When
most people
first begin to study their Bibles, they are shocked to find their
Bibles don't say what their churches teach.
Every
honest Bible students who has
studied his Bible for any length of time will admit there was a vast
change in doctrine from the time of the early followers of Yahshua.
They do not all agree on the times these changes took place, but they
all agree they did take place.
The
apostles and early believers kept
the commanded Sabbath days of Yahweh. The apostles and early believers
never taught the custom of Christmas. This deception was brought into
the assemblies after the deaths of the apostles. This celebration is
not a new doctrine by any means. The pagans had been practicing these
celebrations hundreds of years before Yahshua was born.
These
celebrations were condemned by
the prophets. Yeremyah had the following to say about this pagan
celebration that the early Christians renamed Christmas.
Yeremyah
10:1-8—
1 Hear the word which Yahweh speaks
concerning you, O house of Israyl.
2 This is what Yahweh says: Do not
learn the way; religious practices, of the heathen;
Gentile nations; and do not be deceived by the
signs of heaven; though the heathen are deceived by them; using
them to set their feasts.
3
For the religious customs
of the peoples are vain; worthless! For
one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the
hands of the workman, with the ax.
4 They decorate it with
silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, so
that it will not move; topple over.
5 They are upright,
like a palm tree, but they cannot speak; they must be carried, because
they cannot go by themselves. Do not give them
reverence! They cannot do evil, nor is it in them
to do righteousness!
6 There is none
like You, O Yahweh! You are great, and Your Name
is mighty in power.
7 Who should not reverence You, O King
of nations? Yes, that is Your due! Among all the wise men of
the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none
like You!
8 But they are altogether senseless; as
one they are consumed by their foolishness; their stock is a doctrine
of vanities; preaching about worthless
gods (elohim, teraphim) made of wood!
This
custom that all
the world practices is a vain custom. This custom will not bring
salvation but its vanity will most definitely bring certain death.
This
vain custom that Yahweh commands
us not to learn is practiced by all of Christianity every year at this
time. They cut their evergreen trees down, they deck them with gold and
silver, just as they did in the time of Yeremyah. The world thinks
nothing of practicing this vain custom, although it is a custom of
worship to pagan gods.
The
custom practiced this during this
time of year is not a new doctrine ordained by any of the followers of
Yahweh. This custom is an old, pagan practice of the worship of Baal.
True
Stories About Christmas
By Yisrayl Hawkins