Despite its popularity today, this theory of Christmas s origins has its problems. It is not found in any ancient Christian writings, for one thing. Christian authors of the time do note a connection between the solstice and Jesus birth: It s not until the 12th century that we find the first suggestion that Jesus birth celebration was deliberately set at the time of pagan feasts. A marginal note
on December 25. Christmas, the argument goes, is really a spin-off from these pagan solar festivals. According to this theory, early Christians deliberately chose these dates to encourage the spread of Christmas and Christianity throughout the Roman world: If Christmas looked like a pagan holiday, more pagans would be open to both the holiday and the God whose birth it celebrated.
The most loudly touted theory about the origins of the Christmas date s is that it was borrowed from pagan celebrations. The Romans had their mid-winter Saturnalia festival in late December barbarian peoples of northern and western Europe kept holidays at similar times. To top it off, in 274 C.E., the Roman emperor Aurelian established a feast of the birth of Sol Invictus the Unconquered Sun ,
Tertullian c. 160 225 . Origen of Alexandria c. 165 264 goes so far as to mock Roman celebrations of birth anniversaries, dismissing them as pagan practices a strong indication that Jesus birth was not marked with similar festivities at that place and time.1 As far as we can tell, Christmas was not celebrated at all at this point.
.Celebrations of Jesus Nativity are not mentioned in the Gospels or Acts the date is not given, not even the time of year. The Catholic church changed it .The extrabiblical evidence from the first and second century is equally spare: There is no mention of birth celebrations in the writings of early Christian writers such as Irenaeus c. 1Tertullian c. 160 225 . Origen of AlTertullian c. 1
Why does man be a hater of God: Tim Coenen hates Christmas and Easter!? People accepted Jesus Christ on any day, so Tim, accept Christmas the birthday of our Lord Jesus Christ and Easter the He rose for our sake not His. Aman Hallelujah !!!
I have been looking for the ten commandments. what I really want to read is the ten commandments without the different slants as to what each commandment means.and also what order they are in. I guess I should be reading the Jewish Bible. My question is where are the ten commandments recorded. It seems to me that every church has it's own interpretation of what each one means.
Les. I have been thinking about the Israelite's is in a similar way, that when we pray we ask for something that we need or want help in-everyday.When Jesus was walking on water
OBEDIENCE TO GOD'S WORDS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN SACRIFICE SO MANY SICKNESS WHO ARE NOT HEALED BECAUSE THEY DONT OBEY GOD. THERE WAS A BLIND AND HE WAS HEALED WHEN HE OBEY JESUS TO WASH HIS FACE IN SILOAM AND TOLD THE PRIEST THAT JESUS PERFORM A MIRACLE INSTANTLY THE BLIND RECIEVES HIS SIGHT. JESUS DIDN'T SAY I WILL HEAL YOU NOW INSTEAD HE ALWAYS GIVES US THE WORDS TO SHOW OUR OBEDIENCE TO HIM AMN
Ray321 DEUTERONOMY IS Beautiful BUT We as BELIEVERS,Need to live by The LAW and by Grace. The Lord lived by the Law. As well Teaches Grace. So should we. Keep the 10 COMMANDMENTS and the FEASTS and live by the HEBREW Calendar. So no more Christmas/Easter THAT is NO WHERE in the BIBLE that our Lord Jesus Christ HATES. Yes we need to nail all our Transgression's to the Cross and Love every one.
According to the old Hebrew Calendar Psalm Sunday Passover should be April (abib 1ST, Sunday of ABIB BUT WE USE TH CATHOLIC POPE GREGORY CALENDER WHICH IS NOT EXACTLY RIGHT THERE IS ABOUT A 7 DAY OFFSET BETWEEN THE 2 CALENDARS,WHEN ISRAEL WENT INTO CAPTIVITY THEY LOSS THAT OLD ORIGINAL HEBREW CALENDAR DUE TO THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY, THUS TRUE PASSOVER IS THIS COMING WEEK IMO, CHRONILOGICALLY .GB
U know sometimes when u live in the mist of unbelievers and things get to hard for us there is a chapter in Deut chapter 1 v 17 that let us no when things get to hard for us Jesus told us give it to him he said I will deal with it so sometimes things really do get to hard for us Jesus don't want us to worry about them or get upset just give to Jesus he will fix it he knows just how to do it Amen
Woaw i really learns alot. In verse 8 God make us to understand that we've to see the way he see. That means we must learn to possess thing by faith.
Secondly we've to totally depend on God know matter the circumstance or changes.
Lastly we must learn to obey the words of God very importance.
From the beginning God directed Moses to go and pocess the land and man has since continue to fight wars, kill nations of people to poscess and become lord of all the land. But that was not God's directive or intension. Everything that God has spoken on satin has managed to place his cloud of deception
in Deuteronomy , it's so beautiful, I am glad that I don't have to be under the Law for Salvation. Apostle Paul explain this very well in the book of Romans. We are under grace by faith through the Lord Jesus Christ. We must know who wrote the books of the Bible and who was it written to, for understanding. Not all scripture is to us, yes we can learn from them. Read Romans through Philemon
So far I have read chapter 1 and realize it teaches a lesson of faith in God. The children of Israel could not see God who was bigger that their circumstance and as such most never made it to the promised land.
Deut. - What a PRECIOUS book. It's so full of God's love, patience and wisdom. Somewhere in Deut. it states that His commandments are not grievous - and is reiterated in 1Jn.5:3. And it's SO true; His commandments are so easy to live with. And - CHEAPER! I save $40 a week since He delivered me from tobacco 3 yrs. ago. I give that to Him every week.
Secondly we've to totally depend on God know matter the circumstance or changes.
Lastly we must learn to obey the words of God very importance.