The TRUTH ABOUT THE WORD “EASTER”
THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE IN THE BIBLE WE FIND THE WORD” Easter,” I have read behind many commentators on this word, “Easter” and most of them say something along the line, that it’s a miss translation, but that is not so, the HOLY SPIRIT had the holy men that pen down the bible put exactly what HE wanted them to pen down. Listen as we get into today’s message.
ACTS 12:4 1Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. 2And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. 3And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)***
4And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. ---Passover--- has already passed.
We are approaching the time of year that most people know as the Easter season, well I certainly am not here to burst anyone’s Easter bubble, but I am here to tell the truth to the best of my ability, so let me say that Easter has absolutely nothing to do with the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, the word Easter is as pagan as it gets, its derived from the pagan goddess “ Ishtar” or “astoreth” a so called female deity which is as false a deity as they come.
To us who are sincere believers in the resurrection of our WONDERFUL LORD & SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, IT’S THE TIME OF YEAR WE Recognize His
RESSURRECTION, NOT A SO CALLED [ASTOREtH] OR ~EASTER~ IS WHAT ITS CALLED TODAY.
Listen as I read the text again;
ACTS 12:4 1Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. 2And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. 3And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
4And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
I want us to notice in vs. 3, it says, “then were the days of unleavened bread”
Let us be aware that the days of unleavened bread, does not began until the Jewish Passover has run it’s coarse.
Lev. 23: 4These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. 5In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’S passover. 6And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
Listen careful as I read the text vss. Once more,
ACTS 12:4 1Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. 2And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. 3And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
notice we,re told here in vs 3, (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
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Well we know that lev.23: 5-6 tells us, 5In the “fourteenth day” of the first month at even is the LORD’S passover. 6And on the “fifteenth day”of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
What all that tells us is that the days of unleavened bread begins the day after Passover, Therefore king Herod was not even thinking about the Jewish Passover at all, in fact he couldn’t care less about any of the Jews --Holy Days, he was going to wait until after “Easter”
So ‘EASTER; and the Jewish PASSOVER are not one & the same.
Just always remember that the days of unleavened Bread start the day after passover. Therefore its impossible for “Easter & PASSOVER” to be the same. ~~lev. 23: 5-6~~
There may be someone listening that might think this information is wasting air time, but I not think so, evidently the HOLY SPIRIT thought it was important to point these truths out or it wouldn’t be here in acts 12:1-4.
**The Babylonian goddess, Ishtar, is the one for whom Easter is named; ["Pagan Traditions of Holidays", p. 9]**
The Babylonian goddess, Ishtar, is the one for whom Easter is named; in reality, she was Semiramis, wife of Nimrod, and the real founder of the Satanic Babylonian Mysteries. After Nimrod died, Semiramis created the legend that he was really her Divine Son born to her in a Virgin Birth. She is considered to be the co-founder of all occult religions, along with Nimrod
“ Easter” has nothing to do with the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ! Rather, this day in the pagan tradition celebrates the return of Semiramis into her reincarnated form of the Spring Goddess. The pagans even have an equivalent to our Good Friday! It is "Easter Friday", and has historically been timed to be the third full moon from the start of the year. And Since the marrying of pagan Easter to Jesus’ resurrection, Good Friday is permanently fixed on the Friday prior to so called Easter.
Easter is steeped in the Babylonian Mysteries, the single most evil idolatrous system ever invented by Satan! All throughout the prophetic Scriptures, we see God declaring His final judgment upon wicked Babylon! **Yet, every year, Christian pastors intone "Easter" as though it were Christian. **
However Many Independent Baptist preachers have begun referring to this day celebrating Jesus’ resurrection as "Resurrection Sunday", not Easter Sunday in order to separate the day from the pagan celebration.
The Babylonians celebrated the day as the return of Ishtar (Easter), the goddess of Spring. This day celebrated the rebirth, or reincarnation, of Nature and the goddess of Nature. According to Babylonian legend, a huge egg fell from heaven, landing in the Euphrates River. The goddess, Ishtar (Easter) broke out of this egg.
Later says the tradition, the feature of an egg nesting was introduced, a nest where the egg could incubate until hatched. A "wicker" or reed basket was conceived in which to place the Ishtar egg.
The Easter Egg Hunt was conceived because, if anyone found her egg while she was being "reborn", she would bestow a blessing upon that lucky person!
And because this was a joyous spring festival, eggs were colored with bright spring colors.
And then of course the The Easter Bunny
Realize, we are dealing with a legend here, and an occult legend at that. These types of legends traditionally play loose and fast with facts. Thus, "Easter" -- or Ishtar -- was a goddess of fertility. Since the bunny is a creature that procreates quickly, it symbolized the sexual act; the egg --symbolized "birth" and "renewal".
And Together, the Easter Bunny and Easter Egg symbolizes the sex act and its offspring, Semiramis and Tammuz.
It is a very serious spiritual matter, when Christian churches incorporate "Resurrection Eggs" as part of their Easter celebration. At the very least, these churches are confusing the minds of their young children, by blurring the dividing line between pagan symbols and their meanings and Christian meanings of Resurrection Day.
Young children who participated in "Resurrection Eggs" in church will be conditioned later in their life to accept the fullness of the pagan tradition revolving around the same symbols. At worst, a church participating in the pagan Easter tradition by promoting "Resurrection Eggs" and perhaps an Easter Egg Hunt, is guilty of combining Christianity with paganism, the very lethal cocktail the Lord Jesus will always reject!
Remember this vs. verse: 1st cor. 6:17"Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing"
If your church has "Resurrection Eggs", that is a church you should consider leaving immediately; if the Pastor is Liberal enough to use "Resurrection Eggs" in his Resurrection Day celebrations, he is probably Liberal in Doctrine and Theology, but may not be far enough along for you to see it yet.
Easter -- the day of Ishtar -- is celebrated widely among various cultures and religions on earth.
The names of these different countries I’m about to read to us now come from—the book ["America’s Occult Holidays", Doc Marquis and Sam Pollard. p. 13]
1. Babylon - Ishtar (Easter) also called the Moon Goddess
2. Catholics -- Virgin Mary (Queen of Heaven)
3. Chinese -- Shingmoo
4. Druids -- Virgo Paritura
5. Egypt -- Isis
6. The Pagan Ephesians – Dianna ***
8. Germans (Ancient) -- Hertha
9. Greeks -- Aphrodite/Ceres
10. India -- Isi/Indrani
11. Ancient Jews -- Ashtaroth (Queen of Heaven)
13. Rome -- Venus/Fortuna
14. Scandinavians -- Disa
15. Sumerians -- Nana ["America’s Occult Holidays", Doc Marquis and Sam Pollard. p. 13]
Brothers & sisters please; let us be careful as the time that we know as the Resurrection of Christ is about here, let us not allow satan any glory at all, and especially now.
Let us up lift JESUS, he said. John 12:32 32And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
