[Philip Benjamin]
Christmas has a suffix of “Mass” which comes from the Latin word missa
meaning “sent” used since the 6th or 7th century to describe the Catholic
celebration of the Eucharist (The Breaking of Bread or Communion Table) when
the priest or deacon dismisses the worsippers in Latin “Ite, missa est”. There
is no memorial for birthday of Christ (Christmas) in the Bible, but the
Messiah’s death is memorialized in the “Lord’s or Communion Table or Breaking
of Bread”, first initiated by the Messiah immediately after the “Last Supper”
or Passover before “Crucifixion” (Matt. 26:17-18; Mark 14:12-16; Luke 22:7-13).
The early Church (100% Jewish) observed the Communion daily in the Jerusalem
Temple and later on First Day (Acts 2:46; 20:7).
The willing, vicarious death of the Messiah is effected ONLY on the
cancellation of the “Sentence of Death” by the ONLY Sentencer through the
agency of the “Sola Scriptura” and the conviction of the “Solus Spiritus
Sanctus”, in the willing acceptor. YHWH is the Second Person of the Triune who
genetically encoded death penalty as the consequence of insubordination to
Adonai (plural) YHWH (single) Elohim(uni-plural). The incarnation of the Second
Person is the “Theanthropic Zygote”—100% divine and 100% human-- without any
human agency of male and female. The Almighty is mighty enough to perfect
that. The birth, life and death of the “Sentencer” is the record of the 66
Books from Genesis to Revelation—the Lamb ordained, but was slain, from the
foundation of the world, buried, risen, ascended and imminently (not
necessarily immediately) returning to establish the Kingdom (Genesis 3:15;
Romans chapter 5; Galatians 3:16; Ephesians 1:4; 1 Peter 1:19-20; Revelation
13:8). A fortuitous combination of circumstances including the tyrannical
decree of taxation by Caesar Augustus fulfils Micah 5:2 prophecy in Bethlehem
Judah. Even if there was room in inn, the privacy of a cave- manger would have
preferred for the delivery of the Lamb “Born Crucified”.
In fact that is the whole story of Christmas—the Mass for the Christ
Baby” in Remembrance (Luke 22:19).
Philip Benjamin
Note: Hindu/Buddhism, Muslim views on death: They are given below (Atheistic
nihilism not included):
https://slife.org/islamic-view-of-death/
Islamic Vie of Death. “However, a continuity between all these ideas derived
from the basic sources from the Quran and Islamic narratives. One canonical
idea is, that the angel of death (Malak al-Maut) appears to the dying to take
out their souls. The sinners’ souls are extracted in a most painful way while
the righteous are treated easily.
Another common idea, although appearing relatively late in Islamic traditions,
adds that, after the burial, two angels – Munkar and Nakir – come to question
the dead in order to test their faith. The righteous believers answer correctly
and live in peace and comfort while the sinners and disbelievers fail and
punishments ensue. The time period or stage between death and the end of the
world is called the life of barzakh. Suicide, euthanasia, and unjust murder as
means of death are all prohibited in Islam, and are considered major sins.”
https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/gravematters/2017/03/05/hindu-perspectives-on-death-karma-and-its-implications/
“Hindu Perspectives on Death: [Reincarnation] Karma and Its Implications”.
“Hindu perspectives on death center on the idea that a person’s spirit (atman)
is permanent; it lives beyond a biological death. In stark contrast, the
physical body is almost like a temporary inhabitation, something disposable
that you leave behind with the rest of your material belongings when you die”.
https://www.alislam.org/khilafat/Khilafat: “Khilafat the successorship of
prophethood. After Prophethood, Khilafat is the most important institution in
Islam. Khulafa are ultimately appointed by God through His Divine guidance.
Though Khilafat had disappeared, it has been re-established as prophecied by
The Holy Prophet, Muhammad” https://www.britannica.com/event/Khilafat-movement
“Mahatma Gandhi’s noncooperation movement for Indian freedom, promising
nonviolence in return for his support of the Khilafat movement. In 1920 the
latter movement was marred by the ḥijrat (Urdu: “exodus”; recalling Muhammad’s
Hijrah from Mecca) from India to Afghanistan of about 18,000 Muslim peasants,
who felt that India was an apostate land. It was also tarnished by the Muslim
Malabar rebellion in south India in 1921, the excesses of which deeply stirred
Hindu India. Gandhi’s suspension of his movement and his arrest in March 1922
weakened the Khilafat movement still further. It was further undermined when
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk drove the Greeks from western Asia Minor in 1922 and
deposed the Turkish sultan Mehmed VI in the same year. The movement finally
collapsed when Atatürk abolished the caliphate altogether in 1924”.
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