In studying the origins of Christmas and learning of the woks of the late Saint Nicholas I cannot help but wonder when did Christmas become a religious or a "sacred" holiday. It seems that the Holiday has always been pagan and the concepts associated with Christmas seem to be based on misconceptions people who don't read the bible make concerning Christian principles.
For example, Jesus was never a baby in the manger! The bible teaches that Jesus was the manifestation of God in the flesh, he was not Mary actual child (see Matthew 1:23). That is why he had to tell that sister that he had to be about his "father's business" because Joseph was not his daddy. Even in the manger he was still God because he transcends time (see John 1:1,14).
Secondly in keeping with John 1:1,14 we understand Christmas nor any other day was or is Jesus birthday. He is Alpha and Omega and before the earth was formed he dwelt in the deep.
Third, Jesus did not come to bring peace on earth; he came to bring Salvation. He came because we were in sin and had to continually sacrifice animals blood for the atonement of our sins and so He came himself to pay the ultimate price. He came so that we cold serve a God that we knew understood us because he had become one of us (Heb. 4:15). The mission wasn't to bring us together under a tree but it was to die on a tree and so that we would only ave to but confess our sins and accept salvation. So that we could be adopted into his royal priesthood although we were bastards.
Well I am gong to stop there because I could go on for days but it baffles me how people can really think they are doing something wonderful by applying all of our carnal ways to a spiritual being.
For example, Jesus was never a baby in the manger! The bible teaches that Jesus was the manifestation of God in the flesh, he was not Mary actual child (see Matthew 1:23). That is why he had to tell that sister that he had to be about his "father's business" because Joseph was not his daddy. Even in the manger he was still God because he transcends time (see John 1:1,14).
Secondly in keeping with John 1:1,14 we understand Christmas nor any other day was or is Jesus birthday. He is Alpha and Omega and before the earth was formed he dwelt in the deep.
Third, Jesus did not come to bring peace on earth; he came to bring Salvation. He came because we were in sin and had to continually sacrifice animals blood for the atonement of our sins and so He came himself to pay the ultimate price. He came so that we cold serve a God that we knew understood us because he had become one of us (Heb. 4:15). The mission wasn't to bring us together under a tree but it was to die on a tree and so that we would only ave to but confess our sins and accept salvation. So that we could be adopted into his royal priesthood although we were bastards.
Well I am gong to stop there because I could go on for days but it baffles me how people can really think they are doing something wonderful by applying all of our carnal ways to a spiritual being.
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