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Deuteronomy 13I found that December the 25th is the day celebrated for Tammuz’s birthday and that Roman Catholicism took this day and called it Jesus’ birthday. I found that Tammuz was called the messiah. All of this was found in secular history about one word, TAMMUZ, found only one time in the Bible, where God is showing Ezekiel the abominations that are in HIS HOUSE.
Have you ever wondered how (they or whoever) knew that December 25th was Jesus’ birthday? Well, I have become serious about it, and to my amazement here are some of my findings.
The word, Christmas, is of Roman Catholic origin, meaning a mass as said for Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ does not need anyone saying a mass for Him.
God tells us through Ezekiel in Chapter 20:39, "Pollute ye My Holy Name no more." The very word Christmas is a pollution of the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
I believe Jesus was born on the Day of Atonement, that great day of the Feast of Tabernacles.
Christmas, although it includes the name of Christ, also mentions the "mass." Now the mass, with its rituals, elaborate ceremony, pagan prayers for the dead, etc. is most assuredly a continuation of paganism. Considering then that the name of these pagan rites in the mass is connected with the name of Christ with the word, "Mass," a pagan and heathenistic ritual carried down from Babylon, is but to pollute the holy Name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Since Christ was not born on December 25th, how did this particular day become part of the church calendar? History has the answer.
Nimrod was the third generation from Noah. Noah begat Ham, who begat Cush, who begat Nimrod, and Nimrod was the builder and founder of Babylon. Nimrod’s wife was Semiramis. (He was the king and she was the queen of Babylon). After Nimrod died, she said he was to be worshipped as the sun-god, and she gave birth to an illegitimate son and claimed he was Nimrod, reborn by supernatural conception, who she named Tammuz. She set herself up before the people as "queen of heaven," and Tammuz as a ‘god-child," and December 25th has been worshipped as his birthday ever since. This celebration began hundreds of years before the birth of Christ, the true GOD CHILD. Christmas is a mixture, and a mixture is an abomination to God!!!
1 If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a miraculous sign or wonder, 2 and if the sign or wonder of which he has spoken takes place, and he says, "Let us follow other gods" (gods you have not known) "and let us worship them," 3 you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 It is the LORD your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him. 5 That prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he preached rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way the LORD your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil from among you.
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Mike Harrington (23 Dec 2008) "MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A JOYOUS NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!"
Dear John and my Five Doves Family,I want to wish every one of you a very Merry Christmas and a Joyous New Year. It has been a true blessing for me this year to have been a part of the Five Doves Family. I also would like to share a little bit of the Holy Scripture with you:Mic 5:2 "But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. "Isa 9:6 "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Isa 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this."Luk 2:7-16 "And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger."He is the KING of kings and LORD of lords. The Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. He is our Savior and the Messiah. Let us always remember the Wonderful Present that God gave to us. His Blessed Son, Jesus!Mike Harrington
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