Thursday, December 24, 2020

THE TRUE DATE OF CHRISTMAS

 


HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!

Notice I did not say “Merry Christmas!” Well, because December 25 isn’t really, truly, the correct day of Christ’s birth. By now because of the advancement in communication and technology, and the availability of treatises and data in the Internet, most people know this fact. The question is, why haven’t the different Christian churches, especially the Catholic church who instituted this wrong date, corrected the error.

Two popes, both name John Paul did try to correct the error. They both died of questionable circumstances.


FILIPINOS ARE BLESSED

Filipinos are really blessed. Why? Because for some divine reason, perhaps, they start celebrating Christmas on September 1, which is the correct day. In the Philippines, you’ll start hearing Christmas songs exactly on the first of September, and that has been the tradition for over half a century. 


THE CORRECT DAY

The date December 25, A.D. 1 is absolutely wrong in all contexts, Biblical, historical and scientific.

In Chapter 2 of the Gospel According to Matthew, it is narrated that wise men/visitors from the East came to Jerusalem seeking He who has been born King of the Jews.” They said they saw “His Star in the East and have come to worship Him.

According to an old Chinese Han Dynasty astronomical record, a supernova occurred on September 1, 5 B.C., visible for about seven months along a path from the eastern sky, going westward “above the heavens from the Heilong Jiang (Black Dragon River, China) passing the Gobi and Taklamakan Deserts on to Hyrcania (Caspian Sea), and farther west to where the Mediterranean and Red Seas meet.” Similar records occurred in Korean, Mongolian, and Mesopotamian (Iraq) archives.

 

IT’S IN THE BIBLE

“Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a Son and His name shall be Immanuel.” – Isaiah 7:14, c.f. Matthew 1:23.

Prophesied 700 years prior to the glorious event, the Bible narrates significant facts that contradict December 25, A.D. 1 as Jesus Christ birth day. Among them the pasturing of sheeps (July to October), clear night sky in the Middle East (March to October), the reign of King Herod I (73 – 4 B.C.), and Quirinius was appointed legate governor of Syria (5 B.C.) by Emperor Augustus (63 B.C. – A.D. 14) who ordered a census be made (also 5 B.C.).


ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE MISTAKE 

Historically, the December 25 day was adopted from two pagan traditions, the Saturnalia and the Sol Invictus. It was done to subjugate the pagans into accepting Catholicism. There were those who attempted to correct this Catholic mistake, among them two popes, John Paul I (real name Albino Luciani, 1912-1978) and John Paul II (Karol Jozef Wojtyla, 1920-2005), but they died (some alleged they were assassinated) before it was even propose.

 

So you should give the greetings of MERRY CHRISTMAS on SEPTEMBER 1.

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

KOMIKS FIRST ISSUE COVER STORIES


 KOMIKS FIRST ISSUE COVER STORIES

        Philippine komiks, in general, contains several stories per issue. Some are short stories that conclude on the issue itself, but most are novel which runs for more than 10 issues or so. As such, it is like a magazine that has cover stories.

        The first issue of any publication is always highly collectible. In Philippine komiks, the cover story of the first issue adds to its value, especially if the story is written by a popular writer or drawn by a famous illustrator.

        Below are samples from the late 1950s to the early 1960s.

On the cover of Tsampiyon Komiks #1, March 30, 1957,
“Mobile Patrol,” written and drawn by Miguel Parungao.

On the cover of Redondo Komix #1, May 7, 1963,
“Ang Maskara ni Palos,” written by Virgilio Redondo & drawn by Nestor Redondo.

On the cover of Makabayan Komiks #1, June 7, 1963,
“Lapu-Lapu,” written by Zenaida Flores and drawn by Vidal Malatbalat.

On the cover of Bolniks Komiks Magasin #1, August 7, 1963,
“Amalia Darling,” written and drawn by Jim Fernandez.

On the cover of CRAF Klasix #1, January 29, 1964,
“Conquistador,” written by L. P. Calixto and drawn by Alfredo Alcala.



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