The Gospel Of Repentance

Until a day ago I had no idea with the (X) meant. Some perhaps many believed the (X) was a way of crossing Christ out of the word Christmas. That is what I believed. Others may have assumed the (X) was inserted as a way to signify the unknown as it is used in mathematics. I discovered neither are true. The Greek word for Christ is the English transliterated word Christos . It is derived from Hebrew word מָ שִׁיחַ   Mašíaḥ where we get the transliterated English word Messiah. Both Messiah and Christ means anointed or in Jesus’ case The Anointed One. The spelling of the word Christ in Greek is χριστού . The (X) in the Greek alphabet is the letter Chi ( pronounced kie ). The (X) in X-mas serves a shorthand abbreviation for the Greek name Christ. If you ever see this Christogram called a Chi Rho , it is the integration of the first two Greek letters of Christ’s name – (X) for Chi and the (P) for Rho: So, we can be rest assured the (X) in X-Mas does not show disdain or is no way e...

Jesus was born during the time of the Roman Empire. The Romans celebrated a festival called  Saturnalia.  This pagan festival was held during the winter solstice (December 21 st  in America). It was on December 17-24 th . It was a time of feasting and giving of gifts to children and the poor. It was also a celebration of Saturn, the sun god of sowing (planting), and fire. Saturn was worshipped in the winter so that he would return and warm the earth which would cause the crops to grow. The planet Saturn was named after this god. Out of all the planets, Saturn with its rings and bright red color represents the god of fire.    The Romans celebrated another festival on December 25th called  natalis   solis   invicti ,  the birth of the unconquered sun , was decreed by the emperor Aurelian in AD 274 as a Winter Solstice celebration, and sometime (later)…was Christianized as a date to celebrate the birth of the Son of Light.” It has been  sai...

  God enlightens Job’s understanding of who He is. Job is awestruck at the power and wisdom of God. He said, “I know You can do everything, and that no purpose of Yours can be withheld from You (vs. 2).   Job understood that his words against the Lord were uttered in sheer ignorance. Once Job encountered God personally (through a whirlwind), he despised himself. He humbly repented in dust and ashes (vs. 6).   God told Eliphaz that He was angry with him along with Bildad and Zophar because they did not speak what was right regarding Him. In order for the Lord not to chasten these three men, they had to offer seven bulls and seven rams, go to Job so he could pray for them, and that God would atone their sin. Once Job interceded for them, God restored and healed him and gave him twice as much as he had before (vs. 7-11).   God blessed Job with ten children again – seven sons and three daughters. The Lord gave him 140 more years and he died at a good old age. Del’s Co...