Amuca SDA Secondary School - Lira

As Amuca SDA Secondary School, we welcome everyone to join hands together as we begin the hurdles through term three 2019. Thanks for the support in whatever way rendered through term two. of God is the Source of Wisdom #

Dear Amuca SDA family, it's a pleasure that we're through 2018 with good health. We cordially wish you a successful year end and as well a splendid season celebration. We're looking forward to offer you the best still come 2019. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom

Good morning family. With great pleasure, we announce to you that one of us, Mr. Kica Godfrey Manass together with Ms. Judith Edyedo calls everyone to grace their wedding slated for The 28th December, 2017 SDA Secondary School. Come one come all

Hello everyone. Term one 2017 is soon starting. We are pleased to inform you that we're currently admitting new students to join the school. Admissions is currently ongoing at school. You can also pick admission forms from HERITAGE PRINTERS AND COMPUTER BUREAU at Jinja camp, opposite the grinding mills (Directly opposite Ogwal Olule Millers ). Come and join us for the betterment of your future. Thanks, I'm Mgt

THE ANATOMY OF CHRITSMAS

DEUTERONOMY 12:29-32; "The LORD your God will cut off before you the nations you are about to invade and dispossess. But when you have driven them out and settled in their land, 30 and after they have been destroyed before you, be careful not to be ensnared by inquiring about their gods, saying, "How do these nations serve their gods? We will do the same."

Evolution:
What is the meaning of Christmas? Where did the customs and traditions originate?
You, as a Christian, would want to worship the Lord in SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH, discerning good from evil. The truth is that all of the customs of Christmas were practiced before the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas in our day is a collection of traditions and practices taken from many cultures and nations.
How did it start?
HELENA, the mother of Emperor Constantine was the first seed of confusion planted in the field of Christianity.Constantine was a brilliant military commander, who recognized that after declaring Christianity the “STATE” religion, he had forced all the pagans of his empire to be “BAPTIZED” into the Roman Church as there was need for UNION between paganism and Christianity.

How did it come to be the Birthday of Jesus?
Christmas was not among the earliest festivals of the Church. It was not celebrated, commemorated, or observed, neither by the apostles nor in the apostolic church -- not for at least the first 300 years of church history! The date of December 25th comes from Rome and was a celebration of the Italian god called Saturn, and the rebirth of the sun god. The pagan Romans believed that daylight began to increase after December 22nd, when they assumed that the sun god died.
These pagans believed that the sun god rose from the dead three days later as the new-born and venerable sun. Thus, the Babylonian mystery religions were introduced by Constantine beginning in 313 A.D.
Pagan holidays were reclassified as Christian holidays (holy-days).
December 25th was the "Victory of the Sun-God" Festival in the pagan Babylonian world. It was the birthday of the gods. Moreover, all of December 25th's Babylonian and Roman festivals were characterized by 5-7 day celebration periods of uncontrolled eating, s*x, drinking and dancing.
Christianity had to undergo a transformation so that pagan Rome could “convert” without giving up its old beliefs and rituals. The actual effect was to paganize official Christianity.

Now, let's look at a few applications in use on Xmass:

Christmas Tree –
Evergreen trees, because of their ability to remain green through-out the winter season when most other forms of vegetation are dormant, symbolizes immortality, fertility, s*xual potency, and reproduction, and were often brought into homes and set up as idols.

CHRISTMAS WREATHS –
In pagan world, evergreen means eternal life and a never-dying existence. Made from evergreens, Christmas wreaths were most frequently round, which symbolized the sun. Hence, the round Xmas wreaths stand for an eternal sun, a never-dying or self-renewing sun.

The mistletoe plant:
The white berries of mistletoe plant were believed by pagans to represent droplets of the semen of the sun god.

THE HOLLY WOOD :
Witches and other pagans regarded the red holly as a symbol of the menstrual blood of the queen of heaven, also known as Diana.
Both holly and mistletoe were hung in doorways of temples and homes to invoke powers of fertility in those who stood beneath and kissed, causing the spirits of the god and goddess to enter them.

SANTA CLAUS OR “FATHER CHRISTMAS”:
Is a Dutch “Sant Nikolaas.” (“Saint Nicholas” was the 4th century Catholic bishop of Myra in Asia Minor, who gave parties to children; he was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church, “regarded as a special friend and protector of children.”

Christmas Eve –
"Yule" is a Chaldean word meaning "infant." Long before the coming of Christianity, the heathen Anglo-Saxons called the 25th of December "Yule day" -- in other words, "infant day" or "child's day" -- the day they celebrated the birth of the false "messiah"! The night before "Yule day" was called "Mother night."

Check out this quote:
"IT'S CHRISTMAS EVE. A SPECIAL NIGHT. THE NORTH STAR SHINING REALLY BRIGHT. CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS SPARKLE AND SHINE. PARENTS SIP A GLASS OF MULLED WINE. EXCITED CHILDREN IMPATIENTLY WAIT; MUST NOT BE IN BED TILL LATE.
THE FAINT SOUND OF BELLS ON A SLEIGH MUST MEAN SANTA IS ON HIS WAY! WITH STOCKINGS HUNG THEY CLIMB INTO BEDS, THOUGHTS OF PRESENTS FILL THEIR HEADS. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT TOMORROW BRINGS; TOYS, GAMES AND SPARKLY THINGS"

Today it is called "Christmas Eve." "Mother night" was observed centuries before Jesus was born. Semiramis (Nimrod's wife) was the inventor for "Mother night," and "Child's day" was the supposed birthday of her son (Tammuz), the sun-god!

THE YULE LOG:
The Yule log was considered by the ancient pagans as a sacred log to be used in their religious festivals during the winter solstice; the fire provided promises of good luck and long life.
Each year's Yule log had to be selected in the forest on Christmas Eve by the family using it, and could not be bought, or the superstitions associated with it would not apply.

Candles:
Candles were lit by the ancient Babylonians in honor of their god, and his altars had candles on them. Like the Yule log, they had to be a gift, never a purchase, and were lighted and extinguished only by the head of the household.

Giving of Gifts –
One prominent tradition was the Roman custom of exchanging food,, candles, or statutes of gods during the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar. This custom was transferred to December 25th by the Roman Church in keeping with the Saturnalian festival and in celebration of St. Nicholas.

Christmas Goose –
The "Christmas goose" and "Christmas cakes" were both used in the worship of the Babylonian "messiah." In Egypt, the goose was a symbol for a child, ready to die! In other words, a symbol of the pagan "messiah," ready to give his life for the world. This is obviously a satanic mockery of the truth.

Christmas Ham –
Pigs were slaughtered and the eating of the carcass was one of the central festivities. Each man would offer a pig as a sacrifice because superstition held that a boar had killed the sun deity Adonis. Hence, the tradition of the Christmas ham on Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

Christmas Stocking –
According to tradition, a poor widower of Myra, Turkey, had three daughters, for whom he could not provide a dowry. On Xmas-Eve, "Saint Nicholas" threw three bags of gold down the chimney, thereby saving the daughters from having to enter into prostitution.One bag rolled into a shoe, and the others fell into some stockings that had been hung to dry by the fire. Hence, the beginning of the tradition of the "Christmas stocking" or "boot."

Xmas Cards:
The first British Xmas card can be dated back to 1843. The first cards featured pictures of dead birds! Later, the cards displayed dancing insects, playful children, pink-cheeked young women, and festively decorated Christmas trees. The first actual Xmas cards were really Valentine's Day cards with different messages sent in December

As the Bible clearly states in JEREMIAH 10:2-4, "Thus saith the Lord, learn not the way of the heathen; and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven. For the heathen are dismayed at them. For the customs of the people are vain. For one cutteth a tree out of the forest. The work of the hands of the workman with the axe. They deck it with silver and with gold. They fasten it with nails and with hammers that it move not."

So, what is wrong with Christmas?
To say that Jesus was born on December 25th is a lie! The true date is sometime in September according to the Scriptures.
Trees, wreaths, holly, mistletoe and the like are strictly forbidden as pagan and heathen! To say that these are Christian or that they can be made Christian is a lie!

The Lord never spoke of commemorating his birth but rather commanded us to remember the sacrifice of His suffering and death, which purchased our salvation.
Think about it! Can we worship and honor God by involving ourselves with customs and traditions, which God Himself forbade as idolatry?
Can we convince God to somehow "Christianize" these customs and the whole pretense and lie of Christmas, so we can enjoy ourselves? Can we obey through disobedience?

On behalf of Amuca SDA Secondary School - Lira, we extend our sincere gratitude to everyone for being part of us in our pursuit to attain our core objectives. As we come to the end of 2016, there are hurdles that each one of us has gone through whereas others are still going through still. We weish u the best of this year's ending and a splendid new year 2017 as we begin another long journey of life. Best wishes .

Dear members, as we come to the end of the year, it's important that we make a forensic life audit and see whether we got more fixed assets to retain and carry forward to the new year or current liabilities that we need to drop. It's our choices that determine the flavor of our lives. Wishing you all a happy ending