O Tannenbaum
By
Robert O. Miller
O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum
du bist ein edler Zweig!
Du grünest uns den Winter,
die liebe Sommerzeit.
O fir tree, o fir tree,
You are a noble branch.
You become green to us in the winter
As to the summer time.
(By Ernst Anschütz
Leipzig organist and teacher
penned in 1824)
A Tannenbaum is an evergreen fir tree (German die Tanne) or Christmas tree (der Weihnachtsbaum). The modern use of evergreen fir trees in connection with celebrating the Christ-mass at the winter solstice is believed to have originated in Germany in the 1500’s. In reality, pre-Christian Germanic people practiced Norse mythology and pagan rituals took place outdoors under guardian trees. Nordic tradition venerated the evergreen as a tree of life because it remained green year round. Germans and Scandinavians as pagans placed evergreen trees inside their homes or just outside their doors to show their hope in the forthcoming spring. They were called “Paradeisbaum” (Paradise Trees). Germanic families, whether rich or poor, celebrated Christ-mass by decorating fir trees with apples, silver and gold tinsel and candles. It had been an ancient German custom to bring in living trees into their homes during the old feast of Yule. The Yule tree was planted in a tub and brought into the home. Until about 1700, the use of Christmas trees appears to have been confined to the Rhine River District.
Catholic Tradition says “The first Christmas tree is said to have originated in 8th century Germany when a British missionary, St. Boniface, cut down a giant oak that crushed every tree in its path except a small fir sapling. Considering this a miracle, St. Boniface called it “the tree of the Christ child.” This is pure legend that is passed off as historical fact.
Protestant Christian tradition tells that Martin Luther, the 16th-century Protestant reformer, first added lighted candles to a tree. Walking toward his home one crisp winter evening around the year 1500, composing a sermon, he was awed by the beauty of a group of evergreens. Their branches, dusted with snow, shimmered in the moonlight. He was struck by the brilliance of stars twinkling amidst evergreens. To recapture the scene for his family, he erected a tree in the main room and wired its branches with lighted candles. Christian recounting says he “lighted the candles in honor of Christ’s birth.” As much as Christians would like to embrace this as fact the oft- quoted story is pure legend. Many years of intensive Luther scholarship has turned up nothing to support it.
The Germans are also given credit for introducing the Christmas tree into Canada, where in 1781 a German immigrant named Baron von Riedesel put up the first Christmas tree (a balsam fir) in Sorel, Quebec although trees had been a tradition in many immigrant German homes much earlier. Equally famous is Charles Minnegerode, another German immigrant, who is fondly remembered for having introduced the custom in Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1842 even though we know the Pennsylvania German settlements had community trees as early as 1747. The first documented instance of the retailing of Christmas trees in America occurred in 1851, when a Pennsylvanian German immigrant by the name of Mark Carr hauled two ox sleds loaded with trees down from the Catskill Mountains to the city of New York.
It’s not surprising that, like many other festive Christmas customs, the Christmas Tree was adopted so late in America. The Puritans culturally and legally banned Christmas in New England (1620-1850?). Oliver Cromwell, the great Puritan leader, preached against “the heathen traditions” of Christmas carols, decorated trees, and any joyful expression that brought disrespect to the sacred birth of Messiah. In 1659, the General Court of Massachusetts enacted a law making any observance of December 25 a penal offense; people were fined for hanging decorations. Even as late as 1851, Rev. Heinrich Christian Schwan, a Cleveland Lutheran pastor, nearly lost his job because he allowed a tree in his church. Schools in Boston stayed open on Christmas Day through 1870, and sometimes expelled students who stayed home.
It wasn’t until the administration of the United States President Franklin Pierce, in the mid-1850’s, that the first Christmas tree was brought into the White House.
What changed everything? It was the influx of German and Irish immigrants undermined the Puritan legacy. The Germans are descendants of the Assyrians who came from Asshur. Asshur was the leading group of people who followed Nimrod. When Nimrod was killed it was Asshur that helped to glorify him. One of those ways was by the emblem of the evergreen tree.
It was the German Prince Albert that introduced the Christmas Tree to Britain in 1846 after he married Queen Victoria. Unlike the previous royal family, Victoria was very popular with her subjects, and what was done at court immediately became fashionable—not only in Britain, but with fashion-conscious East Coast American Society. The Christmas tree had arrived.
By 1900, one in five American families had a Christmas tree, and 20 years later, the custom was nearly universal.
It was President Calvin Coolidge (1885-1933) who started the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on the White House lawn in 1923.
The Egyptians were part of a long line of cultures borrowing from the Babylonians that treasured and worshipped evergreens. When the winter solstice arrive, they brought green date palm leaves into their homes to symbolize life’s triumph over death.
The Greco-Romans celebrated the winter solstice with a fest called Saturnalia in honor of Saturnus, the god of agriculture. They decorated their houses with greens and lights and exchanged gifts. They gave coins for prosperity, pastries for happiness, and lamps to light one’s journey through life.
Centuries ago in England, Druids led the people in gathering evergreens and mistletoe during mysterious winter solstice rituals. The Druids used holly and mistletoe as symbols of eternal life, and place evergreen branches over doors to keep away evil spirits.
“But come here, you sons of the sorceress, you offspring of the adulterer and the harlot! Whom do you ridicule? Against whom do you make a wide mouth and stick out the tongue? Are you not children of transgression, Offspring of falsehood, inflaming yourselves with gods under every green tree.” (Isaiah 57:3-5)
Some people dare you to find where you can find Christmas in the Sacred Scriptures. Well, I’ll show you. Jeremiah received this message: “Hear the word which Yahweh speaks to you, O House of Israel: ‘Do not learn the way of the Gentiles; 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; they fasten it with nails and hammers so that it will not topple. They are upright, like a palm tree, and they cannot speak; 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. Inasmuch as there is none like You, O Yahweh (You are great, and Your name is great in might), who would not fear You, O King of the nations? For this is Your rightful due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You. But they are altogether dull-hearted and foolish; a wooden idol is a worthless doctrine. Silver is beaten into plates; tt is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the metalsmith; blue and purple are their clothing; they are all the work of skillful men.” (Jeremiah 10:1-9) As you can see this tree means much more than a celebration. This is an idol!
Jeremiah lived during the fall of Judah in 586 BCE. He received this rebuke for the House of Judah but it was also for the House of Israel who had already gone into captivity 137 years previously. Yahweh through Jeremiah was scolding all of the tribes for cutting down trees and fastening them with nails and decorating them with silver and gold.
Interestingly enough, Stephen, right before he was stoned to death for being a Netzarim spoke of these same customs: “Aaron, ‘Make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ (Exodus 32:1, 23) And they made a calf in those days, offered sacrifices to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. Then Yahweh turned and gave them up to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the Prophets: ‘Did you offer Me slaughtered animals and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness,O house of Israel? You also took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, images which you made to worship; and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’ (Amos 5:25-27)” (Acts 7:40-43)
This same star is today is often put at the top of the Christmas. Molech is none other than Nimrod. Rabbi Silas when recording Acts 7 says Stephen quotes Amos 5:25-27 to show that Israel, and now Judah, were idolaters by incorporating pagan holidays into their culture.
The quote is from Amos 5:25-27: “‘Did you offer Me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? You also carried tabernacle of Moloch and Kiyyun, your idols, the star of your gods, which you made for yourselves. Therefore I will send you into captivity beyond Damascus,’ says Yahweh, whose title is the Elohim T’veot.”
Molech, or more correctly Nimrod and Kiyyun, or Ishtar, are known Assyrian deities. Kiyyun and Remphan or Semiramis are understood to be interchangeable.
Nimrod, a great grandson of Noah, and his mother and wife, Semiramis, also known as Ishtar and Isis. Nimrod, known in Egypt as Osiris, was the founder of the first world empire at Babel, later known as Babylon (Genesis 10:8-12; 11:1-9).
Later, Semiramis bore a son, Tammuz also known as Horus or Gilgamesh. She declared that she had been visited by the spirit of Nimrod, who left her pregnant with the boy. Horus, she maintained, was Nimrod reincarnated. With a father, mother, and son deified, a deceptive, perverted trinity was formed.
“Nimrod started the great organized worldly apostasy from [Yahweh] that has dominated this world until now. After Nimrod’s death, his …wife, Semiramis, propagated the evil doctrine of the survival of Nimrod as a spirit being. She claimed a full-grown evergreen tree sprang overnight from a dead tree stump, which symbolized the springing forth unto new life of the dead Nimrod. On each anniversary of his birth, she claimed, Nimrod would visit the evergreen tree and leave gifts upon it. December 25th, was the birthday of Nimrod. This is the real origin of the Christmas tree.” (The Plain Truth About Christmas” by David J. Stewart | December 24th, 2005)
The Babylonians and Assyrians would cut the bottom of the tree to make even and so it could be made to stand. The excess trunk was adorned with spices and set on fire in the home.
“Traditionally, a yule log was burned in the fireplace on Christmas Eve and during the night as the log’s embers died, there appeared in the room, as if by magic, a Christmas tree surrounded by gifts. The yule log represented the sun-god Nimrod and the Christmas tree represented himself resurrected as his own son Tammuz… So our Christmas tree — and our yule log — have tremendous meaning… The yule log is the dead Nimrod, human ruler of ancient Babylon, who was eventually deified as the sun incarnate, and hence a god. The Christmas tree is mystical Tammuz, the slain god come to life again.” (“After Armageddon, Where do we get our ideas? by John A. Sarkett)
In the book, “The Two Babylons,” by Alexander Hislop, he tells us that there was an Assyrian coin that expressed the story of Nimrod. On the front was a figure of a bull that had been cut in two. The back there was a figure of someone riding a fish. The bull cut in two is just another symbol of that which is represented by the evergreen tree cut asunder. That tree represented Nimrod as “the mighty one” cut in pieces in the midst of his power and glory. The divided man-bull symbolizes him as “The prince” who was cut asunder in like manner; for the name for a prince and a bull is the same. The fish over the bull shows the transformation he was supposed to undergo when put to death by his enemies. The back tells the story of Nimrod’s body being thrown into the sea and became a sea-god triumphantly riding on the fish, his sorrows being over, with the fir-tree, or pine, the emblem of Baal-Berith, “Lord of the Covenant,” as his banner. The word “ghelas” above the divided bull and the fish is “to exult or leap for joy,” (“The Two Babylons,” by Alexander Hislop)
Rev. Hislop went on to say, “The Christmas tree, now so common amoung us, was equally common in PAGAN ROME AND PAGAN EGYPT (emphasis in original). In Egypt that tree was the palm tree; in Rome it was the fir; the palm tree denoting the Pagan Messiah as Baal-Tamar the fir referring to him as Baal-Berith. The mother of Adonis, the sun god and great mediatorial divinity, was mystically said to have been changed into a TREE, and when in that state to have brought forth her divine son. If the mother was a tree, the son must have been recognized as the ‘Man the branch.’ And this entirely accounts for putting the Yule Log into the fire on Christmas-eve, and the appearance of the Christmas tree the next morning. The Christmas tree, as has been stated, was generally at Rome a different tree, even the fir; but the very same idea as was implied in the palm-tree was implied in the Christmas fir; for that covertly symbolized the new-born god as BAAL-BERITH, ‘Lord of the Covenant,’ and thus shadowed forth the perpetuity and everlasting nature of his power, now that after having fallen before his enemies, he has risen triumphant over them all. Therefore, the 25th of December, the day that was observed at Rome as the day when the victorious god appeared on eath, was held as the Natalis invicti solis, ‘The birthday of the Unconquerable Sun. Now the Yule Log is the dead stock of Nimrod, deified as the sun god, but cut down by his enemies; the Christmas tree is Nimrod redivivus – the slain god comes to life again…The first decorating of an evergreen tree was done by pagans in honor of their god Adonis, who after being slain was brought to life by the serpent Aesculapius. The representation of this slain god was a dead stump of a tree. Around this stump coiled the snake Aesculapius symbol of life restoring.” (“The Two Babylons,” by Alexander Hislop)
If you look up Aesculapius you will be directed to Asklepios or Asclepius depicted with a stick and serpent wrapped around it and is able to raise people back to life. Once again we see Sitre HaRa (Dark Forces) trying to copy Yahweh. In Numbers 21 we read how Moses raised up a serpent on a pole so that the people would be healed of the snake bites. This pole was symbolic of the tree that YahShua was to be nailed to later on which YahShua tells us of himself in John 3:13-14.
“And lo – from the roots of the dead tree comes forth another and different tree – an evergreen tree symbolic to pagans of a god who cannot die! In Egypt this god was worshipped in a palm tree as Baal-Tamar. The fir tree was worshipped in Rome as the same new born god as Baal-Berith, who was restored to life by the same serpent, and a feast was held in honor of him on December 25th called the “Birthday of the unconquered Sun.” Now in Babylon’s “Mystery” system of idol worship the sun was called “Baal,”so when Tammuz the son of the queen of heaven was worshiped as God he was also reverenced by the name of Baal. .the Roman Catholic Church has brought down through the ages to us, the paganism of Baal or the worship of the sun, mingled with the worship of Aesculapius the serpent.” (“The Two Babylons,” by Alexander Hislop)
No, let’s go to Daniel where Yahweh gives a prophecy using the very same pagan symbols: “I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace. I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me…Daniel came before me…I told the dream…: ’I was looking, and behold, a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great. The tree grew and became strong; its height reached to the heavens, and it could be seen to the ends of all the earth. Its leaves were lovely, its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all. The beasts of the field found shade under it, the birds of the heavens dwelt in its branches, and all flesh was fed from it. I saw in the visions of my head while on my bed, and there was a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven. He cried aloud and said thus: “Chop down the tree and cut off its branches, strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts get out from under it, and the birds from its branches. Nevertheless leave the stump and roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field. Let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let him graze with the beasts on the grass of the earth. Let his heart be changed from that of a man, let him be given the heart of a beast, and let seven times pass over him.” This decision is by the decree of the watchers, and the sentence by the word of the Holy Ones, in order that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, gives it to whomever He will, and sets over it the lowest of men.
…Daniel…answered and said, “My lord, may the dream concern those who hate you, and its interpretation concern your enemies! The tree that you saw, which grew and became strong, whose height reached to the heavens and which could be seen by all the earth, whose leaves were lovely and its fruit abundant, in which was food for all, under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and in whose branches the birds of the heaven had their home— it is you, O king, who have grown and become strong; for your greatness has grown and reaches to the heavens, and your dominion to the end of the earth. And inasmuch as the king saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, ‘Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave its stump and roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze in the tender grass of the field; let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let him graze with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him’; this is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king: They shall drive you from men, your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make you eat grass like oxen. They shall wet you with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, till you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He chooses. And inasmuch as they gave the command to leave the stump and roots of the tree, your kingdom shall be assured to you, after you come to know that Heaven rules. Therefore, O king, let my advice be acceptable to you; break off your sins by being righteous, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your prosperity.’” (Daniel 4:4, 5, 8, 10-17, 19-27)
This tree personified Nebuchadnezzar – King of Babylon – who ruled by divine right as Nimrod reincarnated. And since the King personified the Kingdom the Tree represents none other than Babylon itself. This tree and this dream are relived each year when the pagans cut down their Christmas trees. This tree of this mighty empire was cut down, just as Nimrod was cut down so too was Babylon. He was in fact giving a prophetic warning of a future event.
In the dream was this line “Hew down the tree and cut off its branches, strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit.” This is exactly what happened to Nimrod. Cutting him down and sending each of his limbs and body parts to all the nations of the world at that time as a warning against the apostasy that Nimrod had been teaching them.
Also in this prophecy is another line- “Let his heart be changed from man’s, let him be given the heart of a beast, and seven times pass over him.”
The man was Nimrod and the government he ran grew into the Metropolis of Nineveh and it grew into the Empire of Babylon of which Nebuchadnezzar was now in charge of. This system which began with the thoughts of one man grew into the government which in the bible is constantly referred to as the beast. The Beast is representative of the government that runs this empire back then and does so even to this very day. That beast is now rising up under the Assyrians who are today known as the Germans and the European Empire.
We read in Revelation of a woman that rides the Beast. Today the European Union uses this modern image of Europa riding the beast is the very same description of the whore in Revelation. The bull is the horned beast, and is the same thing Israel made a golden image of at Sinai after coming out of Egypt. This bull or Beast or Government is the government of Nimrod.
In Daniel 2 Nebuchadnezzar had a dream of a great image: “You, O king, were watching; and behold, a great image! This great image, whose splendor was excellent, stood before you; and its form was awesome. This image’s head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighsof bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. This is the dream. Now we will tell the interpretation of it before the king. You, O king, are a king of kings. For the Elohim of Heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory; and wherever the children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven, He has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all—you are this head of gold. But after you shall arise another kingdom inferior to yours; then another, a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth. And the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron, inasmuch as iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything; and like iron that crushes, that kingdom will break in pieces and crush all the others. Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay. And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile. As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay. And in the days of these kings the Elohim of Heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold—the great Elohim has made known to the king what will come to pass after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation is sure.” (Daniel 2:31-45)
Babylon was the head of gold. The Babylonian Empire fell in 539 BCE to the Medes and the Persian. The Medo-Persians were the arms of Silver.
The Angel said to Nebuchadnezzar: “Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave its stump and roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze” The bronze band represents Alexander the Great and Grecian Empire capping the tree killing off its roots by claiming it and redefining it a western mystery religion. This Empire would last a short time and then begin to grow weaker and then back to sleep after the death of Alexander.
The Babylonians had a great influence on the pollution of the Torah, after her the Hellenist and then later again so did the Romans mixing the truth of Torah with paganism of Nimrod. The band of Iron represents the Holy Roman Empire – Mystery Babylon.
The Scriptures say, “Elohim…deposes kings and raises up others.” (Daniel 2:21) However, it is HaSatan that keeps trying to resurrect this unholy empire that stretches back to the time of Nimrod and to Babel. But Yahweh says: “Babylon, the jewel of kingdoms, the pride and glory of the Babylonians,will be overthrown by Elohim like Sodom and Gomorrah. She will never be inhabited or lived in through all generations; there no nomads will pitch their tents, there no shepherds will rest their flocks.” (Isaiah 13:19, 20; see Jeremiah 50:39, 40) Babylon suffered 18 “falls” subsequent to its fall in 539 BCE by Koresh (Cyrus). The final recorded fall was in 122 BCE by Mithradates II. Ironically, Mithradates means “given by Mithra.” the ancient Indo-Iranian god of light was supposedly born on December 25th to the virgin Anahita. HaSatan is trying to usurp the Messiah. “…the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has but a short time.” (Revelation 12:12)
“…the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman (Israel) which brought forth the man child (Messiah).” (Revelation 12:13)
In Daniel 5 we read another great prophecy dealing with Mystery Babylon: “King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles…he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver goblets that Nebuchadnezzar his fatherhad taken from the Temple in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines might drink from them…As they drank the wine, they praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone. Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it wrote…This is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN ‘Here is what these words mean: Mene: Elohim has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end. Tekel: You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting. Peres: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.’” (Daniel 5:1, 2, 4, 25-28) “MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN,” are measurements of weight. MENE = 50 SHEKELS, MENE = 50 SHEKELS, TEKEL = I SHEKEL, UPHARSIN = 25 SHEKELS…totaling 126 SHEKELS. “…the shekel shall be twenty gerahs…” (Ezekiel 45:12) 20 x 126 = 2,520 GERAHS.
Daniel understood this time prophecy meant Yahweh’s judgment on Babylon. That’s why he said, “Your kingdom is weighed and wanting, divided, numbered and finished!” (Daniel 5:26) MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN = 2,520 or, the Scattering that would last 2,520 year period. This is a year of sevens, 7 x 360 = 2520. When we add the 2,520 years to the year that Cyrus defeated Babylon in 539 BCE, we end up in the year 1982. That’s the year Pope John Paul II told the Church to come back to its roots. A clear reference to this mighty tree that once was; the pope was telling people to get back to their Christian catholic roots.
We add seven more years onto that, we come to 1989 the year the German wall came down to unify the German people. The snake that was wrapped around the tree. These last days this stump of the Fir tree which represented Nimrod is coming back to life, being resurrected by haSatan. This last empire of Mystery Babylon is taking shape.
The Christmas tree is a yearly reminder of the impending destruction of Mystery Babylon. The Christmas tree spoken of in Jeremiah and spoken of by Stephen just before he was killed was also used in prophecy by Daniel. In chapter 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Yahweh through Daniel shows in separate chapters things surrounding this Christmas tree also known as Nimrod and Babylon. He does this to warn us of what is to come based on the history of what already has been. When the watcher spoke in Daniel 4:13-14, “In the visions of my head on my bed, I looked and saw a Watcher, even a set-apart one, coming down from the heavens. He cried aloud and said this, ‘Hew down the tree and cut off its branches, strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.”
Listen to the alarm sounded by Jeremiah: “Flee from Babylon! Run for your lives! Do not be destroyed because of her sins. It is time for Yahweh’s vengeance; He will repay her what she deserves. Babylon was a gold cup in Yahweh’s hand; she made the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore they have now gone mad. Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken… We would have healed Babylon, but she cannot be healed; let us leave her and each go to our own land, for her judgment reaches to the skies, it rises as high as the heavens.’ Yahweh has vindicated us; come, let us tell in Zion what Yahweh our Elohim has done… Yahweh’s purposes against Babylon stand.” (Jeremiah 51:6-10, 29)
It is the same as reading in Revelations 18: “‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’She has become a dwelling for demons and a haunt for every impure spirit…Come out of her, my people,’so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues; for her sins are piled up to heaven, and Yahweh has remembered her crimes… Come out of her, my people, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues; for her sins are piled up to heaven, and Yahweh has remembered her crimes. Give back to her as she has given; pay her back double for what she has done. Pour her a double portion from her own cup. Give her as much torment and grief as the glory and luxury she gave herself. In her heart she boasts, “I sit enthroned as queen. I am not a widow; I will never mourn.” Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her: death, mourning and famine. She will be consumed by fire, for mighty is Yahweh our Elohim who judges her.’” (Revelation 18:2, 4, 5-8)
In both cases we are warned to get away from the falling tree so we do not get hurt. “Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.” (British Statesman and Philosopher Edmund Burke (1729-1797)) “Those who do not know history’s mistakes are doomed to repeat them.” (Italian philosopher, essayist poet and novelist George Santayana (1863-1952)) Those who do not know history will be caught up in it when it is repeated.
King Messiah YahShua is coming and He is going to cut down this Christmas tree which is the worship of Nimrod for the last time. He will not decorate it but instead will utterly destroy it so that it never comes again.
Originally written by Rabbi Robert O. Miller on Dec. 20th, 2010
(Robert Owen Miller 1957-2021)
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