A bright sun rises above a birthday message, “here’s to another journey around the sun, happy birthday.” letterpress printed on thick blush cover paper hand drawn and hand printed in Cleveland, Ohio blush and terra-cotta inks gold foil A2 - 4.25" x 5.5" blush envelope blank inside The Romans kept the Saturnalia in December, at the time of the winter solstice, in honor of the returning sun. As the festival moved to city streets, it became more lively. in Philip Schaff, History of the Christian Church, Vol. Share. He adds, “As these shepherds had not yet brought home their flocks, it is a presumptive argument that October had not yet commenced, and that, consequently, our Savior was not born on the 25th of December, when no flocks were out in the fields …the [Bible says] flocks were still in the fields by night. Once we are enlightened to the truth of Christmas, we find the holiday not only distasteful but totally unacceptable to Yahweh. Nimrod was so full of evil, it is said he married his own mother, who’s name was Semiramis. Try as you might, you will not find a hint of Christmas anywhere in the Scriptures. Pagan peoples were overly concerned with life and fertility. Taking his place was a more secular figure known as Christmas Man, Father Christmas, or Pope Noel. And the Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature says, “The fathers of the first three centuries do not speak of any special observance of the nativity. Read about Saturnalia. The answer is found with the secular ancients. Amid the bells and booze, frolicking elves and fruitcake, many sense that something isn’t right. But hold on. These helpers are called ‘Zwarte Pieten’ (Black Petes). What should you use to prevent an application from being installed when visiting a website? NCTA estimated that Christmas tree farms in North America planted about 41 million new tree seedlings in the winter/spring of 2010 to replace harvested crops and meet future increased demand. Proverbs 22:6 says, “Train up a child into the way he should go,” not in the way of traditions that replace the truth. SEPTEMBER 15 birthday horoscope predicts that you are an honest, imaginative, and humble person. 124. It is not found, however, in the lists of Feasts given by Tertullian and Origen,” vol. Fir trees were always green, symbolic of life, and to the ancients represented immortality in a dead world. That may have been one reason that the inn was full when Joseph came to Bethlehem, as the city had swelled with Feast observers. A stony-faced Duch… They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. The Gospels indicate neither the day nor the month,” vol. Despite the DIY job, the birthday girl looked shocked and completely believed they were designer. Godwin remarks, “No wonder the early Christians were disturbed by a deity who bore so close a resemblance to their own, and no wonder they considered him a mockery of [the Messiah] invented by Satan.”. Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.”. Besides as in Jeremiah the shepherds took their flock inside stables as it was too cold in the Winter months, to be outside. This native South Carolinian moved to Cherry Hill in 2015 to live with her daughter, Cathleen Saxon-Jenkins. I had come to the point where I wanted a Christmas tree in every room of my house. I’ve always liked the notion of journeying around the sun, an idea taken from a Hallmark card of all things: Sunny it was, yesterday, and today, and I feel really f… YRM does not have an official stand on birthday’s we leave that up to the discretion of the believer as it is sort of a grey area in scripture. During the Middle Ages Zwarte Piet was a name for the devil. 3, p. 656. 14:16-18). It is the design of the Adversary to sidetrack seekers of truth into believing they are worshiping Scripturally. Odin would then reward those children for their kindness by replacing Sleipnir’s food with gifts or candy. (That is, it was to compete with the birthday of Mithras.) Jesus is our Passover Lamb, 3 days & 3 nights in the earth ( as in Jonah… Read more », Thank you for an excellent article of this heathen/pagan celebration. 3, p. 370). As a side note, it is estimated that in 2007 Americans spent $66 billion on gifts during Christmas. 24th November 2015, 5:26 pm. Millions are oblivious to this simple fact. Star Birth Web Links: Star birth from NASA. The “green tree” is mentioned 13 times in Scripture and in every instance it is linked with idolatry! After centuries of the Church’s persecution for not observing pagan holidays, where… Read more », Christmas is clearly pagan and was adopted by several non-biblical sources. Another indication that the Savior was born in the fall rather than in winter is the fact that Caesar Augustus had declared a census or tax be made of the empire, and each citizen had to report to his hometown to register, Luke 2:1-5. The answer is found in every encyclopedia and in many newspapers or magazines appearing around December 25. Now that you know the truth, you must make a decision. The Madonna and child theme, which is universal or evident in hundreds of religions down through the centuries, had its origin in Babylon. With so many millions observing this holiday, should not our world be changing for the better with each celebration? the suns birthday well its when it was born so if you take b A crescendo of months of retailer hype will climax on one grand day of the Savior’s supposed birth. The round birthday cakes and candles on them, the “wishes’ etc all originated from pagan god worship, so once I discovered that, we skip the blowing out candles stuff and just celebrate it as another year we have been blessed to live on Earth. Henry Ward Beecher, clergyman and lecturer, wrote in 1874 of his boyhood in New England, “To me Christmas is a foreign day, and I shall die so. Updated: 6th April 2016, 10:58 am. Various prophetic Scriptures indicate that Yahshua the Messiah was born at the time of the fall Feast of Tabernacles. Ultimately, the Christmas evergreen springs from that old Babylonian, Nimrod. According to legend when Nimrod died Semiramis, Nimrod’s mother-wife, made the proclamation that Nimrod was not just a carnal human being but was actually deity. “The Feast is first mentioned at the head of the Depositio Martyrum in the Roman Chronograph of 354. (More about the Christmas tree below under the heading: “They Worshiped Trees.”), Elements of this worship are still found in today’s Christmas rites. They saw life fading in the darkness of winter and so held festivals in honor of and to beckon back the sun to give life and light to the earth once more. Why a Death Celebration Honoring a Birth? “In England, for example, the Puritans could not tolerate this celebrating for which there was no biblical sanction. Clubs, Societies, Schools and Charities are always looking for new ideas and interesting venues to provide a fun event that lets you have a bit of social time and enjoy the entertainment of a great film, tickets start from $12 (Mon-Wed) and $14 (Thu-Sun) and we … His birthday, Natalis solis invicti, means “birthday of the invincible sun.” It came on December 25, at the time of the winter solstice when the sun began its journey northward again. Sometime before 336 the Church in Rome, unable to stamp out this pagan festival, spiritualized it as the Feast of the Nativity of the Sun of Righteousness.” Hislop observes, “That Christmas was originally a Pagan festival, is beyond all doubt. Usually when Christians celebrated the natalis of a saint or martyr, it was his death or heavenly nativity, but in this case natalis was assigned to be [the Messiah’s] Yesterday was my birthday. He was the supposed reincarnated Nimrod. On the other hand, maybe you have found these facts somewhat troubling. She is also known variously as Diana, Aphrodite, Astarte, Rhea, and Venus. Updated: 6th April 2016, 4:57 am. The Mithraic feast, like Christmas, was celebrated to commemorate his birth. Sacred groves were common among the ancient Germans, and tree-worship is hardly extinct among their descendants at the present day” (, were very concerned about the dead vegetation in December and the waning of the sun. Why? Mithras bore remarkable similarity to the Biblical Messiah. And because of that Almighty Yahweh allowed Israel to be taken into captivity and nearly destroyed. If He did, He would have told us when and how it was to be kept, just as He did for those days He commanded in His Word. He writes that Mithras was “the creator and orderer of the universe, hence a manifestation of the creative Logos or Word. He writes that Mithras was “the creator and orderer of the universe, hence a manifestation of the creative Logos or Word. thesun. Another writer makes this astounding statement: “The day was not one of the early feasts of the Christian church. Do you observe Christmas because you believe it is in the Bible? Sometime before 336 the Church in Rome, unable to stamp out this pagan festival, spiritualized it as the Feast of the Nativity of the Sun of Righteousness.” Hislop observes, “That Christmas was originally a Pagan festival, is beyond all doubt. Halleluyah! When the Protestant movement attempted to rid itself of the excesses and sins of Roman Catholicism, there also came an opposition to Christmas that almost obliterated it entirely in England. That should be proof enough that Christmas is not Scriptural. Clarke says the first rain commences in October or November. The Bible refers to it as the religion of Mystery Babylon — the mother of false religion that will be destroyed when the Savior Yahshua comes to set up His throne on earth,Revelation 18. Families will gather on December 25, gorge themselves on ham and turkey, stare at a decorated tree while a swooning Bing provides the ambience, and exchange billions of dollars in gifts, many of them unwanted. 317-318. Seeing mankind afflicted by Ahriman, the cosmic power of darkness, he incarnated on earth. As one authority puts it, “There is no historical evidence that our [Savior’s] birthday was celebrated during the apostolic or early post-apostolic times,” Christmas, p. 47, The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge. In the 11th century, Nicholas’ bones were moved to southern Italy, an area then controlled by Spain. She is also known variously as Diana, Aphrodite, Astarte, Rhea, and Venus. - Yahweh's Restoration Ministry, Joy to the World? Also, Sun Worship and Catholicism, here. Follow The Sun. Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? “Then he brought me to the door of the gate of Yahweh’s house which was toward the north; and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch [asherah] to their nose. “Almost all the mystery cults eventually made their way to Rome,” he notes. He more likely would have called a census in early fall after the crops were harvested and the people had money and time to travel before bad winter weather set in. If Christmas is not in the Bible, where did it come from? A mass is a celebration of the Eucharist or the emblems of the death of the Savior. Pagan peoples were overly concerned with life and fertility. They didn’t need divisive religious factions. Why don't libraries smell like bookstores? I was made to understand that Semiramis did not actually exist in the same century as Nimrod, but was among the Assyrians instead. These Feasts were kept by Israel, the patriarchs, the Messiah and His apostles, and will be kept worldwide in the  coming Kingdom (see Isa. Is this not what a “religious” observance is supposed to accomplish? Maranatha! If Christmas is that significant – the biggest holiday of the year demanding a great deal of your time and money – shouldn’t you at least know what it is actually all about? It commemorated the turn of the, Christmas tree sales in the U.S. make a huge business. Don't forget to use the full four-digit year - e.g. Consequently, the Roundhead Parliament of 1643 outlawed the feasts of Christmas, Easter, Whit-suntide, along with the saints’ days,” Celebrations, p. 312. Transiting Sun returning to the birth position of your Sun is also the beginning of a new 365-day cycle. Legend has it that the Saturnalia was instituted by Romulus under the name Brumalia (from bruma, rneaning winter solstice), , p. 232. Tammuz, the Babylonian sun deity, was the first counterfeit savior. “Now the Yule Log is the dead stock of Nimrod, deified as the sun-god, but cut down by his enemies; the Christmas tree is Nimrod redivivus – the slain god come to life again,” The Two Babylons. “…Tree worship is well attested for all the great European families of the Aryan stock. The total revenue was 1.15 billion dollars. NINA Agdal is bark-ing up the right tree as she poses in a swimsuit in front of wooden beams.The Danish model also celebrated her 29th birthday at the Jump directly to the content The Sun, A News UK Company Close Kim's birthday, which had been an official holiday since 1968, was renamed Day of the Sun in 1997, three years after his death. Tap to unmute. “All classes exchanged gifts, the commonest being waxed tapers and clay dolls,” says the. What Yahweh commands, man ignores; what He prohibits, man indulges in. Why does Arizona not have Daylight Saving Time? There is neither a call to observe it nor an example where anyone in the Bible did so. turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. and what communion hath light with darkness?2Corinthians 6:14. Families will gather on December 25, gorge themselves on ham and turkey, stare at a decorated tree while a swooning Bing provides the ambience, and exchange billions of dollars in gifts, many of them unwanted. Please take a moment to complete our short survey. Yes, there were mid-winter celebrations in religions outside Christianity during the time of the early Church. SUN ENTERS ARIES Happy Birthday Aries!The Sun enters self-assertive, pioneering, independent Aries today! Isn’t it time you honestly investigated the matter? Ethernell Murray Saxon is turning 100 on March 10, 2021. consumers purchased 28.2 million farm grown Christmas trees in 2009 with an average cost of $40.92 dollars a tree. On this very ground the nativity in December should be given up.”. Aries is a Cardinal-Fire sign. Plus the early church were not deceived by King Constantine till later, as with Easter/estardes/goddess/goddess Diana/Queen of heaven: this is also blasphemy. Since the Depositio was composed in 336, Christmas in Rome can be dated that far at least. The Lords death. “And we find Tertullian, even in his day, about the year 230, bitterly lamenting the inconsistency of the disciples of [Messiah] in this respect, and contrasting it with the strict fidelity of the Pagans to their own superstition.”, Hislop quotes Tertullian, the most ancient of the Latin church fathers whose works are extant, as he decries the early church observances: “By us who are strangers to Sabbaths and new moons, and festivals, once acceptable to [Yahweh], the Saturnalia, the feasts of January, the Brumalia, and Matronalia are now frequented; gifts are carried to and fro, new year’s day presents are made with din, and sports and banquets are celebrated with uproar.”. And because of that Almighty Yahweh allowed Israel to be taken into captivity and nearly destroyed. Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? He eventually went back to sun worship entirely (from The Early Church, by Henry Chadwick). His birthday, Natalis solis invicti, means “birthday of the invincible sun.” It came on December 25, at the time of the winter solstice when the sun began its journey northward again. The Day of the Sun (Korean: 태양절; MR: T'aeyang-jŏl) is an annual public holiday in North Korea on 15 April, the birth anniversary of Kim Il-sung, founder and Eternal President of North Korea. Acording to the National Christmas Tree Association consumers purchased 28.2 million farm grown Christmas trees in 2009 with an average cost of $40.92 dollars a tree. Further, Odin was referred to by many names in Skaldic poetry, some of which describe his appearance or functions. We appreciate your time and value your feedback. The festival lasted seven days. Now read a candid admission from the, , “Inexplicable though it seems, the date of the [Messiah’s] birth is not known. Sacred groves were common among the ancient Germans, and tree-worship is hardly extinct among their descendants at the present day” (The Golden Bough, p. 58). “The pagan Saturnalia and Brumalia were too deeply entrenched in popular custom to be set aside by Christian influence,” notes the New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, p. 48. Christmas tree sales in the U.S. make a huge business. As a side note, it is estimated that in 2007 Americans spent $66 billion on gifts during Christmas. Like the beginning of any astrological cycle, it provides the opportunity for a fresh start. Shocking? When the Sun enters a zodiac sign for approximately one month the focus shifts to those sign topics. It was not observed for at least three centuries after His birth. It is not found, however, in the lists of Feasts given by Tertullian and Origen,” vol. This image became popular in the United States and Canada in the 19th century partly because of the significant influence of caricaturist and political cartoonist Thomas Nast. I knew there was such a time, because we had an Episcopal church in our town, and I saw them dressing it with evergreens, and wondered what they were taking the woods in church for; but I got no satisfactory explanation. No corresponding festival was presented by the Old Testament … the day and month of the birth of [the Messiah] are nowhere stated in the Gospel history, and cannot be certainly determined,” Christmas, p. 276. As the Roman Empire grew and as merchants traveled, the customs of Christmas spread also. What of those who celebrate birthdays? 24-25. TIED THE NOT. At the end of the world he will come again to judge resurrected mankind and after the last battle, victorious over evil, he will lead the chosen ones through a river of fire to a blessed immortality,” Mystery Religions in the Ancient World, p. 99. As a family, we were led by the LORD to quit celebrating Christmas about 35 years ago. As the cults spread within the Empire they copied from one another in the easy-going syncretism which characterized much of the religious life of that realm and age,” pp. Ordering the people of the empire to travel great distances in the dead of winter would have surely incited a revolt, at least among the Jews in the Holy Land. because of unbelief. 24th August 2014, 12:53 pm. In fact the observance of birthdays was condemned as a heathen custom repugnant to Christians,”, What a revealing statement! After many deeds he held a last supper with his disciples and returned to heaven. The religious aspects were often neglected, with the result that the secularization of the holiday was well under way,” ibid. Cultures in northern Europe contributed some of their own traditions, or twists on some unbiblical themes, nearly all of which had a basis in Babylonian paganism. says, “The fathers of the first three centuries do not speak of any special observance of the nativity. 45,Zech. ... Second, the earth revolves around the sun, like a tetherball at the end of a string going around the center pole. 315-316. PIERS Morgan loved a birthday message from Sharon Obsourne after she lost her job for defending him. Some historians believe asherahs were connected with phallic worship. Space prohibits us from detailing all of the customs of Christmas and their origins in the mystery religions of ancient peoples, but the Christmas tree deserves special note because of its prominent role. “What’s so wrong with giving the children happiness and joy at this time of the year?” From a purely human standpoint, probably nothing. Joshua and Kaleb led the children of them over 21 who died in the wilderness. Hence the custom of making a wish when you blow out your birthday candles. . Godwin remarks, “No wonder the early Christians were disturbed by a deity who bore so close a resemblance to their own, and no wonder they considered him a mockery of [the Messiah] invented by Satan.”, “This tendency on the part of Christians to meet Paganism half-way was very early developed,” says Alexander Hislop in, , p. 93. Thanks a lot for sharing these truths. According to Jeremiah 36:22, December is wintry in the Holy Land, cold and rainy, and on occasion snow covers the ground (see Daily Life in the Time of Jesus by Henri Daniel-Rops). Brian Dowling says his nephew is 'the bright light of happiness' on his birthday ... "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Acording to the. The Madonna and child theme, which is universal or evident in hundreds of religions down through the centuries, had its origin in Babylon. 3, p. 656. I have been looking into and studying this for a few years now. Usually during Christmas plays someone will read the account in Luke 2:8: “And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.” Is this describing a cold December scene? The Romans worshiped Tammuz as the sun deity Mithras in a special observance called the Saturnalia. “The pagan Saturnalia and Brumalia were too deeply entrenched in popular custom to be set aside by Christian influence,” notes the, New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, New International Dictionary of the Christian Church, , p. 223: “December 25 was the date of the Roman pagan festival inaugurated in 274 as the birthday of the unconquered sun which at the winter solstice begins again to show an increase in light. The feast of Sol Invictus (open unconquered Sun) on December 25th was celebrated with great joy, and eventually this date was taken over by the Christians as Christmas, the birthday of Christ,”… Read more ». ... 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. estimated that Christmas tree farms in North America planted about 41 million new tree seedlings in the winter/spring of 2010 to replace harvested crops and meet future increased demand. 81003829182983098129803981019283081029830192838019 this is when the There is neither a call to observe it nor an example where anyone in the Bible did so. bajillion years ago you'll get The Saturnalia was named for Saturn, otherwise known as Cronus. Shepherds came to the manger, but the wise men visited a house up to two years later. Interestingly, Hislop notes that the pagans gave up precious little of their own beliefs and practices. Obviously, Christmas was not an important celebration for the father of our country! (Its name is a contraction for “Christ’s Mass.”) But the overblown rites of Santa Claus, tinsel, Rudolph, gift exchanging, and football mostly obscure any religious overtones of the observance. 3, p. 656. Rather than condemn and destroy this rite of Canaanite Baal worship that they found in the Promised Land, the Israelites, as was their custom, chose instead to indulge in it. - Yahweh's Restoration Ministry, What is the origin of Christmas? He was reborn as his son Tammuz. Its pagan rites Almighty Yahweh outright and forcefully condemns in the Scriptures. Birthday of sun gods. “At first [asherah] may have been living trees (, , p. 93. In Old Testament times an indispensable part of Baal worship involved the asherah, a sacred tree stem or pole (from which we get the May pole and totem pole). And the, Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. His birth on 25 December was witnessed by shepherds. Odin would then reward those children for their kindness by replacing Sleipnir’s food with gifts or candy. Engineers have tested one of the UK’s most intriguing railway legends: that the rising sun shines through the Box tunnel near Bath on the birthday of the 19th-century genius who created the line. 1:13-16; Dan. Not only do we mislead them into believing myths, but by doing so we also shut out the true Giver of blessings, Almighty Yahweh. Israel was condemned for sun worship in Ezekiel 8. On this very ground the nativity in December should be given up.”, Notice the remarkable parallels, as detailed by Joscelyn Godwin, professor at Colgate University. The Romans worshiped Tammuz as the sun deity Mithras in a special observance called the Saturnalia. Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Why and with what results did France engage in a war with Europe between 1792 and 1795? 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