God Commands, Tear Down Those Pagan Christmas Trees

"These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. 2Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: 3And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place. " Exodus 12

When I was in bible college my Old Testament professor gave a clear representation of the commands in the Old Testament and how they apply to us. There are 613 Levitical laws which God gave to the Hebrew children. These laws can be divided into two categories; specific commands and universal principles. There were some laws which were specific commands to the Hebrews such as Deuteronomy 22:8. When the Hebrews built a new house they had to construct battlements or parapets around the roof top. This was basically a railing to protect people from falling off the roof. While this does not specifically apply to us there is a universal principle involved here where we must be responsible for the safety of others on our property. Insurance is one way we fulfill this universal principle.

In the feature text noted above we find this command repeated over and over and over again to the Hebrews in Exodus, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, I & II Samuel and I & II Kings and again in Ephesians 5:11 and II Cor. 6:14. I consider this commandment to be specific and universal.

As a very young Christian in 1981 I could not understand where all of the traditions and customs of Christmas came from. They most certainly do NOT come from the Bible which means they are unbiblical. Christmas trees are found in the scripture and we are specifically commanded not to participate in this heathen activity;

"Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: 2Thus 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. 3For 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. 4They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not." Jeremiah 10

There is no defense of the Christian to support this pagan practice. Wreaths, garland and yule logs are all symbols of the prince of darkness yet you participate in these abominable things Christian? Do you think God is turning a blind eye? Even the nativity is a lie because it does not follow the scriptural narrative. The Magi were not in Bethlehem at the manger. They did not appear until Jesus was nearly 2 years old in his house in Nazareth.

Most professing Christians today who claim to be "bible believing" are also pagan practicing. When the Hebrew children were preparing to enter Canaan God commanded them to utterly and completely destroy everything that was pagan. And when the Hebrews entered Canaan God repeated this command. Canaan is a type of the Christian life. When one becomes a Christian all things become new and old things are passed away II Cor. 5:17. This command still stands today dear friend.

Its time for God fearing Christians who truly want to please God to throw off the shackles of popular Christianity and stand true to Gods word. Tear down that tree in your living room, take that pagan wreath off of your church door and heed the words of Joshua,

"14Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord. 15And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Joshua 24

The Deception of Constantine

I don't want to make a habit of posting videos or content from other sources but I cannot avoid this posting. In light of this holiday season where professing Christians engage in customs and traditions that have NO biblical basis I feel obligated by the light of biblical truth to pass this on.

The following documentary is from the History Channel. In general I do not like the History Channel and rid my self of cable television in 2010 when they admitted they were going to "reinterpret" history. This is probably the most honest documentary I have seen the History Channel do. I have done some of this research in a limited way, see my post, "Have a Drunken Christmas" but this documentary is very revealing.

Just keep in mind that every time they use the word, "Christian" what they really mean is Roman Catholicism. While the host of the documentary does not overtly make this connection he does make the statement several times that what Constantine was representing was NOT Christian and the subtitle of the documentary is "The beginnings of Roman Catholicism.