{"id":162261,"date":"2025-12-25T18:08:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T18:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celticorthodoxy.com\/?p=127538"},"modified":"2025-12-25T18:09:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T18:09:02","slug":"dec-25th-birth-or-conception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchman.news\/de\/2025\/12\/dec-25th-birth-or-conception\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biblical Light Has Come: Why December 25 Belongs to Christ \u2014 Even If He Was Born at Tabernacles"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 data-start=\"785\" data-end=\"819\">THE BIBLICAL LIGHT HAS COME: Why December 25 Belongs to Christ \u2014 Even If He Was Born at Tabernacles (the inversion, &#8220;the shadow of things to come&#8230;&#8221;, the photo negative)<\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"820\" data-end=\"892\">Why December 25 Belongs to Christ \u2014 Even If He Was Born at Tabernacles**<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"894\" data-end=\"1055\"><em data-start=\"894\" data-end=\"1055\">A theological, historical, and creation-based defense for honoring Christ on December 25 \u2014 without surrendering truth, Hebrew continuity, or ancient orthodoxy.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1057\" data-end=\"1060\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1062\" data-end=\"1106\">\ud83c\udf04 <strong>1. Where the Controversy Stands Today<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1108\" data-end=\"1145\">Every December, Christians are split:<\/p>\n<div class=\"TyagGW_tableContainer\">\n<div class=\"group TyagGW_tableWrapper flex w-fit flex-col-reverse\">\n<table class=\"w-fit min-w-(--thread-content-width)\" data-start=\"1147\" data-end=\"1435\">\n<thead data-start=\"1147\" data-end=\"1207\">\n<tr data-start=\"1147\" data-end=\"1207\">\n<th data-start=\"1147\" data-end=\"1175\" data-col-size=\"md\">\u274c Some reject December 25<\/th>\n<th data-start=\"1175\" data-end=\"1207\" data-col-size=\"sm\">\u271d\ufe0f Some celebrate it proudly<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody data-start=\"1267\" data-end=\"1435\">\n<tr data-start=\"1267\" data-end=\"1347\">\n<td data-start=\"1267\" data-end=\"1305\" data-col-size=\"md\">\u201cChristmas is pagan \u2014 sun worship.\u201d<\/td>\n<td data-col-size=\"sm\" data-start=\"1305\" data-end=\"1347\">\u201cThis is Christ\u2019s birthday \u2014 rejoice!\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-start=\"1348\" data-end=\"1435\">\n<td data-start=\"1348\" data-end=\"1392\" data-col-size=\"md\">\u201cTrees, Santa, commercialism! I abstain.\u201d<\/td>\n<td data-col-size=\"sm\" data-start=\"1392\" data-end=\"1435\">\u201cFamily, light, worship \u2014 I celebrate.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"1437\" data-end=\"1520\">Both sides fear compromise. Many feel pressured to choose one extreme or the other.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1522\" data-end=\"1603\">\u26a0\ufe0f But the <strong data-start=\"1533\" data-end=\"1603\">ancient Church \u2014 before Rome \u2014 never lived in such false binaries.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1605\" data-end=\"1658\">Because Scripture \u2014 and creation \u2014 teach a third way:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1660\" data-end=\"1849\">\n<p data-start=\"1662\" data-end=\"1849\"><strong data-start=\"1662\" data-end=\"1687\">Christ owns all days.<\/strong><br data-start=\"1687\" data-end=\"1690\" \/>\u201cThe earth is the Lord\u2019s and the fullness thereof.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/KJV\/Psalm24\" class=\"bibleserver extern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ps 24<\/a>)<br data-start=\"1751\" data-end=\"1754\" \/>\u201cFrom the creation of the world\u2026 the invisible things of God are clearly seen.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/KJV\/Romans1%3A19-20\" class=\"bibleserver extern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rom 1:19\u201320<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1851\" data-end=\"1918\">The question is not:<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"1872\" data-end=\"1918\">Did pagans once observe this time of year?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1920\" data-end=\"2058\">The question is:<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"1937\" data-end=\"2058\">Did God Himself inscribe the Gospel into creation \u2014 including THIS moment of the year \u2014 long before pagans copied it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"2060\" data-end=\"2063\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"2065\" data-end=\"2115\">\ud83d\udd6f\ufe0f <strong>2. Scripture First \u2014 The Nativity Timeline<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2117\" data-end=\"2184\">(Shortest possible summary \u2014 full chronology in companion article.)<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2186\" data-end=\"2201\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/KJV\/Luke1\" class=\"bibleserver extern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luke 1<\/a> reveals:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2203\" data-end=\"2485\">\n<li data-start=\"2203\" data-end=\"2275\">\n<p data-start=\"2205\" data-end=\"2275\">John the Baptist conceived after Abijah\u2019s priestly course (~Pentecost)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2276\" data-end=\"2310\">\n<p data-start=\"2278\" data-end=\"2310\">Elizabeth hides herself 5 months<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2311\" data-end=\"2378\">\n<p data-start=\"2313\" data-end=\"2378\">Gabriel appears to Mary in the <strong data-start=\"2344\" data-end=\"2359\">sixth month<\/strong> \u2192 <strong data-start=\"2362\" data-end=\"2378\">mid-December<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2379\" data-end=\"2418\">\n<p data-start=\"2381\" data-end=\"2418\"><strong data-start=\"2381\" data-end=\"2409\">Incarnation (Conception)<\/strong> = winter<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2419\" data-end=\"2485\">\n<p data-start=\"2421\" data-end=\"2485\"><strong data-start=\"2421\" data-end=\"2441\">Nativity (Birth)<\/strong> = <strong data-start=\"2444\" data-end=\"2468\">Feast of Tabernacles<\/strong>, ~late September<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote data-start=\"2487\" data-end=\"2550\">\n<p data-start=\"2489\" data-end=\"2550\">\u201cThe Word became flesh and tabernacled among us.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/KJV\/John1%3A14\" class=\"bibleserver extern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John 1:14<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"2552\" data-end=\"2673\">\ud83d\udccc Biblical conclusion:<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"2576\" data-end=\"2599\">Tabernacles = Birth<\/strong><br data-start=\"2599\" data-end=\"2602\" \/><strong data-start=\"2602\" data-end=\"2673\">Mid-winter = Incarnation \/ conception \u2014 the Light entering the womb<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2675\" data-end=\"2797\">\ud83d\udc49 Full supporting chronology:<br data-start=\"2705\" data-end=\"2708\" \/><strong data-start=\"2708\" data-end=\"2797\">\u201cMany Hails on Many Days \u2014 Why Tabernacles Was the Original Mainstream in Asia Minor\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"2799\" data-end=\"2802\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"2804\" data-end=\"2872\">\ud83e\ude7a <strong>3. Why December 25 Still Matters \u2014 Even If It\u2019s Not the Birth<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2874\" data-end=\"2905\">Most modern debate misses this:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2907\" data-end=\"3015\"><strong data-start=\"2907\" data-end=\"3015\">December 25 is about the Light FIRST appearing \u2014 the Conception \u2014 the invasion of the world by the Word.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3017\" data-end=\"3043\">God wrote this truth into:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"3045\" data-end=\"3156\">\n<li data-start=\"3045\" data-end=\"3079\">\n<p data-start=\"3047\" data-end=\"3079\">womb cycles (9-month gestation),<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3080\" data-end=\"3119\">\n<p data-start=\"3082\" data-end=\"3119\">seasons (darkest \u2192 light increasing),<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3120\" data-end=\"3156\">\n<p data-start=\"3122\" data-end=\"3156\">feasts (death, conception, birth).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"3158\" data-end=\"3179\">Look at the symmetry:<\/p>\n<div class=\"contain-inline-size rounded-2xl corner-superellipse\/1.1 relative bg-token-sidebar-surface-primary\">\n<div class=\"@w-xl\/main:top-9 sticky top-[calc(--spacing(9)+var(--header-height))]\">\n<div class=\"absolute end-0 bottom-0 flex h-9 items-center pe-2\">\n<div class=\"bg-token-bg-elevated-secondary text-token-text-secondary flex items-center gap-4 rounded-sm px-2 font-sans text-xs\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"overflow-y-auto p-4\" dir=\"ltr\"><code class=\"whitespace-pre!\">     Passover \u2014 Death, Lamb <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">slain<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-params\">(Spring)<\/span><br \/>\n           \u21e3  <span class=\"hljs-number\">9<\/span> months<br \/>\nDecember <span class=\"hljs-number\">25<\/span> \u2014 Incarnation \/ Hidden Light begins<br \/>\n           \u21e3  <span class=\"hljs-number\">9<\/span> months<br \/>\nTabernacles \u2014 Birth \/ God Dwells Among Us<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"3369\" data-end=\"3405\">Creation itself preaches the Gospel:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"3407\" data-end=\"3511\">\n<p data-start=\"3409\" data-end=\"3511\">\u201cUnto you that fear My Name shall the <strong data-start=\"3447\" data-end=\"3454\">Sun<\/strong> (\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05de\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1\u2014literal sun) of Righteousness arise\u2026\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/KJV\/Malachi4%3A2\" class=\"bibleserver extern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mal 4:2<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"3513\" data-end=\"3604\">Thus \u2014<br \/>\n\u274c saying \u201cwinter solstice = sun = pagan!\u201d<br data-start=\"3561\" data-end=\"3564\" \/>is to <strong data-start=\"3570\" data-end=\"3580\">invert<\/strong> the Bible\u2019s revelation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3606\" data-end=\"3711\">Pagans did not invent symbolism.<br data-start=\"3638\" data-end=\"3641\" \/><strong data-start=\"3641\" data-end=\"3711\">They borrowed fragments \u2014 without the Scriptures to complete them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"3713\" data-end=\"3716\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"3718\" data-end=\"3787\">\ud83c\udf0d <strong>4. Rome, the Heathen \u2014 and Why This Actually PROVES the Gospel<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"3789\" data-end=\"3833\">Why did Romans celebrate a \u201cbirth of light\u201d?<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3835\" data-end=\"3869\">Because nature itself taught them:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"3871\" data-end=\"3949\">\n<li data-start=\"3871\" data-end=\"3915\">\n<p data-start=\"3873\" data-end=\"3915\">the light returns after the darkest night,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3916\" data-end=\"3931\">\n<p data-start=\"3918\" data-end=\"3931\">hope emerges,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3932\" data-end=\"3949\">\n<p data-start=\"3934\" data-end=\"3949\">renewal begins.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"3951\" data-end=\"4024\">The Magi \u2014 astronomers \u2014 also followed <strong data-start=\"3990\" data-end=\"4002\">creation<\/strong> and found <strong data-start=\"4013\" data-end=\"4024\">Christ.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4026\" data-end=\"4035\">Likewise:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"4037\" data-end=\"4075\">\n<li data-start=\"4037\" data-end=\"4045\">\n<p data-start=\"4039\" data-end=\"4045\">Druids<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"4046\" data-end=\"4060\">\n<p data-start=\"4048\" data-end=\"4060\">Celtic seers<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"4061\" data-end=\"4075\">\n<p data-start=\"4063\" data-end=\"4075\">philosophers<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"4077\" data-end=\"4134\">\u2014 converted <em data-start=\"4089\" data-end=\"4134\">because creation had already prepared them.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4136\" data-end=\"4217\">\ud83d\udd4a <strong data-start=\"4139\" data-end=\"4188\">The sun was never the threat \u2014 ignorance was.<\/strong><br data-start=\"4188\" data-end=\"4191\" \/>Christ is the fulfillment.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"4219\" data-end=\"4222\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"4224\" data-end=\"4290\"><strong>\ud83c\udf84 5. The Christmas Tree Question \u2014 We Tell the Truth About It<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"4292\" data-end=\"4364\">Yes \u2014 Israel was condemned repeatedly for groves and \u201cgreen-tree\u201d rites:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"4366\" data-end=\"4415\">\n<p data-start=\"4368\" data-end=\"4415\">\u201cUnder every green tree\u2026\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/KJV\/Deuteronomy12%3A2\" class=\"bibleserver extern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deut 12:2<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/KJV\/Isaiah57%3A5\" class=\"bibleserver extern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Isa 57:5<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"4417\" data-end=\"4442\">Those practices included:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"4444\" data-end=\"4522\">\n<li data-start=\"4444\" data-end=\"4459\">\n<p data-start=\"4446\" data-end=\"4459\">sacred groves<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"4460\" data-end=\"4477\">\n<p data-start=\"4462\" data-end=\"4477\">fertility rites<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"4478\" data-end=\"4497\">\n<p data-start=\"4480\" data-end=\"4497\">gifts under trees<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"4498\" data-end=\"4522\">\n<p data-start=\"4500\" data-end=\"4522\">sensual occult worship<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"4524\" data-end=\"4707\">Therefore \u2014 St. Andrew\u2019s OCC teaches:<br \/>\n\u274c do not sacralize trees in the house<br data-start=\"4599\" data-end=\"4602\" \/>\u274c do not imitate heathen ritual practice<br data-start=\"4642\" data-end=\"4645\" \/>\u2714\ufe0f keep worship pure \u2014 Liturgy, Scripture, Psalmody, Eucharist<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4709\" data-end=\"4755\"><strong data-start=\"4709\" data-end=\"4755\">The day is not corrupted \u2014 the abuses are.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"4757\" data-end=\"4760\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1181\" data-end=\"1260\">\ud83d\udd4e <strong>6. Was December 25 Ever \u201cPagan\u201d? \u2014 Yes, and That PROVES Something Larger<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1262\" data-end=\"1469\">Yes \u2014 the date was used in ancient Egypt, Assyria, and Roman Mithra feasts.<br data-start=\"1337\" data-end=\"1340\" \/>Yes \u2014 some even claim it was tied to Nimrod.<br data-start=\"1384\" data-end=\"1387\" \/>We do not need to deny this \u2014 <strong data-start=\"1417\" data-end=\"1469\">because the Bible gives us the interpretive key.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1471\" data-end=\"1575\">Pagans did not invent the symbols \u2014<br data-start=\"1506\" data-end=\"1509\" \/><strong data-start=\"1509\" data-end=\"1575\">they reacted to the sermon of creation without the Scriptures.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1577\" data-end=\"1724\">\n<p data-start=\"1579\" data-end=\"1724\">\u201cThe heavens declare the glory of God\u2026<br data-start=\"1617\" data-end=\"1620\" \/>Day unto day utters speech\u2026<br data-start=\"1649\" data-end=\"1652\" \/>Their line has gone out through all the earth.\u201d<br data-start=\"1701\" data-end=\"1704\" \/>\u2014 <strong data-start=\"1708\" data-end=\"1724\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/KJV\/Psalm19%3A1-4\" class=\"bibleserver extern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Psalm 19:1\u20134<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1726\" data-end=\"1917\">\n<p data-start=\"1728\" data-end=\"1917\">\u201cThat which may be known of God is manifest in them \u2014<br data-start=\"1781\" data-end=\"1784\" \/>For God has shown it unto them\u2026<br data-start=\"1817\" data-end=\"1820\" \/>From the creation of the world His invisible things are clearly seen.\u201d<br data-start=\"1892\" data-end=\"1895\" \/>\u2014 <strong data-start=\"1899\" data-end=\"1917\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/KJV\/Romans1%3A19-20\" class=\"bibleserver extern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Romans 1:19\u201320<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1919\" data-end=\"1974\">Nature preached <strong data-start=\"1935\" data-end=\"1949\">the Gospel<\/strong> before missionaries did.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1976\" data-end=\"2060\">The darkest point of the year\u2026<br data-start=\"2006\" data-end=\"2009\" \/>the turning of the light\u2026<br data-start=\"2034\" data-end=\"2037\" \/>the rebirth of the sun\u2026<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2062\" data-end=\"2091\">\u2014 all these were <strong data-start=\"2079\" data-end=\"2091\">shadows.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"2093\" data-end=\"2213\">\n<p data-start=\"2095\" data-end=\"2213\">\u201cFor the feasts are a <strong data-start=\"2117\" data-end=\"2127\">shadow<\/strong> of things to come,<br data-start=\"2146\" data-end=\"2149\" \/>but the <strong data-start=\"2159\" data-end=\"2172\">substance<\/strong> is Christ.\u201d<br data-start=\"2184\" data-end=\"2187\" \/>\u2014 <strong data-start=\"2191\" data-end=\"2213\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/KJV\/Colossians2%3A16-17\" class=\"bibleserver extern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colossians 2:16\u201317<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"2215\" data-end=\"2220\">Thus:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2222\" data-end=\"2348\">\n<li data-start=\"2222\" data-end=\"2252\">\n<p data-start=\"2224\" data-end=\"2252\">Pagans imitated the <em data-start=\"2244\" data-end=\"2252\">shadow<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2253\" data-end=\"2288\">\n<p data-start=\"2255\" data-end=\"2288\">Scripture reveals the <em data-start=\"2277\" data-end=\"2288\">substance<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2289\" data-end=\"2348\">\n<p data-start=\"2291\" data-end=\"2348\">Christ is the <strong data-start=\"2305\" data-end=\"2334\">true Sun of Righteousness<\/strong> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/KJV\/Malachi4%3A2\" class=\"bibleserver extern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Malachi 4:2<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"2350\" data-end=\"2411\">And look at the divine inversion \u2014 like a <strong data-start=\"2392\" data-end=\"2410\">photo negative<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2413\" data-end=\"2495\"><strong data-start=\"2413\" data-end=\"2495\">He who is the Light enters the world precisely when creation\u2019s light is least.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2497\" data-end=\"2533\">And by the rhythm of God\u2019s calendar:<\/p>\n<div class=\"contain-inline-size rounded-2xl corner-superellipse\/1.1 relative bg-token-sidebar-surface-primary\">\n<div class=\"@w-xl\/main:top-9 sticky top-[calc(--spacing(9)+var(--header-height))]\">\n<div class=\"absolute end-0 bottom-0 flex h-9 items-center pe-2\">\n<div class=\"bg-token-bg-elevated-secondary text-token-text-secondary flex items-center gap-4 rounded-sm px-2 font-sans text-xs\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"overflow-y-auto p-4\" dir=\"ltr\"><code class=\"whitespace-pre!\">Passover  \u2192 (<span class=\"hljs-number\">9<\/span> months) \u2192 December Conception<br \/>\nTabernacles \u2192 (<span class=\"hljs-number\">9<\/span> months) \u2192 December Conception<br \/>\n<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"2636\" data-end=\"2737\">December stands at the <strong data-start=\"2659\" data-end=\"2681\">mathematical hinge<\/strong> of Incarnation \u2014<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"2699\" data-end=\"2737\">the hidden beginning of the Light.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2739\" data-end=\"2749\">Therefore:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2751\" data-end=\"2883\">We do not \u201cborrow\u201d December 25 from pagans.<br data-start=\"2794\" data-end=\"2797\" \/>Rather \u2014 <strong data-start=\"2806\" data-end=\"2883\">pagans borrowed the faint outline of a truth that God placed in creation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"5428\" data-end=\"5606\">\n<li data-start=\"5541\" data-end=\"5606\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-start=\"5608\" data-end=\"5611\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"5613\" data-end=\"5684\">\ud83c\udff4 <strong>7. Celtic Christianity \u2014 The Missing Witness Rome Couldn\u2019t Erase<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"5686\" data-end=\"5766\">The Celtic, Gallican, and Mozarabic traditions preserved what Rome later forgot:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"5768\" data-end=\"6067\">\n<li data-start=\"5768\" data-end=\"5836\">\n<p data-start=\"5770\" data-end=\"5836\">A <strong data-start=\"5772\" data-end=\"5794\">40-day Advent fast<\/strong> beginning <strong data-start=\"5805\" data-end=\"5836\">Nov. 11 (St. Martin\u2019s Lent)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"5837\" data-end=\"5886\">\n<p data-start=\"5839\" data-end=\"5886\">December 18 <strong data-start=\"5851\" data-end=\"5880\">Annunciation (Conception)<\/strong> feast<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"5887\" data-end=\"5922\">\n<p data-start=\"5889\" data-end=\"5922\">Christ\u2019s <strong data-start=\"5898\" data-end=\"5922\">Birth at Tabernacles<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"5923\" data-end=\"5943\">\n<p data-start=\"5925\" data-end=\"5943\">Sabbath continuity<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"5944\" data-end=\"5965\">\n<p data-start=\"5946\" data-end=\"5965\">Hebrew feast memory<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"5966\" data-end=\"6067\">\n<p data-start=\"5968\" data-end=\"6067\">A Christianity never conquered by Rome<br \/>\n(Hadrian\u2019s Wall marks the boundary they could never cross)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"6069\" data-end=\"6269\">As Augustine admitted to the Pope:<br \/>\n\u27a1\ufe0f The churches of Gaul and Britain were <strong data-start=\"6145\" data-end=\"6154\">older<\/strong> than Rome<br data-start=\"6164\" data-end=\"6167\" \/>\u27a1\ufe0f They did <strong data-start=\"6179\" data-end=\"6186\">not<\/strong> keep Roman customs<br data-start=\"6205\" data-end=\"6208\" \/>\u27a1\ufe0f They kept <strong data-start=\"6221\" data-end=\"6239\">ancient feasts<\/strong>, older than Western calendars<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6271\" data-end=\"6281\">Therefore:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"6283\" data-end=\"6520\">\n<p data-start=\"6285\" data-end=\"6334\">A Celtic-Orthodox believer may say without shame:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6340\" data-end=\"6520\"><strong data-start=\"6340\" data-end=\"6520\">\u201cWe keep December as the holy season of His Incarnation \u2014<br data-start=\"6399\" data-end=\"6402\" \/>and Tabernacles as His Nativity \u2014<br data-start=\"6437\" data-end=\"6440\" \/>because that is the continuity of the apostolic Church before Romanization.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr data-start=\"6522\" data-end=\"6525\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"6527\" data-end=\"6580\"><strong>\ud83e\udd1d 8. Unity \u2014 A Better Way for the Body of Christ<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"6582\" data-end=\"6593\">Instead of:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6595\" data-end=\"6624\">\u201cPagans!\u201d<br data-start=\"6604\" data-end=\"6607\" \/>or<br data-start=\"6609\" data-end=\"6612\" \/>\u201cLegalists!\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6626\" data-end=\"6637\">Let us say:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6639\" data-end=\"6684\"><strong data-start=\"6639\" data-end=\"6684\">Many hails on many days \u2014 Christ is King.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6686\" data-end=\"6830\">\ud83d\udd6f If a brother keeps Dec 25 unto Christ \u2014 bless him<br data-start=\"6738\" data-end=\"6741\" \/>\ud83d\udd4e If another keeps Tabernacles \u2014 honor him<br data-start=\"6784\" data-end=\"6787\" \/>\ud83d\udd25 If one keeps BOTH \u2014 he reflects fullness<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6832\" data-end=\"6858\">Let ALL days bow to Jesus.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"275\" data-end=\"338\"><strong data-start=\"275\" data-end=\"338\">\ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f 8.5 \u201cAre extra feasts biblical?\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"340\" data-end=\"475\">Jesus Himself foretold that <strong data-start=\"368\" data-end=\"391\">after His departure<\/strong>, His disciples would enter a season of <strong data-start=\"431\" data-end=\"474\">many fasts and many days of remembrance<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"477\" data-end=\"646\">\n<p data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"646\">\u201cThe days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, <strong data-start=\"551\" data-end=\"593\">and then shall they fast in those days<\/strong>.\u201d<br data-start=\"595\" data-end=\"598\" \/>\u2014 <strong data-start=\"602\" data-end=\"615\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/KJV\/Luke5%3A35\" class=\"bibleserver extern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luke 5:35<\/a><\/strong> (cf. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/KJV\/Matthew9%3A15\" class=\"bibleserver extern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew 9:15<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/KJV\/Mark2%3A20\" class=\"bibleserver extern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark 2:20<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"648\" data-end=\"732\">The Apostle Paul teaches that believers are <strong data-start=\"692\" data-end=\"731\">free to sanctify days unto the Lord<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"734\" data-end=\"958\">\n<p data-start=\"736\" data-end=\"958\">\u201cOne man <strong data-start=\"745\" data-end=\"780\">esteemeth one day above another<\/strong>; another esteemeth every day alike.<br data-start=\"816\" data-end=\"819\" \/><strong data-start=\"821\" data-end=\"933\">Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.<br data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"875\" \/>He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord.<\/strong>\u201d<br data-start=\"934\" data-end=\"937\" \/>\u2014 <strong data-start=\"941\" data-end=\"958\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/KJV\/Romans14%3A5-6\" class=\"bibleserver extern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Romans 14:5\u20136<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"960\" data-end=\"1023\">Paul further commands that <strong data-start=\"987\" data-end=\"1022\">honor itself is a biblical duty<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1025\" data-end=\"1151\">\n<p data-start=\"1027\" data-end=\"1151\">\u201c<strong data-start=\"1028\" data-end=\"1066\">Render therefore to all their dues<\/strong>:<br data-start=\"1067\" data-end=\"1070\" \/>tribute to whom tribute is due; <strong data-start=\"1104\" data-end=\"1127\">honor to whom honor<\/strong>.\u201d<br data-start=\"1129\" data-end=\"1132\" \/>\u2014 <strong data-start=\"1136\" data-end=\"1151\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/KJV\/Romans13%3A7\" class=\"bibleserver extern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Romans 13:7<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1153\" data-end=\"1352\">If Scripture allows us to <strong data-start=\"1179\" data-end=\"1196\">esteem others<\/strong>, even the least \u2014<br data-start=\"1214\" data-end=\"1217\" \/>how much more may we <strong data-start=\"1238\" data-end=\"1262\">honor Christ Himself<\/strong> with <strong data-start=\"1268\" data-end=\"1290\">commemorative days<\/strong>,<br data-start=\"1291\" data-end=\"1294\" \/>especially the <strong data-start=\"1309\" data-end=\"1351\">day of His first coming into the world<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1354\" data-end=\"1449\">\n<p data-start=\"1356\" data-end=\"1449\">\u201cEach of you in humility <strong data-start=\"1381\" data-end=\"1421\">esteem others better than yourselves<\/strong>.\u201d<br data-start=\"1423\" data-end=\"1426\" \/>\u2014 <strong data-start=\"1430\" data-end=\"1449\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/KJV\/Philippians2%3A3\" class=\"bibleserver extern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philippians 2:3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1451\" data-end=\"1525\">Scripture even recognizes <strong data-start=\"1477\" data-end=\"1524\">days of memorial for the departed righteous<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1527\" data-end=\"1593\">\n<p data-start=\"1529\" data-end=\"1593\">\u201cThe <strong data-start=\"1534\" data-end=\"1567\">memory of the just is blessed<\/strong>.\u201d<br data-start=\"1569\" data-end=\"1572\" \/>\u2014 <strong data-start=\"1576\" data-end=\"1593\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/KJV\/Proverbs10%3A7\" class=\"bibleserver extern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proverbs 10:7<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1595\" data-end=\"1789\">\u2192 If remembrance of saints is righteous,<br data-start=\"1635\" data-end=\"1638\" \/>\u2192 and honoring earthly rulers is commanded,<br data-start=\"1681\" data-end=\"1684\" \/>\u2192 <strong data-start=\"1686\" data-end=\"1789\">then honoring the King Himself \u2014 on the day His light entered the world \u2014 is the highest obedience.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1791\" data-end=\"1801\">Therefore:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1803\" data-end=\"2031\">Commemoration is not Roman invention.<br data-start=\"1840\" data-end=\"1843\" \/>It is <strong data-start=\"1849\" data-end=\"1861\">Biblical<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"1862\" data-end=\"1865\" \/>It is <strong data-start=\"1871\" data-end=\"1896\">apostolic expectation<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"1897\" data-end=\"1900\" \/>And honoring Christ <strong data-start=\"1920\" data-end=\"1947\">on multiple anchor-days<\/strong> \u2014 conception and birth \u2014 is not adding to Scripture,<br data-start=\"2000\" data-end=\"2003\" \/>but <strong data-start=\"2007\" data-end=\"2030\">living its fullness<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"6860\" data-end=\"6863\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"6865\" data-end=\"6921\">\ud83d\udd1a <strong>9. Final Exhortation \u2014 Claim the Day for the King<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"6923\" data-end=\"7010\">No one today worships the physical sun.<br data-start=\"6962\" data-end=\"6965\" \/>But <strong data-start=\"6969\" data-end=\"7010\">all creation still proclaims the Son.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"7012\" data-end=\"7022\">Therefore:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"7024\" data-end=\"7247\">\n<li data-start=\"7024\" data-end=\"7115\">\n<p data-start=\"7026\" data-end=\"7115\">Let December 25 be restored as <strong data-start=\"7057\" data-end=\"7078\">Incarnation Feast<\/strong> (Conception \u2014 Light enters the womb)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"7116\" data-end=\"7192\">\n<p data-start=\"7118\" data-end=\"7192\">Let Tabernacles remain <strong data-start=\"7141\" data-end=\"7159\">Nativity Feast<\/strong> (Birth \u2014 Light dwells among men)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"7193\" data-end=\"7247\">\n<p data-start=\"7195\" data-end=\"7247\">Let every believer rejoice \u2014 and cease arguing dates<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote data-start=\"7249\" data-end=\"7324\">\n<p data-start=\"7251\" data-end=\"7324\">\u201cFor of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibleserver.com\/KJV\/Romans11%3A36\" class=\"bibleserver extern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Romans 11:36<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"7326\" data-end=\"7364\"><strong data-start=\"7326\" data-end=\"7364\">Amen \u2014 and Many Hails to Our King.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE BIBLICAL LIGHT HAS COME: Why December 25 Belongs to Christ \u2014 Even If He Was Born at Tabernacles (the inversion, &#8220;the shadow of things to come&#8230;&#8221;, the photo negative) Why December 25 Belongs to Christ \u2014 Even If He Was Born at Tabernacles** A theological, historical, and creation-based defense for honoring Christ on December [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":162262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"seo_booster_metabox":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,3561,3556,3555,210,3554,13,3584,3582,3553,3557,3565,3567,3558,3563,3569],"tags":[4027,4172,4173,4174,4175,4176,4177,1095,3939,4178,4179],"class_list":["post-162261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-babylon-politics-nwo-vs-christendom","category-beliefs","category-literature-celtic-church","category-christian-israel-nationalism","category-christian-israel-tribes-british-theology","category-christian-worship-liturgy","category-covenantal-sovereignty","category-ecclesiastical","category-legitimist-philosophy","category-literature","category-new-believers","category-order-establishments","category-priory-of-salem","category-proving-god-the-bible","category-templar","category-theology-institute","tag-america-christian-laws","tag-biblical-israel","tag-christian-feasts","tag-christmas","tag-christmas-pagan","tag-december-25th","tag-festivals","tag-orthodox-church-of-the-culdees","tag-st-andrews-occ","tag-true-birthday-of-christ","tag-wise-men-to-boy-jesus"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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