 knows
Easter is the ancient Pagan goddess of fertility.
God condemned his people for Easter
worship:
Ezekiel 8:6-16 "Son of man, do you
see what they are doing, the great abominations ... behold there sat women
weeping for Tammuz [son of Ishtar] ... you will see greater abominations
... twenty-five men, with their backs to the temple of the Lord, and their
faces toward the East, worshipping the sun ..."
Jeremiah 44:17 "When we burned incense
to the queen of heaven [Ishtar] ... we made cakes [hot cross buns] for
her bearing her image ..."
"As at Christmas, so also at Easter,
popular customs reflect many ancient pagan survivals - in this instance,
connected with spring fertility rites, such as the symbols of the Easter
egg and the Easter hare, or rabbit." (Easter: Britannica Online 1996.)
"According to the Venerable Bede,
the name Easter is derived from the pagan spring festival of the Anglo-Saxon
goddess Eostre, and many folk customs associated with Easter (for example,
Easter eggs) are of pagan origin." (Easter: The 1995 Grolier Multimedia
Encyclopedia.)
Easter was substituted for the
true holy day of Passover that Jesus declared we should observe in memorial
(once every year) of him:
Luke 22:19 "Do this in remembrance
of me." John 13:15 "For I have given you an example, that you also should
do as I have done to you."
1Corinthians 5:7 "For Christ, our
passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Let us therfore, celebrate the feast
[of Unleavened Bread - the holy day following Passover] ... with the unleavened
bread of sincerety and truth.
What does God think of man's traditions?
Mark 7:13 "... thus making void
the word of God through your tradition ..." |
