Should Christians Celebrate Advent? | Scott Aniol

[@Stef-in-the-Philippines]

Beautiful job, beautiful summary. Grateful for your insight and elucidation -- TY

[@Reformed5Solas]

Insightful. Impactful. Relevant. Thank you, Dr. Aniol. Your brother in Christ, David. (P.S. Please give Bobby a hug for me! 😊)

[@user-bo3rx7ow7b]

Thank you so much for this video. I’ve been searching for years for an explanation like this!!!

[@LittleBritchesAB75]

Me too!!

[@realfetchboy]

Really helpful, Scott, thank you!

[@Savedbygrace22]

Thank you, it always seems to come down to the reason we celebrate or do the things we do. We are so thankful for Christ’s coming and resurrection and ascension. If we celebrate those days for that reason then it is truly a celebration not under compulsion and as a ritual given by a so called church authority. The NT clearly says we are free from slavishness to feast days etc. Praise God!!! 🙏✝️

[@10minbreak]

Thank you, this is so helpful. The liturgical calendar may not be mandatory but it is very helpful for those who want to intentionally remember and meditate on (all these) important events every year. I appreciate your thoughtful, well-researched and articulate explanation.

[@doreta1970]

Very helpful. Thank you so much

[@MobileTechGaming]

Very interesting as i got a happy new year at the start of advent which confused me. Thanks for helping clear up the historicity of it all

[@genewood9062]

You are new to me. I watched a couple of minutes, and thought, this guy knows what he's talking about. Great synopsis of the history of the Christian calendar. What one scholar called, "the sanctification of time". Not mentioned in the New testament; but still a useful teaching aid, and guide to worship. Uses the repeated CYCLE of the solar year to focus our minds on the LINEAR movement of salvation time from Adam to Jesus to the New Jerusalem! :--}>

[@thundergrace]

YES!

[@ExaltedTilemaker]

The Bible warns us that observing certain days is no way to gain God's favor, but at the same time, any Christian is allowed to observe whatever day they want as special if they so choose to do so for the Lord. Where the catholic church went wrong, however, is acting like breaking the fasts they instituted as tradition during the advent means you have sinned. That is a man made doctrine treated as a commandment from God, and Jesus had some harsh things to say about that the religious leaders at the time when they did this.

[@Pastor_Grant]

As long as you're not celebrating Lent......That's another Catholic practice that has been picked up by Baptists in recent times as well. Advent is harmless, Lent is a different story - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqvReKZjhrFkedU

[@charliek2557]

Of course we should, it focuses our attention on Jesus!

[@Realitytime2024]

I praise God for sending His son, for Christ, tortured and dying on the cross because of our sin. I don't need a specific day to celebrate and remember it. We all look at things differently, so if you choose to do it, it is your decision and business. I don't answer for you, and you don't answer for me. You don't need a day.

[@patrickdillon9188]

There are so many different doctrines and ideas among protestant denominations that I don't understand how you can try to make it sound like all protestants think the same way.

[@silverearth134]

I agree with the essence of your message about Easter but what bothers me is Gods word saying this… Easter / Ishtar Ezekiel 8:14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. Jeremiah 7:18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

[@silverearth134]

I agree with the essence of your message about Christmas and advent but what bothers me is this. Deuteronomy 12:30-31 30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. 31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. Christmas Jeremiah 10:1-5 cut tree, deck with gold n silver. 1 Kings 1:22-23 green tree, high places, hills 2 Kings 16:3-4 2 Kings 17:10-11 2 Chron 28:4 Isaiah 57:5 Jer 2:20 , Jer 3:6, Jer 3:13 Ezekiel 6:13, Ezek 17:24, Ezek 20:47

[@marshallalbritton9521]

Very helpful about the history. The legalistic piety about American Consumerism was unnecessary and detracted from the presentation.

[@10minbreak]

As a Baptist, that was the part I appreciated most! He makes a good point that we are all influenced by some tradition whether we like it or not.

[@OldMovieRob]

So it's allowed, but at the same time it's not regulative, correct?

[@donajohanna]

Complicated... how to put 33 years in 1 year. 🙈 So! And what is in Scripture? I celebrate Christ every day. And no seasons! Non!

[@NarrowPathDoctrine]

Your statement about Christmas as almost a "passing" comment is simply uneducated brother. You have not gone down the proper rabbit holes to see that regardless of what church history says, it is indeed as pagan as it gets, tied to the birth of Tammuz. Jesus was born in September. One can clearly glean that from the Bible. As well, any of these "man made" traditions, regardless of what the church fathers did in the 300's, are just that, man made traditions. The "church" is called to praise and worship God EVERY day, not just Sunday either. There is no need to set days or time periods aside.

[@joelcane4882]

I watched this presentation closely, and enjoyed the expose. My problem is when you stated the 4 weeks of "traditional" celebration of "Advent," beginning well before Christmas. As you proceeded, you pretty much pinned down the 12 Days as being from Dec.25-Jan.6. So my question is whether or not it is more appropriate to observe a "traditional" timeline, or a more strict biblical one. As you surely know, anything involving "tradition" is biblically problematic, as it allows man-made concepts onto an equal playing field with biblical and God-ordained precepts. RELIGION, as most people understand it, includes Christianity- this is certainly NOT the case, as Christianity has not a single bone of religion in its body. Christianity is NOT a religion, it is FAITH. This is why following Yashua Hamashiach is the ONLY faith- everything else, (developed by MAN) is religion. Thanks for your work, and may our blessed Lord give you grace. In His Name, Joel

[@Taterstiltskin]

Christianity most certainly is a religion, and so is caring for widows and orphans (James 1:27) and secular humanism or gender ideology for that matter. faith is present in Christianity but also the laws of physics and whether or not your plane stays in the sky long enough to reach destination. you're trying to make an argument of semantics where it isn't necessary. Christianity is a religion by definition, and definitions matter. being the one one that is accurate and saves is true but a different topic.

[@AlftraZignTriOxide]

"anything involving 'tradition' is biblically problematic" I believe this is an incorrect statement. The Bible doesn't condemn the having of tradition. What is wrong is when that tradition is set over scripture and Christ. Traditions, if glorifying to God, are not in and of themselves bad. We don't want to overreact to the Roman Catholic by pretending tradition doesn't exist. It's not infallible, it's not authoritative, but it's not bad.

[@teckwee18]

Didn't know Jan 6 is a special day.

[@timothymcdonald7407]

So you’re saying the Catholic Church is the one true church. Nice

[@joelcane4882]

Actually, he didn't say that. He basically said the Catholic Church was influencial with the liturgical calendar, which is the focal point of American consumerism marketing going off the rails.

[@gregb6469]

The Roman Catholic Church post-dates the first celebrations of these various holy days by Christians. The RCC as we know it today did not exist in the first several generations of the Christian era.

[@patrickdillon9188]

​@@gregb6469But we know now, from history, that God allowed it to prosper and grow, proving that it is the one true Church.

[@HearGodsWord]

Perhaps it's Eastern Orthodox rather than Roman Catholic. More likely, its not a man-made/physical 'church'