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Christmas and Sun Worship

Sermonette by Mike Ford

A common thread running through many religious festivals of the so-called Christian world is their direct origin from pagan practices. Satan has deceived the world into believing that these celebrations honor the Son of God, when they are rooted in worship of the sun. After Nimrod's death, his queen Semiramis bore a son and convinced the people that this boy was Nimrod reincarnated, though it is doubtful this was even his child. She further claimed her subsequent children were supernaturally conceived, twisting God's patriarchal design into a worship of the mother and son. Ancient coins and carvings depict this mother and child, sometimes in incestuous imagery, and this worship spread worldwide under various names like Tammuz, Adonis, Osiris for Nimrod, and Astarte, Isis, Venus for Semiramis. In Ezekiel 8:13-14, a vision reveals women weeping for Tammuz in a lewd and idolatrous manner, lamenting his death, which reflects sun god worship and is a prophecy for our time, provoking God to jealousy. Early Christian missionaries found societies already worshipping a mother and child alongside sun worship, with figures like the sun god in India born from a sunbeam, mirroring ancient deceptions. Satan, aware of prophecies like Isaiah 9:6, preemptively inserted these pagan beliefs to cloud their origins and meld them with Christianity, giving these holidays an appeal of legitimacy.

Is Mary Worthy of Worship?

Article by David C. Grabbe

The veneration of Mary in Roman Catholicism has roots in the ancient pagan practice of Mother and Child worship, a symbol endlessly repeated across cultures through the millennia. This worship, originating from the heathen religious system created by Nimrod and Semiramis, featured the Mother as the Queen of Heaven, often bearing fruit as a virgin. In various nations, she was known by different names: in China as the Holy Mother, in Germany as Hertha, in Scandinavia as Disa, among the Druids as Vigo-Paritura, to the Greeks as Aphrodite, to the Romans as Venus with her son Jupiter, and to the Canaanites as Ashtoreth, also called the queen of heaven. In Ephesus, she was revered as Diana, the Great Mother. This false worship spread from Babylon to many nations, eventually becoming established at Rome and throughout the Roman Empire, embedding itself in practices that persist in various forms.

The Plain Truth About Christmas

Herbert W. Armstrong Booklet

Did Christmas come from the Bible or paganism? Here are the origins of the Christmas tree, Santa Claus, mistletoe, the holly wreath, and exchanging gifts.

Satan's Pagan Holy Days

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Kim Myers

New Years, Christmas, Easter, Halloween and birthdays all originate in paganism. Satan entices many into accepting these pagan practices through emotional appeals.

To Be, or Not To Be, Like Everyone Else?

Sermon by Martin G. Collins

To keep from being swept up in the bandwagon effect of compromising with sin, we must make sure our convictions are not merely preferences.

Father Knows Best

'Ready Answer' by Mike Ford

Negative role models and failure to take responsibility characterize more and more fathers today. Here's why this is happening and what to do about it.

The Commandments (Part Three)

Sermon/Bible Study by John W. Ritenbaugh

Idolatry derives from worshiping the work of our hands or thoughts rather than the true God. Whatever consumes our thoughts and behavior has become our idol.