First let me give you a list of the false sun g-ds whose birthdays were on December 25th.
- Crishna (Vishnu),
- Osiris,
- Horus,
- Hercules,
- Dionysys (Bacchus),
- Indra,
- Buddha,
- Tammuz,
- Ra,
- Zeus,
- Mithra,
He is not like the false g-ds. He is not just another deity on an historian's list of ancient beliefs.
He does not want to be treated like the false g-ds.
Deu 12:2 - 4 "You shall completely destroy all the places in which the nations which you shall possess served their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree.
And you shall overthrow their altars and break their pillars, and burn their pillars with fire.
And you shall cut down the carved images of their g-ds, and destroy their names out of that place.
You shall not do so to Yahweh your Elohim (G-d)."
He does not want us to even mention the names of these false deities.
Exodus 23:13b "And make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of your mouth."
Now, can we honestly say the Almighty Creator of heaven and earth who gave His Son for our salvation was nothing but a copy cat of these false deities?
Can we say we honestly believe our Creator would allow His precious Son to be born on a day so completley given over to pagan sun worship?
Or, do we say that the date doesn't matter?
If it doesn't matter, then what Scriptural reason can be found to justify holding an event on the one day of the year totally identified with false sun worship?
Some say it doesn't matter because we no longer associate December 25 with sun worship and false g-ds.
An argument by ignorance. Because we are ill-informed that makes it OK.
Well, we are no longer ill-informed, are we?
Or are we saying Yahweh forgot for a moment in history what day December 25 represents?
Besides, dates do matter.
Just because the entire world of confessing believers neglects the Creators calendar in favor of a pagan one doesn't make it right.
Determining righteousness is not done by majority vote.
Why bring all this up in October?
Do you have your nativity scenes up now? You should.
I'll tell you why next time.
