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Good Friday
Another element of the Easter season is "Good Friday." This is
believed by Christians to be the day that Christ died on the
cross and was buried. Theologians do a lot of interpretive
gymnastics to arrive at a Friday death of Messiah, followed by
a Sunday morning resurrection. This flatly contradicts what
the Messiah himself said about the length of time he would be
in the grave. He specifically and repeatedly instructed his
disciples that he would be in the tomb for three days and
three nights.
The major problem with insisting that Messiah died on Good
Friday is that the math just doesn't add up. Jesus said that
he would be in the grave for three days and three nights:
He answered, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a
miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign of
the prophet Jonah (Yonah). For as Yonah was three days and
three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will
be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
(Matthew 12:39-40)
There is clearly only one day and two nights between Friday
at sunset when Messiah was placed in the tomb and Sunday
morning, when the women found the tomb empty. This is
obviously a huge problem for those who hold this view.
But even giving the benefit of the doubt, it still may be feasible
to count three days as: day one - the final few minutes of
Friday before sundown; day two - Saturday; day three - the
first few minutes of the daytime portion of Sunday. But there
just simply aren't three nights between Friday evening and
Sunday morning. So, unless you ignore what the Master
taught, you MUST conclude that he did not die on the tree on
Friday. (See a detailed study of this prophesy and its
fulfillment in our companion article, The Sign of Jonah: 3 Days
and 3 Nights).
So Friday was not, in fact, the day Messiah died. But it fits in
really nicely with the activities which were traditionally
practiced by the pagans on Friday. Thus, it's convenient for
Christians to force fit the death of Messiah into a "Friday"
frame, because Friday and Sunday were significant days when
the pagans practiced the worship of their god-idols. And these
practices were amalgamated into the worship of the early
Church.
Good Friday Customs
The Catholic Church has some very interesting customs for
Good Friday, which don't jive with what the Bible teaches
believers. First, there is the "re-enactments" of the suffering
and death of Christ. And many believers undergo a
"crucifixion" on Good Friday so as to imitate their Lord.
On Good Friday, at Rome and Madrid, and other chief seats of
Roman idolatry, multitudes flock together to witness the
performances of the saintly whippers, who lash themselves till
the blood gushes in streams from every part of their body.
They pretend to do this in honour of Christ, on the festival set
apart professedly to commemorate His death, just as the
worshippers of Osiris did the same on the festival when they
lamented for his loss. But can any man of the least Christian
enlightenment believe that the exalted Saviour can look on
such rites as doing honour to Him, which pour contempt on
His all-perfect atonement, and represent His most "precious
blood" as needing to have its virtue supplemented by that of
blood drawn from the backs of wretched and misguided
sinners? Such offerings were altogether fit for the worship of
Moloch; but they are the very opposite of being fit for the
service of Christ. (The Two Babylons, p.144)
The Bible clearly teaches believers NOT to do these kinds of
things to their own bodies:
You are the sons of YHWH your Elohim; you shall not cut
yourselves nor make baldness between your eyes on behalf of
the dead (Deuteronomy 14:1)
There. The Bible tells us not to cut ourselves on behalf of the
dead. So this means that we should not cut ourselves to re-
enact the suffering and death of Messiah on the tree.
And Paul concurs:
These are all destined to perish with use, because they are
based on human commands and teachings. Such regulations
indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed
worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the
body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual
indulgence. (Colossians 2:22-23)
Cutting the flesh of the body as a remembrance for the dead
is strictly and explicitly forbidden. This is not the way to
honour Messiah who was whipped and poured out His blood
for us.
If the Bible isn't the source of this kind of activity, then where
did this custom come from? Hislop describes the source of
these Good Friday flagellations:
Now, the flagellations which form an important part of the
penances that take place at Rome on the evening of Good
Friday, formed an equally important part in the rites of that
fire-god, from which, as we have seen, the Papacy has
borrowed so much. These flagellations, then, of "Passion
Week," taken in connection with the other ceremonies of that
period, bear their additional testimony to the real character of
that god whose death and resurrection Rome then celebrates.
Wonderful it is to consider that, in the very high place of what
is called Catholic Christendom, the essential rites at this day
are seen to be the very rites of the old Chaldean fire-
worshippers. (The Two Babylons, p.145-6)
So it turns out that the crucifixion re-enactments are nothing
more that the adoption of biblical forbidden, pagan worship
practices!
Easter
It's not hard to find information about the customs of Easter.
It turns out that Easter is an old pagan worship day which
Yahuwah hates. Our modern day version of Easter is just a
remake of some very ancient pagan traditions and practices. If
the Christian would really think about the source of "Easter,"
he would most assuredly abhor it.
What or Who is Easter ?
This brings us to the million dollar question: Who or what is
Easter? Where did we get this word from? And where did the
customs of Easter come from? I yield again to the renowned
scholar of ancient customs - Alexander Hislop, who gets right
to the point:
Easter is nothing else than Astarte, one of the titles of Beltis,
the queen of heaven, whose name, as pronounced by the
people Nineveh, was evidently identical with that now in
common use in this country. That name, as found by Layard
on the Assyrian monuments, is Ishtar. (Ibid., p. 101)
Astarte, the goddess of love, usually depicted as a well
endowed, bare-breasted woman. It is no secret about Ishtar
or Astarte. You can find information and pictures of this idol
goddess all over the internet. You can find Easter all around
you. You find her in the Statue of Liberty, also known as Lady
Liberty, in New York harbor. Her is donned by the seven rays
of the sun and a plaque below her dedicates her to Mother
Earth, or Ishtar. And you, therefore, also find her on some of
our coins and stamps. And in churches!
Yet, in spite of the wealth of information available about the
identity of Easter / Astarte / Ishtar, Christians don't care
where this Easter came from with all its customs and
practices. They prefer to hide their faces from the facts about
Easter, like an ostrich hiding her head in the sand when
danger comes near. They love Easter and embrace it
regardless of the evidence that it is an abomination.
The entire Babylonian religious system, which is the theme of
Hislop's book, The Two Babylons, is that of the false religious
systems in all countries and cultures throughout all human
history, which had its origin in the story of Nimrod. The Book
of Revelation speaks a great deal about the ultimate collapse
of Babylon the Great, the mother of harlots and of the
abominations of the earth. The harlot of Babylon is Semiramis,
also known as Venus, aka Beltis, aka Ishtar, aka Ashteroth,
aka Easter. As she was the mother of harlots, those harlots
are all who follow after her pernicious system of worship.
Nimrod and Semiramis and Tammuz
Easter comes from the story of Nimrod of biblical fame.
History books describe Ninus (called Nimrod in the Bible) as a
mighty warrior, city builder and ruler of the ancient world after
the flood. Nimrod founded the city of Nineveh, the capitol of
Assyria. His father was Belus or Bel, also called Ba'al. The
Bible says Cush was his father. Evidently, Cush was Belus,
aka Bel, aka Ba'al. Ninus was first identified in the
Recognitions with the biblical Nimrod, who, the author says,
taught the Persians to worship fire.
Since ancient times, Nimrod has traditionally been considered
the leader of those who built the Tower of Babel in the land of
Shinar, though the Bible never actually states this. Nimrod’s
kingdom included the cities of Babel, Erech, Accad, and
Calneh, all in Shinar. (Ge 10:10) Therefore it was likely under
his direction that the building of Babel and its tower began; in
addition to Flavius Josephus, this is also the view found in the
Talmud (Chullin 89a, Pesahim 94b, Erubin 53a, Avodah Zarah
53b), and later midrash such as Genesis Rabba. Several of
these early Judaic sources also assert that the king Amraphel,
who wars with Abraham later in Genesis, is none other than
Nimrod himself. ( Wikipedia.com , Nimrod)
Now it was Nimrod who excited them to such an affront and
contempt of God. He was the grandson of Ham, the son of
Noah, a bold man, and of great strength of hand. He
persuaded them not to ascribe it to God, as if it were through
his means they were happy, but to believe that it was their
own courage which procured that happiness. He also
gradually changed the government into tyranny, seeing no
other way of turning men from the fear of God, but to bring
them into a constant dependence on his power. He also said
he would be revenged on God, if he should have a mind to
drown the world again; for that he would build a tower too
high for the waters to reach. And that he would avenge
himself on God for destroying their forefathers.
There are numerous legends and traditions about Nimrod in
various cultures and languages. The general consensus is that
he was a giant of a man who was the first world ruler.
As legend goes, Ninus took Semiramis, the wife of one of his
commanders, and married her. They are several accounts of
this marriage. One says they had a son who was more wicked
than Ninus. Another says that Ninus died and Semiramis
afterward became pregnant, which she attributed to the rays
of the sun, as though Ninus had become the sun god and thus
had impregnated her. That son was Tammuz spoken of in the
Bible. Tammuz, son of the mighty hunter, died at the age of
40 while hunting. He was gored by a wild bore. This was the
basis for a tradition which was begun in his honor to fast for
40 days - a day for each year of his life - for Tammuz.
This is only one way the story has been told. As the years
moved on, the story of Ninus became legendary in many
cultures and in many languages. The myths and legends were
sometimes a little different, and other details were added and
twisted, so that now, there are many stories told about Ninus.
One thing is for sure; the Babylonian system condemned
throughout the Bible and whose end is prophesied in
Revelation is based on Nimrod's rebellion against the Creator
and the subsequent false worship practices his life spawned.
Lent, Good Friday and Easter are all part of that ignoble and
wretched system.
The Easter Egg
The Easter egg has a pagan origin as well. Hislop elaborates...
From Egypt these sacred eggs can be distinctly traced to the
banks of the Euphrates. The classic poets are full of the fable
of the mystic egg of the Babylonians; and thus
its tale is told by Hyginus, the Egyptian, the learned keeper of
the Palatine library at Rome, in the time of Augustus, who was
skilled in all the wisdom of his native country: "An egg of
wondrous size is said to have fallen from heaven into the river
Euphrates. The fishes rolled it to the bank, where the doves
having settled upon it, and hatched it, out came Venus, who
afterwards was called the Syrian Goddess"--that is, Astarte.
Hence the egg became one of the symbols of Astarte or
Easter; and accordingly, in Cyprus, one of the chosen seats of
the worship of Venus, or Astarte, the egg of wondrous size
was represented on a grand scale. (The Two Babylons, p.107
ff)
Does the Bible Mention Ishtar / Easter?
As we have seen, the word Easter is derived from the ancient
name Ishtar, a pagan goddess and an abomination to our
Creator. She is also known as Ashtarte in historical literature
and as Ashtoreth in the Scriptures. The prophets speak a very
clear word of condemnation regarding the worship of Ishtar:
¶ And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye
do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away
the strange gods and Ash'taroth from among you, and prepare
your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will
deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
4 Then the children of Israel did put away Ba'alim and
Ash'taroth, and served the LORD only. (1 Shemuel 7:3,4)
And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned,
because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Ba'alim
and Ash'taroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our
enemies, and we will serve thee. (1 Shemuel 12:10)
There can be no doubt that the images, statues and idols of
this offensive goddess of fertility is an offense to YHVH. Israel,
in their rebellion against their Creator, worshipped this woman
Easter. What makes the modern day Christian think that the
festival honoring Easter (Ashtoreth) now brings a smile to
Yahuwah's face? The last time I looked, Elohim wants us to
have nothing to do with the customs and practices of the
pagans in worshipping their gods. He does not want us to
worship him by using pagan days, dates, customs and
practices. And this includes the festival which is in honor of
Ashtoreth (Easter).
Scripture tells us that Solomon also followed Ashteroth:
For Solomon went after Ash'toreth the goddess of the Zido'ni-
ans, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not
fully after the LORD, as did David his father. (1 Kings 11:5-6)
Because of his idolatry, Israel was split into two nations after
his death as explained later:
because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped
Ash'toreth the goddess of the Zido'ni-ans, Chemosh the god
of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of
Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is
right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my
judgments, as did David his father. (1 Kings 11:33)
Later, King Josiah destroyed these places which Shlomoh had
built:
And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were
on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon
the king of Israel had builded for Ash'toreth the abomination
of the Zido'ni-ans, and for Chemosh the abomination of the
Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of
Ammon, did the king defile. 1 Kgs. 11.7
14 And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the
groves, and filled their places with the bones of men. (2 Kings
23:13-14)
Clearly, the worship of Ashtoreth / Astarte / Easter is an
abomination before YHVH. The righteous ones utterly forsake
this kind of worship practice and destroy all remnants of it.
Those in rebellion against YHVH embrace worship of
Ashtoreth / Astarte / Easter.
An interesting side note to the 2 Kings passage: The infamous
"Asherah poles" are the statues of Ashtoreth, the "vile goddess
of the Sidonians." Much is said in Scripture condemning the
use of Asherah poles. Yet, Christianity has adopted these
statues of Ashtoreth, which they have renamed "Mary." You
see, all the statues and images and "poles" depicting Mary,
the mother of Jesus, are really not Mary. They are "Asherim,"
or "Asherah poles" which are idols of Ashteroth, the "vile
goddess of the Sidonians."
The Rude Reality of the Easter Season
Easter is filled with detestable practices, including the
slaughter of innocent babies, which our Father in heaven
hates. John Michael Rood very rudely and colorfully tells us
what's wrong with the whole Easter season in his cut-to-the-
chase, in-your-face summation of that springtime festival:
The Saternalia originated as the birth date of Tammuz, the
bastard son of Semiramis, the widow of Nimrod of biblical evil
fame. After Shem cut Nimrod in pieces, Babylonian legend
insists that he ascended into the heavens and became the sun
god himself. The rays of the sun implanted the seed into his
widow and presto! The son of the sun god was miraculously
conceived, as was the adoration of the mother and child
evident in every culture on the earth. On the winter solstice
Tammuz was born; as were most of the traditions
surrounding “the child-mass” season. Tammuz, the
reincarnation of the sun god – Nimrod, was killed in a hunting
accident when he was gored to death by a wild boar in his
40th year. Those who worshipped the son of “the sun god”
then set aside 40 days of weeping for Tammuz. They
celebrated “Lent” one day for each year of his incarnation - in
which they would deny a worldly pleasure for his pleasure in
the afterworld (see Ezekiel 8).
After many years, his mother Semiramis died. The gods looked
favorably on “the mother of god” and sent her back to earth
as the spring fertility goddess – always depicted as an
exaggeratedly endowed bare breasted queen of sexual desire.
Semiramis, the queen of heaven, was “born again” as the
goddess Easter (Ashtarte) as she emerged from a giant egg
that landed in the Euphrates river at sunrise on the “sun” day
after the vernal equinox. To proclaim her divine authority, she
changed a bird into an egg laying rabbit. As the cult
developed, the priests of Easter would impregnate young
virgins on the altar of the goddess of fertility at sunrise on
Easter Sunday. A year later the priests of Easter would
sacrifice those three-month-old babies on the altar at the
front of the Sanctuary and dye Easter eggs in the blood of the
sacrificed infants.
The forty days of Lent - or weeping for Tammuz, starts the
Easter fertility season. The festivities culminate on Easter
Sunday, when the priests of Easter slaughtered the “wild boar
that killed Tammuz” and the entire congregation would eat the
“ham” on Easter Sunday. (John Michael Rood, The Mystery of
Iniquity, Chapter 8)
When you really boil it down to its origins, the entire Easter
season is nothing more than disgusting, abominable paganism
at its worst. YHVH has told us that worship of this kind is
completely unacceptable with Him. Yet, all of Christianity is
caught up in the celebration of the resurrection of the son on
Easter day. Little do most Christians know that the son,
whose resurrection is celebrated on Easter, is actually the
repulsive sun god Tammuz of biblical fame, not the Messiah
of Scripture.
What's Wrong With Honouring Christ During the Easter
Season?
The Easter season has become the traditional time when
Christians worldwide remember and celebrate the death, burial
and resurrection of the Saviour of the world. For these
Christians, Easter has replaced the biblical appointed times
which are prophetic pictures of the death, burial and
resurrection of Messiah. Pesach (Passover) is the appointed
day which the Almighty has stamped on his calendar as that
day when the Lamb would be sacrificed and its blood shed for
the redemption of his people. Messiah clearly fulfilled this
prophetic picture with his death on the tree at the appointed
time of Passover.
The prophetic calendar as described in Leviticus 23 also tells
us that the first day of the same week of Unleavened Bread
was the time for the first fruits offering to be waved before the
Father in heaven. Messiah fulfilled this ceremony by becoming
the first fruits of the resurrection of the dead on that first day
of the week.
But Roman Christians have replaced these biblical appointed
times of the Messiah with ceremonies adopted from the pagan
practices of worshipping the sun god. Instead of guarding and
observing the appointed times which YHWH has established
as the acts of redemption which Messiah would fulfill,
Christians prefer to try to worship God after the manner of the
pagans!
Worship of the true Elohim must never be done in the same
way that unbelievers worship their gods. The instructions
given in Scripture are crystal clear about this:
These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe
to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth
thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.
2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations
which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high
mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
3 and ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars,
and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the
graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them
out of that place. Deut. 7.5
4 Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God. (Deuteronomy
12:1- 4)
Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every
abomination to the LORD which he hateth have they done
unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they
have burnt in the fire to their gods.
32 ¶ What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou
shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. (Deuteronomy
12:31, 32)
YHWH has made it simple to understand that HE does not
accept worship done the way that unbelievers worship their
gods. He does not want His worshipers to add to or take
away from His own prescribed way of worship. He must be
worshiped in the way that He has revealed in His word.
Nevertheless, the practice of Christians who think they are
honoring Christ is to observe the pagan day of honouring the
fish god Dagan, which is Friday. And they tell you that Christ
has changed the meaning of that day although there is not a
shred of evidence in the Bible that He did. And Christians fast
for forty days because they say they are doing it like their
Master Jesus did. Yet, what they are doing is actually at the
time and in the manner that the pagans wept for forty days for
the pagan sun god Tammuz.
Then Christians celebrate Easter Sunday as the time of the
resurrection, with Easter Eggs, sunrise services and eating
ham for dinner. All of these disgusting customs are borrowed
from the pagan worship of the sun god. And Christians ignore
the clear instruction of Scripture that the pig carcass is not to
be touched or eaten, because it is an abomination to do so.
Let's leave all these pagan ritualistic practices, customs and
traditions behind us. Let's worship our Creator the way He
instructs us to worship Him. Say "goodbye" to the Easter
bunny, colour Easter eggs, so-called good Friday, fascination
with "the fish," eating of the ham that slew Tammuz and all
other such nonsense. Let's worship the true and living YHWH
Elohim by keeping His holidays, which are listed in Leviticus
23.
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