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Please do not be put off by the title<\/strong> and incorrectly assume that I do not believe in Yeshua the Messiah (aka Jesus Christ). Nothing could be further from the truth. Anyone who is even vaguely familiar with this blog (not to mention the other public aspects of our ministry knows that there is no greater promoter of Yeshua than me. Moreover, you do not need to go any further than to look at the tags column on the right side of the front page of this blog that lists the top subjects that I write about. What is the most prominent tag? YESHUA!!! Yes! I invite you to click on that tag and you will discover dozens if not hundreds of articles that I have written promoting Yeshua and the gospel message. Enough said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now to my article on why I do not celebrate Christmas even though I am passionate believer and disciple of Yeshua the Messiah, my Master and Savior. \u2014 Natan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1\u2014Christmas is not the day on which Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus Christ) was born. He was likely born in the autumn during the biblical Feast of Tabernacles. In ancient times, December 25 was considered the birthday of the demon-sun god by many heathen religions. This was definitely not the birthday of Yeshua!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2\u2014There\u2019s no biblical command to celebrate Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3\u2014Christmas has become a pagan substitution for YHVH\u2019s true biblical holidays or festivals, which are listed in Leviticus 23<\/a>. These are the same biblical festivals that Yeshua and his apostles celebrated. They never celebrated the Messiah\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4\u2014Christmas is the Christianization of various ancient pagan sun god, sex-worship rituals having to do with the winter solstice. \u201cCleaning up\u201d a pagan custom is contrary to the biblical truth of turning away from the practices of the heathen and having nothing to do with them after one chooses to follow Elohim and his Word as found in the Bible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5\u2014Christmas is laced with heathen and Satanic rituals and traditions. These are things the saints should have nothing to do with!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6\u2014The Bible forbids placing any trees or tree-like objects near an altar (or in a church building), since this is a heathen practice (Deut 16:21<\/a>).  Most Christians violate this command when they place Christmas trees in their church sanctuaries near their altars every year at Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7\u2014The Bible forbids the heathen practice of incorporating trees into any religious service (Deut 12:1\u20134<\/a>). Elohim hates pagan religious practices that happen under trees (Isa 57:5<\/a>; Jer 3:6<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8\u2014Celebrating Christmas is friendship with the world which is an act of hatred toward Elohim. In this area, it makes one a friend of the world and an enemy of Elohim (Jas 4:4<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9\u2014Elohim condemns, forbids and calls an abomination bringing any pagan items into our houses (Deut 7:24\u201326<\/a>), of which Christmas trees and nearly all Christmas\u2019 associated accoutrements, paraphernalia and traditions are associated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10\u2014The Bible commands the saints not to put up anything that even remotely resembles a Christmas tree. Jeremiah 10:1\u20135<\/a> is almost a perfect description of a modern Christmas tree\u2014and it was a pagan custom 1000 years before Christmas became a Christian holiday in the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11\u2014Christmas perpetuates the lie of Santa Clause to one\u2019s children. Lying is not a value one wants to pass on to their children. Lying is a violation of the ninth of YHVH\u2019s ten commandments and is a sin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12\u2014The Bible commands the saints not to learn or practice the ways of the heathens (Jer 10:2<\/a>; Lev 18:3<\/a>; 20:23<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

13\u2014Christmas is about syncretizing biblical truth (i.e., the birth of Yeshua) with pagan and satanic customs. In the Bible, YHVH commands his people not to be like the heathens, turn from evil, and don\u2019t learn their evil customs. Yeshua commanded his disciples to be in the world, but not to practice its evil ways (John 17:11<\/a>, 14<\/a>). Christmas is practicing the evil ways of the heathens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14\u2014For many, the main focus of Christmas is on self (\u201cWhat gifts am I<\/em> getting<\/em>?\u201d), rather than on Elohim\u2019s gift to mankind, which was Yeshua the Messiah (who wasn\u2019t even born in December). Christmas generally promotes a culture of selfishness and self-centeredness. These are values that were antithetical to everything that Yeshua and his disciples lived and taught.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15\u2014Christmas promotes an atmosphere of greed, covetousness and materialism, since the major focus for most people is on receiving gifts or what\u2019s in it for me, and not on Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

16\u2014Christmas is a tradition started by the Catholic Church, and I\u2019m not a Catholic and I don\u2019t take my spiritual marching orders from any pope\u2014especially when he tells me to do something contrary to the Bible, the Word of Elohim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17\u2014Christmas is a short, one day long holiday. Too much emphasis is placed on this one day. The devil has tricked and shortchanged Christians into substituting Christian holidays like Christmas for the biblical ones. YHVH gives his saints seven biblical holidays with two of them lasting for seven days each (see Lev 23<\/a>). These biblical holidays are called feasts, and they are spiritual and guilt-free celebrations focusing on rejoicing and righteously partying with family, friends and Elohim around godly and biblical themes all involving the gospel\u2019s plan of redemption. They are totally righteous with no paganism mixed in. This can\u2019t be said about Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18\u2014Do your homework. You will find that even the phrase \u201cHo, ho, ho, merry Christmas\u201d is sacrilegious and blasphemous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19\u2014If Christmas day turns sour for people (e.g. because of bad family experiences and unfulfilled expectations), then one\u2019s year is ruined until next Christmas when one gets another shot at it in hopes it\u2019ll be better the next go around. How pitifully sad!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20\u2014Christmas as celebrated by the majority of people ends up taking the focus off the glorious event of the Savior\u2019s birth, trivializes it and then places the emphasis on gift-giving, partying and mindless unbiblical pagan traditions and rituals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

21\u2014The Bible commands us to abstain from all appearances of evil (1 Thess 5:22<\/a>). There is much evil, Satanic and idolatrous baggage associated with Christmas; therefore, those who are serious about their biblical walk of righteousness and want to be obedient to YHVH Elohim should not be going near it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

22\u2014Those who celebrate Christmas in the traditional way are honoring or worshipping pagan deities. Anytime anyone puts a pagan practice or tradition ahead of obedience to Elohim and his Word, this is, by biblical definition, idolatry. Whether it\u2019s Christmas lights on the house, wreaths, evergreen foliage, mistletoe, the Christmas tree with its red balls, gifts under the tree, Santa Clause, or even the Christmas greeting of \u201cHo, ho, ho, merry Christmas,\u201d it all originates from ancient Satanic, idolatrous and lewd sex worship practices originating from pagan religions. This is not something with which the true saints of YHVH Elohim wants to be involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

23\u2014Christmas puts a lot of people into financial debt. Debt is bondage and evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

24\u2014Christmas was become a major money-making venture for merchants, and I refuse to be suckered in by their marketing schemes to purchase their products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

25\u2014Celebrating Christmas is following a multitude to do evil\u2014something YHVH forbids (Exod 23:2<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that you have received the light of the truth about Christmas, you are responsible before Elohim to live up to that truth. Will you put obedience to the Word of Elohim and his truth first in our life, or continue to walk in sin? To obey Elohim means to cast out of your life all idolatrous practices and cease doing that which is evil and sinful. This is then followed by choosing to obey YHVH Elohim in Spirit and in truth (John 4:23\u201324<\/a>). \u201cTherefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin\u201d (Jas 4:17<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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