(Galatians 4:4 KJV) But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,Certain facts are agreed on by reasonable men (and reasonable women). One is that Jesus was born. Another is that He was born of a woman. Another is that she was a virgin. And as it says here, the birth took place in “the fulness of time.”
“Christmas” is a term from the Roman Catholic liturgy. It is the mass of Christ. All it really means is that in their attempt to cover all the theology of the church, on that particular day they taught about the Birth. The date picked was arbitrary. So let’s pick another one for those who have trouble with December 25 and the proximity of the Winter Solstice. We could pick my birthday but I am sure someone would claim I was having delusions of grandeur. So let’s pick your birthday. It works for me. Actually it might be more appropriate to pick April 15 since Joseph and Mary went to Bethlehem to be taxed. It would make the IRS a church and get the government out of the withholding business. Or we could celebrate once every 10 years because it was a Roman Census. I sense another split in the Christians church here. We could have 10th Year Adventists emerging.
But let’s pick a Biblical name. Georges points out that we should talk about “resurrection day” instead of “Easter.” Good point. So let’s celebrate FOT Day instead of Christmas. Instead of an evergreen we could use a grape vine with branches grafted on and in the fireplace we could have a few symbolic branches that had been cut off for lack of faith. We could still work in angels, the wise men and shepherds though because they are in the Bible.
The possibilities are endless. Maybe I will revisit this.
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