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Paul Hwu
Jesus Christ was Jewish and he was born on Jewish lunar based calendar and not a pagan solar calendar. God allowed all these deception because the bible warned about such in the N.T. Why would God allow it? It is to test each and every one of us and God did not create people like a computer or robots. Revelation 11:1-3 reminds us to measure inside the temple and not the outside courtyard of it because the temple belongs to God and the courtyard are given to the pagan and the unbelievers. Christmas is NOT the temple of God because it is based on the solar and pagan calendar. HOW can Christmas be part of God's temple when the dates are not consistent throughout the world AND it is on a pagan calendar system?