Is Christmas a Pagan Holiday?
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- Many have suggested that there are serious connections between the Christian celebration of Christmas and the Roman celebrations of their pagan gods, particularly Sol Invictus and Saturnalia. Is there truth to this? Why was December 25 chosen by Christians to commemorate Jesus' birth?
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Whenever I have questions in my faith, I always get answers by watching your contents. Thank you Father, you are Providential.
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Thanks! I appreciate it!
I second that motion Clarissa 👍
What is Orthodox Catholic
(content)? I've never heard of that.
@@x1achilles99 I used a small "o" to indicate the adjective "orthodox" which means like... faithful to the tradition, right belief, official teaching... as opposed to "heterodox" which would be, for example, heresy. I did not mean "Orthodox" referring to the Eastern tradition of Christianity not in communion with Rome :)
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The best person to KNOW when is the Birthday of Jesus is His own mother, Mary.
Towards the end of his stories of Jesus' infancy. Luke describes Mary's remembrance of these events, "And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart (Luke 2:19)." From this indication, Luke thereby revealed Mary as his first eyewitness from the beginning. From her story to Luke, therefore we can derive when Jesus was born.
Luke 1:5-9
Luke 1:10-25
The incensing in the Temple indicated a specific feast was being celebrated, the Feast of Tabernacles or Dedication of the Temple. This feast originated from the first dedication of the Temple by King Solomon who timed the dedication with the feast of Booths (in Hebrew Succoth or Sukkot).
1 Kings 8:1-2
All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month). In the original Roman calendar this would correspond to the month of September, so that if we calculate the time of the feast, it would have been around September 18-24. Then when Zechariah returned home and Elizabeth conceived, it would have been around September 25.
Luke 1:26-38
The time in the story of the Annunciation to Mary and her subsequent conception of Jesus is mentioned twice: in v. 26 "In the sixth month," and in v. 36, "she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month."
To determine this date of Mary's conception of the Lord, we simply have to add 6 months to September 25, exactly the date celebrated by the church. 😊
Ethanim, the name of the seventh month of the Canaanite calendar corresponding to the later Hebrew Tishri or to our September - October (1 Kings 8:2).
The Israelites, like the Orientals in general, followed the lunar month, beginning with the new moon. In Hebrew month is yerah, which means moon, and hodes, which means new moon. The months had alternatively 29 or 30 days. To distinguish the different months the Canaaneans names, which are related to the seasons of the year, were used.
In the Bible occur the months Abib, which means green ears of corn, and stood for March-April (Exodus 13:14; Deuteronomy 21:1); Ziv, meaning flower, equivalent of April-May (II Kings 6:1,37); ETHANIM, meaning constant waters, for September -October (1 Kings 8:2) and Bul, which means rain, for October-November (1 Kings 6:38).
I am not worried about the pagan roots of Christmas. What concerns me is how paganized the celebration has become. We don’t respect Advent nor we observe the centre of the celebration which is Christ. We erased Christ from the celebration, now Christ is telling us: no celebration for us. Let us pray for forgiveness and repentance.
Your church chose the date for Christmas because of Christmas being at the height of the winter solstice and Yule Tide. 2 major pagan holidays. Fact is your religion is a pagan copycat. It's ripped off numerous pagan religions that predate christianity itself. That's including your Jesus.
It's just returning to its roots
You're concerned a pagan holiday is returning to its pagan roots? 😂 Oh no, how terrible that pagans are taking back their holidays and traditions that Christians stole, twisted and eradicated.
You say no one respects advent but why should they when you clearly don't respect people worshipping beliefs that predate Abrahimic religion? 🤷🏻♂️
Jesus wasn't born on the 25th of December.. This date was set by emperor Constantine because nobody knew an exact date.. This date was chosen because it is exactly 9 months after crucifixion and the 9 month period was chosen as reference to gestation..
History records show it was more likely to be in September..
The celebration of Christmas is a celebration of the winter solitice..
If you ban non religious Christmas no one will be left to celebrate it lol.
Good topic. I asked/suggested this for a topic a few weeks ago when you asked on CZcams. Thank you.
Jesus dying the same day of his conception is actually amazing.
Jesus wasnt even born in December or close to it
Like Buddha was born, enlightened, and died on the same day.
Easter is also a pagan holiday
@@hamidthedream1217 All 4 of the major western holidays are pagan, christmas, helloween, easter and valentine's day
@@simplesimon9056 also Mayday where we celebrate spring and international workers day
. Easter day falls just after the Jewish Passover, it is mentioned in the biblical account
“For many people December 25 is the most holy day and most joyous day of the year. But for Catholics, that day would be Easter.
Not universally, no. Franciscans have always treated Christmas with more reverence than Easter. That's not to say that Easter isn't of immense importance, only to say that the Feast of the Incarnation is paramount to all of salvation history.
No actually for me and my family it’s Christmas
@Mike PreCodeFan Nobody pagans except you. Would you like to stick with the topic?
@Mike PreCodeFan Sorry, I left out the verb. I meant to say, "Nobody mentioned pagans except you." Now, I admitted my mistake, now how about you admit that you are a unhappy human being?
@Mike PreCodeFan Wow, didn’t take much to manipulate you, did it?
Thankfull to you Father Casey for serving and living this way which many of us only wish for but connected deeply with wordly problems and desires. Thank you for doing all this, it's highly needed, at least to me.
Only God is the Holy Father not a man
@@hopenavajo1391 Poor heretic sectarian
@@YiriUbic3793 hahahaha I feel sorry for your ignorance
So enlightening, thanks Fr
Does it make a difference? Yes! God wants to be worshipped the way He wants, not like the pagan gods were worshipped.
Deuteronomy 12
Straight from the Bible!!! Catholics don't follow the Bible. In fact, all there rituals go against the word of God.
Yeah therefore no need also for the church to have a disco-like and party rock-like worship is it???
@@michaelallen5693 Yeah also including disco-like church service is it?
If catholics followed the bible word by word then a bunch of unwanted children due to cheating would not be born. For the lord said onto moses “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If a man’s wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him 13 so that another man has sexual relations with her, and this is hidden from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she has not been caught in the act), 14 and if feelings of jealousy come over her husband and he suspects his wife and she is impure-or if he is jealous and suspects her even though she is not impure- 15 then he is to take his wife to the priest. He must also take an offering of a tenth of an ephah[a] of barley flour on her behalf. He must not pour olive oil on it or put incense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, a reminder-offering to draw attention to wrongdoing.
16 “‘The priest shall bring her and have her stand before the Lord. 17 Then he shall take some holy water in a clay jar and put some dust from the tabernacle floor into the water. 18 After the priest has had the woman stand before the Lord, he shall loosen her hair and place in her hands the reminder-offering, the grain offering for jealousy, while he himself holds the bitter water that brings a curse. 19 Then the priest shall put the woman under oath and say to her, “If no other man has had sexual relations with you and you have not gone astray and become impure while married to your husband, may this bitter water that brings a curse not harm you. 20 But if you have gone astray while married to your husband and you have made yourself impure by having sexual relations with a man other than your husband”- 21 here the priest is to put the woman under this curse-“may the Lord cause you to become a curse[b] among your people when he makes your womb miscarry and your abdomen swell. 22 May this water that brings a curse enter your body so that your abdomen swells or your womb miscarries.”
“‘Then the woman is to say, “Amen. So be it.”
23 “‘The priest is to write these curses on a scroll and then wash them off into the bitter water. 24 He shall make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and this water that brings a curse and causes bitter suffering will enter her. 25 The priest is to take from her hands the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the Lord and bring it to the altar. 26 The priest is then to take a handful of the grain offering as a memorial[c] offering and burn it on the altar; after that, he is to have the woman drink the water. 27 If she has made herself impure and been unfaithful to her husband, this will be the result: When she is made to drink the water that brings a curse and causes bitter suffering, it will enter her, her abdomen will swell and her womb will miscarry, and she will become a curse. 28 If, however, the woman has not made herself impure, but is clean, she will be cleared of guilt and will be able to have children.
29 “‘This, then, is the law of jealousy when a woman goes astray and makes herself impure while married to her husband, 30 or when feelings of jealousy come over a man because he suspects his wife. The priest is to have her stand before the Lord and is to apply this entire law to her. 31 The husband will be innocent of any wrongdoing, but the woman will bear the consequences of her sin.’”
not to forget also if Protestant follow the Bible word to word there shall be no Disco-like and wild rock party service in Church even the Church is like empty storey ...
St. John Chrysostom argued that Christmas did fall on the 25th of December, taking into account the birth of John the Baptist. Because Zachariah was the high priest and the day of atonement fell on September 24, John the Baptist was born on June 24 and Christ was born six months later, on December 25.
Then why did it take more than 300years to commence christmas? Who started it?
Just read this comment. Thank you for pointing me to St John Chrysostom as the source of this theory. I’ve been trying to figure out where I read that!
Also, Zechariah wasn’t the high priest. He was serving a regular rotation as a priest descended from Abijah. His sacrifice would have been the daily evening sacrifice, not the yearly sacrifice of the Day of Atonement. Cf Luke 1:5, 1 Chron 24:10
@@carolinehaydu2854 Good point.
ZACHARIAS WAS NOT THE HIGH PRIEST therefore he was not allowed to enter into the holy of holies on Yom Kippur or any other day.
There are detailed records of everyone who was a high priest at that time, at that time there was a NEW HIGH PRIEST EVERY SINGLE YEAR, because God would kill them for being not righteous...
To recap
Jesus died on Passover
therefore he was born on Sukkot
therefore he was conceived on Hanukkah
You're an incredibly intelligent and very entertaining to listen to thank you for the information it's been very enlightening
You are definitely right that the birthday of Jesus Christ does not matter on our faith unto Him. What matters is our Salvation ✌️👍
The best person to KNOW when is the Birthday of Jesus is His own mother, Mary.
Towards the end of his stories of Jesus' infancy. Luke describes Mary's remembrance of these events, "And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart (Luke 2:19)." From this indication, Luke thereby revealed Mary as his first eyewitness from the beginning. From her story to Luke, therefore we can derive when Jesus was born.
Luke 1:5-9
Luke 1:10-25
The incensing in the Temple indicated a specific feast was being celebrated, the Feast of Tabernacles or Dedication of the Temple. This feast originated from the first dedication of the Temple by King Solomon who timed the dedication with the feast of Booths (in Hebrew Succoth or Sukkot).
1 Kings 8:1-2
All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month). In the original Roman calendar this would correspond to the month of September, so that if we calculate the time of the feast, it would have been around September 18-24. Then when Zechariah returned home and Elizabeth conceived, it would have been around September 25.
Luke 1:26-38
The time in the story of the Annunciation to Mary and her subsequent conception of Jesus is mentioned twice: in v. 26 "In the sixth month," and in v. 36, "she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month."
To determine this date of Mary's conception of the Lord, we simply have to add 6 months to September 25, exactly the date celebrated by the church.
Ethanim, the name of the seventh month of the Canaanite calendar corresponding to the later Hebrew Tishri or to our September - October (1 Kings 8:2).
The Israelites, like the Orientals in general, followed the lunar month, beginning with the new moon. In Hebrew month is yerah, which means moon, and hodes, which means new moon. The months had alternatively 29 or 30 days. To distinguish the different months the Canaaneans names, which are related to the seasons of the year, were used.
In the Bible occur the months Abib, which means green ears of corn, and stood for March-April (Exodus 13:14; Deuteronomy 21:1); Ziv, meaning flower, equivalent of April-May (II Kings 6:1,37); ETHANIM, meaning constant waters, for September -October (1 Kings 8:2) and Bul, which means rain, for October-November (1 Kings 6:38). 😊😃😁
Not Catholic but I really enjoy your videos and have learned a thing or two about the Catholic Faith.
Run from the devil catholic church- evil to its core
As an evangelical Christian l am hooked. Very good knowledge delivered really well. This is another video the is not only right, but explained really well. God bless this ministry 😊👍🥰
What do you mean that "it's right"? The prophecy says that Jesus was supposed to be in his ministry for 3 and 1/2 years
so he had to die at the age of 33 and a 1/2 not 33.
So if he died around March then he must have been born around September.
So this guy's math is completely out of whack.
@@grishavlas2260 the date we celebrate Christmas is not important, the heart of why we celebrate is 😊
@@Lracnolip if you are married,
try that on your spouse,
tell them that the date you will celebrate their birthday does not matter
"it's the heart that matters"
and from now on celebrate it on the day of your ex's birthday...
see how that works for u
@@grishavlas2260 if we were always celebrating it on the same date and then late in life got new information to say she was born on a different date, would that make all the other celebrations bad? Would we even bother to change? It's the heart of why and how we celebrate. God knows our hearts. We have the Holy Spirit that speaks to us in a still small voice. We are no longer under the law, but have freedom in Christ.
@@Lracnolip you are no longer under the law?
Is this the movement that Jesus was talking about when he said that people will come to him on judgment and tell him that they were doing all these Miracles and stuff and he will tell them to depart because they were Lawless...
other words they believed that they were not under the law.
Jesus also said if you want to enter into Paradise you have to obey God's Commandments.
Also referred to as laws
Love your videos!! 👏👏👏 Eye opener
Love your videos. However, wish this particular video covered how Christmas actually goes into the day of Epiphany of the Lord, that goes into the new year. Thanks again for this video and keep up the good work.
He mentioned the span of December 25-January 6, the 12 days of the Christmas season, which ends with Epiphany. I think it was implied, just not said explicitly.
The best person to KNOW when is the Birthday of Jesus is His own mother, Mary.
Towards the end of his stories of Jesus' infancy. Luke describes Mary's remembrance of these events, "And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart (Luke 2:19)." From this indication, Luke thereby revealed Mary as his first eyewitness from the beginning. From her story to Luke, therefore we can derive when Jesus was born.
Luke 1:5-9
Luke 1:10-25
The incensing in the Temple indicated a specific feast was being celebrated, the Feast of Tabernacles or Dedication of the Temple. This feast originated from the first dedication of the Temple by King Solomon who timed the dedication with the feast of Booths (in Hebrew Succoth or Sukkot).
1 Kings 8:1-2
All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month). In the original Roman calendar this would correspond to the month of September, so that if we calculate the time of the feast, it would have been around September 18-24. Then when Zechariah returned home and Elizabeth conceived, it would have been around September 25.
Luke 1:26-38
The time in the story of the Annunciation to Mary and her subsequent conception of Jesus is mentioned twice: in v. 26 "In the sixth month," and in v. 36, "she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month."
To determine this date of Mary's conception of the Lord, we simply have to add 6 months to September 25, exactly the date celebrated by the church.
Ethanim, the name of the seventh month of the Canaanite calendar corresponding to the later Hebrew Tishri or to our September - October (1 Kings 8:2).
The Israelites, like the Orientals in general, followed the lunar month, beginning with the new moon. In Hebrew month is yerah, which means moon, and hodes, which means new moon. The months had alternatively 29 or 30 days. To distinguish the different months the Canaaneans names, which are related to the seasons of the year, were used.
In the Bible occur the months Abib, which means green ears of corn, and stood for March-April (Exodus 13:14; Deuteronomy 21:1); Ziv, meaning flower, equivalent of April-May (II Kings 6:1,37); ETHANIM, meaning constant waters, for September -October (1 Kings 8:2) and Bul, which means rain, for October-November (1 Kings 6:38). 😊😊😊
How fitting that I should find this segment of this channel on Christmas Eve. And I'm not a believer in consequences but in predestination.
If you believe you're of a predestined status? You wouldn't be observing the pagan holidays of men but his still relevant Holy days. Remember this that Yeshua said? 15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15 KJV.
Thanks fr for the brilliant explanation.
I like the way you explain the Church! 😇
Thanks for the video. Interesting. Take care, keep safe. Good Yule. Happy Solstice and steer clear of the mistletoe ;) Peace
The urban legend goes that December 25 is derived from the birth of the ancient Roman sun god. But when we look back in history, we find that several Christian writers calculated the date of the Lord’s Nativity long before the Roman celebration of Dies Natalis Solis Invicti-Birthday of the Unconquered Sun-was established.
Mind blowing very interesting thanks
I thank you Father for the wonderful and SO VERY informative videos you make. I've been thinking (and feeling) for a while now, that I want to return to the Church. I am a Catholic, since I was a baby. I miss the house of our Lord. Miss it so much. Been feeling it calling me back. Watching your channel solidifies that feeling for me. I'm ready to go back, I want to take my faith more seriously. I want to be with it, and have it be apart of me. I pray everyday, all the time. I give thanks to our Heavenly Father for all of my many blessings. I'm ready to serve God better. Serve my family better. Serve my community better. Serve life itself better. I've felt so lost these last (almost) three years since lockdown and everything has happened. So broken and sad. Like I've lost MY inner light. I remember as a kid when I went to Church, I ALWAYS had a feeling of warm fuzziness inside, everytime I went. I miss that feeling! I want to give it to my son, and bring it back to myself. My son is curious and wants to see for himself. He isn't baptized yet, but....if he wants to be (and I'm hoping he will) I know that it can be made to happen. The thought fills me with joy. I love Jesus, I talk to Him all the time. I'm ready to walk with and for him, every step of my life. Your videos have been a happy coincidence. A sign from God himself that yes, I'm ready, the time is now, it is right. Thank you SO MUCH for being that 'sign from God', that perfectly timed suggested video on my feed, solidifying what I was already thinking and feeling. It's a beautiful thing. Thank you!!!🥰
And do not call anyone on earth `father,' for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. Nor are you to be called `teacher,' for you have one Teacher, the Christ. The greatest among you will be your servant. For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
@@surferxbloodwas thinkin tha same thing
Wanna bet some commenters may have a different explanation? That ancient oral history and practice sure has a way of putting the micro into the macro-context. Thanks for another excellent video.
Very informative and clear
Santa is just taking the Christ out of Christmas.
St Nicholas,was a real bishop in myra and a great preacher of the catholic faith.
And give a mean slap/punch.
St. Nicholas is not a bishop in Russia.
@@julianjulian9674
Really?
Wasnt he european at least?
St. Nicholas is a bishop of Myra.
I think on a level you are correct. Don't get me wrong. I absolutely love Santa for what he represents but in todays culture he has become the spokesman of Christmas when it should be Jesus.
Great stuff keep up doing the videos Catholicism in focus
It's making sense, more and more. Once you hear what the Lord say about giving. Thank God and I love everybody
Wonderful analysis.
It is unlikely that a minority religion be unaffected by the culture they live in.
That being said, concerning the proper date. As Jews his family would have used a date on the Jewish calendar which does not synch up to the Christian calendar. The early Christians used the Julian calendar which has been replaced in the west with the Gregorian calendar. Even as a Jew it's meaningless pedantry to argue about which date is the 'right' birthdate rather than to pay attention to the religious significance of his birth.
So, to the Christians. Merry Christmas. May it be a blessing to you and may you be a blessing to the world.
There is so much paganism in the Catholic church; Christmas, celebrating Halloween, the "halo" around the holy family in artwork, the sunrays in many churches, the easter bunny and eggs, and identical sumarian teaching of the holy family....
Super interesting, thanks.
Very well sais Brother!
From what I understand, the sun goes down to its lowest point on Dec. 22nd. For three days it doesn't move. Then on Dec 25th, it rises. Does this make sense on a reason why we celebrate His birth on 25th?
I believe that's the reason why Romans created Saturnalia? There are also other cultures that invented celebrations around the Winter Solstice. I guess for us Christians, a factor that was considered was because by Dec. 25, there is more light than darkness in a day... and the number 3 is a biblical number. That's just my theory.
The problem with this is that Christmas has pagan origins. Anything that isn't to do with the true God as far as worship is idolatry and demonic. Christmas trees originally have to do with the false, demonic goddess Saturn, and so on. And to apply this to Jesus is a major slap in the face.
How?
Imagine no one knew your birthday after you died. They wanted to pick a date to celebrate it. And they decided on Hitler's birthday. It's the same thing yet way worse.
@Immuneto Agagag The problem with this is that Christmas has pagan origins. Anything that isn't to do with the true God as far as worship is idolatry and demonic. Christmas trees originally have to do with the false, demonic goddess Saturn, and so on. And to apply this to Jesus is a major slap in the face.
How?
Imagine no one knew your birthday after you died. They wanted to pick a date to celebrate it. And they decided on Hitler's birthday. It's the same thing yet way worse.
Also, Mary is not a redeemer yet Catholics spend too much time "venerating" her. She did not die a virgin. Jesus did. She did not die on the cross, Jesus did.
Isaiah 53 describes Jesus as the Messiah. Not his mother.
@@milkshakeplease4696
..st. Peter is Jesus disciple and how come st. Peter didn't know the birth of Christ his master.
Ohh.... My god
@Immuneto Agagag After the birth of Jesus, and the period of purification a proper Jewish mother would go through, it is reasonable to believe that Joseph and began normal martial relations and that Jesus had younger siblings.
I didn't steal my neighbor's lawnmower, I made effective use of my fingers to borrow it without his knowledge. 🤣
Excellent video!
The Roman Empire didn't Christianized the Romans, they Romanized the Christians.
1:20 Death and Resurrection, not just "Death" 😊
Lowkey wasn’t important in that context
My Jewish Christian friends think He came during the feast of booths, because He tabernacles with us. I think it’s in the fall.
Wdym jewish christians?
Thank you for the depending of our faith ..
❤❤❤❤APPRECIATE YOUR ❤️ MY NEPHUU BLESS HIS HEART ❤️ TEACHING US 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Honestly, I never bought into the notion that Christmas was set on December 25 in order to co-opt Saturnalia or any other pagan holiday - and for that matter, the notion that Christmas is "supposed to" be in the spring also never made sense to me. I always thought that the math works out.
Gabriel appears to Zacchariah during Yom Kippur when he enters the holiest part of the temple. Yom Kippur is typically around the end of September (I don't know much about the Hebrew calendar, but I assume it's not super different from the Gregorian calendar). After Gabriel appeared to Mary, she went and stayed with Zacchariah and Elizabeth for three months; Elizabeth would have most needed Mary's help in her third trimester and around the time of John's birth (the end of June), which would have put Jesus' conception at the end of March. December is nine months after March.
I don't care about exact dates, but I like how the events in the Bible line up with the Hebrew calendar and land Christmas where it is today.
Everyone keeps saying that Zechariah was the high priest and was in the temple during Yom Kippur, but that is not the true.
Jesus was supposed to complete his ministry for 3 and 1/2 years...
And he died on Passover,
that means he was born on Sukkot
that means he was conceived on Hanukkah.
Yeshua was born on the first day of Nisan which is in the spring, 14 days before Passover.
@@grishavlas2260 wrong Yeshua was born on the first day of Nisan which is in the spring 14 days before Passover.
Saturnalia was on December 17 and would not have extended to December 25
What? Hopefully you realize that the catholic mass or December 25th are not in the Bible and have nothing to do with Yeshua (iesus christ). Who told you or me to observe this pagan holiday? Heathens with their traditions did. And you don't think Joshua 10 is perfectly describing a pagan mass tree? It's spiritual idolatry worship.
One possibility is that the vision of St Gabriel to Zechariah took place at around Yom Kippur [the time he would have burned incense]. This was observed around the autumnal equinox [Sept 22 or thereabouts]. The Annunciation to Our Lady is recorded by Luke as being six months later, that is at the vernal equinox in March, and nine months on from March is December.
I have heard this before ,The early Church Must have heard this tradition from Apostolic tells. Probably Mary talked about the church concerning the birth of the saviour . I believe Much of Luke's early chapters gospel was narrated by Mama Mary .
You are correct Michael. God bless.
Great video and commentary
I'm from India New Delhi i wait for your new video to watch each and Every video is interesting i remember you always in my prayers God bless you fr casey
This is a good video and good explanation of the celebration. The date we celebrate our King's birth is arbitrary and doesn't have to be based on fact, in the same way that most monarchs have official birthdays which are separate from their biological birthdays. The important thing is that we celebrate the feast. There is biblical evidence that Jesus was actually born in the summer. The shepherds were watching their flocks by night, which suggests it was a warm night. Even Israel had cold winters so it's unlikely that Jesus was born in the winter. (I say 'had' because this was before climate change, whereas these days even Canadian winters are mild.)
So then why steal it from the pagans to convert them then kill who didn’t convert and use the exact same days as the pagan holidays ? Just curious because Christmas has nothing to do with your Jesus and just because you want it to doesn’t mean it’s true
@@KingAries85 Watch out… You’re going to traumatize these people with the truth and shatter their illusions
@@ChrisCollins068 I'm not "traumatized," but your smugness is certainly irritating. You must feel so much smarter than people who have other theories for how December 25th came to be the date Jesus birth is observed by Christians.
@@mellieg.7543yeah because actual facts trumps garbage theories, Christmas is on Dec. 25th because early jews believed jesus died on the same day 9 months after he were born, they thought he was born on March 25th and died on Dec. 25th. There is 0 evidence of actual pagan influence and and saturnalia was moved to Dec. 25th AFTER Constantine legalized Christianity to compete with Christians. The Christmas tree isn't from yule either its from St. Boniface who cut down a tree pagans were worshipping. Stop the nonsense there's 0 theories to even throw around
Thank you Father for this fantastic video, that explains the history of why Dec 25 was decided upon to be the celebration of Jesus’ birthday. This I have understood for many years. Again, your video is clearly able to understand and follow. Shalom Father and Merry Christmas ✝️
Pagans just being pagans.. Anything to get you away from God.
@@TrentonTrent Poor heretic sectarian, Jesus said that sell everything and give it to the poor and to follow him, sectarian did you sell everything and give it to the poor?
@@YiriUbic3793 Ohh foolish one.. He did say that but look at so he said it to. Do not get upset that I called out your false religion, there's still time for you to repent.
Don't call him father! Must read: Matt. 23:9
@@ginebertpalabrica1057 why do you take that literally?
Great video, thanks. Would it not make more sense for the early Christians to posit Christ’s conception and resurrection as a perfect synchronicity instead of his conception and death?
As Italian I'm very confused about some traditions used in the "germanic" world:
1) Saint Nicolaus was born in Patara and lived in Myra in Turkey (Greek world that time). Now is a person from north pole (?) surrounded by ice and snow, elves and rendeers.
2) Saint Lucia was born and raised in Syracuse, Sicily an island of southern Europe . Now in Sweden is seen as a Viking girl. 🙄
What's wrong in keeping the Mediterranean original root? What's wrong with the authentic tale?🙄🙄🙄
Some told me that the protestant world could not accept any tradition from Mediterranean world🙁🙁🙁 (romanism, papism were considered an evil thing), so they had to re-invent the whole stories.
That may be true ,the only thing protestants took up from Catholicism is the Bible which they also deleted some books.
Amen, I agree with you. I believe the secularisation of Christmas happened when we started impoirting northern European ideas into our customs having come from the same lands that rebelled first against the church. There has to be a connection between secular "santa claus" and anglo/germanic secularism.
It has nothing to do with being anti-Mediterranean. The thing is that Protestants didn't like the veneration of Saints and thus tried to secularize the feasts of Saints. Santa Claus is derived from the Catholic ‘Saint Nicholas’ but the Reformer Martin Luther did not want the gift-giving tradition to stop Irony aside, it appears fairly clear that Luther’s humanity, his desire not to deprive children of their gifts, has contributed to making Christmas the popular feast it now recognisably is.
Well explained 👏
The best person to KNOW when is the Birthday of Jesus is His own mother, Mary.
Towards the end of his stories of Jesus' infancy. Luke describes Mary's remembrance of these events, "And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart (Luke 2:19)." From this indication, Luke thereby revealed Mary as his first eyewitness from the beginning. From her story to Luke, therefore we can derive when Jesus was born.
Luke 1:5-9
Luke 1:10-25
The incensing in the Temple indicated a specific feast was being celebrated, the Feast of Tabernacles or Dedication of the Temple. This feast originated from the first dedication of the Temple by King Solomon who timed the dedication with the feast of Booths (in Hebrew Succoth or Sukkot).
1 Kings 8:1-2
All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month). In the original Roman calendar this would correspond to the month of September, so that if we calculate the time of the feast, it would have been around September 18-24. Then when Zechariah returned home and Elizabeth conceived, it would have been around September 25.
Luke 1:26-38
The time in the story of the Annunciation to Mary and her subsequent conception of Jesus is mentioned twice: in v. 26 "In the sixth month," and in v. 36, "she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month."
To determine this date of Mary's conception of the Lord, we simply have to add 6 months to September 25, exactly the date celebrated by the church.
Ethanim, the name of the seventh month of the Canaanite calendar corresponding to the later Hebrew Tishri or to our September - October (1 Kings 8:2).
The Israelites, like the Orientals in general, followed the lunar month, beginning with the new moon. In Hebrew month is yerah, which means moon, and hodes, which means new moon. The months had alternatively 29 or 30 days. To distinguish the different months the Canaaneans names, which are related to the seasons of the year, were used.
In the Bible occur the months Abib, which means green ears of corn, and stood for March-April (Exodus 13:14; Deuteronomy 21:1); Ziv, meaning flower, equivalent of April-May (II Kings 6:1,37); ETHANIM, meaning constant waters, for September -October (1 Kings 8:2) and Bul, which means rain, for October-November (1 Kings 6:38). 😊
@@macormicbenjamin9315 dude stop with the spam
@@crowbirdryuell
In 1915, the second incarnation of the Ku Klux Klan was born. The second Klan, a memorial to the Resurrection Klan and its work in the postbellum South, was to act as restructured fraternity that supported white supremacy, the purity of white race, nationalism and Protestant Christianity. William J. Simmons, a fraternalist and Protestant minister, using bible verses organized the charter for a new order and consecrated its beginning by setting afire a cross on the top of Stone Mountain, Georgia. Simmons explicitly developed the Sabbath worshipping nature of the order and its ties to religious faith and patriotism. The group is into money-making scheme, an agent of hate and violence. Protestant Americans who feared that immigration and changing social mores would overthrow their social dominance.
"Hate Group."
Racist ideology.
"Gospel" of white supremacy. Bible used as a tool not for love but for hatred and deceit, telling that they are save and others will go to hell but their actions reveals their true color.
I think that the two camps decided on December 25th independently, but the choice to emphasize Christmas as an important holiday rests in this coincidence.
Easter seems like the more important date theologically, and yet Christmas gets much more emphasis.
Both festivals are of the devil. 😉 you can not make something evil into something good. Why not honor God instead of these morons that teach that c xmas is OK to partake in?
They decided on December 25 to convert all the pagans and force their religion on them. Not to mention stole ideas from Pagan traditions for Christmas
Easter is a pagan holiday. Nothing to do with Jesus. Please research the history of Easter (God of fertility)
Incorrect. This is not even in the Bible. This is a heathen holiday. A tradition straight from Satan, who counterfeits everything of the things of God. The Holy days are still relevant. Observe them? Easter is even more perverted and pagan. 3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? Matthew 15:3 KJV.
Revelation 18:4
Come out of her, My people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Father, can you add links to your sources to further our knowledge of this question? Thank you.
Best explanation I've ever heard for this, thank you!
Fantastic, now I am well armed to have this discussion as the season is right upon us. Thanks, well researched and presented as usual, it is a pleasure to watch your videos and style of communication. It is so hard to find excellent and not dumbed down content like this from a Catholic perspective👍
@@michaelmccaffrey2731 the Focus in my house is the Nativity Crib , I stick a star of Bethlehem on the Tree , thereby co opting all the good to be found in Paganism and crowning it under the lord ship of Jesus, it's just a nice decoration from Northern Europe and nice to look at with its lights in the gloom if the bleak winter. If it was a worry to me from a Christian perspective it would have to wait on line behind a thousand other more important questions for Catholics, I say enjoy the tree 🌲🌟👍
The value of a leader is recognised in the extent his/her followers revolt in defence of their leader!
Happy Jul/Jōl/Joulo everyone.
Why people keep arguing when jesus was bornt? I think the most important question is are we prepared when He comes?
@YouareIandIAMYou you're in the wrong channel dude if you don't know what we're talking about! Lol 😂
Have you seen the video?!
Lol 😂
Merry Christ Mass!! 🎄✝️
@YouareIandIAMYou so why do you ask...He who?? In the previous comment? You're confused.
This is a Catholic channel.
Jesus is Lord and God! ✝️🎄
And yes HE will come back!
YouareIandIAMYou what are you talking about?
YouareIandIAMYou lol in what book what chapter and verse? There’s only one God bro if we were our own gods that would contradict the Bible
YouareIandIAMYou did you read the whole chapter? you misunderstood “gods” you put it out of context he was talking about the magistrates The whole point of Psalm 82 that Jesus was referring to is that earthly judges must act with impartiality and true justice, because even judges must stand someday before the Judge which is God. Verses 6 and 7 warn human magistrates that they must be judged too:“I said, `You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.' But you will die like mere men; you will fall like every other ruler.” This passage is saying that God has appointed men to positions of authority in which they are considered as gods among the people. They are to remember that, even though they are representing God in this world, they are mortal and must eventually give an account to God for how they used that authority. Human beings are not “gods” or “little gods.” We are not God. God is God, and we who know Christ are His children.💯
Have a great Yule, everyone!
For a true Believer Jesus must be born in one's heart everyday.... Everyday must be a Christmas. Those who doesn't want to accept Jesus truly will always find a way to object to celebration of Christ, irrespective of the date.
There's a college called Jesus college. Some wit liked to phone them up on 25th December and say, "Hello, is that Jesus?" "Yes" came the reply, whereupon they would say "Happy birthday!"
[ 3 BCE ] YESHUA'S Birth was on the first day of Sukkot ( Feast of Tabernacles )
[ Wednesday, 28 CE ] YESHUA was crucified on Passover
[ Saturday, 28 CE ] YESHUA'S Resurrection was just before sundown on Saturday
I agree with everything except for the last part,
it says there was an earthquake "when it was still dark" and that is when the angel showed up and moved the stone away from the tomb.
There is very little reason to believe that he resurrected anytime before that.
So if we use the ancient biblical way of calculating the beginning of the day we find that he resurrected the last few minutes of Saturday.
@@grishavlas2260 GODS Day or The Jewish Day starts at sundown
YESHUA was Dead Wednesday just before sundown
Day 1 Wednesday just before sundown to Thursday just before sundown
Day 2 Thursday 1 second after just before sundown to Friday just before sundown
Day 3 Friday 1 second after just before sundown to Saturday just before sundown
@@GOKUX2012 God's day starts at sunrise,
the "Jewish day" starts at sundown
(only after the Babylonian exile)
It's says Jesus died at 3 p.m. in the Bible. Are you claiming that sunset takes place at 3 p.m.?
@@grishavlas2260 mans Day starts at sunrise God's day starts at sundown
YESHUA was laid in the Tomb before sundown on Wednesday that's when the first day of YESHUA in the grave started
@@GOKUX2012 so go ahead and do some simple math, he said he will be in the grave 3 days and three nights.... can you get 3 days in 3 nights with your calculation?
Very interesting.
Can you please shed some light on Why there seem to be so many pagan customs: the tree, the lights, the red ornaments, as part of the Christmas celebration?
Also, if we are in fact honoring God during Christmas and Easter, what do you think He would feel about us using pagan symbols and acts that were used to worship pagan gods, to worship Him?
Good questions. You're getting on the correct path too. The mass is pagan in origin and heathen in observance. The perverted catholic entity instructed so-called Protestants to follow them on the road to hell with spiritual idolatry. It's heathen in observance also. See Joshua 10 for a perfect description of the heathen tree. Nowhere in the Bible does it ever tell anyone to observe Yahusha's birthday and they didn't even observe each other's day of birth. Easter is just as perverted. Egg laying rabbits? Really? Satan's holidays of men are simply the counterfeit to Yahuwah's Holy days which are still relevant. He always has a counterfeit to everything of God's purpose. Where to you think the word Protest-ant got it's name? We as protestants are supposed to be "protesting" the things of the sick and perverted catholic faith. Now that is the truth.
Saint Boniface is the origin of the tree, it's not pagan. The tree represents the literal and physical death of Paganism, and plus no Catholic worships a tree that's stupid. Another explanation could be that it represents the Tree of Life, a contrast to the Tree of Knowledge . Also ornaments look nice and developed around medival times, long after the death of all pagan customs in Europe.
Also, it's only the Protestants and the secular world who are trying to paganize these days lol
Yeah this is the true history. But due to Hollywood, some "stewpid" people starts to believe the false.@@ScholarHaru
you are so right buddy.
Anyway.merry Christmas⚔️😀🤲👍
For God, the exact date of Jesus' birthday is not important, what matters is that everything in this world is His, including birthdays.
Ecclesiastes 7:1
[1]A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
A picture of Christ, he is glorified in death not on his birth. When he came down from heaven to be born as human, one of his purpose was to humble himself and to serve.
Well, no one is glorified in death if he's not been born. But the issue here is the EXACT date, even the EXACT year is unknown. And I call it "the mystery of God."
@@salvadorviernes5245 yes, it is true, the exact date was not given. But the Lord has given us his appointed times for us to celebrate what Jesus, His Son, has done and what he will do in the future. One of those might be the birth of Jesus because his death and resurrection are part of that appointed times or feasts.
1st is Passover - his death
2nd is Feast of unleavened Bread - buried in the grave as unleavened for he was sinless
3rd is Feast of First Fruit - he was the firstfruit of resurrection with glorified body and others were resurrected from the grave after him.
4th is Feast of weeks - the promised holy spirit was given to his followers, we call this in greek Pentecost.
5th is Blowing of trumpets - second coming of Christ where the Angel will blow trumpets
6th is Day of Atonement - Judgement day
7th is Feast of Tabernacle - New Jerusalem will come down and the Marriage of the Lamb and the Bride will happen. Marriage supper of the lamb.
8th is the Sabbath - the millennium reign of Christ, where he will give rest to his bride.
Blowing of trumpets
Or
Feast of Tabernacle
Could be when Christ was born on Earth.
@@salvadorviernes5245 I disagree, to God the exact date of Jesus's birthday is extremely important that is why he timed the biblical holidays in a way that Jesus was conceived on Hanukkah
( Hanukkah is the Festival of Lights and we see that the light of the world entered the world during the Festival of Lights)
And 9 months later Jesus was born on the Festival of Sukkot which translates into English as the Festival of Tabernacles which coincides with the the prophecy that says (he tabernacled with us)
@@grishavlas2260Well, if it's important to God, why the discrepancies? Why would not God let Jesus be born when calendars are already being used if it is important for Him? I think God let that happen for His own mysterious reason, to coincide with the history of Jerusalem and its foreign conquerors, discounting the invention of calendars later.
I'm a Roman Catholic from the Philippines..
Viva Iglesia Katolika!
Viva Iglesia Catolica Apostolica Romana
Same! One holy catholic and apostolic church
And we in the Philippines celebrate Christmas from September 1 (the BER month) till January 6. Of course Christ birth is the highlight, the peak of these celebrations.
The best person to KNOW when is the Birthday of Jesus is His own mother, Mary.
Towards the end of his stories of Jesus' infancy. Luke describes Mary's remembrance of these events, "And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart (Luke 2:19)." From this indication, Luke thereby revealed Mary as his first eyewitness from the beginning. From her story to Luke, therefore we can derive when Jesus was born.
Luke 1:5-9
Luke 1:10-25
The incensing in the Temple indicated a specific feast was being celebrated, the Feast of Tabernacles or Dedication of the Temple. This feast originated from the first dedication of the Temple by King Solomon who timed the dedication with the feast of Booths (in Hebrew Succoth or Sukkot).
1 Kings 8:1-2
All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month). In the original Roman calendar this would correspond to the month of September, so that if we calculate the time of the feast, it would have been around September 18-24. Then when Zechariah returned home and Elizabeth conceived, it would have been around September 25.
Luke 1:26-38
The time in the story of the Annunciation to Mary and her subsequent conception of Jesus is mentioned twice: in v. 26 "In the sixth month," and in v. 36, "she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month."
To determine this date of Mary's conception of the Lord, we simply have to add 6 months to September 25, exactly the date celebrated by the church.
Ethanim, the name of the seventh month of the Canaanite calendar corresponding to the later Hebrew Tishri or to our September - October (1 Kings 8:2).
The Israelites, like the Orientals in general, followed the lunar month, beginning with the new moon. In Hebrew month is yerah, which means moon, and hodes, which means new moon. The months had alternatively 29 or 30 days. To distinguish the different months the Canaaneans names, which are related to the seasons of the year, were used.
In the Bible occur the months Abib, which means green ears of corn, and stood for March-April (Exodus 13:14; Deuteronomy 21:1); Ziv, meaning flower, equivalent of April-May (II Kings 6:1,37); ETHANIM, meaning constant waters, for September -October (1 Kings 8:2) and Bul, which means rain, for October-November (1 Kings 6:38). 😊😃
@@herb555
The best person to KNOW when is the Birthday of Jesus is His own mother, Mary.
Towards the end of his stories of Jesus' infancy. Luke describes Mary's remembrance of these events, "And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart (Luke 2:19)." From this indication, Luke thereby revealed Mary as his first eyewitness from the beginning. From her story to Luke, therefore we can derive when Jesus was born.
Luke 1:5-9
Luke 1:10-25
The incensing in the Temple indicated a specific feast was being celebrated, the Feast of Tabernacles or Dedication of the Temple. This feast originated from the first dedication of the Temple by King Solomon who timed the dedication with the feast of Booths (in Hebrew Succoth or Sukkot).
1 Kings 8:1-2
All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month). In the original Roman calendar this would correspond to the month of September, so that if we calculate the time of the feast, it would have been around September 18-24. Then when Zechariah returned home and Elizabeth conceived, it would have been around September 25.
Luke 1:26-38
The time in the story of the Annunciation to Mary and her subsequent conception of Jesus is mentioned twice: in v. 26 "In the sixth month," and in v. 36, "she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month."
To determine this date of Mary's conception of the Lord, we simply have to add 6 months to September 25, exactly the date celebrated by the church.
Ethanim, the name of the seventh month of the Canaanite calendar corresponding to the later Hebrew Tishri or to our September - October (1 Kings 8:2).
The Israelites, like the Orientals in general, followed the lunar month, beginning with the new moon. In Hebrew month is yerah, which means moon, and hodes, which means new moon. The months had alternatively 29 or 30 days. To distinguish the different months the Canaaneans names, which are related to the seasons of the year, were used.
In the Bible occur the months Abib, which means green ears of corn, and stood for March-April (Exodus 13:14; Deuteronomy 21:1); Ziv, meaning flower, equivalent of April-May (II Kings 6:1,37); ETHANIM, meaning constant waters, for September -October (1 Kings 8:2) and Bul, which means rain, for October-November (1 Kings 6:38). 😃
According to Fr. Hunwicke, historical consensus now holds that Sol Invictus is a paganisation of Christmas, rather that the other way around.
Christianity has its roots in Judiasm, not paganism
This explains why on Christmas day we have more of pagan practices than Christian Virtues
The Easter bunny is even worse.
Yup
I read somewhere that the December 25th date was based on the dates of priestly rotations in the Temple. Basically, Zechariah would have been in the temple during the weeks assigned to the descendants of Abijah-sometime in Aug/September. From this, the Annunciation falls about six months later in March, and Christ’s birth would be in December. I’d love to find a source for this theory, which makes sense to me.
Its august
Isn't jesus birthday the same day as he died? Cause there's a lamb that breeds during that time of year. Also why he is called lamb of god
No, it was simply a Julius Caesar order of Winter Solstice as it influences the Julian calendar until this day.
Nope. The shepherds are not out tending sheep in December in Israel. Does the Bible command us to observe heathen holidays of men? See Joshua 10.
Caroline is correct. Sheperd are tending sheep 24 hours on rotational watch duty, in order to ensure an unblemish sheep for temple sacrifice.
Thank you fr casey really
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 📅 *The actual date of Jesus' birth is unknown, and the choice of December 25th as Christmas has unclear origins.*
01:24 📆 *The first official record of Christmas on December 25th in Rome is from the year 336, but Christians may have celebrated it earlier in the 2nd century.*
02:21 🎉 *The prevailing theory suggests Christians adopted December 25th to Christianize pagan celebrations, aligning with the Feast of Die Natali Solis Invicti.*
04:38 📚 *Scholars challenge the history of religions theory, proposing the calculations theory, suggesting the date was determined independently based on Jesus' conception.*
06:27 💭 *The debate between theories remains inconclusive; Christians might have celebrated December 25th independently before any Roman influence or chose to coincide with pagan festivities for evangelization.*
08:19 🎉 *Regardless of the date's origin, the significance of Christmas lies in the belief that God came into the world as Jesus, inspiring celebration and faith.*
The best person to KNOW when is the Birthday of Jesus is His own mother, Mary.
Towards the end of his stories of Jesus' infancy. Luke describes Mary's remembrance of these events, "And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart (Luke 2:19)." From this indication, Luke thereby revealed Mary as his first eyewitness from the beginning. From her story to Luke, therefore we can derive when Jesus was born.
Luke 1:5-9
Luke 1:10-25
The incensing in the Temple indicated a specific feast was being celebrated, the Feast of Tabernacles or Dedication of the Temple. This feast originated from the first dedication of the Temple by King Solomon who timed the dedication with the feast of Booths (in Hebrew Succoth or Sukkot).
1 Kings 8:1-2
All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month). In the original Roman calendar this would correspond to the month of September, so that if we calculate the time of the feast, it would have been around September 18-24. Then when Zechariah returned home and Elizabeth conceived, it would have been around September 25.
Luke 1:26-38
The time in the story of the Annunciation to Mary and her subsequent conception of Jesus is mentioned twice: in v. 26 "In the sixth month," and in v. 36, "she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month."
To determine this date of Mary's conception of the Lord, we simply have to add 6 months to September 25, exactly the date celebrated by the church.
Ethanim, the name of the seventh month of the Canaanite calendar corresponding to the later Hebrew Tishri or to our September - October (1 Kings 8:2).
The Israelites, like the Orientals in general, followed the lunar month, beginning with the new moon. In Hebrew month is yerah, which means moon, and hodes, which means new moon. The months had alternatively 29 or 30 days. To distinguish the different months the Canaaneans names, which are related to the seasons of the year, were used.
In the Bible occur the months Abib, which means green ears of corn, and stood for March-April (Exodus 13:14; Deuteronomy 21:1); Ziv, meaning flower, equivalent of April-May (II Kings 6:1,37); ETHANIM, meaning constant waters, for September -October (1 Kings 8:2) and Bul, which means rain, for October-November (1 Kings 6:38). 😃
What was your source for this? I found a very similar explanation once but lost the link and I don't remember where I found it! If you could link it that wod be much appreciated for my curiosity 😊
@@allioop8156
The SHEPHERDS that saw the angels and heavenly hosts were the ones that were responsible for PROVIDING the PASSOVER LAMB.
The shepherds of BETHLEHEM were in charge of raising sheep for the TEMPLE SACRIFICES.
According to the LAWS of the time the sheep that were used for the OFFERINGS had to be a ONE-YEAR-OLD MALE sheep that had been OUTSIDE for 365 days (one - year). Since these sheep needed to remain outside the shepherds were also outside, not using the cave during the awful winter (rainy season). You can see this in Luke 2:8.
Once the sheep were of age the shepherds would bring them to the city of Jerusalem to be sacrificed for the Sabbath. It was important that the sheep that was to be sacrifice did not possess any blemishes (broken legs, injuries). Once the sheep's blood was completely spilled for all of the sins, the priest would return to the people and proclaim: "It is finished."
MIGDAL EDER, the TOWER OF THE FLOCK, was where the lambs set aside for temple sacrifices were raised. The flocks in the surrounding fields were vast, because there was an estimated population of around OVER TWO MILLION people in that area. During Passover, the annual celebration of the Hebrew nation's deliverance from captivity in Egypt, one lamb was needed for EVERY HOUSEHOLD. An estimated 250,000 sheep were needed every year to accomodate the Passover sacrifices and feast. The TOWER OF MIGDAL EDER provided the perfect vantage point from which the shepherds could, quiet literally, watch over their flocks from above.
Every firstborn male lamb was considered holy and was set aside for sacrifice in Jerusalem.
SHEEP HERDING was a hereditary occupation, and generations of shepherds were TRAINED to care for these SPECIAL lambs. The newborn lambs would be wrapped tightly... SWADDLED... in special designated TEMPLE CLOTHS, and they would be laid in a MANGER to keep them contained while they were being examined for blemishes. At the appointed time, the shepherds would separate the lambs, selecting ONLY the FIRSTBORN MALE that were without mark or blemish, and would lead them to Jerusalem, where they would be purchashed by people wanting to present a sacrifice before the Lord to atone for their sins.
When the angel appeared to the Shepherds in the fields, he told them they would find the newborn king wrapped in SWADDLING CLOTHES and laying in a manger. They knew exactly WHERE He would be found, because swaddling clothes were ONLY used in one particular location, and for one particular purpose....MIGDAL EDER, the place where sacrificial lambs were wrapped and examined for perfection before being set apart for the slaughter that would atone for sin and make peace with God.
@@allioop8156
Every Spring the Jews celebrated the Passover. Part of the celebration was the slaughter and consumption of Passover lamb. This Passover lamb was called "The Lamb of God."
Every December thousands of "Lambs of God" were born and set aside for Spring sacrifice.
These were very special lambs. They had to meet the strict legal-religious regulations of Jewish faith. The lambs had to be no more than one year old, male and without spot or blemish. Therefore they had to be bred and born in CONTROLLED conditions and inspected for birth defects before being raised in a specially protected environment.
The other interesting details is the Jewish regulations stipulated that any animal to be sacrificed at the Temple had to be born within five miles of Jerusalem. Bethlehem is just five miles from Jerusalem.
At the time of Jesus' birth, therefore, the hillsides around Bethlehem, were a first century lamb factory farm controlled by the Priestly livestock traders from the temple.
When the lambs were born the shepherds wrapped them in strips of cloth to protect them, and placed them in a stone feeding through in the birthing barn until the priest could come to inspect them.
By the way, some skeptics point out that the details don't match with Jesus being born in the winter because lambs are born in the spring. Lambs are born in Spring in Northern Europe. However, the BREED of sheep most common in the Middle East - the AWASSI - give birth in DECEMBER.
So there, on the hills surrounding Bethlehem was a large farming community dedicated to the specialized task of breeding the huge number of lambs for the Passover sacrifice. Each December thousands of "Lambs of God" were born and set aside for the Spring sacrifice.
@Macormic Benjamin Hi MB. It's hard for me to understand how there could have been 2 million people wanting lambs, because it seems (very) unlikely that there were 2 million people in that region of the world at that time. As I understand it, there is no archeological evidence for anything approaching a even 1 million people. A thousand years later, there still were not a million people there.
I distinctly remember writing a comment here skeptical of the bible, and I described the exact pagan roots of these traditions. I even got a notification to this thread of comments. But it seems that my comment was removed, most likely by the author of this video.
Do with that information what you will.
To me it doesn't really matter when Jesus was born and I don't waste much time thinking about it. We do know that many cultures celebrated summer and winter solstices before Christianity and it is likely that at least some of the early Christians knew this as well so I don't think that we can discount the theory of inspirations from others since it could be inspiration from somewhere other than the Romans. As far as know, one objection to the December date is that this was not a time when many shepherds would have been out with their animals the way it was described. I don't know that much about shepherding so I don't know if this is true but it is one thing I often see mentioned by those who are critical of this date.
Good interesting stuff on this channel
Dec 25 is when the Magi gave gifts to toddler Jesus
Thanks for this video. It's an interesting question, especially as several different 'pagans in many countries celebrate the winter solstice by making chandeliers or dreamcatchers and it had long been believed that the Star of Bethlehem may have been a conjunction of planets. Christmas may just be another celebration of light and the coming of longer, lighter days.
My birthday is March 25th.. I'm feeling a little special now... Lol
Annunciation Day...
hahahaha happy for you!
Mines the 24th lol
Do you think it would really make sense to make that trip in the winter time from where they were at to Egypt
Intelligently presented 👏👏👏👏👏👍I am enriched and blessed with this truth..
God Bless your Ministry.
Christmas leads to hell.
Hmmm now the christians are slowly learning but " dont know why 25 december was chosen" must be kidding .
The best person to KNOW when is the Birthday of Jesus is His own mother, Mary.
Towards the end of his stories of Jesus' infancy. Luke describes Mary's remembrance of these events, "And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart (Luke 2:19)." From this indication, Luke thereby revealed Mary as his first eyewitness from the beginning. From her story to Luke, therefore we can derive when Jesus was born.
Luke 1:5-9
Luke 1:10-25
The incensing in the Temple indicated a specific feast was being celebrated, the Feast of Tabernacles or Dedication of the Temple. This feast originated from the first dedication of the Temple by King Solomon who timed the dedication with the feast of Booths (in Hebrew Succoth or Sukkot).
1 Kings 8:1-2
All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month). In the original Roman calendar this would correspond to the month of September, so that if we calculate the time of the feast, it would have been around September 18-24. Then when Zechariah returned home and Elizabeth conceived, it would have been around September 25.
Luke 1:26-38
The time in the story of the Annunciation to Mary and her subsequent conception of Jesus is mentioned twice: in v. 26 "In the sixth month," and in v. 36, "she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month."
To determine this date of Mary's conception of the Lord, we simply have to add 6 months to September 25, exactly the date celebrated by the church. 😊😁😃🐱
Ethanim, the name of the seventh month of the Canaanite calendar corresponding to the later Hebrew Tishri or to our September - October (1 Kings 8:2).
The Israelites, like the Orientals in general, followed the lunar month, beginning with the new moon. In Hebrew month is yerah, which means moon, and hodes, which means new moon. The months had alternatively 29 or 30 days. To distinguish the different months the Canaaneans names, which are related to the seasons of the year, were used.
In the Bible occur the months Abib, which means green ears of corn, and stood for March-April (Exodus 13:14; Deuteronomy 21:1); Ziv, meaning flower, equivalent of April-May (II Kings 6:1,37); ETHANIM, meaning constant waters, for September -October (1 Kings 8:2) and Bul, which means rain, for October-November (1 Kings 6:38). 😃
I'm totally using this knowledge
The best person to KNOW when is the Birthday of Jesus is His own mother, Mary.
Towards the end of his stories of Jesus' infancy. Luke describes Mary's remembrance of these events, "And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart (Luke 2:19)." From this indication, Luke thereby revealed Mary as his first eyewitness from the beginning. From her story to Luke, therefore we can derive when Jesus was born.
Luke 1:5-9
Luke 1:10-25
The incensing in the Temple indicated a specific feast was being celebrated, the Feast of Tabernacles or Dedication of the Temple. This feast originated from the first dedication of the Temple by King Solomon who timed the dedication with the feast of Booths (in Hebrew Succoth or Sukkot).
1 Kings 8:1-2
All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month). In the original Roman calendar this would correspond to the month of September, so that if we calculate the time of the feast, it would have been around September 18-24. Then when Zechariah returned home and Elizabeth conceived, it would have been around September 25.
Luke 1:26-38
The time in the story of the Annunciation to Mary and her subsequent conception of Jesus is mentioned twice: in v. 26 "In the sixth month," and in v. 36, "she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month."
To determine this date of Mary's conception of the Lord, we simply have to add 6 months to September 25, exactly the date celebrated by the church. 😊😁😃
Ethanim, the name of the seventh month of the Canaanite calendar corresponding to the later Hebrew Tishri or to our September - October (1 Kings 8:2).
The Israelites, like the Orientals in general, followed the lunar month, beginning with the new moon. In Hebrew month is yerah, which means moon, and hodes, which means new moon. The months had alternatively 29 or 30 days. To distinguish the different months the Canaaneans names, which are related to the seasons of the year, were used.
In the Bible occur the months Abib, which means green ears of corn, and stood for March-April (Exodus 13:14; Deuteronomy 21:1); Ziv, meaning flower, equivalent of April-May (II Kings 6:1,37); ETHANIM, meaning constant waters, for September -October (1 Kings 8:2) and Bul, which means rain, for October-November (1 Kings 6:38). 😃
@@macormicbenjamin9315 kinda makes sense he was born in september since it's the month most people is born and the fact his blood is AB (as according to the holy mantle and all the eucharistic miracles). However this is just another reason for me to try living a holy life, so I can ask him or his mother the exact date directly.
@@SmolTerribleTornado
The SHEPHERDS that saw the angels and heavenly hosts were the ones that were responsible for PROVIDING the PASSOVER LAMB.
The shepherds of BETHLEHEM were in charge of raising sheep for the TEMPLE SACRIFICES.
According to the LAWS of the time the sheep that were used for the OFFERINGS had to be a ONE-YEAR-OLD MALE sheep that had been OUTSIDE for 365 days (one - year). Since these sheep needed to remain outside the shepherds were also outside, not using the cave during the awful winter (rainy season). You can see this in Luke 2:8.
Once the sheep were of age the shepherds would bring them to the city of Jerusalem to be sacrificed for the Sabbath. It was important that the sheep that was to be sacrifice did not possess any blemishes (broken legs, injuries). Once the sheep's blood was completely spilled for all of the sins, the priest would return to the people and proclaim: "It is finished."
MIGDAL EDER, the TOWER OF THE FLOCK, was where the lambs set aside for temple sacrifices were raised. The flocks in the surrounding fields were vast, because there was an estimated population of around OVER TWO MILLION people in that area. During Passover, the annual celebration of the Hebrew nation's deliverance from captivity in Egypt, one lamb was needed for EVERY HOUSEHOLD. An estimated 250,000 sheep were needed every year to accomodate the Passover sacrifices and feast. The TOWER OF MIGDAL EDER provided the perfect vantage point from which the shepherds could, quiet literally, watch over their flocks from above.
Every firstborn male lamb was considered holy and was set aside for sacrifice in Jerusalem.
SHEEP HERDING was a hereditary occupation, and generations of shepherds were TRAINED to care for these SPECIAL lambs. The newborn lambs would be wrapped tightly... SWADDLED... in special designated TEMPLE CLOTHS, and they would be laid in a MANGER to keep them contained while they were being examined for blemishes. At the appointed time, the shepherds would separate the lambs, selecting ONLY the FIRSTBORN MALE that were without mark or blemish, and would lead them to Jerusalem, where they would be purchashed by people wanting to present a sacrifice before the Lord to atone for their sins.
When the angel appeared to the Shepherds in the fields, he told them they would find the newborn king wrapped in SWADDLING CLOTHES and laying in a manger. They knew exactly WHERE He would be found, because swaddling clothes were ONLY used in one particular location, and for one particular purpose....MIGDAL EDER, the place where sacrificial lambs were wrapped and examined for perfection before being set apart for the slaughter that would atone for sin and make peace with God. 😊
Happy yule to you
Fantastic video. Needed very much. Keep it on Padre.
I can’t properly write English.
90% of the world still enjoy celebrating it...
Ancient One I love celebrating Christmas. I call it that because that’s what I’m used to. Has nothing at all to do with Jesus, or any religion to me. I’m growing cold on the gift giving, Santa Claus part of it though. That seems to be mostly a marketing strategy.
Well, the atmosphere is beautiful, there is love.. Why not? Some use it to be with their families
U Coriglianesi Exactly. There are reasons why people have celebrated certain things/seasons since before recorded history. Guys like this (monk? Priest?) claim Christians were just trying to connect with people by taking over their spiritual traditions. Fast forward a couple millennia, & here we are, people want to give up on those celebrations because they think they “belong” to Christianity. “Can’t have CHRISTmas without CHRIST, & so forth. But people need & deserve to have these occasions to come together & be reminded of how much they mean to each other, & of all the love in the world.
alex x Why should anyone care if it’s forbidden by a mythical god? I don’t believe in the Abrahamic god. That’s your belief. Nothing in the Bible has any meaning or value to me, other than on its own merit. It’s funny as hell though, that Christians are so specifically forbidden directly by god in the Bible to have a Christmas tree. I love the tradition. I make sure we get a real one every year, too. It’s beautiful, & gives off such a beautiful scent that fills the whole house & creates a special atmosphere that fills everyone with good spirits that they carry out into the world with them when they go out.
@@alexx3543 But isn't it about WORSHIPPING Christmas trees? I mean, who worships a tree?
Thank you for the beautiful explanation nicely summarizes what I try to say to ignorent folks all the time
There are numerous Christians who the True God has made aware that this solar invictus holiday pre-dates the birth of the True Son of God, Jesus Christ, by centuries!!!
There is a fair bit of "taking credit for thunderstorms" in history. Something important is done or discovered then a whole bunch of people point at it and go "I did that!" , and then set about making it theirs.
If you make calculation and decode the Bible, you will know that Ya.. was born on the Feast of the Tabernacles (z 7th month according to z hebrew calendar which is September in z gregorian calendar, 15 days after New moon as per z herbrew calendar or +- towards z end of z month according to z gregorian calendar)
You can calulate his birth by adding 6 month from the consumption of Elisabeth, her husband Zakariah was serving in the Temple and he was from Abijah Division (Luke 1:5)
1 Chr 24:10The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
Taking into consideration that New hebrew year, as proclaimed by YH.. is on New Moon Aviv month or March in gregorian calendar:
Exodus 12:1-2
So Zakariah was serving in mid May for 2 weeks. He returned home in June and soon afterwards Elisabeth fell pregnant.
John z baptist was born in March,
adding 6 months for z birth of our Saviour, you get to September.
You need to study the Old Pact to understand the New Pact.
But the Catholic church does not teach the Old Pact, where El.. and Ya.. is ONE.
There is no Hard or soft El..
His laws r eternal and perfect.
Psalms 19:7-8 📖
7 The instructions of YH.. are perfect,
reviving the soul.
The decrees of YH.. are trustworthy,
making wise the simple.
8 The commandments of YH.. are right,
bringing joy to the heart.
The commands of YH.. are clear,
giving insight for living.
What you’re saying is true
"Do not worship Me as those in the land I am taking you, worship their gods."
Daniel Whittaker where did you find that?
Deuteronomy 18:9 When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
Amos 5:21I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.
Deuteronomy 12:28-30
Correct. But there is no difference…
@@whittakerdanielj Yes, there is most certainly a differance. Imagine if myself and some random lady shared the same birthday. On that day my friends throw me a party. Now, since it's on the same day as the lady's birthday, are my friends celebrating her birthday?
Of course, not. Just because two celebrations fall on the same day doesn't mean they both celebrate the same thing.
I'm born in summer, some of my friends who do not live in my town celebrate my birthday (having dinner with them and spending wonderful time with them) months later - the latest was Eastern in the following year 😊 and i like it, for it means they remember me, they like me, they are inside in contact with me. And i love to have birthday celebrations nearly every month once 😊
So what does it matter w.h.e.n Jesus was born? God became human to show us how life functions ... and that we won't get rid of Him how hard we may try it. Let us celebrate that.. as often as we can. And one date in a year reminds us to do so - as often as we can.
The best person to KNOW when is the Birthday of Jesus is His own mother, Mary.
Towards the end of his stories of Jesus' infancy. Luke describes Mary's remembrance of these events, "And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart (Luke 2:19)." From this indication, Luke thereby revealed Mary as his first eyewitness from the beginning. From her story to Luke, therefore we can derive when Jesus was born.
Luke 1:5-9
Luke 1:10-25
The incensing in the Temple indicated a specific feast was being celebrated, the Feast of Tabernacles or Dedication of the Temple. This feast originated from the first dedication of the Temple by King Solomon who timed the dedication with the feast of Booths (in Hebrew Succoth or Sukkot).
1 Kings 8:1-2
All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month). In the original Roman calendar this would correspond to the month of September, so that if we calculate the time of the feast, it would have been around September 18-24. Then when Zechariah returned home and Elizabeth conceived, it would have been around September 25.
Luke 1:26-38
The time in the story of the Annunciation to Mary and her subsequent conception of Jesus is mentioned twice: in v. 26 "In the sixth month," and in v. 36, "she whom people called barren is now in her sixth month."
To determine this date of Mary's conception of the Lord, we simply have to add 6 months to September 25, exactly the date celebrated by the church. 😃😊😁
Ethanim, the name of the seventh month of the Canaanite calendar corresponding to the later Hebrew Tishri or to our September - October (1 Kings 8:2).
The Israelites, like the Orientals in general, followed the lunar month, beginning with the new moon. In Hebrew month is yerah, which means moon, and hodes, which means new moon. The months had alternatively 29 or 30 days. To distinguish the different months the Canaaneans names, which are related to the seasons of the year, were used.
In the Bible occur the months Abib, which means green ears of corn, and stood for March-April (Exodus 13:14; Deuteronomy 21:1); Ziv, meaning flower, equivalent of April-May (II Kings 6:1,37); ETHANIM, meaning constant waters, for September -October (1 Kings 8:2) and Bul, which means rain, for October-November (1 Kings 6:38). 😃
8:17 Amen to that brother
@@alexx3543 thx for the verse brother
My friend at work is a Jehova's Witness and I am very intrigued by their beliefs as they are very strange when compared to all Christianity. She believed Christmas was a pagan holiday, so thank you for clarifying the truth. God bless you Father.
Dont believe his lies, there is nothing christian about the christmas tree, the bible even outright forbids it and calls it a customs of the pagan, See Jeremiah.
@@sffsf81 I just read that text and it didn't day anything about the Christmas tree...what version are you reading?
@@mirando100 Christmas tree described in Jeremiah:
Jeremiah 10:3-4 American Standard Version (ASV)
For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
@@sffsf81 Pagans used trees for very different reasons than Christians do.
@@REBORNCENTRALGaming You cannot worship God any way you like. This holiday is an abomination to God, and people who think its a christ-approved holiday have been decieved.
Also, video games is a sin, if you think gamer christians will go to heaven you simply dont know Jesus Christ or his commandments.
"Does it really matter?" Agreed Thank you brother What matters is if his teachings are followed and those should be infused in everyday life 365 days of the year no matter what calendar you follow Love and Light ☺💝🎆
I am a Bible believing Christian not a catholic. My studies of the origins of Christmas has shown me that it is a Catholic practice. It was developed to mix the pagan traditions of the peoples of the lands that were "converted" from pagan to catholic. This would make the pagans content because they could still do their pagan traditions but change them slightly. this way the catholic church was also satisfied. It explains why the "christmas" traditions are differant in other countries . It also explains why Winter Soltice is also celebrated at the same time by pagans. Bible believing Christians didn't celebrate Christmas in early America because it was a Catholic holiday. They belived it wasn"t a Holiday in the Holy Scriptures. Even today most Christians don't celebrate Christmas the way catholics do, if they celebrate it at all. To a christian we believe we are to celebrate our Saviors birth every day!
You mean Puritans who would put people to death because someone said their “spectre” was tormenting them? Lol
Fr Casey, thank you for that!
Thank him for lying to you and leading you to hell? Ok. Well christmas leads to hell just a heads up.
Specifically went on CZcams to find a video that explained this, thank you! Now I can link it to my mom so she can stop bothering me about Catholicism being pagan
Jesus never said to celebrate his birthday. No man of the true God ever celebrated his birthday in the Bible. It is a pagan custom you can't mix the dark and the light.
@@josevilla3709 Its an apostolic tradition, not everything comes from the Bible, even Hebrew had many customs.
@@josevilla3709 It's actually the birthday of Mithra.
Christians really like to re appropriate pagan things, whenever they are converted and blessed first of course
Watch the whole video and gain a bit of knowledge you heathen
Well when a Christian people converts pagans, the pagans usually don't destroy everything they have, they re appropriate what they have as a Christian tool for worship. For example a temple that was used for worship to a pagan god, and then converted to Christianity, was converted into a church. Father says that in the video "Christians 'christianize' various pagan things"
This doesn't mean that there is a pagan worship, but that the use of material and space pagans had before they converted was used to worship the true God after their conversion. Like if a pagan guy made well-made pagan statues, then converted to Christianity, and now he makes Christian statues of saints, etc.
Asterix S I'm not talking about what Rome did with the pachamama statues. What that was was taking an idol and calling it Mary. What I'm talking about it using the physical materials, like buildings or symbols (like the Christmas tree for example) and having them blessed (and exorcised) and used as a reconstituted symbol.
I'm just saying that converted Christians don't start from scratch when they convert
Asterix S like in Exodus, when they changed the golden bull into the Ark of the Covenant. That's the kind of thing I'm trying to explain. I'm not bashing, I'm actually clarifying what I mean. I'm Catholic too :)
joseph jackson catholics,not CHRISTIANS.
It very much matters!!
While the Bible does not give an exact date to Jesus' birth, there are some who calculate the date by Zecheriah's service at the temple, which brings us to late December.