Why I gave up christmas

Do you use mikvah?

And it's six weeks away.
Has Russ been about?

Crutchtiuntz ruint the phun for me.
Stupid KUNT$$.

That sounds like it's got Dave Chapelle all over it darling...j

Just to comment on a few things mentioned so far:

The Feasts of the Lord are prophetic and gives his plan of redemption for mankind.

Likewise, Satan's counterfeit holidays are also somewhat prophetic as they have people celebrating their demise.

There's no doubt, today we can easily look up the Babylonian origins of Christmas/Easter.

In being prophetic, there are many symbolic elements of things at different times throughout the last days that are kind of pulled together to form the holiday Christmas.

One being the exchanging of gifts after the two witnesses are killed. That doesn't happen around Christmas time by the way.

Another example is the name Christmas itself. It's pulled from the time of the rapture, a MASS gathering to Christ at God's throne.

Thanksgiving/Black Friday and Christmas/Boxing Day also both involve eating and drinking followed by buying and selling which are things we are told people will be doing as the days of Noah when judgement comes. BLACK-ened, the DAY of getting FRI-ed.

One symbolic visual of God rapturing up his people could be a hand grabbing claw-like motion.
Satan's counterfeit: Satan Claws (Santa Claus).

Claw (attack), 4th kingdom falls, age of grace ends, daughter babylon falls.

Claw (attack), 5th kingdom falls, Satan falls - cast out of heaven. "five ARE fallen".

That being said, it's no reason to turn around and put on the old yoke, that's not what The Lord meant when he said to obey him.
We're told not to burden ourselves with the yoke of the Mosaic Law.

Matthew 11:28-30
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Acts 15:10-11
Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

Galatians 5:1
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.


The following verse is referring to after the rapture when the age of grace has already ended.

Revelation 14:12
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.


As far as the using the name "JESUS":

How often do you hear anyone use non Greek-English versions of The Lord's name that starts with a "Y" as a curse word?

Was Satan foolish enough to get it wrong all these years by deceiving the entire entertainment industry and all walks of life around the world to specifically use the name of "JESUS" as a curse word?

Of course not.

The name "JESUS" is perfectly acceptable, the name above all names.

Revelation 3:12 Him that overcometh will

I make a pillar in the temple of my God,

and he shall go no more out: and I will write

upon him the name of my God,

and the name of the city of my God,

which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of

heaven from my God: and I will write upon

him my new name

.....

I don't celebrate Christmas either. But OP, I know that others don't believe the same way I do. So I respect Christian's concept and celebration of Christmas. I volunteer to work on Christmas and Christmas Eve and Easter and such so those who do want to celebrate can do so.

I don't celebrate ancient feasts either. I celebrate when my family visits, when I get a windfall to spend, when I achieve a hard fought goal.

And you can call Christmas pagan if you want to feel superior, but face it, it isn't pagan at all. Maybe had roots there, but it's not.

So to those who celebrate it, Merry Christmas early to you. If I could work for you so you can have the time off, I'd gladly do it, but I'm working Christmas Eve, Christmas and the day after so those who value it can do so.

We all have to decide for ourselves, I celebrated Christmas for years myself until I learned some things in scripture. I’m just sharing that with others.

Mark 7:8-9
For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

I lean towards Zoroastrain in my concept of God, Wise Lord, Ahura Mazda. Which was the first and origanal, belif system in a ploy thesistic god. There is only one god. But, god is in everyone and everythign, being that God is the creator.Thus Ahura Mazda/ God is not jelous, petty nor vindictive as the Biblical God is.

Anyway. Ahura Mazda does not care about the traditions of man. As long as the tradition is of goodness in inspiring people to be the best they can be, God is OK with it all. All other religions are into control and the manipulation of other and most churches have a hiarchy. That is not what god is about or wanted for his believer.

But, if it makes you feel better to celebrate Christmas or not, the choice is yours alone. You niether please God or displease God. It is simply a tradition of man. And, not a bad one in my opinion. But for those of you that feel more pious giving it up, just know you score no points with the almighty. You are simply just a kill joy.

Well said.

For some reason, people who call themselves 'christians' try to work their way to Heaven and earn points with God.

Yet the scriptures clearly say 'Not by Works, but by Faith in Christ'

If they think their works will save them, they are already LOST.

They pick and choose which Laws of God they will obey.

Thus they are self-righteous; righteous in their own minds only.

Whoa is YOU for believing you can be saved by adherence to the Law.

You legalists are some seriously mindfuked retards.

Right! Jesus paid it all! Like he said on the cross.
"It is finished ".

Her mind has been captured by a Cult.

It's seriously fuked up programming and quite difficult to reverse, even when you tell them truth.

I used to read her posts too and liked her. Nevermore.