The first book of the Bible introduces this wicked man and his kingdom – centered in Babel. The last book of the Bible, chapters 17 and 18, describes God’s utter destruction of Babylon in the last days. The prophetic destruction includes the wicked city itself, as well as the rebellious religion it generated. This article will focus initially on the Nimrod’s wife, Semiramis, as she was instrumental in the formation of the wicked “mystery religion of Babylon.” It will then explain how Nimrod’s father, Cush and ultimately Nimrod, himself, were incorporated into this system of worship. Euhemerus was an ancient Greek mythographer who lived around 300 BC. He wrote that gods and their associated legends arose from the deification of dead human heroes.[i]
One legend of ancient history regarding Semiramis describes Nimrod meeting Semiramis while she was a brother owner in Uruk.[ii] This probably occurred when Nimrod was consolidating control over that city. The history of queen/goddess as prostitute/brothel owner is not the material of good legends. Therefore, subsequent legends arose which portrayed her as a mythic fertility goddess and mother of the gods. All attempts to trace the origin of goddess worship lead ultimately to one single woman of ancient history – Semiramis.[iii] She promoted deification of Nimrod and herself after his death. God’s judgment and Nimrod’s execution forced the ‘mystery religion’ underground for a while. Its adherents realized the danger of practicing their religion in the public domain. Hence, the name “mystery religion of Babylon” refers to its secretive nature. However, Semiramis commanded total authority over her subjects and clandestinely indoctrinated the priesthood with this mystery religion. Priests and astrologers obeyed her commands and aggressively marketed the mystery religion. Ancient Sumerians knew Semiramis as the goddess Inanna. People adored her, especially in her home city of Uruk. They erected many temples to commemorate her as the goddess of sexual love and fertility. This description of her mythical duties was likely an exaggeration of her true life as a prostitute. Historical truth often grows to superhuman feats in mythology. Ancient mythology depicts Semiramis as ascending to heaven as a dove, where she became the fertility and queen goddess, Inanna.
Inanna’s son and husband was Tammuz, the sun god. Sumerians worshipped the mother/son duo. After human dispersion at the Tower of Babel, worship of the fertility goddess and mother/son duo continued across the ancient world, but the names changed in different locations – due, of course to the different languages. Inanna (Semiramis) was known as Ishtar in Babylon, Isis in Egypt and the son/husband was Osiris – the sun god. There is an inscription engraved in an Egyptian temple of Isis that reads: “I am all that has been, or that is, or that shall be. No mortal has removed my veil. The fruit which I have brought forth is the sun.”[iv] The sun was Osiris – deified Nimrod.
She was worshipped as Venus in Rome (counterpart Cupid), and Aphrodite in Greece. She was also called Diana/Artemis – great fertility goddess of the Ephesians. Worship of this goddess became a roadblock in the apostle Paul’s early mission to the city of Ephesus, as mentioned in the book of Acts 19:23-41. The Old Testament records the name of this fertility goddess of the Canaanites as Ashteroth (Baal’s counterpart – Jdg. 2:12; 3:7, 1 Kings 18:19; 2 Kings 21:7). She became a stumbling block for the Jews and their leaders who first settled this area for many generations. The prophet, Jeremiah, prophesied about the worship of this goddess:
The women added, ‘When we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, did not our husbands know that we were making cakes like her image and pouring out drink offerings to her?’ Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him, ‘Did not the Lord remember and think about the incense burned in the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem by you and your fathers, your kings and your officials and the people of the land? When the Lord could no longer endure your wicked actions and the detestable things you did your land became an object of cursing and a desolate was without inhabitants, as it is today. Because you have burned incense and have sinned against the Lord and have not obeyed Him or followed His law or His decrees or His stipulations, this disaster has come upon you, as you now see.’ – Jeremiah 44:19-23
Semiramis became a powerful ruler in Mesopotamia following the death of Nimrod. The Sumerian name Sammur-amat was the original name of this woman.[v] This suggests the ancient civilization of Sumeria may have taken their name from her. The name Sammur-amat is translated ‘Gift of the Sea.’ The first part of this name, Sammur, becomes Shinar when translated into Hebrew. The land of Shinar is the Biblical name for the region of southern Mesopotamia. Both the Sumerians and their land of Shinar (Sumer) were likely named after this notorious woman! Most anthropologists credit the Sumerians with the beginning of human civilization.
Semiramis ruled for more than forty years after Nimrod’s death. Her son was likely Gilgamesh, and he ruled after her. The famous Gilgamesh epic is quite similar to the Biblical flood story, except he is the central figure.
The ‘mystery religion of Babylon’ probably originated in the evil mind of Semiramis. Nimrod and Cush also contributed significantly to its development. Many learned individuals have taught polytheism was the evolutionary forerunner of monotheism. However, polytheism began in the minds of Cush, Nimrod and Semiramis, who heavily suffused the mystery religion of Babylon with human deification.
Deified Cush was revered as several gods of ancient mythology. Canaanites worshipped him as Bel or Baal, and he was their most important God. Baal worship was an abomination to God and a major factor provoking His judgment on the Canaanites and Israelites. The prophet, Jeremiah, spoke the Word of God to the Israelites who had participated in Baal worship.
Listen! I am going to bring a disaster on this place that will make the ears of everyone who hears of it tingle. For they have forsaken me and made this a place of foreign gods; they have burned sacrifices in it to gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah ever knew, and they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. They have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I did not command or mention, nor did it enter my mind.
God executed that judgment shortly thereafter, when King Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylonian army destroyed Jerusalem. Many Jews who survived the onslaught were taken to Babylon to live the rest of their lives in slavery.
Babel means ‘the gate of god,’ but it can also mean “son of Bel.” Perhaps Nimrod named the city of Babel after himself, as the son of Bel (Cush).
The Egyptians commemorated Cush as the god Hermes, which means ‘son of Ham.’ Hermes was recognized as the author of religious rites and the interpreter of the gods. Ancient mythology describes Hermes as the interpreter of languages. Mercury was another name for the god Hermes. Mercury purportedly divided the speech of men. The name, Bel, also means “the Confounder.”[vi] Cush likely assisted in the planning and building of the Tower of Babel. He initiated the rebellion against God. Indeed, he named his son Nimrod, which means, ‘to rebel.’ The mythological names of Cush suggest his sin was an inciting cause for God’s worldwide judgment – the confusion of languages. Cush was known as the ancient god Janus, and all gods supposedly originated from him. People of antiquity recorded a statement Janus reportedly made about himself: “The ancients…. called me Chaos.”[vii] Chaos is the “god of confusion” and is derived from the name Cush. The symbol connected with Janus is a club, and its Babylonian name means ‘to break in pieces,’ or ‘to scatter abroad.’ The sin of Cush broke the one language of mankind and caused the chaos of languages that scattered men abroad. Janus and Vulcan are names for the same god. Vulcan broke and divided the world with a stroke of his well-known hammer.[viii]
Nimrod forced his subjects to worship him as a military and political hero. He proclaimed himself high priest of the ‘mystery religion of Babylon.[ix] Semiramis deified Nimrod after his death.[x]
Nimrod’s Babylonian followers worshipped him as Marduk – the god of war and fortresses. The Sumerians built the gigantic ziggurat of Etemenanki to honor their supreme god, Marduk. Many believe this ziggurat was the Tower of Babel. The name, Marduk, was altered by various civilizations of the ancient world due to the languages given at the Tower of Babel. His Akkadian name was Amarutuk. The Egyptians named him Osiris, the Phoenicians referred to him as Tammuz, and in Canaan he became the sun god of fire – Molech. Canaanite parents often sacrificed their first born to this god by placing the child in the outstretched hands of a large statue of Molech, while a blazing fire raged beneath. This horrible form of idol worship incited God’s judgment upon the Canaanite people and also upon the Israelites, as they participated in this worship.
Leviticus 20:2 Say to the Israelites: Any Israelite or any alien living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. – Also refer to Jer 49:1 and Jer 32:33-35.
Should people of this present age be concerned God might judge a world of people who have murdered millions of their children on the altar of abortion? Indeed, clear scriptural references suggest the detestable practice of child sacrifice incited God’s terrible wrath on multiple occasions. God often judged His own people, the Israelites, more severely than the pagans adhering to these practices.
Nimrod became the Roman god Bacchus, which means, ‘the son of Cush.’ Bacchus was god of wine and revelry. Marduk was also the Roman god Kronos, whose name means, ‘the horned one.’ Ancient artists often depicted Nimrod wearing a crown of bullhorns. Kronos was also the Roman god Saturn, who devoured his own sons as soon as they were born.[xi] “The Phoenicians every year sacrificed their beloved and only begotten children to Kronos, or Saturn; and the Rhodesians often did the same.” [xii]
Nimrod’s followers assigned him many mythical names that implicate works achieved only by the true Son of God, Jesus Christ. These counterfeit names deceptively attracted multitudes to worship Nimrod. People north of Mesopotamia commonly knew him as Ninus, “the son.”[xiii] Nimrod was called Zoraster, which means “the seed of Aster” (Ishtar-Semiramis). People revered Zoraster through the generations as the promised seed of the woman, destined to bruise the head of the serpent in Genesis 3:15.[xiv] Zoroastrianism rests on this foundational doctrine. Greeks deified Nimrod as the god, Adonis.[xv] Adonai means “The Lord.” Greeks also knew Nimrod as Dionysus, “the sin bearer,”[xvi] and gave homage to him as Zeus, ‘the savior,[xvii]and Mithras, “the mediator.”[xviii] The Babylonians worshipped Nimrod as El-Bar, or “god, the son.” Archeologists in the ancient city of Nineveh have unearthed sculptures inscribed with this name.
People of ancient civilizations worshipped deified Nimrod in conjunction with snakes, serpents, and dragons. Nimrod appropriated the dragon and the snake as his personal emblems, and from this association various myths about gods and serpents originated in antiquity. (Http/www.1dolphin.org/Nimrod.html; author Bryce Self). These likely symbolized his satanic connection. Many Scriptures in the Bible identify Satan as the great serpent. Greek and Roman mythology abound with serpent lore, and their artisans frequently sculpted popular gods with serpent representations. Many Hamitic civilizations (Ethiopians, Hittites, Chinese, Japanese, and American Indians) have favorably portrayed dragons and serpents. The Egyptians depicted their sun god, Osiris, as the sun surrounded by a serpent.[xix] Artists generally painted dragons and serpents a fiery red color to suggest their association with the sun. Sun and serpent worship began simultaneously in antiquity.[xx] The Canaanites clearly understood the connection between sun god, Molech, and serpent worship.[xxi] Even Roman mythology repeatedly illustrates an affiliation between a serpent and the fire god and they were worshipped together.
The Apostle Paul wrote in the Epistle of the Romans 1:21-23:
For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God, nor gave thanks to Him; but their thinking became futile, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man, and birds, and animals, and creeping things.
Perhaps the last word in this verse refers to the worship of serpents – even Satan, himself.
A very interesting Biblical reference describing a dragon is located in the prophetic New Testament Book of Revelation (Rev. 12:1-5):
A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth. Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns on his heads. His tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was snatched up to God and to His throne.
The pregnant woman described in this passage is God’s chosen nation, Israel. The infant represents the Seed of the woman, prophesied thousands of years earlier in Genesis 3:15. The child awaits delivery by the laboring woman (Israel). She is God’s chosen nation through which His Seed – the Son of God – would come. The fearsome red dragon depicted here is the same fiery red dragon portrayed with the sun god in the mystery religion of Babylon. The dragon is none other that Satan, himself. He is portrayed here, eagerly awaiting the birth of the prophesied Seed so he can devour Him. Satan has feared the prophesied Seed since God pronounced the curse in the Garden of Eden. God has provided clues throughout Biblical history suggesting the lineage of His Seed. From the beginning of time, Satan has done everything in his power to destroy that lineage. Old Testament Scriptures record the history of this momentous conflict over the millennia preceding the incarnation of Jesus Christ. Satan’s multiple attempts to destroy the Seed are chronicled in the pages of God’s Word. A thorough discussion of these attempts is not within the scope of this article. Nevertheless, the dragon did await the birth of that infant (Jesus). When the woman (Israel – Mary) bore the child, the fiery serpent finally had an opportunity to devour her Seed. Herod’s massacre of infants in the city of Bethlehem was a horrific attempt to accomplish that goal. Satan ultimately attempted to destroy God’s promised Seed by crucifying the Christ. The crucifixion initially appeared to accomplish his goal, but Satan failed that attempt also – fortunately for mankind. He had not anticipated the resurrection of God’s Son. Thereafter, Satan realized his time was short, for the son’s destiny is to terminate Satan’s reign over the world of mankind.
The previous verse from the Book of Revelation explains the Child was taken up to God’s throne. The resurrected Seed ascended to sit at God’s right hand. The Seed of God lives today, and one day He will deliver the mortal blow to the dragon. That Seed is the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who will rule the nations with an iron scepter, as illustrated in this same verse.
[i] Diodorus of Sicily: The Library of History– book VI.
[ii] http:www.onesimus @ix.netcom; author Bryce Self
[iii] Alexander Hislop: The Two Babylons; pp 5, 20-21, 30-31, 74-75, 141)
[iv] Alexander Hislop: The Two Babylons; p. 77).
[v]http:www.assyriansocietycanada.org/legend_of_semiramis.htm; http:www.onesimus @ix.netcom; author Bryce Self
[vi] Alexander Hislop: The Two Babylons; p. 26.
[vii] Alexander Hislop: The Two Babylons; p. 26
[viii] Alexander Hislop: The Two Babylons; p. 26-28.
[ix] Henry Morris; The Genesis Record; p. 265.
[x] Alexander Hislop; The Two Babylons; pp. 5, 69-70.
[xi] (ibid. p. 231).
[xii] Eusebius; “De Laud, Constantini;” chapter 13; p. 267.
[xiii] Alexander Hislop: The Two Babylons; p. 23-25.
[xiv] ibid, pp. 59, 61-67, 71, 120-121, 170, 180, et al).
[xv] ibid, P. 70
[xvi] ibid; pp 71-72.
[xvii] ibid; p. 72
[xviii] ibid; p. 70
[xix] ibid, pp. 227-228.
[xx] ibid, p. 227).
[xxi] ibid, pp. 228-232.
Bibliography:
- The Bible
- ‘Nimrod – Darkness in the Cradle of Civilization’ by Steven Merrill
- The Book of Josher
- The Jerusalem Tar gum
- ‘The Two Babylons’ by Alexander Hislop
- ‘Antiquities of the Jews’ by Flavius Josephus
- ‘The History of Herodotus.’ Groelier Classics
- ‘The Genesis Record’ by Henry Morris
- ‘De Laud, Constantini’ by Eusebius
- ‘Library of History – Books I-IV,’ by Diodorus Siculus
- 11.‘Collected Works of Hugh Nibley,’ Volume 5, Part 2
25 December, commonly known as Christmas Day is known around the world as the Birthday of Jesus Christ. Sadly, this is not the case and Bible does not actually mention anywhere about Jesus being born during December.
But you've probably already heard this argument many times, before right? Besides, whether he was born in Summer or fall, surely the motive is right and God isn't fussed about specifics. Right?
Wrong.
Because besides the fact that the origins of Christmas derived from a German pagan tradition, many Christians don't know who's birthday they are actually celebrating on 25 December and just how angry God is when we partake in the celebration of this blasphemous day.
Nimrod - the LORD of Christmas
The 25 December marked the birthday of Nimrod - not 
Jesus. Tammuz (often confused as Baby Jesus) was born of two pagan gods: (Nimrod - A sun God) and the Moon Goddess of Ancient Babylon (The Queen of Heaven). Mother and Child worship were common pagan practices during this time and so Tammuz and the Queen of Heaven are still worshipped today in many religions under many different names, for example, in Roman Catholicism, the statue of the Virgin Mary is actually not Mary but the the Queen of Heaven, and the so called baby Jesus in a manger is actually Tammuz.
In short, the 25 December was a day that commemorated the worship of the sun (satan) as opposed to the true living God of the bible. This rebellion was demonstrated through a vast number of pagan customs which are still carried out today during the festive Christmas period.
Pagan Customs
- Christmas Trees
After Nimrod's death, the Queen of Heaven decided that a fully grown evergreen tree that grew overnight would enable the survival of Nimrod's spirit. Every year on Nimrod's birthday, she believed Nimrod would visit the tree, and so worshipped it by placing gifts underneath it for his return.
In Jeremiah 10:3 God mentions his disdain for this ancient practice. Jeremiah 10:3 - For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.
- Yule Logs
Similarly to the Christmas Tree, the Yule Log was burned in a fireplace the day before Nimrod's birthday (Christmas Eve) in preparation for Nimrod's return. So the log was also symbolic for Nimrod.So with Nimrod being the founder of Babylon, it's no surprise that satan used him to merge pagan customs with the beliefs of the Church of Jesus Christ. Constantine knew that if he could deceive Christians and the world, then idolatry would be a lifestyle. God's first few commandments were against the worship of other gods, yet satan has fooled Christians into doing just that.
- Santa Claus/ Saint Nicholas
Real name Bishop Nicholas of Mrya in the Roman Empire was known as the bishop who was possessed with the spirit of Poseidon which came from the god of the sea, also known as Neptune. As a result he was able to manipulate nature and do many supernatural things. He would secretly dissapear into the night on his white horse and leave gifts in people's homes. But he was linked with the child sacrifices that occured where children would be beaten and burnt alive. This is where the custom comes from where parents are encouraged to put their children on the lap of santas during the Christmas period.
Still want to celebrate Christmas now?
The truth is a hard pill to swallow and many Christians are avoiding the reality of the 25 December because of the attachments formed since they were young.
Common excuses people use to continue celebrating Christmas
- Excuse: "God knows my heart, that I do not believe in false gods and that i am choosing to honour Jesus on this day."
Answer: Indeed, God does know our hearts and has mercy on those who are perishing due to lack of knowledge, but it is God's will that we come to repent after we have heard the truth, for to hear the truth and not turn away from our wicked ways, it would be considered sin:
James 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Besides, to truly honour Jesus would be to celebrate him on a day that is not the birth of a pagan sun God. How can darkness fellowship with light? (2 Cor 6:14-17). We cannot fool ourselves into thinking good can be mixed with evil.
- Excuse: "I won't have a Christmas tree or embrace santa claus. I will stay away from all pagan customs associated with the day and just focus on Jesus."
Answer: The whole day itself is dedicated to a pagan God, therefore even wishing people a Merry Christmas and choosing to celebrate it, is still engaging in idolatry.
Ephesians 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
- Excuse: "If I choose not to celebrate it, but those around me do - including friends and family, i will be all on my own. Do you expect me to isolate myself?
Answer: The walk of a Christian will feel lonely. The bible warns us that broad is the way to destruction in Matthew 7:13. It is clear that the easy way is not always the path God want us to walk in. It's not realistic to isolate yourself but what you can do is treat 25 December - and the entire Christmas holidays like any other time and day. Eat, drink, be in the company of those you love and leave it at that.
Food will always be food, gifts will always be gifts. Every good thing is from God. These are normal as long as we're not indulging in them in the name of a pagan deity, our conscience should be clear.
You do not have to engage in pagan customs associated with this day, say 'Merry Christmas' or play secret santa for the sake of peer pressure. Everyone has a choice. Stay true to yourself and most importantly, stay true to God.
Christmas, as everybody knows, is not the birthday of Christ. He was not born in the middle of
Winter, we know that for sure because the sheep were out in the fields. It would have been very
cold at night in the hills of Judea and it has always been the practice of shepherds in that area, not to keep sheep in the fields after about the end of October. It is also extremely unlikely that Herod
would have ordered people to travel to their home towns for registration in the middle of Winter.
He was actually born at the festival of Succot (Tabernacles) as I have described in my article on the Birth of Yeshua.
So why do we celebrate Christmas on 25th December? Some people say it's as good a time as
any, and it doesn't really matter when Jesus was born as long as we celebrate his birth at some time.
Jesus would not have celebrated his own birthday because it wasn't a Jewish custom to do so. It
never has been, except insofar as they have picked up the idea from the Gentiles.
However, if we are going to celebrate the birthday of Jesus, December 25th is the very worst time
to do it. The reason is that we are not celebrating the birthday of the real Jesus of Nazareth at all,
but the birthday of Nimrod, Osiris, Jupiter, and all the other re-incarnations of the child-god of the
Babylonian religious system, including the baby "Jesus" who is held in the arms of the Roman
Catholic Madonna.
To understand this, we have to go back to Genesis 10:8-10.
And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter
before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. And
the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of
Shinar.
The Bible does not identify Nimrod's mother, or his date of birth, but Egyptian and Babylonian
antiquities identify his mother as Semiramis, and his birthday is celebrated on 25th December.
Sometimes Semiramis is referred to as the mother of Nimrod, and sometimes as his wife, leading to
the belief that Nimrod married his mother.
The Biblical reference to Nimrod as a "mighty hunter" is important because he was seen as the
Saviour of the ancient world for that very reason. People were living in small, scattered villages with little protection from wild animals. Nimrod was more than just a hunter, he was also a charismatic figure who could gather people together to build walled cities where they could live in safety. They were obedient to him as their leader, and considered that their loss of independence was a price worth paying for the safety that Nimrod and his kingdom offered.
There is nothing in the Bible about the death of Nimrod, but the ancient traditions suggest that he
died a violent death. One tradition says that he was killed by a wild animal. Another says that Shem
killed him because he had led the people into the worship of Baal.
His wife-mother, Semiramis, who had risen to greatness on his account, was not going to disappear into obscurity because of his death. Instead she pronounced him to be a god, so that she herself became a goddess. She produced another son, and proclaimed him to be the resurrected Nimrod. This was not difficult, because she was so promiscuous she produced many children whose father could not be identified. She proclaimed that she had gone down to the world of the dead, rescued Nimrod and brought him back.
Thus began the worship of Semiramis and the child-god, and the whole paraphanalia of the
Babylonian religious system. After the decline of Babylon, the religion was transported to Egypt
where they worshipped Isis and her son Osiris (otherwise known as Horus). The same mother and
child deities appeared in Pagan Rome as Fortuna and Jupiter, and in Greece as Ceres, the Great
Mother, with the babe at her breast, or as Irene, the goddess of Peace, with the boy Plutus in her
arms.
The Roman Pagans used to celebrate the birthday of their child-god on 25th December, and the
Roman Catholic Church sought to win over as many people as possible to nominal Catholicism by
proclaiming the same day to be the birthday of Jesus. So the Pagans had no difficulty worshipping
the Catholic Madonna and child. They were seen as yet another manifestation of the Queen of
Heaven and her son. The Pagans made no compromises, they didn't need to, they just continued
their Pagan worship within the church.
While it's easy to knock the Catholic Church because of their Maryolatry, the Protestants cannot be left off the hook. The Protestant Reformation dispensed with only a part of the Babylonian system of worship. The celebration of Christmas, inherited from the Roman Catholic Church, via Pagan Rome, via Egypt, via Babylon, is still practiced as the most important event in the Protestant
Christian calendar, so from that point of view the Protestants are as much into Paganism as the
Catholics.
So what should we do about it? The Bible tells us: "...Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen ....
Come out of her, my people, that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of
her plagues". (Rev. 18:2-4). It says "Come out of her, MY people", meaning the people who are
supposed to come out are people who belong to God, i.e. born-again Bible-believing Christians.
The Christmas tree is specifically a Babylonian symbol. On Christmas Eve the Yule Log is thrown
onto the fire, representing death and destruction. On Christmas Day there is the tree, covered in
decorations and surrounded with presents, representing new life, the resurrected Nimrod.
It is also a violation of Jeremiah 10:2-5 where it is denounced as a heathen idol:
Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of
heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. For the customs of the people are vain: for
one cuts 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. They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they
cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do
good.
Are you going to have a Christmas tree in your church this year? Are you going to have one in your
house? Are you going to give presents to each other on 25th December in honour of Nimrod? Have you thought of other things you can do that will keep the children happy and at the same time not give honour to Babylon?
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