The Myth of "Christ-Mass"

「聖誕節」- 把神話當真

What the world calls "Christmas" is a two-fold myth. First, Christ wasn't born on December 25, and second, "Mass" is a Roman Catholic counterfeit to the Lord's Supper. By using the name "Christmas", non-Catholic Christians unwittingly concede to the popish Mass. This post limits the discussion to the first myth.

「聖誕節」純屬神話，是羅馬教假借基督教編出來的神話。首先，基督根本不是在十二曰25日誕生，第二， "Christmas" 的字義是「基督的彌撒」，而「彌撒」是天主教發明的一種教儀，根本不是來自聖經。在此只要説明基督並非12月25日誕生。

1)Mary and Joseph went to Bethlehem to register in a Roman census (Luke 2:1-4). The authorities were not so stupid as to conduct a census in winter, when near-freezing temperatures would make it impossible.
一、馬利亞與約瑟到伯利恆去報名上冊（路二2），羅馬政府不會笨到降旨要人在不可能上路的寒冬回鄉報戶口，而一事無成。

2)Shepherds were in the fields watching their flocks at the time of Jesus' birth (Luke 2:7-8). Again, the wintry temperature meant the shepherds would have sought shelter for their flocks at night.
二、耶穌誕生時，野地裡有牧羊的人，夜間看守羊群（路二8），絕對不可能在又寒冷又大量下雨的冬天發生。

3)Mary's cousin Elizabeth was sixth months pregnant when Jesus was conceived (Luke 1:24-36). Her husband Zacharias, was a priest serving in the Jerusalem temple during the course of Abijah (Luke 1:5), the 8th of 24 courses (1 Chron 24:10). It was during this time of temple service that Zacharias learned that he and his wife, Elizabeth, would have a child (Luke 1:8-13). After he completed his service and traveled home, Elizabeth conceived (verses 23-24). The courses,each lasting half a month most probably began with the 1st month of the religious calendar, Nisan (March/April), which means Elizabeth's conception was around June, and Mary's in December, thus Jesus would have been born in Sep or Oct. Alternatively, if the courses were based on the civil calendar, Mary would have conceived in June, and Jesus born in March.
三、馬利亞懷孕時，她的親戚以利沙伯已有6個月的身孕，其丈夫撒迦利亞乃屬比雅班班的祭司（路一5），是24班的第8班（代上廿四10）。按宗教年曆算，聖殿班次完畢回家，妻子懷孕，就是陽曆6月，由此推算，馬利亞就是12懷孕，9月生下耶穌。若按民間年曆計算，耶穌就誕生於陽曆3月。

God in His infinite wisdom, omitted the actual date of Christ's birth, for in the minds of true Christians, Jesus Christ is God Incarnate, the Everlasting Father, the Creator of the universe. Though He was a "Son", born unto us, He is without "beginning of days" or "end of life" (Heb 7:3); though born a babe in Bethlehem, His "goings forth are from of old, from everlasting" (Mic 5:2). And yes, no presumtuous astrologer can attach a zodiac sign to an birthdate.

真神無窮的智慧，不留下基督誕生日子的記載，因爲真基督徒心中的主耶穌基督，就是成肉身的神，永在的父，創造萬物的主。祂雖是「賜給我們」的「子」，卻是「無生之始，無命之終」（來七3）；雖是在伯利恆產下的嬰孩，「他的根源從亙古，從太初就有」（彌五2）。