Act 17:30
And the times of this ignorance
God winked at;
but now commandeth
all men every where to repent:
The Pagan Origin of EASTER
Easter is a day that is honored
by nearly all of contemporary Christianity
and is used to celebrate
the resurrection of Jesus Christ
The holiday often involves
a church service at sunrise,
a feast which includes an "Easter Ham",
decorated eggs and stories about rabbits
Those who love truth
learn to ask questions,
and many questions must be asked
regarding the holiday of Easter
Is it truly the day
when Jesus arose from the dead?
Where did all of
the strange customs come from,
which have nothing to do
with the resurrection of our Saviour?
The purpose of this writing
is to help answer those questions,
and to help those who seek truth
to draw their own conclusions
The first thing we must understand
is that professing Christians
were not the only ones
who celebrated a festival
called "Easter"
"Ishtar", which is pronounced "Easter"
was a day that commemorated
the resurrection of one of their gods
that they called "Tammuz",
Tammuz was believed to be
the only begotten son
of the moon-goddess and the sun-god
In those ancient times,
there was a man named Nimrod,
who was the grandson
of one of Noah's sons named Ham
Ham had a son named Cush
who married a woman named Semiramis
Cush and Semiramis
then had a son named him "Nimrod"
After the death of his father,
Nimrod married his own mother
and became a powerful King
The Bible tells us of this man,
Nimrod, in Genesis 10:8-10 as follows:
"And Cush begat Nimrod:
he began to be a mighty one in the earth
He was a mighty hunter before the Lord:
wherefore it is said,
even as Nimrod
the mighty hunter before the Lord
And the beginning of his kingdom
was Babel, and Erech, and Accad,and Calneh,
in the land of Shinar
Nimrod became a god-man to the people
and Semiramis, his wife and mother,
became the powerful Queen of ancient Babylon
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
That missing part was his reproductive organ
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
Queen Semiramis also proclaimed
that Baal would be present on earth
in the form of a flame,
whether candle or lamp, when used in worship
Semiramis was creating a mystery religion,
and with the help of 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 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 especially fond of rabbits,
and they became sacred in the ancient religion,
because Tammuz was believed
to be the son of the sun-god, Baal
Tammuz, like his supposed father, became a hunter
The day came
when Tammuz was killed by a wild pig
Queen Ishtar told the people
that Tammuz was now ascended
to his father, Baal,
and that the two of them
would be with the worshippers
in the sacred candle or lamp flame
as Father, Son and Spirit
Ishtar, who was now worshipped
as the "Mother of God and Queen of Heaven",
continued to build her mystery religion
The queen told the worshippers
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
This would carry over to our Christmas belief-
but it was actually the Son; of the Sun God Baal
who was born on Dec 25th
Jer 10:3
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
Jer 10:4
They deck it with silver and with gold;
they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not
She 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 also ate sacred cakes
with the marking of a "T" or cross on the top
Every year, on the first Sunday
after the first full moon and
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
By now, the readers of this writing
should have made the connection
as to how paganism has infiltrated into
the contemporary "Christian" churches,
and further study indicates
that this paganism came in
by way of the Roman Catholic System
The truth is
that Easter has nothing whatsoever to do
with the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ
We also know,
that Easter can be as much as three weeks
away from the Passover,
because this 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 the King James Bible
It is because
Acts, chapter 12, tells us
that it was the evil King Herod,
who was planning to celebrate Easter,
and not the Christians
The true Passover and pagan Easter
sometimes coincide, but in some years,
they are a great distance apart
We know that the Bible tells us in John 4:24,
God is spirit: and they that worship him
must worship him in spirit and in truth
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 Mystery Babylon
And they are all, anti-christ activities!!
Satan is a master deceiver, and has filled the lives
of well-meaning, professing Christians with idolatry
These things bring
the wrath of God
upon children of disobedience,
who try to make the pagan
customs of Baal Christian worship
You must answer
for your activities
and for what you
teach your children
These customs of Easter honor Baal,
who is also Satan, and is still worshipped
as the "Rising Sun" and his house is the
"House of the Rising Sun"
How many churches have "sunrise services"
on Ishtar's day and face the rising sun in the East?
What does the true God think about Sun Worship?
Eze 8:16
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 worshiped the sun toward the east
Eze 8:17
Then he said unto me,
Hast thou seen this, O son of man?
Is it a light thing to the house of Judah
that they commit the abominations
which they commit here?
In conclusion
Yahushuah (Jesus)
said there would be one sign given
that would prove who he really was
Mat 12:40
For as Jonas
was three days and three nights
in the whale's belly;
so shall the Son of man be
three days and three nights
in the heart of the earth
A Good Friday Crucifixion
is not possible as it does not
allow for the three days
in the heart of the earth
A day according to the Bible,
is from "even to even"
or "sunset to sunset"
Lev 23:32
From "even" to "even"
shall ye celebrate your Sabbath
But when is "even"?
Mark 1:32
And at "even" when the sun did set
That is why in Genesis 1:5,8 It says;
And the evening and the morning
were the first day,
And the evening and the morning
were the second day,
Darkness came first
at the beginning of a day
according to the Bible!
SUNSET SAT TO SUNSET SUN= DAY 1 (SUNDAY)
SUNSET SUN TO SUNSET MON= DAY 2 (MONDAY)
SUNSET MON TO SUNSET TUE= DAY 3 (TUESDAY)
SUNSET TUE TO SUNSET WED= DAY 4 (WEDNESDAY)
SUNSET WED TO SUNSET THU= DAY 5 (THURSDAY)
SUNSET THU TO SUNSET FRI= DAY 6 (FRIDAY)
SUNSET FRI TO SUNSET SAT= DAY 7 (SATURDAY)
Therefore Yahushuah (Jesus)
was crucified Wed at sunset:
DAY 1 Wed sunset to Thurs sunset
DAY 2 Thurs sunset to Fri sunset
DAY 3 Fri sunset to Sat (Sabbath) sunset
Mat 28:1
In the end of the sabbath,
as it began to dawn
toward the first day of the week,
came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary
to see the sepulchre
Yahushuah (Jesus)
rose from the tomb Sat at sunset
which would be the first day of the week
according to an actual Bible day-
SUN-day
Act 17:30
And the times of this ignorance God winked at;
but now commandeth all men every where to repent
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