Now, I know what many of you might be thinking; "How can you not celebrate Christmas, the Savior's Birthday?" However many reasons there are that might compel one to celebrate Christmas; there is one major reason not too - It's not Biblical.
Christmas is not a Biblical holiday; it doesn't even point to Messiah. To Jewish believers in Messiah Christmas has nothing to do with the birth of Messiah. And as far as non-believing Jews go; "How can you expect them to come to believe in Jesus if so many celebrate His birth on the day that the Temple was desecrated (Antiochus Epiphanes)?" "And not only that, but December 25th is also the birthday of Tammuz, the son of Semiramis, the wife of Nimrod (Tower of Babel). Why would G-d send a Messiah who was born on the same day as the pagan gods? He wouldn't and He didn't.
Yeshua was born during the Feast of Tabernacles. This was the time when many Jews believed that the Messiah was supposed to Come. And He did; in the person of Yeshua; "And the Word became flesh, and dwelt (Tabernacled) among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth" - Yochanan 1:14.
Many say, "We know that Jesus wasn't born on Christmas Day, but we observe it anyway, to celebrate His birth." However good these intentions are, they are wrong intentions; "You shall not worship their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their deeds; but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their sacred pillars in pieces" - Exodus 23:24 G-d specifically commands us not to celebrate the way the pagans do. Many might say, "Well, that was in the Old Testament, things have changed." Well, let's take a look at what Yeshua Himself said; "Do not go in the way of the Gentiles..." - Matthew 10:5.
G-d is very clear, we are not mix the Holy with the profane. There is a deep pagan history behind Christmas (and Easter) that has nothing to do with our faith. As a matter of fact, Christmas was outlawed by early Believers in the United States because of its pagan heritage. However, it eventually seeped into the Body of Messiah and is now so entrenched that many don't realize its pagan origins. "Well, it may have started out pagan, but we Christians changed the meaning." However, why should it be observed in the first place? G-d had already setup His Feasts to point us to Messiah.
Let's look at who was born on Christmas Day:
1. Tammuz (son of Semiramis aka Easter - the Queen of Heaven)
2. Krishna
3. Mithra
4. Horus
5. Buddha (of Asia)
6. Quetzalcoatl
7. Hercules
These are just to name a few. However, stories of immaculate conceptions were later added to each one of these demigods (half god/half man) origins. And all were either persecuted or crucified and a couple were even resurrected. And all modern Christianity has done has lumped our Messiah in with these so-called saviors. This is why it is so important not to mix the holy with the profane. And many Jews know of these legends and see no difference between the Jesus of Christmas and the sun gods of the winter solstice. And each one of these gods is an enemy of the One True G-d and His Messiah Yeshua.
Why would any Jew come to believe in Jesus Christ, especially if He has nothing to do with Torah, the Feasts and the true origins of the Messiah? The Messiah would never destroy Torah, He would never abolish the Law and the Feasts of the L-rd. Messiah would not come to tear us away from what He established in the first place. Anyone who would, is a false Messiah and is not of G-d.
G-d gave us a timeline; a prophetic calendar that would reveal to us the Messiah and His mission. And He did it through the Seven Feasts of the L-rd; and Christmas is nowhere in the picture(neither is Easter). And the Messiah who would come, would have to fulfill the Feasts of the L-rd, not the pagan feasts of Christmas and Easter.
The L-rd strictly forbids His people to celebrate as the pagans do. Yet, year after year, trees are setup, glory is given to a man in red suit who sees all and knows all and many try to call it holy. The people of G-d should know better; as the mission of the enemy is destroy all that G-d has established: “He will speak out against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One, and he will intend to make alterations in times (feasts) and in Law (Torah); and they will be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time” - Daniel 7:25
Yeshua, in His own words stated; "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill" - Matthew 5:17. If we truly believe this, then why would Messiah do away with Torah and the Feasts? He wouldn't and He didn't. The Bible says that Messiah is the end of the Law (Romans 10:4). However, many have taken this mean that Yeshua did away with Torah, when it actually means, the opposite. Yeshua is the goal of Torah, not the destroyer of Torah.
I am not here to condemn anyone who might celebrate Christmas or Easter. However, as a believer in Messiah, I am obligated to point out the truth. These so-called holidays have nothing to do with Messiah. G-d has already established for us wonderful ways to celebrate His Messiah; the Feasts of the L-RD. You might say, "Well, I'm not Jewish." What does that have to do with anything? The Feasts are not the Feasts of the Jews, they are the Feasts of the L-RD:
“The L-RD spoke again to Moses saying; Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, The L-RD’s appointed feasts which you shall proclaim as holy convocations; My appointed feasts are these…These are the appointed feasts of the L-RD, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at the times appointed for them” - Leviticus 23:1,4.
"Tell Aaron and his sons to be careful with the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they dedicate to Me, so as not to profane My holy name; I am the LORD” - Leviticus 22:2
Shalom
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