From: heb_roots_chr@mail.geocities.com
To: "Hebraic Heritage Newsgroup"<heb_roots_chr@geocities.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 03:09:42 +0000
Subject: Celebrating Christmas - Part I
From: Rob Hill
To: heb_roots_chr@geocities.com
Dear Eddie:
I am interested to know about you opinions on celebrating Christmas
and Easter (I may just be slow on getting it, and I just got your book
yesterday so I haven't had a chance to read it yet). I see you speak about
it, but I want to learn more.
>From Eddie:
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My opinion on celebrating Christmas and Easter ...
I can only give you a personal testimony of my life and what God
has worked in my life.
Ever since I was a little boy, I have LOVED God and have had a URGENT
desire to please Him in ALL ways. I LOVE my Messiah and I want to please
Him in ALL I do. I LOVE that God loved me so much that He sent
Yeshua/Jesus to this earth and he was born, lived and died for me so that I
can have ETERNAL fellowship with Him in the age to come.
Therefore, as I was growing up, Christmas and Easter were special times for
me. THIS is HOW I released my faith and EXPRESSED my love and adoration for
the God of Israel and His Messiah. I was COMPLETELY IGNORANT of the origin
of Christmas and Easter.
STILL God loved me, He answered my prayers and He led me in a greater
personal walk with Him as I was led by the Ruach HaKodesh.
By being led by the Ruach HaKodesh / Holy Spirit, He allowed me to
understand about the roots of my faith and about the Sabbath and Biblical
Festivals. When I learned the SPIRITUAL MEANINGS and APPLICATIONS of the
Sabbath and Biblical Festivals and when I discovered that the SPIRITUAL
THEMES of the Sabbath and Biblical Festivals taught me in GREATER DETAIL
about the Kingdom of God and the Ways of His Kingdom and His redemptive
plan to be accomplished through the Messiah, I was STUNNED and AMAZED !!!
I first began to learn about the roots of my faith in 1989.
Because of what I learned, I had a HEART for OTHER BELIEVERS to know and
understand what God taught me by the leading of His Ruach HaKodesh / Holy
Spirit. Therefore, God put it upon my heart to write my book, "The Seven
Festivals of the Messiah" to more easily share the AWESOME truths and
spiritual insights of the Festivals to other believers. I try to encourage
the members of this newsgroup to read this book and share it with
others.
I remember thinking that when I began to appreciate and love the Biblical
Festivals that I could never practically celebrate them with other
believers because I didn't know hardly anybody who understood them
in the same way as God taught me the rich application of the Festivals in
the life of the believer in Yeshua/Jesus as Messiah and how God gave
them to teach in GREAT DETAIL about the 1st and 2nd coming of
Yeshua/Jesus.
But, that all changed around 1993 when I began to meet others in my
community who had the same heart and we began to fellowship together in
homes and began to celebrate the keep the Sabbath and Biblical Festivals.
After God but a THOROUGH witness in my heart that the celebrating the
Biblical Festivals was HIS HEART then I began to lose all desire to
celebrate Christmas and Easter. Therefore, several years ago, I began to
stop celebrating Christmas and Easter and began to celebrate the
Biblical festivals instead. But, this was a PROCESS of LEARNING
and STUDYING and THEN applying what I learned.
I also had a desire to TEACH other believers with COMPASSION and
LOVE what God by His GRACE taught me through His Ruach
HaKodesh / Holy Spirit. Therefore, God put it upon my heart to start
this ministry and begin to share with others what He taught me about
the Hebraic Roots of our faith as believers in Yeshua/Jesus as
Messiah.
In the meantime, I have become exposed to some other "Hebraic Roots"
ministries that try to make the claim that if you celebrate Christmas and
Easter that you a part of the "deceived" church and will not be saved.
Others like "B'nai Noah" and "Netzarim International" begin to refer to
those who believe that Jesus as Messiah and who still celebrate
Christmas and Easter as being from the "Christian"
church and begin to have an "anti-Christian" mentality. Then, while
correcting pointing out the fact that the ORIGIN of Christmas and Easter
is pagan they then begin to question other foundation Biblical truths as
being "pagan" also. This would including denying that Jesus is
God manifested in the flesh and is the living Word of G-d.
Furthermore, the "Netzarim" movement does not even accept that
the New Testament is inspired scripture.
Then, I have seen some Christians become so shocked that the origin
of Christmas and Easter is pagan and that the Sabbath and the Biblical
Festivals are eternally given by God that they want to deny that Jesus in
Messiah and convert to Rabbinical Judaism! They would have been
better off continuing to celebrate Christmas and Easter !!
These are UNBALANCED responses to the fact that the origin of Christmas
and Easter are pagan and the Sabbath and Biblical Festivals are
ETERNALLY given by God.
The BALANCED response is to FIRST STUDY and THEN allow the
Ruach HaKodesh / Holy Spirit lead you in observing these truths.
This is what God did in my life.
In addition, the knowledge of keeping the Sabbath and Biblical Festivals
and that they are ETERNALLY given by G-d should ENHANCE and
INCREASE your EXISTING faith in Yeshua/Jesus as Messiah NOT
replace it.
This does not mean that once God begins to reveal these truths to His
people that RESPONSIBILITY does not go with it. If we LOVE GOD, we should
seek to OBEY Him when He shows us Biblical truth. This then becomes a
OBEDIENCE and LORDSHIP issue NOT a salvation issue. There are those
who try to make this a salvation issue but salvation is by the GRACE of God
when you accept Yeshua/Jesus as Messiah. It may affect your REWARDS in
heaven but not your salvation.
So, my advice is:
Have an open heart and examine the truth and then let the Ruach HaKodesh /
Holy Spirit lead you and guide you in how you begin to apply these things
to your life. Then, teach other believers what God has graciously showed
you and in LOVE encourage them to express their faith in God and in Yeshua
/ Jesus as Messiah by keeping these things also.
>
>From Rob: "Most argue that because we have changed the meaning of those
>"festivals" to a worship and celebration of God, they are no longer pagan."
>
>From Eddie:
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This is a somewhat normal response among believers because
TRADITIONS are HARD to change ESPECIALLY religious traditions.
PART of what I show in my book, "Who is the Bride of Christ?" when is
that the Bible tells us that this is the EXACT SAME THING that the
children of Israel did.
Christmas and Easter is a type of "golden calf" system of worship. What is
the "golden calf" system of worship? It is MIXING paganism with the
worship of the God of Israel and calling this mixed worship the true
worship of the God of Israel.
In Exodus 32:4-6 it is written:
"And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool
and after he had made it a MOLTED CALF: and they said, THESE BE THY GOD O
ISRAEL, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And when Aaron saw
it, he built an altar before it and Aaron (a type of church leader) made
proclamation and said: 'Tomorrow is a FEAST TO THE LORD. And they rose up
early on the morning and offered BURNT OFFERINGS and brought PEACE
OFFERINGS and the people sat down to eat and to drink and rose up to play"
Burnt offering and peace offerings and feast to the L-rd is how the G-d of
Israel commanded His people to worship Him but they EXPRESSED that worship
with a "golden calf".
Jeroboam, the leader of the Northern Kingdom of Israel (a type of
Christianity) did the same thing in I Kings 12.28-32 as it is written:
"Whereupon the king took counsel and made two calves of gold and said unto
them, It is TOO MUCH for you to go to Jerusalem (as God commanded in
Deuteronomy 16:16): behold thy GODS O ISRAEL, which brought thee up out of
the land of Egypt. And he set the one in Bethel and the other put he in Dan"
This is prophetic because "Bethel" means "house of God". Dan comes from
Hebrew word, "Din" which means "judgment". The people called it "The house
of God" but God referred to it as "Dan/Din" or judgment. Ultimately,
God judged the Northern Kingdom and dispersed them into the nations and
they REAPED what the SOWED which was ASSIMILATION or MIXING.
The reason for God's judgment upon this system is given in
II Kings 17:9-14 as it is written:
"And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right
against the Lord their God and they built them high places in all their
cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. And they set up
images and GROVES (Asherah ... from which we get the custom of the
Christmas tree ... Jeremiah 10:1-4) in every high hill and under every
green tree. And there they burnt incense (a type of false worship) in all
the high places, as did the heathen whom the Lord carried away before them:
and wrought wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger. For they served
idols whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing. Yet
the Lord testified against Israel and against Judah by all the prophets and
by all the seers saying, Turn ye from your evil ways and KEEP MY
COMMANDMENTS and my statues according to all the TORAH which I commanded
your fathers and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like the
neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the Lord their God"
The worship SYSTEM of the people was in THEIR MINDS the worship of the G-d
of Israel. When God sent His messengers to the people and told them "you
don't have it quite right" they rejected the messengers because they viewed
that they were worshipping the God of Israel and they had a covenant with
Him and so their reaction was the following: who are you to judge my
faith in God?
You get a similar response from Christians. They feel offended because
they believe in Jesus as Messiah and EXPRESS this worship through Christmas
and Easter.
When you try to tell them that YES, Yeshua/Jesus IS MESSIAH and this
is NOT a salvation issue but a WORSHIP issue they still find it hard to accept.
The children of Israel responded in a similar way. See, many Christians
view themselves as being better than ancient Israel and all the sins that
they committed because they believe they CORRECTLY believe that
Yeshua/Jesus is Messiah but IN TRUTH, historical Christianity has committed
the SAME SINS !!!!
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From: Cherie Ching
To: heb_roots_chr@geocities.com
Subject: Celebrating Christmas
Dear Eddie:
I absolutely loved your response. I never cease to be amazed at how God is
calling His people back to a true WORSHIP and weaning them from idolatry.
There are so MANY who hunger and thirst after truth and have to glean and
flounder in order to find it. Again, we all thank you for being obedient
and taking on this educational process.
For myself, since I had no church teaching to speak of, and since I had a
rather dramatic (if not traumatic) conversion (born again) experience I had
to rely on scripture to teach me. I never could see where Sunday,
Christmas and Easter fit into how God told us to worship Him. I knew He
emphasized the Sabbath and keeping the Feasts (it is right there, in black
and white, His commandments for "eternity.") I had also studied Humanities
at the university level and KNEW the origins of these holidays were pagan.
This is NOT hidden information. Still, I figured so many good Christians
couldn't be wrong. So I began to ask WHY we don't keep what God himself
commanded and had instituted these pagan holidays. Well, you know the
MISUNDERSTANDING. " You are a legalist. We don't have to keep these laws,
they've all been done away, etc." Which I noticed was a bit hypocritical
because HaShem help you if you missed coming to church on "the Sabbath"
(Sunday), or didn't show for Christmas or Easter service. I reckoned then,
that the church had truly SUBSTITUTED these days. I could find no where in
scripture where this authority was given to men (to override God's eternal
commandment.). I tried going to Sabbath keeping churches but found that,
other than keeping Sabbath, they were not correct in biblical doctrine.
In fact, even the Sabbath was a salvation issue, which I knew was
unbiblical. There will be many Roman Catholics in heaven, folks!
ANYway, I rejoice that now we know we are not alone. There are MANY of us
and our numbers are growing so we have opportunity for fellowship and
someone with whom to share these wonderful gifts of the Sabbath and the
Feasts! Isn't that great!?!
Lastly, I am curious about your history on the Christmas tree. I know many
have likened this to the Asherah (clearly an idol). But my research always
dead ends at Martin Luther. I lived in Germany for many years and they
really believe it was he who so enjoyed seeing a small tree on a snowy
night, with stars shining through its branches, that he brought it indoors
and put candles on it to represent the stars. Apparently other ornaments
were added later to represent the gifts of the Magi. They are adamant that
the Christmas tree is CHRISTIAN in origin. Where would I find something
directing me beyond Luther? We definitely want to root out the pagan
symbols, but there is no need to get crazy and throw out innocent trees, if
they are not really pagan in origin. Just wanted to know.
Thank you and Shalom and Shabbat Shalom!
Cherie Ching
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From: Robert Pinto
To: heb_roots_chr@geocities.com
Subject: Re: Celebrating Christmas & Easter
Greetings,
Read Jeremiah chapter 10 concerning xmas (tree). Also pick up a copy of
Mystery Bablon the Great (The Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the
Earth) By Darrell Conder. Chapters 4 & 5 cover both xmas & easter. After
reading these two chapters you'll never go back to keeping these obvious
pagan days.
Robert Pinto
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From: Valerie Widgren
To: "'heb_roots_chr@geocities.com'"<heb_roots_chr@geocities.com>
Subject: The Christmas Tree
Eddie:
My 2 cents worth. Our Messiah is returning for a Bride who is without
spot, wrinkle, or blemish. She knows the difference between clean and
unclean, and worships her beloved in spirit and in truth. As far as
trying to justify having an Asher pole and calling it "clean," God hit
me right between the eyes with Jeremiah 10:1-4:
"Here what the Lord says to you, O house of Israel. This is what the
Lord says: Do not learn the ways of the nations or be terrified by
signs in the sky, though the nations are terrified by them. For the
customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the
forest and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel. They adorn it with
silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so it will not
totter."
HELLO! This directive leaves no room for interpretation. As King
Solomon said, there is nothing new under the sun. Once an Asher pole,
always an Asher pole--no matter what kind of "righteousness" you try
to impart, it is unclean and it is not God's way.
Last year was the first year I did not celebrate Christmas, and what a
blessing. I cleaned my house of about $3,000 of exquisite Christmas
paraphernalia. Oh, well. His feasts and days are perfect. There is
and unexplainable peace and joy that result in observing His days in
accordance with His ways.
Once God circumcises your heart and shows you what is pagan (unclean),
letting go is still a choice that has to be made. With the help of
the Holy Spirit, it becomes easy when character and desires of our
beloved are known through His word.
V Widgren
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From: Susan Woolley
Subject: Re:Celebrating Christmas/Easter(AGAIN!)
To: heb_roots_chr@geocities.com
Shalom Eddie, fellow Rooters!
I know we've argued the toss ad infinitum over this issue, BUT there are
those new to the group who're just beginning to puzzle over the whole
thing. So as Jew-loving Gentile believer, may I add some thoughts which
hopefully will be of some encouragement.
I'm now totally behind Eddie on this, even though I've not read his book
about the Biblical Festivals yet, or at least only a couple of chapters on
his web-page. Eddie you're sooo right in saying that the issue has
absolutely nothing to do with salvation. My salvation does NOT depend on
whether I celebrate Easter or Passover, or my observing or not observing
Christmas. 1000s of generations of Jews have celebrated Passover/ Pesach,
but the Scriptures show us quite plainly that many of them did so because
it was TRADITION. Just as many Jews do today. Many Jews celebrate
Shabbat, because it is tradition, just as many "Christians" go to Sunday
church, because it is tradition. Religious tradition is meaningless, if
Yahweh-focused worship is not at the heart of it. A heart, that is truly
seeking a closer relationship with HaShem, will be EDUCATED (guided in
study) by Ruach HaKodesh, just as Eddie stated.
This year I gave up Easter, because God laid it on my heart to do so.
We've not got around to discussing Christmas yet!! However, here's a
thought about Christmas. A few years ago (1994-95 to be precise) I was
studying in Bavaria, Germany. For some years, I'd become increasingly
cheesed off with Christmas, which in Britain has become more and more
commercialized as it is in the USA. I don't know about over there, across
the Pond, but here it begins before Halloween!! By the time, the 25th Dec
came around, I was about ready to go into hibernation. I was also somewhat
hacked off with fellow evangelicals (and still am) who, knowing that
Yeshua/ Jesus was NOT born 24/25 Dec, still got/get caught up in all that
materialistic hazzle.
Then came Christmas 1994. I wasn't flying home from Bavaria until 23rd
Dec, so I was able to see and experience a totally different Christmas.
AND the LORD thoroughly blessed me too. Although Christmas in Germany is
much more commercialized than it used to be, and Germany itself has become
more secularized, Germans are still very "religious" when it comes to
Christmas, especially down in the south. There the season does not begin
until Advent weekend, when the shops, streets and houses seem to change
overnight. Within 24 hours, everywhere is a blaze of colour, light, and
winter greenery. It's very difficult to describe all my feelings during
that Advent season, but certainly for the first time in years, I felt that
familiar "buzz". For the first time in quite a few years, I was looking
beyond the tinzel, the glitter, the commercialism, the paganism of the
festival. OK, I was well aware it was still the "wrong date". BUT, it
wasn't familiar tradition which caused the "buzz". I felt some kind of
spiritual release, that is my WORSHIP that Christmas was truly
Yeshua-focused. In my inadequate way, I'm trying to illustrate what Eddie
has been trying to show us. Last Christmas, I hardly celebrated it at all.
I spent those few days very quietly - almost in peaceful isolation! AND
the LORD blessed me then too. Next Christmas? I don't know. I'd like to
celebrate Hanukkah instead. BUT whatever I do, I hope and pray that my
worship will be Yeshua-focused.
Baruch HaShem,
Susan.
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From: Lorah
To: heb_roots_chr@geocities.com
Subject: Re: Chanukah rather than Christmas
To the Group:
While I agree that there is a commercial aspect to Christmas that has gotten
out of hand, I disagree with the notion that Christmas should be supplanted
by Chanukah. Just because December 25 was the ancient day to worship
a pagan god doesn't mean that modern day Christmas celebrants are in any
way promoting paganism. The greenery of the day may have originally had
something to do with nature worship, but not anymore. When I see a Christmas
tree ablaze with lights I see an image of Christ. The evergreen of the tree
reminds us of His undying nature. The lights symbolize His
indwelling light --the light of His glorious transfiguration and resurrection. The
giving of gifts celebrates the ultimate gift of love which He gave--His life for us.
The star on the tree is the Morning Star.
No, there is nothing wrong with Christians celebrating the birth of Christ,
no matter what the day or the trappings. We know what we are celebrating
and why. Chanukah is also a wonderful holiday, celebrating a miraculous
historical event which also symbolizes a great spiritual truth. Christmas
does the same thing. As a Christian interested in the Jewish roots of my
faith (my mother's father was Jewish), I really don't see why we can't
celebrate both holidays with complete confidence in our spiritual integrity
while doing so. Even Judaism contains accretions--add ons unique to place
and time, such as certain customs practiced in Eastern Europe vs. Western
Europe vs. America, etc. Shouldn't we be more interested in the INTENT of
the holiday, and not the externals? Just my two cents. Shalom to all!
Laura in
OKC, OK
>From Eddie:
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In response toward Christmas saying to me it is worshipping the birth of
Jesus, perhaps I should take this time to explain once again something
that is hardly ever taught in our Christian churches --- this being the
GOLDEN CALF SYSTEM of worship.
Exodus 32 describes the account of the children of Israel making a golden
calf.
This happened AFTER God gave the Torah to the children of Israel at
Mount Sinai in Exodus 19.
In Acts 2, we have the account when God outpoured His Ruach HaKodesh (Holy
Spirit) and ushered in the New Covenant era when the TORAH would be written
in our HEARTS (Jer 31:33, Hebrews 10:15-16.)
The SAME THING that happened HISTORICALLY AFTER God gave the Torah to the
children of Israel at Mount Sinai is what HISTORICALLY happened AFTER
God made it possible to write His TORAH on our hearts through the indwelling
Holy Spirit nearly 2,000 years ago.
In I Corinthians 10:11 it is written:
"Now all these things happened unto them for examples and they are written
for our admonition upon whom the ENDS OF THE WORLD ARE COME"
So, what happened HISTORICALLY to the children of Israel was given to teach
us SPIRITUAL TRUTHS to give us understanding in living our lives so that we
can understand the ways of the kingdom of heaven and how things will be in
the world to come. So, let's apply this truth.
In our story, Moses is a type of Yeshua/Jesus. Aaron is a type of the
"church fathers".
In Exodus 32:1 it is written:
"And when the people saw that Moses delayed (when the early church who was
expecting the return in Yeshua/Jesus in THEIR generation and when they saw
that he did not return) to come down from the mount (to come back at His
second coming), the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron (the
early church gathered themselves unto the "church fathers") and said unto
him, Up make us gods (let us depart from the roots of our faith) which
shall go before us: for as this Moses, the man that brought us up out of
the land of Egypt (Yeshua/Jesus who paid the price of punishment for our
sins and redeemed us from the world and world's ways) we know not what is
become of him (we don't know why Yeshua/Jesus didn't return in our
generation)"
In Exodus 32:4-6 it is written:
"And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool:
after he had made it a MOLTEN CALF: and they said, These be thy god O
ISRAEL, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And when Aaron
said it, he BUILT AN ALTAR before it and Aaron made a proclamation, and
said, Tomorrow is a FEAST OF THE LORD. And they rose up early on the
morrow and offered burnt offerings (Genesis 22:3 ... And Abraham rose up
early in the morning ... and took ... for the burnt offering) and brought
peace offerings and the people sat down to eat and to drink and rose up to
play"
The GOLDEN CALF system of worship is:
#1) A substitute worship SYSTEM of God (Golden Calf)
#2) Worship of the God of Israel (i.e. A FEAST TO THE LORD and BURNT
OFFERINGS and PEACE OFFERINGS)
MIXING paganism (the golden calf) with the worship of the God of Israel
(FEAST TO THE LORD, BURNT OFFERINGS and PEACE OFFERINGS) and calling THIS
the worship of the God of Israel is the GOLDEN CALF system of worship.
MIXING paganism (December 25th is the birthday of the sun god in Mythraism)
with the worship of the God of Israel (the celebration of the birth of
Yeshua/Jesus and remembering that God sent Yeshua/Jesus into the world to
redeem us from our sins) and calling THIS the worship of the God of Israel
is the GOLDEN CALF system of worship.
After the golden calf incident, God wanted to destroy the children of
Israel BUT MOSES MEDIATED between G-d's anger and the sins of the people
(Yeshua/Jesus is the mediator between G-d and man . Hebrews 12:24) and G-d
forgave the people.
In I Kings 12:28-32, Jeroboam reinitiates the golden calf system of
worship as it is written:
"Whereupon the king took counsel and made TWO CALVES OF GOLD and said
unto them, It is too much for you to go to Jerusalem (as God specified
in the Torah ... Deuteronomy 16:16): behold THY GODS. O ISRAEL, which
brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And he set the one in
Bethel (which means Beth (house) El (God) or "House of God") and the
other put he in Dan (from Din which means "judgment"). And this thing
became a SIN for the people went to worship before the one, even unto
Dan. And he made a house of high places and made priests of the
LOWEST of the people which were NOT of the sons of Levi (a violation
of Torah). And Jeroboam ordained a feast on the EIGHT MONTH on the
fifteenth day of the month, LIKE unto the feast that is in Judah (the
feast of Tabernacles ... Lev 23:34) and he offered upon the ALTER. So
did he in Bethel (House of God) sacrificing unto the CALVES that he
had MADE ..."
Here we can see that the GOLDEN CALF system of worship has a
SUBSTITUTE HOLIDAY (8th month -- 15th day rather than the 7th month
and the 15th day). Christmas and Easter are SUBSTITUTE holidays for the BIBLICAL FEASTS
in Leviticus 23.
The Northern Kingdom is PROPHETIC of Christianity. In Hosea 1, God
tells Hosea to marry a whore (symbolic of spiritual idolatry and the
golden calf system of worship) and prophecies to the Northern Kingdom.
Two of the children mentioned are called:
#1) Lo-Ruhamah (no mercy) .... Hosea 1:6
#2) Lo-Ammi (not my people) ... Hosea 1:9
This is associated with CHRISTIANITY. In I Peter 2:5, 10 it is
written:
"Ye are lively stones, are built up a spiritual house ... acceptable
to God by Jesus Christ ... which in TIMES PAST were NOT A PEOPLE
(Lo-Ammi ... Hosea 1:9) but are now the people of God which had NOT
OBTAINED MERCY (Lo-Ruhamah) ... Hosea 1:6) but now have obtained
mercy".
Therefore from these scriptures we can see:
#1) The GOLDEN CALF system of worship is MIXING paganism with the
worship of the God of Israel and calling this system the worship of
the God of Israel.
#2) The GOLDEN CALF system of worship involved SUBSTITUTE
HOLIDAYS for the God given Feasts as found in Lev 23.
#3) The Northern Kingdom who did this thing through Jeroboam is
prophetic of Christianity
#4) Moses and Aaron in Exodus 32 is prophetic of Christ and the
early church fathers
Therefore is Christmas and Easter a golden calf system of worship of
the God of Israel ??? I believe that the answer is most certainly
yes. Can you be saved and celebrate Christmas and Easter? The answer
is yes. It may not affect you salvation but it will certainly affect
your understanding of God and the ways of His Kingdom which can
definitely impact your spiritual growth and thus your rewards in
heaven (exclusive of salvation).
I would exhort all the Mishpachah (family) to consider what is the
golden calf system of worship as you decide to study and make the
Biblical Feast days a part of your worship of the God of Israel.
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