satan (santa) claus
December 11, 2009 – by Craig
satan (santa) claus
It is that time of year again where satan is still mocking our beloved Lord Jesus Christ through the traditions of men. I guess satan fails to realize that he is just storing up more wrath for himself and all his disobedient, commandment-breaking children that don’t love God (John 14:15). Those of us that love truth (Jesus), will change his or her way of life when the traditions of men are exposed where light has been presented. These true Christians will repent and no longer keep the ways of the world and what the world deems to be true. True Christians will not think twice about celebrating such things any longer once they find out about what is behind Christmas even if the world says that they are celebrating our Lord’s birthday because “Christmas was not among the earliest festivals of the Church…the first evidence of the feast is from Egypt.” “Pagan customs centering around the January calendars gravitated to Christmas.” “…In the Scriptures, no one is recorded to have kept a feast or held a great banquet on his [Jesus] birthday. It is only sinners who make great rejoicings over the day in which they were born into this world” -Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911 Edition, published by the Roman Catholic Church .
One who loves Christ will follow in His footsteps and let go of what the world has taught them. We can seethat “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 [eg Communion – death of Christ] rather than their birth…” “…A feast was established in memory of this event [the birth of Jesus] 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 [SUN], as no certain knowledge of the day of Christ’s birth existed.” Emphasis added. -Encyclopedia Americana, 1944 Edition. A true Christian will detach themselves from the traditions of the world when a true servant of God (Revelation 14:12, 19:10) comes to them with light of truth.
We see today that there is an overwhelming majority in the world that professes to believe in Jesus Christ. Those professing Christians are sadly mistaken and are absolutely being deceived about the meaning behind Christmas. All Christians should know that the records show that the early “…Christian preachers of the West and the Near East protested against the unseemly frivolity 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” Emphasis added. -The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge. So, what many of the professing Christians don’t realize is that the early Christian did not celebrate any such Holiday and with good reason, it was pagan.
Over the past few centuries paganism flooded into the church of God. It has become well accepted by the Christian world. It was a battle during that age but as we see today it is no longer a battle, it is just another lie that has become accepted as truth. This is why you see the so called Christian world today engulfed by paganism. So with that said, Christmas has become a tradition of men and is no longer just for pagans. We who truly love God are fighting the good “fight of faith” (1 Timothy 6:12). It is a fight that all must go through if you are walking with Christ by striving to keep the Commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. (Revelation 14:12). It is also a fight and a test of your loyalty to God to see when truth comes to you and the commandments of men and their traditions are exposed, what will you do? will you fall at the wayside and hold on to what you thought was true and later find out that all your worship is in vain (Matthew 15:9) or will you take hold of the truth that has been presented to you? For this is one of the reasons why those that live Godly in Christ will suffer persecution (2 Timothy 3:12) and will heed the words written,”Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.” Colossians 2:8. YOU WILL FACE YOUR TEST ON THIS TOPIC NOW!!!
Satan and his angels through the world make it very hard to obey the Commandments of God but through the power of the Godhead (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) and the Heavenly angels, we are very well able to overcome all of the world’s lies, including their laws that go against the law of God (Sunday Worship), and all the worlds traditions of men including its origins of pagan Holiday celebrations. Just to bring light to those of you that don’t know this, satan used paganism to destroy Christianity liketrinity instead of Godhead, commandments of men that are written in the world’s bogus bibles instead of the Commandments of God that are found in the King James Bible and such.
It is our duty and our privilege to share with you the truth about Christmas and its origin along with exposing satan. You will see the mockery and hate that is behind Christmas towards the God of Heaven and earth. We can see where the word Merry Christ-mass comes from and just what it truly mean. There is only one religion that governs the world’s churches today and that is the Roman Catholic Church. 
The word Merry Christmas:
MERRY:
mer·ry Pronunciation Key (mr)
adj. mer·ri·er, mer·ri·est
- Full of high-spirited gaiety; jolly.
- Marked by or offering fun and gaiety; festive: a merry evening.
- Archaic. Delightful; entertaining.
- Brisk: a merry pace.
Source = Dictionary.com with the query “merry”
The word “Merry” is defined to mean great happiness and joy. What of the word Christ?
| CHRIST: Christ Pronunciation Key (krst) n.
Source = Dictionary.com with the query “Christ” |
Of course we already understand Christ is the title our Lord Jesus has been ordained before the foundation of the world for all of us. Now all we need to do is define the word “Mass” in Christ-Mass. This is in fact a Roman Catholic word, so let us go to the Roman Catholic Encyclopedia to find its meaning.
MASS:
“In the Christian law, the supreme sacrifice is that of the Mass. …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.” Source = Page 537 of the Catholic Encyclopedia
So, in essence the word Mass is defined as death sacrifice or “Destruction of the victim” according to the Roman Catholic church itself. So, when you say “Merry Christmas” you are actually declaring with great happiness and joy that Jesus is dead and gone. Kind of like the crucifix in the Catholic church declaring He is dead and they have proof they killed Him when they display His dead body for eons before the people. The Roman priests refuse to believe Christ is risen and Christ WILL come again. If they did they would at least remove Him from that cross!
By the way, when Santa Claus says “Ho ho ho, Merry Christmas” he is openly and boldly mocking the sacrifice of Christ WITH LAUGHTER!! –http://www.remnantofgod.org/xmas.htm#term
What is the Name & Meaning of Christ-MASS
“The MASS is the unbloody renewal of the sacrifice of Christ on Calvary’s cross…Christ, through the ministry of the Roman Catholic priest, offers Himself to God in an unbloody manner under the appearances of bread and wine.” 10 (Christ is thus crucified afresh, obviously indicating His death on Calvary was insufficient.) “The mass is the same sacrifice as the sacrifice of the cross because the Victim is the same. The purpose of the mass is, among other things, to satisfy the justice of God for the sins committed against Him.” -Rev. John A. O’Brien, UNDERSTANDING THE CATHOLIC FAITH, Ave Maria Press, Nortre Dame, Ind, 1955, p. 212 1955, p. 212
“When the priest pronounces the tremendous words of consecration, he reaches up into the heavens and brings Christ down from His throne, and places Him upon the (Roman Catholic) altar to be offered up again as the victim for the sins of man…Christ became incarnate a single time, the priest brings Christ down from heaven and renders Him present on the (Roman Catholic) altar as the eternal Victim for the sins of man-not once but a thousand times! The priest speaks and lo! Christ, the eternal, omnipotent God, bows His head in humble obedience to the priest’s command…No wonder that the name which spiritual writers are especially fond of applying to the priest is that of ‘altar Christus.’ For the priest is and should be another Christ.” -Rev. John A. O’brien, FAITH OF MILLIONS, Our Sunday Visitor, Huntington, Ind., 1938, pp. 243-244
Note the following from the Word of God.
“And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.” -HEBREWS 9:22
“For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. ” -HEBREWS 9:24-28.
“Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me) to do thy will, O God. Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.” -Hebrews 10:5-18.
God loves you all and calls you to repent and turn to the truth found in His Word and to come out of her. Luke 3:13, Revelation 18:4. The so called Christian Churches of today are keeping the commandments of men and their traditions like Christmas.
This is nothing more than paganism hiding behind Christianity that pagan Rome and its Catholic faith of SUN worship (Baal worship), can get the world to follow after their beliefs. Then as we all have seen when people don’t follow after them then they will eventually force you and then ultimately kill you. So, After you see some more overwhelming proof, we pray that you will let go of your traditions and your love for the world and take hold of truth because “friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. James 4:4.
[Baal-vs-The “Catholic” God]-
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| INVENTED FOR THE PAGAN SUN GOD BAAL | CATHOLIC DOCTRINES OF THE VATICAN |
| 1. The nativity of the Sun, the birth of Tammuz Dec. 25 | The nativity of Jesus, Christmas Dec 25 |
| 2. The Midsummer festival held Jun 24 | The Nativity of St. John held June 24 |
| 3. The assumption of Semiramus who became the mother godess | The assumption of Mary, who became the mother of God |
| 4. The mother goddess was worshipped as the Queen of Heaven. Jer. 7:18 | The Virgin Mary worshipped as the Queen of Heaven. |
| 5. Cakes decorated to the goddess with a “+” drawn on it. Jer. 44:17,19 | Hot cross buns |
| 6. 40 days fasting for Tammuz, Ezek. 8:14 | 40 days of Lent |
| 7.Pagan festival of Easter. Ezek 8:16 | The festival of Easter |
| 8. The ressurection of Tammuz at Easter and the procession of graven images during holy week | The procession of graven images of Jesus, Mary, and Peter, and of the saints |
| 9. Veneration of graven images of Baal, Ishtar, Tammuz and lesser gods in the heavens | Veneration of graven images of Jesus, Mary, Peter, and of the “lesser” saints in the heavens |
| 10. The belief of immortality of the soul and burning place of torment | The belief of immortality of the soul and burning place of torment |
| 11. The doctrine of purgatory | The doctrine of purgatory |
| 12. The belief of the dead visiting the living, feast held for all in November, (All souls day) | The festival of all souls day held Nov. 2, and all saints day held Nov. 1 (All souls day) |
| 13. Burning incense and candles Jer 11:17; Ezek 8:11 | The burning of incense and candles |
| 14. Chants and repetative prayers. Beaded prayer chains. | Gregorian chants and the Rosary |
| 15. Symbol of the cross as symbol of Sun worship. Mesopotamian cylinder seal depicted the “cross in the sky” as a symbol of sun worship. Ancient carvings of an Assyrian king has a huge cross carved on his chest. The oldest pictures in the world from Mesopotamia has text with is explaining the “cross” in the sky as the sun. This particular find is on display at the University Museum in Philadelphia. | The crucifix |
| 16. Amulets and idols ro scare away evil spirits | The wearing of crucifixes and medals displayed for protection. (Scapular = main example) |
| 17. The round disk “sun” wafer IHS symbol of Isis, Horus & Seb, eaten as food for the soul. Some wafers also had a large “+” sign engraved on them as well to symbolize Baal. | The wafer used in the Eucharist is round with IHS engraved on it on on one side, and many have a large “+” engraved on the other side. |
| 18. Painting of the child (Tammuz) and mother (Semiramus) with the glory of the Sun around their heads | Paintings of the child (Jesus) and mother (Mary) with halos or of the Sun around their heads |
| 19. Infant baptism, and sprinkling of holy water | Infant baptism, and sprinkling of holy water |
| 20. Necromancy (Talking to the dead) | Mysticism (Novenas (prayers) to the dead) |
| 21. The first day of the week kept sacred to honor the Persian sun god Mithra. “SUN”day | The admitted change of 7th day Sabbath to “SUN”day |
| 22. Title Pontifex Maximus name for chief head of the pagan Babylonian system of idolatry | Pontifex Maximus one of the first names for the office of Pope |
| 23. Janus and Cybele, holders of the keys to Heaven and Hell | The pope claims to have the keys of Peter |
| 24. The high priest kings carried on a throne to the to the Temple of his god | The Pope carried on a portable throne to the Basilica of St. Peter (Sedia Gestoria) |
| 25. The Pagan high priest king believed to be the incarnate of the Sun god | The Pope proclaims to be Christ’s Vicar (replacement) here on Earth. It is also recorded in numerous documents that the pope believes he is god on earth. |
| 26. Offerings of “good works” to appease the gods | Penance, indulgences, salvation by works |
| 27. Houses for the virgin priestesses (Prostitutes) to be employed at Pagan temples to “service” priests that were not ‘gay’ | Nuns. (Recent modern day sex scandals involving Nuns has uncovered this well hidden reality) |
| 28. Human sacrifices burned by fire as offering to appease Sun god | Opposers of doctrines of the Roman Catholic church burned at the stake |
| 29. Gold was considered the flesh of the “Sungod” | Vatican and numerous Cathedrals are lietrally drenched in gold throughout |
| 30. Gargoils = a pagan god of protection | Vatican as well as thousands of Catholic churches have gargoils on their roofs for ‘protection’ |
| 31. Phallic symbol of the male sex organ placed on roofs as a sign of allegiance with Baal | Largest phallic symbol in center of St. Peter’s square as well as steeples on all Catholic churches |
| 32. Solar wheel as symbol for Baal worship can be found carved into ancient as well as modern Buddhist temples,, carved into ancient ornament representing Osiris. Stone carvings showing a whell to represent and Assyrio Babylonian altar. | St Peter’s square has largest solar wheel on planet. ALL Catholic churches have numerous solar wheels in stain glass windows as well as many other areas of the church. Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris sports a very huge one on it’s face. There is a great one in ceiling as well as the floor tiles of the monastery of St. Ignatius Loyola in Spain. Numerous paintings, statues, ornaments, and letterheads of all Catholic churches have one or more “solar wheels” depicted upon them. And the ONE WORLD CHURCH that started on June 26, 2000 uses the solar wheel as its official logo. |
| 33. Symbol of serpent on numerous Roman bath houses | Symbol of serpent on numerous Catholic church in door handles, Papal crests, etc. |
| 34. Atlas carries the universe on his soilders | Numerous Popes depicted in paintings in same manner |
| 35. Symbols of the “Unicorn, Peacock, and Phoenix” used to signify sun god | Symbols of the “Unicorn, Peacock, and Phoenix” used to symbolize the Christ in many churches on doors or chapels as well as sanctuarys holding the ‘eucharist’ |
| 36. Crescent moon used to signify moon goddess “Nanna” | Crescent used to cradle Eucharist in the Monstrance of the Catholic church. As well as depicted in numerous paintings and scupltures with Mary standing within it |
| 37. Three letters “S.F.S” within a small blaze is used to represent the universal symbol for the number “6” in the Pagan mysteries | S.F.S in a small blaze is carved into the Vatican Monstrance in the Vatican museum as well as many monstrances the world over |
| 38. Alternating rays of the sun burst used to represent unity of “man and woman” common in all aspects of Paganism. (Curved ray = female “yonic” Straight ray = male “phallic”) | Monstrance of Catholicism as well as many paintings and sculptures all depict same rays of both the “phallic and yonic” symbolism can be found literally all over the Roman Catholic church |
| 39. Carvings of “nature spirits” (fauns or satyrs) depicting a horned, hoofed-god were a common feature in all Pagan cults | Carvings of “nature spirits” (fauns or satyrs) depicting a horned, hoofed-god are found all over the Treasury of the Vatican beneath St Peters square as well as many Cathedrals |
| 40. Statues of a “Madonna” found in all Pagan cults as well as Egyptian Madonna Isis with her son Horus, or Hindu cults with Divaki and her son Krishna | Statues of Mary can be found in all Catholic churches holding baby Jesus |
| 41. Statue of Zeus holds symbol of thunder and a lightening bolt to symbolise his position as a god. | Mary depicted in many statues holding the pagan symbol of thunderr |
| 42. Demi-gods holding crooked diving staff representative of the serpent and lightening bolt | Pope carries exact same staff (serpent crosiers) |
| 43. Adad, Enlil, Baal, Neptune, Poseidon and other “gods” of storm and sea were depicted as carrying tridents | Crosses as well as statues of Jesus and Mary in Cathedrals all over the world carved with tridents on them. |
| 44. Hand gestures in the form of a trident found depicted in Jupiter, Buddah, Appollo, Hindu diety’s, as well as “votive hands” in pagan temples | Statue of St. Peter (Actually the old Jupiter statue of Rome) as well as millions of other statues, painitings, photos, and videos of everyone from Jesus and Mary to priests, cardinals,bishops, all the Popes, Vatican guards and even lay people in the Catholci church seen holding up the three finger trident salute of pagan Rome. (Now called the salute to the Trinity) |
| 45. Pine cones used to represent the diety of a solar god Osiris, Bacchus, Dionysus, as well as Mexican gods, Hindu gods, and Assyrian gods | Largest pine cone sculpture in the world found in the “Court of the pine cone” at the Vatican. Pine cone is also found carved into the crooked pagan staff (serpent crosier) or the Popes of Rome. In fact the pine cone is found all throughout the Vatican as well as Cathedrals as decoration. |
| 46. Oanne, Babylonian fish-god (half man half fish) was depicted by Pagan high priests by wearing a fish head mitre (head dress) upon a mans head to symbolize man and fish joining when “sun god” set into the ocean. (Neptune = case in point. Half man half fish) One particular Biblical diety = “Dagon” Dag=fish On=sun | Mitres are worn by all Popes of Catholcism |
| 47. The Roman sun-god with the alternating yonic and phallic symbols surrounding his head was found carved in excavated Roman bath houses in England. It is alos found as “Apollo” on the facade of the Pergamum Museum in East Berlin. | Almost all Catholic churches have the exact same carving above their pulpits, pillars, on statues, as well as carved into ceilings above altars. Some Catholic churches actually have it carved into the Eucharist itself. |
| 48. Statues of the Romanized Egyptians Isis with globes in hand, Hercules as a solar diety carried the very same globe in hand, and the Persian sun-god Mithra is also depicted with the globe in hand as a sign ruler of the Universe. | The Vatican has a solid gold statues of Jesus with the globe in hand, plus a black marble statue called “the black virgin of Montserrat” and a statue of a “child Jesus” with globe in hand, the list goes on… |
| 49. Coptic shells were carved to symbolize the Universe. Roman grave stones used them to represent the Heavens. Statues of Atlas can be found carrying the “universe” shell upon its shoulders. Pagan Rome carved Poseidon with the shell in his head. Venus was said to be born IN a coptic shell. | St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican has the Pagan symbols within the papal crest upon the wall. The Coptic shell is found over the crypt of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. This cosmic symbol is often used as a font for holy water in Catholic churches the world over. They even have statues of angels holding the pagan symbol |
| 50. Large evil eye can be found carved on a Roman sarcophagus in the National Archaeological Museum in Rome Italy. Masonic pendants have them as well. Hathor the “eye of Osiris” can be found all over Egyptian temple. It was commonly used as protection against evil magic. | This very same evil eye within the pyramid is found on Roman Catholic pulpits, ceilings, altars, doors, pendants, medals, etc.It is also on the back of the dollar bill of the USA on the left side |
| 51. The multi-level crown was first worn by old Babylonian gods in 1800BC. The horned tiara was carved atop Assyrian winged-bull cherubims. The Jewish Kabbalistic solar diety wore this very same tiara, as did Krishna. | The bronze tomb of Pope Sixtus (Pope6) has this three ringed tiara on his head. On that tiara you can also see 6 serpents upon it. All the Popes have word the tiara as a symbol of their authority as “gods of the earth, heaven, and hell” Hence, the “three rings” upon it. The Vatican has a solid gold tiara on display in the Vatican treasury. This is the very crown the Pope will hand to Antichrist when he arrives to impersonate Jesus Christ in the days ahead. |
| 52. Quetzalcoatl, the lord of life and death in the Aztec and Toltec cultures of 1000 AD had an open chest with an exposed heart displayed. This was believed to be nourishment offered to the sun gods. | Literally hundreds of thousands of statues, paintings, posters, lithographs, etc have Jesus as well as Mary depicted in the same manner with what the Catholic church calls “The sacred heart.” Notice that these “sacred hearts” also have the symbols of the sun god Mithra glowing rather boldly behind them. |
| 53. Assyrians carvings show eagles as genies hovering over the dead. Their “book of the dead” depicts just such a picture on its cover. | Eagles are used as symbols all over the Roman Catholic church. See Rev 18:2 speaks of the Vatican as the “hold of ever foul spirit, and a cage of ever unclean and hateful bird.” |
SANTA CLAUS ~STRANGELY COMPARED TO~ JESUS CHRIST
| Has white hair like wool | Revelation 1:14 His head and [his] hairs [were] white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes [were] as a flame of fire;Daniel 7:9 I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment [was] white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne [was like] the fiery flame, [and] his wheels [as] burning fire. |
| Beard – Curly and white | Revelation 1:14 His head and [his] hairs [were] white like wool |
| Comes from the North Pole | Psalms 48:2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, [is] mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, the city of the great King. |
| Omniscient-knows about all | Revelation 19:6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. |
| Ageless, eternal | Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. |
| Makes List of Judgments | Revelation 20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. |
| Gifts given on basis of a list | Revelation 21:27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither [whatsoever] worketh abomination, or [maketh] a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life. |
| Confess wrongs to Santa | 1 John 2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: |
| Promise to be better next year | John 2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. |
| Asks children to obey parents | Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. |
| Hour of his coming a mystery | Luke 12:40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not. |
| Rudolph’s shining nose to guide | Matthew 2:2 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. |
| Calls all children to his knee | Luke 18:16 But Jesus called them [unto him], and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. |
| Be good for goodness sake | Philippians 2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of [his] good pleasure. |
| Has a twinkle in his eye | Revelation 2:18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet [are] like fine brass; |
| Swift visit to whole world in 1 day | 2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. |
| Omnipresent-Found in every mall | Psalms 139:7-10 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?If I ascend up into heaven, thou [art] there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou [art there].[If] I take the wings of the morning, [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. |
| Says “Ho,ho” | Zechariah 2:6 Ho, ho, [come forth], and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD. |
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How Santa Mocks God (On Merchant’s Day)
By Gary C. Michael
Satan’s goal is to get us to see him instead of seeing God. He wants to be like the Most High in any way he can. God receives praise when we follow Him. Satan receives praise when we follow him. His strategy is to get us to follow him thinking that we’re following God.
I can see him now, laughing at God every time he convinces some soul to replace God with himself. It may seem like a lovable thing to do, but it may not be reality based. Example: We celebrate Christmas and we say, “I know that Christ was born. It doesn’t matter when. We choose Dec. 25th to represent his birth date. ” Then we follow the crowd and sing and tell lies about a fat clown in a red suit. Then we take our children to the malls to see this perfect man called Santa Claus. As innocent as Santa may seem, Satan is mocking God.
I’m about to destroy the image of Santa Claus, so if there are children that you don’t want to know the truth, you’d better get them out of here. This message is entitled “How Santa Mocks God.” Let’s start with Santa’s hair and eyes. Santa has white woolly hair. Right? His eyes are said to have a twinkle in them. Rev. 1:14 says, talking about Christ, “His head and His hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and His eyes were as a flame of fire.” Fire twinkles, doesn’t it? Are we talking about Jesus or Santa Claus?
Santa is from the North pole, right? Why the North? Why not the South pole? Well, God is from the North. We find in Isaiah 14:12-14 these words: “How art thou fallen from heaven, o Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the North: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most high.” I tell you, Santa is from the North because God is from the North.
Santa has unlimited power. Is there anything that Santa can’t do? Ask a kid. There is no dispute about that. I don ‘t need a text to tell you that only God has unlimited power.
Santa is all knowing, huh? He knows when you are good or bad, so be good for goodness sake. You’d better watch out….you know the song. So we tell our children that Santa is omniscient (all knowing). Well, he would have to be in order to know about all the children in the world, wouldn’t he? I don’t need a text to tell you that only God is all knowing.
Santa is immortal. Have you ever heard of Santa being born? Oh, I know the story about Saint Nick. He was a generous man, but the legend of Santa Claus grew into the ridiculous tale that it is today. Only God is immortal.
Santa is perfect. Who does he need to repent to? Can Santa do any wrong? Ask a child. Who is Santa’s boss? He has none. Does he ever say praise the Lord? Have you ever heard of Santa giving God glory or credit for anything? If he did, he wouldn’t be Santa long. My, my, my.
Santa also judges us. I thought that was God’s job. But according to Santa he’s checking his list, checking it twice, gonna ‘ find out who’s naughty or nice. Jesus Christ is coming to town. No! That’s Santa Claus is coming to town. But I thought that Jesus was checking his list to see who has been naughty or nice and is coming to town to bring his rewards. Who’s gonna do it, Santa or Jesus? My, my, my.
Santa calls the children to come unto him, sits them on his lap and the children repent to him for the bad that they did during the year and promise to be good. I tell you, Jesus is the one we should teach our children to repent to. Jesus often called the children to him and said forbid them not. Santa is fooling our children. Santa is omnipresent, which means that he can be everywhere at the same time. How else can he visit every home on the same night? I don’t need a text to tell you that only God can visit every home at once.
I don’t know about you, but I think that Santa is a clown. A big fat, jelly belly, rolely polely, curly headed clown. What about his red suit? Why red? Rev. 19:13 tells us why. “And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called the word of God.” Need I say more? Santa, like Jesus, is the same in character today, yesterday, and forever. When does Santa come?
On a foggy Christmas Eve Santa asked Rudolph to lead his sleigh that night. There is no dispute that Jesus is coming in fog. What is fog? Clouds. The Bible tells us that the clouds are angels. Gabriel will probably lead the coming of my savior, not Rudolph.
Santa lives in a shining ice palace, like clear glass. Why? Rev. 21:18 tells us why. “And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.” Santa is tended by elves, which are mysterious creatures. Just as God is tended by mysterious angels.
Come Christmas time we say that we celebrate the birth of Christ, but I ask you, who’s image do we see everywhere? Who get’s the most attention? Who is advertised most? Is it Jesus or Santa? If it is Jesus’ birth that we celebrate, why do we buy each other gifts? Do you know anybody else in the world who has a birth-day Celebration and the world buys each other gifts and leave the birthday person out of the celebration? My, my, my.
If you want to celebrate the birth of Christ this year, give to the church. It is not a sin to give gifts to each other but I just want to get the priorities straight. I hope this makes sense to you. If we say that we are celebrating Jesus’ birth, then he should get all of the gifts. The Bible says that the wise men brought gifts to Jesus. It does not say that the wise men or any men gave gifts to each other during the birth of Christ.
The merchants make millions each year and they program us by calling us a scrooge if we don’t help make them rich. If the church got all of those millions, the budget would not suffer as much. The church would not need to beg so much. Just think back over the years that you spent money on gifts and left Christ out. It’s like throwing a party for you and inviting everybody but you to your party.
Go to Wal-mart or Sam’s this year and buy the church some paper towels or toilet paper or paper plates or donate your gift to the church budget, but give your gift to Christ, if you are sincere about celebrating his birth. Oh some will find a way to compromise with the world so that no one will fuss at them.
I don’t know about you, but when I realized how Satan is playing with the world, I decided not to play with him. Since it was my choice, I grabbed my ball and went home. You know how children get mad while playing, and the one who owns the ball might grab it and go home.
What does Santa say before he enters? Ho, ho, ho. Why ho, ho, ho? The word “ho” comes from the Hebrew “ahaw” meaning listen, a word expressing pain with an exclamation point. Why would Satan use such a word? In the book of Zechariah chapter 2:6,7 we find the answer. God is talking to his people. “Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the North, saith the Lord. Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.” God is expressing pain in the fact that His people are on the wrong road. This is the only thing that causes God pain.
Satan is playing with God and with us. When God says ho, ho, pain, pain. Satan is saying “ho, ho, Ha. Ha.” and we are too slow to pick up on it, so we join in with him and pick at God while thinking that we are saying something nice. My, my, my.
Why Santa? Well, God has more than one name. Santa unscrambled spells Satan. I use to say they x-ed Christ out of Christmas when they wrote x-mas instead of Christmas. Now I realize that Christ was never in Christmas. Col. 2:8 helps us to understand this fact. 2:8 ” Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. ”
The Bible does not say anything about remembering the birth of Christ. There is no Bible principle that even suggests that we do. This is Satan’s doing and the idea caught on and is carried on by greedy men who couldn’t care less about Jesus. “If the name Jesus can bring a fast buck, then Jesus was born. Now, come buy my goods.”
I would like to ask, why do we need a Christmas tree for anything? We know that it has pagan roots. Must we mix this mess with the birth of Christ? Let’s look at Jeremiah 10:1-5 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. I’ve been told that “we don’t worship our tree.” But, it is interesting that one must kneel to retrieve a gift from under the tree. Satan is so smart. He knows how to insult God. Then there is a song called “Oh, Christmas Tree.” Is God happy with this? I don’t think so.
So, who was born on December 25th? His name was Tammuz. When Nimrod, the great hunter before(against) the Lord died, his wife had a son from another man. She told the people that her husband sent her seed through a sun ray as it shone into her bedroom window. Her name was Semiramis. The people fell for this lie. When he died, she told the people that he too was now a sun God as Nimrod was.She went on to say that each year when the fall came, Tammuz was dying all over again, but each spring, he came back to life as evident in the flowers. So, 40 days before spring the women would start weeping for Tammuz to come back to life again. Ezekiel 8:14 “Then He brought me to the door of the gate of the Lord’s house which was toward the North; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.”
Note-PROPHETS AND KING,PP,448- In the sixth year of the reign of Zedekiah, the Lord revealed to Ezekiel in vision some of the abominations that were being practiced in Jerusalem, and within the gate of the Lord’s house, and even in the inner court. The chambers of images, and the pictured idols, “every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel”–all these in rapid succession passed before the astonished gaze of the prophet. Ezekiel 8:10.
Those who should have been spiritual leaders among the people, “the ancients of the house of Israel,” to the number of seventy, were seen offering incense before the idolatrous representations that had been introduced into hidden chambers within the sacred precincts of the temple court. “The Lord seeth us not,” the men of Judah flattered themselves as they engaged in their heathenish practices; “the Lord hath forsaken the earth,” they blasphemously declared. Verses 11, 12.
There were still “greater abominations” for the prophet to behold. At a gate leading from the outer to the inner court he was shown “women weeping for Tammuz,” and within “the inner court of the Lord’s house, . . . at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east; and they worshiped the sun toward the east.” Verses 13-16
And now the glorious Being who accompanied Ezekiel throughout this astonishing vision of wickedness in high places in the land of Judah, inquired of the prophet: “Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke Me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. Therefore will I also deal in fury: Mine eyeshall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in Mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.” Verses 17, 18.
Today, they are called the 40 days of Lent. Could God be happy with any of this pagan activity, including December 25th? Is Jesus being glorified? I don’t think so. We all know what would happen if we abandoned Christmas, don’t we? Family & friend trouble, right? Can you endure being talked about? This message is either truth or error. Let us all pray and ask God what He would have us do and obey what we know. God is not the author of confusion.
December 25th The Birth of Jesus?
Sister Ellen White
“The twenty-fifth of December is supposed to be the day of the birth of Jesus Christ, and its observance has become customary and popular. But yet there is no certainty that we are keeping the veritable day of our Saviour’s birth. History gives us no certain assurance of this. The Bible does not give us the precise time. Had the Lord deemed this knowledge essential to our salvation, he would have spoken through his prophets and apostles, that we might know all about the matter. But the silence of the Scriptures upon this point evidences to us that it is hidden from us for the wisest purposes. In his wisdom, the Lord concealed the place where he buried Moses. God buried him, and God resurrected him, and took him to heaven. This secrecy was to prevent idolatry.” -Review & Herald 12-9-1884
“For the very same purpose he has concealed the precise day of Christ’s birth; that the day should not receive the honour that should be given to Christ as the Redeemer of the world, – one to be received, to be trusted, to be relied on as he who could save to the uttermost all who come unto him. The soul’s adoration should be given to Jesus as the Son of the infinite God.
“There is no divine sanctity resting upon the twenty-fifth of December; and it is not pleasing to God that anything that concerns the salvation of man through the infinite sacrifice made for them, should be so sadly perverted from its professed design. Christ should be the supreme object; but as Christmas has been observed, the glory is turned from him to mortal man, whose sinful, defective character made it necessary for him to come to our world.” -Review & Herald 12-9-1884
“Even Christmas, the day observed professedly in honour of the birthday of Christ, has been made a most effective means of turning the mind away from Christ, away from his glory. ” -Review & Herald 12-9-1890
So for those that still carry the torch of true Christianity are those that are NOT rooted into this system of traditions of men. We Christians are to love God by keeping His Commandments and not the ways of the heathen. For more of an in depth study on this visit http://www.remnantofgod.org/xmas.htm everything one needs to know about Christmas can be found here.
This is a test for all those that confess with their lips that they love Jesus. God will see your response to this truth provided. Repent, the kingdom of God is at hand. If the Holy Spirit is with you, He will convict you of what is truth and what is not. Many of us that are in the present truth had to endure these types of trials with our families and friends that we have loved so much but you must make a decision on this battle. Where is your loyalty? Are you with God or with satan and the world? This is another step one that professes their love for God needs to make. You either love God or the traditions of men.
Exodus 20:3, ” Thou shalt have no other gods before me.”
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