You Decide The bible says Hosea 4:6 my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children. So Gods people are destroyed from a lack of knowledge, not by sickness but by lack of knowledge. That being said I here are some facts about Halloween, some knowledge for you to think about and you decide if its ok to celebrate or not The Origins of Halloween Three hundred years before Jesus was born, a civilization of people called the Celtics lived throughout the British Isles, Scandinavia, and Western Europe. They were a common group, much like many segments of society today, but they were controlled by a secret society of priests and pagans called the Druids. The Druids were satanists who worshipped and served the demonic god of death -Samhain (pronounced Sa~man). These satanic priests literally controlled peoples lives through the mechanism of fear, and much death, disease and destruction came upon the Celtics as a result of the Druids and their practices. Each year on October 31st, the Druids celebrated the eve of the Celtic new year in honor of their pagan god, Samhain. The Festival of Samhain, more accurately called The Festival of Death, was officially known, and is still recognized today by all satanists, occultists and devil worshippers as the eve of the new year for witchcraft. Anton Lavey, author of The Satanic Bible and high priest of The Church of Satan, says there are three important days to satanists: 1) Their birthday, 2) April 30th, and 3) THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY -HALLOWEEN Lavay says it is on this night that satanic, occult and witchcraft powers are at their highest potency level, and any witch or occultist who has been having difficulty with a spell or curse can usually achieve success on October 31st because Satan and his powers are at their best that night. October 31st, Halloween, is the eve of the new year fort hose that practice witchcraft. The World Book Encyclopedia says it is the beginning of all that is cold, dark and dead! When you out to go trick-or-treating youre actually celebrate all that is cold, dark and dead! Trick-or-Treat. How did it start? The Druid priests would go from house to house demanding all sorts of strange foods for their own consumption and to offer later to Lord Samhain at The Festival of Death. If the village people would not give them the foods demanded they would speak a .demonic curse over the home, and history claims that someone in that family would die within the year. Thus you have trick~or~treat! The Druids would carry with them a large turnip, which they had hollowed out on the inside and carved a face on the front, to represent the demonic spirit they depended upon for their power and knowledge. This spirit is called a familiar spirit. (See Acts 16: 16-18) The turnip, lighted by a candle from within, was used as a lantern for the Druids as they went from house to house at night. Now, it was believed by the Druids that their familiar spirit would inhabit these turnips and assist them in carrying out the spells spoken over the homes and lives of those refusing the Druids demands. When this practice came to America in the 18th and 19th centuries, turnips werent that prominent, but we did have a vegetable native to this country that was soon substituted for the turnips. Thats right the pumpkin. The name given to the spirit which inhabited the turnip was Jock, and upon arriving in America it became .Jack., who lives in the lantern or Jack.~O~ Lantern. As you can clearly see, there is NOTHING Christian about Halloween. It is today what it has always been -A day dedicated to the devil. How Did It Get Into The Church? When Constantine became Emperor of Rome, , he made a law declaring Christianity (which was Catholicism at this particular time in history) to be the official state religion. Having been recently converted by a tremendous martyr of that time, Constantine was zealous in his new found faith and dernandedas emperor that everyone become a Christian or face the penalty of death. This was the old throw them to the lions that the Christians had been facing for years. Well, you can imagine what happened. The churches were flooded with pagans. Not converts, but rather pagan people forced to join the Catholic Church or lose their lives for defying the Emperor. As this happened, the priests and especially the Pope faced some serious problems. These people were bringing all their pagan practices and ideas into the church including The Festival of Samhain. They wanted no, demanded that this festival remain a part of their lives. Since the church was unsuccessful in getting the pagan practices out of the the people, it was decided to sanctify some of them. Especially this October 31st ritual called The Festival of Samhain.ln the 9th century the Pope declared a new day to be celebrated by the church on November 1st, called All Saints Day. This day is in honor of all the martyred saints of the church, and October 31st became the eve of All Saints Day. Now, the church contended, the people I could still have their festival on October 31st because November 1st was a holy day. The Mass said on All Saints Day is the All~ hallowmas and over the years the evening before became known as: All Hallows Eve -All Hallowed Eve -All Hallow Een -and finally Halloween. But, the problem was that nothing changed. The people didnt lay down their pagan rites and worship of devils for this new eve established by the church. They didnt have prayer meetings or worship services to thank Almighty God for the saints already gone. What it was in the beginning, it now still is. Halloween is a day that honors and promotes all that is cold, dark and dead. When you start making preparations for a Halloween Party, you dont go to the store and purchase pictures of Joan of Arc, the disciples of Jesus, or any other Christian saint. You look for ghosts, witches, black cats, ghouls, etc. Halloween is a day for devils -not saints. What the Pope attempted to do in the AD 8OOs backfired, because in making Allhallow~ mas holy, Halloween became recognized by the church as a religious holiday, and nothing could be further from the truth. In reality, all Halloween is and ever will be is The Festival of Sarnhain, the Lord of Death. Halloween has no roots in the Church, but is firmly rooted in the occult, witchcraft and satanism. Doreen Irving, who was the ruling witch of Western Europe and the British Isles and was the mistress of the high priest of Satan over that same area, is now a born-again, spirit-filled Christian. She says, If Christian parents had any idea of what Halloween really is, they wouldnt even mention the word around their children. What Should Our Position I as A Christian Be? You Decide The most common complaints about anyone taking a stand against Halloween is: 1. Youre trying to take all the fun out of little out of our lives, 2. Youre trying to make something out of nothing because i dont believe in that stuff. Just because you dont believe in something does not mean that its not real. I know some people who dont believe weve ever landed a spaceship on the moon. They believe that those television pictures are just made up.But, tell me something. Does that change the fact that man has walked on the surface of the moon? Of course not! Facts are facts regardless of what some people choose to believe. Just because you dont visualize Halloween as really demonic and as something dangerous to your life does not keep you from Satans intended desire which is to instill FEAR! DEATH! DESTRUCTION! in peoples minds. Just because you dont worship Satan, doesn’t give you the right to serve him one night out of the year in the name of fun Think about this. What is Halloween besides fear, horror, ghosts, witches, goblins and devils? God is Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Strength,Life, Freedom, Resurrection 2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear... Matthew 6:24 No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both … 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 Dont become partners with those who reject God. How can you make a partnership out of right and wrong? Thats not partnership; thats war. Is light best friends with dark? Does Christ go strolling with the Devil? Do trust and mistrust hold hands? Who would think of setting up pagan idols in Gods Holy Temple? But that is exactly what we are, each of us a temple in whom God lives. God himself put it this way: Ill live in them, move into them; Ill be their God and theyll be my people. So leave the corruption and compromise; leave it for good, says God. Dont link up with those who will pollute you. I want you all for myself. The Word of the Master, God. Ephesians 5:11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. Amos 5:14 Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the LORD God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is. Romans 16:19 b. but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil. James 4:17 Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesnt do it, sins Philippians4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things. 9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me - put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. Everything about Halloween is of the devil. I have given you some knowledge, now you decide what to do with it.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 03:20:39 +0000
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