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Saturday, December 11, 2010

The Bible Basis of Christmas Celebration

The light of the Christmas starT to you
The warmth of home and hearth to you
The cheer and goodwill of friends to you
The hope of a childlike heart to you
The joy of a thousand angels to you
The love of the Son and

God's peace to you. (Irish Christmas Blessing from The Catholic Home by Meredith Gould)

      At the time of Jesus, birthday celebration was very common as it was a practiced among the Jews. The birthday of PharaoH (Gen. 40: 20-22) Birthday of Herod (Mk.6:21-28) Birthday of Job (Job.1:4, 18-19) are narrated in the Bible.  There is no evidence in the Bible that Jesus prohibited Birthday celebrations as anti-Catholics insist now!

        Birth of Jesus was celebrated by shepherds and angels, in heaven and earth, as the Bible describes. We have to know from our commonsense that, just because the is not seen in the Bible, we can`t celebrate the anniversary of Christ`s birth! Even Protestants, who are addicted to `Bible alone Theory’ of Luther, are also celebrating Christmas!

        Jesus celebrated annual holy days and feasts that are not commended in the Old Testament but observed as a simple custom of that time. (Passover, Pentecost etc… were commented. But the celebrations narrated in Judges. 11:39-40, Easter9:19& 22 and Feast of Dedication that Jesus himself observes in Jn. 10:22-23 are not commented by the scripture. (It was instituted by Judas Maccabeus and celebrated by Jews, only as custom!)


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