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Pagan Roots of Halloween

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Rough Notes -WDHCF

Where did Halloween originate from?
How did we get it?
Halloween was celebrated by pagans centuries
before the First Century Congregation was founded.
Introduced into the First Century Congregation
centuries after the death of the Apostles, yet it
was celebrated by the pagans centuries before the
First Century Congregation was founded.
From Halloween Through Twenty Centuries, by Ralph
Linton, page 4, it says, "The American celebration
rests upon Scotish and Irish folk customs which
can be traced in direct line from Pre-Christian
times. Although Halloween has become a night of
rollicking fun, superstitious spells, and eerie
games which people take only half seriously, its
beginnings were quite otherwise. The earliest
Halloween celebrations were held by the Druids in
honor of Samhain, Lord of the Dead, whose festival
fell on November 1."
very distant from being righteous festival.
pagan holiday masquerading as though it was a
genuine custom of the true Congregation of
Yeshua / Jesus Christ.
parents allow their children to get involved in the
spirit of the pagan custom.
The Encyclopedia Americana states, "it's clearly a
relic of pagan times."
The Encyclopedia Britannica states, "It long
antedates Christianity. The two chief
characteristics of ancient Halloween were the
lighting of bonfires and the belief that this is the
one night in the year during which ghosts and
witches are most likely to wander about. History
shows that the main celebrations of Halloween were
Druidical and this is further provided by the fact
that in parts of Ireland October 31 is still known
as Oidhch Shamhna, "Virgil of Saman.'"
Halloween celebrated by the pagans long before
Yeshua / Jesus Christ was even born.
Halloween was celebrated by the Romans.
Encyclopedia Britannica continues, "On the Druidic
ceremonies were grafted some of the characteristics
of the Roman festival in honor of Pomona held about
November 1, in which nuts and apples, representing
the winter store of fruits, played an important
part."
Halloween's pagan customs are widespread around the
world to celebrate this season.
The Book of Halloween by Ruth Kelley writes, "The
pagan Druid priests taught the immortality of the
soul, that it passed from one body to another at
death ... They believed that on the last night of
the old year (October 31) the lord of death
gathered together the souls of all those who had
died in the passing year and had been condemned to
live in the bodies of animals, to decree what forms
they should inhabit for the next twelve months. He
could be coaxed to give lighter sentence by gifts
and prayers. "
Halloween Through Twenty Centuries page 5 writes,
"On the New Year, their sins being expiated, they
were released to go to the Druid Heaven."
Wheel of the Year, picture found
here
illustrates Pagan festivals such as Samhain
(Halloween), Yule (Saturnalia - Christmas),
Imbolc, Ostara (Ishtar - Easter) Beltane, Litha,
Lammas, Mabon, which some of their customs have
been grafted into Christianity.
Halloween / Samhain promoted the 'Doctrine of
Immortality of the Soul" that the dead are not
really dead.
almost all heathen countries had festivals or days
set aside to honor the dead.
These festivals originated from the death of Nimrod,
(Genesis 10:8-10) whom Semiramis said had resurrected
from the dead when an evergreen tree grew out of a
dead tree stump which is the origins of the Christmas
tree associating Yule (Saturnalia - Christmas) to Samhain
(Halloween).
The meaning of the word "Halloween" - Allhallows or
Hallowmas, or All Saints Day which is one of the
festivals of the Catholic Church says Lintons
Halloween Through Twenty Centuries, page 3.
Samhain / Halloween was the evening celebration
commencing at sunset, in anticipation of November 1,
honoring the Lord of the Dead.
Who is Lord of the Dead?
Yeshua / Jesus Christ states in Matthew 22:31-32
"But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have
ye not read that which was spoken to you by God,
saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of
Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God
of the dead, but of the living"
God is not God of the dead but in reality and in
righteousness, Yeshua / Jesus Christ is Lord of the
dead.
the dead do not serve God (Psalm 6:5, 115:17), the
soul that sins dies (Ezekiel 18:4), the dead know
nothing (Ecclesiastes 9:5), the dead's thoughts
perish (Psalm 146:4), only God has immortality
(1 Timothy 1:17, 6:15-16), and only God can destroy
a persons soul (Matthew 10:28)
to consult the dead is an abomination.
(Leviticus 19:31, Deuteronomy 18:9-12) and is part
of the abominations of the nations.
(Deuteronomy 18:9, 1 Kings 14:24, Ezekiel 6:9)
How is Yeshua / Jesus Christ Lord of the dead? He
defeated death as atonement for our sins but also to
become Lord of the dead (Romans 14:9)
Yeshua / Jesus Christ through his resurrection
obtained the keys to Hades or state of the dead.
(Revelation 1:18)
Who did Yeshua / Jesus take the authority of "Lord
of the Dead" from? Satan / Lucifer ofcourse.
(Hebrews 2:14)
What is Yeshua's / Jesus Christ's function as Lord
of the Living and the Dead?
on the last day to change the righteous from mortal
to immortal (1 Corinthians 15:51-58,
1 Thessalonians 4:14-18), to resurrect the righteous
to eternal life (John 3:16) and the unrighteous to
resurrection of condemnation (John 6:39, 40, 44, 54,
11:24-26, 12:48, 5:28-30)
Paganism make the "Lord of the Dead" other than
Yeshua / Jesus Christ but give authority to deities
such as Samhain, Baal, Nimrod, Hercules, Tammuz,
Adonis, Achilles, Orion, Belial, Mithra, Horus,
Osiris, Thor, Yule, Cronos, Kronus, Saturn, Odin,
Bacchus, Dionysus, Molech, Deonius, Jupiter, Man
the Branch, Wodan, Attes, Attis, and many others
depending which variation of paganism the name
derives from.
Paganism really is worshiping Satan / Lucifer as
"Lord of the Dead" , as Satan deceives the whole
world (Revelation 12:9) and Satan / Lucifer is the
Prince the power of the air (Eph 2:2) and god of
this world (2 Cor 4:4).
Giving these deities the authority of "Lord of the
Dead" rather than Yeshua / Jesus Christ is
glorifying Satan / Lucifer and is a form of
Idolatry.
In my opinion Halloween is Satanic.
people today are deceived into believing that
Halloween is harmless fun, but infact are honoring
Satan on this day.
most people know deep in their soul that Halloween
is Occult, sinful, and honors Satan / Lucifer
Apostle Paul states that this kind of worship is
worshiping demons (Galatians 4:8)
Halloween is not a righteous form of worship to
worship God
The True God demands that worshipers worship him
in Spirit and in Truth. (John 4:23-24)
What is the origins of All Saints Day?
November 1st, derived from the pagans is celebrated
by in hundreds of Church denominations to honor
the dead Saints
Pope Urban IV states All Saints day is "to honor
all the saints, known and unknown, and to supply
any deficiencies in the faithful's celebration of
saints' feasts during the year" according to
Reference Catholic Encyclopedia
How did Christianity come to venerating saints
come to be observed on the day in honor of the
devil?
The Catholic Encyclopedia continues, "... The
Church, feeling that every martyr should be
venerated, appointed a common day for all."
The Catholic Encyclopedia continues, "Gregory III
(731-741) consecrated a chapel in the basilica
of St. Peter to all saints and fixed the
anniversary on November 1 ... Gregory IV
(827-844) extended the celebration on 1 November
to the entire church. The vigil (Halloween) seems
to have been held as early as the feast itself."
From Halloween Through Twenty Centuries Ralph Linton
says, "All Saints' Day was introduced into the
church calender because the year was not long
enough to make it possible to dedicate a special
day for each spirit of the Catholic Church, ... That
the day chosen was one already associated in the
popular mind with a thronging of spirits of the
dead which was quite in line with church policy
of incorporating harmless pagan folk ideas. "
Protestant Churches observe All Saints' Day "since
it was on this day in 1517, that Martin Luther
posted his epoch-making ninety-five theses on the
door of the castle church at Wittenberg, ... He
chose Halloween night because he knew that the
townsfolk ... would be coming to the church that
night." (Halloween pp 9-10)
What is the origins of "Trick or Treat?"
Where did the prank of children knocking on peoples
doors and shouting "Trick or Treat" come from?
From Halloween Through Twenty Centuries Ralph Linton
says, "... certainly it comes from pagan times. ...
led by a man in a white robe wearing a horse mask.
... which indicated that this custom was a survival
of a Druid rite."
The horse head was sacred to the Sun God.
The procession levied a contribution from the
farmers in the perverted name of what probably was
an old Druid god. Unless the procession was treated
liberally with gifts, the farmers were tricked with
the threat of a curse that would ruin following years
crops.
The custom of having processions at Halloween were
further derived by wealthy churches during the Middle
Ages copying the ancient Greek and Roman processions
parading the relics of patron saints.
Poorer churches could not afford to buy relics so
they used caricatures of their patron saints
Halloween Through Twenty Centuries page 103 states,
"Those who were not playing the parts of the holy
ones also wanted to get into the procession and so
dressed up as angels or devils. The Allhallows
procession around the churchyard eventually became a
gay and motley parade."
the "Trick or Treat" custom simply derived from these
former degenerate absurd customs which came out of
paganism, grafting them into Christianity labeling
them with Christian names.