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Troll.
We enoy the pagan traditions in this household, from the Xmas tree to
various decorations.
KG
"Gary" <schooley@vcn.com> wrote in message news:3FAEF26D.A53048B7@vcn.com...
> http://members.iinet.net.au/~gregga...w/xmasborn.html
>
> Should Christians Celebrate Christmas?
>
> Jesus was not born on December 25th
>
> Christmas Day - December 25th - is near to the middle of winter in the
> Northerm Hemisphere - including the Palestine region or Judaea.
>
> Was Jesus born during the winter? Let's see what the Scriptures has to
> say...
>
> "And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field,
> keeping watch over their flock by night." LUKE 2:8
>
> The shepherds did NOT keep their sheep in the fields during December!
> The sheep were brought in under cover before mid-October to protect them
> from the cold rainy season that would follow.
>
> And yes, the winter in the Judaea IS at the time characterised by cold,
> wet, rainy conditions!!
>
> "For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over [and] gone;" SONG OF
> SONGS 2:11
>
> "Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together
> unto Jerusalem within three days. It [was] the ninth month, on the
> twentieth [day] of the month; and all the people sat in the street of
> the house of God, trembling because of [this] matter, AND FOR THE GREAT
> RAIN." EZRA 10:9
>
> The "ninth month" corresponds roughly to December today. You see this
> time of year was characterised by winter rains in Judaea. The sheep were
> not in the fields at that time!!
>
> Here's what the Adam Clarke Commentary (Vol 5, page 370, New York ed)
> has to say about the date of Christ's birth....
>
> "It was an ancient custom among Jews of those days to send out their
> sheep to the fields and deserts about the Passover (early spring), and
> bring them home at commencement of the first rain,..."
>
> "During the time they were out, the shepherds watched them night and
> day. As...the first rain began early in the month of Marchesvan, which
> answers to part of our October and November, we find that the sheep were
> kept out in the open country during the whole summer. And, as these
> shepherds had not yet brought home their flocks, it is a presumptive
> argument that October had not yet commenced, and that, consequently, our
> Lord was not born on the 25th of December, when no flocks were out in
> the fields; nor could He have even been born later than September, as
> the flocks were still in the fields by night. On this very ground, the
> nativity in December should be given up. The feeding of the flocks by
> night in the fields is a chronological fact..."
>
> The exact date of Jesus' birth is entirely unknown, though evidently He
> was born sometime during September which is six months after the
> Passover.
>
> If God had intended for us to celebrate the birthday of Jesus, why then
> didn't God reveal the exact date to us in the Scriptures???
>
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