Every Plant Which My Heavenly Father Did Not Plant Shall Be Uprooted

I am convinced that Christmas is not part of the unshakeable kingdom that we are receiving. It is a made thing; a shakeable thing. When the Lord Jesus Christ suddenly comes to His temple, His refining fire will burn away Christmas along with all the other dross.

But who will be able to endure it when he comes? Who will be able to stand and face him when he appears? For he will be like a blazing fire that refines metal, or like a strong soap that bleaches clothes. He will sit like a refiner of silver, burning away the dross. He will purify the Levites, refining them like gold and silver, so that they may once again offer acceptable sacrifices to the LORD. Mal 3:2-3

Christmas celebrates the unholy alliance that exists between the Church and the world. It is a celebration of compromise and mixture. That's its root. Like Easter (a movable feast on the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar), Christmas is a 'holy season' that assumes worldwide obeisance and yet bears no apostolic seal, mandate or authority. None. It will be uprooted and cast into the fire at Christ's appearing. It will be removed.

This phrase, "Yet once more," indicates the removal of things that are shaken - that is, things that have been made - in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire. Heb 12:27-29

This is the second year my family have enjoyed complete freedom from the spirit of Christmas. We feel like absolute strangers to the world as we do this and we embrace that identity. As disciples of Christ, we have been called to strangeness and other-worldliness. 

When offered the obligatory and cheery Christmas greetings at this time of year, we seek to gently and humbly and joyfully let people know that we're "non-participants." The look on their faces is priceless. Often it is one of shock; sometimes it's one of pity. On occasions, a longing appears in their eyes as they imagine a December without the pressures and consumerism of Christmas. For most people – Christians and secularists alike – it is inconceivable that one could live through December without offering at least some token of participation at the altar of Christmas. I have chuckled to myself while progressing in the supermarket queue toward the cheery, Santa-hat-clad checkout operators. Surrounded by tinsel and evergreens and with the sound of carols ringing out, I have wondered, 'Is it even legal to opt out of Christmas?' The herd phenomenon at Christmas time is intense. Yes, my family and I are strangers indeed.

Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul. 1 Pet 2:11

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. Heb 11:13 

Much has been written exposing the pagan origins of Christmas (and Easter). Origins are important. Jesus declared that "every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted." (Matt 15:13). The One whose face is like the sun shining in full strength (Rev 1:16) will not share His glory with Satan and his corrupt, world system. Holy things must not be mixed with the profane. To mix holy and profane is to create confusion – spiritual Babylon. When the Roman Catholic Church instituted Christ's Mass (i.e. Christmas), they did exactly that. And Watchman Nee spoke truly in the early 1930's when he denounced Christmas as an unclean bird that "flew from the Roman Catholic Church into the Protestant Church." (King and the Kingdom of Heaven, 1978, p.170). The Christmas 'tree', with its roots in the blood lust and debauchery of Winter solstice paganism, will surely be cut down and cast into the fire when the Son of Man comes with His angels in the glory of His Father.

And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth forth not good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Matt 3:10

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 2 Pet 3:10

As citizens of Heaven, sojourning on the earth, let us wean our souls and separate from that which the world loves and celebrates and is not from the Father (1 Jn 2:15-17). What partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? What fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? (2 Cor 6:14-15). All such mixture is Babylon. There is fast approaching a day that will test every man's work and reveal, by fire, that which is gold, silver and precious stones and that which is wood, hay and stubble. (1 Cor 3:10-17).

Take heart, strangers and pilgrims. Be of good courage, overcomers. We are about to receive a kingdom! Look at what we're gaining! It's other-worldly! Our God is about to make His dwelling among us and walk among us! We're talking transfiguration! It's close now. The Day is about to dawn – here comes His radiant glory!

And we have something more sure, the prophetic word, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. 2 Pet 1:19

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