1. The festival of Christmas honors the
adversary Satan the devil
Since there are two kingdoms which governs
this world, namely, the kingdom of light and the kingdom of darkness and since this
festival was introduced to Christianity by the fourth beast to whom Satan has
given his throne, his power and great authority, obviously, this festival honors
the ruler of the kingdom of darkness and not the Ruler of the kingdom of light/
The introduction or the merging of
Christmas with Christianity we are told according to history was implemented by
the fourth beast of Daniel's prophecy, for it is stated that “The first mention
of the celebration of Christmas occurred in A.D. 336 in an early Roman
calendar, which indicates December 25 as the day of observance.”
In a vision seen by the prophet Daniel he said, “I saw in my
vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the
Great Sea. And four great beasts came up from the sea, each
different from the other.”
The
vision was later interpreted to Daniel and he said; "I, Daniel, was
grieved in my spirit within my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. I came near
to one of those who stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told
me and made known to me the interpretation of these things: 'Those great
beasts, which are four, are four kings which arise out of the earth” (Daniel
7:2-3; 15-17).
The four great beasts or kings/kingdoms are:
1.
The
Chaldean/Babylonian Empire (605-506 B.C)
2.
The Persian
Empire (529.B.C)
3.
The
Grecian/Macedonian Empire (Golden age 461-431 B.C.)
4.
The Roman Empire
with its seven revivals (200 B.C.
At the time the apostle John wrote the book of
Revelation he wrote this concerning this fourth kingdom, “Then I stood on the
sand of the sea. And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, having seven heads
and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads a blasphemous
name” (Revelation 13:1).
Now the angel who revealed the mystery of the beast
(kingdom), and the woman (church) who controls it said to him, "Why did
you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that
carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.
The beast that you saw was, and is not, and will
ascend out of the bottomless pit (Satan's kingdom) and go to perdition. And
those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not written in the
Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the beast that
was, and is not, and yet is.'
"Here
is the mind which has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains on which the
woman (church) sits. are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other
has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time. The beast that
was, and is not, is himself also the eighth, and is of the seven, and is going
to perdition” (Revelation 17:7-11).
Now the remarkable or distinguish characteristics of
this fourth beast is that it bears the characteristics of the other three
previous beasts for it is written; “Now the beast which I saw was like a
leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of
a lion. The dragon (Satan the devil) gave him his power, his throne, and great
authority. (Revelation 13:2-4)
The
crux of the matter is, one is either a citizen of the kingdom of light or a
citizen of the kingdom of darkness because the moment we receive and accept
Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior the Father deliver us from the power of
darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we
have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins: (Colossians
1:13-14).
And
so, we are either citizens of the kingdom of darkness whose ruler is Satan the
devil, or we are citizens of the Kingdom of light whose Ruler is Jesus Christ. "No
one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other,
or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God
and mammon.” Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears
bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good
fruit” (Matthew 6:24; 7: 17-18).
The
choice is for every individual to make; For we must all appear before the
judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body,
according to what he has done, whether good or bad. Everyone will have to give
an account of himself to God. So the choice is yours.
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To be continued
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