2019 Shuv Show: "A Midnight Clear", Christene Jackman

Shuv Show:
"A Midnight Clear: What does Yeshua (Jesus) think of Christmas?"
Christene Jackman ©12.19.2019
https://www.ChristeneJackman.com

EXCERPT: "Welcome to the Shuv Show, I’m your host Christene Jackman.
It came upon a midnight clear, that glorious song of old:
an avalanche of commercials bending near the earth
to touch their registers of 4th Quarter gold.

Do you hear what I hear? Their blatant and subliminal carols rear:
Give Give. Get Get. Spend Spend. Debt Debt.
Call me a Scrooge. Call me a Grinch. I no longer celebrate Christmas.
Now—before you faint from that giant gasp that’s welling up from the depths of your being—hear me out as to why.

I grew up celebrating Christmas—the story of the Birth of Jesus, mingled with Santa Claus, Christmas trees, tinsel and presents. Chasing that elusive so-called “christmas spirit” year after year, spending money I couldn’t afford on gifts and food. If it’s such a great idea, then why do so many people suffer from depression this time of year? Why: because their longing for fulfilment cannot be satisfied by such an empty system. The problem is that it’s not Christmas—it’s really Christ-mess… M. E. S. S.

When I confess to christmess keepers that I no longer do Christmas—after their eyes roll back into their heads and they can breathe again—the first thing they gasp is: “Don’t you want to celebrate the birth of Christ?!”

I know it’s a totally foreign thought to most. I get that. Before I knew what I know now, my reaction would have been the same. But actually, what is the most important question to ask?

WHAT DOES MESSIAH YESHUA (JESUS) THINK ABOUT THE PRACTICE OF CHRISTMAS?
Isn’t that fair? To start there? Rather than what you and I or they think? Isn’t God’s opinion the one that really counts? Yes? Of Course. Okay. Let’s look first at the facts . . . "