WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT EASTER? THE BIBLE ANSWER: THE CELEBRATION OF EASTER IN NOT BASED ON THE BIBLE. If you look into its history, though, YOU WILL SEE THE TRUE MEANING OF EASTER — IT IS A TRADITION based on ANCIENT FERTILITY RITES. CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING. 1. NAME: THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA SAY: “The English name Easter is of UNCERTAIN ORIGIN; THE ANGLO-SAXON PRIEST VENERABLE BEDE IN THE 8TH CENTURY DERIVED IT FROM THE ANGLO-SAXON SPRING GODDESS EOSTRE.” Others link it to ASTARE, the PHOENICAN FERTILITY GODDESS WHO HAD THE BABYLONIAN COUNTERPART ISHTAR. 2. HARES, RABBITS: These are symbols of fertility “HANDED DOWN FROM THE ANCIENT CEREMONIAL AND SYMBOLISM OF EUROPEAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN PAGEN SPRING FESTIVALS.”— ENCYOPAEDIA BRITANNICA. 3. EGGS: According to MYTHOLOGY and LEGEND, the HUNT for EASTER EGGS, supposedly brought by the Easter rabbit, “IS NOT MERE CHILDS PLAY, BUT THE VESTIGE OF A FERTILITY RITE.” Some cultures believed that the decorated Easter egg “COULD MAGICALLY BRING HAPPINESS, PROSPERITY, HEALTH, AND PROTECTION.” —TRADITIONAL FESTIVALS. 4. NEW EASTER OUTFIT: “It was considered discourteous and therefore BAD LUCK to greet THE SCANDINAVIAN GODDESS OF SPRING, OR EASTRE, in anything but fresh garb.” 5. SUNRISE SERVICES: These have been linked to rites of ancient sun worshippers “PERFORMED AT THE VERNAL EQUINOX WELCOMING THE SUN AND ITS GREAT POWER TO BRING NEW LIFE TO ALL GROWING THINGS.”—CELEBRATIONS — AMERICAN HOILDAYS. THE ORGIN OF EASTER: “There is no doubt that THE CHURCH IN ITS EARLY DAYS ADOPTED THE OLD PAGEN CUSTOMS and GAVE A CHRISTIAN MEANING TO THEM.” THE BIBLE WARNS AGAINST WORSHIPPING GOD BY FOLLOWING TRADITIONS OR CUSTOMS THAT DISPLEASE HIM. (Mark 7:6-8) Second Corinthians 6:17 states: “‘SEPARATE YOURSELVES,’ says our Heavenly Father, ‘AND QUIT TOUCHING THE UNCLEAN THING.’” EASTER IS A PAGEN HOILDAY THAT THOSE WHO WANT TO PLEASE GOD WILL AVOID. GODS WORD IS VERY CLEAR. There can be NO SHARING between the “LIGHT OF TRUE BELIEFS AND THE DARKNESS OF SATANS WORLD; there can be no “HARMONY” between CHRIST AND PAGEN WORSHIP. WE ARE TOLD:
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 03:22:24 +0000
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