Ok, lets finish this thing. We will not review at this point since you can look back on your own, so, lets look at our original paragraph for reference and start:
You can find him in any mall prior to Christmas, sitting on his throne while lines of children wait just to sit on his lap and be judged; "have you been a good little boy..." This jolly old man, his head and beard as white as snow, that rides in a sleigh, pulled by reindeer, giving presents to good little boys and girls if their name is in his book. All with the help of Santa's elves. Just fun fantasy you say?
We are going to look at three things:
First: "if their name is in his book." Santa's Naughty & Nice book of course!
Romans 14:12 NASB So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God.
Revelation 20:12 NLT I saw the dead, both great and small, standing before God's throne. And the books were opened, including the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books.
Second: "All with the help of Santa's elves." What is an Elf?
A supernatural creature of folk tales, typically represented as a small, elusive figure in human form with pointed ears, magical powers, and a capricious nature. (Dictionary)
A imp, goblin or troll. (Thesaurus)
An elf is a being of Norse mythology. The elves were originally thought of as a race of divine or semi-divine beings (wights, vættir) endowed with magical powers, which they use both for the benefit and the injury of mankind. (Wikipedia)
Ernie, are you trying to tell me those cute little elves are really goblins and trolls? YES!!!
Let me ask you a question; What do you think satan REALLY looks like? Does this picture capture at least something of what we expect? What does the Bible say about his physical features?
2 Corinthians 11:14-15 NLT But I am not surprised! Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no wonder that his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. In the end they will get the punishment their wicked deeds deserve.
Third: "Just fun fantasy you say?" The children don't think it is fantasy, Santa is very real to them!
"Fantasy plays an important role in any religious curriculum, for the subjective mind is less discriminating about the quality of its food than it is about the taste. . . Thus, fantasy is utilized as a magic weapon [in Satanism]. . . The Satanist maintains a storehouse of avowed fantasy gathered from all cultures and from all ages."
(Anton Szandor LaVey, The Satanic Rituals, p. 15, 27)
Now that is scary! Let me end with this (Ernie, I thought this would never end): Santa, take the third letter and place it in the fifth position - what does it spell? SATAN!? This is called an Anagram.
Anagrams can be traced back to the time of Moses, as "Themuru" or changing, which was to find the hidden and mystical meaning in names.
Please don't blindly accept or reject what we have written about these past few weeks. Your job is to check and see if it is true. Most people don't want to really know the truth, so when they find something important to them they can not understand why people won't examine their evidence either?
Check out this site for a much more in debt look at Satan, I mean Santa (do I) by Dr Terry Watkins Th.D.
You can find him in any mall prior to Christmas, sitting on his throne while lines of children wait just to sit on his lap and be judged; "have you been a good little boy..." This jolly old man, his head and beard as white as snow, that rides in a sleigh, pulled by reindeer, giving presents to good little boys and girls if their name is in his book. All with the help of Santa's elves. Just fun fantasy you say?
We are going to look at three things:
First: "if their name is in his book." Santa's Naughty & Nice book of course!
Romans 14:12 NASB So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God.
Revelation 20:12 NLT I saw the dead, both great and small, standing before God's throne. And the books were opened, including the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to what they had done, as recorded in the books.
Second: "All with the help of Santa's elves." What is an Elf?
A supernatural creature of folk tales, typically represented as a small, elusive figure in human form with pointed ears, magical powers, and a capricious nature. (Dictionary)
An elf is a being of Norse mythology. The elves were originally thought of as a race of divine or semi-divine beings (wights, vættir) endowed with magical powers, which they use both for the benefit and the injury of mankind. (Wikipedia)
2 Corinthians 11:14-15 NLT But I am not surprised! Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no wonder that his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. In the end they will get the punishment their wicked deeds deserve.
Third: "Just fun fantasy you say?" The children don't think it is fantasy, Santa is very real to them!
"Fantasy plays an important role in any religious curriculum, for the subjective mind is less discriminating about the quality of its food than it is about the taste. . . Thus, fantasy is utilized as a magic weapon [in Satanism]. . . The Satanist maintains a storehouse of avowed fantasy gathered from all cultures and from all ages."
(Anton Szandor LaVey, The Satanic Rituals, p. 15, 27)
Now that is scary! Let me end with this (Ernie, I thought this would never end): Santa, take the third letter and place it in the fifth position - what does it spell? SATAN!? This is called an Anagram.
Anagrams can be traced back to the time of Moses, as "Themuru" or changing, which was to find the hidden and mystical meaning in names.
Please don't blindly accept or reject what we have written about these past few weeks. Your job is to check and see if it is true. Most people don't want to really know the truth, so when they find something important to them they can not understand why people won't examine their evidence either?
Check out this site for a much more in debt look at Satan, I mean Santa (do I) by Dr Terry Watkins Th.D.
