Is Christmas biblical? Or Roman?
Is Christmas biblical? Or Roman?
Recurring question: Christmas, or the true coming of the Lamb?
Was Jesus really born in December?
Or exactly at the time God set from the beginning?
And why does Christmas pull us away from the cross, instead of toward it?
1. Jesus was not born "at some random time", but as the Lamb of God
"Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!"
, John 1:29
When John the Baptist spoke these words, it was clear to everyone in Israel: he was speaking of a sacrificial lamb, not a child's plaything.
Jesus was born as a Lamb to be sacrificed. And lambs were not born in winter, but in spring, in Bethlehem.
2. Bethlehem, the place of the sacrificial animals
Bethlehem lies just a few kilometers south of Jerusalem and was, in the time of the Temple, the place where the sacrificial animals for the Temple service were raised. In particular: the firstborn lambs designated for the Passover sacrifice. They had to be without blemish, flawless and inspected. They were raised by specialized shepherds, not by ordinary sheepherders. These Temple shepherds were not poor shepherd children in the field, but trained guards who judged the purity of the lambs according to Levitical regulations. And it was precisely to them that the angels came:
"And this shall be a sign to you:
You will find a child wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger."
, Luke 2:12
Why was this a sign for precisely these shepherds? Because they wrapped lambs in exactly this way, in linen cloths, so they would not injure themselves while jumping around, so they would remain blameless
for the Passover sacrifice.
3. Jesus was born at the Passover preparation time, in spring
The biblical year began, according to Exodus 12, with the month of Nisan (start of spring, March/April).
God said to Moses there:
"This month shall be for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year for you."
, Exodus 12:2
And immediately afterward the command is given: → Choose the lamb on the 10th of Nisan → Keep it until the
14th of Nisan
Slaughter it at evening (Passover). Jesus came into the world like a lamb, was inspected by shepherds, lived as a sinless sacrificial lamb, and died exactly at Passover, as the Lamb of God, at the appointed hour.
4. The religious deception: winter, romance, Christmas
Christmas relocates the birth of Jesus: from the Temple field to a fantasy crèche, from spring to winter, from divine planning to Roman legend. The true meaning of Jesus' coming is obscured, shifted, humanized: the sacrifice becomes tradition. Salvation becomes a romance. The cross is replaced by a tree. A fir tree gets decorated, instead of the cross on which blood flowed. A December 25th that shines pagan-bright, instead of a Nisan appointed by God.
5. What you need to understand: it is not about the date, it is about identity
Jesus is: not simply the "baby Jesus", but the Lamb. Not born for our sentiment, but for our judgment.
Not come to be celebrated, but to die. The birth of Jesus was the beginning of the sacrifice, not the climax of a candlelit idyll.
"He was born to die. And he died to give us life." That is the Gospel. Period.
Conclusion:
Jesus was not born in December, not at the winter solstice, and not to be remembered with cookies and presents. He was born as the Lamb of God, at the appointed time, in the appointed place, for the appointed purpose. Whoever celebrates Christmas often celebrates not the Savior, but a well-packaged substitute festival that distracts from the cross.
Do not ask: "What is wrong with Christmas?" Ask instead: "What was replaced?" The answer:
The Lamb. The blood. The cross. The truth.
Can I still celebrate Christmas now?
Main question: Can I still celebrate Christmas now, or is that sin? The answer does not hang on lights, cookies or dates, but on one single thing: To whom does your worship go, and what are you really celebrating?
If you celebrate Christmas because "everyone does it": then you risk remaining part of a system that God did not install, and that has replaced Jesus with cultural tradition.
"This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.", Matthew 15:8
If you use Christmas to talk about Jesus, but stand on a pagan foundation: then you mix light with darkness, and God never wanted that.
"What has light to do with darkness?", 2 Corinthians 6:14. If you instead say:
"I see the deception, and I return to the truth," then you are not doing religious works, but walking in faithful clarity. It is not about candles or cookies, it is about the center:
Is Jesus really the center, or has he been replaced?
Conclusion to this question: Christmas is not in itself the sin, but consciously taking part in a system that distorts, conceals or displaces Jesus can lead to spiritual deception and dullness.
You can rethink at any time. You can step out at any time. Not under pressure, but out of love for truth.
"You shall know the truth, and the truth will set you free.", John 8:32
The truth behind rabbits, eggs & occult symbols
Easter, the truth behind rabbits, eggs & occult symbols
Easter today counts as "the most important festival of Christianity", yet neither the word, nor the symbols, nor the content come from the Bible.
The word "Easter" (German: Ostern) is not Hebrew, not Greek, but Germanic/Babylonian:
It derives from the name of the goddess Ishtar (Astarte, Eostre), a goddess of fertility and love, worshiped with: sexual rituals in spring, animal sacrifices and "consecrated eggs," symbols like rabbits, sun, stars, flowers. These "festivals" served one purpose:
To honor nature, not the Creator. The symbols, not childlike, but cultic:
Rabbit: in many ancient cultures a symbol of sexual fertility.
Egg: emblem for the origin of life, often used occultically.
Easter fire: originally sun worship, to "wake the light." What does this have to do with the cross of Jesus?
Nothing. On the contrary:
It covers the true death of the Lamb with colorful folk custom.
"And my grandmother said: the devil always wants to show off, you recognize his festivals by their grimaces.
Only Pentecost has none. The Holy Spirit has forbidden it for himself." And she was right.
Look at the festivals, Carnival, Halloween, Christmas, Easter, there are always: masks, kitsch, distraction, seduction. Only Pentecost, no folk custom, no image, no idol.
Because there the Spirit of God works, and no other dares to put themselves in between. The biblical truth: Passover instead of Easter
Jesus did not die on "Good Friday", and not in Holy Week, but at Passover, the festival of redemption appointed by God. He was the true Lamb (1 Cor 5:7), died on the 14th of Nisan, at the hour of the Passover slaughter. He lay in the tomb over the festival Sabbath (15th of Nisan).
He rose on the Feast of Firstfruits, the day on which the first barley was dedicated to the Lord in the Temple.
That is no coincidence, that is God's plan, to the hour. All Saints' & All Souls', cult of saints and purgatory: these festivals commemorate the deceased, but not in the biblical sense. Prayers for the dead are unknown in Scripture. The veneration of saints is idolatry. Purgatory is a construct without a single biblical foundation. What remains? Candles. Statues. Fear. And the system: "Pay, and we will pray for your departed."
"It is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment.", Heb 9:27
Not: after that purgatory. Not: after that the Mass.
The dead do not need a ritual, they needed the Gospel beforehand.
Carnival. Where does it come from? And what does it mean spiritually? Carnival, Fasching & the cult of masks, the festival of grimaces. Carnival comes from "carne vale": "Farewell, flesh!"
A last raging out before Lent. But: masks come from pagan spirit festivals. The role reversal served to placate demonic powers. It is the exact opposite of turning to God: first sin, then "fast."
"Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.", Romans 8:8
Carnival celebrates the flesh, not the Lamb.
Only Pentecost. No mask. No festival of grimaces. Pentecost was never overlaid with paganism. Why?
Because there the Holy Spirit himself is in charge.
No symbol. No idol.
No masks. No substitute.
Only the Word of God. Truth. Fire. Power.
"And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit.", Acts, chapter 2
And one more thing is important. Mockery against the Holy Spirit is no harmless joke. It is a boundary.
Jesus warns against blaspheming the Spirit of God. Matthew, chapter twelve, verses thirty-one and thirty-two.
When people portray God's working as dark, when they deliberately twist truth, when they consciously reject the light, the heart hardens. Then turning is blocked. Then rescue is rejected.
So it stands: one does not play with the Holy Spirit. One does not twist him. One does not make him ridiculous.
Grandma's wisdom carries truth.
The devil needs grimaces. The Spirit needs only truth.
Conclusion: Which festivals are real?
- If a festival leads you to Jesus, good.
- If it helps you see the cross more deeply, strong.
- If it distracts from the blood, the Lamb, the cross, get out of there.
- If masks, myths, magic rule, walk away.
You don't need a festival to "belong", you need truth, so that you become free.