Why did God send HIS son to die on the cross for us???

Question

Why do we celerbrate Jesus' birth durring Christmas and not durring the summer?

Answer 1

For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son.

Answer 2

God's Son was the only one qualified as the "sheep without spot or blemish" to be our substitute, our Mediator. He was born without sin, theGod/man. Christmas? The Church decided on the shortest day of the year to supplant the pagan festivities with a celebration of the birth of Christ. The argument FOR a summer celebration: the shepherds were out in the fields at night, but it is too damn cold in winter. On the other hand, the shepherds were out in the fields in winter because these sheep were to be sacrificed in the Temple on the high Holy Days.

Answer 3

The exact date of the messiah's birth is unknown. But based on the scripture that says the shepherds were out in the fields tending to thier sheep does suggest that it was likely in the spring. I believe Christmas time was selected as the celebration of His birth in order to counter the pagan festivities of the time. As to WHY God sent His Son to die on the cross for us when He could have just certainly wiped us all out again, I believe it was so that we would have the free will to either choose fellowship with Him, or choose the way of the devil. That way, only those who desire God will spend eternity with Him in heaven and there will be no one there held against their will. I hope this helps.

Answer 4

Well is was for the Israelites to Claim all that they had written. Because the bible scholars a do not know when he was born and the Church Of England claim that pagan holiday as the birth of Jesus, which the scholars still do not know if he was a man or half man/god or a myth

Answer 5

We celebrate it during the winter and not the summer because it replaced the pagan Winter Solstice, honoring the birth of the Sun God.

(Holly, ivy, mistletoe, the yule log, the giving of gifts, a decorated evergreen tree; all these, too, were originally pagan traditions.)

Answer 6

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.
It depends on where you live whether it is summer or winter. In the southern hemisphere Christmas is celebrated in the summer and in the northern hemisphere Christmas is celebrated in winter.

Answer 7

Christ had to die on a branchless tree to fulfill the covenant of the sacrificial lamb. This is something that Christians are not taught much about, how the Temple was formed, its design, and how each year a lamb was sacrificed to forgive the sins of Israel. The lamb's throat would be cut to allow its soul to be pored out on the ground, followed by the destruction of its flesh on the alter in the Holy. The ashes were than taken into the Most Holy by the High Priest, who had to crawl on their hands and knees to get under the great curtain made of spun gold, that completely covered the Most Holy. Christ was the lamb, his blood let out onto the ground and his flesh destroyed. With this, the sacrifice in the Temple was no longer needed, especially since God's Holy Spirit no longer resided there, as was evident when the great curtain tore open for all to see inside.

As for Christmas, I've sure you already know that it is based on a pagan holiday, and its purpose was to make it easier to convert pagans to Christianity, but did you know that it caused a split in the church, with the Greeks separating themselves. They wanted to have the event in January 5th, which they still do to this day, along with all eastern orthodox churches.

Finally, the question you need to really ask yourself is why do you observe Christmas, a day that Christ didn't say anyting about observing, but not the memorial of the Last Supper on the day Christ did say to keep? Why do we make a man made observance more important than one we suppose to keep?

Answer 8

God sent His Son to die for us, to show how much he loves us. Jesus' death was the ultimate sacrifice, who else is gonna do that for sins that WE commit. As far as Christmas, I'm not sure what calendar was used back then, but it translates to December, being the month of Christ's birth.

Answer 9

The reason we celebrate the birth of Jesus on Dec 25 and not on Passover, is because the catholic church took all that was held holy by the pagans and made it holy to Christians by giving them 'Christian' names. Dec 25 is the birthday of Tammuz, not Jesus, so Jesus can not be the reason for the season.

Answer 10

Jesus died for all people,For God so loved the world that he sent his only begotten son into the world that they might be save.We could never have done this for ourselves.

Answer 11

He didn't, and we celebrate Christmas in the winter because it was adapted from the pagan celebrations around the time of the winter solstice.