Jeremiah 10:1-10 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: 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. 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. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 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. Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. 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. But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities. Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men. But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
When a Christian brother shows me a tract that refers to Jeremiah 10 and these verses when I was a teen, it made me question Christmas on a whole. For Christmas is the only holiday that a tree is cut down, fasten, and deck with decorations that looks all silver and gold. Another that caught my attention is that there verses appeared in Jeremiah, who died hundreds years before Jesus Christ was born. So much unanswered question, lead me to research this holiday. Why in those times it was celebrated well before Christ was born? Also we have God not wanted the house of Israel following this custom of the heathen: cut down the tree, fasten, and decorating it. Is and many questions, lead me to find out the origin of Christmas, about Christ birth, whose birthday is on December 25. The answers to me question not only made me stop celebrated Christmas, but also show me the deceitful manner of Satan (father of lies) by not only deceive most of world to celebrated a pagan holiday (worship of a sun-god); he got most of the elects (children of God – Christian) to fall under his deception.
Since this holiday is the biggest celebration of the year and the researches was so extensive, I had to place them in their own topic title for the blog.
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