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Exposing the End-Time Apostasy – Traditions: Christmas. #2
Exposing the End-Time Apostasy – Traditions: Christmas. #2. We continue our series exposing the end-time apostasy. In this first part we are talking about traditions: Christmas, Halloween, the Day of the Dead. I think it is no secret to…
Pastor René Castillo Picazo · 47 min
Exposing the End-Time Apostasy – Traditions: Christmas. #2. We continue our series exposing the end-time apostasy. In this first part we are talking about traditions: Christmas, Halloween, the Day of the Dead. I think it is no secret to anyone that almost all the churches of the world, both those […]
We continue our series exposing the end-time apostasy. In this first part we are talking about traditions: Christmas, Halloween, the Day of the Dead.
I think it is no secret to anyone that almost all the churches of the world — both those that claim to serve Christ and those that do not believe in Christ at all and have many other gods — celebrate many traditions in common. Some of the traditions we will be talking about are Christmas, Carnival, Halloween, Mother's Day, All Saints' Day, and New Year celebrations. In reality, there are various festivities in which man, woman, or institutions are honored throughout the world.
Festivities in which All Saints' Day is celebrated, the Day of Our Lady of Altagracia, of Guadalupe, and likewise many others celebrated around the world — Presidents' Day, Martin Luther King Day, birthdays, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Valentine's Day, the Feast of the Resurrection, which here in the United States is called Easter in English. And this is only to mention a few of these traditional celebrations.
I know this is a subject that many find shocking, because as part of the culture of almost every nation, many of these traditions — or all of them — are celebrated as a matter of custom, and most of us have celebrated them since we were children, when we did not yet have understanding. Even so, I invite you not to harden your heart, because we are talking about something that, for you and for the world, is considered normal. I invite you, in the love of Christ, to give yourselves the opportunity to read this and then reflect a little as adults. Think it through, reason it out a little, and let us go to the Word of God to see what it says about these celebrations, and let us examine what lies behind them.
For the sake of time, in this first teaching I will focus mainly on Christmas — first, because it is the current celebration, and second, because we will not have enough time, since there is so much we could share about Christmas. During this holiday there are many customs and traditions, and there are certain things that are done as part of the Christmas celebration.
Have you ever wondered where these traditions came from? Where do these customs come from? For example, the Christmas tree, the Three Wise Men, Santa Claus. Who is Santa Claus? Where does Santa Claus come from? The little elves, the goblins, the lights, decorating the tree, the party, the dances, the food-based celebration that is held, the drinking, the exchange of gifts. Have you never wondered what the origin of these things is? Where was it first celebrated? Have you never wondered whether the Lord commanded this to be done, or whether the Lord did it, or whether the disciples did it? Does the Word of God command us to do it? What connection does Santa have with Jesus Christ? Between that old bearded man, Santa, and Satan — what do they have in common with Jesus Christ?
Or that supposedly the birth of the Christ Child is celebrated, and even the Christ Child himself is celebrated — they take a little doll and supposedly place it under an altar, saying that this is the Christ Child.
I want you — many of you who are adults and have children — to imagine that your son or daughter, already 20, 30, 40 years old, and you, 50, 60 years old, I don't know, tell you: "Mommy, Daddy, today I am going to celebrate you — I am going to celebrate Baby Daddy's Day. Look, this little doll, Daddy, that I have here — this is you. I am going to throw you a party, I am going to make a meal, you are going to invite my friends, because I am going to celebrate you. Today is your day, Daddy, but I am going to celebrate this little doll, I am going to celebrate Baby Daddy." Or: "Mommy, I am going to celebrate you on this day, but I am going to celebrate Baby Mommy, and this little doll I have here represents you, because this is you, Mommy, okay? But I am going to celebrate you — you just stay over there, stay lying in your bed, because I am going to celebrate you while my friends and I go eat, drink, dance, and fornicate to celebrate you on this day."
Isn't that insane? What would you think if your son or daughter told you, "I am going to celebrate Baby Mommy, Baby Daddy"? Wouldn't you say, "Look here, what do you mean you are going to celebrate that baby? I am not a baby, I am a grown woman, I am your mother"? Or the father would say, "What do you mean you are going to celebrate Baby Daddy? I am no baby, I am a grown man"?
But how much more so with the Lord? The Lord has no beginning of days nor end of years. Certainly, according to the flesh, He was born of a woman and came in the form of a man, but He is not a baby. He grew up and He is on His throne. Although He came for a time in the form of a man, He grew up, and at a little over thirty years old, He departed and returned, and now He is seated on His throne. He is not a baby — He has no beginning of days nor end of years.
You can begin to reflect on this a little — this is like a mockery. There is not only evil from the devil in it, it is also a mockery. He is mocking our ignorance. Because what adult would want to be remembered as a baby and celebrated as a baby, and even with a baby cartoon at that? But here we are talking about someone who is Holy, True, Incorruptible. And He said that we cannot compare the incorruptible God to the likeness of images. The Lord is not pleased at all with our celebrating Him with images, as if He were a man, as if the Incorruptible One could be worshiped with something corruptible made by the hand of man, which exists today and falls apart with time tomorrow.
That He was born on "December 25th" — that is another lie. If we go to the Word of God, there is no indication whatsoever that the Lord was born on December 25th when He came in the form of a man. No such indication exists — it is an invention. I am not going to go deeply into the roots of where those traditions came from, where the candle and the lights and the tree came from. The Word does speak of a tree that the pagans decorate — we will come back to that later — but I am not going to research where each of the traditions that are practiced came from, all the many things that are done, like the exchange of gifts, and many other things we will read about next. But I do invite each of you to take notes and look these things up yourselves on Google.
In this time, when information is so easy to obtain, go to Google and search where Christmas came from, where it was first celebrated, for example, and start reading whatever comes up. Then look up when the tree tradition was first celebrated, where that tradition came from, what country, what nation, when, where the exchanging of Christmas gifts came from, why, where it was born, where it originated. Also the food, the dancing, the parties, and many of the things we will read about next that some nations do. And you will realize that all of it is connected to ancient rituals, to various cultures and nations from even before the coming of the Lord, who did these things to worship their gods.
Those who did not know the true God performed certain rituals to worship their gods, to appease their gods, so that things would go well for them at the start of the new season, so that winter would not be too harmful for them, so that the harvest would go well. And they did this kind of thing supposedly to appease their gods, to bring good luck — and it is true that many of those things had to do with good luck. I took some time, a moment, and asked one of the church groups to please share what kind of rituals or traditions they practiced in their families or in their countries. And I am going to read you some of the things they shared with me.
I think that if you also look for yourselves into where each of these kinds of rituals, things, and traditions came from, I think all of you are going to repent — all of you who love God, who fear Him, and who know that the Lord will not hold the guilty innocent; those of you who understand that idolatry is a sin unto death. After digging a little, searching on Google, and listening to this teaching, I am confident you are going to repent, and if you already celebrated Christmas this year, it is going to be the last one you celebrated.
I invite those of you, those of you who also fear God, to do what I did — pray in private, and say, "Lord, I want You to show me if this celebration is truly idolatry, if it is truly abominable." Because I share with you, in the love of God, and in fear of Him, that these Christmas celebrations, like all the world's celebrations, are abominable to the Lord, and are idolatry. Say it, pray it in secret, and say, "Heavenly Father, I ask You, Lord, if this pastor is truly speaking a lie, and celebrating these days pleases You, show me, Lord — but if it does not please You, Lord, show me that too."
But do it, do it in fear of Him, because you do not want to find yourselves in enmity against God for being idolaters. And if you do it in secret, you will be amazed — the Lord is merciful. He does not want anyone to be lost; it is His desire that everyone come to the knowledge of the truth and turn away from evil. Pray in secret about this as well.
Some of you are pastors, you have a ministry, you have a church, and you have already advanced, you already believe in deliverance. Do what I have done — pray for your sheep. Pray, ministering deliverance. Pray with respect to Christmas — if any demon has entered them, your sheep, through celebrating Christmas, pray, "I command you to manifest in the name of Jesus Christ," and you will be amazed.
I am going to share with you that I myself have done this — not now, but starting about five or six years ago. Many times, during this season, I have taken continuous days, and I have ministered to many people, both those who are part of the church and people who came from other churches. I have prayed over all the contamination received during Christmas, from celebrating those traditions, from participating in that celebration. And if I were to sit here and start naming the number of demons that have manifested, I think it would take a very long time to name them all, because there are so very many.
From many sicknesses, the demons have manifested — the ones that now destroy the family. They supposedly say it is a family time, but what the devil does through celebrating it is establish curses of family destruction. There are many families and people I have ministered to where it becomes clear that the root of the family destruction, of everyone being divided and full of hate, is the celebration of Christmas. Demons of family destruction enter, various health problems, financial problems, marriage problems, problems with the children. Demons that affect different areas of their lives, and most importantly, that separate them from God, because it is idolatry, and idolatry is a sin unto death. Demons that affect various areas of their lives enter through idolatry.
I give my testimony — I have prayed for a great many people over the years, and in a great many of them so many things have manifested. Sometimes I have spent hours with a single person ministering on this, because demon after demon manifests, demons that entered through that celebration. It is a covenant with darkness that is made.
Now then, those of you who have faith and have a ministry, do not believe me — instead, pray as I have done; pray for your sheep, and if you do, you will be amazed if you truly have the anointing. Because there are many demons behind it — by doing this, entire churches have made covenants, and all their sheep with them.
It is time to repent. The Lord has set a day on which He will judge everyone; He commands all people everywhere to repent. It is time to repent of idolatry, it is time to separate from the traditions of the world. We must do what the Lord commands in His Word, and what He does not command, we must not do.
I asked the sheep of the church what kind of things they do at Christmas. And since there are people from various countries in the church — because although we are physically in Texas, this is also an online church, and there are people from different places.
I am going to read some of the things they shared with me. One person said:
"They used to do the thing with the grapes, burning letters — they would burn letters, the letter to Nicolás, the little tree, the gifts. My grandmother on my mother's side, on the 24th, would bring out a plaster doll for people to kiss."
Imagine — part of the celebration is bringing out a plaster doll for people to kiss. What is that? What is this business of burning letters to Nicolás? Who is Nicolás? What does Nicolás have to do with Jesus Christ?
Another person says:
"Advent wreaths. They also do something with stockings hung on the fireplace."
Stockings on the fireplace, supposedly celebrating Christmas — celebrating Jesus Christ by performing a ritual of putting stockings on the fireplace? What does that have to do with Jesus Christ?
All of that is very clearly occultism, these are rituals. "Candy canes and nativity scenes that supposedly represent the birth of the One who has no beginning of days nor end of years." They make things to represent God, supposedly the birth of God, but the only thing the Word says about the origin of God is that He has no beginning of days nor end of years.
Imagine — now they want to show that He was born on the 25th, as if God were a man. One of the many false Jesus figures that have come into the world was supposedly born on a 25th. I think a Jesus has supposedly been born on the 25th of every single month — but of the world's "Jesus" figures, mere men. But the true One has no beginning of days nor end of years.
A person in Colombia says:
"People celebrate by buying yellow underwear for the man or the woman, a bunch of grapes and fruit, and they scatter rice all over the house. They put out cinnamon for prosperity."
Is there anyone with understanding who can clearly see that this is witchcraft? Someone with a little bit of discernment?
I do not think you need to be very spiritual to understand that these things the nations are doing are witchcraft. Because it is a day for the devil, it is diabolical deception. How Satan mocks us! Wake up! How is it that the church is asleep? How is it that a pastor who has already spent 5 or 10 years reading the Word and supposedly knowing God still cannot understand that these traditions and these things the nations do are witchcraft? They are abominable before the true God.
Also luck — what luck? What is luck? The Lord is the one who blesses; luck comes from the devil, but the one who gives the blessing is Jesus Christ, if we keep His Word. You do not have to wear your underwear inside out, or yellow underwear, supposedly for luck. If we want a blessing, we have to fear God and turn away from sin. The devil is the one who came to steal. We must submit to God in spirit and truth and rebuke the devil, who is the thief who wants to destroy everything for those who do not do the things he wants them to do. Because by doing these things, these diabolical rituals, those who are making a covenant with him are handing over their souls.
Another person says:
"The New Year's Eve hug, the Christmas Eve dinner, the last day with grapes, ham bread, pork leg, hallacas, chicken salad, and fried fish for health during the new year, papaya sweets and angel hair candy, a big family and friendship hug at the end of the year."
And supposedly you have to eat certain things to have health throughout the year. Is it not God who gives us health? Does the Word not say that if we keep His Word, He will take away all sicknesses from us? It is the Lord who heals us. Do you want health? Repent of sin and keep His Word.
All of these things are abominable, they are clearly idolatry. They are putting their faith in the wrong thing. They want luck without keeping the Word. Oh yes, I am going to go for a little walk with grapes and throw rice on the floor so things go well for me — that is witchcraft. If I want a true blessing without a curse, I have to come to Christ. I have to ask the Lord, turn away from sin, and keep His Word. But wanting a blessing by scattering grapes, or walking, or throwing rice — that is witchcraft, it is a diabolical ritual. Because of things like these, the wrath of God comes upon the world.
Another person says:
"One custom on this Christmas date is, on December 31st at midnight, they burn a man-sized doll dressed in a long shirt and pants, stuffed inside with old clothes or sawdust, they put firecrackers with gunpowder on it, put a cigar in its mouth and a bottle of liquor in its hand, and burn it when midnight strikes. It explodes, and that is how they see off the old year. There is even a song for that custom."
Imagine — a man-shaped doll that they put a cigar in its mouth, put liquor with it, and blow up — and that is part of the celebration.
To me, these are clearly things done to invoke the devil. What they are doing here is calling the devil to come and supposedly bless them for the new year. With all of these things, those who are calling on the devil to supposedly come and provide for the year ahead — with all of these things, what the nations are doing is handing themselves over and making a covenant with the devil through these things and celebrations. And the family is also handing over the lives of their children and their own lives to the devil by celebrating these things, because they are diabolical rituals.
I believe one has to be very spiritually blind — because the truth is that Satan mocks us. How can we human beings be so ignorant? How ignorant I myself was, that I took part in some of those things. How blind can one be, that one cannot see that this is abominable before the true God? How can one not see that these are rituals of witchcraft? One has to be very blind not to see that these things are of the devil.
Another person says:
"The Christmas tree, we put up Christmas decorations here, we exchange gifts, letters to Santa, and so on."
Who is Santa? Santa is Satan. That old bearded man dressed in red — that is Satan. Santa is Satan, he is the devil. Supposedly people also ask Santa Claus for a blessing. They ask Santa Claus for a blessing. Now Santa Claus is Jesus Christ? Who said Santa Claus is Jesus Christ? Santa is the devil, the one who deceives the whole world, the liar who disguises himself as an angel of light and makes things look beautiful, so that people make a covenant with him and welcome him into their homes.
"Asking Santa for a blessing instead of Jesus, the clothing and its colors, eating grapes, toasting with drinks, Christmas food, lighting candles on the table, dancing, all-night partying. Staying up all night without sleeping, and if someone falls asleep before midnight, that is supposedly bad luck — because obviously that also means you are boring, since you did not stay up drinking all night. Fireworks, nativity scenes and clay idols, they make many pagan images that are idolatry," says that person.
Another person says:
"During Christmas, putting an egg in a glass of water under the bed, to see the next day what that year will be like, according to what forms in the glass."
Putting a glass of water with an egg — I have heard that in some countries they also cleanse themselves with an egg. Now it turns out that with an egg too, you put it in water and then you get to see how your coming year will go. That is witchcraft and divination, that much is very clear. How can someone who claims to know Jesus Christ still not understand that these are rituals of witchcraft? So strong is the devil's deception, even in the church, that people cannot notice that this is witchcraft.
"Eating twelve grapes, thinking of one wish while eating each one of them." Now it turns out that the grape is the god of blessing? With respect to this custom, what you basically do is eat a grape that day, then you eat all twelve, and according to what you think, you supposedly create the blessing. According to what you think, and by eating that grape, that grape is going to be a blessing for you the coming year. In short, that grape represents twelve gods, and each one of them replaces Jesus Christ. And if you ask that grape for something, "that grape is going to bless you next year, because that grape walks and hears you, and that grape has great power, that grape is seated on its throne in heaven — each of those grapes represents a throne up there that is going to bless you if you eat them at that hour." That is witchcraft, that is a lie, that is the devil's deception.
"Walking around the block with a suitcase." Walking around the block with a suitcase... does anyone think that is normal? Would anyone who fears God, who has a little knowledge of the Word of Jesus Christ, believe that walking around with a suitcase for luck or for something is normal, that it is not witchcraft?
"Carrying wheat and lentils in your pocket." These are supposedly things for good luck. Even with these things about the grapes, the wheat, the lentils, you can go into the history of where these traditions come from, and you will realize they were meant to honor the gods of the harvest. Now people do not farm much, but one way or another, those same gods that represented those harvests now represent fruits and things — they have simply shifted the focus a little, but it is the same worship of those gods.
"In front of a mirror, with a lit candle in a dark room, watching what would take shape at midnight." Oh, a lit candle in a dark room! That already seems much more clearly like a ritual — watching what takes shape in a dark room with a lit candle. That is an invocation of the false light of Lucifer.
Another thing they did:
"Starting the New Year with a dollar bill inside your wallet."
A dollar bill for good luck... did you know that the dollar bill has the Illuminati symbol on it, which is witchcraft? It has the "all-seeing eye," which is also witchcraft. Pure witchcraft on that dollar bill, but now it turns out that having a dollar supposedly means you are going to have a blessing. Now the god of the dollar also replaces the true God, and now he is supposedly the one who is going to bless you for having a bill in your pocket — it is pure diabolical deception. Truly, Satan is a liar. He is a liar, and the truth is that he mocks our naivety, unfortunately.
Truly I do not want to offend anyone, but the devil certainly offends all of us. When someone has taken part in these things, the devil is mocking us — he is calling us foolish, naive, and mocking us. I imagine that devil, together with his demons, is roaring with laughter at the world, because he deceives it into doing so many foolish things. And people still do it thinking things will go well for them, when they are actually calling on the devil — the one who came to steal, kill, and destroy. When someone invites the devil by doing these things, what comes next is destruction — he comes to destroy their children, he comes to destroy their life, their health, their finances, their marriage, their walk with God, and their soul, if they do not repent quickly.
Another person says:
"They also scatter lentils all over the house, for abundance, so that at least they never lack food. If someone has died, many family members gather, and they inflate a balloon with a letter inside, so that the soul of the deceased may be released."
They inflate a balloon — if someone died during those days — and they throw the balloon up into the air, with a letter inside, so that the soul of the person will be released.
Or also:
"They ask for a wish, so that it might be granted, and they set off firecrackers into the air in the middle of the night, and the person waits for a response from that person who has already passed on."
They perform a ritual for the person who died — they put up a balloon, first so that the soul may be released, as if the forgiveness of sins came from inflating a balloon with a letter inside, performing a ritual to the devil, and now sins are forgiven. And then, for the person who has already passed away, they perform the ritual and wait during the night for that departed person to respond to them. And that too is another sin abominable before God: consulting the dead and asking favors of the dead. Is there anyone who does not understand that this is witchcraft? Anyone who has a little knowledge of the Word and does not see that these rituals are witchcraft?
Another person tells me:
"Here in Venezuela, it is customary to have the children write a letter to Santa Claus or to Saint Nicholas."
A letter to Santa Claus or Saint Nicholas... "to give an account of having behaved well, and to ask for a gift. They do that on the night of the 24th. On the 21st they have a meal, and welcome the spirit of Christmas." They welcome the spirit of Christmas — they are welcoming in the spirit of the devil. And the children are made to give an account, supposedly to Santa Claus, of having behaved well. It is to the Lord Jesus Christ that we must give an account, but He is no Santa Claus. Santa Claus is Satan, the devil. We do not give our account to the Lord Jesus Christ because He needs to hear it — He already knows all things.
Certainly He will judge everything, but everyone has the opportunity to repent. Certainly the parents who have their children take part in these rituals — by doing this, they are handing their children over to the devil — they are the ones who will have to give an account. But they will not give their account to Santa Claus, they will give it to Jesus Christ, if they do not repent. And if they do not repent, they will be found guilty, and there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, because they will go to the lake of fire. That is a sin unto death.
Not only are they making a covenant for their own souls with the devil by taking part in these diabolical things, but they are also handing over the souls of their children to the devil, by having their children supposedly write a letter to Santa and give an account to Santa of whether they behaved well. It is to Jesus Christ that we will give an account of whether we behaved well or badly. And let me tell you, we have all behaved badly — we are only justified if we repent of sin. If we do not repent of sin, if people do not repent of things like these, everyone is guilty.
The same person also says:
"There in Venezuela, they wear yellow underwear for prosperity, and eat twelve grapes making a wish for each one, eat at midnight, set off fireworks, and wish each other a Happy New Year, besides drinking and overdoing it with food — hallacas, ham, wine, and eggnog. They also decorate the streets and public squares with lights, and create very decorated spots with lit-up tunnels for taking photographs. There are almost always large background images of idols."
Truly, reading these things saddens my heart. How can the devil blind the whole world so much, that the whole world does things like these? And they do not realize that these are acts of witchcraft, that they are abominable, that they are a covenant with darkness. That by doing this, they supposedly want a blessing. Things like these to receive a blessing — but they do not know that what they are actually bringing is a curse upon their lives, and upon their children. I tell you, the kinds of things done in these celebrations are not only a curse upon you — these kinds of things bring a generational curse; by doing things like these, you have cursed yourselves, you have cursed your children, your grandchildren, your great-grandchildren, your generations. Because of things like these, the wrath of God comes.
They are seeking the creature and the creation before the Creator. They do not only worship animals, trees — they even worship the grape, they even worship the rice. Imagine the rice — you eat it, and then it goes to the bathroom. And if you do not eat it, the birds eat it. And if the birds do not eat it, within three days it rots and turns into soil. They even worship the rice. Because of things like this, the wrath of God comes.
Can't you understand why all of this is part of the great apostasy? Can some of you understand that churches, no matter how much they claim to know Jesus Christ, if they celebrate things like these, are in apostasy, and are haters of Christ? I know that some of you are pastors, I know that those who listen to me on social media are part of many churches. But someone with understanding, who understands, knows that no matter how much you love your pastor, or how much your pastor claims to love God and says many things — if he does things like these, it is abominable, and they are doing what is abominable before God.
Don't you understand that if you are part of a church that does these things, you are enemies of Christ? Can't you understand that if your churches are celebrating these things, you are in enmity against God? You are blind. Yes, I know my words are not pleasant — no one wants to hear that they are blind. But it is better that you hear me now, and know that you are blind, and that you have to repent. Because if you do not, the Lord is going to judge you. I judge no one, not even the Lord Himself came to judge, but He said, "We all have a judge, and that is the written Word."
By the Word He gave us, we will be judged. And He said He is going to judge idolaters. The Word clearly says that idolaters will have their part in the lake of fire. I am not judging you — I am confirming it to you, reminding you, giving you understanding of what is going to happen to those who do not repent of things like these, because it is an abomination before God. It is abominable, and the Word says that if a blind man leads another, both will fall into a pit. If you are part of churches that celebrate these things, you are following the blind. You have to separate yourselves from those churches. At the very least, share this teaching with your pastor. Yes, share this teaching with your pastor.
I know that those like me who share the truth are told that we are full of hatred, that we despise people. I despise no one — I love your pastor, and I love you, the one reading this. That is why I am sharing the truth with you — because I do not want you to die, I do not want you to burn in the lake of fire. If I despised you, I would not tell you the truth. If I despised you, I would not be here sharing the truth with you, because then I truly would be hated for telling the truth. But I tell you the truth, even if you hate me for it, because I want you to be saved.
It is the end time — the Lord is coming soon, but He is coming for a church that is clean, without spot, without wrinkle. But these are not wrinkles — these are sins unto death. Can anyone understand that idolatry is a sin unto death? Because the Word says so. Can anyone understand that those rituals are witchcraft? In the Old Testament the Word says:
"You shall not permit a sorceress to live" (Exodus 22:18).
In the Old Testament, those would have been sins that would have gotten a person killed, right on the spot. In the Old Testament, those who did that were killed, stoned to death. Now we are not stoned to death, but those who do not repent are going to receive a punishment greater than stoning, because it is worse to go to the lake of fire and burn for eternity than to receive a few stones. The Lord will not hold the guilty innocent.
In the Word we are told about the Christmas tree — meditate on this. It is in Jeremiah 10:1-5. Meditate on this word: "Hear the word which the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel. Thus says the Lord: Do not learn the way of the Gentiles, and do not be dismayed at the signs of heaven, for the Gentiles are dismayed at them. 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…" Does anyone notice decorated trees in this time, that were cut down in the forest? Many little pines cut down from the forest, and decorated very nicely.
The Lord speaks to you — this word is for you: "They fasten it with nails and hammers so that it will not topple. They are upright, like a palm tree, and speak not; they must be carried, because they cannot go by themselves. Do not be afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, nor can they do any good." The Lord speaks. Yes, they take a piece of wood, and it becomes an object of worship. That tree represents an idol; that tree is also abominable to the Lord. The churches that put up that tree are celebrating Satan in their churches. The people who go to those churches are also placing themselves under the dominion of Satan. The churches that celebrate Christmas are in apostasy. The churches that celebrate Christmas, if they do not repent, the pastors are going to give an account to God, for themselves and for their sheep. And the sheep who follow these pastors are going to gnash their teeth if they do not repent, because it is a sin unto death.
The devil disguises himself as an angel of light, and he presents his evil in an entertaining way — because how fun it is to eat, to drink, to supposedly enjoy life, to party, to give a gift that is not really a gift, pure feasting and partying. He makes it all feel very nice — Christmas music, and so on. But if people do not repent, there is eternal torment for things like this, because it is idolatry, it is a celebration to the devil.
Leviticus 20:22-23 says:
"You shall therefore keep all My statutes and all My judgments, and perform them, that the land where I am bringing you to dwell may not vomit you out. And you shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I am casting out before you; for they commit all these things, and therefore I abhor them."
What does the Word say here? That we should not learn the customs of the land where we dwell, because they did these things, and the Lord held them as abominable. The customs of the nations are abominable. You understand that even in China many of these things are celebrated. In every country in the world that does not believe in God, they celebrate these things. Freemasons celebrate Christmas, warlocks celebrate Christmas, everybody celebrates Christmas.
What does righteousness have to do with lawlessness? What fellowship is there between Jesus Christ and Belial? If it were of God, they would not do it. They do not believe in Jesus Christ, but of course, when it comes to eating and drinking, and celebrating Satan, Santa, and decorating their homes with the tree — oh, that they do believe in. Because that is of the devil, those traditions are of the devil. Those traditions are worship of Satan, because the world worships what belongs to it. The world takes part — everyone takes part in these things because they are of the devil, and what belongs to the devil, the world does. What belongs to the devil, the world does not resist; what belongs to God is what the world resists. The world resists a teaching like this one, because it exposes the devil's work, but what belongs to the devil, it receives. We must repent, for this is apostasy.
Can anyone understand where we are going with this teaching? That even with something as simple as this, we show to a great degree the evil that is drawn in when the church does certain things, such as when the pastors pray. And I invite you as well — I know there are pastors who, for various reasons, may still be a bit slow to catch up, but they are going to hear this teaching, and they are going to understand my words, because the Lord is speaking through me. And perhaps they are not yet ministering deliverance, because there are many things they still lack. But I am here, available, both to minister to any of you who want to come out of those covenants you made with Satan through these celebrations, and to those who want their sheep ministered to — I am at your service.
Those of you who minister, minister to your sheep, and share your testimonies with me. It will not be anything new to me, but it will be interesting, because I know your eyes are going to be opened. If those who supposedly have the anointing pray for their sheep regarding Christmas, you are going to be amazed at all the demons that manifest. You are going to be surprised — there are far more demons, far more covenants made with the devil through that celebration, than you could ever imagine.
Colossians 2:8 says:
"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 Christ."
Through these things, what this word says comes to pass — people become captives. When they open the door to the devil, by celebrating him with trees and with so many things — it is not a single ritual, it is not a single covenant that takes place on that date, there are many covenants. Every single thing they do — from the tree, the lights, the food, the wine, the dancing, the hugging, and everything else — are different covenants, they are many curses upon the family. This word is fulfilled — Colossians 2:8.
When people follow the basic principles of the world, the philosophy of men that says nothing happens by celebrating Christmas because it is a family day, and the devil's lies — they become captives, because many demons enter and many demons chain up the entire family. The Word also says this in Romans 12:1-2, it says:
"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God."
We must not conform to the traditions, to the basic principles of this world. These things — when someone is born into the world, and they are deceived and enslaved — it is as if they feel that a piece of themselves is being torn away if they do not take part in it.
By the grace of God, it has already been seven years that I have not taken part in those celebrations — I think it is eight now. Eight Christmas celebrations that I have not taken part in, counting this one. None of those things — and the truth is, no, I have not lost anything. The truth is I have gained a great deal, because even financially, since I no longer take part in exchanging gifts, I do not have to spend that money. I do not have to stress out here at the store buying things here and there, which has saved me a lot of time and money and peace of mind, and more time for Christ. Because imagine the time one spends, having to work extra hours to pay for gifts and all of that, and the time, and blah, blah, blah. Those are times I have gained for Christ during these years — I have gained time for God. But the most important thing is that, instead of continuing to make covenants with the devil and continuing to curse myself, walking away from those curses, I have now had time to pray, to repent, and to break chains that I myself brought upon myself, through idolatry, by taking part in things like these.
And to conclude this teaching, I am going to read Galatians 4:8-11:
"But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods. But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage? You observe days…"
Now they want to keep the days of Christmas — why do they want to become slaves again, if they are seeking freedom in the Lord? Observing days — Mother's Day, Father's Day. They keep months, seasons, and years. Now there is the day of, I don't know, Valentine's Day. Who is Saint Valentine? Who is that man? The day of love — what does Saint Valentine have to do with love? He is a demon. "I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain." This is what God says through Paul in the letter to the Galatians, that he had labored for them in vain — because once again they wanted to become slaves again, observing days, months, and years.
Can anyone understand that, by celebrating these things, by observing these days, months, and years, and everything the world celebrates, people are putting themselves under slavery? Under the devil's slavery — this is part of the great apostasy. To come out of apostasy, which is that distancing from the true God, we must begin to know the truth, we must repent of those things that separate us from Him.
It is my greatest desire that this teaching, although I know it is not very pleasant to the ear, be of great blessing to the soul. I hope you receive it for what it is for the soul — a blessing for those of you who can hear and understand it. It is my desire that you be blessed.
What I desire is that you be free. What I desire is that you turn away from the devil's deception. What I desire is that you become part of the Lord's church of the end time, because His bride is preparing herself, because the Lord is coming soon. I desire that this teaching be a contribution, a small grain of sand, so that you can begin that process of spiritual cleansing, of removing your spots. I hope all of you have been edified by it.
Now we are going to take some time, a moment, and we are going to pray against these very demons that come in through Christmas. We are going to wage war against those demons of deception, those soul-thieving demons, those demons that seek to steal the souls of our loved ones through deception, making them idolaters without their even knowing it, even through things like these.
Prayer.
Heavenly Father, first of all, we give You glory and honor, Lord.
Thank You, Lord Jesus Christ, for allowing us to gather in Your presence, for allowing us to understand these diabolical, pagan celebrations that are designed by the devil to draw us away from You. We thank You, Lord, for what You are doing. We thank You for Your mercy, because without You it would be impossible for us to understand the strategies of our adversary, the lying deceiver. All the glory and the honor are Yours.
We also thank You because You have given us power and authority over the powers of darkness, and in Your name we come against all the powers of the devil.
Every spirit of slavery, every spirit of lies, every deceiving spirit that, through the world's celebrations, chains up souls, we bind you in the name of Jesus.
I bind the spirit of Santa Claus — I bind you, Satan, in the name of Jesus Christ. You, Santa, who are Satan, I bind you in the name of Jesus Christ. I bind the spirit of the demonic child that is celebrated on the 25th, supposedly as if it were Jesus Christ.
I bind Nimrod in the name of Jesus, I bind Semiramis in the name of Jesus Christ, I bind the spirit of Babylon in the name of Jesus.
I bind false worship in the name of Jesus Christ, I bind the worship of Satan through deception in the name of Jesus Christ.
I bind the sicknesses, the family curses, all the demons that enter through this celebration, that bind the family, that bind the church, that bind finances, that bind marriages, that divide the family, that bind souls and draw them away from the Lord.
I bind the spirit of idolatry, I bind spiritual blindness, spiritual deafness, I bind the lack of understanding, I bind carnality, addictions, drunkenness, fornication, all the demons that enter through pagan celebrations like this one.
I bind the covenant with death, I bind death, destruction, and hell, all the demons that enter through this celebration. I bind them over each one of you in the name of Jesus.
I bind Jezebel, I bind the queen of heaven, I bind Mammon, I bind Ammon, I bind Asmodeus, I bind Beelzebub, the antichrist, the beast.
I bind legion, I bind madness and insanity, I bind lack of understanding, I bind the reprobate mind, I bind the demons that enter through these things that block the mind so that people cannot understand what the perfect will of God is — the demons that enter through this false celebration that block understanding and do not allow people to understand what is abominable before a holy God. All of you deceiving, lying demons, I command you to kneel in the name of Jesus.
There is power in the name of Jesus Christ. The gates of Hades shall not prevail against the church of God. He who is with us is stronger than he who is in the world.
Let missiles and bombs descend upon the thrones of the demons behind Christmas, in the name of Jesus Christ. The greatest throne of Christmas — let an atomic bomb come down upon it and let it be consumed, in the name of Jesus.
I send every kind of plague upon the territories of the demons that bind souls through this celebration, in the name of Jesus Christ. Let there be division upon all the powers of darkness that bind souls through Christmas, in the name of Jesus.
Let all the waters of the enemy turn to blood, in the name of Jesus Christ. Let the skin of every demon melt off them while they stand, in the name of Jesus. Let the tongue of each one melt in their mouth, in the name of Jesus Christ. Let the eyes of each one melt in their sockets, in the name of Jesus.
Let a great panic from the Lord fall upon the whole army of the enemy, in the name of Jesus. Let there be division among all the powers of deception, of religiosity, of false worship, all the demons that bind souls in these celebrations — divide and attack one another, in the name of Jesus Christ. Eat one another's flesh and drink one another's blood, in the name of Jesus. Get drunk on one another's blood as if it were wine, in the name of Jesus Christ. Let all the waters of the territories that bind souls in idolatry and apostasy through pagan celebrations turn to blood, in the name of Jesus.
It is written that even the lawful captives shall be rescued, and the Lord will contend with those who contend against us, and as for the oppressors, the Lord will make them eat one another's flesh and drink one another's blood, and they will be drunk with one another's blood as with wine. And the Lord will set our children free, and everyone will know that the Almighty, the Mighty One of Jacob, is with us.
All of you deceiving demons of idolatry and apostasy through false celebrations of false worship, divide and attack one another in the name of Jesus. Eat and drink one another's blood in the name of Jesus Christ.
There is power in the name of Jesus. Darkness and light clashed, and darkness did not prevail. Darkness will not prevail against the light. If God is with us, who can be against us?
Let there be a firestorm upon the whole army of the enemy, in the name of Jesus. Let there be a great earthquake upon every territory of the demons that bind souls with false worship in these diabolical celebrations, in the name of Jesus.
I cover every person who reads me, every associated person, family members, friends — everyone who reads me — with the blood of Jesus Christ. Let the demons that blind eyes and ears, that block understanding so people cannot see the evil hidden behind these celebrations — let their eyes be opened in the name of Jesus, and let those demons that were blocking the eyes, the ears, and the understanding be set ablaze in the name of Jesus Christ. I strike every power of apostasy with the light, in the name of Jesus.
All of you deceiving demons — I bind the false prophet, every spirit of false doctrine, false teaching, false fire, false anointing, false word, false gift of tongues, false visions, blockage of the true anointing of the Lord. I bind you all, I command you to kneel in the name of Jesus Christ. There is power in the name of Jesus.
They will gather against us, but not by Him, and those who gather against us shall fall because of us. Let there be a firestorm upon the whole army of the enemy, in the name of Jesus. Let all the waters of the enemy turn to blood, in the name of Jesus Christ.
Let the skin of every demon melt off them while they stand, in the name of Jesus. Let the tongue of each one melt in their mouth, in the name of Jesus Christ. Let the eyes of each one melt while they stand, in the name of Jesus.
I strike all darkness with the light. Let fire come down and consume the whole army of the enemy, in the name of Jesus. I strike all darkness with the light.
Let the whole army of the enemy divide and attack one another, in the name of Jesus Christ. Let them all burn in flames, in the name of Jesus. I bind the spirit of Christmas, in the name of Jesus Christ.
I bind the elves of Christmas, in the name of Jesus. I strike them all with the light, in the name of Jesus Christ. Let the terror of God fall upon Santa Claus and all his armies, in the name of Jesus.
You lying demon, kneel down in the name of Jesus. Let a sword pierce the heart of Santa Claus, in the name of Jesus. I strike the whole army of Santa Claus with the light, in the name of Jesus Christ.
Let even the whiskers of Santa Claus be set ablaze, in the name of Jesus. You lying devil, let your red clothing be set ablaze, in the name of Jesus Christ. I strike you and your armies with the light.
Let the skin of every demon, of every spirit of Christmas, melt off them while they stand, in the name of Jesus. Let there be a firestorm upon all the demons of Christmas, in the name of Jesus Christ. Let all the chains and shackles that were placed through Christmas be broken, in the name of Jesus.
Every prison where souls are bound, where souls are imprisoned through false worship like Christmas — let that prison be destroyed by the light, in the name of Jesus Christ. Let the souls held captive through this false celebration, through deception, be set free, in the name of Jesus.
Let every diabolical implant received through this false worship disintegrate by the blood of Christ, in the name of Jesus. Let every part of your soul that has been fragmented through this false celebration be restored to you, in the name of Jesus Christ. I strike Satan and his armies with the light.
Let there be terror and confusion upon Satan, upon Santa, and all their armies, in the name of Jesus Christ. Let the whole army of Satan, who is Santa, and Santa, who is Satan — let them all divide and attack one another, in the name of Jesus Christ.
I strike them all with the light. Let there be a firestorm upon the whole army of Satan, in the name of Jesus Christ. I strike them all with the light, in the name of Jesus.
I strike the enemy's horses and riders with confusion and blindness. There is power in the name of Jesus Christ. The gates of Hades shall not prevail against the church of God.
He who is with us is stronger than he who is in the world.
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