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Blog 23
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Pagan Roots of Halloween
Pagan Roots of Halloween
I am going through all the 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 -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 -
Ofra Haza - Yerushalaim Shel Zahav
Ofra Haza - Yerushalaim Shel Zahav
- Jerusalem of Gold
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8Co7IzOyhw
Shalom
Michael Grant -
Messianic Dance - Baruch Adonai
Messianic Dance - Baruch Adonai
- Messianic dance Baruch Adonai by InnerCourtDancers. Song by Joel Chernoff.
Choregrapher Dawnita Carlson - Beth Messiah Congregation - Denver Colorado USA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU7bwGDZdEA
Shalom
Michael Grant -
Mass Prayer at the Western Wall
Mass Prayer at the Western Wall
- Mass Gathering at the Western Wall, Jerusalem. United Prayer
as a deep way to express sympathy and compassion with our
brothers living in the sealed and beleaguered Gush.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3jRq-r-L8c
Shalom
Michael Grant -
Mass Prayer at the Western Wall, Part 2
Mass Prayer at the Western Wall, Part 2
- Unified and deep emotional prayers - this is what our world needs.
In the background one may hear one of the better known or even
"most famous Jewish Anthems": "I believe - Ani ma'amin". The
present melody was composed by a jewish fellow, who was
murdered during the Holocaust, while being captured in a (railway)
waggon. The notes he left us could be preserved...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbCvrTy7HbI
Shalom
Michael Grant -
Messianic Dance - Ani Ma'amin
Messianic Dance - Ani Ma'amin
- InnerCourtDancers Messianic Dance Team, Ani Ma'amin By David Taylor,
Ahovah album. Choregrapher Dawnita Carlson - Beth Messiah Congregation http://www.innercourtdancers.vze.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_K03YNWjNY
Shalom
Michael Grant -
Chaiyalim Adonai dances at Shavout
Chaiyalim Adonai dances at Shavout
- Adat's teens (Chaiyalim Adonai) dance preformance to Sos Asis
by Barry & Batya Segal during Shavout.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHpo-se8-uQ
Shalom
Michael Grant -
On Your Walls O Jerusalem
On Your Walls O Jerusalem
- Song by Barry and Batya Segal - Isaiah 62:6-7, 10-11 "I have set watchmen
on your walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day or night.
You who make mention of the Lord, do not keep silent, and give Him no rest
till He establishes and till He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY3yisnyjz4
Shalom
Michael Grant -
Carol Cantrell sings Shalom Aleichem in Jerusalem
Inspiring clips of the people of Israel as Carol Cantrell sings
the ancient Hebrew prayer invocation Shalom Aleichem.
Photos by my husband Ron Cantrell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfdUG5ht4Xk
Shalom
Michael Grant
