While out of order of how I want to put these comics together, with a national holiday in the U.S. coming up, I thought it appropriate. When going down the path of doing Bible things in Bible ways and looking at many of the holidays that are celebrated and their origins, some tend to lump all extra-Biblical holidays into the "pagan" bucket and toss them all out.

If that is where you feel led, I am not going to tell you to do otherwise. However, if you are looking into things and people are telling you these things, that is where I would want you to challenge.

Independence Day, July 4th, is one national holiday here in the U.S. that I can find no pagan origins for. The fireworks being shot off are simulating the gun and cannon fire from the war. (See lyrics to Star Spangled Banner.) The cook-outs over a grill in the backyard is the default thing to do on most national holidays here in the U.S.

I bring this up as there are those out there that will find problems that aren't there. They will equate things with the holiday that aren't part of it. Let's take another example of Thanksgiving. I've seen several posts during the time of Thanksgiving saying it is a pagan holiday. However, there is evidence that Thanksgiving may have been based on the Biblical Holiday of the Feast of Tabernacles. In the books of the Maccabees, historical books that were included in the Septuagint Bible, we see when the Temple was rededicated, they celebrated a Sukkot type holiday due to the previous Temple dedications happening during Sukkot. So, making a holiday based on one of God's Holy Days isn't unheard of. Which means that having a celebration outside of God's Holy Days is also not unheard of. There is also no command given stating that God's Holy Days are the only things that can be celebrated. Also, we see celebrations happening throughout the Bible. Yeshua's first miracle happened at a wedding celebration.

My point to all this is: just because someone screams "pagan", doesn't necessarily mean it's true. Search it out, look at both sides of the issue (not just one side of it) and most importantly: pray about it. He will lead you where you need to go.

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