Easter and its pagan origin
Easter is a day that is revered by the majority of contemporary Christianity in celebration of the resurrection of Yahushua.
By understanding that Satan mocks everything that Yah does and knowing that the name "Jesus" is nothing more than a title which Satan is allowed to use for deception we can delve a bit deeper into this strange custom.
Strange gods, strange customs
Where did the strange customs such as sunrise services, consuming ham for dinner, Easter bunnies, decorating eggs and so forth come from when each of them have absolutely nothing to do with the resurrection of Yahushua?
- Sunrise Services - This equates to facing the sun and is an abomination unto Yah. The sun rises in the East and even the very word Easter literally means to face the east; Eastern.
- Traditional Easter ham dinner - Ingesting pork is an abomination to Yah.
- Easter bunny - I assume you've heard the term "mate like rabbits or multiply like rabbits?" Rabbits are prolific breeders.
- Chocolate bunnies - Chocolate is a known aphrodisiac. The word aphrodisiac is named after the Greek goddess of sexual love, Aphrodite; A.K.A. "food of the gods" and is a known psychoactive food which acts as a neurotransmitter inducing a "love" chemical within the brain.
- Easter eggs - The egg is a symbol of fertility.
The Queen of Heaven
[Note: You can read about her in your own Bible in Jeremiah, chapter 44.]
Ishtar, A.K.A. Eostre, Astarte, Ostera, Eastre, Semiramis, Venus, Adonis, the madonna and child, Wife of Baal, Ashtaroth and the Queen of Heaven was and even now still worshipped as the goddess of fertility and the goddess of Spring and sexual love and birth. Easter is a day that commemorates the resurrection of the pagan god "Tammuz." Tammuz is believed to be the only begotten son of the moon-goddess Ishtar and the sun-god named Ba'al Amen-Ra.
Although you may never have heard of this Tammuz character, he is credited with:
- Tammuz, deity, Babylonian and Sumerian god.
- Tammuz, Kabbalistic Hebrew month, the 10th month of the Hebrew calendar.
Ezekiel gives us a very sad account of who this pagan deity is.
Ezekiel 8:12-16 - Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth. He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do. Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD's house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
A history lesson
Let's connect some dots. Noah's son Ham was placed under a stringent generational curse in Genesis 9 and too, the unclean food we know as swine has a particular cut that many Christians partake of on Easter known as ham.
Noah's son Ham had a son named Cush who married Semiramis. Cush and Semiramis then had a son and called him "Nimrod." After the death of his father, Nimrod married his own mother Semiramis and became a powerful King but not just any king; he was the original King of Babel. Semiramis, his wife and mother, became the powerful Queen of ancient Babylon. This can be found in Genesis 10.
Nimrod was eventually killed by an enemy, and his body was cut in pieces and sent to various parts of his kingdom. Semiramis had all of the parts gathered, except for one part that could not be found- his penis.
Semiramis claimed that Nimrod could not come back to life without it and told the people of Babylon that Nimrod had ascended to the sun and was now to be called "Baal", the sun god. Baal is short for Ba'al Amen Ra or Ba'al Amun-Ra.
Semiramis began creating a mystery religion and with the help of Halal HaShatan/Satan, she set herself up as a goddess.
- Semiramis claimed that she was immaculately conceived.
- She taught that the moon was a goddess that went through a 28 day menses cycle and ovulated when full.
- She further claimed that she came down from the moon in a giant moon egg that fell into the Euphrates River. - This was to have happened at the time of the first full moon after the spring equinox.
Semiramis became known as "Ishtar" which is pronounced "Easter" and her moon egg became known as "Ishtar's egg." Ishtar soon became pregnant and claimed that it was the rays of the sun-god Baal that caused her to conceive. The son that she brought forth was named Tammuz.
Tammuz was noted to be quite fond of rabbits and so became sacred to this ancient religion. Furthermore, Tammuz was believed to be the son of the sun-god Baal, he, like his father, also became a hunter but was eventually killed by... Wait for it... WAIT FOR IT... A wild pig. Can you smell the irony?
Queen Ishtar told the people that Tammuz was now ascended to his father, Baal and that the two of them would be with the worshipers in the sacred candle or lamp flame as Father, Son and Spirit.
In Catholicism, where a good majority of the blending of pagan and Christian faiths took place, it is standard practice to light candles during worship. Catholics are also very well known for their prayers to the "Queen of Heaven."
Ishtar, who was now worshiped as the "Mother of God and Queen of Heaven," continued to build her mystery religion. The queen told the worshipers that when Tammuz was killed by the wild pig, some of his blood fell on the stump of an evergreen tree and the stump grew into a full new tree overnight. This made the evergreen tree sacred by the blood of Tammuz.
[Note: To read more about this you can find information in Exodus 34:11-17, Deuteronomy 7:1-5, Deuteronomy 12:2-4, Deuteronomy 16:21, Judges 3:5-8, Judges 6:24-32, 1 Kings 14:15, 1 Kings 14:22-24, 1 Kings 15:11-13, 1 Kings 16:33, 1 Kings 18:17-21, 2 Kings 17:6-20, 2 Kings 18:1-4, 2 Kings 21:1-15, 2 Kings 23:4-16, 2 Chronicles 14:2-4, 2 Chronicles 15:16, 2 Chronicles 17:3-4, 2 Chronicles 17:6, 2 Chronicles 19:2-3, 2 Chronicles 24:17-19, 2 Chronicles 31:1, 2 Chronicles 33:1, 2 Chronicles 33:18-19, 2 Chronicles 34:1-4, 2 Chronicles 34:7, Isaiah 17:7-8, Isaiah 27:9, Jeremiah 17:1-4, Micah 5:10-15. The list goes on and on; one may begin to think this may be important!]
She (Ishtar) also proclaimed a forty day period of time of sorrow each year prior to the anniversary of the death of Tammuz.
During this time, no meat was to be eaten. Worshipers were to meditate upon the sacred mysteries of Baal and Tammuz and to make the sign of the "T" in front of their hearts as they worshiped. They were to eat sacred cakes with the marking of a "T" or cross on the top and today these cakes are called "hot cross buns."
[Note: Catholics are well known for making a cross with their hands that goes from the head to the bottom of the center of the chest and back to the center left of the body to the right side forming a "T". They, among other religions, are also known for practicing Lent or a 40 day period of abstinence of meat which ends at Easter. If you're interested, Socrates Scholasticus offers great insight as to this custom.]
Every year, on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox, a celebration was made. It was Ishtar's Sunday and was celebrated with rabbits and eggs. Ishtar also proclaimed that because Tammuz was killed by a pig, that a pig must be eaten on that Sunday.
The truth is that Easter has nothing whatsoever to do with the resurrection of Yahushua.
We also know that Easter can be as much as three weeks away from the Passover, because the pagan holiday is always set as the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox.
Some have wondered why the word "Easter" is in the King James Bible. Acts, chapter 12, tells us that it was the evil King Herod who was planning to celebrate Easter and not the followers of Yahushua. Passover is always Nisan 14, the feast of unleavened bread begins on the 15th day of Nisan and Easter would be sometime later during the first full moon following the spring equinox.
Acts 12:1-4: Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. Then were the days of unleavened bread. [this tells us that it had to have taken place just as Passover was ending.] And 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.
The truth is that the forty days of Lent, eggs, rabbits, hot cross buns and the Easter ham have everything to do with the ancient pagan religion of Babylon. These are all antichrist activities!
Satan is a master deceiver and has filled the lives of well-meaning, professing Christians with idolatry. Please open your eyes and repent, quickly get over the fact that you have taken a bite out of the serpent's apple and be a warrior for Yah.
The Roman Catholic Church mutilated, twisted and convoluted each of YHVH's Shabbats. Yah's perpetual and holy days were defiled by the renaming pagan holidays.
The disgusting act of blending pagan tradition continually cons believers into praising Satan in the name of "God." It is nothing short of blasphemy.
- Samhain [Sam Hain] became Halloween
- The Winter Solstice became Christmas.
In Latin, the word 'mass' means death or funeral. The word "christmas" literally means, the death/funeral of Christ. - Imbolg became Candlemass
- Beltaine became May Day
- Lughnasadh became Lammas
The vernal equinox was celebrated as Easter, which is always the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox.