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A Few Reasons Why I Choose
to Not Celebrate Christ’s Mass
First and foremost, there is neither Biblical command nor Biblical precedent for celebrating Messiah’s birth at all. In ancient Hebrew tradition, it is the anniversary of a person’s death that is commemorated, not that of their birth.
Second, God has established an entire annual cycle of feasts and festivals (the Moadim) that He gave to all of His people to be celebrated forever. There is nothing in Scripture that suggests that God is pleased when His people seek to worship Him in ways of their own designing; in fact, the exact opposite is quite true.
Third, the God-ordained Festival that coincides with Yeshua’s birth is Sukkot [Tabernacles], the actual date of Messiah’ birth,[1] not December 25, which is the Roman Feast of Saturnalia.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. … The Word became flesh, and took up residence [literally, tabernacled[2] among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:1,14, HCSB[3])
 Saturn prepares to slay an infant[5] |
Fourth and finally, Christ’s Mass is totally pagan and has its deepest roots in the Babylon Mystery Religion in which “the Queen of Heaven” (Ishtar, a.k.a. Diana, Venus, Aphrodite, or Astarte) and her infant son (Nimrod, a.k.a. Tammuz, Zoroaster, or Zarathustra) were worshipped as deity. In the fourth century when Emperor Constantine created “Christianity” and made it the official state religion of the Roman Empire, he succeeded in creating a blend of pagan Roman polytheism and the Messiah-followers sect of Judaism known as “Ha Derek” or “The Way.” That paganized Roman religion has survived until today as “Christianity.” On December 25, the Romans celebrated a winter feast called Saturnalia in honor of their false god Saturn, which was celebrated by the giving and receiving of gifts. All that the apostate Roman church actually did was to continue the same pagan winter feast and give it a new “Bible-sounding” name: Christ’s Mass.
The Roman Catholic Mass is, in their own words, “… a continuation and a re-offering of Christ’s sacrifice on Calvary” [see below]. Since the Christ Mass is rooted in paganism and is a festival in honor of the false god Saturn (according to Scripture, all false gods are really demons posing as deity), then any sacrifice that is rooted in that paganism would be the same as a sacrifice to a demon. The Bible says that all Gentile [non-Jewish] sacrifices are sacrifices to demons:
No, what I am saying is that the things which pagans sacrifice, they sacrifice not to God but to demons; and I don’t want you to become sharers of the demons! (1Cor. 10:20)[4]
The Bible also teaches that the sacrifice of Yeshua haMashiach (“Jesus Christ”) was a once-for-all event that can never be repeated.
For the Messiah has entered a Holiest Place which is not man-made and merely a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, in order to appear now on our behalf in the very presence of God. Further, He did not enter heaven to offer Himself over and over again, like the cohen hagadol [high priest] who enters the Holiest Place year after year with blood that is not his own; for then He would have had to suffer death many times — from the founding of the universe on. But as it is, He has appeared once at the end of the ages in order to do away with sin through the sacrifice of Himself. Just as human beings have to die once, but after this comes judgment, so also the Messiah, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to deliver those who are eagerly waiting for Him. (Hebrews 9:24-28)
It is in connection with this will that we have been separated for God and made holy, once and for all, through the offering of Yeshua the Messiah’s body. Now every cohen [priest] stands every day doing his service, offering over and over the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But [Yeshua], after He had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, sat down at the right hand of God, from then on to wait until His enemies be made a footstool for His feet. For by a single offering He has brought to the goal for all time those who are being set apart for God and made holy. And Ruach HaKodesh [the Holy Spirit] too bears witness to us; for after saying, “‘This is the covenant which I will make with them after those days,’ says Yehovah: ‘I will put my Torah on their hearts, and write it on their minds …,’” He then adds, “‘And their sins and their wickednesses I will remember no more.’” Now where there is forgiveness for these, an offering for sins is no longer needed. (Hebrews 10:10-18)
Therefore, I choose to not celebrate Christ Mass because:
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(1) it is a pagan practice honoring false gods, that we are commanded to not follow,
(2) it is considered a re-sacrifice of our true High Priest,
(3) the Scriptures consider it a sacrifice to demons, and therefore,
(4) for those of us who know the Truth, to participate in the pagan practice of Christ Mass would for us be a sin.
“So then, anyone who knows the right thing to do and fails to do it is committing a sin.” (James 4:17).
So by all means, if it seems good in your sight to ignore “the appointed times of HaShem” and expect him to honor your worship at “the appointed times of the Church,” by all means, feel free to do so.
If it seems bad to you to serve YHVH, then choose today whom you are going to serve! Will it be the gods your ancestors served beyond the River? or the gods of the Emori, in whose land you are living? As for me and my household, we will serve YHVH! (Josh. 24:15)
For more information see also:
• The Liturgy of the Eucharist
• The Shocking Origin of Christmas
• Is Catholicism a Pagan Religion?
• Pagan Roots? 5 Surprising Facts About Christmas
• Ten Christmas Customs with Pagan Roots
• Christmas Traditions: Pagan or Christian?
An Argument for a Spring birth of Messiah
(I still prefer the autumn date I present here)
video
not available here due to copyright
Most Christians Don’t Know THIS About the Christmas Star
Answers in Genesis
Dec 1, 2023
In this presentation, Dr. Danny Faulkner helps us get a better understanding
of what the Christmas star is and debunks some common misconceptions about it.
“An Evaluation of The Star of Bethlehem DVD” by Dr. Danny R. Faulkner, Featured in Answers in Depth: In 2007, the attorney Frederick A. Larson produced a DVD titled The Star of Bethlehem. Since its introduction, this DVD has been popular with many Christians, particularly near Christmas. Dr Faulkner evaluates that DVD in this article. See also “The Star of Bethlehem” by by Dr. Jason Lisle.
1. See “Yeshua’s Birthday:Biblical Dates for the Birth of Yochanan the Immerser and for the Conception and Birth of Yeshua HaMashiach.” [BACK]
2 The Greek word that is used here is σκηνόω (skenoo), to fix one’s tabernacle, have one’s tabernacle, abide (or live) in a tabernacle (or tent), tabernacle; to dwell. [BACK]
3. Holman Christian Standard Bible ® Copyright © 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [BACK]
4. Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture references are taken from the Complete Jewish Bible, © Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission. [BACK]
5. Image obtained from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and is tagged as being in the public domain. [BACK]
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ANXIOUSLY WATCHING FOR MASHIACH’S RETURN,
SPEEDILY AND IN OUR DAY. MARANA, TA!
