, of drawing closer to YAHUAH and turning from sin. It would be a time when true spirituality and godliness abounded, but instead, just the opposite it true. The public celebrates it just as the ancient Saturnalia was celebrated, with drunkenness and office parties, with revelry and lewdness, with blasphemy and indulgence in every sort of sin imaginable. This is the true spirit behind Christmas.
One writer commented, “It is a time when the world is turned over to drunkenness, revelry, debauchery, shame, and misrule. It is a time of ex changing gifts, singing religious songs called Christmas carols, and at the time the whole world is one madhouse, religious and otherwise. The non-religious world will cover up their ungodliness and wickedness with Christmas carols which will be played and sung in every saloon, every sporting house, every gambling hall, and every brothel over the world. The religious world will give vent to the wickedness of their hearts in these days of debauchery under the guise that they are celebrating the birthday of Messiah. Thousands of church members will get drunk at Christmas when they would not get drunk at any other time. Church will turn their buildings over to Christmas pageants, Christmas programs, Christmas trees, and exchanging of gifts, with hilarity and frivolity, in the spirit of the festival. All of these in their different spheres will believe they are doing YAHUAH’s will. Christmas Day will be a day of feasting and drinking, drunkenness and dancing and frivolity, as very seldom witnessed at other times of the year. Is this they way to celebrate the birthday of Messiah? I certainly wouldn’t want you to celebrate my birthday like that. Then how sacrilegious it is to celebrate the birthday of the ADONAI YAHUSHA HAMASHIACH in such a manner.” 15
5. All the elements and symbols commonly associated with Christmas have pagan overtones and idolatrous significance. Haven’t you ever been curious about what Santa Claus, exchanging gifts, trees, ornaments, lights holly, etc., has to do with the birth of Messiah? Actually, they have nothing at all to do with His birth, and nothing whatsoever to do with True Believers! But they do have a lot to do with the idolatrous feast of the Saturnalia. For instance:
The Christmas tree, holly, ivy, and mistletoe greenery were widely considered as symbols of immortality and fertility among the ancient pagan nations, since these evergreens never lost their leaves or turned brown (symbolizing death) through the winter season as did the other trees. Therefore, a certain reverence was attached to them by the superstitious pagans.
Says one author, “Our primitive forefathers brought in green branches at the winter solstice, and used them in magical rites to ensure the return of vegetation. Roman houses were decorated with laurel and bay … and for many centuries now, Christian homes and churches have burst into greenery at Christmas time. It is true that the early church forbade the custom, as savoring of paganism, but it was too deeply rooted for such prohibitions to have permanent effect. Holly, ivy and mistletoe are the favorite decorations now, as they were in earlier times. To our ancestors they were strong life symbols, not only because they are evergreens, but also because, unlike most plants, they bear fruit in winter. By tradition, holly is masculine and ivy feminine, thus both are needed if all in the house are to share in the blessings they imply (i.e., fertility). Mistletoe, the Golden Bough of classical legend, was held sacred by the Celtic Druids and by the Norsemen. It was once called … the plant of peace, under which enemies were reconciled in ancient Scandinavia. It brought good luck and fertility. It protected the house that contained it from witchcraft and was an antidote to poison. Yet, unlike holly and ivy, it never quite lost it heathen character…” 16
Another states, “Why kissing is associated with mistletoe is somewhat obscure. But because of mistletoe’s role as a fertility symbol, it stands to reason that the kissing associated with it carries sexual rather than merely platonic implications. The practice is believed to have originated with the Celtic Midsummer Eve ceremony when the mistletoe was gathered. During that festival the men would kiss each other as a display of their homosexuality. The custom was later broadened to include both men and women. Some historians believe that kissing under the mistletoe is reminiscent of the temple prostitution and sexual license that was most prolific during the Roman Saturnalia.” 17
Thus we can plainly see that the use of this greenery at Christmas perpetuates that ancient religious rites and superstitions that YAHUAH so vehemently condemns.
Make no mistake, the current custom of cutting down a perfectly good, healthy tree, propping it up in our homes, and decorating it with tinsel and globes certainly does not spring from any Qodeshiym (Set-Apart Believers) tradition! It was an idolatrous practice of the ancient pagans, that has been passed down through the centuries. Why should the Assembly of ADONIA YAHUSHA HAMASHIACH perpetuate a custom that is anti-Messiah in nature?
One writer stated “millions of young trees are annually sacrificed to satisfy American’s Christmas god, Tammuz. During the weeks of Christmas festivities one is met everywhere with these dead evergreen trees arrayed in their glitter and tinsel, reminding us of the lifeless pagan gods of old. But behold! As the fervor of festivity dies down, out goes the stripped and bedraggled remains of the Christmas god into the junk pile! Yet thousands of untaught people will gladly go hungry and willingly deprive their families of necessary things in order to buy and decorate this same Christmas tree. The first decorating of an evergreen tree was done by pagans in honor of their god Adonis, who after being slain was brought to life by the serpent Aesculapius. The representation of this slain god was a dead stump of a tree. Around this stump coiled the snake Aesculapius, a symbol of restoring life . And lo, from the roots of the dead tree comes forth another and different tree-an evergreen tree symbolic to pagans of a god who cannot die! In Egypt this god was worshipped in a palm tree as Baal-Tamar. The fir tree was worshipped in Rome as the same new born god as Baal-Berith, who was restored to life by the same serpent, and a feast was held in honor of him on December 25th called the ‘Birthday of the unconquered Sun’.” 18
In numerous Scriptural passages, the “green ” tree is associated with false worship and idolatry. 19
Since most trees are green at one time or another, these passages most certainly refer to a tree that is especially noted for being green – the evergreen. With that in mind, consider what YAHUAH says in YIRMEYAHU (Jeremiah) 10:1-5, and compare it to the present custom of decorating a tree at Christmas time:
“Hear ye the word which YAHUAH speaketh unto you, O house of Yashar’el (Israel): “Thus saith YAHUAH, Learn not the way of the heathen, … For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with hammers, that it move not. They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must be borne, because they cannot go.”
Although some commentaries have suggested that the trees mentioned in this passage were carved into the shapes of varying pagan deities, we must acknowledge that in fact, the verses say nothing about the tree being shaped or carved at all-only that it was cut down out of the forest by a workman with an axe, and then decorated with silver and gold, just like the modern Christmas tree. In commenting on this passage, one writer well noted: “Now of course the people in the days of Jeremiah, as the context goes on to show, were actually making an idol out of the tree. We do not mean to infer that people who today place Christmas trees in their homes and churches are WORSHIPPING the tree. What we are saying is that today’s use of the tree is plainly a carry over from paganism …” 20
Though you may insist that you do not worship the Christmas tree, you cannot deny that the whole concept is pagan!
Then too, we must mention the “dark presence” many have felt when in a dimly lit room with a Christmas tree. Not merely the over-active imaginations of “spooky” individuals, bringing these forbidden objects into your home does indeed invite in another presence also-the spirits associated with the rites and rituals of the ancient pagan fertility groves, in which the evergreens played an integral part. Commenting on this very thing, one researcher said, “The phenomenon of evergreen inside a house has a presence far beyond its festive meaning. Innocent enough in a modern room, or in any room fully lit for the occasions, it may have quite another effect in a house not brightly lit; holly in clumps at picture level-above you, in fact-can frown darkly, gather shadows, appear to contain some sort of suspended life . Similarly, the presence of even a medium- sized Christmas tree, unlit, stands like a personage . Such impressions are not consciously welcomed … but they are part of the same thing, and of a strangeness to the house with all its new reflections of tinseled glitter, its mirrors freshly alive. Nowadays few people may notice this in the crowded time before Christmas; but it can still be felt in the quieter evenings that follow. It is a powerful time, full of ancient apprehensions. Along-side the brightness … there rides a darkness of old instincts.” 21
Discerning Christians have long realized that many objects, especially those associated with occultism or idolatry, actually attract demon spirits like magnets attract iron. Be forewarned, Christmas presents may not be the only presence around your tree! When will Christians obey YAHUAH’s command to, “Learn not the way of the heathen … for the customs of the people are vain.”
The Exchanging of Gifts . For many people, buying and exchanging gifts is the most important part of Christmas. Many go heavily in to debt to buy presents that can’t afford to give to people they don’t even like! Most assume that the Christmas tradition of exchanging gifts is a reenactment of the Magi bringing gifts to YAHUSHA, but such is plainly not the case. There is indisputable evidence that exchanging gifts at this time of the year was in important part of the Roman Saturnalia celebration. Said one author, “The tradition of gift-giving during the holiday season began even before there was a Christmas. Ancient Romans exchanged gifts during the winter festival of Saturnalia.” 22
Tertullian also mentions that the practice of exchanging gifts at this season was a part of the pagan Roman Saturnalia. When this mid-winter festival was adopted into the Roman church, this custom was also adopted. As usual, however, apostate leaders tried to find some point of similarity between the pagan and Christian religion – to make the merger seem less obvious. In this case, reference was made to the fact that the wise men when they came to see the Messiah-child presented to him gifts. Some suppose that this is where the custom of exchanging gifts at Christmas time came. But not so. The wise men did not exchange gifts among themselves. They presented their gifts to YAHUSHA who was born king of the Yahudiym (Jews). (It was an Eastern custom to present gifts when coming into the presence of a king.) But these gifts were not birthday gifts. 23
How do we know that these were not birthday gifts? Because the Magi (wise men) did not come to visit YAHUSHA until He was nearly two years old! (Matthew 2:16) The shepherds came from the fields to visit YAHUSHA at His birth, but it was nearly two years later before the Magi arrived. Even if we believed that the Magi brought “Christmas presents” to YAHUSHA, how does that justify our buying gifts for each other? Shouldn’t we instead give some sort of a sacrificial gift or offering to the Congregation, Messiah’s body? (I Corinthians 12:27) Wouldn’t that be much more consistent? After all, it is supposed to be His birthday, isn’t it? What would you think, if the whole world celebrated your birthday, but no one brought presents to you? What then must Messiah think? Everyone comes together in the spirit of the celebration, and gives gifts at Christmas to everyone but Him. And it’s supposed to His birthday they’re celebrating! Sadly, people often buy so many gifts (for people who don’t really need them), that they have nothing left to give to YAHUAH!
One writer, in reference to this pagan custom, said, “The exchange of gifts and greetings at or near Christmas time began long before Christianity. In the beginning these … presents are said to have been simple boughs of greenery brought from the groves of the goddess Strenia, … Many were charms as well as gifts.” 24
Did you know that the early Qodeshiym (Set-Apart Ones, Believers) refused to exchange gifts at this time of the year? They knew where the custom came from! It was thoroughly pagan. “Because gift-giving was so essential a part of the pagan celebrations, the early Assembly frowned upon it as sternly as upon other and more questionable New Year customs. In the first centuries, Believers did not give each other presents in the Christmas season.” 25
Christians in the United States did not practice this heathen custom of exchanging gifts at Christmas until the 19th century 26
, when the merchants revived it in order to enrich their own coffers. It’s a merchants’ holiday! As much as 50 percent of some merchants’ business is transacted at this time of y ear, so you know why they love Christmas.
What a joyous liberation the people of YAHUAH experience when they forsake this pagan ritual. I didn’t realize what a burden I carried until YAHUAH delivered me from the whole heathen practice. Did you know that the only place in the entire Scripture where the exchanging of gifts is mentioned is in Revelation 11:10: “And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another …” Although this sounds like Christmas, the context plainly shows it to be a wicked celebration of the death of YAHUAH’s servants. Then (as now), it will be an anti-Believers celebration. Can you see anything “Scripturally” in this commercial, materialistic, drunken festival? Dear reader, why don’t you give up this carry-over-from-paganism custom? Messiah isn’t glorified in it. If anything, He’s forgotten!
Santa Claus. Some would have us to believe that America’s jolly Santa Claus was once Saint Nicholas, a kindly old saint who generously gave gifts to the needy. The facts of history however, prove otherwise. Actually there is no valid evidence that any “St. Nick” ever existed (in spite of Roman Catholic tradition). But the customs and traditions from which Santa Claus evolved, trace him back to Odin or Saturn – the sun-god himself! Santa has been called by many names in different countries down through the centuries, but the customs that surround him have remained steadfastly the same. He has always been “an old, old, very old gray-bearded gentle man, and this is as it should be for his age is immense. Once he was Odin … But when Qodeshiym (Set-Apart Ones) drove away the old gods, he remained, and appeared again as St. Nicholas.” He “is always someone mysterious and shadowy, outside the run of ordinary human experience. His home is far away in Heaven or at the North Pole or in some remote country from which he comes on horseback, or in a sleigh drawn by reindeer. He may come secretly by night, or openly in the winter daylight, accompanied by a train of masked demons and strange animal forms. Often he is associated with fire , entering the house by the chimney, or leaving gifts by the hearth” (remember, he’s a sun-god ), and “like the ancient gods from whom he is descended, he can read the heart and know s the hidden thoughts and actions of those he visits.” 27
Undeniably, Santa Claus is a “elohim (god)” of some sort, for he has attributes of deity. He can visit every house on earth in one night (omnipresence); he knows everything about every child’s behavior (omniscience); he rewards the good and punishes the bad, just like YAHUAH! Even Christian parents have suggested to their own children that Santa is god, by saying things like, “You’d better be good because Santa is watching you ,” or “Let’s go and tell Santa what you want for Christmas.” etc. What an abomination this is in YAHUAH’s sight, for Christian parents to teach their children to reverence Santa instead of Him! YAHUAH said, “Thou shalt have no other elohiyms (gods) before me” (Exodus 20:3). As one author asked, concerning a “divinity” attached to Santa Claus, “Can it be that we are back again with Odin, the ancient gift-bringer, still going invisibly about at yuletide, as in past centuries, through the lands where he was once supreme?” Make no mistake, this Santa Claus is nothing less than the pagan god once worshipped as Odin or Saturn!
“They provoked him to jealousy with strange elohiyms (gods). They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not YAHUAH; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities.” (Deut. 32:16,21)
Shockingly, the first “Santa” can be traced all the way back to a Carthaginian deity, a huge bronze idol whose fat swollen belly was an oven, and whose arms were extended making a “lap” or an “altar”, to which parents brought their children, and laid them on that lap to be roasted alive! As an act of devotion to their false elohiym (god), they sacrificed their own children. In the ancient custom, the children themselves were the presents the parents gave to “Santa.” That gives a whole new significance to the act of bringing your children to Santa, and sitting them on his lap, doesn’t it? Did you realize, that in so doing you were re-enacting an actual scenario of ancient child sacrifice? How dare we bring our children to this false elohim (god) and encourage them to supplicate him for gifts and blessings? YAHUAH will hold us accountable! We must forsake this idolatrous Santa-worship immediately.
“Make no mention of the name of other elohiyms (gods) (i.e., Santa Claus?), neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.” (Exodus 23:13)
6. The early Qodeshiym (Set-Apart Ones) consistently refused to celebrate Christmas! The Roman Saturnalia with all of its festivities, merriment, garlands, lights, trees , exchanging of gifts, revelry, drunkenness, orgiastic sex, etc., was so thoroughly pagan and anti-Messiah in nature, the true followers of Messiah considered the whole celebration an abomination. It is well known and well documented, that the early Qodeshiym (Set-Apart Ones) did not celebrate Christmas at all. “Within the Qodeshiym Assembly no such festival as Christmas was ever heard of till the third century, and that not till the fourth century was far advanced did it gain much observance.” 29
As previously noted, the Roman Catholic church adopted every aspect of the Saturnalia, and renamed it-supposedly sanctifying it and giving it a “Christian” significance. But it’s still a pagan festival though it wears a Christian name!
Whenever Christians longed for true spirituality and returned to the Scriptures as their source for all practice and belief, one of the first things they did was to forsake the unscriptural Christmas celebration. In England in 1644, parliament banned Christmas, calling it “the Profane Man’s Ranting Day”. The Puritans disapproved of the Catholic implications of “Christ’s Mass” and the worldliness associated with the holiday. 30
Even here in America, it was once against the law to celebrate Christmas, and anyone caught doing so was fined. “In 1659, Massachusetts passed a law fining anyone caught celebrating Christmas. Throughout New England, Christmas was suppressed.” 31
Although the Catholic influence was hard to suppress for long, and those laws were repealed some 20 years later, public schools remained open in Boston on December 25th until 1870. “In the United States traditional Christmas customs were at first suppressed (as in England under the Commonwealth), because of the Puritan objection to them as pagan in origin, but since the middle of the 19th century the celebrations have become increasingly popular and commercialized.” 32
Today few Americans know that Christmas was once outlawed in their country. Of course, we are not suggesting that laws be passed banning Christmas; only that sincere Christians honestly decide whether they should participate in such an unscriptural pagan festivity.
Dear reader, if Christmas were really of YAHUAH, the world would hate it! But the same sinners who hate Messiah love Christmas. The biggest thieves, drunkards, liars, adulterers and hypocrites love Christmas. They love the parties, the festivities, the carols and the feasting and the merriment, but they hate everything that is truly spiritual. That should tell us it’s wrong. For whatever the world loves, YAHUAH is sure to hate!
“Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of YAHUAH” (James 4:4).
How tragic it is that the Christian church today continues to hold this unholy alliance with the world in the celebration of Christmas. They put up the same forbidden trees in their homes (Jeremiah 10:1-5), cover it with globes (symbols of the sun – remember the Saturnalia is sun worship), they hand lights and garlands all around house and hearth (pagan symbols of firs and fertility), they lie to their children about Santa Claus (read Revelation 21:8 and see where liars go), and engage in virtually every other aspect of this renamed pagan festival, just like the world! Then they weakly encourage their congregations to “put Christ back into Christmas”. Messiah never was in Christmas, nor will He ever be! He never was a part of this fleshly, sensual, wicked festival. Even the very name “Christ-mas” smacks of the heretical rites that claim to offer up Christ as a sacrifice again and again, in a heathen “mass” (cf. Hebrews 9:26, 28).
Do not think that this pagan holiday has been sanctified simply because it has been renamed. It’s no less an abomination today than it was thousands of years ago. The Scripture asks: “Can the leopard change its spots?” (Jeremiah 13:23) Of course not! You might stop calling it a leopard and start calling it a “puppy” or a “kitten,” or you could paint it white and call it a dog, but you haven’t changed its nature one iota! It’s still a leopard, and still a dangerous, devouring beast. And so it is with Christmas. Underneath the “Christian” veneer, it is still the Roman Saturnalia! They’ve changed its name but not its nature. YAHUSHA said, “a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit,” and “a good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit” (Matthew 7:17-18). Take an honest look this holiday season, and see the “fruit” this festival produces. Certainly not the fruits of repentance. You don’t see godliness everywhere you look, but ungodliness. Licentious behavior, wantonness, revelry, drunkenness, materialism, greed, covetousness, fornication and merriment, all supposedly in celebration of the QODESH (Set-apart) Son of YAHUAH. How YAHUAH must grieve over the brazen sin of polluting His QODESH (Set-Apart) name with this abominable filth.
Some Christians readily acknowledge the pagan origins of Christmas, but offer all sorts of worldly compromising excuses and participate in it anyway. Some think it to be a good time to witness to sinners about Messiah. While it is never wrong to witness, it is always wrong to sin! And you don’t have to compromise with the world in order to witness to the world. In fact , in order for our witness to be effective, just the opposite must be true. We must be different from the world. We must be a light set on a hill, a QODESH (Set-Apart), peculiar people (cf. Matthew 5:13-16; I Pete r 2:9). YAHUAH says to the Assembly in our generation to come out from spiritual Babylon; come out from all that is false is religion.
“Come out of her my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins.” (Revelation 18:4)
As II Corinthians 6:17-18 says, we must “come out from among them and be separate, and touch not the unclean thing!” There can be no agreement between the temple of YAHUAH and idols, no fellowship between truth and lies , not mixture of paganism with Set-Apart Ones …
“for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath YAHUAH with Belial?” (II Corinthians 6:14-15)
Shall we follow the world and join with those who blaspheme and cast our ADONIA out in drunkenness and revelry in the celebration of the birthday of our ADONIA YAHUSHA? Never! The Scriptures say, “Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil” (Exodus 23:2).
But won’t we deprive the children if we don’t celebrate Christmas? Deprive them of what? The truth? If you really want to deprive them, continue to celebrate the world’s holidays, continue to celebrate the Romish Saturnalia; set up the forbidden idolatrous tree, continue to lie to your children about Santa Claus, and you will deprive them and yourself of truth, light, and maybe much more than that. (If you read Revelation 21:8 earlier, you know where liars go.) Christians, we are responsible to bring up our children “in the nurture and admonition of YAHUAH” (Ephesians 6:4), not in the ways of the world. We are responsible to teach them the truth, and to walk in the truth ourselves!
“But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in Spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship Him. YAHUAH is spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” (John 4: 23-24)
YAHUAH is seeking those who will forsake the false ways, who will lay aside the traditions of men, who will worship YAHUAH in the beauty of holiness, and will not compromise the truth!
YAHUSHA saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life…” (John 14:6)
“Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth.” (John 16:13)
”Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.” (John 17:17, 19) “He shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.” (Psalm 96:13)
YAHUAH loves truth. He is concerned for the truth. He longs for those who will believe the truth, and worship Him in truth! But friend, there isn’t a shred of truth in Christmas. Everything about this holiday is false, corrupt, idolatrous and pagan. It is one big lie! What will you do? What will you follow? What will you believe?
“As for me and my house, we shall serve YAHUAH.” (Joshua 24:15)
“For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in YAHUAH: walk as children of light: (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) Proving what is acceptable to YAHUAH. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful work s of darkness, but rather reprove them.” (Ephesians 5:8-11)
YAHUAH help us to be a QODESH (SET-APART), separate people!
NOTES
1. Christina Hole, cover sheet, Christmas and Its Customs.
2. Alexander Hislop, The Two Babylons, p. 91.
3. Ralph Woodrow, Babylon Mystery Religion, p. 160.
4. Ibid., p. 162.
5. The New Catholic Encyclopedia, 1965 Ed., Vol. 2.
p. 656.
6. Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia Vol. 1, p. 259.
7. The Bible , Rom. 3:24-25; 5:1,9; Col. 1:22;
Heb. 9 :14- 15,26,28; 10:10,19-20.
8. George W. Curtis, Christmas, p. 9.
9 Charles Haff, The Message of the Christian Jew,
newsletter, Nov./Dec. 1977.
10. Ralph Woodrow, Babylon Mystery Religion, p. 163.
11. Encyclopedia Americana, Vol. 6. p. 623.
12. Encyclopedia Britannica, 1968 Ed,. Vol. 5. pp. 704, 705.
13. George W. Curtis, Christmas, p. 5.
14. 0. M. Spencer. Christmas Throughout Christendom, p. 19.
15. L. R. Shelton. Christmas, A Demon Holiday, pp. 3,4.
16. Christina Hole. Christmas and Its Customs, pp. 21,22.
17. Albert James Dager, “The Origins of Christmas Tradition,” Media Spotlight, p. 2.
18. R. F. Becker. The Truth About Christmas, pp. 19.20.
19. The Bible, Deut. 12:2. I Ki. 14:23; II Ki. 16:4; 17:10; Eze. 6 :13.
20. Ralph Woodrow, Babylon Mystery Religion. pp. 165, 166.
21. William Sansom, A Book of Christmas, pp. 45,46.
22. Lasley F. Gober, The Christmas Lover’s Handbook,
p. 64.
23. Ralph Woodrow. Babylon Mystery Religion, p. 164.
24. Christina Hole, Christmas and Its Customs , p. 35.
25. Ibid., p. 36.
26 Ibid ., p.13.
27. Ibid., p. 42,43.
28. Ibid., p. 50.
29. Alexander Hislop, The Two Babylons p. 93.
30. “Lagniappe,” The Times Picayune, Dec. 19. 1982.
31. Ibid.
32. Encyclopedia Britannica, Vol. 5, p. 705.
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501c3 – How Was It Done?
Before World War!’, Joseph Stalin and Franklin Delano Roosevelt conspired to dominate the world.
It was their job to create a tension that would lead us into a world order” With most of Russia already dominated by the Communists, it fell to Roosevelt to create the same conditions here.
In his sweeping measures of 1933, he stole our gold, gave it to the bankers and replaced it with a monetary system that they could control, inflating or deflating it as needed.
There was still the need for an entity to replace the failed League of Nations.
Alert Americans doomed that organization but Communist spy, Alger Hiss, and his buddies were waiting in the wings with the United Nations.
In an article found in Time magazine in 1942, we get a clue as to how this new order would use the churches to lead us into one world government..
At the cost of our freedom and Constitution. In 1942, the seeds of the Lie were well sown within our own churches.
‘TIME” MARCH 16, 1942 – AMERICAN MALVERN
These are the high spots of organized U.S. Protestantism’s super-Protestant new program for a just and durable peace after World War II:
* Ultimately, “a world government of delegated powers.”
* Complete abandonment of US. isolationism.
* Strong immediate limitations on national sovereignty.
* International control of all armies & navies.
* “A universal system of money. . so planned as to prevent inflation and deflation.”
* Worldwide freedom of immigration.
* Progressive elimination of all tariff quota restrictions on world trade.
* “Autonomy for all subject and colonial peoples”
* “No punitive reparations, no humiliating decrees of war guilt, no arbitrary dismembennent of nations.”
* A “democratically controlled” international bank “to make development capital available in all parts of the world without the predatory and imperialistic after-math so characteristic of large-scale private and governmental loans.”
This program was adopted last week by 375 appointed representatives of 3O-odd denominations called together at Ohio Wesleyan University by the Federal Council of Churches. Every local Protestant church in the country will now be urged to get behind the program “As Christian citizens,” its sponsors affirmed, “we must seek to translate our beliefs into practical realities and to create a public opinion which will insure that the United States shall play its full and essential part in the creation of a moral way of international living.”
Among the 375 delegates who drafted the program were 15 bishops of five de-nominations, seven seminary heads (including Yale, Chicago, Princeton, Colgate-Rochester), eight college and university presidents (including Princeton’s Harold W. Dodds), practically all the ranking officials of the Federal Council and a group of well-known laymen, including John R. Mott, Irving Fisher and Harvey S. Firestone Jr. “Intellectually,” said Methodist Bishop Ivan Lee Holt of Texas, “this is the most distinguished American church gathering I have seen in 30 years of conference-going.”
The meeting showed its temper early by passing a set of 13 “requisite principles for peace” submitted by Chairman [John J. Foster Dulles [CFR] and his inter-church Commission to Study the Bases of a Just and Durable Peace. These principles, far from putting all the onus on Germany or Japan bade the U.S. give thought to the shortsighted selfishness of its own policies after World War I, declared that the U.S. would have to turn over a new leaf if the world is to enjoy lasting peace. Excerpts.
* “For at least a generation we have held preponderant economic power in the world, and with it the capacity to influence decisively the shaping of world events. It should be a matter of shame and humiliation to us that actually the influences shaping the world have largely been irresponsible forces. Our own positive influence has been impaired because of concentration on self and on our short-range material gains….if the future is to be other than a repetition of the past, the U.S. must accept the responsibility for Constructive action commensurate with its power and opportunity.”
* “The natural wealth of the world is not evenly distributed. Accordingly the possession of such natural resources…. is a trust to be discharged in the general interest. This calls for more than an offer to sell to all on equal terms. Such an offer may be a futile gesture unless those in need can, through the selling of their own goals and services, acquire the means of buying.”
With these principles accepted, the conference split up into four groups to study, respectively, the social, economic and political problems of the post-war world and the problem of the church’s own position in that world. Discussion waxed hot & heavy, with one notable silence: in a week when the Japs were taking Java, discussion of the war itself was practically taboo. Reason:
The Federal Council felt that, since five of its other commissions are directly connected with the war effort, the conference’s concern should be with plans for peace. One war statement – “the Christian Church as such is not at war” – was proposed by Editor Charles Clayton Morrison, of the influential and isolationist-before-Pearl-Harbor Christian Century. This statement was actually inserted in a subcommittee report by a 64-58 vote after a sharp debate. In the plenary session, however, it was ruled out of order.
Some of the conference’s economic opinions were almost as sensational as the extreme Internationalism of its political pro gram. It held that “a new order of economic life is both imminent and imperative” – a new order that is sure to come either “through voluntary cooperation within the framework of democracy or through explosive political revolution.” Without condemning the profit motive as such, it denounced various defects in the profit system for breeding war, demagogues and dictators, “mass unemployment, wide-spread dispossession from homes and farms, destitution, lack of opportunity for youth and of security for old age.” Instead, “the church must demand economic arrangements measured by human welfare… must appeal to the Christian motive of human service as paramount to personal gain or governmental coercion.”
“Collectivism is coming, whether we like it or not,” the delegates were told by no less a churchman than England’s Dr. William Paton, co-secretary of the World Council of Churches, but the conference did not vote as far to the left as its definitely pinko British counterpart, the now famous Malvern Conference (Time, Jan.20, 1941). It did, however, back up Labor’s demand for an increasing share in industrial management. It echoed Labor’s shibboleth that the denial of collective bargaining “reduces labor to a commodity.” It urged taxation designed “to the end that our wealth may be more equitably distributed.” It urged experimentation with government and cooperative ownership.
“Every individual,” the conference declared, “has the right to full time educational opportunities… to economic security in retirement… to adequate health service (and an) obligation to some socially necessary service.
The conference statement on the political bases of a just and durable peace proclaimed that the first post-war duty of the church “will be the achievement of a just peace settlement with due regard to the welfare of all the nations, the vanquished, the overrun and the victors alike.” In contrast to the blockade of Germany after World War I, it called for immediate provision of food and other essentials after the war for every country needing them. ‘We must get back,” explained Methodist Bishop Francis J. McConnell, ‘to a stable material prosperity not only to strengthen men’s bodies but to strengthen their souls.”
Politically, the conference’s most important assertion was that many duties now performed by local and national governments “can now be effectively carried out only by international authority.” Individual nations, it declared, must give up their armed forces “except for preservation of domestic order” and allow the world to be policed by an international army & navy. This League-of-Nations-with-teeth would also have “the power of final judgment in controversies between nations… the regulation of international trade and population movements among nations.”
The ultimate goal: “a duly constituted world government of delegated powers; an international legislative body, an international court with adequate jurisdiction, international administrative bodies with necessary powers, and adequate international police forces and provision for enforcing its worldwide economic authority.”
END TRANSCRIPT – “TIME”, MARCH 16,1942)
So, even before the war was over, the scene was being set for the installation of the UN’s ruling body, with the memory of Patrick Henry still fresh in their evil little minds, the “One Worlders” had to neutralize the danger of Christians becoming involved in politics.
They latched upon the fraudulently used but oft-quoted doctrine of the “separation of church and state.” The agency used to cut the balls off the church was none other than the IRS.
According to this list, excerpted from a list of 30 requirements for 501(c) (3) Churches. Put out by the Department of Treasury Internal Revenue Service Pub 1826 (9-94) Cat. no. 21096G, churches must:
1. Be incorporated (BECOME A BUSINESS)
2. Have a recognized creed and “IRS approved form of worship.”
3. Have “IRS approved code of doctrine”.
4. Have ordained ministers educated in “state accredited colleges.”
5. Be “neutral on political issues.”
6. “Have tax exempt status issued by IRS.”
7. Pastor must answer to the IRS as to “daily activities of the church.”
8. The IRS must be privy to “all financial transactions” of the church.
9. Pastor must supply “names of all donors”- make books records available.
10. May only use “IRS approved” fundraising methods.
11. Pastor will be “called to account over any stand taken against the tax system.”
12. Church “must advocate and support racial integration.” (Multiculturalism)
13. May “not” engage in activities “opposing pornography.”
14. May “not” support legislation saying “children belong to parents” rather than state.”
15. May not form a Political Action Committee nor support legislation “opposing lotteries and gambling activity.”
16. May not “oppose the public school system.”
17. May “not publicly declare” we are to “obey God rather than the government.”
(Those requirements only pertain to churches that want to escape paying taxes. Most businesses cannot operate at a profit today because of taxes. In fact, most small businessmen are either forced to cheat on their taxes and lie to the government simply to make ends meet and to feed their families.)
So the government which stole our gold in 1933, led us into a world war, imposed illegal taxation and adopted the 10 Communist planks verbatim, as stated in the Communist Manifesto, and has now invaded our churches and now controls our religion, as of 1942. Our pastors, preachers, priests and rabbi answer to the government, not YAHUAH. The obedience of the Christian Coalition to the Republican party, the refusal of the ministries to endorse a true leader or to expose political corruption is now explained.
Meanwhile, Scripture reading Christian Home-Schoolers are prosecuted, their children taken away because the “government court” believes unauthorized, unsupervised reading of the Scriptures (or the Constitution) is somehow dangerous!
Guess what? They’re right!
For when you read the Scriptures without the blinders of “organized religion” you realize we are in a constant battle against evil to maintain our freedom.
If you aren’t against it, you are unwittingly for it.
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