A Christmas tree is a wooden idol. It represents Nimrod.
“Nimrod started the great organized worldly apostasy from God that has dominated this world until now.
Nimrod married his own mother, whose name was Semiramis.
After Nimrod’s death, his so-called mother-wife, Semiramis, propagated the evil doctrine of the survival of Nimrod as a spirit being. She claimed a full-grown evergreen tree sprang overnight from a dead tree stump, which symbolized the springing forth unto new life of the dead Nimrod. On each anniversary of his birth, she claimed, Nimrod would visit the evergreen tree and leave gifts upon it. December 25th, was the birthday of Nimrod. This is the real origin of the Christmas tree.”
It's a wooden idol. Always has been. Unfortunately, you don't have eyes to see or ears to hear. And you ignore the historical past of the tree.
The reason may have changed today, but the bible and other historical documents state It's pagan riddled past. Just as King Solomon said, there's nothing new under the sun. We've been through this before. Everything is there, you just don't want to not celebrate it. As I proved, Christ was born in the Spring, Nimrod on Dec. 25th.
The only problem with your argument is that no one in the church worships Christmas trees or Nimrod. The tree is not an idol....it's merely simple decor.
Asherah poles are also referenced in scripture in Jeremiah and are idols of wood harvested from the trees in the forest for purposes of worship of the false God Asher/Ashur....it has nothing to do with Christmas trees. Your interpretation is a false hermaneutic and eisegeitcal interpretation of the text. These scriptures were written hundreds of years before Christ, Christians, Christmas, etc....nothing to do with Christmas whatsoever. Neither does Christmas relate to the winter solstace, the birth of Horus, Osiris or any mystery God of the mediterrenean or Egypt.
It no longer holds any pagan influence except for those that persist in forcing it's origins upon it.....which were changed for Christ's glory....to eliminate the idolatry.
Pagan traditions have been subverted by the church and Dec 25th used to celebrate the birth of our God, Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This is the ultimate slap in the face for those who oppose Jesus Christ.
You know what other symbol of pain, suffering and death has been forever changed for Jesus Christ's glory? The cross of crucifixion. And it's origins also had nothing to do with Christ, Christianity or the church.
As I noted in my previous reply, we don't know the exact date of Christ's birth. Some say the Spring and some the Fall. Regardless, live for him daily and join the time of worship on the 25th.
If you prefer to continue to align the 25th with an antiquated pagan celebration and ideology then so be it....that's your choice. The rest of Christ's body of believers will lift him up and worship him....that's the point friend.
