I think all of us, both those who do and those who don't celebrate, are going to be so happy when December is over! Getting to enjoy the winter season with no holidays, no bickering, just good ol' times again. Oh... I guess we'll all have to brace ourselves again for when Easter rolls around.
Some people imagine me and others are bitter and angry around this time of year, seeing people bake cakes and cookies and put lights up. I'm the grinch, right? I don't like seeing people be happy, I don't like seeing people giving gifts to each other, I don't like rejoicing over the Messiah's birth... That's what people think.
So let's trot back several hundred years to the Dark Ages. In a town-square, a whole group of people are gathered. Some are weeping, some are jeering. Many are gathering faggots to throw down on an alter that the Catholic authorities have set up. Really imagine yourself in this setting. How do you feel when you look over the shoulder of the person in front of you who's pumping his fist and you see on this alter a human sacrifice being made to appease the wrath of God? This human didn't do anything lawless that the Scriptures prohibit. He merely spoke a word against the church, and it landed him here. He is one of thousands who spoke against wicked Roman practices that had infiltrated Christianity, such as worshipping the mother goddess of Rome, the queen of heaven, who was incorporated into the Christian faith and labeled Mary. These human sacrifices were carried straight over from the demonic acts of the pagans and practiced in Catholicism, justified by calling it righteous punishment despite there being no command in the Scriptures to barbarously burn someone alive.
Because of formal apologies made by popes since then, few see Catholicism as a threat anymore. Do you really believe, though, that demonic practices stop just because the law doesn't allow them anymore? No, they go underground. So while people dance around and make merry using the more harmless customs of the Romans to celebrate the birth of our Savior, the slaughter continues. Read the Jesuit oath, take a look into where Islam came from, study Freemasonry. The bloodthirst of these and other cults all loops back to Catholicism, and where does Catholicism come from? Rome. And where does Rome come from? Rome was a mishmash of cultures, for it assimilated all the traditions and religious ideologies of the nations that it conquered. This is called syncretism. That's why you could find both customs from the Celts and customs from Greece in it. Herod even built the conquered Jews their temple. They squashed but they also catered to gain loyalty. When Rome fell, its evil spirit lived on through Roman Catholicism, continuing its conquest of religions, dominating Christianity. I believe it is the final beast kingdom prophesied about by Daniel and John. All those fun little things that you do for Christmas, they aren't evil in and of themselves, but the fact that they were used by those who worshipped demons - shouldn't that give you pause? Why are you using these rituals and days to celebrate your Messiah? Why is it so important for you to do what other people do?
Jerimiah 7:18,19 The children gather wood, the fathers kindle fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven. And they pour out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger. Is it I whom they provoke? declares Yehovah. Is it not themselves, to their own shame?
Is making cookies and cakes evil? No. Is burning wood evil? No. Is decorating with fir trees evil? No. It's the fact that people are following a script that was given to idol worshippers during a season of idol-worship, and to make matters even worse, they're using this script thinking it can please Abba. Why not do all these fun things throughout the year, or next month in January when no one will be confused and think you are celebrating an ancient holy day? Christ-Mass is really Catholic-Mass. Are you Catholic? Would you do all the things in the verses above along with the Israelites just because you weren't actually worshipping the queen of heaven? So why do Catholic things?
Jerimiah 44:15-27 Then all the men who knew that their wives had made offerings to other gods, and all the women who stood by, a great assembly, all the people who lived in Pathros in the land of Egypt, answered Jeremiah: “As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of Yehovah, we will not listen to you. But we will do everything that we have vowed, make offerings to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her, as we did, both we and our fathers, our kings and our officials, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, and prospered, and saw no disaster."
Catholicism has been around for a long, long time, my friends. Who is this queen of heaven that the Catholics trust in? Certainly not Mary. I believe she is currently embodied by Rome and spoken of in Revelation. She sits on a beast with many heads and is drunk on the blood of the saints.
Revelation 17:4-6 And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and being gilded with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominations and unclean things of her fornication. And on her forehead was a name having been written: Mystery, Babylon the Great, the Mother of the Harlots and of the Abominations of the Earth. And I saw the woman being drunk from the blood of the saints, and from the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And I marveled, seeing her, with a great marveling.
The practices, symbols, deities, and beliefs of Catholicism can be traced back to Babylon. Nimrod from the Bible began to build the tower of Babel. After his death he was considered a god, and his wife, Semiramis a goddess. Nimrod became known as Baal and Semiramis as Ashtoreth. His wife Semiramis was said to have miraculously conceived after the spirit of her dead husband visited her, and then she bore the reincarnated form of Nimrod in her son Tammuz, thus becoming both mother and wife of "God." See how Satan mocks God by creating his own disgusting version of God's plan for redemption? Tammuz was later killed by a wild boar, and a custom of weeping over his death was made. Ever wonder why ham is served on Easter? To commemorate Tammuz and his mother, also known as Ishtar.
Ezekiel 8:14 And He brought me to the opening of the gate of the house of Jehovah, toward the north. And, behold, women were sitting there weeping for Tammuz.
2 Kings 17:16 And they left all the commands of Yehovah their God and made for themselves casted images, two calves, and made an Asherah, and bowed to all the host of the heavens, and served Baal...
One thing that is typical of false gods is that they all are the same in every religion, they just go by different names. They have nearly identical stories, and they are traced back to the same roots. They always demand the same abominable practices. This is because they are actual demons that teach the people their traditions and rituals. We can see this with how Moloch is still alive and well today in the abortion clinics. Moloch despises humanity and loves to see us kill our own offspring, a perversion of life and procreation. The operation table is the alter and the staff the priests.
All of this is to say why I distance myself as far as I can from everything Catholic. It is heathen to its very core. I don't have any hatred towards Catholics themselves, but I have deep aversion towards the deceitful doctrine of Catholicism. Though it is today Rome, it is Babylon at its heart. It seeps into everything. It poisons the good and takes hold of weak minds in need of consolation and salvation. It changes God's laws and teaches lawlessness to the undiscerning. It feeds self-righteousness and arrogance. It swallows up every religion around it and creates new ones so it can dominate. It has the appearance of piety and goodness while underneath it secretly works to kill and destroy. It has such dark, dark history that I would shudder to even share about here. It is straight from the pit of hell.
Daniel 7:25 And he shall speak words against the Most High, and he shall wear out the saints of the Most High. And he intends to change times and law. And they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and one half time.
Below are some of the creeds that were created by our early church fathers. Shortly after Yeshua's resurrection, Roman pagans began to convert to Messianic Judaism (later called Christianity by unbelievers) in massive numbers. Catholicism was born as ex-pagan church leaders assimilated their old habits into the faith. Roman Catholicism replaced God's laws with manmade ones. Protestantism valiantly fought this by the 16th century, but even the protestant leaders were extremely antisemitic and could not recognize all of the pagan traditions that had overcome the faith. This is why we still have so much Catholicism (or paganism) in protestant Christianity today.
THE CONSTANTINE CREED (325 AD) – Established by the Council of Nicea. “I renounce all customs, rites, legalisms, unleavened breads and sacrifices of lambs of the Hebrews, and all the other feasts of the Hebrews, sacrifices, prayers, aspirations, purifications, sanctifications, and propitiations, and fasts and new moons, and Sabbaths, and superstitions, and hymns and chants, and observances and synagogues. Absolutely everything Jewish, every Law, rite and custom, and if afterwards I shall wish to deny and return to Jewish superstition, or shall be found eating with Jews, or feasting with them, or secretly conversing and condemning the Christian religion instead of openly confuting them and condemning their vain faith, then let the trembling of Cain and the leprosy of Gehazi cleave to me, as well as the legal punishments to which I acknowledge myself liable. And may I be an anathema in the world to come, and may my soul be set down with Satan and the devils.” (Stefano Assemani, Acta Sanctorium Martyrum Orientalium at Occidentalium, Vol. 1, Rome 1748, page 105)
THE COUNCIL OF NICEA (325 AD) – Setting a brand-new holy day of Easter as the resurrection of the Messiah, distinct from the Biblical dates of Passover and First Fruits, His actual death and resurrection. This decree was read by Constantine and sent to churches everywhere: “When the question arose concerning the most holy day of Easter it was decreed by common consent to be expedient, that this festival should be celebrated on the same day by all, in every place… And truly in the first place, it seemed to everyone a most unworthy thing that we should follow the custom of the Jews in the celebration of this most holy solemnity, who, polluted wretches, having stained their hands with a nefarious crime, are justly blinded in their minds … It is fit therefore that rejecting the practices of this people, we should perpetuate to all future ages the celebration of this rite, in a more legitimate order … Let us then have nothing in common with the most hostile rabble of the Jews.”
THE COUNCIL OF NICEA (325 AD) – Creed to which Christians would have to swear: “I accept all customs, rites, legalism, and feasts of the Roman’s sacrifices, prayers, purifications with water, sanctifications by Pontificus Mazmus (high priest to Rome), propitiations, and feasts and the new Sabbath “Sol Die” (Sunday) – all new chants and observances, and all the foods and drinks of the Romans … In other words, I absolutely accept everything Roman, every new law, rite and custom of Rome and the New Roman Religion.”
THE COUNCIL OF ANTIOCH (345 AD) – Christians were banned from celebrating the Passover Seder (ritual meal) with Jewish friends or neighbors.
THE COUNCIL OF LAODICEA (363-364 AD) – The biblical Sabbath day was outlawed. “Christians must not judaize by resting on the Sabbath, but must work on that day, rather honouring the Lord’s Day’ and, if they can, resting then as Christians. But if any be found to be Judaizers, let them be cursed from Christ.” (Canon 29)
Whew! Let's take a break from Catholicism now and talk about the "Christmas spirit." I'd like to tell you a little about that spirit. I was told I have the gift of discerning spirits, and I don't say this to credit myself, because I have been mistaken before. I say this just to share how Abba gave me a sensitivity to recognize spirits that have oppressed me and others, which has been able to help in the resistance of them through Yeshua's strength. I have come face to face with this particular spirit that people talk about during Christmas. It is not a spirit of love and joy. It is a spirit that bedecks itself in light and beauty and apparent love, but it is in fact a spirit of greed, pride, and idolatry. When you even gently question the people who unknowingly entertain this spirit, the spirit behind it all erupts in anger and offense. You have just blasphemed something sacred.
It is scary to see an unbiblical tradition that is so holy to people that it would cause such offense merely by a person bowing out of keeping it. If people were still allowed to burn others for "blasphemy", I know it would be done to those who choose not to celebrate Christ-Mass. I have heard of people going insane just because a family member said they wouldn't be there to celebrate. Actually, I was fired from my position as supervisor in a children's elementary after-school program because of Santa. My co-worker, the assistant supervisor, was questioned by a child on whether Santa and the Easter bunny were all fake, to which she merely nodded. That child then went around telling all the other children that they weren't real, and those children then went home and told their parents what they'd learned at school that day. You can imagine the explosion that followed when the parents called up the school and demanded to know what was going on, saying their children's childhood and been forever destroyed. I was put on a call with the head-manager, who was like a loose cannon by that point, and she demanded I make a promise that I'd never tell kids Santa wasn't real. If I did make that promise, I could continue working there. I never would have gone out of my way to teach such things to children that aren't my own; however, there was no way I was going to make a promise that I would lie to the children. I politely and quietly told her I couldn't do that. The rage I was met with by a woman who claimed to be a Christian herself was incredible. I hadn't even stopped participating in Christmas at that point, so it wasn't like I'd said something offensive to her by saying it was pagan. I didn't preach. I didn't judge her. I just said I wasn't going to say anything that wasn't true.
This spirit does not like to be challenged or accused of breaking God's law. I think there is something far more offensive to God than the sin of unbelievers, and that is when Christians break His laws in honor of Him. Many ignorantly say, "Christ died so now we can eat pork on Resurrection Sunday!" Or, "He's the reason for the season of idolatry and debauchery!" Or, "Yeshua suffered and died, so now we don't have to keep the law!"
So... I guess to some I am the grinch that stole Christmas, but I wanted to share all of this not because I hate Abba's joy, but because I love it so much that I don't want you to unknowingly participate in Catholicism's darkness that is trying to snuff out truth and light. I will never again celebrate Catholic-Mass and all the other white-washed traditions associated with it, harmless or not.
2 Corinthians 11:14 ... Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
2 Timothy 4:2-4 Preach the Word, be urgent in season, out of season, convict, warn, encourage with all long-suffering and teaching. For a time will be when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own lusts, they will heap up to themselves teachers tickling the ear; and they will turn away the ear from the truth and will be turned aside to myths.
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Titus 1:13,14 This testimony is true; for which cause convict them severely, that they may be sound in the faith, not listening to Jewish myths and commandments of men, having turned away from the truth.
Revelation 18:4-7 And I heard another voice out of Heaven saying, My people, come out of her, that you may not share in her sins, and that you may not receive of her plagues; because her sins joined together, even up to Heaven, and God remembered her unjust deeds. Give back to her as also she gave back to you, and double to her double, according to her works. In the cup which she mixed, mix to her double. By what things she glorified herself, and luxuriated, by so much give back to her torment and mourning. Because she says in her heart, I sit as a queen, and I am not a widow; and I do not see mourning at all.
Thank you for this detailed history account.