THE TRUTH ABOUT CHRISTMAS TREE’S AND ABOUT CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS

THE TRUTH ABOUT CHRISTMAS TREE’S AND ABOUT CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS Brought to you by God and Presented to you through the Holy Ghost and by God’s Temple, Zach Lets get started from the reading of God’s Word.

The Christmas tree THE King James Expositor Study Bible

Jeremiah 10:1-4 (600 B.C.) THE VANITY OF IDOLS 1 Hear you the Word which the LORD speaks unto you, O House of Israel (“House of Israel,” is actually the Kingdom of Judah. It is called such here because of being the only part of Israel that is left. “The LORD speaks unto you,” is not only intended to address Israel collectively as a nation, but also personally as to each individual): 2 Thus says the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. (“The way of the heathen,” actually refers to “the religion of the heathen.” “The signs of heaven,” refers, in this case, to the astrological calculations based upon extraordinary appearances in the sky, or the signs of the zodiac. Israel was commanded by the Lord to pay no heed to these things, because, in reality, they hold no answers whatsoever!) 3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. (The word “customs” refers to the “images of wood,” i.e., “idols.” The word “people” refers to heathen nations. The “vanity” addressed here, concerning the “cutting of the tree out of the forest,” is meant by the Holy Spirit to portray the absurdity of thinking that something fashioned by the hands of man could be greater than the hands which fashioned it.) 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. (This making of an idol is the same as described in Isa. 41:7 and 44:13-17, which could very well have been read by Jeremiah, with the Holy Spirit impressing him strongly to emphasize this great sin once more. Such does not show a weakness in the Text, but rather an emphasis placed by the Holy Spirit on that which He considers to be very important. And if He considers it to be very important, by all means, we should, as well! These Passages are sometimes taken to mean the modern Christmas tree, but actually the tree referred to had no branches left on it at all. This refers to a tree trunk being made into an idol, not the Christmas tree.) Isaiah 41:7, 44:13-17 7 So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he who smooths with the hammer him who smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that i t should not be moved. (As they would make their idol, they would then need to “solder” and “nail” it so that the wretched object might be kept erect and not show its weakness by falling over. Such is the spiritual dumbness of man!) 13 The carpenter stretches out his rule; he marks it out with a line; he fits it with planes, and he marks it out with the compass, and makes it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. (Idolatry blinds the senses that a man will cook his food with one-half of a tree and bow down and worship the other half as a god able to deliver him. He worships a god whom he himself makes!) 14 He hews him down cedars, and takes the cypress and the oak, which he strengthens for himself among the trees of the forest: he plants an ash, and the rain does nourish it. (The idea of this Passage is that God made the trees of any and all varieties; then senseless man, deceived by Satan, takes one and proposes to make a god of it. How stupid!) 15 Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; ye s, he kindles it, and bakes bread; yes, he makes a god, and worships it; he makes it a graven image, and falls down thereto. (He worships what he makes. Again, I say, “How stupid!” He doesn’t seem to realize that he has to be more intelligent than what he has made. So why worship something that is less intelligent than the maker?) 16 He burns part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eats flesh; he roasts roast, and is satisfied: yes, he warms himself, and says, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire (he takes part of the tree and uses the wood to build a fire, thereby preparing his meal; with the other half, he fashions a god. Hence, men take on the nature of that which they worship. In this case, it is a dumb idol; consequently, its maker becomes more dumb!): 17 And the residue thereof he makes a god, even his graven image: he falls down unto it, and worships it, and prays unto it, and says, Deliver me; for you are my god. (The Harvard graduate would smile at such ignorance; and yet, if the graduate knows not the Lord Jesus Christ, he is himself an idolater, functioning in the same capacity as the one he ridicules!)

As you have just read, that there is nothing wrong with putting up a Christmas tree. Idle Worship happens when there is no branches on the tree trunk. Idle worship happens when people takes the wood and worship’s it and make carven images out of it. I myself, had the wrong idea about Christmas and Christmas tree’s, due to false doctrines of men.

Jermiah 10:5 They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. (These absurd man-made idols, which “speak not” and which have to be carried about because of having no mobility of their own, are not something to be “afraid of.” They don’t have the power to do “evil” or “good.”)

Now that brings me to my next point of idles. People, once a month replaces Jesus Christ by placing Satan on a pedlestoll and worshiping him like a god, in malls everywhere. a fat stranger, by the way, adults tells their children to never talk to strangers and to always tell the Truth, even when adults can’t even do that themselves, but yet, they will allow their children to go sit on a strangers lap and be lied to again. Wake up you hell bound soul’s, what are you thinking? These strangers and these idiote adults are doing the works of Satan and everyday, they are failing God and falling right into Satan’s schemes. When your in hell for lying and leading your children to hell with you, it then will be too late for you to be Saved. You better repent on this side of the grave, while you have the chance too.

We Celebrate Christmas once a year and lost soul’s buys gifts to give each other and allow children to visit Satan at the malls and gets lied too, even more. People thinks that they are doing a good thing, when infact, that they are not. However, people in this world thinks that Christmas is about getting and giving gifts to each other, which should be done on our Birthday’s, not on Jesus Christ’s Birthday. On Jesus’s Birthday, we should be denying ourselves at the Cross and giving our lives and soul’s back to God, since the bodies that we are in, belongs to Him anyways. We need to be doing that all year round and stop living in sin, period. Christmas time is for Celebrating the Birth of Jesus Christ and not worshipping Satan Claus. We Celebrate Jesus Christ’s Birthday on December 25th, every year, because it all got started by pagan’s and has become a pagan Holiday and they have done this for all the wrong reason’s. They think and believe that Jesus Christ was born in the winter time, but that is not possible, because there were animals in the fields and they would of died in the cold wintery nights. No one knows the exact date that Jesus Christ was Born, it had of been either late spring, early or late summer or fall time. To Celebrate Christmas on December 25th, the right way, is to offer back our lives back to Jesus Christ, at the Cross and Celebrate the Life that God Gave us and to Thank Him for the Savior that came and died for our sins, so we can be Saved by Faith and Belief, in that finished Work. This world needs to be doing that everyday and remembering the day of the Passover. I think instead of having a stranger in Satan’s outfit in the malls, I feel like we should have a person dressed as Jesus Christ, to remind every lost soul out there, what Christmas is really about.

WHAT IS CHRISTMAS ALL ABOUT? Good question, lets take a look by reading from the Word of God.

Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a Son, and shall call His Name Immanuel. (Without a doubt, this Prophecy is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, in the Bible. In Hebrew, the word “virgin” is “haalmah,” which means “the virgin —the only one that ever was or ever will be a mother in this way.” The “Son” Who would be born would be the “Son of God.” The word “Immanuel” means “God with us.” Such was fulfilled in Christ. This Prophecy was given by God as a rebuttal to the efforts of Satan working through the kings of Syria and Israel to unseat Ahaz. In other words, their efforts to make void the Promise of God given to David would come to naught.)

Luke 1:30-35 30 And the Angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for you have found favour with God (should have been translated, “you have received Grace from God”). 31 And, behold, you shall conceive in your womb (should have been translated, “You shall forthwith conceive in your womb,” meaning immediately), and bring forth a Son (proclaims the Incarnation, “God manifest in the flesh, God with us, Immanuel” [Isa. 7:14; 9:6]), and shall call His name JESUS (the Greek version of the Hebrew, “Joshua”; it means “Saviour,” or “The Salvation of Jehovah”). 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest (actually means “The Most High,” and refers to “Jehovah”): and the Lord God shall give unto Him the throne of His father David (II Sam., Chpt. 7): 33 And He shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of His Kingdom there shall be no end (this will begin at the Second Coming, and will last forever; it could have begun at the beginning of His Ministry, but He was rejected by Israel; but at the Second Coming, they will accept Him as their Saviour, Messiah, and King [Zech., Chpts. 12-14]). 34 Then said Mary unto the Angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? (She was probably in her late teens.) 35 And the Angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon you (has the same connotation as, “the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters” [Gen. 1:2]), and the power of the Highest shall overshadow you (has the same reference as, “And God said, let there be light: and there was light” [Gen. 1:3]): therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of you shall be called the Son of God (constitutes the Incarnation, “God becoming Man”; He would be Very God and Very Man). 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. (This glorious Promise pertains not only to the First Advent, but to the Second Advent, as well. The pronoun “us” refers to Israel. From the Seed of Abraham, which spawned the Jewish people, and hence ultimately the Messiah, the greatest Promise of all time would finally be fulfilled. The phrase, “Government on His Shoulder,” refers to the coming Kingdom Age, when Christ will rule and reign over the entirety of the Earth [Dan. 7:13-14; I Cor. 15:24-28; Rev. 11:15; 20:4-10].) Gen. 1:2-3 2 And the Earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep (God did not originally create the Earth without form and void; it became this way after a cataclysmic happening; this happening was the revolt of Lucifer against God, which took place some time in the dateless past). And the Spirit of God (Holy Spirit) moved upon the face of the waters (the moving of the Holy Spirit signified and signifies the beginning of life). FIRST DAY 3 And God said (presents the manner in which creation or re-creation was carried out; some ten times this phrase is used, and in the exact manner, with the exception of the last time, where it says, “And the LORD God said” [Gen. 2:18]), Let there be light: and there was light (God is the essence of light [Jn. 1:4-9]; God’s Word is of such magnitude that light continues to expand in the universe at the rate of 186,000 miles a second). Jn. 1:4-9 4 In Him was Life (presents Jesus, the Eternal Logos, as the first cause); and the Life was the Light of men (He Alone is the Life Source of Light; if one doesn’t know Christ, one is in darkness). 5 And the Light shines in darkness (speaks of the Incarnation of Christ, and His coming into this world; His “Light,” because it is derived from His Life, drives out “darkness”); and the darkness comprehended it not (should have been translated, “apprehended it not”; it means that Satan, even though he tried with all his might, could not stop “the Light”; today it shines all over the world, and one day soon, there will be nothing left but that “Light”). JOHN THE BAPTIST 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came for a witness (speaks of the Mission of the Prophet), to bear witness of the Light (spoke of Jesus and only Jesus), that all men through Him might believe (presents that Jesus is not only for Israel, but also for the entirety of the world). 8 He was not that Light (John the Baptist was not the Light), but was sent to bear witness of that Light (presents the sum total that man can do). THE INCARNATION 9 That was the True Light (there are many false lights; Jesus is the only True Light), which lighteth every man who comes into the world (if man is to find Light, it will be only in Christ, and it is for “every man”).

Gen. 2:18. GOD’S FORESIGHT FOR MAN And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone (doesn’t mean that the idea of a companion for Adam suddenly presented itself to the Lord; God never intended that man should be alone); I will make him an help meet for him (this is not meant to infer that the creation of woman was an afterthought; there is no Plan of God that is incomplete!).

Dan. 7:13-14, I Cor. 15:24-28, Rev. 11:15; 20:4-10. 13 I saw in the night Visions, and, behold, One like the Son of Man came with the clouds of Heaven, and came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him. (This “One like the Son of Man” is “The Lord Jesus Christ.” We have here the Trinity represented: God the Father, i.e., “the Ancient of Days,” “The Son of Man,” Who, as stated, is Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, Who inspired this.) 14 And there was given Him Dominion, and Glory, and a Kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve Him: His Dominion is an Everlasting Dominion, which shall not pass away, and His Kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. (This Verse corresponds with 2:35. This Kingdom of Righteousness will begin immediately after the Second Coming, with Christ as its Supreme and Eternal Head.) 24 Then comes the end (does not refer to the time immediately following the Rapture or even the Second Coming, but rather to when all Satanic rule and authority have been put down, which will take place at the conclusion of the Millennial Reign [Rev., Chpt. 20]), when He (Jesus) shall have delivered up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when He shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. (He will have put down all of Satan’s rule, etc.; the means of which were made possible by the Cross and the Resurrection.) 25 For He (Jesus) must reign (refers to the 1,000 year reign of Christ on Earth after He returns), till He has put all enemies under His Feet (the subjugation of all evil powers, which will take place at the conclusion of the Millennial Reign [Rev., Chpt. 20]). 26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed (abolished) is death (Death is the result of sin [Rom. 6:23], and the Cross addressed all sin. After the Resurrection, when all Saints are given glorified bodies, it will be impossible to sin. Even during the Millennial Reign, sin will still be in the world, but not in the Glorified Saints. It will be eradicated when Satan and all his fallen angels and demons spirits, plus all people who followed him, are cast into the Lake of Fire, where they will remain forever [Rev., Chpt. 20]. Death will then be no more.) 27 For He has put all things under His feet. (God the Father has put all things under the Feet of Jesus.) But when He said all things are put under Him, it is manifest that He is excepted, which did put all things under Him. (This has reference to the fact that “all things” do not include God the Father being made subject to Jesus. God is excepted, as should be obvious.) 28 And when all things shall be subdued unto Him (implies that in Paul’s day, this total dominion had not yet been exercised and, in fact, has not done so unto this present hour; but the time will come when it definitely shall be, which will be at the close of the Millennial Reign), then shall the Son also Himself be sub ject unto Him Who put all things under Him, that God may be all in all. (There will be no trace of evil left anywhere in the Universe.) 15 And the seventh Angel sounded (marks the beginning of the last three and one half years of the Great Tribulation); and there were great voices in Heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the Kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign forever and ever. (This is said in anticipation, and will definitely come to pass at the conclusion of this three and one half year period at the Second Coming of the Lord.) 4 And I saw Thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them (refers to the 24 Elders who represent the entire Plan of God, which pertains to the Redeemed of all ages; we aren’t told who these men are): and I saw the souls of them who were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the Word of God, and which had not worshipped the Beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands (categorizes the Tribulation Saints who gave their lives for the cause of Christ; the idea is that these will be included in the first Resurrection of Life, and will enjoy all its privileges); and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. (This is the Kingdom Age.) 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. (This pertains to all the unsaved, in fact, all those who lived and died since the dawn of time. The souls and spirits of these people are now in Hell [Lk. 16:19-31].) This is the First Resurrection (proclaims the fact that these two Resurrections, the Resurrection of the Just and the Resurrection of the Unjust, will be separated by 1,000 years). 6 Blessed and Holy is he who has part in the First Resurrection (this is the Resurrection of Life, which will include every Saint of God who has ever lived from Abel to the last Tribulation Saint; all will be given glorified bodies): on such the second death has no power (the “second death” is to be cast into the Lake of Fire, and to be there forever and forever [Rev. 21:8]; all who are washed in the Blood of the Lamb need not fear the second death), but they shall be Priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years. (All Believers who have part in the First Resurrection will at the same time serve as mediators, so to speak, between the population of the world and God and Christ. The “thousand years” portrays the Kingdom Age, when Christ will reign supreme over the entire Earth.) SATAN 7 And when the thousand years are expired (should have been translated, “finished”), Satan shall be loosed out of his prison (is not meant to infer a mere arbitrary act on the part of God; He has a very valid reason for doing this), 8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the Earth, Gog and Magog (the main reason the Lord allows Satan this latitude is, it seems, to rid the Earth of all who oppose Christ; George Williams says: “The Creation Sabbath witnessed the first seduction, and the Millennial Sabbath will witness the last”; the “Gog and Magog” spoken of by John is a Hebrew term expressive of multitude and magnitude; here it embraces all nations, “the four quarters of the Earth”), to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea (proclaims the fact that virtually all of the population at that particular time, which did not accept Christ during the Kingdom Age, will throw in their lot with Satan). 9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the Saints about, and the beloved city (pictures Satan coming against Jerusalem with his army, which will be the last attack against that city): and fire came down from God out of Heaven, and devoured them. (Stipulates that the Lord will make short work of this insurrection. In fact, very little information is given regarding this event, as is obvious.) 10 And the Devil who deceived them was cast into the Lake of Fire and brimstone (marks the end of Satan regarding his influence in the world, and, in fact, in any part of the Creation of God), where the Beast and the False Prophet are (proclaims the fact that these two were placed in “the Lake of Fire and Brimstone” some one thousand years earlier [Rev. 19:20]), and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever. (This signifies the Eternity of this place. It is a matter of interest to note that Satan’s first act is recorded in Gen., Chpt. 3 [the third Chapter from the beginning], whereas his last act on a worldwide scale is mentioned in Rev., Chpt. 20 [the third Chapter from the end].) Please see remaining corresponding Scriptures and chapters on your own.

Rom. 6:23 For the wages of sin is death (speaks of spiritual death, which is separation from God); but the Gift of God is Eternal Life through Jesus Christ our Lord (as stated, all of this, without exception, comes to us by the means of what Christ did at the Cross, which demands that the Cross ever be the Object of our Faith, thus giving the Holy Spirit latitude to work within our lives and bring forth His Fruit).

THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST Matthew 1:18-25 Now the Birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as His Mother Mary was espoused (engaged) to Joseph, before they came together (before they were married), she was found with Child of the Holy Spirit (by decree of the Holy Spirit). 19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily (to quietly break the engagement). 20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the Angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto you Mary your wife; for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. 21 And she shall bring forth a Son, and you shall call His Name JESUS (Saviour): for He shall save His people from their sins. 22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the Prophet, saying, 23 Behold, a Virgin shall be with Child, and shall bring forth a Son, and they shall call His Name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us (Isa. 7:14). 24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the Angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife (immediately went ahead with the wedding ceremony): 25 And knew her not (had no sexual relations with her) till she had brought forth her Firstborn Son: and he called His Name JESUS (meaning Saviour; after the Birth of Christ, Joseph did have relations with Mary, with four other boys being born, and several sisters [Mat. 13:55-56]). 55 Is not this the carpenter’s son? (This was a denial of His claim regarding Messiahship.) is not his mother called Mary? and His brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? (They were denying as well, His Virgin Birth.) 56 And His sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then has this Man all these things? (If all of these things were so, they were saying, His family, by now, would have mentioned it.)

Mathew 2:1-12 Please look up any corresponding Scriptures on your own. CHAPTER 2 (A.D. 1) THE VISIT OF THE MAGI FROM THE EAST 1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea (Mic. 5:2) in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came Wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2 Saying, Where is He Who is born King of the Jews? for we have seen His Star in the east, and are come to worship Him. 3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 And when he had gathered all the Chief Priests and Scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. 5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the Prophet, 6 And thou Bethlehem, in the Land of Judah, are not the least among the princes of Judah: for out of you shall come a Governor, Who shall rule My people Israel (Mic. 5:2). 7 Then Herod, when he had privily (privately) called the Wise men, inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when you have found Him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship Him also. 9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young Child was (not Bethlehem, but some other place, maybe Nazareth). 10 When they saw the star (where the star stopped), they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. 11 And when they were come into the house (not the stable where He was born in Bethlehem), they saw the young Child with Mary His Mother, and fell down, and worshipped Him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto Him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. 12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

In closing

John 3:16 16 For God so loved the world (presents the God kind of love), that He gave His Only Begotten Son (gave Him up to the Cross, for that’s what it took to redeem humanity), that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have Everlasting Life.

1 John 5:11 11 And this is the record (the “record” is the Word of God, which is the story of the Cross), that God has given to us Eternal Life (the Life of God flowing into and literally becoming a part of the Believer), and this life is in His Son. (Christ is the Source, while the Cross is the means.)

You should know what life is all about and the reason for Celebrating, True meaning of Celebrating Christmas, its all about Jesus Christ and Living for Him. God came in the flesh as Jesus Christ (The Trinity) to Save the world and we should Celebrate His Birth and a way of escape from damnation in hell. This Christmas, I want to encourage each, everyone of you my friends, to give up the life of sin and get right with God and get Saved and turn away from sin. Start the new year right and live your whole or remainder of your life for God and God Only. God Bless you all. Amen.