Merry Christmas part 2

The Christmas traditions are not in rhythm with Yhwh. The Christmas traditions are in rhythm with the pagans who look to the signs of heaven, worshiping the winter solstice, sun god.
“Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities..." (Rev 18:4-5)
We (believers) should follow Yhwh's system and not the world's system. We are in the world but not of it.Yhwh has established his feasts to follow. We should celebrate His feasts, but celebrate them in the new covenant we have in Christ (1 Corinthians 5:8). His body (unleavened bread) and His blood took care of the bill (blood offering/sacrifice). In replacement of eating unleavened bread and blood sacrifices, we instead take communion, eating the bread and wine (or whatever else you can use), in remembrance of Yahshua.

Now if Jesus was not born on December 25th, then when was He actually born? We know it's not December 25th; and some people think it was in April, but they're wrong. The feast of Tabernacles is a celebration, being thankful to God for how He provided for us, just like how He provided for the children of Israel during the time they were dwelling in tents. During the feast of Tabernacles, Jesus came to earth through the virgin birth of Mary, temporarily dwelt in His tent/Tabernacle/Body, and fulfilled His calling before leaving his tent/tabernacle/Body.

Luke 1 reveals that Zacharias was a priest who was listed in the division of Abijah. In 1 Chronicles 24, we see that King David listed Abijah as the 8th division (verse 10). In the Jewish culture, the priests were assigned to burn incense in the temple and this was done on a weekly basis. Division 1, starting in the first month, does one week, division 2 does the second week, etc... Now, other than fulfilling their week of duty, the priests also had to come in the temple three major times a year. “Three times a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles... (Deuteronomy 16:16). Knowing that Zacharias is in the 8th division, and that he also has to come in the temple for the 3 events, will help us in seeing when Yahshua was actually born. Divisions 1-3 came in the month of Nissan (see calender below). One of the weeks was the feast of unleavened bread, so all the priest had to come in (Three weeks assigned to three divisions and one week, all the priests had to come in). Divisions 4-7 came in the month of Iyar (four weeks, four divisions), and the 8th Division would start in the first week of the month of Sivan. Now after that week, Zacharias would have to stay for the feasts of weeks, and then he would go home to "get it on" with Elizabeth. After Zacharias finished his time and got home, Elizabeth conceived (Luke 1:23-24)...
This means that Elizabeth was conceived around the end of Sivan, beginning of Tammuz. Elizabeth hid herself for five months and then on the sixth month of her pregnancy, the early part of Tevet, Gabriel visited Mary. We know that Mary was immediately conceived because she quickly went to see Elizabeth right after Gabriel spoke with her, and Elizabeth knew she (Mary) was now carrying the Son of the promise. Nine months later, the month of Tishri, Yahshua was born.
"And the Word became flesh and dwelt/tabernacled among us..." (John 1:14)

	Nissan	1	30 days	March-April
	Iyar	2	29 days	April-May
	Sivan	3	30 days	May-June
	Tammuz	4	29 days	June-July
	Av	5	30 days	July-August
	Elul	6	29 days	August-September
	Tishri	7	30 days	September-October
	Cheshvan	8	29 or 30 days	October-November
	Kislev	9	30 or 29 days	November-December
	Tevet	10	29 days	December-January
	Shevat	11	30 days	January-February
	Adar I (leap years only)	12	30 days	February-March
	Adar (called Adar Beit in leap years)	12 (13 in leap years)	29 days	February-March

The month of Tishri was also the last month that the shepherds would be out in the field, keeping watch over their sheep (Luke 2:8-11). After the month of Tishri, it gets colder and colder outside; So the shepherds would not be outside during the winter time.

Yhwh has established His feasts forever, so it makes sense that He would continue to do major things on the Feasts. Yahshua gave you freedom, when he died on the cross, but He didn't set you free to go follow pagan traditions. Follow the laws of the spirit in Jesus, and not the laws of sin and death.

Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power... having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.
So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ. Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels..." (Col 2:8-18)

The Apostle Paul confirms what was said in Jeremiah 10, and Ezekiel 8:14-18...
The message Paul is teaching, is that we should not put our trust in the signs of heaven (astrology), worshiping angels who deceive us into following these traditions that are not of God. Yahshua freed us from the requirements we once had to follow. What requirements?...Without the shedding of blood, there can be no remission of sin (Hebrews 9:22). Yahshua was the ultimate sacrifice. "For the law of the spirit of life in Jesus has made us free from the law of sin and death" (Romans 8:2). Yahshua took away the law (following instructions) of sin and death and made us free in the law (following instructions) of the spirit of life in Jesus. Don't let anyone judge you for following these instructions of God (col 2:16). Don't let them take you out of rhythm... Cheat you from your reward...Yhwh rewards you for staying in rhythm with Him (Col 2:17).

During this time, be the light in the midst of darkness. Share the good news of the gospel. Enjoy the time with your family. If you're following traditions that's not pleasing to God, make the decision to let go of those traditions. There is therefore no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Now that you know the truth, it's up to you to make better (Godly) decisions next year. In 2012, let's do a better job in pleasing the true and living God, Yhwh.



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Merry Christmas part 1

It's been said that this is the most wonderful time of the year. Why is that?... What is December 25th all about?

"So He brought me into the inner court of the LORD’s house; and there, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east, and they were worshiping the sun toward the east. And He said to me, “Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it a trivial thing to the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence; then they have returned to provoke Me to anger..." (Ezekiel 8:16-18)

Sometime during the forth century, church leaders in Rome decided to celebrate Christ's birth during the winter solstice in an attempt to Christianize these popular pagan celebrations. December 25th was the birth of, what many pagans call, the sun god (Tammuz, who is also known by other names). During this "holiday" season, the pagans did parties, games, gift giving and decorating the houses with evergreens. The church became unequally yoked with pagan traditions. Is there anything wrong with this? Even if the origin of Christmas is pagan, it still gives us the opportunity to be a light in the midst of darkness... right?


"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..." (Jeremiah 10:2-5)

Yhwh says we should not learn/follow their ways/traditions. They are dismayed by the signs of heaven (astrology... worshiping the winter solstice). Yhwh even gives us one of their traditions as an example, just to further clarify one of the "holidays" He doesn't want you to learn/follow/celebrate. We do have the opportunity to be the light in the midst of darkness, but if we know that a particular day, and/or certain traditions comes from worshiping the wrong god, are we still suppose to celebrate/ take part in it? Let's look at another scripture concerning foods offered up to idols.

"... Concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one... Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled... for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to them that are weak. For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. (1Corinthians 8:4-13)

If you are aware that a particular food or a particular holiday is from a pagan ritual to a god, and you continue to support it, then it will end up being a stumbling block. You will sin against your brethren, and if you sin against your brethren, you're sinning against Christ. It's not that you should be in fear of it... As if it will do something to you. It's just that we, as believers, should boldly take a stand as a witness of our belief.
"Abstain from every form of evil." (1 Thessalonians 5:22), and in God's eyes, following these Christmas traditions are evil. The devil knows that the believers in the real God would not openly invite him in their homes, so he works through deceit. He makes something look innocent, but the truth beneath it all is very wicked.

Every year, in preparation of Christmas, we (Christians) follow the pagans, taking the life of a tree and then decorate something that is now dead, to make it look good... We see that Yhwh is very much against those involved in sun worship and many other pagan rituals and doesn't even want us to learn their ways, but yet many believers still do it. Merry Christmas reminds me a little bit of the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve has nothing to do with the Federal Government. They deceive people into thinking it is. The same with Christmas. Christmas has nothing to do with Christ.... Nothing! Believers indeed can use this opportunity to bring the message of Christ to the lost, but you don't bring the message of Christ by disobeying His Word... And what does His Word say? Jeremiah 10, Don't follow the winter solstice sign, taking part in their traditions to the sun god... The hanging of the Christmas tree commemorates the rebirth of the sun god, and the gold and silver balls that we hang on the tree, originally represented Tammuz's (the sun god) testicles... Deck the halls with boughs of holly was to acknowledge the powers of the nature gods... The mistletoe represented the freedom of being sexually intimate with any and everyone; And the woman should not resist the demand to sexually give her body to another. Evergreen trees and the wreaths always represented sex and fertility in the pagan world... They cut the tree and bring it in their home to remember and worship their idol. The pagans also believed in the hearth god who would come down the chimney and bless the people. The burning of the log was in remembrance of burning the many animals and humans that were sacrificed to what they call the jul god. Decorating your house with lights was also a sign to let people know that you're a participant in celebrating the jul god...Exchanging of gifts were done in thanksgiving to the sun god who provides... I can go on and on but let's quickly look at SANTA. When you unscramble the words, you can easily find the real person behind this idol.

God is omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient. Satan tries to play this Godly role through the use of this "Santa Claus" character...

"so you better watch out
you better not cry
better not pout
im telling you why
santa clause is coming to town
he's making a list
and checking it twice
gonna find out who's naughty or nice
santa clause is coming to town
he sees you when you're sleeping
he knows when you're awake
he knows if you've been bad or good
so be good for goodness sake..."

SATAN (SANTA) is trying to be GOD. This is why he's training our children to believe in this omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient character.Many parents lie to their children, teaching them to believe in Santa Claus. When the children grows up and learns the truth, they will subconsciously believe its okay to lie. They will also believe, that many other things they learned from their parents, were also lies...

To be continued...

For more details concerning the origins of Christmas, you can watch the following video, "The Unwrapping of Christmas."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=072f9Kyx1NE&feature=share

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Aborted babies in food enhancement testing

 A BioTech company is using cells from babies, who were aborted, to figure out ways to get your brain to like, or to become addicted to their (Nestle, Starbucks, Kraft, Campbell soup, Coca Cola, Pepsi and Tropicana) products (I'm sure they're many other companies). 

 “Using isolated human taste receptors,” the Senomyx website claims, “we created proprietary taste receptor-based assay systems that provide a biochemical or electronic readout when a flavor ingredient interacts with the receptor.”

“What they do not tell the public is that they are using HEK 293 – human embryonic kidney cells taken from an electively aborted baby to produce those receptors,” stated Debi Vinnedge, Executive Director for CGL, the watch dog group that has been monitoring the use of aborted fetal material in medical products and cosmetics for years. 

Many companies have experienced a decline in sales because of the increase awareness in harmful ingredients such as MSG and High Fructose Corn Syrup. Many people started buying their products again, once the "harmful" products were removed; But what the people don't realize is that the companies are using other harmful ingredients that people are not aware of, and the bio tech companies helps them to hide these harmful products (Many harmful flavors are thrown into the Artificial Flavor Category). The harmful products, as they stated, are given in very small dosages, and this is why its considered safe. It's really hard to store food for a long time and keep the same fresh taste. This is why many companies have turned to BioTech to help with, keeping that addictive taste as well as how to label the ingredients, since they're required to label it. 

 My point is, start making healthier decisions so that you live a more rewarding life, instead of falling into these addictions that are stealing it :-)

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