The story begins from Caesar
Augustus that the entire world
should be taxed (Luke2:1): “And it came to pass in those
days, that there went out a
decree from Caesar Augustus,
that all the world should be
taxed.” Joseph and Mary, being from
the tribe of David, have to
travel from Galilee to
Bethlehem (which is called the
city of David) to be “enrolled”
and taxed. This was the particular time of the year
when Mary should deliver the
child Jesus (Luke 2:3-7). “And all went to be enrolled,
each to his own city. And
Joseph also went up from
Galilee, from the city of
Nazareth, to Judea, to the city
of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of
the house and lineage of David,
to be enrolled with Mary, his
betrothed, who was with child.
And while they were there, the
time came for her to be delivered. And she gave birth to
her first-born son and wrapped
him in swaddling cloths, and
laid him in a manger, because
there was no place for them in
the inn.” On that same evening, the
evangelist Luke tells us that
there were shepherds in the
fields watching over their flock
to whom the angels announce
the birth of the savior Jesus Christ (Luke 2:8-11). “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 Savior, which is Christ
the Lord.” At this juncture, let us pause
for a while and think. Could all
of these happen on the 25th of
December? No Roman emperor as wise as
Caesar Augustus (refuted to
have changed the political and
financial system of the Roman
Empire to start a “new order”,
which firmly established the empire for the next two
centuries and was called as the
“Golden Age of Rome’s
Empire”), will order a census
for the purposes of taxation,
on December or in winter – rendering it impossible for
Christ to be born on December
25 when the landscape of the
Holy Land was filled with
snow, making it very difficult
to travel. Using simple common sense, no shepherd will bring
out his sheep at night when
fields were covered with
knee-deep snow. The
infamous term “three kings”,
incidentally, is not mentioned in the Bible, wouldn’t have
traveled to look for a new-born
baby – in winter! (Matthew
2:1-6) “Now when Jesus was born in
Bethlehem of Judea in the days
of Herod the king, behold, there
came wise men from the east
to Jerusalem, saying, Where is
he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his
star in the east, and are come
to worship him. When Herod
the king had heard these
things, he was troubled, and all
Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief
priests and scribes of the
people together, he demanded
of them where Christ should be
born. And they said unto him, In
Bethlehem of Judea: for thus it is written by the prophet, and
thou Bethlehem, in the land of
Judah, art not the least among
the princes of Judah: for out of
thee shall come a Governor,
that shall rule my people Israel.” It is hard to believe that the
“three kings” traveled alone on
such a considerable distance in
winter. David, being a king that he is,
travels with six hundred men
with him. It is a pitiful sight to
behold “three kings” travelling
all by themselves. (1 Samuel
23:13) “Then David and his men, which
were about six hundred, arose
and departed out of Keilah, and
went whithersoever they could
go. And it was told Saul that
David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbore to go forth.” The complex errors created by
the Catholic celebration of
Christmas have gone too far in
influencing even supposedly
intelligent composers and
songwriters. The First Noel has a very beautiful melody, but
has disgusting lyrics influenced
by the ignorance of the
Catholics belief on Christmas.
The line “on a cold winter’s
night that was so deep” made stupid out of the shepherd by
bringing their flock on a
winter’s night. “The First Noel, the Angels did
say Was to certain poor shepherds
in fields as they lay In fields where they lay
keeping their sheep On a cold winter’s night that
was so deep. Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel Born is the King of Israel!” To add insult to the ignorance,
the church in Rome assigned
the birth of Jesus on December
25 which was the feast of the
pagan sun god of the Roman
Empire. Christian Overlays of Christmas Two important contributions
that the reign of Constantine
wrought were the
establishments of the dates of
Christmas and Easter. However, neither holidays are unique and original to the church, they are overlays of much earlier traditions, and both are connected to the sun, the former to the winter solstice and the latter to the vernal equinox. Again, the passage of the sun across the
ecliptic demonstrates the
astronomical motif that has
been grafted onto the Christian
god. Constantine may not have completely established the date of Christmas, but what is clear is that he had considerable influence in setting the date of December 25 as Christ’s birthday. After Constantine’s victory, in perhaps 320 or 353 C.E. the church decreed that December 25 would become the standard day of observance for the birth of Christ. However, this date had long been recognized in antiquity as the return of the sun, for in ancient times, before the establishment of the Gregorian calendar, December 25 was the date of the winter solstice, the point when the sun has reached its southern most trek below the equator, where it appears to stand still for three days… …Pope Julius I, in the fourth century commanded a committee of bishops to establish the date of the nativity of Jesus. December 25 (the day of Sol Invictus, the invincible sun) was decided upon. Not coincidentally, that is the day when the “pagan world celebrated the birth of their Sun Gods-Egyptian Osiris, Greek Apollo and Bacchus, Chaldean Adonis, Persian Mithra-when the Zodiacal sign of Virgo (the sun is born of a virgin) rose on the horizon. Thus the ancient festival of the Winter Solstice, the pagan festival of the birth of the Sun, came to be adopted by the Christian Church as the nativity of Jesus, and was called Christmas” (Crosbie). The church found itself: http://www.themystica.com/
mystica/articles/c/christ_
constantine_sol_invictus.html The wise men (not the three
kings) followed a star (not
hanging on a “tree” because
there was no tree associated
with the birth of Jesus) to
locate the baby Jesus on a house and not on a manger
because no loving parents
would let their new-born baby
to tarry on manger. They
eventually moved to a house
as the crowd that came to Bethlehem who filled all the
inns during the height of the
census period presumably have
turned back home. (Matthew
2:9-11) “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. When they saw the star, they rejoiced
with exceeding great joy. And
when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and
fell down, and worshiped him:
and when they had opened
their treasures, they
presented unto him gifts; gold,
and frankincense, and myrrh.” The facts about… Christmas tree Santa Claus The errors that resulted from
ignorance on facts are
uncorrectable. Until today,
Santa Claus dominates the
landscape on Christmas season.
Catholics were not duly informed of the disappearance
of Santa Claus in their roster of
saints. If we are to adopt the
international concept of Ignorantia juris non excusat , which historically came from
the Roman Empire itself, many
Roman Catholics will be losing
their salvation because of a
belief on a false Christ born on
a false date, surrounded with false teachings, and a
celebration so highly
commercialized — unreachable
by the poor for whom the real
Christ was born for; but,
ignorance is pardonable upon the acceptance of truth.
