Pagan Roots of Halloween

Pagan Roots of Halloween

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Rough Notes -WDHCF

* Where did Halloween originate from?
* How did we get it?
* Halloween was celebrated by pagans centuries before
the First Century Congregation was founded.
* Introduced into the First Century Congregation centuries
after the death of the Apostles, yet it was celebrated by the
pagans centuries before the First Century Congregation was
founded.
* From Halloween Through Twenty Centuries, by Ralph
Linton, page 4, it says, "The American celebration rests upon
Scotish and Irish folk customs which can be traced in direct
line from Pre-Christian times. Although Halloween has become
a night of rollicking fun, superstitious spells, and eerie games
which people take only half seriously, its beginnings were
quite otherwise. The earliest Halloween celebrations were
held by the Druids in honor of Samhain, Lord of the Dead,
whose festival fell on November 1."
* very distant from being righteous festival.
* pagan holiday masquerading as though it was a genuine
custom of the true Congregation of Yeshua / Jesus Christ.
* parents allow their children to get involved in the spirit
of the pagan custom.
* The Encyclopedia Americana states, "it's clearly a relic
of pagan times."
* The Encyclopedia Britannica states, "It long antedates
Christianity. The two chief characteristics of ancient
Halloween were the lighting of bonfires and the belief that
this is the one night in the year during which ghosts and
witches are most likely to wander about. History shows
that the main celebrations of Halloween were Druidical
and this is further provided by the fact that in parts of
Ireland October 31 is still known as Oidhch Shamhna,
"Virgil of Saman.'"
* Halloween celebrated by the pagans long before
Yeshua / Jesus Christ was even born.
* Halloween was celebrated by the Romans.
* Encyclopedia Britannica continues, "On the Druidic
ceremonies were grafted some of the characteristics of
the Roman festival in honor of Pomona held about
November 1, in which nuts and apples, representing the
winter store of fruits, played an important part."
* Halloween's pagan customs are widespread around
the world to celebrate this season.
* The Book of Halloween by Ruth Kelley writes,
"The pagan Druid priests taught the immortality of the
soul, that it passed from one body to another at death ...
They believed that on the last night of the old year
(October 31) the lord of death gathered together the
souls of all those who had died in the passing year and
had been condemned to live in the bodies of animals,
to decree what forms they should inhabit for the next
twelve months. He could be coaxed to give lighter sentence
by gifts and prayers. "
* Halloween Through Twenty Centuries page 5 writes,
"On the New Year, their sins being expiated, they were
released to go to the Druid Heaven."
* Wheel of the Year, picture found here
illustrates Pagan festivals such as Samhain (Halloween),
Yule (Saturnalia - Christmas), Imbolc, Ostara
(Ishtar - Easter) Beltane, Litha, Lammas, Mabon, which
some of their customs have been grafted into Christianity.
* Halloween / Samhain promoted the 'Doctrine of
Immortality of the Soul" that the dead are not really dead.
* almost all heathen countries had festivals or days set
aside to honor the dead.
* These festivals originated from the death of Nimrod,
(Genesis 10:8-10) whom Semiramis said had resurrected
from the dead when an evergreen tree grew out of a
dead tree stump which is the origins of the Christmas
tree associating Yule (Saturnalia - Christmas) to Samhain
(Halloween).
* The meaning of the word "Halloween" - Allhallows or
Hallowmas, or All Saints Day which is one of the festivals
of the Catholic Church says Lintons Halloween Through
Twenty Centuries, page 3.
* Samhain / Halloween was the evening celebration
commencing at sunset, in anticipation of November 1,
honoring the Lord of the Dead.
* Who is Lord of the Dead?
* Yeshua / Jesus Christ states in Matthew 22:31-32
"But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye
not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,
I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the
God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living"
* God is not God of the dead but in reality and in
righteousness, Yeshua / Jesus Christ is Lord of the dead.
* the dead do not serve God (Psalm 6:5, 115:17), the
soul that sins dies (Ezekiel 18:4), the dead know nothing
(Ecclesiastes 9:5), the dead's thoughts perish
(Psalm 146:4), only God has immortality
(1 Timothy 1:17, 6:15-16), and only God can destroy a
persons soul (Matthew 10:28)
* to consult the dead is an abomination.
(Leviticus 19:31, Deuteronomy 18:9-12) and is part of the
abominations of the nations. (Deuteronomy 18:9,
1 Kings 14:24, Ezekiel 6:9)
* How is Yeshua / Jesus Christ Lord of the dead? He
defeated death as atonement for our sins but also to become
Lord of the dead (Romans 14:9)
* Yeshua / Jesus Christ through his resurrection obtained the
keys to
Hades or state of the dead. (Revelation 1:18)
* Who did Yeshua / Jesus take the authority of "Lord of the
Dead" from? Satan / Lucifer ofcourse. (Hebrews 2:14)
* What is Yeshua's / Jesus Christ's function as Lord of the
Living and the Dead?
* on the last day to change the righteous from mortal to
immortal (1 Corinthians 15:51-58, 1 Thessalonians 4:14-18),
to resurrect the righteous to eternal life (John 3:16) and the
unrighteous to resurrection of condemnation
(John 6:39, 40, 44, 54, 11:24-26, 12:48, 5:28-30)
* Paganism make the "Lord of the Dead" other than
Yeshua / Jesus Christ but give authority to deities such
as Samhain, Baal, Nimrod, Hercules, Tammuz, Adonis,
Achilles, Orion, Belial, Mithra, Horus, Osiris, Thor, Yule,
Cronos, Kronus, Saturn, Odin, Bacchus, Dionysus, Molech,
Deonius, Jupiter, Man the Branch, Wodan, Attes, Attis,
and many others depending which variation of paganism
the name derives from.
* Paganism really is worshiping Satan / Lucifer as
"Lord of the Dead" , as Satan deceives the whole world
(Revelation 12:9) and Satan / Lucifer is the Prince the power
of the air (Eph 2:2) and god of this world (2 Cor 4:4).
* Giving these deities the authority of "Lord of the Dead"
rather than Yeshua / Jesus Christ is glorifying Satan / Lucifer
and is a form of Idolatry.
* In my opinion Halloween is Satanic.
* people today are deceived into believing that Halloween
is harmless fun, but infact are honoring Satan on this day.
* most people know deep in their soul that Halloween is
Occult, sinful, and honors Satan / Lucifer
* Apostle Paul states that this kind of worship is worshiping
demons (Galatians 4:8)
* Halloween is not a righteous form of worship to worship
God
* The True God demands that worshipers worship him in Spirit
and in Truth. (John 4:23-24)
* What is the origins of All Saints Day?
* November 1st, derived from the pagans is celebrated by in
hundreds of Churches to honor the dead Saints
* Pope Urban IV states All Saints day is "to honor all the
saints, known and unknown, and to supply any deficiencies in the
faithful's celebration of saints' feasts during the year" according
to Reference Catholic Encyclopedia
* How did Christianity come to venerating saints come to be
observed on the day in honor of the devil?
* The Catholic Encyclopedia continues, "... The Church, feeling
that every martyr should be venerated, appointed a common
day for all."
* The Catholic Encyclopedia continues, "Gregory III (731-741)
consecrated a chapel in the basilica of St. Peter to all saints and
fixed the anniversary on November 1 ... Gregory IV (827-844)
extended the celebration on 1 November to the entire church.
The vigil (Halloween) seems to have been held as early as the
feast itself."
* From Halloween Through Twenty Centuries Ralph Linton says,
"All Saints' Day was introduced into the church calender because
the year was not long enough to make it possible to dedicate a
special day for each spirit of the Catholic Church, ... That the day
chosen was one already associated in the popular mind with a
thronging of spirits of the dead which was quite in line with
church policy of incorporating harmless pagan folk ideas. "
* Protestant Churches observe All Saints' Day "since it was on
this day in 1517, that Martin Luther posted his epoch-making
ninety-five theses on the door of the castle church at Wittenberg,
... He chose Halloween night because he knew that the
townsfolk ... would be coming to the church that night."
(Halloween pp 9-10)
* What is the origins of "Trick or Treat?"
* Where did the prank of children knocking on peoples doors
and shouting "Trick or Treat" come from?
* From Halloween Through Twenty Centuries Ralph Linton
says, "... certainly it comes from pagan times. ... led by a man
in a white robe wearing a horse mask. ... which indicated that this
custom was a survival of a Druid rite."
* The horse head was sacred to the Sun God.
* The procession levied a contribution from the farmers in the
perverted name of what probably was an old Druid god. Unless the
procession was treated liberally with gifts, the farmers were tricked
with the threat of a curse that would ruin following years crops.
* The custom of having processions at Halloween were further
derived by wealthy churches during the Middle Ages copying the
ancient Greek and Roman processions parading the relics of
patron saints.
* Poorer churches could not afford to buy relics so they used
caricatures of their patron saints
* Halloween Through Twenty Centuries page 103 states,
"Those who were not playing the parts of the holy ones also wanted
to get into the procession and so dressed up as angels or devils.
The Allhallows procession around the churchyard eventually
became a gay and motley parade."
* the "Trick or Treat" custom simply derived from these former
degenerate absurd customs which came out of paganism, grafting
them into Christianity labeling them with Christian names.

Shalom
Michael Grant

The Pagan Origins of Easter

What does the term Easter itself mean?

It is not a Christian name. It bears its Chaldean
Babylonian origin on its very forehead. The
popular observances that still attend the period
of it's celebration amply confirm the testimony
of history as to it's Babylonian character. The
hot cross buns of Good Friday and the dyed eggs
of Easter Sunday, figured in the Chaldean rites
just as they do now. The "buns" known too by that
identical name, were used in the worship of the
Queen of Heaven, the goddess of Easter. The
prophet Jeremiah takes notice of this kind of
offering when he says:

Jeremiah 7:18 The children gather wood, and the
fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead
their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven,
and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods,
that they may provoke me to anger.

From where comes the eggs?

The classic poets are full of the fable of the
mystic egg of the Babylonians and thus its tale
is told by Hyginus, the Egyptian, the learned
keeper of the Palatine library at Rome, in the
time of Augustus, who was skilled in all the
wisdom of his native country.

"An egg of wondrous size is said to have fallen
from heaven into the river Euphrates, the fishes
rolled it to the bank, where the doves having
settled upon it, and hatched it, out came Venus,
who afterwards was called the "Syrian Goddess"
-- that is, Astarte. Hence the egg became one of
the symbols of Astarte or Easter.

From where comes the "Easter Bunny"?

That a rabbit, or more accurately a hare, became
a holiday symbol can be traced to the origin of
the word "Easter". According to the Venerable
Bede, the English historian who lived from 672
to 735, "the goddess Eastre" was worshipped by the
Anglo-Saxons through her earthly symbol, the
hare." - Panati's Extraordinary Origins of
Everyday Things pg 55

Easter is another example of a Christianized
pagan festival. For hundreds of years before the
Messiah was crucified the pagans had a festival
which basically celebrated the "Queen of Heaven."
This spring equinox festival was known by
different names in different cultures (Eastre /
Ishtar / Astarte), but the same traditions
associated with it are pagan customs. YHWH (God)
commands us not to worship Him with pagan customs.

Deut. 12:30-31 says, "enquire not after their
gods, saying, How did these nations serve their
gods? even so will I do likewise."

You can choose the broad way (the way the world
/ crowd goes) that leadeth to destruction ...
(Matt 7:13) The pagan bunny fertility symbol -
Ishtar / Eostre to Easter - spring fertility
goddess worship rites. Or you can choose the
narrow way (of truth that few people find), which
leads to life eternal (Matt. 7:14)
- Leviticus 23 eternal feast days and Sabbaths
Obey Elohim's (God's) eternal holy days (Lev. 23)
for all Israel (including grafted in believers in
Yeshua / Jesus) (Rom. 3:31; 11:17, Eph. 2:12-13)
Check a good encyclopedia on Easter / Eastre /
Ishtar.

Shalom
Michael Grant

Valentine's Day and The god of Love

This video exposes the pagan pederastic roots of St. Valentine's Day.
Originally, cupid and his mother were the Madonna and child of
ancient Babylon. He is always represented as a naked little boy with
wings. Cupid is Latin for Eros the god of Love from ancient Greece,
and Amor the Roman god of love, son of Venus and either Mercury
or Mars. This day is dedicated to the fertility worship of ancient
Greece, Rome and Babylon, but has nothing to do with God's Word.

Shalom
Michael Grant

Pagan Roots of Valentine's Day

Where did St. Valentines day come from?

You might suppose that school teachers and
educators would know. But do they? How many of you
were taught the real origin of Valentines Day? Why
should you observe the custom of exchanging
valentines? The silence of educators!!! Teachers
are all too often silent about the origin of the
customs, they are forced to teach in today's
schools! If they were to speak out, many would
lose their jobs!

Isn't it time we examined why we encourage our
children to celebrate St. Valentines Day -- when it
is never so much as mentioned in the Holy Bible as
a practice of the New Testament Congregation?
Today, candy makers unload tons of heart-shaped red
boxes for February 14, while millions of the younger
set are annually exchanging valentines Florists
consider February 14, -- St. Valentines Day -- as
one of their best business days. And young lovers
pair off -- at least for a dance or two -- at St.
Valentines balls.

Why? Where did these customs originate? Where do
we find any such practices in the Holy Bible? How
did we come to inherit these customs? Did you know
that century before Christ, the pagan Romans
celebrated February 15 and the evening of February
14 as an idolatrous and sensuous festival in Honor
of Lupercus, the "Hunter of Wolves"? The Romans
called the festival the "Lupercalia". The custom
of exchanging valentines and all other traditions
in Honor of Lupercus (the deified hero-hunter of
Rome) was also linked anciently with the pagan
practice of teenagers "going steady". It usually
led to fornication.

Today, the custom of "going steady" is thought to
be very modern. It is not. It is merely a rebirth of
an old custom handed down from the Roman festival
of the Lupercalia, celebrated in the month of
February, when names of young women were put into
a box and drawn out by men as chance directed.
When Constantine made Christianity the official
religion of the Roman Empire there was some talk
in church circles of discarding this pagan
free-for-all.

But the Roman citizens wouldn't hear of it! So it
was agreed that the holiday would continue as it
was except for the more grossly sensual observances.
It was not until the reign of Pope Gelasius that
the holiday became a "Christian custom". As far
back as 496 Pope Gelasius changed Lupercalia on
February 15 to St. Valentines Day on February 14.

But how did this pagan festival acquire the name
of St. Valentines Day? And why is the little naked
Cupid of the pagan Romans so often associated today
with February 14? And why do little children and
young people still cut out hearts and send them on
a day in Honor of Lupercus the hunter of wolves?
Why have we supposed these pagan customs in Honor
of a false god are Christian? Who was the Original
St. Valentine?

Valentine was a common Roman name. Roman parents
often gave the name to their children in Honor of
the famous man who was first called Valentine in
antiquity. That famous man was Lupercus, the
Hunter. But who was Lupercus? -- and why should he
have also born the name Valentine among the heathen
Romans? The Greeks called Lupercus by the name of
"Pan". the Semites called Pan "Baal," according to
the "Classical Dictionaries".

Baal -- mentioned so often in the Bible -- was
merely another name for Nimrod, "the mighty Hunter"
(Genesis 10:9). The hunter Nimrod was the Lupercus
-- or Wolf Hunter -- of the Romans. And St.
Valentines Day was originally a day set aside by the
pagans in his Honor! But why should Nimrod have been
called "Valentine" by the Romans? And why should the
celebration of this day have been anciently limited
to the city of Rome before Pope Gelasius' time? What
part did the site of ancient Rome play in the life
of Nimrod?

Valentine comes from the Latin word "Valentinus", a
proper name derived from the word "valens", meaning
"to be strong," declares "Webster's Unabridged
Dictionary". It means literally "strong, powerful,
mighty." Any connection with Nimrod? We read in the
Bible that Nimrod was the "Mighty Hunter"
(Genesis 10:9). It was a common proverb of ancient
time that Nimrod was "the Mighty Hunter before the
Lord." Nimrod was their hero -- Their Strong Man --
Their Valentine!

How plain that the original Valentine was Nimrod,
the mighty hunter of wolves. Yet another of Nimrod's
names was "Sanctus" or "Santa", meaning "Saint". It
was a common title of any hero-god. No wonder that
the Roman Lupercalia is called "Saint Valentines Day"!
But why do we associate hearts on a day on Honor of
Nimrod -- the Baal of the Phoenicians and Semites?
The surprising answer is that the pagan Romans
acquired the symbol of the heart from the Babylonians.
In the Babylonian tongue the word for "heart" was
"bal". The heart --- "bal" was merely a symbol of
Nimrod -- the "Baal" or Lord of the Babylonians!"

Nimrod -- the original St. Valentine -- was also known
as Saturn, the Roman-Babylonian god Hid from his
pursuers in a secret place. The Latin word Saturn is
derived from the Semitic-speaking Babylonians. It
means "be hid", "hide self", "secret", "conceal". The
original Semitic (Hebrew) word, from which the Latin
Saturn is derived, is used used 83 times in the Old
Testament.

According to ancient tradition, Saturn (Nimrod) fled
from his pursuers to Italy. The Apennine Mountains of
Italy were anciently named the mountains of Nembrod
or Nimrod. Nimrod briefly hid out at the site where
Rome was later built. The ancient name of Rome, before
it was rebuilt in 753 B.C., was Saturnai -- the site
of Saturn's (Nimrod's) hiding. There he was found and
slain for his crimes.

Later, professing Christians in Constantine's day made
Nimrod -- the St. Valentine of the heathen -- a Saint
of the Church and continued to Honor him under the name
of a Christian martyr. Why February 14Th? But why
should the Romans have chosen February 15 and the
evening of February 14 to Honor Lupercus -- the Nimrod
of the Bible? (Remember that days in ancient times began
at sunset the evening before.)

Nimrod -- the Baal or sun god of the ancient pagans --
was said to have been born at the winter solstice. In
ancient times the solstice occurred on January 6 and his
birthday therefore was celebrated on January 6. Later,
as the solstice changed, it was celebrated on December
25 and is now called Christmas. It was the custom of
antiquity for the mother of a male child to present
herself for purification on the fortieth day after the
day of birth.

The fortieth day after January 6 -- Nimrod's original
birth date -- takes us to February 15, the celebration of
which began on the evening of February 14 -- the
Lupercalia or St. Valentines Day. On this day in
February, Semiramis, the mother of Nimrod, was said to
have been purified and to have appeared for the first
time in public with her son as the original "Mother and
Child". The Roman month February, in fact, derives its
name from "februa" which the Roman priests used in the
rites celebrated on St. Valentines Day.

The "febua" were thongs from the skins of sacrificial
animals used in rites of purification on the evening of
February 14. Cupid makes his appearance. Another name for
the child Nimrod was "Cupid" -- meaning "Desire". It is
said that when Nimrod's mother saw him, she lusted after
him -- she desired him. Nimrod became her Cupid -- her
desired one -- and later her Valentine! So evil was
Nimrod's mother that it is said she married her own son!

Inscribed on the monuments of ancient Egypt are
inscriptions that Nimrod (the Egyptians called him
Osiris) was "the husband of his mother." As Nimrod grew
up, he became the child-hero of many women who desired
him. He was their Cupid! In the book of Daniel he is
called the "Desire of woman" (Daniel 11:37). He provoked
so many women to Jealousy that an idol of him was often
called the "image of jealousy" (Ezekiel 8:5).

Nimrod, the hunter, was also their Valentine -- their
strong or mighty hero! No wonder the pagans commemorated
their hero-hunter Nimrod, or Baal, by sending heartshapped
love tokens to one another on the evening of February 14
as a symbol of him. Nimrod, the mulatto son of Cush the
Ethiopian, was later a source of embarrassment to the
pagans of Europe. They didn't want an African to worship.
Consequently, they substituted a supposed son of Nimrod,
a white child named Horus, born after the death of Nimrod.
This white child then became the "fair Cupid" of European
tradition.

It is about time we examined these foolish customs of the
pagans now falsely labeled Christian. It is about time we
quit this Roman and Babylonian foolishness -- this Idolatry
-- and get back to the faith of Yeshua /Jesus that he
delivered once for all time. Let's stop teaching our
children these pagan customs in memory of Baal the sun god
-- the original St. Valentine -- and teach them instead
what the Bible really says!

Shalom
Michael Grant

Pagan Roots of New Years

Isn't the beginning of spring a logical time to
start a new year? After all, it is the season
of rebirth, of planting new crops, and of
blossoming. January 1st, on the other hand, has
no astronomical or agricultural significance.
It is purely arbitrary. The celebration of the
new year is one of the oldest of all worldly
holidays.

It was first observed in ancient Babylon about
4000 years ago. The Babylonian New Year began
with the first new moon after the Vernal
Equinox (first day of Spring). The Romans
continued to observe the New Year in late March
but their calendar was continually tampered with
by various emperors so that it soon became out
of sync with the sun. In order to set the
calendar right, the Roman senate, in 153 BC
declared January 1st to be the beginning of
the New Year.

In 46 BC, Julius Caesar established January 1st
as the New Year after the god Janus (January).
Janus was the Roman god of doors and gates, and
had two faces, one looking forward and one back.
Caesar celebrated his first declared New Year
by ording the violent routing of revolutionary
Jewish forces in Galilee. Eye witnessess say
blood flowed in the streets.

In later years, Roman pagans observed the new
year by engaging in drunken orgies. The early
Catholic Church condemned New Years festivities
as pagan. But as Christianity became more
widespread, the early church began having its
own religious observances concurrently with
many of the pagan celebrations, and new years
day was no different.

The tradition of using a baby to signify the
new year began in Greece around 600 BC. It was
their tradition at that time to celebrate their
god of wine, Dionysus, by parading a baby in a
basket, representing the annual rebirth of that
god as the spirit of fertility. Early Egyptians
also used a baby as a symbol of rebirth.

Other traditions of the season include the
making of new year resolutions. That tradition
also dates back to the early Babylonians. The
early Babylonians' most popular resolution was
to return borrowed farm equipment.

Should we celebrate new year? Should we
participate in a festivity that has its roots
in paganism? False worship is unclean and
detestable in the eyes of YHWH / God, and we
should reject practices that have such origins.

"When you come into the land which the Adonai
(Lord) your Elohim (God) is giving you, you
shall not learn to follow the abominations of
those nations." Deuteronomy 18:9

The Apostle Paul wrote: "Do not be unequally
yoked together with unbelievers, For what
fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness?
And What communion has light with darkness?"
2 Corinthians 6:14

"'Therefore, come out from amoung them and be
separate,' says the Adonai (Lord) . 'Do not
touch what is unclean, and I will receive you.
I shall be a father to you, and you will be
sons and daughters to me.'" 2 Corinthians 6:17-18

Indeed, YHWH (God) promises eternal blessings and
prosperity to those who are loyal to him.

"For the Adonai (Lord) loves justice, And does not
forsake His saints; They are preserved forever,
but the descendants of the wicked shall be cut
off." Psalms 37:28

Shalom
Michael Grant

Pagan Roots of Christmas Resources Book 4

Pagan Roots of Christmas Resources Book 4

I am going through all my booklets I have
on the topic so you can read my resources.
If you want to write an article or book
on the topic please feel free to use as
you like.

Rough Notes -TPTAC

- Where did the world get Christmas?
- From Bible or paganism?
- What is the origin of Christmas tree decorated
with tinsel, Santa Claus, mistletoe, holly wreath,
and exchanging gifts, hanging stockings,
Christmas eve. small toys, candies and nuts,
presents hung on the tree and underneath the
tree,
- Parents tell their children the myth that Santa
Claus came down the chimney and brought the
presents
- do we question these customs? Does the Bible
command us to keep these customs? These
customs just existed when we were born and
never question them
- Few people even research why they believe
the things they believe, nor question the
customs they keep and where they come from
- by nature we tend to follow the crowd
- does Christmas really celebrate the birth of
Yeshua (Jesus)? Was Yeshua really born on
December 25th?
- Did the Apostles celebrate Yeshua's (Jesus')
birthday on December 25? Did they celebrate
Yeshua's birthday at all?
- If Christmas is the Chief of all Christian holidays
then why didn't the Apostles nor the first century
Congregation observe it?
- Why do people exchange gifts on Christmas?
was it because of the example of the wise men
or Magi giving gifts to the child Yeshua (Jesus)?
Did they give gifts to the child Yeshua (Jesus)
or the baby Yeshua (Jesus)? How old was Yeshua
(Jesus)?
- Most people assume a lot of stuff about Christmas
so lets stop assuming and look at the facts
- What do encyclopedias say about Christmas?
- The word "Christmas" means "Mass of Christ," or,
as it came to be shortened, "Christ-Mass."
- The protestant denominations got Christmas from
the Catholic Church
- Catholics did not get Christmas from the Bible
- not instructed by Apostles nor first century Congregation
- Christmas crept into the Catholic Church out of
paganism
- Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911 edition article
"Christmas" writes, "Christmas was not among the
earliest festivals of the Church ... the first evidence
of the feast is from Egypt." "Pagan customs
centering around the January calends gravitated to
Christmas."
- Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911 article "Natal Day,"
writes, ".. In the Scriptures, no one is recorded to
have kept a feast or held a great banquet on his
birthday. It is only sinners [like Pharaoh and Herod]
who make great rejoicings over the day in which they
were born into this world"
- Encyclopedia Britannica, 1946 edition writes,
"Christmas (i.e., the Mass of Christ) ... Christmas
was not among the earliest festivals of the
church ...."
- Encyclopedia Americana, 1944 edition writes,
"Christmas .... It was, according to many authorities,
not celebrated in the first centuries of the Christian
church, as the Christian usage in general was to
celebrate the death of remarkable persons rather
than their birth ...." "... A feast was established in
memory of this event [Christ's birth] in the fourth
century. In the fifth century the Western Church
ordered it to be celebrated forever on the day of the
old Roman feast of the birth of Sol, as no certain
knowledge of the day of Christ's birth existed."
- these encyclopedias show that Christians did not
observe Christmas for 2 to 3 hundred years after
Yeshua's (Jesus') birth, death, resurrection and
ascension
- note longer than the length of the history of the
United States
- Christmas did not enter the Roman Church until
fourth century A.D
- Remember we are to prove all things and hold fast
to what is good: 1Th 5:21 - Prove all things; hold
fast that which is good. So by the merit of the
Bible you are commanded to prove all things.
All things is ALL THINGS even including Christmas.
- Yeshua (Jesus) was not born on December 25th
not even in the winter season
- (Luke 2:8) "there were in the same country
shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over
their flock by night" This could not have happened
in the month of December in Judea as the shepherds
would corral their flock and bring them in before
October 15th to protect their flock from the cold
rainy season
- scriptures that prove this: Song of Solomon 2:11
and Ezra 10:9, 13, proving the shepherds could
not leave their flocks in fields in winter.
- Adam Clarke Commentary (Vol. 5, page 370, New
York ed.) writes, "It was an ancient custom among
Jews of those days to send out their sheep to the
fields and deserts about the Passover (early
spring), and bring them home at commencement
of the first rain," During the time they were out, the
shepherds watched them night and day. As ... the
first rain began early in the month of Marchesvan,
which answers to part of our October and November
[begins sometime in October], we find that the sheep
were kept out in the open country during the whole
summer. And, as these shepherds had not yet
brought home their flocks, it is a presumptive
argument that October had not yet commenced, and
that, consequently, our Lord was not born on the 25th
of December, when no flocks were out in the fields;
nor could He have been born later than September,
as the flocks were still in the fields by night. On this
very ground, the nativity in December should be given
up. The feeding of the flocks by night in the fields is a
chronological fact ... See the quotations from the
Talmudists in Lightfoot."
- The Catholic Encyclopedia states that Yeshua (Jesus)
was not born on December 25th
- The exact date of Yeshua's (Jesus') birth is unknown
probably September about six months after Passover.
- If YHWH (G_d) wanted us to observe Yeshua's
(Jesus') birthday why would he completely hide its
exact date?
- How this pagan celebration crept into the true
Congregation: The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia
of Religious Knowledge in article "Christmas" writes,
"How much the date of the festival depended upon the
pagan Brumalia (Dec. 25) following the Saturnalia
(Dec. 17-24), and celebrating the shortest day of the
year and the 'new sun' ... cannot be accurately
determined. The pagan Saturnalia and Brumalia were
too deeply entrenched in popular custom to be set aside
by Christian influence .... The pagan festival with its riot
and merrymaking was so popular that Christians were
glad of an excuse to continue its celebration with little
change in spirit and in manner. Christian preachers of
the West and the Near East protested against the
unseemly frivolity with which Christ's birthday was
celebrated, while Christians of Mesopotamia accused
their Western brethren of idolatry and sun worship for
adopting as Christian this pagan festival."
- before Yeshua's (Jesus') first advent the Roman world
was pagan in belief and practice, Christians were
few in number are were actually persecuted by pagans.
Constantine put Christianity on equal footing with
paganism adopting observances of paganism into
Christianity and making this mix of religions Christianity
the state religion of the Roman Empire in the fourth
century. Hundreds of thousands of pagans were
evangelized into the Roman Church bringing their
pagan observances with them. One of the chief
observances of the pagans was on December 25th.
a festival of merrymaking, special spirit, and they
enjoyed it and didn't want to give it up.
- The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious
Knowledge explains how Constantine adopted
Sunday, the Sun G_d day of worship, into the Roman
Church and how the pagan Manichaeism influenced
the Roman Church to associate the Sun G_d with
the Son of G_d. This logic lead to adopting the
date of the birth date fo the Sun G_d with the
birth date of the Son of G_d.
- That is how Christmas came to us all even in the
West. We may call it Christmas but it still stems
out of paganism. You can call a rabbit a "lion," but
it's still a rabbit, just the same.
- The real origins of Christmas - If the Roman
Catholic Church got Christmas out of paganism
where did the pagans get it? Where, when and
what was Christmas' origin?
- It is the chief observance of a corrupt worship
system called in the Bible "Babylon" it originated
from ancient Babylon and Nimrod whose
beginning was shortly this side of the Flood!
- Nimrod, son of Noah's son Ham and was
founder of this Babylonish system still present
in the world sifted through all the ruling kingdoms
of the world based on competition and profit
creation system
- these ruling kingdoms based on competition
handed down this competition system through
each ruling kingdom
- Nimrod built the Tower of Babel as recorded in
scripture Genesis 10, 10:10, 11:5-9 Nimrod
organized the worlds first Kingdom building
numerous cities which became the Kingdom
of Babylon.
- The name Nimrod in Hebrew is "Marad" which
means "He Rebelled"
- Nimrod married his own mother named
Semiramis. after Nimrod died Semiramis,
his mother/wife propagated the survival of
Nimrod in the spirit, She claimed a full grown
evergreen tree sprung out of a dead tree
stump symbolizing Nimrod resurrecting from
the dead. On the anniversary of his birth
Nimrod would re-enter the evergreen tree and
leave gifts on the evergreen tree. December
25th was the birthday of Nimrod. This is the
origin of the Christmas tree.
- Semiramis deified herself as "Queen of
Heaven" and deified Nimrod as "Divine Son
of Heaven" reincarnated as Tammuz (Eze 8:14)
- Tammuz (Eze 8:14) became the false messiah
son of Baal, the Sun G_d
- this whole myth started a false system of
worship of "Mother and Child" starting from
the original Semiramis and Nimrod/Tammuz
(Eze 8:14) reborn.
- this corrupt system spread throughout the
world under different names:
Semiramis & Nimrod/Tammuz (Eze 8:14),
Egypt - Isis and Osiris, Asia - Cybele and
Deoius, Rome - Fortuna and Jupiterpuer,
- other names for Nimrod/Tammuz (Eze 8:14)
was Ahura-Mazda, Astalluhi, Baal, Ballim, Bel,
Enki, Haoma, Marduk, Mars, Melech, Merodach,
Ninus, Adon, Adonai, Adonis, Aeneas, Attis,
Bendis, Cupid, Mithra, Nabul, Nebo, Osiris &
Serapis
- other names for Semiramis are Anaita,
Aphrdite, Astarte, Ishtar (Easter in english),
Ashtaroth, Ashtoroth, Atys, Ceres, Cybele,
Demeter, Eostre, Eastre, Freya, Inanna, Ostera,
Venus and wife of Baal
- counterparts of this Semiramis & Nimrod/
Tammuz (Eze 8:14) "Mother and Child"
corrupt worship system can be found also in
Greece, China, Japan, and Tibet
- In the fourth and fifth centuries the pagans
of the Roman world were being evangelized
into the Roman Church by hundreds of thousands
bringing their pagan customs into the Roman
Church so the Roman Church began adopting
these pagan customs into the Roman Church
giving these pagan practices Christian names.
- There are similarities between the "Mother and
Child" worship and the veneration of Miriam
(Mary) and the child Yeshua (Jesus)
- The Roman Church in reality is reversing what
YHWH (G_d) views as unholy and making them
holy and sacred
- Sorry my friends YHWH (G_d) views these forms
of worship as pagan idolatry; read further for
proof
- some people take offence to the truth but the
truth isn't always pleasant. here is YHWH's
command: Isa 58:1 - Cry aloud, spare not, lift
up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people
their transgression, and the house of Jacob
their sins.
- this "Mystery" Religion (Revelations 17-18:4)
has gripped the whole world since ancient
Babylon and the Roman Church brought it
into the Christian Church.
- always believed son of Isis (Egypt "Queen of
Heaven") was born December 25th. This
birthday has been celebrated through paganism
for centuries before Yeshua (Jesus) was even
born
- recap: Yeshua (Jesus) was not born on December
25th, the Apostles did not observe December
25th, did not celebrate Yeshua's (Jesus') birthday,
nor did the first century Congregation celebrate
December 25th nor Yeshua's (Jesus') birthday
- There is no command in scripture to observe
December 25th nor celebrate Yeshua's (Jesus')
birthday in fact observing birthdays is also pagan.
- What about Jude 3 - Beloved, when I gave all
diligence to write unto you of the common salvation,
it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort
you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith
which was once delivered unto the saints.
- Logic should dictate that if the Apostles nor first
century Congregation did not observe it then it is
not part of the "Faith delivered to the Saints" so we
should not observe it
- these pagan observances derived from Chaldean
Mysteries have been sifted through the centuries
and have found its way into the Christian Church
-Origins of Holly Wreath, Mistletoe, and Yule Logs:
- Mistletoe was used by the pagans in the Winter
Solstice because it was considered sacred to the
Sun, and because of its miraculous healing power.
kissing under the Mistletoe was beginning stage of
revelry and drunken debauchery . Winter Solstice
in fact is the celebration of the death of the old
sun and the birth of the new sun and Mistletoe is
a parasite.
- Holly berries considered sacred to the Sun G_d
- Yule log in fact is a sun log. Yule means wheel
a pagan symbol of the sun
- The Encyclopedia Americana writes, "The holly,
the mistletoe, the Yule log ... are relics of
pre-Christian times."
- The book "Answers to Questions", by Frederick J.
Haskins writes, "The use of Christmas wreaths is
believed by authorities to be traceable to the pagan
customs of decorating buildings and places of
worship at the feast which took place at the same
time as Christmas. The Christmas tree is from
Egypt, and its origin dates from a period long
anterior to the Christian Era."
- Where did the Santa Claus tradition originate from?
- Santa's true character is not as benevolent and
holy as many think. The name "Santa Claus" is
a corruption of the name "St. Nicholas" a Roman
Catholic Bishop from the 5th century.
- Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 19, pages
648-649, 11th edition writes, "St. Nicholas, bishop
of Myra, a saint honored by the Greeks and Latins
on the 6th of December .... A legend of his
surreptitious bestowal of dowries on the three
daughters of an impoverished citizen ... is said to
have originated the old custom of giving presents
in secret on the Eve of St. Nicholas [Dec. 6],
subsequently transferred to Christmas day. Hence
the association of Christmas with Santa Claus ...."
- during the year parents punish their children for
telling lies yet at Christmas time tell their children
the Santa Claus lie. Some children grow up and
find out about the truth that Santa Claus is a myth
and begin to question the reality about Yeshua
(Jesus) and YHWH (G_d). What does YHWH (G_d)
say about bearing false witness? Exodus 20:16
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy
neighbour. De 5:20 - Neither shalt thou bear false
witness against thy neighbour. Mt 19:18 - He saith
unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no
murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt
not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
Mr 10:19 - Thou knowest the commandments, Do
not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do
not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy
father and mother. Lu 18:20 - Thou knowest the
commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not
kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour
thy father and thy mother. Ro 13:9 - For this, Thou
shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou
shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other
commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this
saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thyself. To keep the Santa tradition may seem
right to you and harmless but here is what YHWH
says: Pr 14:12 - There is a way which seemeth right
unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of
death. Pr 16:25 - There is a way that seemeth right
unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of
death.
- In England the term "Old Nick" is slang for the devil.
you can find that in any reliable dictionary. Also
Satan appears as an angel of light: 2Co 11:14 -
And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into
an angel of light.
- What does the bible say about the Christmas Tree?
Where the bible has been silent about the Apostles
observing such customs certainly not silent about
the Christmas Tree: Jeremiah 10:1 "Hear ye the word
which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the
heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven;
for the heathen are dismayed at them. 3 For the
customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree
out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman,
with the axe. 4 They deck it with silver and with gold;
they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it
move not. 5 They are upright as the palm tree, but
speak not: they must needs be borne, because they
cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil,
neither also is it in them to do good. 6 Forasmuch as
there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great,
and thy name is great in might. 7 Who would not fear
thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain:
forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations,
and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.
8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock
is a doctrine of vanities." That is a perfect description
of the Christmas Tree and YHWH (G_d) says not to
learn the ways of the Heathen and calls it vain, brutish
and doctrine of vanities.
- Is there a command in the bible to exchange Christmas
gifts? Is exchanging Christmas gifts the continuation
of a tradition that the wise men or Magi started when
they gave gifts to the child Yeshua (Jesus)?
- Bibliotheca Sacra, volume 12, pages 153-155 writes,
"The interchange of presents between friends is alike
characteristic of Christmas and the Saturnalia, and must
have been adopted by Christians from the Pagans, as
the admonition of Tertullian plainly shows."
- Would you go to a party and exchange gifts with everyone
but the person's who's birthday it is? So how does this
honor Yeshua (Jesus)? That is what the majority of people
do in the exchanging of Christmas gifts every year. They
think they honor Yeshua's (Jesus') birthday by scrapeing
together every dime, some people even steal Christmas
gifts, get caught in the crowds and hustle bustle. Best
thing is when the credit card bills come in after the festive
season.Do many give much thought to Yeshua (Jesus) and
his cause? Why do believers and unbelievers celebrate
Christmas? Most Christians use the example of the
wise men or Magi as the reason for exchanging gifts.
- Matthew 2:1-11. "Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem
of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came
wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he
that is born King of the Jews? ... And when they were come
into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his
mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they
had opened their treasures, they presented unto HIM gifts;
gold, and frankincense, and myrrh."
- Notice king Herod inquired about Yeshua (Jesus) the King of
the Jews. So did the Magi give gifts to Yeshua (Jesus)
because it was his birthday? Absolutely not. They gave him
gifts because he is a King. Was it Yeshua's (Jesus')
birthday? Absolutely not. it took many days for the Magi
to get there and actually Yeshua (Jesus) was 2 years old
and was a child not a baby and was in a house not a
manger. Were the Magi at the manger at the same time as
the shepherds? Absolutely not. The Magi were never at the
Manger but at a house and Yeshua was two years old.proof?
Mt 2:16 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of
the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew
all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts
thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time
which he had diligently enquired of the wise men. Does the
fact that the Magi gave gifts to the child Yeshua (Jesus)
initiate a tradition of giving gifts at Christmas?
Absolutely not, the Magi gave gifts to Yeshua (Jesus) not
exchange gifts amongst themselves.
- Adam Clarke Commentary, volume 5, page 46 writes,
"Verse 11. (They presented unto him gifts.) The people of
the east never approach the presence of kings and great
personages, without a present in their hands. The custom
is often noticed in the Old Testament, and still prevails in
the east, and in some of the newly discovered South Sea
Islands."
- The Magi did not give birthday presents to Yeshua (Jesus)
but rather were following an acient eastern custom to
bring gifts to a King. Another example of this is when the
Queen of Sheba brought gifts to Solomon 2Ch 9:12
- Does Christmas really Honor Yeshua (Jesus)?
some say: "Even though we dont know Yeshua's (Jesus')
birthday we should still pick a day to honor his birthday."
Absolutely not! Catholic Encyclopedia writes "Sinners
alone, not saints, celebrate their birthdays." So plainly
the celebration of birthdays is a pagan custom observed
by sinners.
Some say: "Even though we understand that the pagans
have had similar observances in the past but we do not
worship Yeshua (Jesus) the same way the pagans
worshipped the pagan gods like they did. We do it to
worship the true G_d." What does YHWH G_d say?
Deut. 12:30 "Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared
by following them, after that they be destroyed from
before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods,
saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so
will I do likewise. 31 Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD
thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he
hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their
sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to
their gods.
- YHWH G_d clearly states he will not honor that kind of
worship even if it is done in his honor. John 4:24
"God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship
him in spirit and in truth." John 17:17 "Sanctify them
through thy truth: thy word is truth." What does the
Bible say about vain worship? Mt 15:9 - "But in vain they
do worship me, teaching for doctrines the
commandments of men." Mr 7:7 - "Howbeit in vain do
they worship me, teaching for doctrines the
commandments of men." Mr 7:9 "And he said unto them,
Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may
keep your own tradition."
- sorry folks Christmas is a tradition of man with its origins
based in paganism
- you can go ahead and keep your tradition but here is
what YHWH (G_d) says Ga 6:7 - "Do not be deceived: God
cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.
- Truth is Christmas is part of the Mystery Babylon worship
system that YHWH (G_d) calls us out of Revelation 17:5
"And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY,
BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND
ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH." Revelation 18:4 "And I
heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of
her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and
that ye receive not of her plagues."

Shalom
Mike

The True Meaning Of Christ-Mass

The True Meaning Of Christ-Mass

They tell us that it is the season
to be jolly. It is a time of ornaments,
red and green decorations, silver bells,
holly, mistletoe and colored lights.
It is also a time of department store
Santas calling out their universal
mantra, "Ho ho ho, Merry Christmas."
Nearly all of the realm of so-called
"Christianity" join in and repeat this
same greeting, "Merry Christmas!"

Although we hear these words constantly
as they resonate millions of times
throughout the land, almost nobody
understands what they are really saying.
It is the purpose of this tract to take
the words, "Merry Christmas" and examine
the true meaning and essence of those
words.

A true Christian would want to examine
everything they say, because Jesus said
in Matthew 12:36-37, "But I say unto you,
that every idle word that men shall speak,
they shall give account thereof in the
day of judgement. For by thy words thou
shalt be justified, and by thy words thou
shalt be condemned." We will now set
aside all of the customs, glitter and
traditions of Christmas, which were taken
from pagan witchcraft and popularized by
the Roman Catholic Church, and we will
focus on the true meaning of the words,
"Merry Christmas!"

The word "Merry" is simple to define.
It unquestionably means to be happy,
joyful and light-hearted. The word
"merry" fits into the ambience of
laughter and frivolity. This word
"merry" by itself is innocent and
innocuous enough, but as we will now
see, it becomes heinously blasphemous
when used with the word "Christmas."

Here let it be noted that most people
think that the word, "Christmas" means
"the birth of Christ." By definition,
it means "death of Christ", and I will
prove it by using the World Book
Encyclopedia, the Catholic
Encyclopedia, and a book entitled, The
Mass In Slow Motion.

If you are an honest, sincere and
discerning Christian, please read on;
if not, you might as well stop right
here. The World Book Encyclopedia
defines "Christmas" as follows:
"The word Christmas comes from "Cristes
Maesse", an early English phrase that
means "Mass of Christ." (1) It is
interesting to note that the word "Mass",
as used by the Roman Catholics, has
traditionally been rejected by the
so-called Protestants, such as
Lutherans, Baptists, Methodists,
Presbyterians, Pentecostals and so on.
The word "Mass" is strictly a Catholic
word and thus, so is "Christ-Mass."

It would stand to reason, that since all
of these denominations love and embrace
"Christ-Mass", that December 25th is the
great homecoming day, when all of the
Protestants become Catholic for a day.
It would seem that all of the so-called
"wayward daughters" of the Romish church
return to their mother, the scarlet
harlot. Thus, all of the so-called
Protestant churches could sing to the
Pope that popular song "I'll be home for
Christmas."

As previously stated, the word "Mass" in
religious usage means a "death sacrifice."
The impact of this fact is horrifying and
shocking; for when the millions of people
are saying, "Merry Christmas", they are
literally saying "Merry death of Christ!"
Furthermore, when the fat man in the red
suit laughs boisterously and says,
"Ho ho ho, Merry Christmas", he is
mocking and laughing at the suffering
and bleeding Saviour, who died for our
sins. He does this while parents place
their little children into his waiting
arms to hear his false promises of gifts
that he says he will give them. Consider
what you are saying when you say
"Merry Christmas."

What is so amusing about our Saviour's
painful death? What is so funny? Why
is Santa laughing? Why are you going
along with it? Your words do count and
Satan knows it. Yes, the word "Mass"
does mean "death sacrifice", and to cement
that fact, we will consider the definition
of the inventors of the religious
application of the word "Mass." I am
looking at page 537 of the Catholic
Encyclopedia, which says, "In the Christian
law, the supreme sacrifice is that of the
Mass." It goes on to say, "The supreme act
of worship consists essentially in an
offering of a worthy victim to God, the
offering made by a proper person, as a
priest, the destruction of the victim."
(2) Please note carefully the word,
"victim" of the Mass. The Latin word for
victim is "Hostia" from which the word
"host" is derived. The Mass, by definition
of those who coined the word, is a sacrifice
involving a victim. There is no other
meaning for the word "Mass" or
"Christ-Mass." On page 110 of a book
entitled "The Mass In Slow Motion",
we find the following words: "It is only
with the consecration that the sacrifice of
the Mass is achieved. I have represented
the Mass to you, more than once, as a kind
of ritual dance." (3)

In essence, the Mass is the ceremonial
slaying of Jesus Christ over and over again,
followed by the eating of his flesh and the
drinking of his blood. The Mass is the
death sacrifice, and the "Host" is the
victim. This is official Roman Catholic
doctrine, and "Christmas" is a word that
they invented. Again, I ask, what is so
merry about the pain, bleeding, suffering
and death of Jesus Christ? Satan has done
quite a job of getting millions of
so-called "Christians" to blaspheme. What
a deceiver he is.
Now you know the true meaning of the word
"Christmas" or Mass of Christ. There is
much more to know about this pagan holiday.

Shalom
Mike