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Shabbat Shalom שַׁבָּת
שָׁלוֹם
Today is the Shabbat, God’s Time
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Let’s pray
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Today
we use the Gregorian calendar from Pope Gregory; from the 1500’s.
Today is December 21, 2013
December -- the tenth month – Now it is the 12th month
Middle English decembre
Old French decembre
Latin december "tenth month"
Latin decem "ten" + -ber (adj. suffix)
December had 30
days, until Numa when it had 29 days, until Julius when it became
31 days long.
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Yehovah
has His own calendar
We are now in the 10th month called Tevethטֵבֵת 17thday
Esth.2[16] So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus
into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth,
טֵבֵת , in the seventh year of his reign.
(Part of Dec. / Jan. 2013-14)
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Gen.19[4] But before they
lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed
the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:[5] And
they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the
men which came in to thee this night? bring
them out unto us, that we may know them.
[23] The sun was risen
upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
[24] Then Yehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Yehovah
out of heaven;
[25] And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants
of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Deut.22 [5] The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on
a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Yehovah thy God.
Lev.18 [22] Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is
abomination.[23] Neither shalt thou lie
with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand
before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
Lev.20
[12] And if a man lie with his
daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought
confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
[13] If a man also lie with mankind,
as he lieth with a woman, both of
them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their
blood shall be upon them.
[15] And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to
death: and ye shall slay the beast.
[18] And if a man shall lie with a woman having
her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain,
and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut
off from among their people.
[20] And if a man shall lie with his uncle's
wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they
shall die childless.
Deut.23[17] There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of
the sons of Israel.
[18] Thou
shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a
dog, into the house of Yehovah thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto
Yehovah thy God.
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Paul
1Cor.6 [9] Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the
kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither
fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor
effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,[10] Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards,
nor revilers, nor extortioners,
shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Rom.1[16] For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Messiah: for it is the power
of God unto salvation to every one
that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
[17] For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to
faith: as it is written, The
just shall live by faith.
[18] For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all
ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
[19] Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God
hath shewed it unto them.
[20] For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are
clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal
power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
[21] Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God,
neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish
heart was darkened.
[22] Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
[23] And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made
like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
[24] Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of
their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves:
[25] Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served
the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
[26] For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that
which is against nature:
[27] And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in
their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and
receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet.
[28] And
even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over
to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
[29] Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness,
covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity;
whisperers,
[30] Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors
of evil things, disobedient to parents,
[31] Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural
affection, implacable, unmerciful:
[32] Who knowing the judgment of God, that they
which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have
pleasure in them that do them.
“Tis the season to be pagan” is already
around us!
I
am reminded always to inform you to beware of the false
image of love, false emotions, loneliness,
depression, financial drain, suicide and the artificial
false festival lights they put up.
Satan
really sets the stage for you.
Beware
if you feel or hear a voice telling you to separate yourself from the
congregation, go off on your own and read or whatever.
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Today’s Topic:
What
is right about Christmas? Nothing!
***Breaking News
First, let’s talk about the Nativity scene
All the Nativity sets and scenes are wrong
There are no "3" wise men
and
The wise men came to the
"young child" - "in the house" not
when Yeshua was a babe lying in a manger.
Matt.2[ 1] Now when Yeshua
was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from
the east to Jerusalem, [ 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.[ 3]
When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem
with him.[ 4] And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes
of the people together, he demanded of them where Messiah should be born.[5]
And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the
prophet,[ 6] And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda,
art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of
thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.[ 7] Then
Herod, when he had privily called the wise men , inquired of them diligently what time
the star appeared.[ 8] And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and
search diligently for the young child;
and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship
him also.[ 9] When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the
star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over
where the young child was.[10 ]
When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
[11] And when they were come into the house, they
saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and
worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto
him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.[12] And being warned of
God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their
own country another way.[13 ] And when they were departed, behold, the
angel of Yehovah appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying,
Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou
there until I bring thee word: for Herod
will seek the young child to destroy him.[14 ] When he arose, he took
the young child and his mother by night,
and departed into Egypt:[15 ] And was there until the death of Herod:
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
Out of Egypt have I called my son.[16] Then Herod, when he saw that he
was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding
wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in
all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time
which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.[
17] Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet,
saying,[18 ] In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping,
and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be
comforted, because they are not.[19] But when Herod was dead, behold, an
angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in
Egypt,[20] Saying, Arise, and take the young
child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are
dead which sought the young child 's life.[21 ] And he arose, and took the
young child and his mother, and came into
the land of Israel.[22 ] But when he heard that Archelaus
did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go
thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into
the parts of Galilee:[ 23] And he came and dwelt in a city called
Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall
be called a Nazarene.
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The Shepherds, not 3
wise men came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying
in a manger
Luke.2[1 ] And it came to pass in those
days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world
should be taxed.[ 2] (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius
was governor of Syria.)[3 ] And all went to be taxed, every one into his
own city.[ 4] And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of
Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem;
(because he was of the house and lineage of David:)[ 5] To be taxed with
Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.[6 ] And so it was, that,
while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be
delivered.[7 ] And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him
in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for
them in the inn.[8] And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over
their flock by night.[ 9] And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them,
and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.[10]
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings
of great joy, which shall be to all people.[11 ] For unto you is born
this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is
Messiah the Lord.[12 ] And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find
the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.[13 ] And
suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising
God, and saying,[14 ] Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace,
good will toward men.[15] And it came to pass, as the angels were gone
away from them into heaven, the shepherds said
one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is
come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.[16] And they (the shepherds) came with haste, and found Mary, and
Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. [17] And when they
had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning
this child.[18
] And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by
the shepherds.
[19] But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.[20
] And the shepherds returned, glorifying
and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was
told unto them.
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What
is right about Christmas? Nothing!
Yeshua never spoke of
commemorating his birth but rather spoke to them about the His death and
resurrection which purchased our salvation.
Come, let us
reason:
Can we worship and honor God
by involving ourselves with customs and traditions, which God Himself forbade
as idolatry?
Can we get enjoyment for
ourselves by these customs while the whole pretense of
Christmas is a lie?
You lie to your
children -
Can we do evil that good may come?
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The myth of
Christmas
I feel it is only appropriate to read about
Christmas
Sad to say, I have to explain these pagan
holidays every year
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ALL LIES YOU TELL YOUR CHILDREN
There is a Santa
Claus and he is a merry old man with red and white clothes
He has eight
flying reindeers, later joined by Rudolph the red nosed reindeer.
He has a home
located on or near the North Pole
He enters houses
through the chimney
He sees you when
you're sleeping
He knows when
you're awake
He knows if
you've been bad or good
Decorate and
Sing to a dead tree - O Christmas tree
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We are commanded to teach our
children the truth, not lies
Lev.10 [11] And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes
which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
[10]
Specially the day that thou stoodest
before the LORD thy God in Horeb,
when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them
hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live
upon the earth, and that they may teach their
children.
Deut.6 [7] And thou shalt teach them diligently
unto thy children, and shalt talk of
them when thou sittest in
thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
[4] That they may teach the young women
to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
[5] To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own
husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
We
are commanded by God - Learn not the way of the heathen
The customs of the people are vain
[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.
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***Remember
Consider the
following admission from a large American newspaper (The Buffalo News, Nov. 22,
1984):
“The earliest reference to Christmas being marked on Dec. 25 comes from the
second century after Yeshua’ birth. It is considered
likely the first Christmas celebrations were in
reaction to the Roman Saturnalia, a
harvest festival that marked the winter solstice—the return of the sun—and
honored Saturn, the god of sowing.
Saturnalia was a rowdy
time, much opposed by the more austere leaders among the still-minority
Christian sect.
By 529 A.D., after
Christianity had become the official state religion of the Roman Empire,
Emperor Justinian made Christmas a civic holiday. The celebration of
Christmas reached its peak—some would say its worst moments—in the medieval
period when it became a time for conspicuous consumption and unequaled revelry.”
Consider these
quotes from the Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911 edition, under “Christmas”: “Christmas was not among
the earliest festivals of the Church…The first evidence of the feast is from
Egypt.” Further, “Pagan customs centring round the
January calends gravitated to Christmas.”
The Encyclopedia
Americana, 1956 edition, adds, “Christmas…was not observed in the
first centuries of the Christian church, since the Christian usage in general
was to celebrate the death of remarkable persons rather than their birth…a
feast was established in memory of this event [Messiah’s birth] in the 4th
century. In the 5th century the Western church ordered the feast to be
celebrated on the day of the Mithraic
rites of the birth of the sun and at the close of the Saturnalia, as no certain
knowledge of the day of Messiah’s birth existed.”
The following is
a quote from the Encyclopedia Britannica, Volume 11; page 390.
"During the later
periods of Roman history, sun worship gained in importance and ultimately led
to what has been called a 'solar monotheism.' Nearly all the gods of the period
were possessed of Solar
qualities, and both Messiah and Mithra
acquired the traits of solar seities.
The feast of Sol and Victus (open unconquered
Sun) on December 25th was celebrated with great joy, and eventually this date
was taken over by the (pseudo) Christians as Christmas, the birthday of Messiah." !!
The (pseudo) Christians
were trying to get more converts so they adapted a pagan holiday to their
worship to appease the pagans in 336 AD.
The Encyclopedia
Britannica reports
that "The traditional customs connected with Christmas have developed from
several sources not as a result of the coincidence of the celebration of the
birth of Messiah with the pagan agricultural and solar observations at
midwinter.
In the Roman world the
Saturnalia (December 17) was a time of merrymaking and exchange of gifts.
December 25 was also regarded as the birth date of the Iranian mystery god Mithra,
the Sun of Righteousness."
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Colliers
Encyclopedia agrees.
Quote: "After the triumph of Constantine, the church at Rome assigned
December 25 as the date for the celebration of the feast, possibly about
A.D. 320 or 353.
By the end of the fourth
century the whole pseudo Christian world was celebrating Christmas on that day,
with the exception of the Eastern churches, where it was celebrated on January
6.
The choice of December 25
was probably influenced by the fact that on this day the Romans celebrated the Mithraic feast of the
Sun-god (natalis solis invicti),
and that the Saturnalia also came at this time."
***All encyclopedias
plainly reveal that the source of the celebration of December 25 is the
birthday of Mithra,
the pagan sun god.
Sun worshippers since the
time of Babel recognized this time of year in honor of their gods.
1st century believers,
taught personally by Messiah, did not celebrate His birthday.
2nd century theologians
condemned the thought.
Only after severe
persecution, destruction and inaccessibility of biblical scripture and the
blending of pagan doctrine with the worship of the God of Israel was the Mithraic celebration of
December 25th proclaimed to be "Christian" in nature.
These facts are well documented
Anyone with access to an
encyclopedia or computer today can know better than those with theological
degrees from the past!
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Go on Google on
the net and search "Origin of Christmas - 13,300,000 results, Origin of Santa Claus - 1,230,000 results" - pagan traditions of Christmas - 1,100,000
results, etc... Do you
really have an excuse not to know the truth?
Many people enjoy Pagan Christmas traditions without knowing of
their false origins.
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“Tis the season to be pagan” is already
around us!
Beware
of the false image of love, false emotions, loneliness, depression, financial
drain, suicide and the artificial false festival
lights they put up. Satan really sets the stage for you.
Beware
if you feel or hear a voice telling you to separate yourself from the
congregation, go off on your own and read or whatever.
No one knows for sure
when Yeshua was born
We know for
sure it is not Dec. 25
Shabbat Shalom