Is the Christmas tree a religious symbol?

No

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by Velma aka Shammah

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If you do not believe there is a spiritual warfare going on, that there is a battle for your soul, then none of this matters. Take a look at what is said in the Bible about things, and specifically about this subject matter. If it is that important for YHWH to have one of the prophets write a warning, then you had better believe that it does matter, and we should pay heed to the warning:

>Jeremiah 10:2-4 Hear the word that the Lord speaks to you, O Israel! :2 Do not act >like th other nations, who try to read their future in the stars. Do not be afraid >of their predictions, even though other nations are terrified by them. :3 Their >ways are futile and foolish. They CUT DOWN A TREE, and a craftsman carves an idol. >:4 They DECORATE it with gold and silver and then fasten it securely with hammer and >nails so it won't fall over.

We now know that this "tradition" was happening at least in the days of Jeremiah. And we know that it was, "not pleasing to the Father," because He made a point of speaking of it and having it transcribed into the Word that it might be heard by generations to come; by you and I. Do you hear what the "Spirit is saying?"

Some of the historical background of this "tradition" which we have so blindly accepted tells us that the tree, like other "stuff" is Nimrod stuff. In the 8th century a guy named Boniface (on a mission to convert the pagans) apparently ran across the Druid peoples who used an oak tree that they brought into their homes as part of the "solstice" celebrations. They would decorate it with gold balls (sound familiar?). The very word "Dru-id" means "oak-wise" because oak trees were sacred to them. Christmas trees have their roots in paganism and practices that no man calling himself a "christian" should ever participate in. This tradition stems back to the days of Babylon; Babylon is referenced many times as an abhorrence to the L-rd, as an example of what He doesn't want us to do.

We are told that Boniface convinced some of the Druids to use an evergreen tree in place of the oak, and we are told that he used the tree to teach them of eternal life (I can't figure that out unless it is because evergreen trees are eternal in the sense they never shed their leaves). We are also told that he never taught that the tree or the wreath were detestable and that the practice should cease. Now why is that? Was it not the beginning of a "compromise," a "white washing and watering down," of the truth? That, my friends, is the beginning of our own downfall, when we begin to think of things that by nature are sin and an offense to YHWH and start to measure sin by size with thoughts such as, "Well, it's only a lie, after all I didn't murder anybody, so I'm not so bad." We are inviting trouble, deep and terrible trouble into our lives!

What Boniface did, by not pointing out and speaking up against this practice is called "syncretism." It is when a religious or philosophical behaviour becomes united or combined with another behaviour and is a conscious attempt to DIS-GUISE a truth; to camouflage something by re-inventing a new meaning for it.

By way of example, once again I refer to my experiences on the island of Cuba. The Roman Catholic religion is rather prevalent on that island. BUT, even it, with all of its flaws and compromises in and of itself, is watered down and compromised even further. Mixed into the RC religious rituals you will find satanism! Yes, I said satanism. There is a voodoo practice, common to a lot of the West Indies populations, that is combined with this religion. It brings chills to my bones just thinking of it. It is a horrible, horrible thing that ultimately takes over and rules the individual and ultimately the community that has, "opened its doors and invited the spirit of satanism in." We know that the evil one, haSatan, will give us the desires of our lusty flesh, and then once he has us hooked we are all but his, especially if we do not even see what has entered into us and seek the L-rd to be rid of it! We are blind-sided and walk about unawares of the corruption taking place within our very souls!

Remember the Scripture where we are told one evil spirit was driven out of a man and immediately seven more entered in? If we do not continually renew and refresh and RID ourselves of those things that compromise truth and goodness, ultimately they will indeed rule our lives. Our small compromises, like celebrating "christmas" with the use of a "christmas tree" will become bigger compromises. Our minds become dulled to the reality of the wrongness of what we have done. We continually argue to ourselves using that same thought process I referenced earlier, that, "after all it's only ..... I didn't murder etc. ... ."

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