What about Christmas and its Pagan Roots?

[Michael Grant]

What about Christmas and its Pagan Roots?
Shalom
Mike

[Michael Grant]

The True Meaning Of Christ-Mass

They tell us that it is the season
to be jolly. It is a time of ornaments,
red and green decorations, silver bells,
holly, mistletoe and colored lights.
It is also a time of department store
Santas calling out their universal
mantra, "Ho ho ho, Merry Christmas."
Nearly all of the realm of so-called
"Christianity" join in and repeat this
same greeting, "Merry Christmas!"

Although we hear these words constantly
as they resonate millions of times
throughout the land, almost nobody
understands what they are really saying.
It is the purpose of this tract to take
the words, "Merry Christmas" and examine
the true meaning and essence of those
words.

A true Christian would want to examine
everything they say, because Jesus said
in Matthew 12:36-37, "But I say unto you,
that every idle word that men shall speak,
they shall give account thereof in the
day of judgement. For by thy words thou
shalt be justified, and by thy words thou
shalt be condemned." We will now set
aside all of the customs, glitter and
traditions of Christmas, which were taken
from pagan witchcraft and popularized by
the Roman Catholic Church, and we will
focus on the true meaning of the words,
"Merry Christmas!"

The word "Merry" is simple to define.
It unquestionably means to be happy,
joyful and light-hearted. The word
"merry" fits into the ambience of
laughter and frivolity. This word
"merry" by itself is innocent and
innocuous enough, but as we will now
see, it becomes heinously blasphemous
when used with the word "Christmas."

Here let it be noted that most people
think that the word, "Christmas" means
"the birth of Christ." By definition,
it means "death of Christ", and I will
prove it by using the World Book
Encyclopedia, the Catholic
Encyclopedia, and a book entitled, The
Mass In Slow Motion.

If you are an honest, sincere and
discerning Christian, please read on;
if not, you might as well stop right
here. The World Book Encyclopedia
defines "Christmas" as follows:
"The word Christmas comes from "Cristes
Maesse", an early English phrase that
means "Mass of Christ." (1) It is
interesting to note that the word "Mass",
as used by the Roman Catholics, has
traditionally been rejected by the
so-called Protestants, such as
Lutherans, Baptists, Methodists,
Presbyterians, Pentecostals and so on.
The word "Mass" is strictly a Catholic
word and thus, so is "Christ-Mass."

It would stand to reason, that since all
of these denominations love and embrace
"Christ-Mass", that December 25th is the
great homecoming day, when all of the
Protestants become Catholic for a day.
It would seem that all of the so-called
"wayward daughters" of the Romish church
return to their mother, the scarlet
harlot. Thus, all of the so-called
Protestant churches could sing to the
Pope that popular song "I'll be home for
Christmas."

As previously stated, the word "Mass" in
religious usage means a "death sacrifice."
The impact of this fact is horrifying and
shocking; for when the millions of people
are saying, "Merry Christmas", they are
literally saying "Merry death of Christ!"
Furthermore, when the fat man in the red
suit laughs boisterously and says,
"Ho ho ho, Merry Christmas", he is
mocking and laughing at the suffering
and bleeding Saviour, who died for our
sins. He does this while parents place
their little children into his waiting
arms to hear his false promises of gifts
that he says he will give them. Consider
what you are saying when you say
"Merry Christmas."

What is so amusing about our Saviour's
painful death? What is so funny? Why
is Santa laughing? Why are you going
along with it? Your words do count and
Satan knows it. Yes, the word "Mass"
does mean "death sacrifice", and to cement
that fact, we will consider the definition
of the inventors of the religious
application of the word "Mass." I am
looking at page 537 of the Catholic
Encyclopedia, which says, "In the Christian
law, the supreme sacrifice is that of the
Mass." It goes on to say, "The supreme act
of worship consists essentially in an
offering of a worthy victim to God, the
offering made by a proper person, as a
priest, the destruction of the victim."
(2) Please note carefully the word,
"victim" of the Mass. The Latin word for
victim is "Hostia" from which the word
"host" is derived. The Mass, by definition
of those who coined the word, is a sacrifice
involving a victim. There is no other
meaning for the word "Mass" or
"Christ-Mass." On page 110 of a book
entitled "The Mass In Slow Motion",
we find the following words: "It is only
with the consecration that the sacrifice of
the Mass is achieved. I have represented
the Mass to you, more than once, as a kind
of ritual dance." (3)

In essence, the Mass is the ceremonial
slaying of Jesus Christ over and over again,
followed by the eating of his flesh and the
drinking of his blood. The Mass is the
death sacrifice, and the "Host" is the
victim. This is official Roman Catholic
doctrine, and "Christmas" is a word that
they invented. Again, I ask, what is so
merry about the pain, bleeding, suffering
and death of Jesus Christ? Satan has done
quite a job of getting millions of
so-called "Christians" to blaspheme. What
a deceiver he is.
Now you know the true meaning of the word
"Christmas" or Mass of Christ. There is
much more to know about this pagan holiday.

Shalom
Mike

[Michael Grant]

Pagan Roots of Christmas Resources

I am going through all my booklets I have on the topic
so you can read my resources. If you want to write
an article or book on the topic please feel free to use
as you like.

Rough Notes -PTAC

- who was born on December 25th?
- did the Apostles or the first century Congregation celebrate
Christmas?
- what does the Bible say about Christmas trees?
- few people know where Christmas customs come from?
- people are just born with these customs already existing and
don't ever question them.
- Most people assume that these customs to be chief
observances of the true Congregation of YHWH
- Assume that these customs were celebrated by the first
century Congregation and the foundation of the true faith.
- Assume Yeshua (Jesus) was born on December 25th
- assume we exchange gifts because the wise men presented
gifts to child Yeshua (Jesus)
- Christmas means "Mass of Christ" which came to us from the
Catholic Church
- Catholic Church got the customs of Christmas from the Heathen
celebration Sol the Sun God
- these customs came from Baalism which the Bible condemns
as the most abominable of all idolatrous worship
- Christmas is never observed by the Apostles nor the first
century Congregation
- it is one of the fables that Apostle Paul talked about in 2 Tim 4:4
that would deceive the world in the latter days
- Christmas is of Pagan Babylonish origin
- Yeshua (Jesus) not born on December 25th not even in the
winter
- "there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the fields,
keeping watch over their flock by night" Luke 2:8
- Shepherds could not be abiding in the fields nor could their flock
be in the field in December in Palestine
- the flocks would not be in fields in winter but no later than
October 15th would be corralled and brought out of the cold rainy
season and put in stalls
- scriptural proof winter was a rainy season not allowing shepherds
to abide in the fields: Song of Solomon 2:11, Ezra 10:9, 13
- It was an ancient custom among Jews of the day to send out their
sheep to the fields and deserts about the Passover (early-spring),
and bring them home at commencement of the first rain, says the
Adam Clarke Commentary Vol 5., page 386
- this authority also states, "during the time they were out, the
shepherds watched them night and day, As ... the first rain began
early in the month of Marchesvan, which answers to part of our
October and November [begins mid October], we find that the sheep
were kept out in the open country during the whole summer. And, as
these shepherds had not yet brought home their flocks , it is
presumptive argument that October had not yet commenced, and
that, consequently, Our Lord, was not born on the 25th of December,
when no flocks were in the fields; nor could He have been born later
than September, as the flocks were still in the fields by night. On this
very ground, the nativity in December should be given up. The
feeding of the flocks by night in the fields is a chronological fact."
- see quotations from the Talmudist in Lightfoot
- Catholic Encyclopedia states Yeshua (Jesus) was not born on
December 25th
- Yeshua's (Jesus') date of birth is unknown
- Scriptures indicate mostlikelyhood Yeshua (Jesus) was born in early
fall probably September.
- If YHWH wanted us to observe Yeshua's (Jesus') birthday He would
not so completely hidden the exact date
- not one word in New Testament or Old Testament telling us to
observe Christmas
- The Apostles nor the first century Congregation never observed
Christmas
- no bible authority for its observance
- Catholic Encyclopedia under caption of "Christmas" says "Christmas
was not among the earliest festivals of the Church ... The first evidence
of the feast is from Egypt"
- continued: "Pagan customs centering around the January calends
gravitated to Christmas." "...in the scriptures, sinners alone, not
saints, celebrated their birthday."
- From Encyclopedia Britannica "Christmas (i.e., the Mass of Christ)
Christmas was not among the earliest festivals of the church..."
- From Encyclopedia Britannica "Christmas It was, according to many
authorities, not celebrated in the first centuries of the Christian
church, as the Christian usage in general was to celebrate the death
of remarkable persons rather than their birth..." "a feast was
established in memory of this event [Christ's birth] in the fourth
century. In the fifth century the Western Church ordered it to be
celebrated forever on the day of the old Roman feast of the birth
of Sol, as no certain knowledge of the day of Christ's birth existed."
- Roman Church ordered Christmas observance in fifth century
- Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia states in article on Christmas,
"How much the date of the festival depended upon the Pagan
Brumalia (Dec. 25) following the Saturnalia (Dec. 17-24), and
celebrating the shortest day of the year and the "new sun" ...
cannot be accurately determined. The pagan Saturnalia and
Brumalia were too deeply entrenched in popular custom to be set
aside by Christian influence... The pagan festival with its riot and
merrymaking was so popular that Christians were glad of an
excuse to continue its celebration with little change in spirit and
in manner. Christian preachers of the West and the Near East
protested against the unseemly fivolity with which Christ's birthday
was celebrated, while Christians of Mesopotamia accused their
Western brethren of idolatry and sun-worship for adopting as
Christian this pagan festival."
- Constantine made Christianity the state religion of the Roman
Empire in fourth century
- Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia also explains how Constantine
recognized Sunday as the new Christian sabbath which was
formerly Sunday day of Sun Worship and how influence of pagan
Manichaeism which identified the Son of God with the physical
Sun hence calling December 25th birthday of the Son of God
(birthday of the Sun-god)
- no matter what we call Christmas is still the sun-worshipping
festival
- from Encyclopedia Britannica "Certain Latins, as early as 354, may
have transferred the birthday from January 6th to December 25,
which was then a Mithraic feast, ...or birthday of the unconquered
Sun ... The Syrians and Armenians, who clung to January 6th,
accused the Romans of Sun worship and Idolatry, contending that
the feast of December 25th, had been invented by disciples of
Cerinthus..."
- We got Christmas from Roman Catholics, they got it from
paganism, where did it originally come from?
- it is chief custom of corrupt system denounced in Bible prophecies
and teachings under the name of Babylon which derived from
Nimrod
- Nimrod, grandson of Ham, son of Noah, real founder of Babylonish
corrupt worship system.
- a system of organized competition, man-ruled governments and
empires, based on competitive and profit-making economic system
- Gen 10:6, 8-12 records the story of Nimrod and the building of the
Tower of Babel, the original Babylon, Nineveh, and many other cities
and created the first world kingdom.
- Nimrod in Hebrew means "He Rebelled"
- Nimrod started the the great organized worldly apostacy from YHWH
which has dominated the world until now sifted through all the ruling
kingdoms
- Nimrod married his own mother named Semiramis.
- After Nimrods death his mother-wife propagated the doctrine of the
survival of Nimrod as a spirit being
- She claimed a full-grown evergreen tree sprang over night from a dead
tree stump which symbolized Nimrod being resurrected from the dead
- on the anniversary of Nimrod's birth Semiramis claimed Nimrod would
visit the evergreen tree and leave gifts upon it.
- December 25th was the birthday of Nimrod
- this is the real origin of the Christmas tree
- through scheming Semiramis became "Queen of Heaven" and Nimrod
under various names became the "divine son of Heaven"
- as generations went by Nimrod became the false Messiah the son of
Baal the Sun-god
- this false babylonish system - Mother and Child - Semiramis and
Nimrod reborn became chief objects of worship
- The "Mother and Child" false babylonish system spread throughout the
world under different names
- in Egypt - Iris and Osiris - in Asia - Cybele and Deoius - in Rome - Fortuna
and Jupiterpuer - in Greece, China, Japan, Tibet are found counterparts
of the original Madonna (Mother and child false babylonish system
- Rome was pagan before Christianity so the Roman pagans during the
fourth and fifth centuries were converting to Christianity by the hundreds
of thousands because they could observe their old pagan customs in
Christianity as Christianity adopted them changing their names to
Christian sounding names.
- it was the habit of Christianity to overtake and rename certain forms of
paganism and assimilate it into Christianity
- we just never questioned whether these customs came from the Bible
or from pagan idolatry
- this babylonish pagan idolatrous worship system Satan has used for
centuries to deceive the world
- in Egypt was always believed the son of Iris (Queen of Heaven) was
born on December 25th and paganism celebrated this famous birthday
over most of the known world for centuries before the birth of Yeshua
(Jesus)
- The Apostles did not celebrate this famous birthday, Yeshua (Jesus)
was not born on December 25th, there is no command in the Bible to
celebrate it, and the celebrating of birthdays is Heathen custom
- no where in the Bible does it command us to worship Mother and Child,
the Apostles did not worship this Mother and Child
- Sure Miriam (Mary) is written in the scriptures Luke 1:28, 42, 48 but no
where is it commanded that we worship Miriam (Mary)
- No where in Scripture is Miriam (Mary) commanded to be worshipped,
deified, made a divine being.
- erroneous doctrines about Miriam includes worshipping her as
Mother of God, doctrine of Immaculate conception, her as an
intercessor between God and Man,
- the deified Miriam (Mary) originated from Semiramis the Queen of
Heaven the wife/mother of Nimrod
- this Chaldean Mystery founded by wife of Nimrod was handed down to
Christianity renamed Christmas
- how did we get Holly Wreath, Mistletoe, and Yule Log - was used at
festival of Winter Solstice because was considered sacred to the Sun
because of its miraculous healing power
- kissing under the mistletoe was an early step in the night of revelry and
drunken debauchery
- celebrating the death of the old sun and the birth of the new sun at
the Winter Solstice
- Mistletoe, sacred in pagan festivals is a parasite
- Holly berries were also sacred to the Sun-god
- The Yule log is Sun log - Yule means wheel and is a pagan symbol for
the Sun this is the origin of the so called sacred Yuletide season
- The Americanna writes, "The holly, the mistletoe, the Yule log ... are
relics of pre-Christian times"
- Paganism the book, Answers to Questions by Frederick J Haskins
writes, "The use of Christmas wreaths is believed by authorities to
be traceable to the pagan customs of decorating buildings and places
of worship at the feast which took place at the same time as
Christmas. The Christmas Tree is from Egypt and its origin dates
from a period long anterior to the Christmas era."
- What about Santa Claus? - the name Santa Claus is a corruption of
the name St Nicholas, a Roman Catholic bishop from 5th century
- Encyclopedia Britannica Vol 19 11th edition pages 648-9 writes,
"St Nicholas, bishop of Myra ... a saint honored by the Greeks and
Latins on the sixth of December ... A legend of his surreptitious
bestowal of dowries on the three daughters of an impoverished citizen
... is said to have originated the old custom of giving presents in secret
of the eve of St Nicholas [Dec 6] subsequently transferred to
Christmas day. Hence the association of Christmas with
Santa Claus..."
- throughout the year parents punish their kids for telling falsehoods
but at Christmas they themselves tell their children the Santa Claus
lie
- Is it Biblical to teach your children Myths and Falsehoods?
- may seem right to man but here is what Bible says:
Pr 14:12 - There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the
way of death. Pr 16:25 - There is a way that seems right to a man, But
its end is the way of death.
- Old Nick is a term for the devil and Satan appears as an angel of light
so says scripture - 2Co 11:14 - And no marvel; for Satan himself is
transformed into an angel of light.
- What the Bible says about the Christmas Tree -
Jeremiah 10:1 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you,
O house of Israel: 2 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. 3 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. 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they
fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 5 They are
upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne,
because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil,
neither also is it in them to do good. 6 Forasmuch as there is none
like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in
might.
- We are told not to learn the way of the Heathen and this scripture
describes what YHWH views as Idolatry
- is exchanging gifts Biblical? - Christmas Shopping Season -
Bibliotheca Sacra, Vol 12 pages 153-155 writes, "The Interchange of
presents between friends is alike characteristic of Christmas and the
Saturnalia, and must have been adopted by Christians from the Pagans,
as the admonition of Tertullian plainly shows."
- exchanging gifts does not honor Yeshua's (Jesus') birthday or honor
him. how does exchanging gifts and ignoring the persons who's birthday
it is honor that person?
- People honor a birth date that is not Yeshua's (Jesus') scrape together
every dime they can buying presents to trade back and forth but do
people give gifts to Yeshua and his cause?
- consider this scripture - Matthew 2: 1 Now when Jesus was born in
Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came
wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2 Saying, Where is he that is born
King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to
worship him. 3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was
troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 And when he had gathered all the
chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them
where Christ should be born. 5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem
of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet, 6 And thou Bethlehem,
in the land of Judah, art not the least among the princes of Judah: for
out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
7 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of
them diligently what time the star appeared. 8 And he sent them to
Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child;
and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come
and worship him also. 9 When they had heard the king, they departed;
and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it
came and stood over where the young child was. 10 When they saw
the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. 11 And when they were
come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother,
and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their
treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense,
and myrrh. - did they present gifts because it was his birthday? They
did not come on his birthday it took many days actually 2 years
(Matthew 2:16) it took the wise men to get there. The wise men
presented gifts to the Yeshua (Jesus) child not baby and did not
exchange gifts amongst themselves.
- Adam Clarke Commentary Vol 5, page 46 writes, "Verse 11, (They
presented unto him gifts). the people of the east never approach the
presence of kings and great personages, without a present in their
hands. The custom is often noticed in the Old Testament, and still
prevails in the east and in some of the newly discovered South Sea
Islands." They were not instituting the custom of exchanging
gifts for Christmas but rather following an old eastern custom to
present gifts to a King.
- Christmas is part of the Idolatrous Babylonish Worship System that
YHWH calls his people out of. Read Revelation 17-18:4
- The Christmas Spirit is created annually to sell Merchandise

Shalom
Mike

[Michael Grant]

Pagan Roots of Christmas Resources Book 2

I am going through all my booklets I have on the topic
so you can read my resources. If you want to write
an article or book on the topic please feel free to use
as you like.

Rough Notes -PAPC

- we acknowledge the details of Yeshua's (Jesus')
birth Luke 2:10, 11
-strangely no one knows the exact date of Yeshua's
(Jesus') birth - was it December 25th?
- is this birth date, December 25th taught in Bible?
- Christmas is not taught in the Bible nor even
celebrated by the Apostles nor the first century
Congregation
- What is the origin of Christmas and the December
25th date?
- What is the origin of the Christmas Tree, lights
decorations, and Santa Claus?
- Where did these traditions come from?
- Who authorized them and for what reason?
- New Standard Encyclopedia Volume 4 Article
"Christmas" (Chicago, Illinois: Standard Education
Corporation, 1989), C-320 writes, "Christians began
to celebrate Christmas about 200. But they
observed it on varying dates, because the exact date
of Christ's birth was unknown. In 354, December 25
was declared to be the birthday of Christ, and in
440 the pope decreed on that date. The Church at
Constantinople, however observed it for years on
January 6, and that date is still used in some Eastern
Orthodox churches." "December 25 comes only a
few days after the winter solstice (about December
22). the shortest day of the year in the Northern
Hemisphere. This season had long been a period of
celebration among the pagans in many parts of the
world because it symbolized the beginning of a
new year in nature. Christmas thus replaced a pagan
holiday with a Christian one, while keeping the same
symbolism - the birthday of Christ corresponds to the
birth of the year. Many of the pagans customs became
part of the Christmas Celebration."
- Earl W Count, 4000 Years of Christmas (New York,
New York: Henry Schuman, 1948, 18 writes,
"Mesopotamia is the very ancient Mother of
Civilization. Christmas began there, over 4000 years
ago, as the festival which renewed the world for
another year. The twelve days' of Christmas; the
bright fires and probably the Yule log; the giving of
presents: the carnivals with their floats, their
merrymakings and clownings, the mummers who
sing and play from house to house; the feastings;
the church processions with their lights and songs
- all these and more began there centuries before
Christ was born. And they celebrate the arrival of a
New Year." "For that day [December 25] was sacred,
not only to the pagan Romans but to a religion from
Persia which, in those days, was one of Christianity's
strongest rivals. This Persian religion was Mithraism,
whose followers worshiped the sun, and celebrated
its return to strength on that day. The church finally
succeeded in taking the merriment. the greenery,
the lights, and the gifts from Saturn and giving
them to the babe of Bethlehem." "It happened that
the date [December 25] did fall in the midst of the
Saturnalia. Far from being an invention to compete
against Roman and Persian paganism, the birthday
of Christ ran the danger of being swallowed up in
pagan merrymaking. The [church] Fathers tried
strenuously to keep Christmas strictly a church
celebration. It was part of their unremitting struggle
to break the grip of the pagan gods upon the people.
And they broke the grip -- after a battle of centuries.
The pagan Romans became Christians -- but the
Saturnalia remains."
- Here is the origin of the Christmas Tree:
R. Brasch, How did it Begin? (New York, New York:
David McKay Company, Inc., 1966) 332, 333 writes,
"It is a fact that the Christmas tree stems primitive
pagan customs. Its main features, green foliage and
candles, were associated with the winter solstice
when nature seemed dead, and green branches and
trees were used in a magical rite to insure the return
of vegetation and the victory of light over darkness."
New Standard Encyclopedia, Volume 4, C-320 writes,
"Nearly all American customs can be traced to other
countries -- the homeland of the many nationalities
represented in the United States. For instance, the
Christmas tree, usually an evergreen , was first used
in Germany.The mistletoe was sacred to the Druids,
priests of ancient Britain and Gaul. The Norse used
holly and yule log to keep away evil spirits."
- Here is the origin of the gift giving:
New Standard Encyclopedia, Volume 4, C-320 writes,
"Gifts were exchanged during the Roman celebration
of Saturnalia, a feast to the god of Saturn, held
December 17-23. Gift-giving came to symbolized the
gifts brought to the Christ Child by the Three Wise
Men or Magi." Note the wise men gave gifts to
Yeshua (Jesus) not exchange gifts among themselves.
Adam Clarke, Clarke's Commentary, Volume 3 writes,
"the people of the East never approach the presence
of kings and great personages without a present in
their hands."
- Here is the origin of Santa Claus:
originated from 2 Christmas traditions; 1. St Nicholas
2.Kris Kringle
- Saint Nicholas was a fourth century bishop of Myra
which is now in Turkey; Patron Saint of children; the
Dutch call him Sinterklaas
- In Germany reformers replaced Saint Nicholas with
the Christ Child or Kris Kringle and in North America
Kris Kringle became Santa Claus, in England he
became Father Christmas
- Santa Claus legendary figure who brings gifts to
children on Christmas pictured as Joly old elf who
knows if children have been naughty or nice
- Children are taught to write to Santa to tell him what
they want for Christmas or sit on his lap and tell him
their Christmas wishes
- Children are also taught it is Santa who brings the
gifts and that on one night, Christmas eve, Santa
encompasses the whole world to bring gifts to all
children everywhere in the world and that he is in
Sleigh drawn by reindeer whereby he goes from
rooftop to rooftop and even comes down every
ones chimney. Santa is a rival to Jesus in the
Christmas celebration, Children are taught to pay
attention to Santa Rather than Jesus
- Is Yeshua (Jesus) honored by all this myth and
deception?
- Was the real Yeshua (Jesus) part of Christmas in the
first place or is the Christmas Jesus a different
Jesus? Read this: 2 Corinthians 11:1 Would to God
ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed
bear with me. 2 For I am jealous over you with godly
jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband,
that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent
beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds
should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in
Christ. 4 For if he that cometh preacheth another
Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive
another spirit, which ye have not received, or another
gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well
bear with him.
- Santa is made to be a god knowing who's been
naughty or nice, actually knowing all our actions all
year long
- Santa is a Myth and the real Yeshua (Jesus) is not
- Yeshua (Jesus) is the giver of gifts and when he returns
he brings our rewards whether good or bad
Re 22:12 - And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward
is with me, to give every man according as his work
shall be. James 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth
temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the
crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them
that love him.
- Mixing religious practices has never been acceptable
to YHWH. John 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is,
when the true worshippers shall worship the Father
in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to
worship him. Jeremiah 10:2 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. 3 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. 4 They
deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with
nails and with hammers, that it move not. 5 They are
upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must
needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid
of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in
them to do good. 2 Corinthians 6:4 Be ye not unequally
yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship
hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what
communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what
concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he
that believeth with an infidel? 16 And what agreement
hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple
of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them,
and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall
be my people. 17 Wherefore come out from among
them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch
not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 18 And
will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and
daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. R. Brasch, How
Did it Begin, 324 writes, "It is interesting... to see how
the genius of the human mind has been able, through
the centuries to give them [heathen customs] a
different and sacred meaning" Ezekiel 23:29 And they
shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all
thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and
the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered,
both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms. 30 I will do
these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a
whoring after the heathen, and because thou art
polluted with their idols. 2 Corinthians 7:1 Having
therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us
cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and
spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- Yeshua (Jesus) was never part of Christmas so we
cant put him back into something he was never in.
M. A. Smith, From Christ to Constantine (Dowers
Grove, Illinois: Inter-Varsity Press, 1971) 150, 151
writes, "Christmas was generally celebrated in the
West only after the triumph of Constantine, when
the time of Christ's birth was reckoned with the
day of the Unconquered Sun on December 25." The
New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious
Knowledge, Volume 3, (Grand Rapids, Michigan:
Baker Book House, 1908), 48 writes, "The pagan
Saturnalia and Brumalia were too deeply entrenched
in popular custom to be set aside by Christian
influence ... The pagan festival with its riot and
merrymaking was so popular that Christians were
glad of an excuse to continue its celebration with
little change in spirit and in manner."

Shalom
Mike

[Michael Grant]

Pagan Roots of Christmas Resources Book 3

I am going through all my booklets I have
on the topic so you can read my resources.
If you want to write an article or book
on the topic please feel free to use as
you like.

Rough Notes -CATBTI

- the Apostles and first century
Congregation took the Gospel to the known
world
- as pagans were being converted into the
true faith their old pagan customs were
being mixed into the faith
- characteristics of pagan deities were
being applied with the true
characteristics of YHWH an His true
Messiah Yeshua (Jesus)
- pagans preferred pagan practices but
wanted salvation too
- Christmas is an observance that has its
roots in these pagan practices
- people in the Western world spend
lavishly for gifts they can not afford
- indulges include parties including
drinking alcoholic beverages, seasonal
delicacies, traditional practices to
celebrate the birthday who they profess
to be their king.
- Through false doctrine they worship
their king based on their own human
reasoning
- does YHWH and Yeshua (Jesus) honor the
Christmas celebration?
- amongst the non-scriptural based
practices is decorative lights, hanging
of evergreen leaves, mistletoe, holly,
holding a boar's head festival, sending
Christmas cards, having midnight mass,
or church services on December 25th
- there is no commandment anywhere in the
Bible to observe a birthday
- three times birthdays are mentioned in
scripture and on all three occasions
violent deaths occurred Genesis 40:9-22,
Job 1:4, 19, Matthew 14:3-12
- the celebrating birthdays concept was
unknown to primitive Judaism so is certain
that Yeshua (Jesus) never celebrated his
birthday
- If YHWH wanted Yeshua's (Jesus') birthday
celebrated He would not have so completely
hidden its exact date
- Many Christians confess that December 25th
is not Yeshua's (Jesus') birthday
- no one celebrated Yeshua's (Jesus')
birthday on December 25th for 200 years
after his birth.
- Julius Sextus Africanus, a historian from
Alexandria, Egypt was first to set the
December 25th date for Yeshua's (Jesus')
birthday in 221 C.E.
- Yeshua (Jesus) could not have been born
on December 25th or even in the winter
proven by the scriptures
- the priest Zachariah, was of the sect of
AbiYah
- correct calculations using the info about
John the Baptist conception, the son of
Zacharia, Yeshua' (Jesus') was conceived
around the middle of December rather than
being born at that time
- Gospel of Luke states that the conception
of John two months after the Feast of
Unleavened Bread
- the priestly sect AbiYah was eighth such
sect to serve in the Temple
1 Chronicles 24:10; these priests served
eight weeks after the spring sacred
season see Luke 1
- The Two Babylons, by Rev. Alexander Hislop
writes, "The first rain falls in the month
of Marchesvan, which answers to the latter
part of our October and the former part
of November... from whence it appears that
[the Messiah] must be born before the
middle of October, since the first rain
was not yet come."
- Messiah was not born on December or even
in the winter but rather when the
shepherds were still in the fields
watching their flocks by night near
Bethlehem Read Luke 2
- logically Yeshua (Jesus) could only have
been born in the fall not winter
- crops were harvested and people were
traveling to Jerusalem for the Feast of
Tabernacles, weather was still agreeable
for traveling women and children, and
revenue was readily available for payment
of taxes, and the recording of the annual
feasts days recorded in Leviticus 23
- Bethel Edition Translation of the bible
writes, "John 1:14 And the Word became
flesh and tabernacled among us, (and we
beheld His glory, glory as of the only
begotten from the Father), full of grace
and truth."
- Yeshua came (tabernacled) to live amongst
the human family He was appointed to save
- similar traditions between Christmas and
Roman Saturnalia; both are celebrated
close to the Winter Solstice
- December 25th has been celebrated as a
holiday involving pagan worship from
antiquity
- another name for Saturnalia was
Paganalia possibly the origin of the
term 'pagan worship' and is referred as
false unscriptural form of worship Read
Larousse's Encyclopedia of Mythology
page 219
- Saturnalia is an ancient Roman pagan
celebration that was observed 7 days
December 17-24 unrestrained festivity
to honor pagan god 'Saturn' which
followed immense gluttonous feast
- the name 'Saturn' means abundance
- McClintock & Strong's Bible Cyclopedia
article "Christmas" writes, "Trynne says
in his strong was (in histo-mastix) 'our
Christmas lords of misrule,' together
with dancing, masks, mummeries,
stage-players and such other Christmas
disorders, no in use with Christians,
were derived from these Roman Saturnalia
and Bacchanalian festivals, which should
cause all pious Christians to abominate
them!"
- Colliers Encyclopedia article "Christmas"
writes, "The choice of December 25 was
probably influenced by the fact that on
this day, the Romans celebrated the
Mithraic feast of the Sun G_d (natalis
solis invicti) and that the Saturnalia
also came at this time."
- Yeshua (Jesus) was not born at this time,
and observance of winter solstice was
derived from pagan superstitions.
- Christmas not named in scriptures nor
celebrated by Apostles or the first
century Congregation
- Mankind cant make it holy
- In the Golden Bough Frazer states that
Augustine and Leo the Great explained
away the concept that the Sun was being
worshipped but admitted that many
Christians were associating the Son of
G_d with the Sun G_d
- ancient pagans saw the sun move south
in the heavens and the days growing
shorter, and they assumed that the sun
was departing to never return. so they
used decorations and religious
observances to ensure the sun would
return
- they saw the sun slow then stop so they
believed their petition had been
successful which started unrestrained
rejoicing, feasting and revelry and
drinking alcohol beverages heightened
the excitement
- when the sun began moving northward and
could determine the days were getting
longer a new year was proclaimed
- stones and poles are in earth to mark
shortest and longest days, Stonehenge
in England is an example
- the 'Mother and Child' veneration,
witnessed in almost every pagan culture,
originated from Babylon, Semiramis and
Tammuz the resurrected Nimrod which
similarities could be seen in the
veneration of Miriam (Mary) and the
child Yeshua (jesus).
- why make an idol out of the out of the
crib nativity scene? it is the death
of Yeshua at Calvary not the birth of
the baby Yeshua in a manger that saves
us
- Why is an evergreen tree brought into
the house and decorated with bright
tinsel and lights? nowhere in the Bible
is there a command to do this . This
custom stems from worship of Nimrod
- Nimrod was executed by Shem, Noah's son,
for apostasy against YHWH and so Nimrod
was pictured in mythology as a dead tree
that had been cut down, which the
serpent Aescalapius twisted itself
around the dead tree stump which produced
a new tree spring forth from the dead
tree stump hence Aescalapius was called
the life restorer. The serpent in the
Bible is Satan the devil Revelation 12:9,
Genesis chapter 3. this mythology of a
tree springing out of a dead tree stump
symbolizes the dying sun and the sun
being restored to life at December 25th
each year
- Jeremiah 10:2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn
not the way of the heathen, and be not
dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the
heathen are the people are vain: for one
cutteth a tree out of the forest, the
work of the hands of the workman, with
the axe. 4 They deck it with silver and
with gold; they fasten it with nails and
with hammers, that it move not. 5 They
are upright as the palm tree, but speak
not: they must needs be borne, because
they cannot go. Be not afraid of them;
for they cannot do evil, neither also
is it in them to do good. 6 Forasmuch
as there is none like unto thee,
O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is
great in might. 7 Who would not fear
thee, O King of nations? for to thee
doth it appertain: forasmuch as among
all the wise men of the nations, and in
all their kingdoms, there is none like
unto thee. 8 But they are altogether
brutish and foolish: the stock is a
doctrine of vanities.
Romans 1:25 Who changed the truth of
God into a lie, and worshipped and
served the creature more than the
Creator, who is blessed for ever.
Amen.
- Xmas Wreaths - made from evergreens
most frequently round, Evergreen means
everlasting life, a never dying
existance in pagan mythology - the
round shape symbolized the sun like
halos do also so round Xmas Wreaths
stand for the everlasting sun or
never dying or self-renewing sun,
the round shape also corresponds to
the female which is symbol of
regeneration of life read Numbers 25
- Revelation 18:4 say to come out of
Babylon which includes pagan symbols
being discussed here
- Christmas Spirits - many people
indulge in drinking alcoholic
beverages to heighten the excitement
- many alcoholic beverage bottles are
given as Christmas gifts
- The Two Babylons, by Rev. Alexander
Hislop pages 96-97 writes, "The feast,
as regulated as by Caligula, lasted
five days, loose reins were given to
drunkenness and revelry (the Saturnalia).
This was precisely the way, in which,
Berosus, the drunken festival of the
month of Tebeth, answering to our
December, in other words, the festival
of Bacchus, was celebrated in Babylon...
the wassailing bowl of Christmas had
its precise counterpart in the "drunken
festivals" of Babylon, and many other
observances still kept up among
ourselves at Christmas came from the
very same quarters." Where are the
scriptures supporting drinking alcoholic
beverages at Christmas parties? Did the
Apostles do it?
- Where did the custom of Santa and his
reindeer come from? he was Saint Nicholas
shortened to St. Nick. Nick is a name for
Satan the devil research it in any worthy
dictionary. Why do parents tell their
children a lie about the myth of Santa
Clause every year? Is telling your
children falsehoods biblical?
Saint Nicholas was a fourth century
bishop
- Webster's New World Dictionary writes,
"4. Saint, 4th century A.D.; bishop of
Myra, a patron saint of Russia, of
Greece, & of young people, sailors,
etc.: his day is December 6: cf Santa
Claus."
- Strong's Exhaustive Concordance lists it
as 3531 (American Standard) Version
corrected the spelling to Nicolaitans).
The word is then traced to 3534 Nikos.
Therefor the root word for Nicholas is
Nike and the ending of the word is
2992 Laos - a people. The term
Nicolaitanes is hated by Yeshua (Jesus)
and YHWH. Revelation 2:9, 3:9
- May represent Nike Winged Victory
- the puritans who came to the new world
(1620) settled in New England - rejected
Christmas
- Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition
writes, " In 1644 the English Puritans
forbad any merriment or religious act by
act of parliament, on the ground that it
was a heathen festival, and ordered it to
be kept as a fast. Charles II revived the
feast, but the Scots adhered to the
Puritan view."

Shalom
Mike