Lent and Easter are unscriptural inventions of the Catholic whore that have – over time – been coopted by protestant churches throughout the world.
Phony Christians, world over, are in the midst of their idolatrous, unscriptural, pagan worship rituals called Lent and Easter. This earth is awash in a never ending flood of idolatry – which things the servants of God should be wary of, and armored against. To that end let’s look at what Easter is, where it came from, and what the scriptures have to say about the matter.
Lent and Easter are unscriptural inventions of the Catholic whore that have – over time – been coopted by protestant churches throughout the world. Here’s what they say they’re doing: Lent is a 40 day period of fasting, repentance, moderation and spiritual discipline. During this Lenten period, people “give up” something, such as eating certain foods. I think it’s only fair to ask, what does a Catholic Priest give up during Lent? Does he stop raping little boys altogether, or perhaps he limits his trysts such that he is monogamous with only one altar boy during those 40 days. I digress. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, and culminates with the Holy week, in the run up to Easter Sunday. Holy week consists of Palm Sunday (celebrating Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem), Holy Monday, Holy Tuesday, Spy Wednesday (remembering Judas’ betrayal), Maunday (or Holy) Thursday (commemorating Jesus eating the passover with the apostles), Good Friday (commemorating Jesus’ crucifixion), and Holy Saturday (waiting for Jesus to rise from the tomb). Finally, Easter Sunday is the day that they celebrate Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. Lots of goofy ceremonies that are nowhere to be found in the scriptures. Lots of peeping and muttering, and ritualistic repetition of Holy sounding words, mostly in Latin. The very picture of having a form of godliness, while denying the power thereof.
Let’s look at the evolution of this fraudulent holiday. The practice of Easter began to creep into the church during the centuries after Christ died, culminating in 325 AD, when the Council of Nicea ordered the observance of the holiday, with many of those who opposed it being murdered. By the 600s, as the Catholic monster was “Christianizing” the European continent, they merged these practices with the rituals of the anglo-saxon pagans, in order to gain their cooperation. Here’s what that looked like: most all of the pagan religions have a god and goddess of sex, fertility and rebirth, which are worshipped in springtime rituals. The word Easter is derived from one such goddess called Eostre, whose worshippers held spring time festivals to celebrate the renewal of life, and to promote fertility. Eostre was closely linked to the bunny and the egg – both symbols of fertility. This goddess is closely associated to the caananitish goddess Astarte, or Ashtaroth – referenced many times in the scriptures, and referred to as “the Queen of Heaven”, and the wife of Baal. Similarly, the Babylonian counterparts to these false gods are Ishtar and her husband Tammuz. Tammuz was said to be dead, buried, and resurrected each spring by his wife Ishtar. The 40 day period running up to that resurrection of Tammuz was observed by ritual self-denial, and women weeping for Tammuz. Similar practices existed surrounding the Egyptian Isis and Osiris. Sounds a lot like Lent, doesn’t it? Incidentally, those pagan religions had festivals of indulgence and excess in the run up to the 40 day period of self-denial, which have been neatly incorporated as Mardi Gras, AKA Fat Tuesday. The very picture of sinning that grace may abound. Early American settlers observed no such pagan holidays. The first sign of Easter on this continent wasn’t until the 18th century when German immigrants brought it to the Pennsylvania Dutch area. They taught their children that they would receive gifts from the “Osterhase” – meaning the Easter Hare, if they were good boys and girls. Children were to make nests for the Osterhase to lay its colorful eggs in – I’ll give you the colorful eggs, if you can tell me how a bunny laid them. Over time this expanded from eggs to chocolates and other types of candy and gifts, and eventually decorated baskets replaced nests. Of course there’s gold in them hills, such that today this idolatrous holiday is the second biggest money maker for candy companies, behind Halloween.
Now that we know what Easter and Lent are, let’s examine what the Bible says on the topic.
The word Easter appears one time in some Bible translations. It is an erroneous translation, at best. The original word is “pascha”, meaning “Passover”, referring to the Jewish Passover ceremony. That word appears 29 times in the Bible, and is translated “Passover” in all but one. Even at that, the context of that one reference clearly shows it to be referring to the Jewish Passover.
Here’s what the Lord showed Ezekiel about your pagan idolatry:
Ezekiel 8:13,14,18: “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 [Right in the middle of the Temple of the Living God, they were participating in the very same pagan rituals that Easter has incorporated, and a raging mad God, calls it an abomination]. Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.”
Further, the Lord told Jeremiah:
Jeremiah 7:16-20 “Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee. Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven (this is your goddess Ashtaroth! The whole family participating in your hot-cross-buns ritual), and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces? Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.”
God didn’t ask you to think great thoughts, and invent goofy superstitious ways to honor him with your lips while your hearts are far from him. He left us with simple commands that require obedience. He told us EXACTLY how to remember his sacrifice, that being the ordinance of the Lord’s Supper. Consider the scripture:
1 Corinthians 11:23-26 ”For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.”
There is no innocent observance of such pagan idolatry. Put away your idols, and obey God – EVERY DAY! Worship him in spirit and in truth – EVERY DAY!. Remember the sacrifice of Jesus Christ – in word and in deed – EVERY DAY! God Hates Easter – Run from it, and anyone who would encourage it!
Amen.