The Real Meaning Of Christmas

IN THIS MESSAGE, you will find out many interesting things connected with the tradition of Christmas, that the "average" person never knows about! In addition to the historical connection of Christmas, You will also be shown a FUTURE celebration in the Bible! You will even find out the REAL reason for the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ!

"Thus saith 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. For the customs of the people [are] vain: for [one] cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not." (Jeremiah 10:2-4)

MOST PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED, when they have their eyes opened to the truth of something from the word of God. This is also true of the Light that the word of God shines on the tradition of Christmas!

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The word "Christmas" is a combination of two words: Christ and mass. A mass of course, is a Roman Rite that originated long ago in ancient Babylon. The book by Alexander Hislop called "Two Babylons" should be read by every Christian. Today, a mass represents the so-called "continuation of the sacrifice of christ." That is, It is connected with a RITUAL of death of a christ, that is re-enacted by those who practice such a thing!

Christ-mass, is the mass celebrated by Religious Romans, supposedly in honor of the birth of Christ. I realize that all of that sounds strange, but that's what they do! They "Celebrate" his DEATH or the "continuation of his death" on his so-called birthday! But we will see the connection later.

The word "christ", is a word that means "anointed" or "the anointed one" and in view of the PLAIN FACT that the Lord Jesus Christ, is not the ONLY one who was or is "anointed"; it may be that, christ-mess is a birthday [burden] of some OTHER "christ"! ("another Jesus" - 1Cor.11:4p) !!

VERY FEW PEOPLE are aware of the fact that the devil is a "christ"! He is the "anointed" cherub in Ezekiel 28! Also, in the old testament, king Saul was "the LORD's anointed", and David treated him as such, despite the FACT that he was a devil-possessed man who made many ATTACKS on David's life!

In fact, There are MANY Christs! The Lord Jesus said: "For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets" (Matt.24:24) and "Take heed that no man deceive you!" (Matt.24:4) It may very well be, that the "christ" whose birthday is on December 25th, is not the Lord Jesus Christ!

The Holy Scriptures (Authorized Version 1611) do not openly tell you the date of the Lord's birth, but in Luke.3:21-23, you should notice that he was baptized on his birthday: "began to be about thirty years of age!"

The ONLY day when someone BEGINS to be a certain age is, of course, on their birthday! For example: I began to be about thirty years of age on December 31, 1979. The reason that I said "about" is because I was exactly thirty years old ONLY for an instant: At exactly 7:26pm (C.S.T.) At any other time I would have been "about thirty."

Do you see the difference? A lot of people have difficulty with the passage in Luke.3:23 because they don't understand plain language! The problem with most people though, is not that they can't understand it, but that they won't! There are some people that will go clear out on the Lunatic Fringe, to convince themselves that "they" are right and that the word of God is "wrong"!

It is a lot easier to believe the Bible, than to believe some Pagan who tells you that Jesus was born outside on December 25th! Especially when you also consider that he was baptized in a river on his birthday!

Would you go swimming outside in the middle of the winter? Probably NOT! If Jesus was born on December 25th and baptized 30 years later on the same day. How many people do you think came out to John's Baptism?

They were down IN the river! How can you possibly imagine that this happened on December 25th? That's the COLDEST time of the year! The middle of the winter is December 21st! (God be thanked that I was baptized before December! :)

CONSIDER THIS: John the Baptist was preaching and baptizing in the Jordan for [about] six months. The Last Man that John baptized here, ["when all the people were baptized" (Luk.3:21p)] was the Lord Jesus Christ! ("the last Adam" - 1Cor. 15p) The whole purpose for John being there was to prepare the way for the Lord Jesus: And when John saw Jesus coming he said, "Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world!" (John.1:29p)

After his baptism, Jesus went into the wilderness and John left too! The next time that you find John outside is in Ænon which was near Salim (ref. John.3:23) and that was AFTER the passover in the SUMMER! (Jn.2:13) John's ministry at the Jordan location lasted ~6 months. Common sense tells you, that a person does not stand in a river during the winter! (Unless you are on the Lunatic Fringe?) Any Bible-Believing Christian who gets out and passes out tracts and witnesses and preaches the Gospel, can tell you that the warmest 6 months are between [the Spring and Autumn equinoxes.] (summer!)

THE BIBLE REVEALS only two main seasons in the year. God divides things into opposites, like black & white, or up & down, etc. God divides the year into "summer and winter" (Genesis.8:22p). He divides the day into "evening" and "morning" (night & day) and he asks: "Are there not twelve hours in the day?" (John.11:9p) - Only (exactly) on TWO days of the year!

And the LORD is perfectly aware of the fact that the sun just "appears" to rise and set, and that the Earth TURNS! People that believe the Bible have known for more than 2700 years that the Earth is ROUND! and that "it is turned"! (Isaiah 40 & Job.38:14)

The TWO days when Day and Night are equal (12 hours each) are March 20/21 (the spring equinox) and September 22/23 (the Autumn Equinox)! In the summer, the days are longer and in the winter, the days are shorter! Those two days are the dividing points between what God calls: "summer and winter". In Genesis.8:22, He calls those two points: "seedtime and harvest"! Before seedtime, it's "cold", and after seedtime and before harvest, it's "hot"!

And bless the LORD, O my soul, Jesus said: "Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay: but rather division!" (Lk.12:51) And the dividing point between "summer and winter" is called HARVEST !

The Lord came to DIVIDE, and he came at the dividing point between the summer and winter: Harvest! And when he returns soon at his 2nd coming to "Harvest" the Earth, "out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword" (Rev.19:15)! The Lord Jesus Says: "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword!" (Matt.10:34)

The Lord Jesus came to Earth to divide: "So there was a division among the people because of him!" (John.7:43) (Whose side are you on?)

NOW, let's look at some more things concerning the date of birth of the Lord Jesus. John the Baptist's father, Zacharias, was fulfilling his "course" as priest in the temple, when an ANGEL appeared unto him, and foretold him of the birth of John the Baptist!

Zacharias was of the course of "Abia" (Luke.1:5p), which is the 8th course (1Chron.24). Each course lasts one week and is repeated again half a year later. All the priests serve together at the 3 main "Feasts". It was while Zacharias was fulfilling his course that the Angel came. The 8th course comes 8 weeks after the feast of unleavened bread. (Some say it's possible that he had to remain there another week for "the feast of firstfruits" immediately after his course.)

But in either case, he returned to his home in the "hill-country" (Luke.1:23p) and after he got back, his wife Elisabeth conceived (Luke.1:24). Add to that, 40 weeks (9 months) for the normal term of child-bearing, and that brings you to just before Passover! About March 21st!. Then add [about] 6 months (Luke.1:36) to that, and you come to about the time of the Feast of Tabernacles for the time of the Lord's birth! ([after] September 23rd!)

It is at this same time of the year, that farmers and shepherds see what is called: "The Harvest Moon!" It is the Full Moon that rises early in the evening and lights up the fields enough to continue to bring in the sheaves, well into the night! (You "City-Slickers" missed that one! :)

THE CROSSING OF THE JORDAN: Joshua led the children of Israel through the Jordan at the same place where Jesus was baptized on his birthday! It was at the time of year when the Jordan over-flows its banks: "the time of harvest!" (Joshua.3:15). Observe also that the coming of Christ's ancestor Ruth to Bethlehem was, "In the beginning of barley harvest"! (Ruth.1:22)

AGAIN you have a prophecy of the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ in Genesis chapter 35, with Rachel: "And there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour" and she brought forth a son whose name means "Son of the Right Hand", and this happened: "in the way to Ephrath, which [is] Bethlehem"! She brought forth her child along the way (road) side, at the location now called Bethlehem! And the Lord Jesus was born along the roadside, because there was no room in the Inn!

Birthdays in the Bible?

The word "birthday" is mentioned on only TWO occasions in the Bible! One in the old testament and one in the New Testament! The first is found in Genesis chapter 40, and is Pharaoh's Birthday, and he had a celebration! (The word "Pharaoh" means Sun-god, [the Great House.]) At this "birthday" celebration, The Chief Baker lost his head (verse 19: "head from off thee") & was hanged!

The other mention of the word "birthday" is found in Matthew.14:6 (and you will find another account of the same birthday in Mark 6). This is Herod's birthday! Herod had John the Baptist's head cut off! Remember? On both birthday celebrations someone loses their HEAD! Are you beginning to see the connection between death and a birthday? (Herod was a Roman too!)

The FUTURE christ-mess celebration is found in Revelation chapter 11, and you will find two more people that lose their heads! In verse 7: "...the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall... kill them."

Their heads are cut off (Rev.20:4) and their bodies are left in the street of Jerusalem! But in the 10th verse: "And they that dwell upon the earth shall REJOICE over them, and MAKE MERRY, and shall SEND GIFTS one to another..." On what single day out of the year do people ALL over the world, "make MERRY", send "GIFTS", "REJOICE" and CELEBRATE DEATH (Mass)?? Of course! That day is CHRISTMAS!!

For WEEKS ahead of time, people every where prepare for that time! And they begin sooner every year! The Merchants make more MONEY that way! After all, The love of money IS the root of ALL evil! That's the center of Christmas! MONEY! It was money that got Judas Iscariot in trouble! And YOU?

The celebration in Revelation 11, is probably the birthday of the "Christ", called the Beast! After all, Herod was a "type" of the beast and it was on his "birthday" that HE cut off John's head! And you know who John is! The Lord said that John was Elijah! ("Elias" Matt.17:1-13) And that is ONE of the men that [is killed] in Revelation eleven! The other one is Moses! (see Matthew 17 for the identity of the "two witnesses")

You DO know who the beast is, Don't you? He's the son of perditon! That's what Jesus Christ called Judas Iscariot in John.17:12! Peter said that Judas went, "to his own place" (Acts.1:25p). And we find that place in Revelation.9:11, and there is a "king" (Judas) over those of the "bottomless pit."

And notice Revelation.17:8 -- "The beast... was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition..." JUDAS "was" (during Jesus' time), and "is not" (he's dead now, in his own place), and he "shall ascend out of the bottomless pit" (Alive again, when the LORD raises him -- Zech.11:16), and he will "go into perdition" (when the LORD returns)!!

In all probability, it is the birthday of Judas Iscariot where there is a celebration in Revelation 11, when the two witnesses have their heads cut off!

THE TWO WITNESSES are, as I said before, Moses and Elijah: "These [are] the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth." (Zech.4:14) And after 3 and a half days lying there dead, the LORD raises them up right in front of the whole world, TV cameras & All!

And they fly right up in the air! And then if that isn't enough, There will also be a GREAT earthquake and 10 percent of the city will fall and 7000 men will die in the earthquake! With worldwide satellite "Live" television coverage! It's coming soon! Check your newspaper for the "Late" News! Better yet: Just read the Bible!

The "christ" of Christmas: Judas Iscariot! The Beast! Son of Perdition! Of course every one of you who have rejected the Bible as the authority for your lives will believe that he is the real "christ!" He'll perform all kinds of miracles too! (Rev.13)

Don't forget, ALL 12 Apostles were given power to raise the dead! Including Judas! (Matthew.10:8)

Yes, you Bible rejecting "Romans" are sure going to have yourself a time! Judas even has power to give "life" to an "Image"! But you people who watch TV shouldn't have much trouble believing that! After all, That TV Image TALKS too! Isn't it amazing how far the Bible is ahead of modern so-called "science"!

Do you know what Judas was? He was "a devil"! Not just a demon possessed man, he was a DEVIL! (John.6:70p) His father was Satan! (Matt.16:23p) The context of the passages in Matthew.16 and John.6 is the SAME! In both places, Satan or his son are mentioned, after the mention of the true God and his Son!

In those two places, Simon (who is also called Peter;) Identifies the true Christ, The true Son of God and the true God! And the Lord Jesus identifies the false Christ and the false God after Simon's confession!

Simon is called Satan there!

NOW — What is the REAL Meaning of Christmas? And let me ask you another question: Would you celebrate the birthday of the antichrist who betrayed the Lord of glory that died for you, Would you? Would you celebrate Jesus' DEATH on the anti-christ's birthday? Well??

"There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death!" (Prov.14:12) Repent! Before it's too late!

Let's REVIEW Some Things:

1. a. The true Christ is the Lord Jesus Christ! (The LORD's Christ)
1. b. The "Christmas" christ is Judas Iscariot! (The devil's christ)

2. a. The Lord Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God!
2. b. Judas is the son of perdition (the god of death!) Satan's son.

3. a. Simon calls Jesus "the Christ, the Son of the living God"! (Matt.16)
3. b. Jesus calls Simon "Satan" in the same chapter! (Matt.16)

4. a. Simon calls Jesus "the Christ, the Son of the living God"! (John.6:69)
4. b. Jesus calls the son of Simon "a devil" in the very next verse! (John.6:70)

5. a. The Lord Jesus was hung on a tree for YOUR sins! (1Pet.2:24)
5. b. Judas Iscariot hung himself on a tree (suicide) for himself! (Mt.27:5)

6. a. "Feast of Tabernacles" is the time of the Lord's Birth! HARVEST!
6. b. "Christmas" is a DEAD tradition connected with the Antichrist.

There is a certain group of "Romans" who say that SIMON Peter is the first leader of their "church"! -IF- Simon Peter WAS the first POPE, THEN the Lord Jesus called the FIRST POPE: "SATAN"!!! (Matt.16:23)

"Thus saith 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. For the customs of the people [are] vain: for [one] cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not." (Jeremiah 10:2-4)

"But the LORD [is] the true God, he [is] the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation." (Jer.10:10)

The True Birth of Jesus

Jesus was born out-of-doors! He was wound up in grave clothes, just like he was wound up when he DIED! You do remember Rachel don't you? She is the one who died at that same location! (Gen.35)

Jesus was wrapped up like a dead person, because he was born to die! (John.18:37) A swaddling band is a long narrow bandage that is wound around the person! - Usually with some spices or preservatives between the body and the bandages.

This birth was out of the ordinary! "And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh!" (Timothy.3:16p)

And that isn't all. He was laid like a mummy in a coffin! That's what a Manger is shaped like! He was laid in a FEEDING trough in Bethlehem (The House of BREAD!), since he was the "bread of God", which comes down from heaven! (John.6:33)

Before you can live, He had to die! "Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?"!! (John.6:60) You don't get life by eating a "wafer" at a Babylonian MASS, "It is the spirit that quickeneth", not flesh! (John.6:63p)

AFTER SEVEN DAYS, he was circumcised according to the law of Moses: And they called his name JESUS! Almost any doctor can tell you why the 8th day is the best day for circumcision.

There is something in the blood that makes it "Clot" so that you don't bleed to death! It is called "Prothrombin" and it needs vitamin-K to form. It isn't until the 8th day (seven days after the first day), that vitamin-K reaches its normal amount! Also on the same day, prothrombin becomes extra strong! (110 percent efficient)

That is not all! When a baby is first born, he has a high level of certain elements in his body that fight infection. These elements stay at a high level ONLY for 8 days!

So if you were to circumcise the baby before the 8th day, he could bleed to death, and if you were to circumcise him after the 8th day, he might get an infection and die!

Even as David said: "For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well. My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, [and] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all [my members] were written, [which] in continuance were fashioned, when [as yet there was] none of them." ! (Psalm.139:13-16)

FORTY DAYS after Jesus was born, his mother took him with her and they went up to JERUSALEM: "And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, [Lev.12— 7+33=40] they brought him to Jerusalem, to present [him] to the Lord; (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons." (Luke.2:22-24)

They didn't realize it, but they did have a Lamb (Jesus, the Lamb of God — John.1:29p), so they brought the pair of turtle doves! Little did they know that they had the last Lamb! The burnt-offering and the sin-offering were for Mary! She was a sinner just like you or me!

Mary needed to be saved from sin too! Just like you! Since she was a faithful handmaid of the LORD, she fulfilled her obligation!

The Bible says: "There is none righteous, no, not one. — For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God!" (Romans.3:10,23)

The only person that the Bible says is without sin is the Lord Jesus Christ, "Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth"! (1Pet.2:22)

They now returned to Nazareth: "And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. [40] And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him. [41] ¶ Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover." (Luke.2:39-41)

ARE YOU WONDERING what became of the so-called "three wise men" that you see in "manger scenes" all over the place on Baal's birthday? Well, the wise men were a long time getting there! And besides that, the Bible does NOT say that there were three of them! You've been reading too many comic books! Those "manger scenes" that you see every year, are just one more of the traditions of men that make the word of God of none effect! FAKES! The wise men show up elsewhere!

JESUS was [probably] almost two years old when they came to the "house" where he was dwelling! It was a HOUSE, not a manger! A HOUSE!

God's word says: "when they were come into the house, they saw the young child [not babe!] with Mary his mother, and they fell down, and worshipped him!" (They did NOT venerate/worship Mary!)

You would think that people could understand plain language! According to the Bible, a man is a "babe" from birth until he is "weaned" (usually about 15 months old.) You will find all the necessary information to compute this age in 1st Samuel chapter one.

After he is weaned he is called a "young child" (2 to 12 years old). Then he is a "Child"! (13 to 19 - Commonly called Teen-agers.) Next he is a "young man" (20 to 30) And then he is just a "man" or "old man" (Some say "life begins at forty!" But NO! Life begins with the Lord Jesus Christ! Without HIM, you're dead!)

The word of God is the final authority for fixing the age of a "babe", "young child", "young man", or any thing else! You'll find the ages of all groups defined in the Bible! And when I say "THE Bible", I'm talking about the Authorized 1611 King James Version, [21st century edition,] that was PAID-FOR BY THE BLOOD OF COUNTLESS MARTYRS, and NOT any of these other mickey-mouse comic books that money-grubbing WORMS try to pass off as a "Bible".

THE JOURNEY OF THE WISE MEN and the STAR: Before Jesus was born, the wise men were in the far-east. One day, they noticed a very bright STAR toward the going down of the sun.

This star was the star of the LORD! the same one that the shepherds saw close up: "And, lo, the angel [star! — Rev.1:20p] of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid." (Luke.2:9)

The wise men in the east (descendents of "Shem" — Gen.9:26), knew about the prophecy in Numbers.24:17 that says, "There shall come a star out of Jacob, and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel"!

And when they saw that star, they got themselves a regular "wagon train" together and they headed west in their caravan.

Three wise men, your foot! There was a whole "caravan" of them! Why do you think that the WHOLE CITY was in an UPROAR when they arrived? All Jerusalem was "troubled"! If you were there then, you would probably be way out on the Lunatic Fringe too!

It took the "wise men" about TWO YEARS to get there from the Orient and most likely, they got there when Jesus was about 18 months old! (see Matt.2:7 & 2:16) [Two years — that is, the 2nd year after the birth year.]

Jesus would be a "young child" (Luke.2:8p) by this time and would have been at the feast of Passover in Jerusalem, since his parents went up to Jerusalem "every year" at that time (Luke.2:41).

And his STAR was above him every where he went! (Lk.2:9, Mt.18:10). Apparently, while the wise men were inside talking to Herod, Jesus and his parents left the city and headed back to Nazareth, because when the wise men left to find him, the "Star" was MOVING! [Note: The TEMPLE in Jerusalem was EAST of Herod's Palace, which was by the western gate.]

You need to remember one thing though: Herod was a Roman! And if you are a Bible-Believer, You KNOW what kind of a mess that Romans get in to when they try to interpret the scriptures! Herod had called the "priests" and scribes and found out from them the place of birth (Matt.2:4), but he made the mistake of assuming that Jesus was born in Bethlehem [and still lived there,] because his parents LIVED there! — Wrong!

They were from Nazareth, and just went [to Bethlehem] to be TAXED! Luke says that they returned to Nazareth! (Luke.2:39)

Romans today make the same mistake that Herod made. Herod told the wise men to go to Bethlehem and that is why Romans today always have the wise men standing around a MANGER! They did NOT go to Bethlehem! Right after they left Herod, they saw the STAR again, and it was MOVING! THEY knew WHO to follow — Do you?

There will always be some people that will argue and say that the wise men didn't come from the Orient, but came from Babylon. But even -IF- that were true, they still would have had to come to Nazareth, because the Holy Spirit himself told you in Ezra.7:9 that it takes FOUR MONTHS to go from Babylon up to Jerusalem!

Luke told you that after Jesus was 40 days old, they returned to Nazareth (40 days is Less than 2 months!) One thing is for sure: They did not come to a Manger! You should join the "train" of "covered wagons" or hop on one of the "chariots" with the wise men and COME TO JESUS!

THE WISE MEN LEFT JERUSALEM and followed THE STAR! And the "star" was "east" of Jerusalem when they came out from Herod, and the Star "went before them", and they followed it until it stopped moving!

[• Note: Herod's palace was next to the western gate and the road that goes south to Bethlehem. When they came out they saw the star in the EAST, toward the Temple, not the south.]

They went right out the "Eastern Gate" of Jerusalem, across the brook that is called "Kidron", through the "Mount of Olives", and headed NORTH through the "hill country" until they came to Nazareth!

Finally the "star" stopped at a "house" in Nazareth and the wise men were not far behind. The "star" stopped and "stood over where the young child was."

In case you can't see why they were so excited by just seeing the star, go back and read what happened when the shepherds saw this star close up! (Glory to God! :)

THEY CAME TO JESUS BY NIGHT! Just like Nicodemus came to Jesus by night, (when Jesus told him, "Ye must be born again!",) they came!

"And when they were come into the house, [HOUSE!] they saw the young child [NOT BABE!] with Mary his mother, [JESUS is Always mentioned BEFORE Mary in the Bible] and fell down, and worshipped him: [They worshipped the Lord Jesus, not Mary!] and when they had opened their treasures, they presented him gifts; gold, frankincense, and myrrh." (Luke.2:11)

The wise men worshipped JESUS! Do you? They gave him precious gifts! What have you given Jesus? He gave his very blood for you!

The wise men gave their gifts to Jesus, not to each other! "And when they had opened their treasures [Oh Yes! Lots of treasures!], they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh." (Matt.2:11p)

They HANDED him the three "presentation" gifts, but left the chests full of treasure elsewhere. After All, he was just a "young child" at this time! How much do you think he can hold? There was no need to unload the whole wagon train on top of him. (Like Solomon? "It was a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones." :)

The wise men left by the northern route into the Orient and then Jesus and his family went down into Egypt, loaded with the treasures!

A CHANGE OF RESIDENCE! They were no longer residents of Nazareth! That is why, when they returned from Egypt, Matthew mentions that they had planned to live in Judæa (Matt.2:22). But God warned them not to, but to go into Galilee: "And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene." (Matt.2:23)

Since Luke says that Jesus' parents went to Jerusalem EVERY year at the feast of the passover, we can probably assume that they were in Egypt LESS than one year! Also, since Mary had OTHER children (by Joseph: James, Joses, Simon, Judas, and at least two sisters — Matt.13:55,56) and THEY aren't mentioned as coming out of Egypt with him, we can again assume that they weren't in Egypt very long.

And never mind the silly heathen in Rome that tell you that Mary remained a virgin AFTER she brought forth Jesus. The Scriptures plainly tell you that she was a virgin only until "she had brought forth her firstborn son" (Matt.1:25) Jesus was God's only begotten Son, but NOT Mary's only son, she had other sons: By Joseph! [Mary's 2nd born son, James, called "the Lord's brother," was Joseph's first born son.]

Remember that Jesus is the Lord!

God was manifest in the flesh! (1Tim.3:16p) He came to this planet not only to bear witness to the TRUTH! but also to DIE for YOUR sins! And he did just that! He died, the just, for the unjust!

Instead of making the word of God of none effect, PRETENDING that Christmas has something to do with the birth of Jesus, and instead of concerning yourself so much with his birth, You really need to be concerned about your own birth! You were born WRONG!

You were born in SIN! You need to be born another way - BORN AGAIN - Only GOD can give you the right birth! If you will RECEIVE The Lord Jesus Christ (by faith) you can be born of God.

Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved!

But if you don't receive the Lord Jesus Christ (God's gift of eternal life), then you will have turned down the only gift that will keep you out of HELL!

The word of faith says, That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved; For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Why don't you just believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead and Confess with your Mouth: The Lord Jesus! (Call upon him NOW, while he is near. :)

YOU HAVE received  LIGHT  from the word of God on the tradition that people call "christmas"! You are without excuse if you continue practicing such vain traditions contrary to the word of God.

JESUS SAYS: "Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered; and many such like things do ye." — "I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive."

Light Rejected Becomes Lightning!

If you close your eyes to the truth, God himself may keep you in darkness for ever! Remember that Jesus is the Lord and receive the love of the truth.

DEDICATION: To the Lord Jesus Christ who alone is worthy of praise, and to all Bible-Believing Christians, in all lands, who love the Lord Jesus Christ in truth and sincerity, and who have received the love of the truth as revealed in the scriptures, concerning the traditions and customs of this present evil world.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. --Richard