Our Heavenly Father's, Kingdom, the New Jerusalem!
We must start rebuilding the Kingdom here based on truth!
John 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
2 Chr 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Christmas was not originally celebrated here in America by
Protestant Christians.The Puritans
were against the celebration of Christmas since a Roman Catholic Pope started the tradition based on the false belief that Jesus Christ was born on December 25th. The Protestant reformation was about eliminating all observances and traditions that were established by Popes and not based on biblical facts. I do agree with the Puritans that Jesus Christ was born on September 29th and not December 25th. The actual problem with the Christmas celebration is that the Puritans forgot the reason behind the celebration since the Pope had actually just changed the reason. The original Christmas celebration was the anointing of the Second Temple Altar recorded in 1st Maccabees 4:44-59. The word Christ means anointed and -mas means sacred day.
Reflected below is a full transcript of an 1836 newspaper
article regarding the history of Christmas and their reasons for thinking it
should not be celebrated.Click here to see original article in column three.
December 28, 1836 Vermont Telegraph – Christmas
It is known to all that have
examined the subject, that we are entirely ignorant of the precise time of our
Lord’s nativity.There is good reason to
believe that the Christian era itself is considerably inaccurate; that our
Savior’s birth really took place about four years earlier than the time from
which it is commonly reckoned; so that we are now in the year 1840, from the
true period of his incarnation.The
cause of this error was, that even Christians, to say nothing of others, did
not reckon time from the birth of Christ, till about the beginning of the sixth
century after his advent; when it was no longer practicable to fix that great
epoch with certainty.The public archives
had been destroyed by the burning of the greater part of the city of Rome, in
the time of Nero, and probably by his order; and hence, although the empire in
the sixth century had long since become Christian, the decree of Augustus for a
general taxing which was contemporaneous with our Savior’s birth and the
account of his death sent to Rome by Pilate, could not be resorted to in
determining the exact time of these interesting and important events.
The word Christmas is composed of the two words, Christ and Mass, and was
first employed to denote the religious service made use of in the Roman
Catholic church, in celebrating our Savior’s birth; nor is it improbable, that this very term has
increased, if it did not originate the strong dislike, which some
Protestants have always entertained and expressed against the performance of
any religious service on the day called Christmas.
There seems to be no probability
that the great event which Christmas commemorates, happened on the 25th
of December; and it is wonderful that Pope Julius, by whom that day was fixed
for religious observance, should have decided as he did.Two events, coincident with the incarnation
of our Redeemer, are fully known – the resort of the Jews, from the most
distance parts of Judea, to the city or place where they were born, that they
might be enrolled and taxed – and the watching of their flocks by night, of the
shepherds, in the vicinity of Bethlehem.Now, it is very improbable that the season of the year, the most
unfavorable of all for traveling, should have been assigned for the universal
attendance of the Jews at the various places of enrolment:and it is still more improbable, that in a
climate not very different from that of the southern part of the United
States,* shepherds should be “keeping watch over their flocks by night,” on the
25th of December – encamped as they clearly were, in the open
fields.Those who have investigated the
subject most carefully have placed our Lord’s nativity somewhere between the
middle of August, and the middle of November; and the best and prevalent
opinion is that it happened in the latter part of September, or in the early
part of October.
We have no evidence that
Christmas was ever observed as a religious festival till toward the end of the
second century of the Christian era, under the Roman emperor Commodus.The observance of it, however, soon became
general, and continued so till the time of the Protestant reformation.Neither, indeed, was its observance
proscribed or discountenanced by the reformers, otherwise than that this might
seem to be implied in the great Protestant principle that the Scriptures alone
contain the laws and institutions which are binding on conscience and
obligatory on the church, and that in the Scriptures, there is certainly no
command, nor any recorded usage of the primitive church, in favor of the
observance of Christmas.The Protestant
churches, nevertheless, both Lutheran and Calvinistic, have, in fact, generally
observed the day not only as a season of social festivity, but by the performance
of some religious service, commemorative of the birth of Christ.It is believed that the Scotch church and the
English puritans, with their descendants, stand alone, among all the reformed
churches whose origin is ? with the reformation, in their refusal to celebrate
Christmas in a religious manner – esteeming such a celebration as a departure
from the fundamental principle of Protestantism, already mentioned and viewing
in as dangerous to make any observance habitual, without a clear scriptural
warrant; or to act as if any other day than the Sabbath could lawfully be
regarded as sacred.We are now prepared
to make the following summary statement.
1.That
the religious observance of the day called Christmas, is not a divine
institution, and therefore to represent of regard it as such, is contrary to
truth and duty.
2.That
the day of the year, and even the month in which our Savior was born, is not
known. – The day of his crucifixion we know exactly.It is ascertained by the Jewish Passover, the
annual return of which is most clearly specified in the Pentateuch, and has
been punctually observed by the Jews in every successive age.But in the providence of God, we are not
permitted to know the day on which our blessed Lord became incarnate.
3.That
the incarnation or nativity of the Redeemer of the world, is unquestionably an
event which we ought often to recollect, with the deepest admiration and the
most lively gratitude, and on suitable occasions to celebrate in social
worship.
4.That
since the second century of the Christian era, the great body of Christians,
both Catholics and Protestants, have assigned a specific day for the commemoration
of the great event by which a Savior was given to the world.
5.That
some Protestant sects notwithstanding, refuse to observe this day, because they
have no scriptural warrant for such an observance, and therefore, think that it
is wrong in itself, and likely to be followed by very bad consequences.
*Bethlehem, in Judea, is placed on maps in Lat. 33 deg. 36
min north, which is very nearly the latitude of Charleston, S. C.
The Thanksgiving holiday or Holy Day is rooted in Christianity.It is a day to praise our Father in Heaven for the final
harvest of the year.The original Pilgrim
celebration of Thanksgiving was called a harvest festival. The Pilgrims were known for their Christian
beliefs and the importance they put on studying the bible, so it is certain that
they were aware of the Feast of Tabernacles and the importance of thanksgiving
to our Father in Heaven.
The Mayflower Compact stated their mission was for the glory
of God:
Having undertaken, for the Glory of
God, and advancements of the Christian faith and honor of our King and
Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the Northern parts of Virginia,
do by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and one
another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic; for
our better ordering, and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid;
and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal laws,
ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be
thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony; unto which
we promise all due submission and obedience.
Our harvest
being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might after
a special manner rejoice together after
we had gathered the fruits of our labor. They four in one day killed as
much fowl as, with a little help beside, served
the company almost a week. At which time, amongst other recreations, we
exercised our arms, many of the Indians coming amongst us, and among the rest their
greatest king Massasoit,
with some ninety men, whom for three days we entertained and feasted, and they
went out and killed five deer, which we brought to the plantation and bestowed
on our governor, and upon the captain and others. And although it be not always
so plentiful as it was at this time with us, yet by the goodness of God, we are so far from want that we often wish you
partakers of our plenty.
The time of the festival:
The Pilgrims
celebrated at Plymouth for three days after their first harvest in 1621. The
exact time is unknown, but James Baker, then Plimoth Plantation vice
president of research, stated in 1996, "The event occurred between Sept.
21 and Nov. 11, 1621, with the most likely time being around Michaelmas(Sept. 29, Day of Atonement), the traditional time."
Exodus 23: 14
Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. 15 Thou shalt keep the
feast of unleavened bread:(thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I
commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest
out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:) 16 And the feast of
harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou hast sown in the field: and
the feast of ingathering, which is in
the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.
1851 Septuagint
Exodus 23:16 And thou shalt keep the feast of the harvest of first fruits of
thy labors, whatsoever thou shalt have sown in thy field, and the feast of completion at the end of the year
in the gathering in of thy fruits out of thy field.
Exodus 34: 22
You shall observe the Feast of Weeks, the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year's end.
Deu 16:13
"You shall keep the Feast of Booths
seven days, when you have gathered in the produce from your threshing floor
and your winepress. 14 You shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and
your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite, the
sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your towns. 15 For
seven days you shall keep the feast to the Lord your God at the place that the
Lord will choose, because the Lord your God
will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that
you will be altogether joyful.
Thanksgiving
The Pilgrims studied the bible, therefore knew the
importance of thanksgiving or praise to our Father in Heaven.The word ‘thanksgiving’ appears in the bible many times.It appears in the World English Bible 33 times, as follows:
Lev 7:11-15 "'This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which one shall
offer to Yahweh. If he offers it for a thanksgiving,
then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving
unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and
cakes mixed with oil. With cakes of leavened bread he shall offer his
offering with the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving. Of it he shall offer one out of each offering for
a heave offering to Yahweh. It shall be the priest's who sprinkles the blood of
the peace offerings. The flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day
of his offering.
Lev 22:29
"When you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving
to Yahweh, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.
2 Chron 33:16 He
built up the altar of Yahweh, and offered thereon sacrifices of peace-
offerings and of thanksgiving, and
commanded Judah to serve Yahweh, the God of Israel.
Neh 11:17 and Mattaniah
the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the chief to begin
the thanksgiving in prayer,
Neh 12:8
Moreover the Levites:Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, [and]
Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgiving,
he and his brothers.
Neh 12:46 For in
the days of David and Asaph of old there was a chief of the singers, and songs
of praise and thanksgiving to God.
Psalm 26:7 That
I may make the voice of thanksgiving
to be heard, And tell of all your wondrous works.
Psalm 50:14
Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving.
Pay your vows to the Most High.
Psalm 50:23
Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving
glorifies me, And prepares his way so that I will show God's salvation to him.
"
Psalm 69:30 I
will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify him with thanksgiving.
Psalm 95:2 Let's
come before his presence with thanksgiving.
Let's extol him with songs!
Psalm 100:1 ((A
Psalm of thanksgiving.)) Shout for
joy to Yahweh, all you lands! 2 Serve Yahweh with gladness. Come before his
presence with singing. 3 Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us,
and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter into
his gates with thanksgiving, Into
his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name. 5 For Yahweh is
good. His loving kindness endures forever, His faithfulness to all generations.
Psalm 107:22 Let
them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving,
And declare his works with singing.
Psalm 116:17 I
will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
And will call on the name of Yahweh.
Psalm 147:7 Sing
to Yahweh with thanksgiving. Sing
praises on the harp to our God, 8 Who covers the sky with clouds, Who prepares
rain for the earth, Who makes grass grow on the mountains.
Isaiah 51: 3 For
Yahweh has comforted Zion; he has comforted all her waste places, and has made
her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Yahweh; joy and
gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving,
and the voice of melody.
Jer 17:26 They
shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places round about Jerusalem,
and from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowland, and from the hill-
country, and from the South, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and
meal- offerings, and frankincense, and bringing [sacrifices of] thanksgiving, to the house of Yahweh.
27 But if you will not listen to me to make the Sabbath day holy, and not to
bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day; then
will I kindle a fire in the gates of it, and it shall devour the palaces of
Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
Jer 30:19 Out of
them shall proceed thanksgiving and
the voice of those who make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not
be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
Jer 33: 11 the
voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the
voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, Give thanks to Yahweh of Hosts,
for Yahweh is good, for his loving kindness endures forever; [and of them] who
bring [sacrifices of] thanksgiving
into the house of Yahweh. For I will cause the captivity of the land to return
as at the first, says Yahweh.
Amos 4:5 Offer a
sacrifice of thanksgiving of that
which is leavened, And proclaim free will offerings and brag about them: For
this pleases you, you children of Israel, "says the Lord Yahweh.
Jonah 2:9 But I
will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving.
I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh. "
2 Cor 4:15 For
all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the
many, may cause the thanksgiving to
abound to the glory of God.
2 Cor 9:10 Now
may he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply
your seed for sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness; 11 you
being enriched in everything to all liberality, which works through us thanksgiving to God. 12 For this
service of giving that you perform not only makes up for lack among the saints,
but abounds also through many givings of thanks to God;
Phi 4:4 Rejoice
in the Lord always! Again I will say, Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be known
to all men. The Lord is at hand. 6 In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by
prayer and petition with thanksgiving,
let your requests be made known to God.
Col 2:6 As
therefore you received Christ Jesus, the Lord, walk in him, 7 rooted and built
up in him, and established in the faith, even as you were taught, abounding in
it in thanksgiving.
Col 4:1 Masters,
give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have
a Master in heaven. 2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching therein with thanksgiving; 3 praying together for us
also, that God may open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of
Christ, for which I am also in bonds;
1 Thes 3:9 For
what thanksgiving can we render
again to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes
before our God;
1 Tim 4:1 But
the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the
faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 through
the hypocrisy of men who speak lies, branded in their own conscience as with a
hot iron; 3 forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God
created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the
truth. 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if
it is received with thanksgiving. 5
For it is sanctified through the word of God and prayer.
Rev 7:10 They
cried with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation be to our God, who sits on the
throne, and to the Lamb!" 11 All the angels were standing around the
throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces
before his throne, and worshiped God, 12 saying, "Amen! Blessing, glory,
wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power,
and might, be to our God forever and ever! Amen."
It is no coincidence that the US Pilgrims and the Israelites both
celebrated the final harvest, at the same time of the year, for a week of giving
thanks to our Father in Heaven!
History of
Thanksgiving: The Pilgrims to "Franksgiving"
The traditions that were performed at Queen Elizabeth II’s
coronation ceremony have been handed down over the centuries from her ancestors
who were kings and queens before her.These traditions come directly from the #bible starting with the anointing
of King David, whom Queen Elizabeth II descends from.
Our Father in Heaven made these promises to King David:
2 Samuel 7: 16
And thine house and thy kingdom shall be
established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did
Nathan speak unto David.
As long as there is day and night, a
descendant of David will be on the throne.Jeremiah 33:19 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 20 "Thus says
the Lord: If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the
night, so that day and night will not come at their appointed time, 21 then
also my covenant with David my servant may be broken, so that he shall not have
a son to reign on his throne, and my covenant with the Levitical priests my
ministers. 22 As the host of heaven
cannot be numbered and the sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will
multiply the offspring of David my servant, and the Levitical priests who
minister to me."
Queen Elizabeth’s coronation was the first to be on
television and her father’s coronation was the first to be filmed.Therefore we can look back at the coronation
and see all the traditions that were taken directly from the bible and were
included in the ceremony.
Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation
The Bible
King David’s Harp
A harp is shown in the coat of
arms mounted on the gates and other places.For more information , click here.The heraldry shows inheritance, click here.
1 Samuel 16:23 And it came to pass, when the evil
spirit from God was upon Saul, that David
took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was
well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
Psalms 144 9:I will sing a new song to you, O God;
upon a ten- stringed
harp I will play to
you,
10 who gives victory to kings,
who rescues David his servant from the cruel sword.
Lion of Judah
Lions are shown in the coat of
arms mounted on the gates and other places.
Genesis 49:9 Judah
is a lion's cub;
Joseph’s Unicorn
Unicorns are shown in the coat
of arms.
Deuteronomy 33:17 [Moses said,] "His glory is like the firstling of his
bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them
he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth and they are the
ten thousands of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh." [The ox
and unicorn are included in
the emblems of Joseph, along with the olive branch and arrows.]
Trumpets
They went into London blew the
trumpets and proclaimed that Queen Elizabeth II will be queen.
2 Kings 9:13 Then in haste every man of them took his
garment and put it under him on the bare steps, and they blew the trumpet and proclaimed, "Jehu is king."
Chariots
Queen Elizabeth II rode in a
chariot.
2 Chron 1:14 Solomon gathered together chariots and
horsemen. He had 1,400 chariots
and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the
king in Jerusalem.
Crown
They crowned Queen Elizabeth
II.
2 Kings 11:12 Then he brought out the king's son and
put the crown on him and gave him
the testimony. And they proclaimed him
king and anointed him, and
they clapped their hands and said, "Long
live the king!"
God save the King
The people shouted ‘God save
Queen Elizabeth’ and ‘God save the king’.
1 Sam 10:24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye
him whom the Lord hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the
people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
Coronation Stone
Queen Elizabeth II stood next to
King Edward’s chair that holds the coronation stone under the seat. This
stone was also called a pillar.Click here
for more information.
2 Kings 11:13 When Athaliah heard the noise of the
guard and of the people, she went into the house of the Lord to the people.
14 And when she looked, there was the king
standing by the pillar [Jacob’s pillow, stone of scones], according to
the custom, and the captains and the trumpeters beside the king, and all the
people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets.
Anointed
The priest anointed Queen
Elizabeth II. The
song Zadok the priest
was played.This song is a coronation
anthem that was composed in 1727.
2 Samuel 2:4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of
Judah.
1 Kings 1:39 And Zadok
the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet;
and all the people said, God save king
Solomon.
Robe
They put a robe on Queen
Elizabeth II and called it the robe of righteousness.
1 Chron 15:27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the
Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the
song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
Isaiah 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my
soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of
salvation, he hath covered me with the robe
of righteousness,
Judah & the Royal Scepter
Queen Elizabeth II received the
scepter.
Genesis 49:10 The
scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between
his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of
the peoples.
1902
- The Anointing of Queen Alexandra at the Coronation of Edward VII
Since King David the bible shows that there were
good and evil kings. During the
coronation ceremony, Queen Elizabeth II took an oath, as follows:
Archbishop of Canterbury: Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the Peoples of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand,
The Union of South Africa, Pakistan and Ceylon, and of your Possessions and the
other Territories to any of them belonging or pertaining, according to their respective laws and customs? Queen: I solemnly promise so to do.
Archbishop: Will you to your power cause Law and Justice, in Mercy, to
be executed in all your judgements? Queen: I will.
Archbishop: Will you to the
utmost of your power maintain the Laws of God and the true profession of the Gospel? Will you to the utmost of your power
maintain in the United Kingdom the Protestant Reformed Religion established by
law? Will you maintain and preserve inviolably the settlement of the Church of England, and the doctrine, worship,
discipline, and government thereof,
as by law established in England? And will you preserve unto the Bishops and
Clergy of England, and to the Churches there committed to their charge, all
such rights and privileges, as by law do or shall appertain to them or any of
them? Queen: All this I promise to do.
Queen Elizabeth
cannot serve two masters, Our Father in Heaven's laws and the laws of nations.In the oath she said she would keep true to
the gospel and the government of the church, however, there is no such thing as
a Archbishop in the bible.There is no
way that Queen Elizabeth II can be a good queen following Yahweh’s laws if she
is going to abide to this oath.
Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for
either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the
one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Queen Elizabeth II’s oath should have only been to serve Yahweh and follow
his laws. The oath she took was devised
so that she cannot remove the high places as many of the kings before her were
prevented from doing.
Regarding King Jehoshaphat2 Chron 20:32 he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it,
doing that which was right in the sight of the Lord. 33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for
as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
Queen Elizabeth II's Coat of Arms
Notice the lion of Judah, the Unicorn of Joseph, the harp of
David and the crown.
Over a year and half ago I decided to reread the bible.As I started I did a lot of thinking about
why my ancestors brought the Christianreligionwith them on the Mayflower.They could have brought Hinduismor Buddhismwith them but they did not.Why did they read the Geneva Bibleand bring the Christian religion to America, I was wondering?We are constantly told that the people of the
Old Testamentare the Jews, so why should I care about
reading their history?Why did our
ancestors care?Which church is the
right church to attend?These are the
questions I was hoping to answer as I read the Bible.I did listen to several different internet
radio pastorsand realized I had to turn them off and just
read and document the word of Yahwehand organize my own thoughts prior to
listening to another Pastor.I have come
to conclusions on some of these questions which I do plan to share on this
blog.
I went to church for years twice a week and realize now that
I never gained a true understanding of Yahweh’s word.I did learn in church that many false
prophetswould be here in the end times but I never put
together that the pastor of the church I was attending was a false
prophet.I was told that the MormonChurchI attended when I was young was a cult so I
became a born again Christian.I attended the Evangelical Churchfor years and last year I heard this church
was a cult since they did not teach all the books of the Bible.It is true that the Evangelical church never
taught me that you should read the Bible from the start to the end.The Evangelical church wanted you to use
their Bible reading plan that only had you read certain books and
passages.
At the time I started rereading the bible, I made this religion
flowchart so that I could think about this while reading the bible. I have
attended many different churches in my life and I wanted to ensure that I
attended a bible believing church this time.Here is a copy of the flow chart that will maybe help you decide.
