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.
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David J. Meyer Last Trumpet Ministries |
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 Savior?
The purpose of this article 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" (in the ancient British isles and
in most English speaking countries today) was a day that commemorated the
resurrection of one of their gods that they called "Tammuz," who 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, the grandson of Ham, one of Noah's sons. 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 of 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 claimed
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 (also
known as Ishtar) ... came down from heaven in a giant egg that fell into the
Euphrates River. This was to have happened at the time of the first full moon
after the spring equinox.
Ishtar 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.
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.
Worshippers 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 worshipped. 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 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 article should have made the connection that paganism has infiltrated
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 (Yeshua the Messiah). We
also know that Easter can be as much as four 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.
The truth is that the forty days of Lent,
Easter eggs, rabbits, hot cross buns and the Easter ham have everything to do
with the ancient pagan religion of Mystery Babylon. These are all antichrist activities! .....