The Truth About Christmas: A Biblical Examination

The Truth About Christmas: A Biblical Examination

Brothers and sisters, I need to share something with you that might challenge what many of you have practiced your entire lives. It’s about Christmas—that beloved holiday many have celebrated every December 25th, complete with trees, gifts, and nativity scenes. But have you ever stopped to ask: Does Yahweh Almighty actually want us to celebrate this day?

What Does the Bible Really Say?

Here’s a truth that might surprise you: nowhere in the Bible does Yahweh command us to celebrate Messiah Yahshua’s birth. Not once! Search from Genesis to Revelation, and you won’t find a single verse instructing believers to commemorate the day Messiah was born.

But you will find something else. Yahshua Himself gave us a clear command about what we should remember. On the night before His crucifixion, He instituted the Master’s Supper and said, “Do this in remembrance of Me” (Luke 22:19). The Apostle Paul reinforces this in 1 Corinthians 11:26: “For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Master’s death until He comes.”

Did you catch that? We’re called to remember His death—not His birth! The sacrifice! The atonement! The blood shed for our sins! That’s what Yahshua told us to commemorate!

The Shepherds Tell a Different Story

Now let’s talk about timing. We’ve all seen those Christmas cards with shepherds watching their flocks on a cold December night. Beautiful image—but biblically impossible!

Luke 2:8 tells us, “Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night.” Here’s what many do not realize: shepherds in Judea did not keep their flocks outside during December. The winter months were cold and rainy. Shepherds would have brought their flocks in from the fields by late September or early October.

Jewish scholar Alfred Edersheim and others have noted that sheep remained in the fields from spring through early fall. The fact that shepherds were “living out in the fields” strongly suggests Yahshua was born sometime between spring and early autumn—definitely not in the dead of winter!

So if Yahshua was not born in December, why do we celebrate Christmas on December 25th?

The Pagan Roots We Can’t Ignore

Here’s where it gets uncomfortable. December 25th was already a major celebration long before Christianity—it was the Roman festival of Saturnalia and the birthday of Sol Invictus (the Unconquered Sun). These were pagan festivals celebrating the winter solstice, filled with feasting, gift-giving, and evergreen decorations.

When Christianity became the official religion of Rome in the 4th century, church leaders adopted December 25th to make conversion easier for pagans. They essentially “Christianized” an existing pagan holiday! The Christmas tree? That comes from ancient Germanic and Celtic traditions of bringing evergreens indoors during winter solstice celebrations—practices that Yahweh actually warned against!

Listen to what Jeremiah 10:2-4 says: “Thus says Yahweh: ‘Do not learn the way of the Gentiles… For the customs of the peoples are futile; for one cuts a tree from the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the ax. They decorate it with silver and gold; they fasten it with nails and hammers so that it will not topple.'”

Sound familiar?

Yahweh’s Warning About Man-Made Traditions

Yahshua had strong words for those who elevated human traditions over Yahweh’s commands. In Mark 7:7-9, He said, “In vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men… All too well you reject the commandment of Elohim, that you may keep your tradition.”

Christmas is exactly that—a man-made tradition! It’s not in the Bible! Yahweh never commanded it! The apostles never celebrated it! The early church didn’t observe it for the first 300 years of Christianity!

Humanity have taken something beautiful—the incarnation of our Savior—and mixed it with pagan customs that Yahweh explicitly warned us against. Yes, mankind created a “holy day” that Yahweh, our Elohim never sanctioned!

What Should We Do?

I’m not telling you this to steal your joy or condemn you. Many of you celebrated Christmas in complete sincerity, not knowing its origins. Yahweh sees the heart. But now that you know the truth, you have a choice to make.

Colossians 2:8 warns us: “Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Messiah.”

Can we still acknowledge that Yahshua was born? Absolutely! The incarnation is a glorious truth—Yahshua became flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:14). We can be grateful for that every single day!

But should we elevate December 25th to the status of a holy day when Yahweh never told us to? Should we participate in traditions that have pagan roots and were explicitly warned against in the Holy Scripture? Should we teach our children that this man-made holiday is somehow Elohim’s idea?

I’ll let you search the Bible and pray about that yourself.

The Bottom Line

Christmas is not biblical. It’s a tradition that men created by blending Christianity with paganism. The Bible never commands us to celebrate Yahshua’s birth—it commands us to remember His death! The December date doesn’t match the biblical evidence! And many of the Christmas customs trace directly back to practices Yahweh condemned!

I know this is hard to hear. For many, Christmas is wrapped up in precious family memories and genuine love for Yahshua. But truth matters. Yahweh’s Word (The Bible) matters. And we’re called to worship Him “in spirit and truth” (John 4:24)—not according to traditions that contradict His Word.

As your elder, I encourage you to study this for yourself. Don’t take my word for it—search the Bible. Ask the Holy Spirit to guide you. And then have the courage to follow wherever Elohim leads, even if it means standing apart from popular tradition.

The question is not whether we can celebrate Christmas. The question is: Should we treat as holy what Yahweh Almighty never called holy?

That’s something each believer must answer before Yahweh, the Elohim and Father in heaven.

To learn more about the big differences between the Sacred Holy Days of Yahweh and that of man-made secular holidays, click here.

Kindly share these amazing truths with others, and may Yahweh Almighty bless you for doing so in Yahshua’s name, Amen. Halleluyah!