Part 3 — Church History

How then did December 25th come to be recognized as the birth of the Messiah? The fact that the time of his birth is not mentioned anywhere in the Bible, and it was not until the 3rd - 4th century that it became recognized as an official holiday, proves that it was man-made.

It was Constantine who instituted Christianity as an official religion of the Roman Empire. He was responsible for allowing many traditions and customs that were not rooted in the scriptures to be incorporated within the Christian faith, at the same time distancing the Church from the Jewish roots of their faith.

In fact in the fourth century, he mandated acceptance of the following profession:

"I renounce all customs, rites, legalisms, unleavened breads and feasts of lambs of the Hebrews, sacrifices, prayers, aspersions, purification's sanctification's and propitiation's, and feasts, and new moons, and Sabbaths and superstitions and hymns and chants and observances and synagogues and the food and drink of the Hebrews; in one word, I renounce absolutely everything Jewish, every law rite and custom…"

Down through the centuries there has been a steady decline and separation from the Jewish roots of our faith. To it's great ruin, the Church has lost sight of the rich heritage and Biblical customs in Jewish history which are linked with the message of the Bible.

We hear many people say, what difference does it make when Yeshua was born. The most important thing is that He was born. No one would argue that point. Without His birth, there would be no hope or salvation for mankind. It is not the birth of the Messiah that is the issue. It is how the Christian community has allowed many customs and traditions to be associated with His birth that have no basis in the word of God. The Church has chosen to replace holy roots with unholy ones.

Many of the customs and traditions of Christmas are Babylonian in origin and are rooted to pagan practices and idolatry. To name a few: the word Christ MAS, the Christmas tree, the mistletoe, the Yule log are all Babylonian in origin. It is widely accepted by scholars that almost all the ancient religions and occult forms of worship are rooted in ancient Babylon. Even the day chosen, Dec. 25th is Babylonian in origin. Dec. 24th and 25th were originally the celebration of an astronomical event called the Winter Solstice.

The Babylonians celebrated in those days the completion of the sun's yearly course and the commencement of a new cycle. It was known as the birthday of the sun, (the wrong one). It was a day set aside to honor the birth of one of her own sun gods, the son of the Babylonian queen of heaven, called Gad.

In Rome, this feast was called the Feast of Saturn. It lasted five days and was characterized by drunkenness and was called the "Drunken Festival of Babylon".

Many of the modern day observances of the Christmas season originated from this winter Festival. Trees and evergreens were decorations used as symbols of eternal life and objects of worship. The tree symbolized Nimrod, the slain god come to life. The fact that the tree was an evergreen symbolized the perpetuity and everlasting nature of the power of this god. The pagans lighted candles on the eve of the festival.

Even the practice of exchanging gifts and cards stems from the ancient Roman custom called "Strenae".

During this winter festival, the people would give "good luck" gifts of fruit, pastry or gold to their friends. The Yule log burning in the fire symbolized Nimrod cut down by his enemies and the evergreen tree symbolized, Nimrod coming back to life. A closer look into the details of these traditions can be found in the book "The Two Babylon's"

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