Although the gentile nations worship of Jesus (peace and blessings be upon him) is a serious sin, the
Creator isn’t a religious dictator, so He is lenient and merciful with them
The Divine Law hints at the idea that the God’s dealing with gentile nations seems to be different from the
way He deals with Hebrew people. Consider the following example: Christians worship Jesus, who is by
them called “the morning star” (“… I am the root and the offspring of David, and
the bright and morning
star
”- Revelation 22:16).
So, for all practical purposes, Christian believers practice pagan star worship ("... Where is he that is born
King of the Jews? for
we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him
"- Matthew 2:2). But
Torah states Ha Shem (blessed be He) has allowed such practice to the gentile nations (due to their
ignorance), while forbidding it to the Hebrew believer. As is written:
“
And so that you do not lift up your eyes toward the heavens… and the stars… and bow down and
worship them. [for] Adonai your God has allotted them to all the [gentile] peoples under all the heavens.
but you, Adonai has taken… to be a people for his own inheritance [in other words, to be different, staying
away from such pagan practices]
...”- Deut. 4:19-20 (Tree of Life version).
Thus, the just and merciful God of Israel [blessed be His name] seems to be lenient with gentile star
worshipers, but severe when such thing is done by Hebrew believers [whom, having Torah, should have
known better than that].
Reformed Samaritanism and Christmas celebration
Reformed Samaritanism incorporates an ancient tradition stating that, after God had told Adam and Eve of
their eventual demise, they both started to live in fear, never knowing when [or how] would such destruction
come about.
Soon after their expulsion from “Gan Eden” (the Garden of Eden), they noticed that days were becoming
shorter and shorter. Thus, they reckoned that this would be their predicted end, and therefore started to
mourn.
But, after December solstice arrived, they notice that days were becoming longer again. So they greatly
rejoiced about it, realizing it was no Divine punishment, but rather the mysterious way in which the Holy
One (Blessed be He) had created His World.
Thus, in order to remember the gratitude owed to their Creator, they both decided to make such season a
yearly celebration; a time for rejoicing, spanning eight days prior to the winter solstice unto eight days after
the solstice. And the former is the happy [and grateful] source of all winter-related global celebrations.
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