Let Me Ruin Your Holidays

Saturnalia, Brumalia, and Easter

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Celebrate birth or resurrection of Jesus or not?

1. Should one avoid pagan holidays completely as not to deceive others?
2. Should one evangelize on pagan holidays - honoring the birth or resurrection of Jesus - with the risk of deceiving others? Will the Kingdom of God be larger or smaller? What is the long-term effect of honoring the birth or resurrection of Jesus on the wrong day?

• It is one thing to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and another thing to fill your places with idols. Idols affect your and others spiritual life. For more, see
  
  "HOUSECLEANING" IDOLS AND IDOLATRY
  http://www.demonbuster.com/idols.html
  
  Idolatry Is Alive Today: Why Modern Church Leaders Still Fight an Old Battle
  https://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2014/october/idolatry-is-alive-today-why-modern-church-leaders-still-fig.html
  
  
• It is one thing to celebrate the birth/resurrection of Jesus Christ and another thing use pagan holiday names like Advent, Lent, and Easter. Pagan names do not belong in the Christian dictionary. Call it something else. E.g., Instead of Easter use Alleluia He is Risen!. When you say Merry Christmas, you are saying excessive drinking Christ mass. When you say Happy Easter, you are celebrating the reincarnation of Nimrod.
  
  
• It is one thing to celebrate the birth/resurrection of Jesus Christ at the wrong day and another thing to deceive people in thinking Jesus was born on Christmas and rose from the dead on Easter. Tell the people including children the truth. Study writings about when Jesus truly was born and rose from the dead. Then share about them. Two articles on this website that deal with this topic are
  
  JJBirthdays.php (When were Jesus and John the Baptist born?; 12/15)
  
  Acts29Essay.php (Was Acts 29 Part of the Original Bible? - How Ancient Roman Catholic corrupted the law; 6/13)
  -> The Christian Calendar and the Bible were Altered (2nd section) & The Seasons were Changed (3rd section)
  
  
• It is one thing to decorate your place (home/church/office/etc) for the holiday and another thing to fill your place with idols. Items like Christmas trees, Yule's Log, Poinsettia, Wreath, Ivy and Holly, Mistletoe, Santa Claus, etc, should be avoided. Decorate your places with winter scene, nativity set minus the magi (Magi saw Jesus in a house. See Mt 2:11), etc.
  
  
• It is one thing to remember the resurrection of Jesus and another thing to ignore Passover, the correct way to remember the passion of Jesus.
  
  Lev 23:4-5 `These are appointed seasons of Jehovah, holy convocations, which ye proclaim in their appointed seasons: in the first month, on the fourteenth of the month, between the evenings, is the passover to Jehovah;
  
  Num 9:2-3 `Also, the sons of Israel prepare the passover in its appointed season; in the fourteenth day of this month between the evenings ye prepare it in its appointed season; according to all its statutes, and according to all its ordinances ye prepare it.'
  
  Deut 16:1 `Observe the month of Abib -- and thou hast made a passover to Jehovah thy God, for in the month of Abib hath Jehovah thy God brought thee out of Egypt by night;
  
  Eze 45;21 `In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye have the passover, a feast of seven days, unleavened food is eaten.
  
  There are much truths in the Passover dinner. You will be blessed in honoring Jesus's passion via Passover.
  
  
• It is one thing to sing songs about the birth or resurrection of Jesus and another thing to sing verses that are false. Typical erroneous verses are
  
  
  • THE FIRST NOEL
    On a cold winter's night that was so deep.
    Sheep can handle dry cold because of their wool coat. But they can not handle rainy cold. In the rain, their coat would be like ice jackets and they will freeze to death. In Bethelehem, the rainy season is from the mid-October to the mid-April.
  • GO, TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
    And God sent us salvation That blessed Christmas morn.
  • GOD REST YE MERRY, GENTLEMEN
    Remember Christ our Savior was born on Christmas Day;
  • I HEARD THE BELLS ON CHRISTMAS DAY
    I heard the bells on Christmas day
  • O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL
    Yea, Lord, we greet Thee, born this happy morning;
    
  • O HOLY NIGHT
    Sing this song on Passover or Yom Kipper (whichever day you think Jesus was born - I am in the Passover group).
  • O LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM
    We hear the Christmas angels
  • CHRIST THE LORD IS RISEN TODAY (Wesley)
    Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia!

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