SANTA CLAUS OR SATAN CLAWS

Matthew chapter 18




Today we are walking in: Santa Claus or Satan Claws?







Job 36:4




For truly my words shall not be false: H8267 he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.









FALSE





Today we look to the word H8267 sheqer--lie, deception, disappointment, falsehood; deception (what deceives or disappoints or betrays one)















The Torah testifies...............






Exodus 20:17




Thou shalt not bear false H8267 witness against thy neighbour.





Exodus 23:7




Keep thee far from a false H8267 matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked





Deuteronomy 19:16




If a false H8267 witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;









The prophets proclaim..................





Jeremiah 5:31




The prophets prophesy falsely, H8267 and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?







Jeremiah 23:32




Behold, I am against them that prophesy false H8267 dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.





Jeremiah 37:14




Then said Jeremiah, It is false H8267; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.









The writings bear witness...........................





Psalm 7:14




Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. H8267





Proverbs 11:1




A false H8267 balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.





Proverbs 14:5




A faithful witness will not lie: but a false H8267 witness will utter lies.




The horror to think that so many children put a glass of milk and a plate of cookies out for an imaginary Santa Claus that was supposedly going to break into the house without a key and no chimney. They would be lied to and made to believe that a complete stranger bought presents for them when it was their parents who showered them with love and good things in life.




And today, I am pleading with many of you parents not to defile the souls of your little ones with this idol named “Santa Claus,” who in reality is indeed Satan.




There is a photograph of a child who misspelled the name “Santa” as she wrote “I love Satan!” Do you see how easy it is to deceive children into worshiping Satan? Beloved, do not defile the precious souls of these little ones, as our Messiah warned us what would happen if we do:




Mattithyahuw (Matthew) 18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.




Some of the Christmas Cards from Germany featuring the true identity of Santa Claus. This grotesque-looking creature is the real spirit of Santa Claus unmasked, and he is a demon spirit known in Germany as “Krampus.” This demon (according to folklore), is supposed to be the evil side-kick of Santa Claus himself or his “alter ego.” Krampus’ role is to scare children into being good. All year long children are taught that if they are “naughty” Krampus would come on Christmas with a switch and beat their bottoms. But if they were “nice” then Santa Clause would come and give them toys and treats. The invention of this creature comes from the popular medieval Christmas plays of the tenth through the sixteenth century. These miracle, moral, mystery and passion dramas acted out scenes from the scriptures and the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church. Combining humor and religion, they flourished during the fifteenth century. It is significant that St. Nicholas was a dominant theme among these plays. Much of the myth and outlandish miracles of St. Nicholas originated from these dramas. And much of the bizarre characteristics of Santa were planted in these Christmas plays.---Siefker, Phyllis. Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men: The Origins and Evolution of Saint Nicholas. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1997, p. 69




One of the bizarre jobs of St. Nick’s devilish helper was to “gleefully drag sinners to Hell!” On the eve of December 6th, the myth told that this bearded, white-haired old “saint,” clad in a wide mantel, rode through the skies on a white horse (the rider on a white horse in Revelation 6), together with his slave, the swarthy Dark Helper. This reluctant helper had to disperse gifts to good people, but much preferred to threaten them with his broom-like scourge, and, at a sign of his master, would gleefully drag sinners away to a place of eternal suffering---Renterghem, Tony van. When Santa Was a Shaman. St. Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 1995, p. 111




It is also alarming that Santa’s popular title, “Nick,” is also a common name for “the Devil.” “Old Nick” is a well-known British name for the Devil. “It seems probable that this name is derived from the Dutch Nikken, the devil.”----Shepard, Leslie A. Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology. New York: Gale Research Inc. 1991, p. 650 Nick, the devil---Skeat, Walter W. Concise Dictionary of English Etymology. Ware: Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1993, p. 304




The Devil has other names besides the name Satan. He is also called Beelzebub or Lucifer. And in popular or rustic speech by many familiar terms as Old Nick---(Oxford English Dictionary). Nicholas is one of the most common devil’s names in German, a name that remains today when Satan is referred as Old Nick---Siefker, Phyllis. Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men: The Origins and Evolution of Saint Nicholas. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1997, p. 69




There is another Christmas card from Austria, just before World War II. It features a Big Black Horned thing which is “Krampus,” once again the demon that comes with Santa bringing a “bag of Switches” for boys and girls that don’t behave. He would also kidnap and eat them. This is the origin of “Santa’s Little Helper” which later became the Elves at the North Pole. Every year in Austria they have a big party for him in December. Notice the children in the bag that he is kidnapping, and the pine branch from the x-mas tree he is about to beat that couple with, oh, and the goat horns and hooves, just like Baphomet, the goat demon worshiped in Freemasonry.

The German god “Ruebezahl” is a mixture of “Krampus” (the devil) and Santa. In Austria the strange and frightening creature, Krampus, is usually with St. Nicholas and often in chains, is dressed in fur with a scary mask and a long red tongue. Krampus carries a wooden stick or switches to threaten children who misbehave or do not know their lessons. There is an image with a little girl who is praying to the devil and asking for mercy. The creature is the “alter ego” of Santa Claus who would come to punish if the child has not been good all year long, but he comes as a benevolent jolly old fat man known as “Santa Claus” with toys and presents if the child has been good. Our Messiah Yahuwshuwa (Jesus) taught us not to fear evil, nor to fear the devil. We are only to fear The Most High who has the power to determine our eternal destiny:




Luke 12:4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 5 But I will forewarn you whom you shall fear: Fear him, which after he has killed has power to cast into Hell (Gehenna); yes, I say unto you, Fear him.




Satan has successfully caused little children to fear him instead of our Creator The Most High:




Come, you children. . . I will teach you the fear of. . . Santa Claus? (Psalm 34:11)




“...You’d better watch out, You’d better not cry You’d better not pout, I’m telling you why Santa Claus is comin’ to town He’s making a list, He’s checking it twice He’s gonna find out Who’s naughty or nice...”




Children the world over are taught to FEAR Santa. “You’d better go to bed little boy,…..Santa is watching.”




Millions of fearful children are told, “You’d better behave, Santa is watching….. You might not get anything for Christmas.”




It is purely evil for parents to teach their children to fear the devil or Santa Clause. We are told that The Most High has not given us the spirit of fear:




2nd Timothy 1:7 For Elohiym (God) has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.




Romans 8:15 For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but you have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.




We are commanded instead to fear The Most High the Creator of the Universe:




Proverbs 1:7 The fear of The Most High is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.




Psalm 111:10 The fear of The Most High is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endures forever.




You will notice in many of the older Christmas Cards, Santa Claus looks a lot like the Pope carrying his Papal Staff, with his “Dagon” fish-god miter, and he is always with his alter ego, Satan----how telling!