Most Christians are unaware that Easter is a pagan festival surreptitiously merged with Christianity.
Easter is not a Christian holiday. The word Easter is not even scriptural; it does not exist in true translations of the bible. Easter was smuggled into the King James Bible in Acts 12:4, where it was substituted for the original word, “Passover:” “When (Herod) had apprehended (Peter), 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.”
As a matter of fact, the word Easter only appears in the King James Version of English Bible translations. It does not exist in any other English Bible translation. Even the King James Version was forced to remove it from its revised version, known as the New King James Version.
Queen of Heaven
Most Christians are unaware that Easter is a pagan festival surreptitiously merged with Christianity. Noah’s son, Ham, married a woman called Ashtoreth. In some cultures, Ashtoreth is called Ishtar, which is transliterated in English as Easter. Ashtoreth made herself “the Queen of Heaven,” the goddess of fertility and became an object of worship. This idol worship of Ashtoreth, later camouflaged in Christendom as Easter, is specifically forbidden in the scriptures.
God says: “The women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. Do they provoke me to anger? Do they not provoke themselves, to the shame of their own faces? Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, my anger and my fury will be poured out on this place.” (Jeremiah 7:17-20).
God punished Israel for succumbing to the worship of Ashtoreth (Ishtar): “They forsook the LORD and served Baal and the Ashtoreths. And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel. So he delivered them into the hands of plunderers who despoiled them.” (Judges 2:13-14).
Accordingly, Samuel counselled Israel to forsake Ashtoreth (Ishtar) worship: “Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, ‘If you return to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths from among you, and prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve him only; and he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.” (1 Samuel 7:3).
Sun worship
Ham and Ashtoreth gave birth to a son called Nimrod. After Ham’s death, Nimrod married Ashtoreth, his own mother, and became a powerful king of ancient Babylon. When Nimrod was also killed, Ashtoreth deified him as sun-god or life-giver. Indeed, Easter means “movement towards the rising sun.” It pertains to the religious rites of people who worship the sun and the signs of the heavens.
Sun worship is expressly forbidden in the scriptures. Ezekiel says: “I was then led into the temple’s inner courtyard, where I saw about twenty-five men standing near the entrance, between the porch and the altar. Their backs were to the LORD’s temple, and they were bowing down to the rising sun. God said, ‘Ezekiel, it’s bad enough that the people of Judah are doing these disgusting things.’” (Ezekiel 8:16-17).
Nevertheless, following this pagan tradition, “Sunrise Services” are conducted on Easter Sunday mornings in many Christian denominations.
Hot crossed buns
In Western Europe, it is traditional to eat hot-crossed buns on Easter Sunday morning. This is where we get the limerick: “Hot crossed buns; hot crossed buns. One a-penny, two a-penny, hot crossed buns.”
These small sweet buns are usually decorated with solar crosses made of white icing. They were consecrated in ancient Greece to the goddess of the sunrise. In ancient Babylon, the buns were offered to the Queen of Heaven; the goddess of Easter.
Pagan Lent
After the death of Nimrod, Ashtoreth (Ishtar) gave birth to Tammuz, a son she claimed was Nimrod reborn. When Tammuz was killed by a wild boar, Ashtoreth instituted an annual ritual of 40 days of mourning for Baal worshippers, when no meat was allowed to be eaten. This pagan tradition of “weeping for Tammuz” is specifically proscribed in the scriptures.
God said to Ezekiel: “Turn again, and you will see greater abominations that they are doing.” So he brought me to the door of the north gate of the LORD’S house; and to my dismay, women were sitting there weeping for Tammuz.” (Ezekiel 8:13-14).
Nevertheless, weeping for Tammuz has been absorbed into Christianity by the institution of Lent; a 40-day period of fasting and prayer observed in some Christian denominations as a prelude to Easter. Just like Easter, Lent is not scriptural. Neither the word nor the custom exist in the Bible. Lent begins, according to Christian tradition, on Ash Wednesday; which is also pagan. The ashes were said to be the seed of the Indian fire god, Agni, deemed to have the power to forgive sins.
Easter egg
Because of their prolific nature in reproduction, rabbits were associated with Ishtar, the goddess of fertility. This is where Christians borrowed the tradition of the Easter bunny. Ancient Babylonians believed an egg fell into the Euphrates River from the moon. Queen Ishtar was apparently “hatched” from this egg. This moon egg was called Ishtar’s egg; which became in Christendom Easter egg.
Shifting date
Have you noticed that your birthday falls on different days from year to year? So how come the celebration of Easter always falls on Friday and on Sunday? Moreover, unlike your birthday, the date for Easter changes from year to year. Sometimes it is in March; sometimes in April.
Easter moves from year to year because the date has nothing to do with the death and resurrection of Jesus but with the changing cycles of the moon. Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first Vernal Equinox full moon, which is consecrated by pagans as Ishtar’s Sunday. This signifies the astronomical arrival of spring. The pagan belief is that the sun dies at winter (Christmas) and is reborn at spring (Easter).
Good Saturday
Good Friday is also a misnomer. Jesus was not crucified on a Friday. The week in which he was crucified contained two Sabbaths and he was crucified on a Wednesday. The following Thursday was a high Sabbath day; the first day of unleavened bread.
Jesus did not resurrect on a Sunday. He resurrected on a Saturday, which was a regular weekly Sabbath day, different from the high Sabbath of the preceding Thursday. Mary Magdalene discovered the empty tomb on Sunday morning, while it was still dark. Christians should realise that from Friday evening to Sunday morning does not constitute three days and three nights in the grave, but one day and two nights.
The decision to change the day of the resurrection to Sunday was simply a continuation of the Babylonian tradition. Nimrod was ostensibly resurrected on a Sunday; a day devoted to worshipping the sun. By AD 321, Constantine established Sunday as part of the official state religion, and the Sabbath was statutorily changed from Saturday to Sunday.
Christians should desist from celebrating Easter: “Thus says the LORD: ‘Learn not the way of the nations, nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens because the nations are dismayed at them, for the customs of the peoples are vanity.’” (Jeremiah 10:2-3). Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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DeleteFemi!!! To much theology without the leading of the Holy Spirit has made you mad...
ReplyDeleteFemi!!! To much theology without the leading of the Holy Spirit has made you mad...
ReplyDeleteREV. CHRIST RESURRECTED ON THE MORROW AFTER SABBATH WHICH IS SUNDAY.
ReplyDeleteSOMETHINGS HAVE COME TO STAY THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. PLEASE LOOK AT THE CONTEXT OF THIS CELEBRATION, IT'S CELEBRATING AN EMPTY TOMB (CHRISTIANITY THE ONLY RELIGION WITH THAT). PLEASE DE-EMPHASIZE THIS PAGAN THING AND EMPHASIZE ON THE TRUTH,LESSONS AND REALITIES THAT GO WITH THIS EVENT. GOD BLESS YOU.
Honestly aribusala need to visit psychiatric hospital, before he enter market, by that time, it will be too late. That is how madness start. Aribisala you are dem mad, idiotic nonentity, your mustache like a thief that was nail beside our JESUS on the cross. Bastardised human barbarian
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ReplyDeleteHahahahahahhaha we are taking of resurrection of Jesus this man is talking of translation..,. Oga u mean to tell us that Jesus did not resurrect? Kai.... This man needs treatment.
ReplyDeleteThank God Christianity is a religion of peace which torelates all forms of blasphemies because if it were to be other religions,by now that your dirty tongue would have rotten in the grave long time ago
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DeleteThis is off point OP.just like your Christmas piece. You read too much trash online and you do not do proper research. You read only the works of those that have similar view as you.Read other contrary views so that you learn spans grow.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for the information
ReplyDeleteYou have completely missed the point but it doesn't matter. You are a has-been and no amount of your criticism or support of any government or religion would make you relevant again.enjoy your old age.
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ReplyDeleteOne thing this pastor should know is that before the coming of christ, people celebrate different things on everyday of the year. My birthday can be ur wedding anniversary, it does not make so that when I'm celebrating my birthday it's ur anniversary. Lent is to commemorate the 40days of Jesus, Easter to celebrate his resurrection, christmas to celebrate his birth. Pagans may have celebrations during these times that does not qualify christian feasts as pagan or vice versa
ReplyDeleteThis article by Femi is more like "A story told by a Fool, full of sounds and symbols, signifying Nothing!".
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ReplyDeleteThe question is... Sir, did Jesus ever existed on earth? Did he die and and was ressurected the 3rd day? And do the Christians praise/worship God or the Sun when they celebrate easter?
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ReplyDeleteAll I know is. Christianity is not a religion. to does that worship religion believe in these trash. I don't believe in all these celebrations. Because they are not scriptural.
Many things in Religion including Christianity are born out of ignorance. Christmas itself was fixed on the date of a pagan feast. Christ was not born on 25th December. This date used to be celebrated by the Roman Empire as the beginning of the return of the Sun. One Pope (North African) chose this date as Christmas! People who condemn these historical facts are scared of facing reality, ie the fact that they are fools!
ReplyDeleteHave you for once, considered why the date was fixed on 25th December? Instead of celebrating the pagan feast, we have The Birth of Jesus Christ to celebrate
ReplyDeleteThe gospel according to Femi Aribi says Christians should not celebrate anything. No Christmas, no Easter etc. Thank God he is on his own. I can use a Moslem holiday to celebrate my birthday or Saint Peter or even Buhari's birthday or marriage anniversary. What is your problem?
ReplyDeletePastor, please kindly note the following: 1. The first day of the week has always been Sunday. With 7 days in a week this makes Saturday the 7th day, the regular Sabbath or day of worship. 2. The counting of days in the Bible is according to the Hebrew Calendar, not English or Gregorian Calendar, and Christianity has rightly adopted the Hebrew Calendar for its timing. 3. Jesus resurrected ON the 3rd day, not AFTER, else His body would have seen corruption (or decay) which it did not (Psalm 16: 10, Acts 2: 27). 4. The three days are counted according to the Hebrew reckoning of time which has the following peculiarities..(a)the day begins at our own 6am, unlike ours that begins at midnight. You are aware of such language as , for example, the 9th hour when Jesus died. This means 3 o'clock in the afternoon, counting from 6am, (b)the touch of any time in the day is counted as a day, embracing the night too. Thus any event that happened at the dot of 6am, or even a second after that is regarded as having taken place in a day, including its night. 5. Unlike our timing where between midnight and 6am is regarded as early morning hours, in Hebrew timing, that is still night, not morning. Morning begins 6am. It is possible the Lord Jesus resurrected on the dot of 6am or thereabout, and the women went thereafter to look for the body which they did not find. So by Hebrew timing Jesus resurrected ON the 3rd day, having spent 3 days and 3 nights in the heart of the earth. 6. You rightly mentioned that the death of Christ has to do with Passover. This should also inform you that while Passover was on the 14th day of the Hebrew 1st month, Abib, that 14th day was counted from the sighting of the moon. While that will make it a fixed date, it was not a fixed day. The fixed day in Christianity logically follows from the fact that we have a day of worship which is the first day of the week. Our date will definitely vary according to its closeness to 14th Abib.
ReplyDeleteFinally beloved, does it really serve the cause of Christ dissecting issues of doctrine before the unsaved? Will it get them to believe and follow Him? Let us do things for the edification of the Body of Christ and the growth of His Kingdom. Shalom!
Truth is bitter. And the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing. Why don't you allow the Holy Spirit to help you to read this piece with understanding and not with sentiment? God will guide you.
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