A 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.

Sun worship has long been intertwined with pagan celebrations that persist under different names. Historical records reveal that Saturnalia, observed from December 17th through the 24th, and Brumalia on December 25th, were pagan Roman holidays dedicated to sun worship, continuing well into the fourth century. These celebrations were not part of the early worship of God, as they were rooted in idolatry and falsehood. Instead of honoring the true God, they reflected a mixture of pagan rites that God explicitly condemns. Such practices, when blended with worship of the true God, create a lie that separates people from Him, as He does not accept worship tainted by pagan customs. The persistence of these sun-worshipping traditions in modern holidays reveals a rejection of truth, drawing people away from the pure worship that God commands through His inspired Word.

December 25th has been a focal point of sun-worship for many millennia. The pagan origins of this day are so well-documented that it raises the question of why Christians would attempt to Christianize something that has been blatantly anti-God from the very beginning. God was deeply concerned that ancient Israel would adopt the pagan ways of the Canaanites, even under the guise of worshipping the true God, and He gave a categorical warning against such practices. He is very specific in the way He wants to be worshipped, not granting permission to worship Him in any manner that seems right to us.