Bible Question: I was wondering where in scripture it talks about pagans decorating trees for pagan worship. I must have missed that part during my readings of the Old Testament. What would that have to do with decorating a tree now for the celebration and honoring of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ? It seems to me that whatever a man does to honor God would be a good thing. I"m not too off base here, am I? |
Bible Answer: A few people have tried to make the argument that you can't have a tree based on Jeremiah chapter 10 Jer 10:1 Hear the word that the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel. Jer 10:2 Thus says the LORD: "Learn not the way of the nations, nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens because the nations are dismayed at them, Jer 10:3 for the customs of the peoples are vanity. A tree from the forest is cut down and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman. Jer 10:4 They decorate it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so that it cannot move. Jer 10:5 Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field, and they cannot speak; they have to be carried, for they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good." Jer 10:6 There is none like you, O LORD; you are great, and your name is great in might. Jer 10:7 Who would not fear you, O King of the nations? For this is your due; for among all the wise ones of the nations and in all their kingdoms there is none like you. Jer 10:8 They are both stupid and foolish; the instruction of idols is but wood! Jer 10:9 Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz. They are the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith; their clothing is violet and purple; they are all the work of skilled men. Jer 10:10 But the LORD is the true God; he is the living God and the everlasting King. At his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his indignation. |
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