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The True Meaning Of Christmas
Except for Christ in the name, Christmas is pagan. The word mass is pagan and the customs surrounding it and Christmas are pagan. The very celebration without the rituals surrounding it is pagan. Pagan simply means that it is not from God. What is from God is easily proven. You can find it in your own Bible. The only mention of a yearly birthday celebration other than the actual day of birth is in the book of Job. Even then it is somewhat speculative. Jobs children it is said celebrated each their own day. They were all put to death and Job was sorely tested for his self righteousness. I believe that the testing was because Job allowed his family to practise a pagan observance.
Pagan observances were all originated by man or by Satan through man. The origins of these traditions and the customs that surround them are often very difficult to trace. Because a specific custom or tradition cannot be traced is no reason to attribute it to God. God^s commandments and ordinances are easily found in the pages of the readily available Bible. It is interesting to note that the word tradition is one of only two words in the New Testament that adds up to 666, the number of the beast and of the mark of the beast spoken of in the book of Revelations chapter 13. The other word is wealth. As far as wealth goes the Roman Catholic Church does not need charitable contributions. It is self sufficient. It is wealthy. It is deeply entangled in politics, business and monetary ventures and schemes throughout much of the world. It has roots in the old Holy Roman Empire.
Jesus was a simple man who lived a simple righteous life. He dressed in the fashion or custom of his day and was easily lost in a crowd. It took someone who new him well to distinguish him from other men. You have undoubtedly heard the story of Judas and his betrayal. Jesus was a Sabbath observer and He is Lord of the Sabbath. No man has the power nor the right to change what God has established. Anyone who denies that Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath is calling Jesus a liar and of no significance. Such a person is a liar and a deceiver. The Sabbath was established in the first week of creation according to the book of Genesis. There is absolutely no God approved abolishing of the Sabbath in the Bible. The Vatican itself has put its seal of approval on a book by Samuele Bacchiocchi entitled ^From Sabbath to Sunday^ which was published by the Vatican Press in the Vatican in Rome, Italy. This book clearly shows the arrogance of man in the conversion. It has caused thousand to convert to Sabbath observance, much to the embarrassment of the Roman Catholic Church. People who teach that the Sabbath is no longer a Christian observance are deceivers and liars.
Jesus is returning soon to save a world that will be on the brink of self destruction, destruction primarily by the doings of man. By then man will also have stirred God to wrath by unholy practises. (Heed to the warning of AIDS.) Much war famine and disease has been prophesied and growing tension in many parts of the world is evident today. With nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, man is able to cause tremendous harm if not complete removal of life from the face of the earth. Man can probably remove the face of the earth. Jesus will return with great indestructible power and will resurrect His saints to accompany him. Those are not the saints appointed by the Wholly Roman Catholic Church. They are people who gave true testimony of Jesus and of God, not liars for personal gain, for personal recognition and for power.
Most people in this western civilization have heard of Jesus and of His resurrection from the dead. The Bible is readily available for anyone who makes an effort to get one. You can get a brand new one for about five dollars. What is difficult to find though is someone who will help you without introducing blatant lies, false conclusions and deceitful delusions. There is a good size hill of concepts and knowledge found in the Bible but it was written for man and can be deciphered by anyone who can read. You don^t have to be a scholar to learn the ten commandments (Exodus20) or the fruits of the spirit, found in the book to the Ephesians chapter 5. You don^t need a lot of help to learn to apply those commandments and good habits in your life.
Speaking of scholars, it is a well known fact among Biblical scholars that Jesus was born in the fall. It is believed by many that he was born on the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles as He tabernacled with us for a little while. A tabernacle is a temporary dwelling such as a tent, igloo or human body. It is believed also that He was circumcised eight days latter, as is the ordinance, on the Last Great Day. The Last Great Day is the seventh of God^s appointed yearly Holy Days. The other Holy Days are The First Day Of Unleavened Bread, The Seventh Day Of Unleavened Bread, The Day Of Pentecost, The Day Of Trumpets, The Day Of Atonement and The First Day Of The Feast Of Tabernacles. Of course the Sabbath is a weekly Holy Day.
Ten percent of your income should be saved regularly for the observance of these Holy Feasts. That is called the second tithe. The first Tithe should go toward helping your neighbors in need and toward the ministry of truth.
Who you believe and what you observe during your life time is your decision and your responsibility. Each person on the face of the earth is free to decide what he or she believes. The responsibility of God^s ministers is to teach truth so that others will hear. A minister^s role is much like a farmer who plants seeds or a fisherman who throws out a net or a miner who digs for minerals or precious stones or a salt shaker that adds flavor to a meal. Computer programmers have an expression GIGO, garbage in garbage out. Good honest programming yields good honest results. The programming of a virus may be exceptionally brilliant programming but it is not good nor honest even though it creates a lot of business. It is your time of salvation and it will be your final judgment some day. It is for you to decide whether you will follow Jesus and receive His promise of eternal life or to die with the rebellious.
With pleasure in the love, the joy and the peace of Christ,
1996 Jacques Gauvin
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