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Christmas and Sun Worship
Sermonette by Mike FordA common thread running through many religious festivals of the so-called Christian world is that they were lifted directly from pagan origins, often tied to sun worship. Satan has deceived the world into observing these pagan days, hiding in plain sight, under the guise of worshiping the Son of God, when it is truly worship of the sun. Sun worship is deeply connected to ancient figures like Nimrod, who became a mighty hunter and king after the flood, ruling with his queen, Semiramis. After Nimrod's violent death, Semiramis bore a son and convinced the people he was Nimrod reincarnated, establishing a worship of mother and child that spread worldwide under various names like Tammuz, Adonis, Osiris, Baal for Nimrod, and Astarte, Isis, Venus for Semiramis. This worship often involved lamenting the death of these figures, as seen in ancient accounts of women weeping for Tammuz or Adonis, tied to sun god reverence. In Ezekiel 8, a vision reveals future abominations where women weep for Tammuz and men worship the sun toward the east in the Lord's house, provoking God to jealousy. This prophecy points to a time of widespread idol worship, including sun worship, in our day, far beyond Ezekiel's era. Historical accounts show sun worship's pervasive influence, with deities like Mithra, Osiris, and others all celebrated as born on December 25, coinciding with the winter solstice in the old Roman calendar—a time of unrestrained revelry. Ancient texts reveal that sun gods were often linked to miraculous births by sunbeams, a concept satan used to cloud origins and blend paganism with later beliefs. Early missionaries found societies already worshiping a mother and child alongside sun deities, indicating a preemptive distortion by satan. Sun worship cults, like those of Mithra, held significant sway in the second to fourth centuries, with practices such as worshipping on Sunday and celebrating the sun god's birth on December 25. Converts from these cults likely carried remnants of their old beliefs into new faiths, as noted by historians, with some early Christian practices showing analogies to sun worship. Pope Leo in the fifth century complained of worshippers in St. Peter's turning to adore the rising sun, highlighting this lingering influence. In Numbers 25, Israel's seduction into harlotry with Moabite women and sacrifices to Baal of Peor—another name for Nimrod, the sun god—aroused the Lord's anger. God commanded Moses to hang the offenders before the Lord, out in the sun, as a direct challenge to the sun god they worshipped, demonstrating His fierce opposition to such idolatry.
Truth-Based Worship Vs Spiritual Confusion
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsGod never accepts worship that comes from human reasoning and the traditions of man. The starting point for worship must always be God and His revelation.
Spirit and Truth
CGG Weekly by David C. GrabbeThe pagan origins of Christmas are well known. How can Christians practice something that has always been anti-God? Is this worshiping 'in spirit and in truth'?
Reasons for Not Celebrating Christmas
CGG Weekly by John ReissWhy do we not keep Christmas? Jesus was not born on December 25, during Saturnalia, a pagan festival. It is a commercialized holiday rife with lies.
Stewardship of God's Temple (Part Six): Sunshine, Fresh Air, Cleanliness
Sermon by David F. MaasThere are striking and insightful parallels between the physical benefits of sunshine, fresh air, and cleanliness and the yet unseen spiritual dimensions.
So You Plan to Keep Christmas Now?
Article by Mike FordDecorating with evergreens, festivals of lights, and the practice of giving dolls as gifts in the middle of winter all originate in pagan festivals.
The Names of Christmas
CGG Weekly by Richard T. RitenbaughChristmas is also called Yule, Noel, the Nativity, Advent, and the Feast of the Incarnation. Many were borrowed from other languages; all come from paganism.
Dating Christ's Birth
CGG Weekly by Richard T. RitenbaughWhile a minority of Christians insist that December 25 is the actual date of the Nativity, most people realize that proof for this early winter date is quite scanty.
Is New Year's Eve a Pagan Holiday?
'Ready Answer' by Mike FordNew Year's Eve may seem like an innocuous, secular holiday, but it, too, has ties to ungodly, pre-Christian customs and religious practices.
The Plain Truth About Christmas
Herbert W. Armstrong BookletDid Christmas come from the Bible or paganism? Here are the origins of the Christmas tree, Santa Claus, mistletoe, the holly wreath, and exchanging gifts.
What's Wrong With Christmas?
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsThe Catholic Church mixed truth and falsehood to have the 'official' birthdate of the Son of God coincide with the rebirth of the sun, the winter solstice.
Is New Year's Eve Pagan?
Sermonette by Mike FordNew Year's celebrations often involve drunkenness, debauchery, and adultery. God commands us to separate ourselves from these customs and traditions of the world.
Satan's Pagan Holy Days
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Kim MyersNew Years, Christmas, Easter, Halloween and birthdays all originate in paganism. Satan entices many into accepting these pagan practices through emotional appeals.
Something Fishy
Sermonette by Mike FordCatholics eat fish on Friday as a form of penance, commemorating Christ's supposed death on 'Good' Friday. During pagan Lent, eating fish on Friday is mandatory.
Sincerity Without Truth Is Worthless
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsIt is dangerous to judge something on the basis of apparent 'sincerity,' which is often the opposite of godly sincerity. Godly sincerity is paired with the truth.
Easter 2017
Commentary by Richard T. RitenbaughThe world's churches have adopted the fertility symbols of Easter bunnies, Easter eggs, and the traditional Easter ham from pagan, pre-Christian rituals.
May Day: A Pagan Sabbath
Sermon by Charles Whitaker (1944-2021)May Day has become a cardinal day for worshipping demons and the greenery of the earth. It is one of Satan's eight pagan holidays that displace God's Holy Days.
To Be, or Not To Be, Like Everyone Else?
Sermon by Martin G. CollinsTo keep from being swept up in the bandwagon effect of compromising with sin, we must make sure our convictions are not merely preferences.
The Plain Truth About Easter
Herbert W. Armstrong BookletEaster is not a Christian name, but belongs to the idolatrous 'queen of heaven.' Here are the origins of Easter eggs and sunrise services, which pre-date Christ.
Strategies for Interfacing with Babylon without Becoming Assimilated (Part Five)
Sermon by David F. MaasGod is not a closed triangular Trinity, but a family consisting of God the Father and God the Son, and will include billions of resurrected, glorified saints.