Every time I see someone post “Jesus is the reason for the season” I cringe. I always want to write back to them… “Check up on your history…MITHRA is the reason for the season.”
If you don’t want to know anything farther or don’t want to get offended, I suggest you stop reading. Right now. Do it.
Wow you’re still reading? Well, don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Google “origin of christmas”. You will soon realize that December 25th is NOT the day Yeshua was born. According to the scriptures, he would have been born around September\October (Sukkot anyone?) Palestine is cold in December, and, because of that shepherds probably aren’t going to be freezing their tushes off in the fields. Yeshua is thought to have been 33.5 years old when he died. Since, also, the “last supper” was a PASSOVER sedar (this takes place during the spring…usually in March\April) and Yeshua died shortly after, he obviously couldn’t have been born in December. Trace that half of a year back…you’ll get September\October!
Many Christians themselves agree with this. Quoted from allaboutjesus.com:
“John the Baptist also helps us determine that December 25 is not the birth of Jesus. Elizabeth, John's mother, was a cousin of Mary. John began his ministry in the 15th year of Tiberius Caesar. The minimum age for the ministry was 30. As Augustus died on August 19, A.D. 14, that was the accession year for Tiberius. If John was born on April 19-20, 2 B.C., his 30th birthday would have been April 19-20, A.D. 29, or the 15th year of Tiberius. This seems to confirm the 2 B.C. date, and, since John was 5 months older, this also confirms an autumn birth date for Jesus.
Another interesting fact comes from Elizabeth herself. She hid herself for 5 months and then the Angel Gabriel announced to Mary both Elizabeth's condition and that Mary would also bear a son who would be called Jesus. Mary went "with haste" to visit Elizabeth, who was then in the first week of her 6th month, or the 4th week of Dec., 3 B.C. If Jesus was born 280 days later it would place his birth on Sept. 29, 2 B.C. Some scholars interpret the 6 months to be in line with the Hebrew calendar or the August-September time frame. Since Mary's pregnancy commenced a little before the sixth month around July, Jesus would be born somewhere around March-June. But does it matter if Jesus was born on the spring, the fall, or on December 25? Does it matter, theologically, when Jesus was born? What do you think, does it matter what day we celebrate His birth?”
Of course, to that last question, I answer…DUH! Would you want someone suddenly deciding to celebrate your birthday on, oh say, May 22nd (my birthday) when that is NOT the day you were born? I wouldn’t like that though. I doubt very much that you would either.
So where on earth did the church get the December 25th date when the evidence is CLEAR that Yeshua was NOT born that day?
That’s where good old paganism comes in! You see, the Catholic Church needed more money and…well how do you get more money? More people! In order for the church to get more members, they allowed the coming pagans to keep their December 25th celebration practices – which included drunkenness, sexual immortality, and, even, human sacrifices. Look it up!
Christmas began to the Romans as “Saturnalia” which was a week long period where laws were not enforced. People could damage things or others without fear of getting into trouble. It is even said that each community chose a person in which they forced to indulge in food and other physical pleasures for the week, then sacrificed that person at the end of the festival to “destroy the forces of darkness”. This person (man or woman) was BRUTALLY murdered.
Some of the customs were revived in 1466 when Pope Paul II – to amuse the Roman citizens, forced Jews to run naked through the city streets. An eyewitness account states that:
“Before they were to run, the Jews were richly fed, so as to make the race more difficult for them and at the same time more amusing for spectators. They ran… amid Rome’s taunting shrieks and peals of laughter, while the Holy Father stood upon a richly ornamented balcony and laughed heartily.”
Rabbis in the ghettos of Rome were forced to wear clown outfits and made to march in the streets, pelted by whatever the onlookers could find. December 25, 1881, Christian leaders whipped the Polish people into frenzies that led to riots. In Warsaw, 12 Jews were BRUTALLY MURDERED, many more injured, and many Jewish women were raped.
Makes you want to continue the tradition doesn’t it?
So…you’re still reading. I’m very surprised. So where do those modern “christmas” things come from? Well I’ll tell you!
The Christmas Tree came from pagan practices. If you look at it, guess what fertility symbol you see? That's right...a big ol' penis. But did you know that Scriptures warn AGAINST this practice? Check out this passage:
“Jeremiah 10:2-4: "Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not." (KJV)
Pretty obvious if you ask me.
Caroling was also done during Saturnalia and it came from singing naked in the streets. Yikes!
Holly – gueess what guys…there are dozens of different types of holly…most of them have male and female types. Female holly plants cannot have berries unless pollinated by the male types. Mmmm…can you guess what this was a symbol of in paganism? That’s right! Fertility! Oh boy! The berries were also thought to be sacred to the SUN GOD!
Now the beloved mistletoe! “Kissing under the mistletoe” came from the drunken orgies that used to be done during Saturnalia. Mistletoe was thought to have special powers of healing and…guess what…fertility…for those that “kissed” and did other things underneath it. The Celtics used to give mistletoe as a remedy to barren animals to make them fertile.
So where does Mithra fit into all of this?
Well, Emperor Aurelian prescribed December 25th as the birthday of Mithra. It wouldn’t be until 313 A.D. that Emperor Constantine declared it to be "Jesus’" birthday. The celebration of Sabbath on Sunday (Sabbath Day literally is Saturday) because it was the DAY of the SUN (Sun-day? Get it?) This was another element of Mithra Worship. Check out the similarities between the Christian “Jesus” and Mithra. You’ll be very VERY surprised. (It’s the reason I differentiate between the Christian “Jesus” and the Savior, Yeshua!)
G-d warns us various times to not mix the holy and the profane. So, honestly, do you think that He’s okay with people doing this sort of “worship” to Him?
I can hear you guys now. “Well that’s not the way I see it…” My question is….does it MATTER what way YOU see it, or does it matter what way HE sees it? G-d sees all…not just what’s going on currently, but in the past and in the future. He still sees the pagan practices of sexual immortality, drunkenness, murders, and sacrifices done to pagan gods. Why would He approve of people doing this and calling it His birthday???
After all…remember that the Israelites were not worshipping the golden calf…they were “worshipping” G-d in their own way…through the golden calf!
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