Many people have heard the story of Saint Nicholas. He was a bishop who lived in Asia Minor in the fourth century, who gave candy to children and gifts to poor people. Christian mothers often tell the story of this man to their children to explain to them who Santa Claus is. However, he is not the only one whom Santa represents, and the part of his story that does relate to Santa Claus has been distorted so severely that people worship Saint Nicholas as a god.
During his life he did some kind things. Before he became a bishop, he was wealthy. He found out about a father of three daughters who did not have enough money to give them dowries and who was afraid no suitable young men would marry them. The man was about to sell his oldest daughter into slavery so she would not have to starve. Nicholas tossed a bag filled with gold into their open window one night and hurried home so they would not know who did it. The father was very grateful and arranged a marriage for his daughter. The same thing happened with his next oldest daughter, because he was still poor, and Nicholas threw another bag of gold through the window. When it came time for his third daughter to be married, he did not make plans to sell her, although he was still poor. He waited in the shadows to see if the stranger would throw another bag of gold through his window, and caught Nicholas one night and thanked him. Nicholas made him promise not to tell anyone, so he kept it a secret until he was on his deathbed. This kind act of Nicholas helped earn him the title of a saint.
He was born in Asia Minor, now Turkey, in about 280 AD. Nicholas means ‘hero of the people’ in Greek. But it also is a well-known name for the devil. His parents taught him to think of others before himself. They died of a plague when he was about twelve. Nicholas gave much of his inheritance to charity and devoted himself to studying religion. He became a Catholic priest at age nineteen, and soon afterwards he became a bishop. This tall, thin man was known for his kindness and many joined the Catholic church because of him.
In 303 AD, when Roman emperor Diocletian ordered all citizens of the Roman Empire to worship him as god, the Christians refused. Many were imprisoned and tortured, including Bishop Nicholas. He lived in a small cell for more than five years, but remained faithful to God, and encouraged the others to do so also. When Constantine began to rule he ‘acted’ (actually, he was evil, and that is why I said ‘acted’) more sympathetic than Diocletian. He released the Christian prisoners in 313 (however, he murdered believers who kept the Biblical Sabbath and Feast days of our Messiah, so no, he was not a ‘good’ man!) From then on, Nicholas served as Bishop of Myra. He converted many people to Catholicism before he died on December sixth, in about 343 AD.
According to history (or myth), Nicholas experienced an episode of being carried away supernaturally to another location, like Phillip did in Acts 8:39-40. A ship was damaged and sinking in a storm, and the crew prayed to Bishop Nicholas because they heard he had miraculous powers. Then they supposedly looked up and saw him fly down through the clouds in his red bishop’s robes and land on the ship’s deck, and the storm stopped. He prayed with them to thank God for the miracle, helped them push the ship off the rocks and flew up into the sky as he had arrived. Later, the captain and crew went to his church and asked him how he did that. He told them that from an early age he has been able to see people in danger, hear their cries for help and go help them. He said it was God’s will and did not take personal credit for it. Nicholas encouraged them all to devote their lives to God.
After he died, his remains were stored in a shrine built for him. People called him a saint, and they came to this shrine to pray to him to ask for his help. There is a story about a fisherman’s son named Basil who was kidnaped one December sixth by Arab pirates. They made him the cupbearer for their ruler. A year later his parents went to Nicholas’ shrine and prayed for their son. That evening their son appeared in their courtyard wearing Arab clothes and holding a silver cup. He said he was serving a meal when he was suddenly raised into the sky by Saint Nicholas. Nicholas said he was returning him home because his parents prayed so hard for him that morning. Through this he became known as the protector of children. There is no proof that these stories really happened, and I don’t believe they did. Although Nicholas did do some good deeds, he was actually an evil man. I’ll explain shortly.
People believed so much in the supernatural things Saint Nicholas supposedly did, that they began setting out empty shoes and stockings on December sixth, Saint Nicholas Day, after he died. They believed he rode around town on a donkey or beautiful white horse, wearing a red and white robe and carrying a staff. Our Messiah is described in Revelation 19 as coming on a white horse with a sharp sword, and the anti-messiah is described on a white horse with a bow, to conquer in Revelation 6:2. So is Nicholas patterned after one of these? Keep reading!
Dutch children put wooden clogs filled with straw for the donkey and an apple for Black Peter, Nicholas’ assistant, on the fireplace hearth. So far this sounds like an exaggerated myth about Bishop Nicholas after his death, but it gets very ugly. Now we are getting to the other origins of Santa Claus, and the demonic hearth gods.
These people were not honoring the dead Saint Nicholas. They believed his spirit roamed around after his death, rewarding good children and punishing ‘bad’ children. Yahuwah does not send angels to punish bad children, nor does he send spirits of dead people to roam around or punish anyone.
They believed Nicholas defeated the devil and made him his servant, Black Peter, or Krampus. He was a horned creature with fiery red eyes, a long red tongue and soot on his face.
He was believed to follow the ghost of Nicholas carrying a sack or trunk of presents for the good children, and birch rods for spankings for the bad ones. He is even said to eat bad children.
He climbed down chimneys to deliver the gifts. Here are some pictures of Krampus that are actually used as Christmas cards for children in Germany and other countries:
Wow! There are some sick people out there – they actually give these cards to children! Here is a video about Santa that you won't want to miss. I put some comments into it because I believe he got some information wrong. Otherwise I would have just linked you to the original video.
Most believers do not know about the demonic fire or hearth gods that our modern-day Santa represents more accurately than he represents the man known as Bishop Nicholas. The only part about Santa that seems to come from Bishop Nicholas when he was alive is the gift giving and kindness to children, and as a ghost with his 'black Peter' he certainly shouldn't be considered 'kind to children'. He wore a red bishop coat, but it did not look like our modern Santa outfit as much as the hearth god’s outfits did. The red suit and pointed cap lined with white fur, coming down through the fireplace, making his list and knowing if children are naughty or nice, the reindeer who have the ability to levitate, elves, the ability to travel the entire world in one night, leaving snacks for him on Christmas Eve, etc., all come from demon worship.
In the different countries there are many different ‘gift givers’ or hearth gods (demons). They all have different characteristics, yet all are similar. Americans call him ‘Santa Claus’. The British and French call him ‘Father Christmas’, and the Dutch call him ‘St. Nicholas’, or ‘Sinter Claes’. The Germans call him ‘Christkindl’. The Swedish call him ‘Jultomten’. They also honor the woman ‘Saint Lucia’, who they say brings gifts and reveals the future. The Norse god of the Scandinavian countries is ‘Odin’. Norwegians call their gift giver ‘Jule-nissen’. In India it is ‘Agni’, and in China it is ‘Tsao Wang’. In Spain, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Argentina and Brazil, there are three gift givers, the ‘Three Wise Men’, who they claim bring gifts on January fifth. Italians call the female gift giver ‘Befana’ and the Russians call her ‘Baboushka’. Polish children believe their gifts come from the stars. Hungarians say the angels bring them.
Father Christmas came in the 1500’s. During the Reformation, Martin Luther challenged the worshiping of saints and many people stopped worshiping Saint Nicholas. Instead of giving up the worship of idols, they began worshiping Father Christmas, and moved the day from December fifth to December twenty-fourth. He came from the Roman god Saturn. The Saturnalia feast was given in honor of him. King Saturn was a demon idol. Father Christmas was pictured wearing a scarlet robe lined with fur. He wore a crown of mistletoe, holly or ivy and he symbolized holiday feasting, drunkenness and revelry.
Christkindl’s name (Christ Child) was later simplified to ‘Kriss Kringle’. People believed the ‘Christ’ child himself delivered gifts by traveling on a pure white donkey. This is ridiculous, because Yahushuwa had grown up, been crucified and rose from the dead. He was not a child anymore. On Christmas Eve, German children left out plates and bread baskets for the gift giver to fill with cookies, nuts and candy, and they left bundles of straw for the donkey. They believed Christkindl left food, hats, scarves, mittens and toys. Sometimes he left birch rods to remind the children to be good.
The Norse god called ‘Odin’ was believed to have wandered among his people during the Yule season to reward or punish those who deserved it. He had a gray beard and wore a blue cloak with a wide-brimmed hat which he pulled over one eye. The Druids honored him by tying apples and other things to tree branches. The oak tree was their sacred tree, so they probably tied these to oak tree branches.
People still worship the devil under the name Odin, as well as Thor, Sif and other Norse gods. They are called the Odin Brotherhood, and are a polytheistic secret society who believe that the worship of just one god is absurd. To be initiated, a new member must cut themselves three times with a dagger and devote their blood to the gods. Faith is considered a poison that paralyzes the mind, so they seek knowledge instead of faith. They believe they can realize their ‘divinity’ by becoming strong and self-reliant. They do not believe in sin or repentance. If one dies, their soul cannot enter the ‘White-Kingdom’, one of three ‘other-worlds’, unless it exits through a gaping wound, so they believe it is best to die a violent death. And they do not believe in hell.
Jule-nissen wears red, has long white whiskers, and is said to live in a manger in a stable during the year. He is only visible at Christmas.
‘Agni’ was the god of the altar fire, and represented the trinity of life. This idol demon god was believed to be the mediator between people and their gods, like Yahushuwa is our mediator between us and Yahuwah. This is a demon in place of Yahushuwa! He was red and white and had two faces. One face was probably to see the old year pass, and the other to see the new year come, like with the two-faced January fire god. Vedic hymns show that Agni was present in each home to guard, reward and punish the families according to what they deserved. People who worshiped fire and sun gods expressed appreciation to the all-seeing eye or Heavenly Eye. Modern New Age believers still do. There is a symbol of a big eye at the top of a pyramid, on our one-dollar bills, which represents this, and is also the main symbol of the satanic group called the Illuminati. This god supposedly watched everyone and they had better be good or he would punish them. For thousands of years the hearth god has played this role.
The Chinese were very serious about their hearth spirit named ‘Tsao Wang’. They kept their houses squeaky clean when the old spirit was expected to be there, to help placate him. If they were afraid he would say bad things about them in heaven they smeared syrup on the lips of his picture to seal them, when he was due to make his yearly trip to heaven to report to the gods on all the people. This trip was said to happen at Christmas time. He returns at Christmas with favors according to whether the people were bad or good. This demon named Tsao Wang wore a red jacket and pointed red cap. Dolls that represent this god were set in niches by the fireplace or on the mantle (and still are!) Do these Father Christmas dolls look familiar to you? You see them with the Christmas decorations in many retail stores:
People whispered (and still do) their secrets and concerns to the spirit in the chimney or oven, or to the doll, so the ‘friend’ would intercede for them in heaven. The fireplace is the natural entrance and exit of this spirit because he is a fire god.
Catholic Bishop Nicholas became Santa. Now you’re wondering “what did he do that was so evil?” Now, as far as St. Nicholas not actually being a ‘good’ man – did you happen to notice the Catholic ‘fish’ hat he is wearing in many of the pictures?
The pope wears these too. Perhaps you have noticed that and not known what it stands for. Remember when I talked about a merman being ‘Dagon’, the pagan man/fish god mentioned in the Bible? The pope wears the same hat at times that the priests of Dagon wore, and so did St. Nicholas.
It has to do with worshipping the fish god Dagon (they used to wear real parts of large fishes), who is Nimrod after he died and became a ‘deity’, who’s birthday was said to be on December 25th, and who is a demonic pagan god. Nimrod (Dagon) was originally a real man, Noah’s great grandson, is the one who married his mother, Semiramis, who was believed to reincarnate into the Spring Goddess, Eostre (Easter) and together they sacrificed babies to Molech on December 25th and March 25th (during Easter time). Sound like a nice guy?
Genesis10:9 “He was a mighty hunter before Yahuwah: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before Yahuwah.” Sounds like a positive description of him? One wise person looked up the Hebrew word for ‘before’ in this verse and it was not a positive description. He hunted PEOPLE, sacrificing babies to Molech ‘before’ (blatantly right in front of) Yahuwah – in other words, he had no shame and did this evil stuff to mock Yahuwah.
“According to Egyptian mythology, when the judges found Osiris (Nimrod) guilty of corrupting the religion of Adam and cut up his body, they threw the parts into the Nile. It was said that a fish ate one of these chunks and became transformed. Later, Isis (Semiramis) was fishing along the river bank when she fished up a half-man, half-fish. This sea creature was Dagon, the reincarnated Nimrod. And Dagon is the representation of Nimrod (of ancient Babylon) resurrecting out of the ocean depths as a half-man, half-fish. Dagon is the diminutive of dag, and signifies... fish...The Babylonians believed that a being, part man and part fish, emerged from the Erythraean Sea, and appeared in Babylonia in the early days of its history Representations of this fish-god have been found among the sculptures of Nineveh. The Philistine Dagon was of a similar character.” (“Manners and Customs of the Bible” by James Freeman.)
The present pope even mentioned changing the Ten Commandments to make them more user friendly. They believe they have the right to make these changes because they believe the Pope is the vicar of Christ and can do as he pleases. In fact, this new video above just came out this month (it's presently November 14, 2022 as I edit this part):
The Pope or his buddy (which we believe is Trump as the Little Horn in Daniel or the main anti-messiah) will soon set up a ‘throne’ in Jerusalem, commit an abomination of desolation such as proclaim himself to be God and/or sacrifice a pig at the altar. This is when the 3 ½ year tribulation will begin in the near future (I believe in the Spring of 2025).
The Vatican is a hell hole where child sacrifices take place, secretly, as they worship satan and not Yahuwah. Most people do not know this, but Islam was created by the Catholics/Vatican! When the Vatican takes over Jerusalem the Pope will convince the Christians, Jews and Muslims to live together peacefully. Then he will reveal his true identity, an anti-Messiah, and the tribulation begins.
Judges 16:23: “Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.”
1st Samuel 5:2-7: “When the Philistines took the ark of Yahuwah, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of Yahuwah. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of Yahuwah; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him. Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon’s house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day. But the hand of Yahuwah was heavy upon them of Ashdod , and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof. And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us, for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.”
And the dumb morons got rid of the Ark of Yahuwah instead of getting rid of their demon pagan idol Dagon!
The Jewish people are Yahuwah’s ‘chosen people’. They have often rebelled against His laws and statutes, as you read about in the beginning of this book, but He promises in His word that they will return to Him and He will forgive them and He will be their God and they will be His people. When we get born-again, we are grafted in to one of the tribes of Jews. You also read about that earlier. Therefore, we also become His people, even if we are not Jews by birth, and we are to obey His laws and statutes just as the Jews are, because we are one of them. When Yahushuwa died on the cross for our sins, he did it voluntarily. It was planned for a long time before it happened. He is God, Yahuwah, in the form of a human, and chose to do this for His beloved people who have strayed away from Him.
However, Saint Nicholas, being a senior bishop in the Catholic church, made this statement that Jews are “children of the devil that killed our Lord Jesus.” The Jewish Pharisees (the hypocrites, not the Jews who recognized that He was the Messiah and followed Him) ordered the crucifixion of Yahushua, and it was the Roman soldiers who killed Him. They are where the Roman Catholics come from, the great harlot church that the Bible talks about. The Catholic church has murdered somewhere between 50 to 100 million people throughout history, more than any other group or religion. "And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth." (Rev 18:24 KJV)
The Council of Nicea, which Nicholas was a part of, made this rule “Those who openly or secretly keep the Sabbath and follow other practices in the manner of the Jews are not to be received into communion, nor into prayer, nor into the church....” And the Council of Laodicea said “It is not permitted to receive festivals which are by Jews, nor to hold a festival together with them. Christians must not Judaize by resting on the Sabbath, but must work on that day...but if any be found to be Judaizers let them be anathema from Christ.” Constantine reigned from 306–337 AD and Sylvester 1 was the Pope during much of this time period. Sylvester said “If every Sunday is to be observed joyfully by the Christians on account of the resurrection, then every Sabbath on account of the burial is to be execration (loathing or cursing) of the Jews”
For a really good series explaining about the 7th Day Sabbath, watch this video series: THE SEVENTH DAY PART 1 OF 11, ENGLISH VERSION
Constantine became self-appointed Bishop of the Catholic Church and in 321 AD he created the first law regarding the sun-god worship day (Sunday), forcing it on everyone whether they agreed with it or not. “On the venerable day of the sun let the magistrate and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed. In the country however, persons engaged in agricultural work may freely and lawfully continue their pursuits; because it often happens that another day is not so suitable for grain growing or for vine planting; lest by neglecting the proper moment for such operations the bounty of heaven should be lost.”
Then in 325 AD, Pope Sylvester made Sunday the official “Lord’s Day”, even though the Bible says Yahushua is the Lord of the Sabbath, which shows us that the 7th day Sabbath is actually the ‘Lord’s Day”. And in 338 AD, Constantine’s court bishop Eusebius wrote “All things whatsoever that it was the duty to do on the Sabbath (the seventh day of the week) we (Constantine, Eusebius, and other bishops) have transferred to the Lord’s Day (the first day of the week) as more appropriately belonging to it.”
So there it is. Constantine and the Pope and their cohorts, INCLUDING ST. NICHOLAS, decided that they have authority to change the word of Yahuwah, to change dates and times, to change the commandments to their liking, and force these changes on everyone else. So if Santa Claus was really a take-off of St. Nicholas, he represents a Jew hater and a man who believed in changing Yahuwah’s commandments and punishing anyone who chose to obey the Scriptures instead of the Catholic church leaders. Kind of sounds like this Scripture about the anti-Messiah is talking about someone with the same spirit: "And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time." (3 1/2 years) Daniel 7:25.
They made these rules even though the Bible says that keeping Yahuwah’s Sabbaths holy is the main sign showing the world that we are His people, and ‘throughout your generations’ means that it never ends. Exodus 31:13 “Speak you also unto the children of Yisra’el, saying, Verily my sabbaths you shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am Yahuwah that does sanctify you. Above all, keep my sabbaths”
So, if Sabbath keeping is the sign that we are Yah’s people, like ‘God’s seal’, then those who forbid the Sabbath are of the anti-christ, NOT part of Yahuwah’s people! The Bible says that those who don’t keep the Sabbath day holy will be cut off from Yahuwah’s people, and are worthy of death, yet the Catholics punished and even killed people who did keep it, and St. Nicholas was a part of this as a Catholic Bishop. And they made these rules even though the Messiah kept the Sabbaths and festivals, and never did away with them, they were kept after He was crucified, and Scriptures teach that they will be kept in the Millenium and when the New Jerusalem comes to earth for us to spend eternity in (Heaven).
On Christmas day, during Saturnalia celebrated on December 25th, it was the custom to do a ritual sacrificing of a Jew. Nicholas was in agreement with this. He was not a ‘good’ man. He was an evil man who participated in worship of pagan demon gods and who hated Yahuwah’s beloved people, the Jews, and supported torturing and murdering Jews every December 25th.
Yes, they killed Christians for these things, they didn’t just evict them from the ‘church’, even burned them at the stake – basically did the same to them as they did to witches (not that I support burning ANYONE at a stake) for obeying Yahuwah’s commandments in the Bible rather than obeying the leaders of the Catholic church! Queen Isabella, in the Inquisition, even had Christians hunted down in far-away lands and had them murdered for keeping the 7th day Sabbath. This whole attitude was perfectly fine with St. Nicholas (who has a name that is used for satan), as he was at the council meetings and signed the documents!
During Saturnalia in the fourth century, while Nicholas was partially in charge, people were allowed to rape, murder, sacrifice humans including children and babies, have orgies, sing carols in the streets naked, etc, and were not punished for breaking any laws during this festival. The Roman courts were closed and the people could do as they pleased. They believed the sun god and the god of the dead had a battle every winter and this weakened the sun god, causing the colder weather and shorter days. Since the shortest day of the year is in December, the sun god worshippers gave sacrifices to these pagan gods to empower the sun to shine longer making the days longer again. Each Roman community chose someone they considered an enemy of the Roman people, often a Jew, and after indulging that person in lots of food throughout the week, they’d brutally murder that person on December 25th, claiming to be destroying the forces of darkness.
Most of the pagan gods of the world are said to have been born on December 25th, and many are depicted by a virgin mother with a baby god who came to save the world. In an attempt to ‘convert’ pagans to ‘christiantiy’, the Pope declared December 25th as the birthday of our savior, whom they deliberately renamed ‘Jesus’. He thought if he allowed the pagans to continue their festivals as ‘Christmas’, all would be content. So, the early Christmases included drunkenness, fornication, caroling in the streets naked, etc., and today's Christmases include all but the singing in the streets naked.
So, St. Nicholas was not an innocent cute roly poly Santa Claus type of person that many people think he is. He was a part of this changing the holy days of Yahuwah to pagan holidays of satan, and in agreement with the punishment of those who opposed the Catholic church, plus in agreement with the murder of Jews and the killing of children and babies.
Please do not lie to your children and tell them there is a Santa Claus who rides in the sky in a sleigh or a St Nicholas who was a loving kind man that gave gifts to children. Yes he gave gifts to some children, but the other part is a lie. The Bible says it is a sin to lie. Those who willfully sin end up in the Lake of Fire. Santa is portrayed as one who sees you when you are sleeping, knows if you have been bad or good.... Only Yahuwah can do that.... or sometimes demons. Children should not be taught to think there is one who is omnipotent (unlimited and with universal power) except Yahuwah.
The story of Santa is a lie and is not for born-again believers’ kids. Santa is part of America’s Christmas tradition and many people do not want to give him up nor do they want to give Christmas up and keep the Biblical Feast days that our Creator commands us to keep! The Bible has something to say about our traditions that go against Yahuwah’s Word.
Mark 7:7-9 “Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of Yahuwah, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of Yahuwah, that ye may keep your own tradition.”
Yahuwah’s commandments instruct us to celebrate Yahuwah’s Feast days, and Yom Teruah (Feast of Trumpets) is the one that is our Messiah’s birthday. There are no commandments to celebrate His birthday, but there are none saying not to either. Let’s just get the right day.
Mark 7:13 “Making the Word of Yahuwah of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.”
Yahuwah does not want us to lay aside His commandments so we can keep our traditions! If our traditions go against His Word, we are to give them up.
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