I don't understand anyone's objections to me celebrating Jesus ever, anytime, any day... He's my God and I will celebrate him on Christmas, Easter, January, February, March,....... All year long

Christmas should be: 1. A religious observance that lasts maybe a few days; and 2. A winter holiday especially for CHILDREN to enjoy, NOT a massive commercial season to guilt adults into buying gifts for everybody and for people who have no need of any material things.

It’s always interesting to me to see the Hebrew roots/Torah observant comments on videos like this…. They are always combative and argumentative to any teaching other than their own. I have lived this for the past 7 or so years and it’s amazed me at how angry these people get…. This is not the way of Christ no matter what manipulative phrases you throw out…ever. Thank you for posting videos like this that help people caught In the crosshairs cope and grasp biblical reality….

You are such a needed voice and blessing in the body of Christ. I spent years in the Hebrew roots movement. I know so many that are still trapped in it and it seems to be continuing to spread. Thank you for your work.

So many people under the law. Can't help but appreciate your work. In Jesus name, God bless you.

Rob, you helped me out a lot. In my studies over the years, upon finding out about some of the pagan connections, I had become rather disappointed about Christmas. However, as you have opened up the Bible and explained that from the same tree, a man can keep himself warm, or a man can worship it, well, I think that says it all! It’s all about our heart, so I wish you and your beautiful family a very merry Christmas, and I thank our God in heaven that he sent our beautiful perfect savior to be born! Hallelujah! This is another day to rejoice and give all the glory to God Almighty! I love you my brother!

I don't need Christmas to remind me what Jesus did for me. I think about it every day. I don't have anything against Christmas, just leave Jesus out of it cause he was not even born on the 25th of Christmas. No one knows when he was born.

My wife and I were raised in a Torah Hebrew roots church from ages 15 up until now 25. God separated me from this church and finally got through to me. I Really appreciate this study, as a former Torah observer or Hebrews roots member. One of the things I noticed taken out of context was most of the new covenant. God separated me and my wife from our former church of 9 years and immediately after he told me and my wife to learn of him from the new covenant and not the old. Both are very beautiful and very knowledgeable and the Torah is perfect, but it could never bring perfection. I also agree most of what I’m reading in the new covenant Paul is speaking mainly about the Jewish sabbaths, holidays, and traditions of the Old Testament. Especially in versus like . “If, then, you died with Messiah from the elementary matters of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to dogmas: “Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle” - which are all to perish with use - according to the commands and teachings of men?” ‭‭Qolasim (Colossians)‬ ‭2‬:‭20‬-‭22‬ ‭TS2009‬‬ Which this is taught in the Torah. Messiah himself said ““There is no matter that enters a man from outside which is able to defile him, but it is what comes out of him that defiles the man.” ‭‭Marqos (Mark)‬ ‭7‬:‭15‬ ‭TS2009‬‬ A lot of Hebrew roots would argue about eating unclean meats… and fail to realize that there is no more unclean anything. Pertaining to things outside the body that don’t come from the heart. A lot of what I learned growing up in a Hebrews roots setting from ages of 15 to now 25. Iv learned that a lot of it requires taking so much of the new covenant out of context… One of the biggest things I noticed about the new covenant is how straight forward and concrete it is about not going under the old law. “For in Messiah יהושע neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any strength, but belief working through love. You were running well, who held you back from obeying the truth? That persuasion does not come from Him who calls you. A little leaven leavens all the lump. I trust in you, in the Master, that you shall have no other mind. And he who is troubling you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.” ‭‭Galatiyim (Galatians)‬ ‭5‬:‭6‬-‭10‬ ‭TS2009‬‬ I don’t even believe that Yeshua will lead any believer back to the old law in a sense of justification and I believe this because of the scripture speaking so heavily against it. “Say to me, you who wish to be under Torah, do you not hear the Torah?” ‭‭Galatiyim (Galatians)‬ ‭4‬:‭21‬ ‭TS2009‬‬

Based on the conviction we've had as a family we will not be celebrating. We will continue honor the biblical feast as the origin of these celebrations are Holy. I encourage people to seek guidance from the Holy Spirit and yield to what is revealed to you. God bless you all in Jesus name, Amen.

Wow! This was so good to watch! I have shared this on my Facebook media, because it speaks so clearly about truths that will calm the unnecessary fears of ''accidental pagan worship'' that some believers fall prey to. The earth is indeed the Lord's, and we have all the reason to celebrate the gift of Jesus!

Thank you for your sound and biblical approach to HR arguments. I share your videos with those who’ve fallen into the HR deception. I shared this one in a FB group that’s completely unrelated to HR, but so many there who have come out of one deception, have now fallen into another one. The devil is hard at work and there’s no place he works harder than among those who believe in Christ.

Looking forward to celebrating that our Savior was born. 🥰

Thank you for the video 🕊🤍💛

Thank you for this video. I recently had a good friend this past Christmas try to spread the narrative that Christmas is a pagon holiday and he will no longer celebrate even to go as far as being angry when we called on his hypocrisy for hosting a Christmas party. This call of his and others to in a sense cancel Christmas felt much more evil than celebrating. I knew I had to do my own research to challenge his argument and my conclusion is true. We spread the love of our god and his son whatever day we feel and will let no evil have even one day of celebration.

Actually the history shows that Hippolytus of Rome calculated the time where Gabriel visited Mary and then counted nine months forward to land at December 25. This calculation was as early as roughly the year, 200 maybe 210.. which is why, the pagans didn’t move their God’s dates to December 25 until post 354 after Christmas had already been calculated by Christians and the celebrations were already happening ❤

The short answer is a resounding no. If Christians believe that Jesus is God, then they just have to accept that Jesus declared that everyone who participates in such a celebration is to be considered stupid and foolish according to the word of the Lord Jeremiah chapter 10

If the angels heralded Him and the shepherds went and told it, I can celebrate it and use it as a day, which is the Lord’s anyway, to love my neighbor as myself!

Thank you for this!.. Will be sharing this message/video as a Christmas gift.. Blessings!

This guy says he wanted to "honestly examine both of these objections to Christimas", but then he proceeds to echo all of the hilariously unbiblical arguments of "Christians" who love to justify rebelling against the very Book they claim is the source of their beliefs. It's downright ironic and deceptive that this channel is named "Defending the Biblical Roots of Christianity" when he does nothing but justify his obvious contempt for those roots.

MERRY CHRISTMAS SIR. . . ☺️☺️☺️ THANK YOU SO MUCH. . . ☺️

Merry Christmas!

Christmas is a Pagan Solctice so why celebrate it? Pre-Christian Celebrations (Before 4th Century CE): Various cultures held winter solstice festivals to mark the shortest day of the year. These celebrations included feasting, lighting candles, and other rituals to welcome the return of longer days and the sun's rebirth. Examples include Saturnalia in Rome and Yule among Germanic peoples. 4th Century CE: The exact date of Jesus's birth was not recorded in early Christian texts. In the 4th century, Pope Julius I declared December 25th as the date to celebrate the birth of Jesus, possibly to align with existing pagan festivals and facilitate the spread of Christianity. Medieval Period: Christmas celebrations evolved with a mix of Christian traditions and remnants of pagan customs. Feasting, caroling, and charitable acts became part of the holiday. Reformation and Puritan Period: In the 16th and 17th centuries, some Protestant groups, particularly Puritans in England and later in America, opposed the celebration of Christmas due to its pagan associations and lack of biblical basis. Christmas was banned in parts of England for a period. 19th Century: Christmas regained popularity during the Victorian era in Britain. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert popularized traditions such as Christmas trees and exchanging gifts. Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" also contributed to the revival of Christmas as a time for generosity and family gatherings. 20th Century: Christmas became a widely celebrated holiday across various cultures and religions, embraced for its themes of goodwill and generosity. Commercialization led to the popularization of Santa Claus and the commercial aspect of gift-giving. Throughout these centuries, Christmas evolved, blending religious, cultural, and secular elements into the celebration we know today. Its roots in both Christian and pagan traditions have contributed to the diverse customs and practices observed during the holiday season in different parts of the world.

I think though, that if the secularized aspects of Christmas are in the service of the meanings and generosities of the profound Christmas, they dont have to be negative, do they?

Awesome presentation. Thank you for that breakdown.

R L , hoping you do a vlog on how the Hebrew Roots One Law movement is really another form of replacement theology, like FFOZ does, and how some are trashing the current state of Israel as not authentic.

I was raised SDA, and I never met an SDA who didn't celebrate christmas. There was that one year the it fell on the Sabbath, and we had to wait until Sunday to have christmas. That's a hard one to explain. We also hunted easter eggs on easter morning.

I celebrate Christmas everyday, i don't even wait every Dec. 25th because my saviour always celebrates me, the one that was lost and left the other 99 to search for me. I celebrate Christas and Easter everyday beause my Lord and my God Jesus Christ is the life in my celebration of these Holidays. Celebrate Jesus celebrate.

Hi, I agree with what you said! I have a question. What would you say if someone said that "celebrating man-made holidays is wrong" and that they don't celebrate Christmas much less Halloween(BTW I don't celebrate haha, we just buy candy at the store and eat them). They would probably say that I'm contradicting myself. Please help 🥲

It warms my heart thinking about the non believers of the deity of Christ, celebrating Christmas. 😊 It’s impossible to take Christ out of Christmas. You would be left with a mass. And that would not be Christmas at all. ✝️🙏🏼💟

Very good points made here. To add; If one would look into the 'calculation theory' u can see that early churchfathers like Julius Aricanus(160-240ad), Hippolytus of Rome (170-236ad) mentioned the christmas date of dec 25th. Possibly long before the Mithras religion became more popular in the Roman Empire. Nowhere do they reference another religion but they made calculations based on scriptural facts. And * Saturnalia was dec 17th, finished dec 20 or 21th so before the 25th. * Winter solstice is actually dec 21th (Romans calulated this wrong) * giving christmas gifts is more an modern American tradition then ancient pagan custom.

Atheist also love to use these arguments, which is ironic that they claim we take pagan holidays and worship Christ when they take Christian holidays and turn it into secular holidays.

This should be called defending the pagan roots of Christianity.

Merry Christmas ✝️ Christ is King! Isaiah 9 Wonderful Counselor The Mighty God The Everlasting Father The Price of Peace

I was astonished when I learned that there are Christians who don't celebrate Christmas. This seemed deeply suspect to me. After all, do they not think the birth of the Savior is worth celebrating?

Liked your video. Interested in why the church changed name from Festival of Nativity to Christmas. Festival has OT roots. I know the Eastern Orthodox sometime celebrated Festival of Nativity (Jesus Birth) with Festival of Epiphany (Wise Men arrival and marking Jesus as King). Also, while the Bible doesn't provide a date, the common understanding based on Zechariah's rotation in the Temple, assuming the rotation wasn't related to High Holy Week where all priests served, to be one of two seasons (Shukkot or The Winter Season around the time Christmas is celebrated). Shukkot may be possibly rejected due to the fact that Joseph and Mary were in Bethlehem and not Jerusalem (as would be the practice of Jews during this time). Of course, the question of the Census comes into play since Quirinius wasn't governor of Syria when Caesar Augustus was ruling.

Wonderful video. Nice to see sanity. Why isn't there the same level of objection to the Statue of Liberty, which has morphed from a pagan goddess? Why isn't there objection to the Star-Spangled Banner and the fact that it borrowed a melody from a song which glorifies two Roman deities as a metaphor of glorifying drunk partying?

If you are already seeing it, it’s likely due to myself and a friend Alaina posting the Torah Observant movement was wrong is saying “Christmas is pagan”

Rob, you see I watch your presentation, But I always have a question: when did Christmas started and who started it? You said the church: which church?

I love you, brother, and I love Jesus even more! He saved me from paganism and witchcraft few months ago. Praise the Lord!!!! I get your points. As an ex-witch I personally would not celebrate Jesus' birth on that date nor would I recommend anyone doing it... In my pagan past when I used to worship the sun I was deliberately making fun of Christians for stealing a pagan holiday to make it their own without being aware that it's the solstice actually and is inherently pagan considering all other details such as decorations and rituals, especially in my country. It's a well know joke in the pagan community and every witch smirks at Christians celebrating Christmas. Everything is soo pagan here. And you said in the video that the Church did exactly that with the intention to shift the focus of the masses towards Christ. But what happened was that the pagans were allowed to keep their pagan stuff around just label it as "Christian". It was a compromise. And I wouldn't say the pope's original intent was successful at all. Just look around. It's very dangerous to say "it's important where you set your intentions and heart"... No... Imagine "re-claiming" yoga and doing it with all of your heart set on Jesus. It's not gonna work. If the root is pagan, it is paganism, meaning satanism. For the note, I'm not Torah-observing, nor Adventist, not JW. I try to be rooted in the Bible as much as possible. We don't know when Jesus was born. Some researchers say it took place in April/May. I'd love to celebrate His birthday, the miracle of the Infinite God taking flesh to be with us and eventually save us ❤️ I personally don't choose to do it on that date... I acknowledge it however as a good opportunity to share the gospel as people are a bit more open for Christ during that time of the year. If someone can be saved that's the most important thing 🙏 Be blessed all of you, my brothers and sisters 💖

Shalom, Rob. I enjoy watching your videos and have commented a few times here and there, as I've been in the HRM many years and have definitely seen its dark side. That's not to say that I've "thrown the baby out with the bath water", but I'm interested in listening and learning from others who love Messiah and understand differently than me. One thing that struck me about this video was your shared view that we are free to appropriate things from other traditions and use them in our worship/celebration of the one true God, YHWH. I couldn't help but be reminded of a statement made by the Worldwide Church of God (which I attended growing up with my parents) in which they announced, "We have conquered the pagan holidays and made them our own!". (I can understand the inference was, through Christ.) This was the beginning of the end for this huge church, and its outraged members split apart into many smaller churches. The basis for thos split is found in Deuteronomy chapter 12, where YHWH instructs His people (Israel) very clearly that they are not to incorporate the customs of worship of other nations into their worship of Him... they are not even to inquire about them. He said not to worship Him in such ways. Torah very carefully teaches the way in which YHWH desires to be worshipped, and my understanding is that it was to be very unlike (set apart) the surrounding nations, which would make Israel a "peculiar people". How do we reconcile the YHWH of Israel who took great pains to teach the specifics of how His people are to worship and show their reverence and love for Him, with a version of Messiah that basically says the opposite? I see so much wrong with the HRM, but I cannot reconcile the traditional Christian views of Christ with the God He is supposed to represent. How can something be an "abomination" to God at one time, and no big deal later? (People devoted their lives, even unto death, in obedience to these laws that Christians today make light of, and even mock.) I believe the feasts have been fulfilled in Christ, which means I view them differently than most "feast keepers", and am open to understanding a new way of observing them in the light of their completion in Christ, but can't quite get my head around throwing them out and creating new observances ( observances that seem to be an amalgamation of many pagan customs with the "face" of Christ attached) in their place. Please set me straight on anything I may be misunderstanding here.

It is believed Jesus was born around the Feast of the Tabernacles which is September/October. If we go back nine months from here where are we??? And when DOES life begin??? We need to remember how Jesus came into this world. If we stop celebrating Christmas we could stop reading scriptures associated with Christmas. You cannot take away from God's Word!!!

Hanukkah, Purim (with customs that can rival Mardi Gras), weddings, bar mitzvahs, eighth day circumcision celebrations….not biblical commands. So, celebrating the birth of Christ, which is the beginning of the greatest occurrence of all times is not permitted??? No logic there. Thanks,Rob

Hey brother I thought Christmas Day was estimated the 25th because Zechariah John the Baptists father was doing the temple duty at a certain time and Elizabeth was pregnant 6 months before Mary thus approximately December, could go further with this but il leave it there. There should be 13 months of 28 days so …..

RANDOM CHANUKAH QUESTION... Could DEDICATION in John 10:22 relate to Solomon's or Ezra's dedication of the temple? Why do we assume it was Maccabees dedication? Ezra 6:15 Now this temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar; it was the sixth year of the reign of King Darius. 3 ADAR = FEB 18, 2025 2 Chronicles 7:8 So Solomon held the feast at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly that came from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt. 2Chronicles 7:9 And on the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, because they held the dedication of the altar for seven days, and the feast for seven days. 2Chronicles 7:10 Then on the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people to their tents, rejoicing and happy in heart because of the goodness that the LORD had shown to David, to Solomon, and to His people Israel. 23 - 8 = 15 TISHREI = OCT 2, 2024

I don't think you make a good case about Christmas' pagan associations. Why does one need a decorated evergreen tree to celebrate a birthday? That's not our custom for other birthdays. Why exchange gifts instead of giving gifts to worthy Christian causes? Why the need for a santa claus and the lies to children? And why celebrate His birthday during a pagan season when we know He was born either in the spring or fall? Likewise, why do we celebrate His resurrection with a festival named after a pagan goddess (Easter)? And do bunny rabbits and easter eggs reflect on the resurrection or on fertility? These pagan connection are dubious. I think Jesus frowns on them as much as He condemned the nicolaitans and the doctrine of Balaam in Rev 2 & 3. He is judging His church on these things!

Thank you for the great and excellent response to an ignorant like me. You almost covered all the arguments of anti christmas claims.

Deut. 12 clearly says not to worship Yahweh the way that nations worship their gods. I see no difference in how most Christians seem to keep Christmas and how the world keeps it. Both decorate their homes with idols, false nativity scenes, (Yeshua was not an infant when visited by the wise men), and participate in the materialistic nature of the day. Perhaps most Christians don't partake in the drunkeness and sexual perversion that accompanies the day. However, the fact that these are taking place under the guise of "tis the season" should be enough evidence that it is a day meant to mock Yeshua. True believers need to come out of this and seek the plain truth of scripture. Remember, Yeshua thanked the Father for revealing the truth to ordinary folks, not the sophisticated. The heart of a child who wants to please His Father through obeying his commands is worth far more than being a trained theologian.

No liar will enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Very informative video as always. It's almost like clockwork around this time you get the cringe videos on tik tok from atheists, so called Torah Observant advocates etc about the Christmas is pagan thing eventhough its been debunked long ago.

Jeremiah 23:16-40 Jeremiah 23:16-40 AMPC Thus says the Lord of hosts: Do not listen to the words of the [false] prophets who prophesy to you. They teach you vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility) and fill you with vain hopes; they speak a vision of their own minds and not from the mouth of the Lord. They are continually saying to those who despise Me and the word of the Lord, The Lord has said: You shall have peace; and they say to everyone who walks after the stubbornness of his own mind and heart, No evil shall come upon you. For who among them has stood in the council of the Lord, that he should perceive and hear His word? Who has marked His word [noticing and observing and giving attention to it] and has [actually] heard it? Behold, the tempest of the Lord has gone forth in wrath, a whirling tempest; it shall whirl and burst upon the heads of the wicked. The anger of the Lord shall not turn back until He has executed and accomplished the thoughts and intents of His mind and heart. In the latter days you shall consider and understand it perfectly. I did not send these [false] prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied. But if they had stood in My council, then they would have caused My people to hear My words, then they would have turned them [My people] from their evil way and from the evil of their doings. Am I a God at hand, says the Lord, and not a God afar off? Can anyone hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? says the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? says the Lord. I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed [visions on my bed at night]. [How long shall this state of things continue?] How long yet shall it be in the minds of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, even the prophets of the deceit of their own hearts, Who think that they can cause My people to forget My name by their dreams which every man tells to his neighbor, just as their fathers forgot My name because of Baal? The prophet who has a dream, let him tell his dream; but he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully. What has straw in common with wheat [for nourishment]? says the Lord. Is not My word like fire [that consumes all that cannot endure the test]? says the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks in pieces the rock [of most stubborn resistance]? Therefore behold, I am against the [false] prophets, says the Lord, [I am even now descending upon them with punishment, these prophets] who steal My words from one another [imitating the phrases of the true prophets]. Behold, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who use their [own deceitful] tongues and say, Thus says the Lord. Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says the Lord, and tell them and cause My people to err and go astray by their lies and by their vain boasting and recklessness-when I did not send them or command them; nor do they profit these people at all, says the Lord. And when these people, or a prophet or a priest, ask you, What is the burden of the Lord [the thing to be lifted up now]? then you shall say to them, What burden [indeed]! [You are the burden!] And I will disburden Myself of you and I will cast you off, says the Lord. And as for the prophet, the priest, or [any of these] the people, whoever [in mockery calls the word of the Lord a burden and] says, The burden of the Lord, I will even visit in wrath and punish that man and his house. [For the future, in speaking of the utterances of the Lord] thus shall you say every one to his neighbor and every one to his brother: What has the Lord answered? or, What has the Lord spoken? But the burden of the Lord you must mention no more, for every man's burden is his own response and word [for as they mockingly call all prophecies burdens, whether good or bad, so will it prove to be to them; God will take them at their own word]; for you pervert the words [not of a lifeless idol, but] of the living God, the Lord of hosts, our God! Thus shall you [reverently] say to the prophet: What has the Lord answered you? Or, What has the Lord spoken? But if you say, The burden of the Lord, therefore thus says the Lord: Because you said these words, The burden of the Lord, when I sent to you, saying, You shall not say, The burden of the Lord, Therefore behold, I, even I, will assuredly take you up and cast you away from My presence, you and the city [Jerusalem] which I gave to you and to your fathers. And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you and a perpetual shame which will not be forgotten.

I’ve heard some very plausible cases for a mid September date for Christ’s birth. (Heisler )Because we have so much pushback with our “TO friends”, it would sure be lovely if we celebrated closer to his actual birthdate.

True Worship is from the heart and Christmas should be exactly that, remembering and celebrating the birth of our Saviour. If we want to be technical... we are the most pagan part of Christmas because our hearts were far from Him, full of the most vile and sinful things. Yet, this birth, that angels longed to see and did with amazing celebration, proclaimed Peace on earth and Good Will to all men. Our salvation has come!

Everyday we rest in Jesus and every day we worship Him. The Christmas day is a good day to share Jesus with gathering but I do believe to only decorate and sing songs that are pleasing to God. There is so much in christmas that isn't pleasing to Him. The 7th day adventists across from me celebrate Christmas.

What’s interesting to me is that the same people who don’t celebrate Christmas, to each is own, attend a church that practices many man made traditions that are not biblical. No such thing as Sunday school, or praise and worship pastor, the music/ band type of entertainment on stage, woman who preach, tithing and the list goes on. Point being is, are we being legalistic or inconsistent in what we decide to follow through with? If Christmas isn’t biblical, that what about Mother’s/fathers day, birthdays, anniversaries etc. Just a thought. I’m searching for the truth and not a version of it.

Chanukah isn't one of God's feasts either. Do Hebrew Roots and Torahism people celebrate that? Just curious.

This video is well done. I’m not a fan of Christmas. The evidence for it being pagan is thin. My issue with Christmas is my same issue with Halloween. It’s a made up holiday that the church has pushed in the past. It is celebrated by people who are non- Christians and Christians alike. The fact that there is little to no difference between the people who celebrate it regardless of their faith. If it was devoid of the commercialism and just a time for families to get together and eat and fellowship. I’d probably have no problem with it. But it’s treated as all about the gifts regardless of what people say. I dont think it’s totally pagan. But it in my opinion is already no longer about HIS coming, and now all about stuff.

The "church" he is talking about is/was the catholic church that Jesus didn't start amd hates because they re-sacrifice Jesus every week. That is the problem, celebrating a man-made holy day, holiday in Jesus' name. Why don't people understand that, not to celebrate things, but not in place of Jesus, that means birthdays as well. I love how he puts 7th days and jehovahs in there lol, the old covenant has nothing to do with this trash. I mean if christ mass is about Jesus then why aren't people defending it when non Christians celebrate it? Its for everyone, muslims love it because its the worlds.

But Jesus was not born on the 25th of December.

Is it Christianized Paganism, or Paganized Christianity? Is lukewarm the absence of hot or cold, or is it a mixture?

When you start saying: honestly, I also say honestly...Christmas is not in the bible. What you are doing is "Christianizing" the event of the true birth of Jesus into the so called Christmas. You are wrong the word "Christmas" is not in the bible. When you studying deep about history you find enough truth, that much of the symbolism and traditional celebration is a lot of paganism. If you mention old testament principles in your teaching, then you can't deny that in Jeremiah 10 God warns of idols. A lot of people say it's legalism if something what is mentioned in OT, but the new testament mentioned the OT as a schoolmaster, and the OT is full of prophecies about Jesus Christ, for example Isaiah 53. When I became born-again and baptized with the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit gave me enough warnings and guidance how to live. I like much the behavior of first Christians, for example Acts 19 V 19 : ALSO, MANY OF THOSE WHO HAD PRACTICED MAGIC BROUGHT THEIR BOOKS TOGETHER AND BURNED THEM IN THE SIGHT OF ALL. These new believers were set of serious pagan tradition and demons, they cut off their connections which held them in bondage. Here it is the opposite of, here it will be motivated to ignore the part of pagan tradition, but still holding on the symbols of pagan. For what I write in here I am accountable for what I say and you are accountable for your teaching. By the way I am not in Jehovah Witness or other religions denomination. I live according to the new covenant and the principles of Jesus Christ's teaching. Everyone giving you thumbs up are glad you motivate their desires.

At 2:07... So Jesus is the Father? If he is infinite God, how does he die? For if he is an infinite God, he should not be able to die. And if he is in the form of a human, he still doesn't die but transforms. back into the form he has always been. Also, at 4:54, John 10 doesn't say Jesus observed the Hanukkah festival. Jesus was in Jerusalem, but he was also in Jerusalem many other days. People assume he was celebrating the holiday, but again, Jesus being in the temple was not necessarily because of the festival. Also...Purim is another Jewish man-made holiday that is accepted.

Should CHRISTIANS Celebrate CHRISTMAS? YES!!! Just as we celebrate Christ`s resurrection! It is a time set aside to remember what the Lord as gifted us through His Son, Jesus Christ, without Whom there would be no rebirth or eternal life. Stay joyful, my friends!

How Do We Explain The Demonic Distractions Of ChristMass Such As Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, Elfs, Rudolph, Frosty, Mistletoes, Xmas 🎄, Xmas Lights, 🎁 Giving And Receiving, And The Majority Of ChristMass Songs And Music That Doesn't Even Mention The Birth God The Son To People Who Never Heard About Xmas?

Interesting... The main thing I have 'against' Christmas is a lot believers don't do or even teach or even know about the Holy days and sometimes even fight against it as if observing them as if it's wrong to do. When in actuality the Bible said we should observe forever. Then for Christmas and other holidays they hold that higher than (defend the celebration of more) the Holy days mentioned in the Bible. It just seems backwards and doesn't make sense to me.

The problem with celebrating December 25th is it is the birthday of Tammuz, sun god son of Nimrod and his queen (can't recall her name atm), aka as Isis and Osiris. There is no way the Council of Nicaea in around 325AD didn't know that. They would also have known that Jesus couldn't have been born at that time, as the shepherds were still in the fields. There is absolutely zero connection of December 25th with Christ's birthday. If they had to set a date, why choose one that couldn't possibly have been the right time of year? Because they were trying to line it up with the pagan festivities, that's why. Nowhere in the Bible is Christ's birthday celebrated, apart from his birth. It isn't mentioned again, so He obviously didn't celebrate it. If God had intended for us to celebrate it, He would have made sure we knew. There are two possibilities for the correct month of Christ's birth, one is in the Spring, March, or April, and the other September. It was wickedness to select the exact same date as Tammuz. And the other thing is the origins of the baubles people hang on their trees; they were originally the castrated testicles of the men whom were forbidden to procreate, but their 'baubles' were hung on a tree as a fertility ritual for Nimrod and his queen. I used to love Christmas, and all the trappings, until I discovered all of this. And no, I am not in any way part of the Torah Roots movement, I don't accept that at all. If fellow Christians feel the need to celebrate Jesus's birth, pick a day in either the spring, or September, and not the birthday of Tammuz.

According to Mr Solberg, we should not celebrate the days that the Creator actually gave us, but we should celebrate the days that Rome gave us

Sadly, there are many people who prepare for Christmas starting July. How they’re going to decorate their houses, how every one of their kids are going to have a tree and their room what they’re going to cook, and bake and put on parties. A lot of these people that I know personally do not even have a relationship with Christ. When Christmas becomes an idol just like anything else it is a wrong practice. But even nonbelievers in Christ these days celebrate Christmas. They call it Xmas. The introduction of Santa Claus to children as the end all deliverer, meeting all their needs under the tree is sinful. They begin to look at God as some kind of a Santa Claus who needs to be there to meet their needs. I believe God hates mixture, and when we have mixed the truth of his word with fantasy , it’s a dangerous practice. I personally love the beautiful Christmas worship music, the Christmas story and the Christmas season, but I hate all the commercialism, where they have made a business out of the greatest miracle and the greatest gift that God gave to us.

Excellent video

I can't understand the mentality of not celebrating the things that remind us of the things of God. And, I always say that the pagans, and the devil, doesn't own these days, or the things they use for evil. We are free to use days and things to celebrate the things of God. As far as I can tell, prohibition of celebrating Jesus' birth is just as bad as requiring the celebration of Jesus' birth. It is neither required nor prohibited. But, whatever we do, it should be to the glory of God. If you can't glorify God on Christmas, stay in bed.

I agree that the holiday is too commercialized. Since no one knows the exact date of Yeshua's birth, how do we celebrate it on December 25th? The Roman Catholic Church probably had invented the date to celebrate the birth of Christ instead of celebrating a pagan festival around that time. I read an interesting article about a theory on Yeshua's actual time of his birth. The article states that Yeshua was conceived around December and was born nine month's later in the month of September during a Jewish festival of Tabernacles. I will go with that theory since I feel it's more biblical.

Blind leading the blind

Not once in the Bible is Jesus’ birthday mentioned, not by any of the OT prophets, not by any prophet who foretold His arrival. His birthday is not revealed (did they even know it?) by anyone in the NT, not by His mother, whose only words recorded were at the wedding, not by Christ Himself. No one in the New Testament celebrated His birthday. The apostles did not, the church did not from its founding up until 400 years later. One can reason that if God wanted us to celebrate Christ’s birthday, He would have revealed the very hour of the day, the details of His birth, given us a command to celebrate, and instructions on how to celebrate, the latter which He did for all biblical holy days or feast days as indicated in the Bible. This renders Christmas merely a tradition of men, of which the church is commanded to steer clear-Mathew 15:9, Mark 7:13, 2 Thessalonians 2:15 Further, God detests even a hint at paganism (Deuteronomy 7:25, 2 Corinthians 6:6-17), and Israel suffered terribly, suffered God's wrath for engaging in anything to do with it. He warned us not to even touch an unclean idol or its covering. It is now common knowledge that Christmas has pagan origins, and includes pagan rituals and pagan symbols. The entire world celebrates Christmas. Dubai displayed the most expensive Christmas tree of all time, and trees are proudly and festively displayed in secular, communist, and non-Christian nations in rebellion to God: Japan, China, the Middle East. Christmas is largely associated with the following: Department stores overrun with parents fighting one another over some toy or other gift in short supply Drunken parties, including office parties Seemingly innocent cartoons that steer children away from God (As Satan is an angel of light). Movies such as Bad Santa, Jingle All the Way, and Silent Night, Bloody Night are not approved by or overlooked by the God of the Bible. Why no movies like Pajama Party Passover? Or One Kinky Communion? Because Christmas is of the world, and genuine holy days or rituals, commanded to be observed by God, are not. The holiday itself teaches greed, hedonism and selfishness to children, as the behavior that feeds these can be seen everywhere at Christmas. We are inundated with it. Poor families and children who suffer daily for want are often only considered by the population at large at Christmas. Further, their lacking is magnified on this day, so that they even view themselves as worse off at Christmas than the days before or after. All of this and more define Christmas, and with sincere consideration how can there be any doubt that God not only disapproves, but that He finds these things to be abominable. For those who would argue that they make the holiday all about Jesus, this must be considered: The few who do are swallowed up by those who don’t. Even were this not so, the negative associations of Christmas remain in overwhelming abundance and stain the very fabric of the Bride of Christ. Trees and other pagan symbols and secular music are still included in their worship. Songs like All I want for Christmas is You, Blue Christmas, and Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer, to name only a few, have nothing to do with Christ Jesus. Bottom line, there is truly a reason for the season, and it has nothing whatsoever to do with the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ. If He wanted us to observe, there no doubt that He would have told us so. 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds 1 John 2:15-17 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world-the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life-is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever Colossians 2:8-10 ESV See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority 2 Thessalonians 2:14-15 To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter. 1 Corinthians 11:1-2 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you Revelation 22:18-19 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.

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God said to not worship him “the way that the pagans do.” I loved Christmas till I saw that I was celebrating the same way the pagans celebrate. “Do not worship the Lord your God in the way these pagan peoples worship their gods.” Duet 12:4 When I saw that I put up the same tree in worship to my God as the atheist neighbor, I was like “wow what am I doing?” He does not want all that stuff he wants our hearts. When I am doing the same thing as the pagans as an act of worship to God, is that ok? I mean I am literally celebrating on the exact same day with the exact same traditions except I might throw in a visit to church. I just found it to be so empty. The feast days we eat like the pagans. But none of the pagans are celebrating it -not the way that I am. We are not putting up huge trees but we do gather together with other believers. Not coworkers that could care less about Jesus. I don’t know that Jesus wanted to be celebrated that way and I don’t know how to separate from that. And so many see there is nothing wrong with it. Christmas in itself is fine as long as you remove the worship of God in it. He doesn’t want to be worshipped the way the pagans worship.

Oh for goodness sake. For those of you objecting to celebrating Christmas: Who cares when the actual date of Jesus's birth was? We could pick any arbitrary date for a party. The point of the exercise is to celebrate the birth of our Saviour, no matter when it was. To argue about the date is a distraction. And who cares what unbelievers do with it? They're not worshipping anything--they're just using the day as any other holiday. The world spoils everything it touches. It's our role to declare the truth--if we can do that by truly celebrating the birth of Jesus, isn't that a good thing? We are salt, and we can "season the season" by using it to witness to a broken world. If you don't want to, don't. But leave the rest of us alone.

Interesting, you celebrate the birth of Christ even though he said "Before Abraham was, I AM" This he mentions he existed way before his own birth, way before the earth was made! So I will not celebrate his Birthday but everyday for all eternity.

I didn't hear any biblical backing except that it's Jesus' birthday. Then you admitted that He probably wasn't born around that time. You mentioned confiscating things to worship God. That's exactly what these guys did. Exodus 32:3-5 [3]And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. [4]And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. [5]And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD. Lord in all caps is the tetragrammaton. These guys made a calf to worship Yahweh. Deuteronomy 12:29-32 [29]When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land; [30]Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. [31]Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. [32]What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. You talked about the practices done on Christmas, but then made it sound like they are common practices. How many other days of the year do you put up a tree in your living room and deck it with gold and silver? How often do you get in groups and go singing outside random houses in your neighborhood? Jeremiah 10:1-8 [1]Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: [2]Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. [3]For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. [4]They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. [5]They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. [6]Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. [7]Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee. [8]But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities. We ignore the things of God, and cling to our own ways. Why would we not just do what He said? Do we worship Him with our lips while our hearts are far from Him?

Mithras birth of sun God - December 25. Real history, not speculation. Roman-Pagan intrusion of the faith.

A few reasons why I quit Christmass about 40 years ago and haven't regretted it for a moment. There is little to nothing worth being cslled Christian in that holiday.

I still have mixed feelings about this topic. There is plenty of evidence that the dates and practices of Christmas have pagan roots, which makes me question things. I appreciate your perspective though. Johnathan Cahn has a good video on the actual date of Jesus' birth. March 20th, 6 BC. He verifies with scripture and Talmud. I hope you dialog with Lex Meyer over this someday.

​@TheBiblicalRoots What a silly, immature response. Whilst I in no way wish to detract from all human life matters, I am quite sure we can all live with knowing there may be undesirable clashes with any single birthdate, so in that respect yours is not of any significance. The birthday celebration of our Christ Jesus however, is a completely different matter. The point I made was that the Council of Nicaea were aware of the date they selected, but they selected it all the same. If you can't see the significance of that, but choose to make juvenile analogies instead, you are showing yourself up.

Jesus owns all days and creation. All things are subject under his feet. (1 Corinthians 15:25) All the Anti-Christmas arguments are invalid.

when people bow down, and place their gifts under the (wooden) tree, that they have decorated - where do you think that originates? see Jeremiah 10:3-4

WHEN ANTILAWS REJECT THE FEASTS OF GOD YEHOVAH THEY REINVENT FORBIDDEN IDOLATROUS FEASTS Deuteronomy 12:28-32 ASV Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God. [29] When Jehovah thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest in to dispossess them, and thou dispossessest them, and dwellest in their land; [30] take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. [31] Thou shalt not do so unto Jehovah thy God: for every abomination to Jehovah, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters do they burn in the fire to their gods. [32] What thing soever I command you, that shall ye observe to do: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

It's a shame you despise the feasts of the Lord and embrace Christmas

Ezra 10:9-11, Jeremias 36:22, Luke 1:26 Hebrew Calendar or Jewish Calendar Chislev - a month known for cold and rainy weather Sept. 25, -5 (Tishri 15, 3756) March 25, -4/Nisan 19, 3756) TEVETH 27, 3757. (Dec 25-Jan 6) Western and Eastern Tradition

Great explanation!

I wasn't even a Christian yet when I realised that Christmas had nothing to do with the birth of Jesus, and stopped celebrating it as such. Now, it is funny that people who say "we shouldn't celebrate the biblical feast days God commanded because the Bible says that we shouldn't judge people for keeping or not keeping days, and we are no longer under the law because Jesus is the fulfilment of the law." These sane people defend the keeping of Christmas? Which ACTUALLY has pagan roots? Isn't this discarding the commandments of God for the traditions of men? Personally, I will NOT keep this holiday. BUT I find NO problem with worshipping Yeshua, my Saviour, at any time. I DO keep the so called Jewish holidays, because they refer to things God ACTUALLY wanted us to remember - both in the old covenant AND in the new covenant fulfilment! And you condemn that view? Why not just return to full Catholicism then? Go share in her abominations and traditions of men. I'm sorry, I cannot agree with you on this.

Christmas ain't Holy!

So, the Channukah conception of the Light literally come into the world and the birth 9 months later at Sukoth with the brith milah on Sh'mini Atzeret means nothing to you? Also, Yeshua being born 3 months later after the birth of Yochanan in the spring has been lost to you? What about the understanding of Z'chariah serving in the Temple in the order of Aviyah (Luke 1:5) so that he could fulfill the literally once in a lifetime as drawn by lots (because once drawn the name was pulled) burning of incense in the late winter as was his scheduled order? You do know that this burning of incense was what the sons of A-haron were killed for doing because they were not commanded to and their names were not drawn? There was nothing about the Asherah Pole or that there was no reason by which sheep would have been brought out in the winter where there was no grass growing. Please get out of the Baptist mindset of Eisegesis [ (/ˌaɪsɪˈdʒiːsɪs/) is the process of interpreting text in such a way as to introduce one's own presuppositions, agendas or biases. It is commonly referred to as reading into the text.]. There is a difference between Pagan (Pah-gahn) being a worker of the earth, and a heathen with no religiosity or being apostates to faiths. However, having a hay-trough for the feeding of animals set up in a Sukah where there were also things to eat and places to sit as travelers came into town on the Third Chagh commanded in Torah makes total sense and is indeed what happened. Please get to know your Jewish Mashiach and get out of the Contemporary mindset which has no knowledge (and by extension no light) of the timeline of the Eternal Existent One which He also used to the fullest extent to show us what He was doing. Also, your "roots" understanding on both Heathen and Jewish issues seems seriously lacking, or at best severely biased.

The Feasts of the Lord or the Moedim are the Biblical God's appointed TIME. Passover, Pentecost, Tabernacles. Christ-Mass is NOT included. Christ-Mass just ain't in it vatican homie!

If Christmas or Jesus Birth was meant to be celbrated, then why was it not celebrated for Jesus in any of the NT

Ah yes worship the golden Cath

A flaw in Rob's argument is that he assumes the Roman Catholicism is Christian when it is such a mixup with pagan symbols and practices. I cannot celebrate "Christ's Mass" because as you pointed out that some pagan pope thought it would be a good idea and he wasn't even Christian.

Good luck to you mate, whatever that's worth. Go the whole hog and claim halloween as well whilst you're at it.

John 1:14 (KJV) And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt (TABERNACLED) among us, ... I wonder what the western church would say, if I celebrate the first coming of the Messiah, not in December, especially not on Dec. 25, but sometime in September, around the Feast of Tabernacles. Without a pine tree symbol, but with a Sukkah (Tabernacle).

Charles H. Spurgeon on Christmass We have no superstitious regard for times and seasons. Certainly, we do not believe in the present ecclesiastical arrangement called Christmas: first, because we do not believe in the mass at all, but abhor it, whether it be said or sung in Latin or in English; and, secondly, because we find no Scriptural warrant whatever for observing any day as the birthday of the Saviour; and, consequently, its observance is a superstition, because not of divine authority. Superstition has fixed most positively the day of our Saviour's birth, although there is no possibility of discovering when it occured. Fabricius gives a catalogue of 136 different learned opinions upon the matter; and various divines invent weighty arguments for advocating a date in every month of the year. It was not till the middle of the third century that any part of the church celebrated the nativity of our Lord, and it was not till very long after the Western church had set the example that the Eastern adopted it. Because the day is not known, therefore superstition has fixed it; while, since the death of our Saviour might be determined with much certainty, therefore superstition shifts the date of its observance every year. Where is the method in the madness of the superstitious? Probably the fact is that the holy days were arranged to fit in with the heathen festivals. We venture to assert, that if there be any day in the year, of which we may be pretty sure that it was not the day on which the Saviour was born, it is the twenty-fifth of December. From a sermon delivered on the Lord's Day morning, 24th December, 1871 at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington, London

The problem is it ain't his b-day it is a lie, the Christmas god Tammuz who masquerades as Yeshua Hamashiach the ruach hakodesh, and all of the rituals where done long before Yeshua came. Read about Tammuz in Eze chapter 8 its all sungod worship. People don't know the history and are doomed to repeat it, nothing new under the sun. We are not to learn the ways of the heathens.... Funny how people don't think to celebrate their birthday on any day doesn't even cross their mind. Then the system that told you it is his b-day lie...is corrupt we should fully perceive who the Father of lies is. Well no marvel Satan himself transforms into an angel of light. Truth carries no weight with traditions of men.

Why did G_d and Moses get angry at the Israelites for making a dedicated statue? Same concept as Christmas. Moreover - If you were going to pick a day to celebrate Christ's birth why stay with Saturnalia the pagan holiday. Why not in the actual season of his birth (Autumn)? If you rely on KZfaq to teach you, you will inherit lies and more lies. "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."

This is probably one of the worst arguments against Christmas being pagan. This just reaffirmed more to me that Christmas is pagan. One thing you didn't acknowledge was Duet 12:4 where God said not to worship me like the pagans. Christmas predates Christianity and it's documented that the Catholic church knew it was worship to pagan gods when they made it a religious holiday (holy day). The Catholic church STOLE Christmas b/c it was a popular pagan celebration and they wanted to grow their membership and MONEY. They INTENTIONALLY acted out of defiance to God. And maybe God didn't give us the date of Jesus birth b/c it's insignificant so why are you celebrating it?