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"When YHWH, your Elohim, will cut down the nations, to which you come to take possession from them, before you, and you will take possession from them and settle in their land, beware for yourself lest you be attracted after them after they have been destroyed before you, and lest you seek out their gods saying, ‘How did these nations worship their gods, and even I will do the same.’ You shall not do so to Elohim, your Master YHWH, for everything that is an abomination of Elohim, that He hates, have they done to their gods; for even their sons and their daughters have they burned in the fire for their gods." (Deut. 12:29-31)

Funny how Torah/Tanakh can mirror so many things even in this day and age. All I ever hear is that when "The Church" took hold it conquered paganism yet instead of eradicating it completely major parts of it were accepted into "The Church" to keep the former pagans happy. These pagan holidays and celebrations then were decreed to be "christian" and therefore became "holy" and "fine".....even though there was no precedence for doing so and in fact the Torah/Tanakh (God's written Word) in multiple places explicitly forbids doing so. Of course it was easy to do this and dismiss Torah/Tanakh (God's written Word) because of the old "Old Testament"/"New Testament" mainstay of Marcionism that still permeates christianity to this day (in the guise of dispensationalism and covenantism).

No matter which way you look at it, Christ’s influence here on earth has effectively changed the world for approximately 2,010 years. And yet it is yet another chance at redemption.

2 Corinthians 5:17
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!

This, along with the start of a new year can be celebrated, but it must be met with a willingness to change the heart and life. And for some 2010 years, Christ has effectively done that.