Is Christmas a Pagan Holiday?
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Many have suggested that there are serious connections between the Christian celebration of Christmas and the Roman celebrations of their pagan gods, particularly Sol Invictus and Saturnalia. Is there truth to this? Why was December 25 chosen by Christians to commemorate Jesus' birth?
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The Roman Empire didn't Christianized the Romans, they Romanized the Christians.
I am not worried about the pagan roots of Christmas. What concerns me is how paganized the celebration has become. We don’t respect Advent nor we observe the centre of the celebration which is Christ. We erased Christ from the celebration, now Christ is telling us: no celebration for us. Let us pray for forgiveness and repentance.
Your church chose the date for Christmas because of Christmas being at the height of the winter solstice and Yule Tide. 2 major pagan holidays. Fact is your religion is a pagan copycat. It's ripped off numerous pagan religions that predate christianity itself. That's including your Jesus.
It's just returning to its roots
You're concerned a pagan holiday is returning to its pagan roots? 😂 Oh no, how terrible that pagans are taking back their holidays and traditions that Christians stole, twisted and eradicated.
You say no one respects advent but why should they when you clearly don't respect people worshipping beliefs that predate Abrahimic religion? 🤷🏻♂️
Jesus wasn't born on the 25th of December.. This date was set by emperor Constantine because nobody knew an exact date.. This date was chosen because it is exactly 9 months after crucifixion and the 9 month period was chosen as reference to gestation..
History records show it was more likely to be in September..
The celebration of Christmas is a celebration of the winter solitice..
If you ban non religious Christmas no one will be left to celebrate it lol.
Does it make a difference? Yes! God wants to be worshipped the way He wants, not like the pagan gods were worshipped.
Deuteronomy 12
Straight from the Bible!!! Catholics don't follow the Bible. In fact, all there rituals go against the word of God.
Yeah therefore no need also for the church to have a disco-like and party rock-like worship is it???
@@michaelallen5693 Yeah also including disco-like church service is it?
If catholics followed the bible word by word then a bunch of unwanted children due to cheating would not be born. For the lord said onto moses “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If a man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him 13 so that another man has sexual relations with her, and this is hidden from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she has not been caught in the act), 14 and if feelings of jealousy come over her husband and he suspects his wife and she is impure-or if he is jealous and suspects her even though she is not impure- 15 then he is to take his wife to the priest. He must also take an offering of a tenth of an ephah[a] of barley flour on her behalf. He must not pour olive oil on it or put incense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, a reminder-offering to draw attention to wrongdoing.
16 “‘The priest shall bring her and have her stand before the Lord. 17 Then he shall take some holy water in a clay jar and put some dust from the tabernacle floor into the water. 18 After the priest has had the woman stand before the Lord, he shall loosen her hair and place in her hands the reminder-offering, the grain offering for jealousy, while he himself holds the bitter water that brings a curse. 19 Then the priest shall put the woman under oath and say to her, “If no other man has had sexual relations with you and you have not gone astray and become impure while married to your husband, may this bitter water that brings a curse not harm you. 20 But if you have gone astray while married to your husband and you have made yourself impure by having sexual relations with a man other than your husband”- 21 here the priest is to put the woman under this curse-“may the Lord cause you to become a curse[b] among your people when he makes your womb miscarry and your abdomen swell. 22 May this water that brings a curse enter your body so that your abdomen swells or your womb miscarries.”
“‘Then the woman is to say, “Amen. So be it.”
23 “‘The priest is to write these curses on a scroll and then wash them off into the bitter water. 24 He shall make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and this water that brings a curse and causes bitter suffering will enter her. 25 The priest is to take from her hands the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the Lord and bring it to the altar. 26 The priest is then to take a handful of the grain offering as a memorial[c] offering and burn it on the altar; after that, he is to have the woman drink the water. 27 If she has made herself impure and been unfaithful to her husband, this will be the result: When she is made to drink the water that brings a curse and causes bitter suffering, it will enter her, her abdomen will swell and her womb will miscarry, and she will become a curse. 28 If, however, the woman has not made herself impure, but is clean, she will be cleared of guilt and will be able to have children.
29 “‘This, then, is the law of jealousy when a woman goes astray and makes herself impure while married to her husband, 30 or when feelings of jealousy come over a man because he suspects his wife. The priest is to have her stand before the Lord and is to apply this entire law to her. 31 The husband will be innocent of any wrongdoing, but the woman will bear the consequences of her sin.’”
not to forget also if Protestant follow the Bible word to word there shall be no Disco-like and wild rock party service in Church even the Church is like empty storey ...
Whenever I have questions in my faith, I always get answers by watching your contents. Thank you Father, you are Providential.
Jesus dying the same day of his conception is actually amazing.
Jesus wasnt even born in December or close to it
Like Buddha was born, enlightened, and died on the same day.
Easter is also a pagan holiday
@@hamidthedream1217 All 4 of the major western holidays are pagan, christmas, helloween, easter and valentine's day
@@simplesimon9056 also Mayday where we celebrate spring and international workers day
. Easter day falls just after the Jewish Passover, it is mentioned in the biblical account
Thank you so much for these videos! Personable, articulate, concise, relatable, orthodox Catholic content is hard to come by. Your ministry is much needed! 😊
Thanks! I appreciate it!
I second that motion Clarissa 👍
What is Orthodox Catholic
(content)? I've never heard of that.
@@x1achilles99 I used a small "o" to indicate the adjective "orthodox" which means like... faithful to the tradition, right belief, official teaching... as opposed to "heterodox" which would be, for example, heresy. I did not mean "Orthodox" referring to the Eastern tradition of Christianity not in communion with Rome :)
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The best person to KNOW when is the Birthday of Jesus is His own mother, Mary.
Towards the end of his stories of Jesus' infancy. Luke describes Mary's remembrance of these events, "And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart (Luke 2:19)." From this indication, Luke thereby revealed Mary as his first eyewitness from the beginning. From her story to Luke, therefore we can derive when Jesus was born.
Luke 1:5-9
Luke 1:10-25
The incensing in the Temple indicated a specific feast was being celebrated, the Feast of Tabernacles or Dedication of the Temple. This feast originated from the first dedication of the Temple by King Solomon who timed the dedication with the feast of Booths (in Hebrew Succoth or Sukkot).
1 Kings 8:1-2
All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month). In the original Roman calendar this would correspond to the month of September, so that if we calculate the time of the feast, it would have been around September 18-24. Then when Zechariah returned home and Elizabeth conceived, it would have been around September 25.
Luke 1:26-38
The time in the story of the Annunciation to Mary and her subsequent conception of Jesus is mentioned twice: in v. 26 "In the sixth month," and in v. 36, "she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month."
To determine this date of Mary's conception of the Lord, we simply have to add 6 months to September 25, exactly the date celebrated by the church. 😊
Ethanim, the name of the seventh month of the Canaanite calendar corresponding to the later Hebrew Tishri or to our September - October (1 Kings 8:2).
The Israelites, like the Orientals in general, followed the lunar month, beginning with the new moon. In Hebrew month is yerah, which means moon, and hodes, which means new moon. The months had alternatively 29 or 30 days. To distinguish the different months the Canaaneans names, which are related to the seasons of the year, were used.
In the Bible occur the months Abib, which means green ears of corn, and stood for March-April (Exodus 13:14; Deuteronomy 21:1); Ziv, meaning flower, equivalent of April-May (II Kings 6:1,37); ETHANIM, meaning constant waters, for September -October (1 Kings 8:2) and Bul, which means rain, for October-November (1 Kings 6:38).
Santa is just taking the Christ out of Christmas.
St Nicholas,was a real bishop in myra and a great preacher of the catholic faith.
And give a mean slap/punch.
St. Nicholas is not a bishop in Russia.
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Really?
Wasnt he european at least?
St. Nicholas is a bishop of Myra.
I think on a level you are correct. Don't get me wrong. I absolutely love Santa for what he represents but in todays culture he has become the spokesman of Christmas when it should be Jesus.
1:20 Death and Resurrection, not just "Death" 😊
Lowkey wasn’t important in that context
St. John Chrysostom argued that Christmas did fall on the 25th of December, taking into account the birth of John the Baptist. Because Zachariah was the high priest and the day of atonement fell on September 24, John the Baptist was born on June 24 and Christ was born six months later, on December 25.
Then why did it take more than 300years to commence christmas? Who started it?
Just read this comment. Thank you for pointing me to St John Chrysostom as the source of this theory. I’ve been trying to figure out where I read that!
Also, Zechariah wasn’t the high priest. He was serving a regular rotation as a priest descended from Abijah. His sacrifice would have been the daily evening sacrifice, not the yearly sacrifice of the Day of Atonement. Cf Luke 1:5, 1 Chron 24:10
@@carolinehaydu2854 Good point.
ZACHARIAS WAS NOT THE HIGH PRIEST therefore he was not allowed to enter into the holy of holies on Yom Kippur or any other day.
There are detailed records of everyone who was a high priest at that time, at that time there was a NEW HIGH PRIEST EVERY SINGLE YEAR, because God would kill them for being not righteous...
To recap
Jesus died on Passover
therefore he was born on Sukkot
therefore he was conceived on Hanukkah
“For many people December 25 is the most holy day and most joyous day of the year. But for Catholics, that day would be Easter.
Not universally, no. Franciscans have always treated Christmas with more reverence than Easter. That's not to say that Easter isn't of immense importance, only to say that the Feast of the Incarnation is paramount to all of salvation history.
No actually for me and my family it’s Christmas
@Mike PreCodeFan Nobody pagans except you. Would you like to stick with the topic?
@Mike PreCodeFan Sorry, I left out the verb. I meant to say, "Nobody mentioned pagans except you." Now, I admitted my mistake, now how about you admit that you are a unhappy human being?
@Mike PreCodeFan Wow, didn’t take much to manipulate you, did it?
The thing is Christmas is not in the bible. Meaning you’re “adding to the words of god”
We are permitted to create our own holidays, from my understanding, and as long as we know why we celebrate Christmas, then I see no reason to condemn it.
Christmas is a pagan day, December 25th was the Roman day to celebrate the sun god saturnalia, the Roman Catholic abomination took a pagan holiday and created blasphemy by incorporating it using the Messiah, the Roman Catholic Church has the blood of hundreds of thousands at its feet it is blasphemy and an abomination it is Mystery Babylon, John the Apostle mentioned it in the book of Revelation!!!
Jeremiah 10:4-6
New King James Version
4 They decorate it with silver and gold;
They (A)fasten it with nails and hammers
So that it will not topple.
5 They are upright, like a palm tree,
And (B)they cannot speak;
They must be (C)carried,
Because they cannot go by themselves.
Do not be afraid of them,
For (D)they cannot do evil,
Nor can they do any good.”
6 Inasmuch as there is none
Not Catholic but I really enjoy your videos and have learned a thing or two about the Catholic Faith.
Run from the devil catholic church- evil to its core
If you make calculation and decode the Bible, you will know that Ya.. was born on the Feast of the Tabernacles (z 7th month according to z hebrew calendar which is September in z gregorian calendar, 15 days after New moon as per z herbrew calendar or +- towards z end of z month according to z gregorian calendar)
You can calulate his birth by adding 6 month from the consumption of Elisabeth, her husband Zakariah was serving in the Temple and he was from Abijah Division (Luke 1:5)
1 Chr 24:10The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
Taking into consideration that New hebrew year, as proclaimed by YH.. is on New Moon Aviv month or March in gregorian calendar:
Exodus 12:1-2
So Zakariah was serving in mid May for 2 weeks. He returned home in June and soon afterwards Elisabeth fell pregnant.
John z baptist was born in March,
adding 6 months for z birth of our Saviour, you get to September.
You need to study the Old Pact to understand the New Pact.
But the Catholic church does not teach the Old Pact, where El.. and Ya.. is ONE.
There is no Hard or soft El..
His laws r eternal and perfect.
Psalms 19:7-8 📖
7 The instructions of YH.. are perfect,
reviving the soul.
The decrees of YH.. are trustworthy,
making wise the simple.
8 The commandments of YH.. are right,
bringing joy to the heart.
The commands of YH.. are clear,
giving insight for living.
What you’re saying is true
Santa = Satan
The best person to KNOW when is the Birthday of Jesus is His own mother, Mary.
Towards the end of his stories of Jesus' infancy. Luke describes Mary's remembrance of these events, "And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart (Luke 2:19)." From this indication, Luke thereby revealed Mary as his first eyewitness from the beginning. From her story to Luke, therefore we can derive when Jesus was born.
Luke 1:5-9
Luke 1:10-25
The incensing in the Temple indicated a specific feast was being celebrated, the Feast of Tabernacles or Dedication of the Temple. This feast originated from the first dedication of the Temple by King Solomon who timed the dedication with the feast of Booths (in Hebrew Succoth or Sukkot).
1 Kings 8:1-2
All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month). In the original Roman calendar this would correspond to the month of September, so that if we calculate the time of the feast, it would have been around September 18-24. Then when Zechariah returned home and Elizabeth conceived, it would have been around September 25.
Luke 1:26-38
The time in the story of the Annunciation to Mary and her subsequent conception of Jesus is mentioned twice: in v. 26 "In the sixth month," and in v. 36, "she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month."
To determine this date of Mary's conception of the Lord, we simply have to add 6 months to September 25, exactly the date celebrated by the church.
Ethanim, the name of the seventh month of the Canaanite calendar corresponding to the later Hebrew Tishri or to our September - October (1 Kings 8:2).
The Israelites, like the Orientals in general, followed the lunar month, beginning with the new moon. In Hebrew month is yerah, which means moon, and hodes, which means new moon. The months had alternatively 29 or 30 days. To distinguish the different months the Canaaneans names, which are related to the seasons of the year, were used.
In the Bible occur the months Abib, which means green ears of corn, and stood for March-April (Exodus 13:14; Deuteronomy 21:1); Ziv, meaning flower, equivalent of April-May (II Kings 6:1,37); ETHANIM, meaning constant waters, for September -October (1 Kings 8:2) and Bul, which means rain, for October-November (1 Kings 6:38). 😃
What was your source for this? I found a very similar explanation once but lost the link and I don't remember where I found it! If you could link it that wod be much appreciated for my curiosity 😊
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The SHEPHERDS that saw the angels and heavenly hosts were the ones that were responsible for PROVIDING the PASSOVER LAMB.
The shepherds of BETHLEHEM were in charge of raising sheep for the TEMPLE SACRIFICES.
According to the LAWS of the time the sheep that were used for the OFFERINGS had to be a ONE-YEAR-OLD MALE sheep that had been OUTSIDE for 365 days (one - year). Since these sheep needed to remain outside the shepherds were also outside, not using the cave during the awful winter (rainy season). You can see this in Luke 2:8.
Once the sheep were of age the shepherds would bring them to the city of Jerusalem to be sacrificed for the Sabbath. It was important that the sheep that was to be sacrifice did not possess any blemishes (broken legs, injuries). Once the sheep's blood was completely spilled for all of the sins, the priest would return to the people and proclaim: "It is finished."
MIGDAL EDER, the TOWER OF THE FLOCK, was where the lambs set aside for temple sacrifices were raised. The flocks in the surrounding fields were vast, because there was an estimated population of around OVER TWO MILLION people in that area. During Passover, the annual celebration of the Hebrew nation's deliverance from captivity in Egypt, one lamb was needed for EVERY HOUSEHOLD. An estimated 250,000 sheep were needed every year to accomodate the Passover sacrifices and feast. The TOWER OF MIGDAL EDER provided the perfect vantage point from which the shepherds could, quiet literally, watch over their flocks from above.
Every firstborn male lamb was considered holy and was set aside for sacrifice in Jerusalem.
SHEEP HERDING was a hereditary occupation, and generations of shepherds were TRAINED to care for these SPECIAL lambs. The newborn lambs would be wrapped tightly... SWADDLED... in special designated TEMPLE CLOTHS, and they would be laid in a MANGER to keep them contained while they were being examined for blemishes. At the appointed time, the shepherds would separate the lambs, selecting ONLY the FIRSTBORN MALE that were without mark or blemish, and would lead them to Jerusalem, where they would be purchashed by people wanting to present a sacrifice before the Lord to atone for their sins.
When the angel appeared to the Shepherds in the fields, he told them they would find the newborn king wrapped in SWADDLING CLOTHES and laying in a manger. They knew exactly WHERE He would be found, because swaddling clothes were ONLY used in one particular location, and for one particular purpose....MIGDAL EDER, the place where sacrificial lambs were wrapped and examined for perfection before being set apart for the slaughter that would atone for sin and make peace with God.
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Every Spring the Jews celebrated the Passover. Part of the celebration was the slaughter and consumption of Passover lamb. This Passover lamb was called "The Lamb of God."
Every December thousands of "Lambs of God" were born and set aside for Spring sacrifice.
These were very special lambs. They had to meet the strict legal-religious regulations of Jewish faith. The lambs had to be no more than one year old, male and without spot or blemish. Therefore they had to be bred and born in CONTROLLED conditions and inspected for birth defects before being raised in a specially protected environment.
The other interesting details is the Jewish regulations stipulated that any animal to be sacrificed at the Temple had to be born within five miles of Jerusalem. Bethlehem is just five miles from Jerusalem.
At the time of Jesus' birth, therefore, the hillsides around Bethlehem, were a first century lamb factory farm controlled by the Priestly livestock traders from the temple.
When the lambs were born the shepherds wrapped them in strips of cloth to protect them, and placed them in a stone feeding through in the birthing barn until the priest could come to inspect them.
By the way, some skeptics point out that the details don't match with Jesus being born in the winter because lambs are born in the spring. Lambs are born in Spring in Northern Europe. However, the BREED of sheep most common in the Middle East - the AWASSI - give birth in DECEMBER.
So there, on the hills surrounding Bethlehem was a large farming community dedicated to the specialized task of breeding the huge number of lambs for the Passover sacrifice. Each December thousands of "Lambs of God" were born and set aside for the Spring sacrifice.
@Macormic Benjamin Hi MB. It's hard for me to understand how there could have been 2 million people wanting lambs, because it seems (very) unlikely that there were 2 million people in that region of the world at that time. As I understand it, there is no archeological evidence for anything approaching a even 1 million people. A thousand years later, there still were not a million people there.
I distinctly remember writing a comment here skeptical of the bible, and I described the exact pagan roots of these traditions. I even got a notification to this thread of comments. But it seems that my comment was removed, most likely by the author of this video.
Do with that information what you will.
It is unlikely that a minority religion be unaffected by the culture they live in.
That being said, concerning the proper date. As Jews his family would have used a date on the Jewish calendar which does not synch up to the Christian calendar. The early Christians used the Julian calendar which has been replaced in the west with the Gregorian calendar. Even as a Jew it's meaningless pedantry to argue about which date is the 'right' birthdate rather than to pay attention to the religious significance of his birth.
So, to the Christians. Merry Christmas. May it be a blessing to you and may you be a blessing to the world.
If Christmas was truly about Christ, the would would not be celebrating it...simple as that.
The early church never celebrated Christmas day, neither the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.
When apostasy enter and influenced the true Christian congregation, they mixed their false doctrines with that of the Roman cults specially during the reign of Constantine. According to Will Durant, during that period Christians did not condemn apostasy, they accept it. We see the results until now unscriptural celebrations are deeply rooted everywhere. We must not dance with the music of this world if we want to have God's favor. We must be careful on what we celebrate and must study n research if they have pagan origins.
D*mmy heretic sectarian Jesus was alive why will celebrate something in remembramcr of him?
That’s historically and unequivocally wrong…
@@rileymartin9524protesters and theists tend to get a lot of things wrong just because they hate Roman catholics
You are definitely right that the birthday of Jesus Christ does not matter on our faith unto Him. What matters is our Salvation ✌️👍
The best person to KNOW when is the Birthday of Jesus is His own mother, Mary.
Towards the end of his stories of Jesus' infancy. Luke describes Mary's remembrance of these events, "And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart (Luke 2:19)." From this indication, Luke thereby revealed Mary as his first eyewitness from the beginning. From her story to Luke, therefore we can derive when Jesus was born.
Luke 1:5-9
Luke 1:10-25
The incensing in the Temple indicated a specific feast was being celebrated, the Feast of Tabernacles or Dedication of the Temple. This feast originated from the first dedication of the Temple by King Solomon who timed the dedication with the feast of Booths (in Hebrew Succoth or Sukkot).
1 Kings 8:1-2
All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month). In the original Roman calendar this would correspond to the month of September, so that if we calculate the time of the feast, it would have been around September 18-24. Then when Zechariah returned home and Elizabeth conceived, it would have been around September 25.
Luke 1:26-38
The time in the story of the Annunciation to Mary and her subsequent conception of Jesus is mentioned twice: in v. 26 "In the sixth month," and in v. 36, "she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month."
To determine this date of Mary's conception of the Lord, we simply have to add 6 months to September 25, exactly the date celebrated by the church.
Ethanim, the name of the seventh month of the Canaanite calendar corresponding to the later Hebrew Tishri or to our September - October (1 Kings 8:2).
The Israelites, like the Orientals in general, followed the lunar month, beginning with the new moon. In Hebrew month is yerah, which means moon, and hodes, which means new moon. The months had alternatively 29 or 30 days. To distinguish the different months the Canaaneans names, which are related to the seasons of the year, were used.
In the Bible occur the months Abib, which means green ears of corn, and stood for March-April (Exodus 13:14; Deuteronomy 21:1); Ziv, meaning flower, equivalent of April-May (II Kings 6:1,37); ETHANIM, meaning constant waters, for September -October (1 Kings 8:2) and Bul, which means rain, for October-November (1 Kings 6:38). 😊😃😁
As Italian I'm very confused about some traditions used in the "germanic" world:
1) Saint Nicolaus was born in Patara and lived in Myra in Turkey (Greek world that time). Now is a person from north pole (?) surrounded by ice and snow, elves and rendeers.
2) Saint Lucia was born and raised in Syracuse, Sicily an island of southern Europe . Now in Sweden is seen as a Viking girl. 🙄
What's wrong in keeping the Mediterranean original root? What's wrong with the authentic tale?🙄🙄🙄
Some told me that the protestant world could not accept any tradition from Mediterranean world🙁🙁🙁 (romanism, papism were considered an evil thing), so they had to re-invent the whole stories.
That may be true ,the only thing protestants took up from Catholicism is the Bible which they also deleted some books.
Amen, I agree with you. I believe the secularisation of Christmas happened when we started impoirting northern European ideas into our customs having come from the same lands that rebelled first against the church. There has to be a connection between secular "santa claus" and anglo/germanic secularism.
It has nothing to do with being anti-Mediterranean. The thing is that Protestants didn't like the veneration of Saints and thus tried to secularize the feasts of Saints. Santa Claus is derived from the Catholic ‘Saint Nicholas’ but the Reformer Martin Luther did not want the gift-giving tradition to stop Irony aside, it appears fairly clear that Luther’s humanity, his desire not to deprive children of their gifts, has contributed to making Christmas the popular feast it now recognisably is.
Why are you so surprised? They invented their own religion, in the first place.
Christianity has its roots in Judiasm, not paganism
From what I understand, the sun goes down to its lowest point on Dec. 22nd. For three days it doesn't move. Then on Dec 25th, it rises. Does this make sense on a reason why we celebrate His birth on 25th?
I believe that's the reason why Romans created Saturnalia? There are also other cultures that invented celebrations around the Winter Solstice. I guess for us Christians, a factor that was considered was because by Dec. 25, there is more light than darkness in a day... and the number 3 is a biblical number. That's just my theory.
The problem with this is that Christmas has pagan origins. Anything that isn't to do with the true God as far as worship is idolatry and demonic. Christmas trees originally have to do with the false, demonic goddess Saturn, and so on. And to apply this to Jesus is a major slap in the face.
How?
Imagine no one knew your birthday after you died. They wanted to pick a date to celebrate it. And they decided on Hitler's birthday. It's the same thing yet way worse.
@Immuneto Agagag The problem with this is that Christmas has pagan origins. Anything that isn't to do with the true God as far as worship is idolatry and demonic. Christmas trees originally have to do with the false, demonic goddess Saturn, and so on. And to apply this to Jesus is a major slap in the face.
How?
Imagine no one knew your birthday after you died. They wanted to pick a date to celebrate it. And they decided on Hitler's birthday. It's the same thing yet way worse.
Also, Mary is not a redeemer yet Catholics spend too much time "venerating" her. She did not die a virgin. Jesus did. She did not die on the cross, Jesus did.
Isaiah 53 describes Jesus as the Messiah. Not his mother.
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..st. Peter is Jesus disciple and how come st. Peter didn't know the birth of Christ his master.
Ohh.... My god
@Immuneto Agagag After the birth of Jesus, and the period of purification a proper Jewish mother would go through, it is reasonable to believe that Joseph and began normal martial relations and that Jesus had younger siblings.
Let us analyze and study History... Christ Jesus was born in Bethlehem between the 6th to 4th year BCE during the reign of King Herod under the Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar...
During that time the Ancient Roman Calender had only 10 months... The 1st month up to the 6th month was represented by the Roman gods and goddesses' Root Names while the 7th month came from the Roman Root word SEPTA, which became SEPTEMBER, then the 8th month came from the Roman Root word OCTO, which became OCTOBER, then the 9th month came from the Roman Root word NOVI, which became NOVEMBER and finally the 10th month came from the Roman Root word DECI, which became DECEMBER.
Historians believe that Christ Jesus was born during the "10th month" (Fall Season) which at that time was called in the Ancient Roman Calendar, DECEMBER... When the Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar died in the 14th year, 1st Cent. A.D. when Christ Jesus was in His Teenage years, Emperor Tiberius succeeded the throne and added 2 more months in recognition of Julius Caesar for the 7th month called JULY, and Augustus Caesar for the 8th month called AUGUST, thus, the month of September became the 9th, October became the10th, November became the 11th and December was no longer the original 10th month but became the 12th month in which there were already SNOW in Bethlehem (Winter Season)...
When Christ was born in Bethlehem, His registered BIRTH was the 10th month (December), which was the written Roman Census at that time for Blessed Mary and St. Joseph. When Emperor Tiberius reigned in the 14th year, 1st Cent. A.D., the Roman Calendar became 12 months adding the months of July and August, thus, all born on the 10th month including Christ Jesus became the 12th month (still called December) but in Winter Season in Israel...
The Exact Birth Day of Jesus on the "10th month" (December) was lost... the Pagan Roman Empire celebrated the SUN GOD FESTIVAL every the 25th day of December (10th Month), and Christ Jesus was also born on the 10th month in Bethlehem presently December today, and since the Pagan Roman Empire accepted the Faith of Christianity in 325 A.D.... the Roman Catholic Church replaced the Pagan SUN GOD FESTIVAL into the "Holy Mass (Celebration) of Christ Jesus" commonly called today CHRISTMAS... The First Christmas in the Christian Roman Empire (United East and West Roman Empire) was celebrated on December 25, 325 A.D....
What better way to STOP the Pagan Festival was to adopt the "Birth of Christ Jesus" on the 10th Month which was presently December (the 12th month)... Analogy, if a person cheated on you, what better way to replace that person is to find another better person than the previous one, and not to have a pet animal as a replacement... the same analogy.
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For God, the exact date of Jesus' birthday is not important, what matters is that everything in this world is His, including birthdays.
Ecclesiastes 7:1
[1]A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
A picture of Christ, he is glorified in death not on his birth. When he came down from heaven to be born as human, one of his purpose was to humble himself and to serve.
Well, no one is glorified in death if he's not been born. But the issue here is the EXACT date, even the EXACT year is unknown. And I call it "the mystery of God."
@@salvadorviernes5245 yes, it is true, the exact date was not given. But the Lord has given us his appointed times for us to celebrate what Jesus, His Son, has done and what he will do in the future. One of those might be the birth of Jesus because his death and resurrection are part of that appointed times or feasts.
1st is Passover - his death
2nd is Feast of unleavened Bread - buried in the grave as unleavened for he was sinless
3rd is Feast of First Fruit - he was the firstfruit of resurrection with glorified body and others were resurrected from the grave after him.
4th is Feast of weeks - the promised holy spirit was given to his followers, we call this in greek Pentecost.
5th is Blowing of trumpets - second coming of Christ where the Angel will blow trumpets
6th is Day of Atonement - Judgement day
7th is Feast of Tabernacle - New Jerusalem will come down and the Marriage of the Lamb and the Bride will happen. Marriage supper of the lamb.
8th is the Sabbath - the millennium reign of Christ, where he will give rest to his bride.
Blowing of trumpets
Or
Feast of Tabernacle
Could be when Christ was born on Earth.
@@salvadorviernes5245 I disagree, to God the exact date of Jesus's birthday is extremely important that is why he timed the biblical holidays in a way that Jesus was conceived on Hanukkah
( Hanukkah is the Festival of Lights and we see that the light of the world entered the world during the Festival of Lights)
And 9 months later Jesus was born on the Festival of Sukkot which translates into English as the Festival of Tabernacles which coincides with the the prophecy that says (he tabernacled with us)
@@grishavlas2260Well, if it's important to God, why the discrepancies? Why would not God let Jesus be born when calendars are already being used if it is important for Him? I think God let that happen for His own mysterious reason, to coincide with the history of Jerusalem and its foreign conquerors, discounting the invention of calendars later.
Why people keep arguing when jesus was bornt? I think the most important question is are we prepared when He comes?
@YouareIandIAMYou you're in the wrong channel dude if you don't know what we're talking about! Lol 😂
Have you seen the video?!
Lol 😂
Merry Christ Mass!! 🎄✝️
@YouareIandIAMYou so why do you ask...He who?? In the previous comment? You're confused.
This is a Catholic channel.
Jesus is Lord and God! ✝️🎄
And yes HE will come back!
YouareIandIAMYou what are you talking about?
YouareIandIAMYou lol in what book what chapter and verse? There’s only one God bro if we were our own gods that would contradict the Bible
YouareIandIAMYou did you read the whole chapter? you misunderstood “gods” you put it out of context he was talking about the magistrates The whole point of Psalm 82 that Jesus was referring to is that earthly judges must act with impartiality and true justice, because even judges must stand someday before the Judge which is God. Verses 6 and 7 warn human magistrates that they must be judged too:“I said, `You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.' But you will die like mere men; you will fall like every other ruler.” This passage is saying that God has appointed men to positions of authority in which they are considered as gods among the people. They are to remember that, even though they are representing God in this world, they are mortal and must eventually give an account to God for how they used that authority. Human beings are not “gods” or “little gods.” We are not God. God is God, and we who know Christ are His children.💯
Lies, lies lies First of all ,we do know when Jesus was born from the scripture, He was born during Sukkot in the fall , and we also now that from December 17-25 there was saturnalia in pagan Rome later adapted as Christmas , and not much has changed the sane disgusting traditions, so taking part in Christmas celebration is worshipping different god not the Messiah from the Bible. You must seek the Truth to be set free from the lies of religious systems aka Babylon.
Believe me nowhere in Bible metiioned about this day 25th dec. It's actually the birth of sun god Tammuz.
Also the birthday of mithraz and Nimrod and the last day of festivities for Saturnilia
@@jayrobelo9877 no
The best person to KNOW when is the Birthday of Jesus is His own mother, Mary.
Towards the end of his stories of Jesus' infancy. Luke describes Mary's remembrance of these events, "And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart (Luke 2:19)." From this indication, Luke thereby revealed Mary as his first eyewitness from the beginning. From her story to Luke, therefore we can derive when Jesus was born.
Luke 1:5-9
Luke 1:10-25
The incensing in the Temple indicated a specific feast was being celebrated, the Feast of Tabernacles or Dedication of the Temple. This feast originated from the first dedication of the Temple by King Solomon who timed the dedication with the feast of Booths (in Hebrew Succoth or Sukkot).
1 Kings 8:1-2
All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month). In the original Roman calendar this would correspond to the month of September, so that if we calculate the time of the feast, it would have been around September 18-24. Then when Zechariah returned home and Elizabeth conceived, it would have been around September 25.
Luke 1:26-38
The time in the story of the Annunciation to Mary and her subsequent conception of Jesus is mentioned twice: in v. 26 "In the sixth month," and in v. 36, "she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month."
To determine this date of Mary's conception of the Lord, we simply have to add 6 months to September 25, exactly the date celebrated by the church.
Ethanim, the name of the seventh month of the Canaanite calendar corresponding to the later Hebrew Tishri or to our September - October (1 Kings 8:2).
The Israelites, like the Orientals in general, followed the lunar month, beginning with the new moon. In Hebrew month is yerah, which means moon, and hodes, which means new moon. The months had alternatively 29 or 30 days. To distinguish the different months the Canaaneans names, which are related to the seasons of the year, were used.
In the Bible occur the months Abib, which means green ears of corn, and stood for March-April (Exodus 13:14; Deuteronomy 21:1); Ziv, meaning flower, equivalent of April-May (II Kings 6:1,37); ETHANIM, meaning constant waters, for September -October (1 Kings 8:2) and Bul, which means rain, for October-November (1 Kings 6:38). 😊😊😊
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 📅 *The actual date of Jesus' birth is unknown, and the choice of December 25th as Christmas has unclear origins.*
01:24 📆 *The first official record of Christmas on December 25th in Rome is from the year 336, but Christians may have celebrated it earlier in the 2nd century.*
02:21 🎉 *The prevailing theory suggests Christians adopted December 25th to Christianize pagan celebrations, aligning with the Feast of Die Natali Solis Invicti.*
04:38 📚 *Scholars challenge the history of religions theory, proposing the calculations theory, suggesting the date was determined independently based on Jesus' conception.*
06:27 💭 *The debate between theories remains inconclusive; Christians might have celebrated December 25th independently before any Roman influence or chose to coincide with pagan festivities for evangelization.*
08:19 🎉 *Regardless of the date's origin, the significance of Christmas lies in the belief that God came into the world as Jesus, inspiring celebration and faith.*
My Jewish Christian friends think He came during the feast of booths, because He tabernacles with us. I think it’s in the fall.
Wdym jewish christians?
Its a pagan holiday.
Love your videos. However, wish this particular video covered how Christmas actually goes into the day of Epiphany of the Lord, that goes into the new year. Thanks again for this video and keep up the good work.
He mentioned the span of December 25-January 6, the 12 days of the Christmas season, which ends with Epiphany. I think it was implied, just not said explicitly.
The best person to KNOW when is the Birthday of Jesus is His own mother, Mary.
Towards the end of his stories of Jesus' infancy. Luke describes Mary's remembrance of these events, "And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart (Luke 2:19)." From this indication, Luke thereby revealed Mary as his first eyewitness from the beginning. From her story to Luke, therefore we can derive when Jesus was born.
Luke 1:5-9
Luke 1:10-25
The incensing in the Temple indicated a specific feast was being celebrated, the Feast of Tabernacles or Dedication of the Temple. This feast originated from the first dedication of the Temple by King Solomon who timed the dedication with the feast of Booths (in Hebrew Succoth or Sukkot).
1 Kings 8:1-2
All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month). In the original Roman calendar this would correspond to the month of September, so that if we calculate the time of the feast, it would have been around September 18-24. Then when Zechariah returned home and Elizabeth conceived, it would have been around September 25.
Luke 1:26-38
The time in the story of the Annunciation to Mary and her subsequent conception of Jesus is mentioned twice: in v. 26 "In the sixth month," and in v. 36, "she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month."
To determine this date of Mary's conception of the Lord, we simply have to add 6 months to September 25, exactly the date celebrated by the church.
Ethanim, the name of the seventh month of the Canaanite calendar corresponding to the later Hebrew Tishri or to our September - October (1 Kings 8:2).
The Israelites, like the Orientals in general, followed the lunar month, beginning with the new moon. In Hebrew month is yerah, which means moon, and hodes, which means new moon. The months had alternatively 29 or 30 days. To distinguish the different months the Canaaneans names, which are related to the seasons of the year, were used.
In the Bible occur the months Abib, which means green ears of corn, and stood for March-April (Exodus 13:14; Deuteronomy 21:1); Ziv, meaning flower, equivalent of April-May (II Kings 6:1,37); ETHANIM, meaning constant waters, for September -October (1 Kings 8:2) and Bul, which means rain, for October-November (1 Kings 6:38). 😊😊😊
I know that December 25 is not the birth of Jesus Christ. We just remember Jesus Christ and his birth. The world just see it as a party. To do what they want to. We in the world but we not part of it. Christ is King 👑 not man. We must be holy and set apart. Praise the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.❤
[ 3 BCE ] YESHUA'S Birth was on the first day of Sukkot ( Feast of Tabernacles )
[ Wednesday, 28 CE ] YESHUA was crucified on Passover
[ Saturday, 28 CE ] YESHUA'S Resurrection was just before sundown on Saturday
I agree with everything except for the last part,
it says there was an earthquake "when it was still dark" and that is when the angel showed up and moved the stone away from the tomb.
There is very little reason to believe that he resurrected anytime before that.
So if we use the ancient biblical way of calculating the beginning of the day we find that he resurrected the last few minutes of Saturday.
@@grishavlas2260 GODS Day or The Jewish Day starts at sundown
YESHUA was Dead Wednesday just before sundown
Day 1 Wednesday just before sundown to Thursday just before sundown
Day 2 Thursday 1 second after just before sundown to Friday just before sundown
Day 3 Friday 1 second after just before sundown to Saturday just before sundown
@@GOKUX2012 God's day starts at sunrise,
the "Jewish day" starts at sundown
(only after the Babylonian exile)
It's says Jesus died at 3 p.m. in the Bible. Are you claiming that sunset takes place at 3 p.m.?
@@grishavlas2260 mans Day starts at sunrise God's day starts at sundown
YESHUA was laid in the Tomb before sundown on Wednesday that's when the first day of YESHUA in the grave started
@@GOKUX2012 so go ahead and do some simple math, he said he will be in the grave 3 days and three nights.... can you get 3 days in 3 nights with your calculation?
The Virgin Mary didn’t give birth to her miraculous son in a barn . She retreated on her own to a stream and sat under a Date tree which dropped dates down for her. The baby spoke to the Rabbis who swore and mocked her and called the baby a bastard. God told her not to speak to anyone, read the Quran and see how wrong the Christian’s are and why they can’t speak Jesus language Aramaic. God made Adamin his own form image fully grown no mother but God isn’t his father nor is God Jesus father because God clearly stated that he begets not nor was he begotten. God has 99 names but none of them is father .
Good topic. I asked/suggested this for a topic a few weeks ago when you asked on UA-cam. Thank you.
So, all you are doing is comparing to the Romans, but they are the youngest culture of Pagans, not a fair comparison. Dionysus, the God of Wine, from Greek myth, was also worshipped as born on December 25th. Also, his followers drank wine as though it was his blood, which makes a lot of sense when it is THE GOD OF WINE. Moreover he was born twice. Once as a human and came back from his death to be born again as a God. Also there are several tales of pagan Gods born to virgin women. All thousands of years before Christianity. I am not disputing that Jesus existed, or his wisdom, just that comparing myths and trying to say who came first is a losing battle. Much of paganism was incorporated to gain followers. Christians aren’t the first to do that, many pagans did it also, Phoenicians, Sumerians, Mesopotamians, all borrowed from Egyptians, which was incorporated by Greeks, who then the Romans brought into their myth/history. These stories are metaphors for the divine, that should NEVER replace a one to one relationship.
Thankfull to you Father Casey for serving and living this way which many of us only wish for but connected deeply with wordly problems and desires. Thank you for doing all this, it's highly needed, at least to me.
Only God is the Holy Father not a man
@@hopenavajo1391 Poor heretic sectarian
@@YiriUbic3793 hahahaha I feel sorry for your ignorance
God is the creator not a creature. So he is neither born nor died. Jesus was a prophet of god and he was a human born miraculously from the virgin Mary by the will of god almighty.
This explosive revelation will not be accepted by many. People aren't hearing this, but pastors know: Christmas was adopted from pagans, and Yahusha was not born on December 25th. Yahuah is our Alahim, and He became flesh to reconcile us to Himself, shedding His own precious blood to redeem us completely (Acts 20:28). Those who have pledged themselves to Him in immersion do not continue to sin against Him, otherwise they will will receive the judgment we read about at Hebrews 10. The Galatians were turning back to their former patterns, living as pagans (birthday cakes & wishes to the queen of heaven, special days, and all their highly esteemed holidays). They were turning away from the Truth, and were backsliding into the weak and miserable principles their parents had taught them. Today's pastors, teachers, and parents have all embraced these things, and train children to do the same. Who can stand before Yahusha when He comes to end all the idolatry we inherited from our fathers? Only His pure bride will be safely protected from the reapers as they burn the weeds first, then gather the wheat. Psalm 91 tells us we will see fiery wrath poured out on 10,000 at our right hand, but it will not come near our tent. The plagues are here, and the fire comes next. We're not getting this warning from the majority of teachers; just more egg trees.
Jesus is NOT God
@@HistoryandReviews More accurately stated, according to Eberim / Hebrews 1:1-3, Yahuah is Yahusha. There was never any person named JESUS until the Anglican Catholic KJV revised the the IESV and turned it into Jefus (as they wrote it in Old English). The real Name of the man called JESUS is Yahusha, and it means "I am your Deliverer."
@@LewWhite10 jesus is not God
@@HistoryandReviews Shatan and the demonic realm know that Yahuah is One (not two, or three), and tremble. At Mt. 4:7, Shatan tested Yahusha. Yahusha's response to the fallen being confirms that Yahusha claimed to be Yahuah. 2 Korinthians 5:19 states that Yahuah in Yahusha reconciled the world to Himself, and Acts 20:28 says were were purchased by the blood of the Ruach haQodesh. Yahusha is omnipresent - and His Spirit is holding all things together at this moment. Those who know Him guard His Commandments, and are sealed for the day of redemption. Be immersed, all of you, in the Name of Yahusha haMashiak, and you will receive the gift of the Ruach haQodesh.
The big problem with this world is that, the world loves xmass feast, they hate Jesus Christ, The world hated Martin Luther saying Sola Scriptura, but they loved the xmass tree he taught to use during celebration. Gifts are ok, Jesus Christ and his bible are wrong to this world.
As an evangelical Christian l am hooked. Very good knowledge delivered really well. This is another video the is not only right, but explained really well. God bless this ministry 😊👍🥰
What do you mean that "it's right"? The prophecy says that Jesus was supposed to be in his ministry for 3 and 1/2 years
so he had to die at the age of 33 and a 1/2 not 33.
So if he died around March then he must have been born around September.
So this guy's math is completely out of whack.
@@grishavlas2260 the date we celebrate Christmas is not important, the heart of why we celebrate is 😊
@@Lracnolip if you are married,
try that on your spouse,
tell them that the date you will celebrate their birthday does not matter
"it's the heart that matters"
and from now on celebrate it on the day of your ex's birthday...
see how that works for u
@@grishavlas2260 if we were always celebrating it on the same date and then late in life got new information to say she was born on a different date, would that make all the other celebrations bad? Would we even bother to change? It's the heart of why and how we celebrate. God knows our hearts. We have the Holy Spirit that speaks to us in a still small voice. We are no longer under the law, but have freedom in Christ.
@@Lracnolip you are no longer under the law?
Is this the movement that Jesus was talking about when he said that people will come to him on judgment and tell him that they were doing all these Miracles and stuff and he will tell them to depart because they were Lawless...
other words they believed that they were not under the law.
Jesus also said if you want to enter into Paradise you have to obey God's Commandments.
Also referred to as laws
What does the bible say about the celebration? What does the bible say about the traditions of man?
My birthday is March 25th.. I'm feeling a little special now... Lol
Annunciation Day...
hahahaha happy for you!
Mines the 24th lol
Jesus' birth and resurrection are pagan. Jesus only spoke on HIS death.
Honestly, I never bought into the notion that Christmas was set on December 25 in order to co-opt Saturnalia or any other pagan holiday - and for that matter, the notion that Christmas is "supposed to" be in the spring also never made sense to me. I always thought that the math works out.
Gabriel appears to Zacchariah during Yom Kippur when he enters the holiest part of the temple. Yom Kippur is typically around the end of September (I don't know much about the Hebrew calendar, but I assume it's not super different from the Gregorian calendar). After Gabriel appeared to Mary, she went and stayed with Zacchariah and Elizabeth for three months; Elizabeth would have most needed Mary's help in her third trimester and around the time of John's birth (the end of June), which would have put Jesus' conception at the end of March. December is nine months after March.
I don't care about exact dates, but I like how the events in the Bible line up with the Hebrew calendar and land Christmas where it is today.
Everyone keeps saying that Zechariah was the high priest and was in the temple during Yom Kippur, but that is not the true.
Jesus was supposed to complete his ministry for 3 and 1/2 years...
And he died on Passover,
that means he was born on Sukkot
that means he was conceived on Hanukkah.
Yeshua was born on the first day of Nisan which is in the spring, 14 days before Passover.
@@grishavlas2260 wrong Yeshua was born on the first day of Nisan which is in the spring 14 days before Passover.
Saturnalia was on December 17 and would not have extended to December 25
What? Hopefully you realize that the catholic mass or December 25th are not in the Bible and have nothing to do with Yeshua (iesus christ). Who told you or me to observe this pagan holiday? Heathens with their traditions did. And you don't think Joshua 10 is perfectly describing a pagan mass tree? It's spiritual idolatry worship.
if you research birthdays, its pagan as well.
Jesus and his diciples would never celebrate the holidays that we have today.
Satan, the chief enemy of god and his people,set up these pagan holidays long before Christianity. and yet we celebrate on the same days, and the same way , with the same pagan customs....!?!?
I didn't steal my neighbor's lawnmower, I made effective use of my fingers to borrow it without his knowledge. 🤣
Doing it for faith makes no sense. The Bible says not to follow man made holy days. As a matter of fact, it speaks on Christmas in Jeremiah.
This is a good video and good explanation of the celebration. The date we celebrate our King's birth is arbitrary and doesn't have to be based on fact, in the same way that most monarchs have official birthdays which are separate from their biological birthdays. The important thing is that we celebrate the feast. There is biblical evidence that Jesus was actually born in the summer. The shepherds were watching their flocks by night, which suggests it was a warm night. Even Israel had cold winters so it's unlikely that Jesus was born in the winter. (I say 'had' because this was before climate change, whereas these days even Canadian winters are mild.)
So then why steal it from the pagans to convert them then kill who didn’t convert and use the exact same days as the pagan holidays ? Just curious because Christmas has nothing to do with your Jesus and just because you want it to doesn’t mean it’s true
@@KingAries85 Watch out… You’re going to traumatize these people with the truth and shatter their illusions
@@ChrisCollins068 I'm not "traumatized," but your smugness is certainly irritating. You must feel so much smarter than people who have other theories for how December 25th came to be the date Jesus birth is observed by Christians.
@@mellieg.7543yeah because actual facts trumps garbage theories, Christmas is on Dec. 25th because early jews believed jesus died on the same day 9 months after he were born, they thought he was born on March 25th and died on Dec. 25th. There is 0 evidence of actual pagan influence and and saturnalia was moved to Dec. 25th AFTER Constantine legalized Christianity to compete with Christians. The Christmas tree isn't from yule either its from St. Boniface who cut down a tree pagans were worshipping. Stop the nonsense there's 0 theories to even throw around
Yes Christmas is an old pagan tradition that the Almighty God despise
Great stuff keep up doing the videos Catholicism in focus
It is written... " Call no man father but your father in heaven.... It is written.. " do not pray upon beads.... It is written.. " do not say repetitious prayers as the heathen do "... ( I could go on at length quoting scriptures which you do exactly the opposite of what is instructed)... Repent!!
There are numerous Christians who the True God has made aware that this solar invictus holiday pre-dates the birth of the True Son of God, Jesus Christ, by centuries!!!
It's all in the Bible, brothers and sisters. In the first chapter of the Gospel of Luke alone, the time of the birth of Jesus can be known.
I'll try to make this quick.... The Bible tells us that Zacharias Was chosen high priest by lot to enter the holy of holies on the day of atonement to burn incense and offer sacrifice. That means he was in the temple on the 10th day of the Jewish month of tishri, now known as Yom Kippur. 10th of Tishri translated to the Gregorian calendar, falls always sometime between September 14th and October 9th.
continue reading Luke's gospel... While Zacharias was in the temple the angel came to him and announced that his wife Elizabeth would bear a son Who was John the Baptist. that gospel also tells us that immediately When Zacharias Priestly course was over, Elizabeth conceived that son. And so John the Baptist would have been conceived sometime between September 20th and October 9th.
6 months later when Elizabeth was 6 months pregnant, Mary conceived Jesus. This means Jesus was conceived sometime between March 20th and April 9th.
that puts his birth sometime between December 20th and January 9th.
you can read it all in Luke 1:5-45.
Yet we still have people adamantly declaring that Christ couldn't have been born in December because "sheep wouldn't be kept out in the cold in winter." Well, Palestine and Israel are on the Mediterranean in a very temperate climate during winter. In December, the average low temperature there today is about 47 degrees, it likely wasn't much different 2000 years ago. That's not cold at all, especially for animals covered in insulating wool like sheep. They're actually designed by God for even harsher climates. There's no reason the shepherds wouldn't have had their flocks out at that time.
BUT the problem many people have with December 25 being Jesus' birthday is that in Luke 2:8-20, It says that shepherds were out in the fields, keeping watch over their flocks by night. It was rainy and cold in Bethlehem in that time. I am not sure the shepherds would be outside tending to their flocks. Plus, this was a time when Caesar Agustus sent out a decree, that the world shall be taxed. The roads were rainy and slick, so it would not be an ideal time to conduct a census, and for people to travel to pay their taxes.
@@mylovesongs2429 if they want to discount the church fathers of the 2nd and 3rd centuries, as well as information we have from the Gospels, because it might have been raining..... that's free will I can't get on board with.
@@mylovesongs2429 the attempts to discredit the church by using the Shepherds in the fields and it being too cold argument, no longer hold up.
Now that it's 2019, the average person can easily Google the average temperature in Bethlehem in December. High of 56 low of 47. perfect shepherd weather 👍
@@mylovesongs2429 anyone who believes the Bible is true and accurate.... Believes that Zacharias was in the temple on the day of atonement. And that Elizabeth conceived immediately after that week. And that when Elizabeth was six months pregnant Mary conceived Jesus. And so that puts Jesus's birth between December 20th and January 9th. End of story. I mean, anyone is free to disagree with that but.... Disagreeing with that is Claiming that the information in Luke's gospel is wrong.
Jeremiah 10:3-5
3 For the practices of the peoples are worthless;
they cut a tree out of the forest,
and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.
4 They adorn it with silver and gold;
they fasten it with hammer and nails
so it will not totter.
5 Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field,
their idols cannot speak;
they must be carried
because they cannot walk.
Do not fear them;
they can do no harm
nor can they do any good.”
Do Christmas trees get chiseled?
Mind blowing very interesting thanks
Absolute Christmas is a pagan holiday.The pagan roots of the winter Holiday. The true meaning of Christmas Paganism, Sun worship and commercialism. Christmas customs are ,in fact based on old pagan festivals the Roman Saturnalia and the Scandinavian and Teutonic Yule. Christians adopted these during the earliest period of Church history. Look at what the Bible says in Luke 2:8-9- "Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an Angels of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the LORD shone around them , and they were greatly afraid." Remember the shepherds were still tending their flocks in the fields around Bethlehem it can be concluded that the Angels announced the news of Jesus' birth no later than October. Approximate the month of Jesus' birth to be around the time of Tishri (mid to late SEPTEMBER). And why should we celebrate Dec 25 as Christmas birthday of Jesus Christ even not correct or not exact birthday of Christ. Another thing about when Jesus was born. We can estimate when Jesus was born by counting backward from his death on Passover, Nisan 14 in the spring of the year 33C.E. (John 19:14-16) Jesus was about 30yrs old when he began his three and-a half year ministry,.so he was born in the early fall of 2B.C.E. -Luke 3:23'.," And be not conformed to this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God-1Corinthians 15:58." GLORY be to God on high.
Amen
The best person to KNOW when is the Birthday of Jesus is His own mother, Mary.
Towards the end of his stories of Jesus' infancy. Luke describes Mary's remembrance of these events, "And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart (Luke 2:19)." From this indication, Luke thereby revealed Mary as his first eyewitness from the beginning. From her story to Luke, therefore we can derive when Jesus was born.
Luke 1:5-9
Luke 1:10-25
The incensing in the Temple indicated a specific feast was being celebrated, the Feast of Tabernacles or Dedication of the Temple. This feast originated from the first dedication of the Temple by King Solomon who timed the dedication with the feast of Booths (in Hebrew Succoth or Sukkot).
1 Kings 8:1-2
All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month). In the original Roman calendar this would correspond to the month of September, so that if we calculate the time of the feast, it would have been around September 18-24. Then when Zechariah returned home and Elizabeth conceived, it would have been around September 25.
Luke 1:26-38
The time in the story of the Annunciation to Mary and her subsequent conception of Jesus is mentioned twice: in v. 26 "In the sixth month," and in v. 36, "she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month."
To determine this date of Mary's conception of the Lord, we simply have to add 6 months to September 25, exactly the date celebrated by the church.
Ethanim, the name of the seventh month of the Canaanite calendar corresponding to the later Hebrew Tishri or to our September - October (1 Kings 8:2).
The Israelites, like the Orientals in general, followed the lunar month, beginning with the new moon. In Hebrew month is yerah, which means moon, and hodes, which means new moon. The months had alternatively 29 or 30 days. To distinguish the different months the Canaaneans names, which are related to the seasons of the year, were used.
In the Bible occur the months Abib, which means green ears of corn, and stood for March-April (Exodus 13:14; Deuteronomy 21:1); Ziv, meaning flower, equivalent of April-May (II Kings 6:1,37); ETHANIM, meaning constant waters, for September -October (1 Kings 8:2) and Bul, which means rain, for October-November (1 Kings 6:38). 😊😊😊
The SHEPHERDS that saw the angels and heavenly hosts were the ones that were responsible for PROVIDING the PASSOVER LAMB.
The shepherds of BETHLEHEM were in charge of raising sheep for the TEMPLE SACRIFICES.
According to the LAWS of the time the sheep that were used for the OFFERINGS had to be a ONE-YEAR-OLD MALE sheep that had been OUTSIDE for 365 days (one - year). Since these sheep needed to remain outside the shepherds were also outside, not using the cave during the awful winter (rainy season). You can see this in Luke 2:8.
Once the sheep were of age the shepherds would bring them to the city of Jerusalem to be sacrificed for the Sabbath. It was important that the sheep that was to be sacrifice did not possess any blemishes (broken legs, injuries). Once the sheep's blood was completely spilled for all of the sins, the priest would return to the people and proclaim: "It is finished."
MIGDAL EDER, the TOWER OF THE FLOCK, was where the lambs set aside for temple sacrifices were raised. The flocks in the surrounding fields were vast, because there was an estimated population of around OVER TWO MILLION people in that area. During Passover, the annual celebration of the Hebrew nation's deliverance from captivity in Egypt, one lamb was needed for EVERY HOUSEHOLD. An estimated 250,000 sheep were needed every year to accomodate the Passover sacrifices and feast. The TOWER OF MIGDAL EDER provided the perfect vantage point from which the shepherds could, quiet literally, watch over their flocks from above.
Every firstborn male lamb was considered holy and was set aside for sacrifice in Jerusalem.
SHEEP HERDING was a hereditary occupation, and generations of shepherds were TRAINED to care for these SPECIAL lambs. The newborn lambs would be wrapped tightly... SWADDLED... in special designated TEMPLE CLOTHS, and they would be laid in a MANGER to keep them contained while they were being examined for blemishes. At the appointed time, the shepherds would separate the lambs, selecting ONLY the FIRSTBORN MALE that were without mark or blemish, and would lead them to Jerusalem, where they would be purchashed by people wanting to present a sacrifice before the Lord to atone for their sins.
When the angel appeared to the Shepherds in the fields, he told them they would find the newborn king wrapped in SWADDLING CLOTHES and laying in a manger. They knew exactly WHERE He would be found, because swaddling clothes were ONLY used in one particular location, and for one particular purpose....MIGDAL EDER, the place where sacrificial lambs were wrapped and examined for perfection before being set apart for the slaughter that would atone for sin and make peace with God. 😊
It's making sense, more and more. Once you hear what the Lord say about giving. Thank God and I love everybody
This is quite a deception. Gods people will know the Truth and the truth shall set em free..
It's pointless to argue about Jesus's birth. Birthday celebration is entirely pagan and it's not scriptural to celebrate one
You sound like fun
Matthew 23:9
Do not call anyone on earth your father, because you have One Father, who is in heaven.
Mean while, WE CELEBRATE PAGAN EVIL DATES !?
Paganism is not evil. Please respect other religions just as they respect you
You go to be ROTTEN... Pagan is not EVIL !? .... if that celebration of Satan b/day is not evil to you WHAT S EVIL THEM ???? Your name !?
ROTTEN... did some body RESPECT ME ??? when they mix the bible with your PAGAN EVIL CUSTOMS ???
@@SuperGlotta When is satans birthday? But Pagan Traditions are not evil. Pegans don’t even believe in Satan or God. So we don’t celebrate “Satans birthday”. Stop being ignorant and do your research. You cannot be mad that a lot of Christianity traditions are stolen. The bible has been edited over the years, so please don’t blame that on pagans. And my name is based off of The movie “Suicide Squad”.....
People like you are why people hate christians. Thank god for separation of Church and state.
@@rotten4455 hi, I'm not trying to be disrespectful or anything but the question kinda just popped up so do pagans really do witchcraft and stuff like that? Or is it an atheist religion? Sorry I dont rlly understand alot about peganism and this isint a qna place but still
Where are the concrete verses from the bible that prove that he was born on the 25th of december ?
Very interesting.
Can you please shed some light on Why there seem to be so many pagan customs: the tree, the lights, the red ornaments, as part of the Christmas celebration?
Also, if we are in fact honoring God during Christmas and Easter, what do you think He would feel about us using pagan symbols and acts that were used to worship pagan gods, to worship Him?
Good questions. You're getting on the correct path too. The mass is pagan in origin and heathen in observance. The perverted catholic entity instructed so-called Protestants to follow them on the road to hell with spiritual idolatry. It's heathen in observance also. See Joshua 10 for a perfect description of the heathen tree. Nowhere in the Bible does it ever tell anyone to observe Yahusha's birthday and they didn't even observe each other's day of birth. Easter is just as perverted. Egg laying rabbits? Really? Satan's holidays of men are simply the counterfeit to Yahuwah's Holy days which are still relevant. He always has a counterfeit to everything of God's purpose. Where to you think the word Protest-ant got it's name? We as protestants are supposed to be "protesting" the things of the sick and perverted catholic faith. Now that is the truth.
Saint Boniface is the origin of the tree, it's not pagan. The tree represents the literal and physical death of Paganism, and plus no Catholic worships a tree that's stupid. Another explanation could be that it represents the Tree of Life, a contrast to the Tree of Knowledge . Also ornaments look nice and developed around medival times, long after the death of all pagan customs in Europe.
Also, it's only the Protestants and the secular world who are trying to paganize these days lol
Yeah this is the true history. But due to Hollywood, some "stewpid" people starts to believe the false.@@ScholarHaru
Catholicism and Christianity are two different religions.
Hmmm now the christians are slowly learning but " dont know why 25 december was chosen" must be kidding .
The best person to KNOW when is the Birthday of Jesus is His own mother, Mary.
Towards the end of his stories of Jesus' infancy. Luke describes Mary's remembrance of these events, "And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart (Luke 2:19)." From this indication, Luke thereby revealed Mary as his first eyewitness from the beginning. From her story to Luke, therefore we can derive when Jesus was born.
Luke 1:5-9
Luke 1:10-25
The incensing in the Temple indicated a specific feast was being celebrated, the Feast of Tabernacles or Dedication of the Temple. This feast originated from the first dedication of the Temple by King Solomon who timed the dedication with the feast of Booths (in Hebrew Succoth or Sukkot).
1 Kings 8:1-2
All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month). In the original Roman calendar this would correspond to the month of September, so that if we calculate the time of the feast, it would have been around September 18-24. Then when Zechariah returned home and Elizabeth conceived, it would have been around September 25.
Luke 1:26-38
The time in the story of the Annunciation to Mary and her subsequent conception of Jesus is mentioned twice: in v. 26 "In the sixth month," and in v. 36, "she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month."
To determine this date of Mary's conception of the Lord, we simply have to add 6 months to September 25, exactly the date celebrated by the church. 😊😁😃🐱
Ethanim, the name of the seventh month of the Canaanite calendar corresponding to the later Hebrew Tishri or to our September - October (1 Kings 8:2).
The Israelites, like the Orientals in general, followed the lunar month, beginning with the new moon. In Hebrew month is yerah, which means moon, and hodes, which means new moon. The months had alternatively 29 or 30 days. To distinguish the different months the Canaaneans names, which are related to the seasons of the year, were used.
In the Bible occur the months Abib, which means green ears of corn, and stood for March-April (Exodus 13:14; Deuteronomy 21:1); Ziv, meaning flower, equivalent of April-May (II Kings 6:1,37); ETHANIM, meaning constant waters, for September -October (1 Kings 8:2) and Bul, which means rain, for October-November (1 Kings 6:38). 😃
Revelation 18:4
Come out of her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
90% of the world still enjoy celebrating it...
Ancient One I love celebrating Christmas. I call it that because that’s what I’m used to. Has nothing at all to do with Jesus, or any religion to me. I’m growing cold on the gift giving, Santa Claus part of it though. That seems to be mostly a marketing strategy.
Well, the atmosphere is beautiful, there is love.. Why not? Some use it to be with their families
U Coriglianesi Exactly. There are reasons why people have celebrated certain things/seasons since before recorded history. Guys like this (monk? Priest?) claim Christians were just trying to connect with people by taking over their spiritual traditions. Fast forward a couple millennia, & here we are, people want to give up on those celebrations because they think they “belong” to Christianity. “Can’t have CHRISTmas without CHRIST, & so forth. But people need & deserve to have these occasions to come together & be reminded of how much they mean to each other, & of all the love in the world.
alex x Why should anyone care if it’s forbidden by a mythical god? I don’t believe in the Abrahamic god. That’s your belief. Nothing in the Bible has any meaning or value to me, other than on its own merit. It’s funny as hell though, that Christians are so specifically forbidden directly by god in the Bible to have a Christmas tree. I love the tradition. I make sure we get a real one every year, too. It’s beautiful, & gives off such a beautiful scent that fills the whole house & creates a special atmosphere that fills everyone with good spirits that they carry out into the world with them when they go out.
@@alexx3543 But isn't it about WORSHIPPING Christmas trees? I mean, who worships a tree?
I never understood why people make such a huge deal about the exact day that Christ's birthday is celebrated. Isn't the fact that we're celebrating it more important?
Suppose to be remembering his death and resurrection not sure why his birth became such a bigger deal.
@@StephanieMT It's the celebration of the First Coming. His birth is the beginning of the miracle of the Logos become flesh. Easter is more important, but Christmas and Advent are incredible.
Jesus did not give us the Authority over him to decide to celebrate his Birthday. Who do we think we are??? He has never given us instructions on how to celebrate his Birthday. But we do it on BAAL'S Birthday. A Satan god..and the day perverted people had orgies....nice.
@@vbin9081 neither prohibited us! If for His blessed mother, Joseph, the shepphereds, AND especially the Wise men, who came to worship him, was a great joy, was I shouldnt celebrate he, God in flesh, came to this Earth to sabe us? Some protestant cults ban Christmass because their pastors actually support abortions, they are the modern Day Herodes!
@@danielpitti9761Celebrate him 365 days out of the year. But dont associate Satanic Holliday's with him.
I have a question. I am not Christian, but I’d love your opinions. If Christmas was indeed based off a pagan holiday, why is that so wrong? Cultures share celebratory behaviors all the time. Those who just converted to Christianity likely grew up with these types of behaviours to celebrate life. Why not use some of those to also celebrate new life, AKA Jesus’ birthday? I realize the Bible says not to celebrate pagan traditions. But if certain traditions were utilized in a Christian way, isn’t that the difference? Pagans celebrated their own gods/goddesses. As long as Christians weren’t celebrating anybody but God, wouldn’t decorating a “pagan” Christmas tree be alright?
There are genuine questions. I grew up with a Christian family, but I’m not sure if they’d be willing to talk about it with me. I’d love to hear some honest opinions, because I don’t truly understand some of the rules outlined in the Bible. I’m just curious.
One possibility is that the vision of St Gabriel to Zechariah took place at around Yom Kippur [the time he would have burned incense]. This was observed around the autumnal equinox [Sept 22 or thereabouts]. The Annunciation to Our Lady is recorded by Luke as being six months later, that is at the vernal equinox in March, and nine months on from March is December.
I have heard this before ,The early Church Must have heard this tradition from Apostolic tells. Probably Mary talked about the church concerning the birth of the saviour . I believe Much of Luke's early chapters gospel was narrated by Mama Mary .
You are correct Michael. God bless.
The urban legend goes that December 25 is derived from the birth of the ancient Roman sun god. But when we look back in history, we find that several Christian writers calculated the date of the Lord’s Nativity long before the Roman celebration of Dies Natalis Solis Invicti-Birthday of the Unconquered Sun-was established.
One word : yule. Look it up and learn.
Christmas was celebrated different times
@@pipsasqeak820 Then it was moved to the 25th to force Pagans to convert to christianity
@@rotten4455 Thats false as some christians were already celebrating it on the 25th already.
@@pipsasqeak820 It’s true. Christmas came after yule and Christmas came from the roman christians they put christmas as the 25th the same day as yule to force Pegans to convert to christianity.
@@rotten4455 even before that though Christmas was still celebrated on the 25th prior to the official move then. Even today it's still celebrated on the 7th
Christmas is pegan same with easter
Christians really like to re appropriate pagan things, whenever they are converted and blessed first of course
Watch the whole video and gain a bit of knowledge you heathen
Well when a Christian people converts pagans, the pagans usually don't destroy everything they have, they re appropriate what they have as a Christian tool for worship. For example a temple that was used for worship to a pagan god, and then converted to Christianity, was converted into a church. Father says that in the video "Christians 'christianize' various pagan things"
This doesn't mean that there is a pagan worship, but that the use of material and space pagans had before they converted was used to worship the true God after their conversion. Like if a pagan guy made well-made pagan statues, then converted to Christianity, and now he makes Christian statues of saints, etc.
Asterix S I'm not talking about what Rome did with the pachamama statues. What that was was taking an idol and calling it Mary. What I'm talking about it using the physical materials, like buildings or symbols (like the Christmas tree for example) and having them blessed (and exorcised) and used as a reconstituted symbol.
I'm just saying that converted Christians don't start from scratch when they convert
Asterix S like in Exodus, when they changed the golden bull into the Ark of the Covenant. That's the kind of thing I'm trying to explain. I'm not bashing, I'm actually clarifying what I mean. I'm Catholic too :)
joseph jackson catholics,not CHRISTIANS.
Your spreading untruths
So enlightening, thanks Fr
CATHOLICISM WAS, IS AND WILL BE THE LARGEST SECT OF THE WORLD WHICH IS PERFECTLY TALKED IN THE BOOK OF THE REVELATION, EVERYTHING AGREES!
Personally, it doesn't matter what date or month we are celebrating His birth, what's important is that we celebrated it because we know that He became flesh and was born of the Blessed Virgin. It's the celebration that matters, not the date 😊😊 but yeah my family and I (including all the Catholics around the world) celebrates it on the 25th of December too 😊
The best person to KNOW when is the Birthday of Jesus is His own mother, Mary.
Towards the end of his stories of Jesus' infancy. Luke describes Mary's remembrance of these events, "And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart (Luke 2:19)." From this indication, Luke thereby revealed Mary as his first eyewitness from the beginning. From her story to Luke, therefore we can derive when Jesus was born.
Luke 1:5-9
Luke 1:10-25
The incensing in the Temple indicated a specific feast was being celebrated, the Feast of Tabernacles or Dedication of the Temple. This feast originated from the first dedication of the Temple by King Solomon who timed the dedication with the feast of Booths (in Hebrew Succoth or Sukkot).
1 Kings 8:1-2
All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month). In the original Roman calendar this would correspond to the month of September, so that if we calculate the time of the feast, it would have been around September 18-24. Then when Zechariah returned home and Elizabeth conceived, it would have been around September 25.
Luke 1:26-38
The time in the story of the Annunciation to Mary and her subsequent conception of Jesus is mentioned twice: in v. 26 "In the sixth month," and in v. 36, "she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month."
To determine this date of Mary's conception of the Lord, we simply have to add 6 months to September 25, exactly the date celebrated by the church. 😊😁😃🐱
Ethanim, the name of the seventh month of the Canaanite calendar corresponding to the later Hebrew Tishri or to our September - October (1 Kings 8:2).
The Israelites, like the Orientals in general, followed the lunar month, beginning with the new moon. In Hebrew month is yerah, which means moon, and hodes, which means new moon. The months had alternatively 29 or 30 days. To distinguish the different months the Canaaneans names, which are related to the seasons of the year, were used.
In the Bible occur the months Abib, which means green ears of corn, and stood for March-April (Exodus 13:14; Deuteronomy 21:1); Ziv, meaning flower, equivalent of April-May (II Kings 6:1,37); ETHANIM, meaning constant waters, for September -October (1 Kings 8:2) and Bul, which means rain, for October-November (1 Kings 6:38). 😃
The SHEPHERDS that saw the angels and heavenly hosts were the ones that were responsible for PROVIDING the PASSOVER LAMB.
The shepherds of BETHLEHEM were in charge of raising sheep for the TEMPLE SACRIFICES.
According to the LAWS of the time the sheep that were used for the OFFERINGS had to be a ONE-YEAR-OLD MALE sheep that had been OUTSIDE for 365 days (one - year). Since these sheep needed to remain outside the shepherds were also outside, not using the cave during the awful winter (rainy season). You can see this in Luke 2:8.
Once the sheep were of age the shepherds would bring them to the city of Jerusalem to be sacrificed for the Sabbath. It was important that the sheep that was to be sacrifice did not possess any blemishes (broken legs, injuries). Once the sheep's blood was completely spilled for all of the sins, the priest would return to the people and proclaim: "It is finished."
MIGDAL EDER, the TOWER OF THE FLOCK, was where the lambs set aside for temple sacrifices were raised. The flocks in the surrounding fields were vast, because there was an estimated population of around OVER TWO MILLION people in that area. During Passover, the annual celebration of the Hebrew nation's deliverance from captivity in Egypt, one lamb was needed for EVERY HOUSEHOLD. An estimated 250,000 sheep were needed every year to accomodate the Passover sacrifices and feast. The TOWER OF MIGDAL EDER provided the perfect vantage point from which the shepherds could, quiet literally, watch over their flocks from above.
Every firstborn male lamb was considered holy and was set aside for sacrifice in Jerusalem.
SHEEP HERDING was a hereditary occupation, and generations of shepherds were TRAINED to care for these SPECIAL lambs. The newborn lambs would be wrapped tightly... SWADDLED... in special designated TEMPLE CLOTHS, and they would be laid in a MANGER to keep them contained while they were being examined for blemishes. At the appointed time, the shepherds would separate the lambs, selecting ONLY the FIRSTBORN MALE that were without mark or blemish, and would lead them to Jerusalem, where they would be purchashed by people wanting to present a sacrifice before the Lord to atone for their sins.
When the angel appeared to the Shepherds in the fields, he told them they would find the newborn king wrapped in SWADDLING CLOTHES and laying in a manger. They knew exactly WHERE He would be found, because swaddling clothes were ONLY used in one particular location, and for one particular purpose....MIGDAL EDER, the place where sacrificial lambs were wrapped and examined for perfection before being set apart for the slaughter that would atone for sin and make peace with God. 😊
Isn't jesus birthday the same day as easter? Because there is a lamb that breeds during that time?
I'm a Roman Catholic from the Philippines..
Viva Iglesia Katolika!
Viva Iglesia Catolica Apostolica Romana
Same! One holy catholic and apostolic church
And we in the Philippines celebrate Christmas from September 1 (the BER month) till January 6. Of course Christ birth is the highlight, the peak of these celebrations.
The best person to KNOW when is the Birthday of Jesus is His own mother, Mary.
Towards the end of his stories of Jesus' infancy. Luke describes Mary's remembrance of these events, "And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart (Luke 2:19)." From this indication, Luke thereby revealed Mary as his first eyewitness from the beginning. From her story to Luke, therefore we can derive when Jesus was born.
Luke 1:5-9
Luke 1:10-25
The incensing in the Temple indicated a specific feast was being celebrated, the Feast of Tabernacles or Dedication of the Temple. This feast originated from the first dedication of the Temple by King Solomon who timed the dedication with the feast of Booths (in Hebrew Succoth or Sukkot).
1 Kings 8:1-2
All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month). In the original Roman calendar this would correspond to the month of September, so that if we calculate the time of the feast, it would have been around September 18-24. Then when Zechariah returned home and Elizabeth conceived, it would have been around September 25.
Luke 1:26-38
The time in the story of the Annunciation to Mary and her subsequent conception of Jesus is mentioned twice: in v. 26 "In the sixth month," and in v. 36, "she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month."
To determine this date of Mary's conception of the Lord, we simply have to add 6 months to September 25, exactly the date celebrated by the church.
Ethanim, the name of the seventh month of the Canaanite calendar corresponding to the later Hebrew Tishri or to our September - October (1 Kings 8:2).
The Israelites, like the Orientals in general, followed the lunar month, beginning with the new moon. In Hebrew month is yerah, which means moon, and hodes, which means new moon. The months had alternatively 29 or 30 days. To distinguish the different months the Canaaneans names, which are related to the seasons of the year, were used.
In the Bible occur the months Abib, which means green ears of corn, and stood for March-April (Exodus 13:14; Deuteronomy 21:1); Ziv, meaning flower, equivalent of April-May (II Kings 6:1,37); ETHANIM, meaning constant waters, for September -October (1 Kings 8:2) and Bul, which means rain, for October-November (1 Kings 6:38). 😊😃
@@herb555
The best person to KNOW when is the Birthday of Jesus is His own mother, Mary.
Towards the end of his stories of Jesus' infancy. Luke describes Mary's remembrance of these events, "And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart (Luke 2:19)." From this indication, Luke thereby revealed Mary as his first eyewitness from the beginning. From her story to Luke, therefore we can derive when Jesus was born.
Luke 1:5-9
Luke 1:10-25
The incensing in the Temple indicated a specific feast was being celebrated, the Feast of Tabernacles or Dedication of the Temple. This feast originated from the first dedication of the Temple by King Solomon who timed the dedication with the feast of Booths (in Hebrew Succoth or Sukkot).
1 Kings 8:1-2
All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month). In the original Roman calendar this would correspond to the month of September, so that if we calculate the time of the feast, it would have been around September 18-24. Then when Zechariah returned home and Elizabeth conceived, it would have been around September 25.
Luke 1:26-38
The time in the story of the Annunciation to Mary and her subsequent conception of Jesus is mentioned twice: in v. 26 "In the sixth month," and in v. 36, "she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month."
To determine this date of Mary's conception of the Lord, we simply have to add 6 months to September 25, exactly the date celebrated by the church.
Ethanim, the name of the seventh month of the Canaanite calendar corresponding to the later Hebrew Tishri or to our September - October (1 Kings 8:2).
The Israelites, like the Orientals in general, followed the lunar month, beginning with the new moon. In Hebrew month is yerah, which means moon, and hodes, which means new moon. The months had alternatively 29 or 30 days. To distinguish the different months the Canaaneans names, which are related to the seasons of the year, were used.
In the Bible occur the months Abib, which means green ears of corn, and stood for March-April (Exodus 13:14; Deuteronomy 21:1); Ziv, meaning flower, equivalent of April-May (II Kings 6:1,37); ETHANIM, meaning constant waters, for September -October (1 Kings 8:2) and Bul, which means rain, for October-November (1 Kings 6:38). 😃
I am a Bible believing Christian not a catholic. My studies of the origins of Christmas has shown me that it is a Catholic practice. It was developed to mix the pagan traditions of the peoples of the lands that were "converted" from pagan to catholic. This would make the pagans content because they could still do their pagan traditions but change them slightly. this way the catholic church was also satisfied. It explains why the "christmas" traditions are differant in other countries . It also explains why Winter Soltice is also celebrated at the same time by pagans. Bible believing Christians didn't celebrate Christmas in early America because it was a Catholic holiday. They belived it wasn"t a Holiday in the Holy Scriptures. Even today most Christians don't celebrate Christmas the way catholics do, if they celebrate it at all. To a christian we believe we are to celebrate our Saviors birth every day!
You mean Puritans who would put people to death because someone said their “spectre” was tormenting them? Lol
Thanks fr for the brilliant explanation.
I like the way you explain the Church! 😇
Yes and God said have no other gods before me
God's name is Jehovah
Short answer: Yes it's roots are pagan - you're welcome.
Only if you want a wrong answer.
@@BreakingInTheHabit Correct answer actually ;)
@@HappyCommando92494 are you really going to argue with people who believe their god is all knowimg and STILL sacrificed his son?
@@Melnokina.-. Nothing deters me from keeping the truth alive.
Father, can you add links to your sources to further our knowledge of this question? Thank you.
I think that the two camps decided on December 25th independently, but the choice to emphasize Christmas as an important holiday rests in this coincidence.
Easter seems like the more important date theologically, and yet Christmas gets much more emphasis.
Both festivals are of the devil. 😉 you can not make something evil into something good. Why not honor God instead of these morons that teach that c xmas is OK to partake in?
They decided on December 25 to convert all the pagans and force their religion on them. Not to mention stole ideas from Pagan traditions for Christmas
Easter is a pagan holiday. Nothing to do with Jesus. Please research the history of Easter (God of fertility)
Incorrect. This is not even in the Bible. This is a heathen holiday. A tradition straight from Satan, who counterfeits everything of the things of God. The Holy days are still relevant. Observe them? Easter is even more perverted and pagan. 3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? Matthew 15:3 KJV.
Yes
This explains why on Christmas day we have more of pagan practices than Christian Virtues
The Easter bunny is even worse.
Yup
In the third century Church was still deciding whether Jesus was the Son of God. Christmas wasn't even on the table.
There is only one God, so how can Jesus be God's Son?
Why not his Only Begotten Son?
Read up on the Council of Nicea.
Centuries ago the Catholic Church began converting Pagans to the church.
This is how Catholicism and Paganism started mixing. Thus, in time, Christmas came to be.
However, Christmas of today was not the same as Christmas centuries ago.
The middle class and the rich that came to settle in the early American colonies brought the more expensive elaborate Christmas we celebrate today.
The poor didn't celebrate Christmas that way. They were too poor.
However, most people celebrated Christmas the old way, getting drunk, seeking pleasure, partying and making noise.
In time, the Catholic Church outlaw Christmas celebrations because it led to over -indulgence.
It is written in history if you check it out.
Today, as centuries earlier, people are mixing Catholicism with paganism.
Witchcraft is being mixed with Catholic belief more and more today.
Yes, in Mexico and Haiti, and do on.
Christmas was never pure Catholic.
If you keep studying Church history you will come upon this information.
I read somewhere that the December 25th date was based on the dates of priestly rotations in the Temple. Basically, Zechariah would have been in the temple during the weeks assigned to the descendants of Abijah-sometime in Aug/September. From this, the Annunciation falls about six months later in March, and Christ’s birth would be in December. I’d love to find a source for this theory, which makes sense to me.
Its august
Isn't jesus birthday the same day as he died? Cause there's a lamb that breeds during that time of year. Also why he is called lamb of god
No, it was simply a Julius Caesar order of Winter Solstice as it influences the Julian calendar until this day.
Nope. The shepherds are not out tending sheep in December in Israel. Does the Bible command us to observe heathen holidays of men? See Joshua 10.
Caroline is correct. Sheperd are tending sheep 24 hours on rotational watch duty, in order to ensure an unblemish sheep for temple sacrifice.
Except the inscription by Emperor Aurelian makes no mention of December 25th or a feast. So arguably, the first record of any worship of Sol Invictus on December 25th is in 354 in the Filocalian Calendar.
*Worshipping someone who eats, sleep, and perform miracles like many other prophets before as a God or son of God is also paganism!!!* ( NOTE: Even Adam and Eve did not have parents so, will you worship them as well!!) BIBLE HAS BEEN CHANGED THOUSAND TIMES IN THE LAST TWO THOUSAND YEARS
@Jesusis Lord I Love him Too !!
@1000 Lire **No Muslim ever worship Kabba, It is just Qibla - A Direction only**
*We Muslims believe in unity suppose if we want to pray someone will say let us face North, some will say South others will say let"s face East so, for unity, Allah says in Quran to face towards the Kaaba. So Kaaba is a Direction only
*Regarding the kissing of Black stone, it is given in Sahih Bukhari vol 2 Book of Hajj chapter 56 Hadith No 675 In which Omar (Peace be upon him) who was the 2nd Caliph of Islam Pointing to Black stone after kissing it and said that "I KNOW YOU ARE A STONE, YOU DO NOT CAUSE BENEFIT OR HARM" I just saw Muhammed (Peace be upon him) kissed it that's why I kissed it too, Therefore, neither Hadith nor Quran has any verse supporting Muslims worshiping the stone or Kaaba
*Furthermore, Before installing loudspeakers for thousands of years. Before prayer, A person used to stand on the terrace of Kaaba and use to give Adhaan (Call to prayer) Imagine an Idol worshipper doing the same thing by standing on the Temple!
The above three Reasons are well sufficient for any Rational person to prove there is no pagan ritual related to Kaaba.
In Islam, we consider Muhammed (Peace be upon him) as a prophet and just a messenger of God similar to Jesus, Adam, Abraham, Noah, Jacob, etc (peace be upon them all) But, unfortunately Paul Christianity has elevated Jesus(Peace be upon him) equal to God and start worshipping him as God. There are many verses where Jesus (Peace be upon him) himself said in the Bible to worship his Father alone
In Matthew 4:10 “Thou shalt worship the Lord, thy God; And Him only shalt thou serve" In Matthew 5:48 "Be ye therefore perfect, even your Father which is in heaven is perfect" In
Matthew 6:1 "...otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven"
But, unfortunately When Muslims Quote the Words of Jesus (Peace be upon him) Paul Christians like yourself quote the words of Paul Which clearly shows who is following the teaching of Jesus (peace be upon him)
Christ has died. Christ has risen. Christ will come again. 🙏🏼❤️
I'm totally using this knowledge
The best person to KNOW when is the Birthday of Jesus is His own mother, Mary.
Towards the end of his stories of Jesus' infancy. Luke describes Mary's remembrance of these events, "And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart (Luke 2:19)." From this indication, Luke thereby revealed Mary as his first eyewitness from the beginning. From her story to Luke, therefore we can derive when Jesus was born.
Luke 1:5-9
Luke 1:10-25
The incensing in the Temple indicated a specific feast was being celebrated, the Feast of Tabernacles or Dedication of the Temple. This feast originated from the first dedication of the Temple by King Solomon who timed the dedication with the feast of Booths (in Hebrew Succoth or Sukkot).
1 Kings 8:1-2
All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month). In the original Roman calendar this would correspond to the month of September, so that if we calculate the time of the feast, it would have been around September 18-24. Then when Zechariah returned home and Elizabeth conceived, it would have been around September 25.
Luke 1:26-38
The time in the story of the Annunciation to Mary and her subsequent conception of Jesus is mentioned twice: in v. 26 "In the sixth month," and in v. 36, "she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month."
To determine this date of Mary's conception of the Lord, we simply have to add 6 months to September 25, exactly the date celebrated by the church. 😊😁😃
Ethanim, the name of the seventh month of the Canaanite calendar corresponding to the later Hebrew Tishri or to our September - October (1 Kings 8:2).
The Israelites, like the Orientals in general, followed the lunar month, beginning with the new moon. In Hebrew month is yerah, which means moon, and hodes, which means new moon. The months had alternatively 29 or 30 days. To distinguish the different months the Canaaneans names, which are related to the seasons of the year, were used.
In the Bible occur the months Abib, which means green ears of corn, and stood for March-April (Exodus 13:14; Deuteronomy 21:1); Ziv, meaning flower, equivalent of April-May (II Kings 6:1,37); ETHANIM, meaning constant waters, for September -October (1 Kings 8:2) and Bul, which means rain, for October-November (1 Kings 6:38). 😃
@@macormicbenjamin9315 kinda makes sense he was born in september since it's the month most people is born and the fact his blood is AB (as according to the holy mantle and all the eucharistic miracles). However this is just another reason for me to try living a holy life, so I can ask him or his mother the exact date directly.
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The SHEPHERDS that saw the angels and heavenly hosts were the ones that were responsible for PROVIDING the PASSOVER LAMB.
The shepherds of BETHLEHEM were in charge of raising sheep for the TEMPLE SACRIFICES.
According to the LAWS of the time the sheep that were used for the OFFERINGS had to be a ONE-YEAR-OLD MALE sheep that had been OUTSIDE for 365 days (one - year). Since these sheep needed to remain outside the shepherds were also outside, not using the cave during the awful winter (rainy season). You can see this in Luke 2:8.
Once the sheep were of age the shepherds would bring them to the city of Jerusalem to be sacrificed for the Sabbath. It was important that the sheep that was to be sacrifice did not possess any blemishes (broken legs, injuries). Once the sheep's blood was completely spilled for all of the sins, the priest would return to the people and proclaim: "It is finished."
MIGDAL EDER, the TOWER OF THE FLOCK, was where the lambs set aside for temple sacrifices were raised. The flocks in the surrounding fields were vast, because there was an estimated population of around OVER TWO MILLION people in that area. During Passover, the annual celebration of the Hebrew nation's deliverance from captivity in Egypt, one lamb was needed for EVERY HOUSEHOLD. An estimated 250,000 sheep were needed every year to accomodate the Passover sacrifices and feast. The TOWER OF MIGDAL EDER provided the perfect vantage point from which the shepherds could, quiet literally, watch over their flocks from above.
Every firstborn male lamb was considered holy and was set aside for sacrifice in Jerusalem.
SHEEP HERDING was a hereditary occupation, and generations of shepherds were TRAINED to care for these SPECIAL lambs. The newborn lambs would be wrapped tightly... SWADDLED... in special designated TEMPLE CLOTHS, and they would be laid in a MANGER to keep them contained while they were being examined for blemishes. At the appointed time, the shepherds would separate the lambs, selecting ONLY the FIRSTBORN MALE that were without mark or blemish, and would lead them to Jerusalem, where they would be purchashed by people wanting to present a sacrifice before the Lord to atone for their sins.
When the angel appeared to the Shepherds in the fields, he told them they would find the newborn king wrapped in SWADDLING CLOTHES and laying in a manger. They knew exactly WHERE He would be found, because swaddling clothes were ONLY used in one particular location, and for one particular purpose....MIGDAL EDER, the place where sacrificial lambs were wrapped and examined for perfection before being set apart for the slaughter that would atone for sin and make peace with God. 😊
25 Dec is Nimrod birthday, Pagan.
Jesus was born at the end of summer, 7th month (September).
In Qur'an say, Marry eating some Palm Fruit after giving birth Jesus.
To me it doesn't really matter when Jesus was born and I don't waste much time thinking about it. We do know that many cultures celebrated summer and winter solstices before Christianity and it is likely that at least some of the early Christians knew this as well so I don't think that we can discount the theory of inspirations from others since it could be inspiration from somewhere other than the Romans. As far as know, one objection to the December date is that this was not a time when many shepherds would have been out with their animals the way it was described. I don't know that much about shepherding so I don't know if this is true but it is one thing I often see mentioned by those who are critical of this date.
Christian...they prayed to Sun before god??? 😂 Dec.25...MANY GODS BIRTHDAY 😂
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