Question: In
the article Mystery Babylon: The
Origins of
Saturn, there is a statement that says we are "strangers to
Sabbaths."  Is this a mistake?  I am not
understanding what is meant by that.

Answer: The
phrase in question comes from a quote by Tertullian, an early Christian
writer. Tertullian wrote in the third century when use of the Julian
calendar with its pagan religious observances was
becoming very wide-spread among Christians.  Tertullian was making
the point that Heaven’s holy days were no longer being observed. 

In the quote, Tertullian was listing
off the Creator’s true holy days: "Sabbaths, and new moons, and [annual]
festivals" stating that these observances were "once acceptable
to God," (and still were) but now those who claimed to
be
"Christians" were no longer keeping them!  All of these holy
days Tertullian listed off can only be calculated using the
luni-solar
calendar of scripture.  As the Christians of his day accepted
Julian calendation for their religious observances, they also accepted
pagan
holidays.  In this way, they became "strangers" to Yahuwah’s
holy days.

The days Tertullian next listed
off
were all pagan holidays: "Saturnalia, the feasts of January, the
Brumalia,
and Matronalia."  Interestingly enough, this list is still
observed today.  Most of them have coalesced in the modern Christmas
celebrations. 
Saturnalia was from December 17-December 23, but the rites of worshipping
the
evil god, Saturn, during Saturnalia, are still around in the dearly
beloved Christmas "traditions" of today.

Brumalia was the name of the
festival that was actually held on December 25.  It commemorated the
birth
of Tammuz, as the reincarnation of Nimrod, the original post-flood
apostate. 
The "feasts of January" refers to January 6, etc., and it is from
them that we get the "Twelve Days of Christmas."  Matronalia was
celebrated March 1 in honor of the goddess Juno. 

Tertullian laments that the heathen
were much more faithful to their
religion, because they were extremely careful to adopt nothing
from the Christian religion while, on the
other hand, Christians were whole-heartedly embracing anything and
everything
pagan!  

Read Tertullian’s quote again
with
this in mind, and it will come alive:

By
us who are strangers to Sabbaths, and new moons, and [annual] festivals,
once
acceptable to God [Yahuwah], the Saturnalia, the feasts of January, the
Brumalia, and Matronalia, are now frequented; gifts are carried to and
fro, new
year’s day presents are made with din, and sports and banquets are
celebrated
with uproar; oh, how much more faithful are the heathen to their
religion, who
take special care to adopt no solemnity from the Christians.