Prepper Recon

 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

Isaiah 7:14

Merry Christmas!

Was Jesus born on December 25th, the same day celebrated as being the birthday of the Mystery Babylon religious diety Tammuz? Probably not.

But, it is an event worth celebrating. We don’t have to celebrate it with pagan symbols such as Christmas trees and magic elves. We don’t have to confuse our children with myths of a dead saint who has all the attributes of God, being omnipresent, omniscient, and immortal. But, we can still celebrate the day the Word became flesh.

My family has chosen to celebrate the day God became a man and dwelt amoung us. For now, we celebrate it on December 25th. We decorate our home with a growing collection of nativity scenes rather than trees or boughs of holly. We have lights. We bake cookies and exchange gifts.

Some will say we’ve gone too far by tossing out the Christmas tree, Santa Claus, and his elves. Others will say we haven’t gone far enough in that we still observe the day at all. But we are following our convictions and trying to live life in the Spirit; a life that we hope pleases God.

I will say, the pagan culture in which we live today would be more than happy to see Christians cede this day that they may bask in hedonistic revelry with no mention of God becoming man and dwelling among us. In a culture where only a quarter of millennials attend church, the manger on the corner may be the only time the next generation ever sees a hint of that miraculous event.

Whatever your convictions are and however you choose to celebrate or boycott December 25th, I pray that today you’ll reflect on the greatest gift of all, Jesus Christ.

God bless and Merry Christmas,

Mark