It is debatable whether the Messiah was born on December 25 or not. He may have been
born sometime in Sept./Oct. during the Feast of Tabernacles, or possibly in the Spring, but no
one can be sure of the exact day. If the Almighty wanted us to
celebrate it, He would have told us the exact date as He did with all
His other Holy Feast Days in Lev.23.
December 25th was the date of the winter solstice in ancient
Rome.
December 25th was celebrated by the pagan sun-worshippers of
Mithraism as the "birthday of the invincible sun" because on that day
the sun began its return to northern skies.
December 25th was the date of the pagan Brumalia festival in Rome
before our Savior's birth. It was preceded by the Saturnalia festival
- Dec.17-24 - in honor of the Roman god Saturn.
The Saturnalia and Brumalia festivals were so popular among the
heathens and so deeply entrenched in their customs, that rather than
attempt to reform the pagan populous the Roman Church chose to absorb
their festivities into "Christianity."
Christmas is a contraction for "Christ's Mass." The "mass" is a
man-made , Roman Catholic doctrine in which the Savior is sacrificed
over and over again in what is called an "unbloody sacrifice." It is
taught that the true believer cannot be fully cleansed of his sins
unless he partakes of this sacrifice at mass. Christmas is simply a
Catholic holiday.
Christmas trees, Yule logs, candles, bells, mistletoe, holly wreaths,
ham, tinsel, lights, and Santa Claus have nothing to do with the
Savior's birth. They each have a non Biblical source. Most are rooted
in fertility rites or in sun worship from a pagan past and were
grafted into the so-called "Christian" church during or after the
fourth century.
Instead of giving gifts to the Savior such as the gift of our
obedience to Yahweh's laws, the celebrants give gifts to each other.
This creates a burden upon people each year as their Christmas lists
grows and grows. Many go into great debt because of this supposed
"Holy" season. Additionally, the wise men did not give gifts to the
Savior because it was his birthday, but because they knew he was born
to be a king. It was a common custom in the East to bring gifts to
kings.
Children are being lied to concerning the date of birth and
concerning Santa Claus. Is it any wonder that when they grow up and
learn the truth they begin to believe Yahweh is a myth too? And who
gave Santa Claus Yahweh's right to decide who is naughty and who is
nice?
Man-made "holy days," including Christmas, are
being exalted over Yahweh's true Holy Days.
Gluttony and drunkenness are typical results of Christmas
merrymaking.
Throughout the year people treat each other like dirt and then
suddenly become nice for the Christmas season. It is a time of
hypocrisy.
Christmas causes tremendous stress on families and individuals as
they fret over what gifts to buy, fight crowds to buy those gifts,
race to prepare feasts of gluttony, try to outdo each other with
decorations, and fight crowds to return all the gifts that they don't
want.
Christmas is perpetuated by merchants who get rich during this
season. It is based on materialism, greed, and the lust of the
flesh.
"Christmas" is not in the Bible.
We are not commanded to celebrate the Savior's birth in
Scripture.
The true spirit of Christmas is a spirit of
anti-Messiah and untruth.
"And they shall turn away their ears from the truth and shall be
turned unto fables" ( II Tim.4:4).
"Thus saith Yahweh, 'Learn not the way of the heathen . . ."
(Jer.10:2).
"Lie not one to another . . ." (Col.3:9).
"Therefore, putting away lying, speak every man truth with his
neighbor . . . " (Eph.4:25).
"Love not the world, neither the things in the world. If any man
loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him" (1 Jn.2:15).
If December 25th were really the birthday of Yeshua, you can be sure
that the world would have nothing to do with it. The very fact that
the world observes it proves that it isn't of Yahweh.
". . . in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the
commandments of men" (Mk.7:7).