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One of the purposes of this site is to expose Satan's snares, especially
those that he is directing towards the saints of God—the called out ones. Satan
always marks his work with evil fruit, the appearance of evil, occult symbolism,
occult dates, and a myriad of ways that defy the authority
of the Word of God. Jesus warned,
"Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or
figs or thistles?"-Matthew 7:16
The Lord Jesus Christ explained the concept of
satanic marking in regards to behavior: the tree
is corrupt if it bears corrupt fruit. The context of this verse is in regard
to false prophets—Satan's workers. However, this principle is applicable to
the fruits of practices as well as to people. God's people must carefully
examine the practices the world and the church runs after and prove them to see if
they are acceptable unto the Lord. (See Eph. 5:10)
Keeping the principle of "knowing them by their fruits" in mind,
let us briefly examine Easter. I do not want to repeat the
insights other believers have shared in exposing the origins of Easter. There are some good
websites where this information is readily available to those who are willing
to prove what is acceptable unto the Lord. Here is an excellent tract to read: The
Pagan Origins of Easter.
First of all, nowhere in the Holy Bible are followers of the Lord Jesus Christ commanded or exhorted to
commemorate our Lord's resurrection in special worship. It is interesting
that the world revels in the celebration of the resurrection of the Son
of God, even while despising his right to rule over them. They celebrate the resurrection of
one they do not know
or love. Since they are not committing this annual "resurrection worship" to the true Lord Jesus Christ, then to whom is their worship
directed? Since they are not worshipping in spirit and in truth, then what
kind of worship is it?
It is Satanic, or devilish worship. Satanic worship is any worship, no
matter how it appears on the surface, that is not done in
spirit and in truth. This kind of worship is offered by the "children of
disobedience" by the spirit that now works in them which is the prince of
the power of the air. "Wherein in time past ye walked according to the
course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of
disobedience."-Eph. 2:2
Devilish worship can also be offered by
Christians if they are double-minded in regard to worship. If they are not worshipping God
in spirit and in truth, then the Bible says they are partaking of the table of
devils:
"Ye cannot drink
the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's
table, and of the table of devils."-1 Cor. 10:21
Christians differ from unbelievers in their
capacity for true worship. Unbelievers, who are spiritually dead in their tresspasses and
sins, do not have the
ability to worship in spirit
and in truth and cannot partake of the Lord's table. Followers of Jesus Christ have the ability to partake of either the Lord's table
or the
table of devils. They cannot partake of both at the same time. One is mutually
exclusive of the other. If we look at the context of 1 Cor. 10:20-23 we can see
what happens in regard to believers partaking of the "table of
devils":
"But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they
sacrifice to the devil, and not to God: and I would not that ye
should have fellowship with devils. Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we
stronger than he?"-1 Cor. 10:20, 22
An unbelievers' worship is to the devil by
default, even if his worship appears to be directed toward the Lord Jesus
Christ. Since he is not born of the Holy Spirit and thus cannot worship God in
spirit and in truth, his worship is at the table of devils in the sight of
God whether he realizes
this or not. This is a fact. It is also a fact that believers can fellowship
with devils in their worship if they do not confine their worship of God to
biblical standards: in spirit and in truth:
"God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must
worship him in spirit and in truth"-John. 4:24
If a Christian is
worshipping who he presumes to be God, but is not worshipping in spirit and
truth, he is fellowshipping with
devils. The entire tenth chapter of 1 Corinthians is about
believers committing idolatry and
the consequences for such. Paul likened idolatry to the sin of tempting Christ!
He explained that God's people must flee from idolatry:
Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from
idolatry. 1 Cor. 10:14
Fleeing from idolatry is pleasing to God. It
may not be pleasing to the relatives of the Christian who obeys God and refuses to be conformed to this
world. But all persecutions for living godly in Christ Jesus will be a faint
memory when we hear the words, "Well done, thou good and faithful
servant."
A
"Christian" Celebration Based Upon the Full Moon? Is
celebrating Easter worshipping God in spirit and in truth? Well, let us look at
the day that is chosen to celebrate what was and still is a fertility rite. Easter is not
celebrated on a fixed date each year. The reason
the date fluctuates is because the date for Easter is based upon the full moon.
I learned about this several years ago by consulting my Webster's Universal
Unabridged Dictionary.
Easter-[a paschal feast, originally a pagan festival in honor of
the Goddess of Spring, Eastre, held in April.]
1. An annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus, held on the first Sunday after the date of the full moon that occurs on
or after March 21.
2. The Sunday on which Easter is held: often called Easter Sunday.
March 21st (or 22nd) is the Vernal (Spring) Equinox and is
also a Satanic
high day. The date of this "Christian" celebration is held on the first
Sunday after the date of the full moon that occurs on or after March 21! The way
the yearly Easter date is calculated definitely marks it as a pagan holiday. Destroy the Works of
the Devil Through Prayer Human sacrifices
are performed all through the Easter holidays. These satanic ritual killings
begin on "Good" Friday at 12:01 a.m. and continue through Easter
Sunday. It
is the will of God that we pray and ask him to intervene and rescue from death
those who have been prepared to be ritually murdered at this time. Pray that Satan would not be able to get the
sacrifices that he desires and that lives would be saved to the honor and
glory of God. Human
sacrifice blasphemes God and intensely glorifies Satan. God's people must not participate in Easter in the manner of
a celebration because it is Satan's holiday marked by the full moon and human sacrifice!
Satan's influential followers covet the cooperation of demons which enable them
to carry out Satan's purposes in this world. To acquire this power they must
shed and consume human blood in ceremonial killings. Satan requires that this be
done all over the world. God is calling
on his called out ones to prevail in prayer against the gates of hell during this
time. Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil. As his followers, we
must follow him and do the same. We must worship in spirit and in truth
during Easter week by interceding for those held in bondage. God has provided a
way of escape for people slated for sacrifice in the past and he will continue
to provide a way of escape if we will pray. Some
of you might say, "Well, I'm going
to go to the church play, have a feast, and partake of the spiritual
aspects of the resurrection
celebration anyway. I have nothing to do with what Satan's workers are involved
in and I reject the world's secular rituals of egg hunting and chocolate bunnies
and marshmallow chicks. My celebration is a Christian one. I'm going to enjoy myself and celebrate Christ's
resurrection. There's nothing wrong with that! My family has always done this; it's a
tradition!" Gary and I do understand how you feel because we celebrated Easter
for many years before we realized that we were taking man's tradition and trying
to put God's Spirit and truth into it. We had to let go of even treasured family
holidays in order to put the Lord Jesus Christ first.
Jesus rebuked the Pharisees for elevating tradition
over God's Word:
"Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your
tradition?" Matt. 15:3
Those who celebrate Easter
transgress the commandments of God because The Bible does not direct believers
to celebrate the
resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. We are commanded to remember his death in
a scriptural manner,
not his resurrection. Let us look at the verse that
Christians like to use as an excuse
to partake of the table of devils by observing the holidays the world runs
after:
"Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect
of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of
things to come; but the body is of Christ." Col. 2:16, 17
"Ah
hah! See? Nobody may judge a Christian in respect to a holy
day!" Perhaps some who name the name of Jesus Christ are not aware that Easter
(Ishtar) is not really a holy day unto the Lord Jesus Christ. It is
probable that many Christians do not know that Easter is a time of human
sacrifice. But you and I know, and Jesus taught that we will be held
accountable for what we know:
"But he that knew not, and did commit
things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever
much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed
much, of him they will ask the more." Luke 12:48
You may protest,
"But I have nothing to do with
human sacrifice! It is not my fault that Satanists do such vile things on
Easter Sunday! Easter has an entirely different meaning to me. Easter
is a holy time to me; I worship the Lord Jesus Christ and honor him only on this
day!" Please soberly ponder something for a moment. Do
you believe the Lord Jesus Christ is receiving your worship when he has
indicated nowhere in the Holy Bible that this kind of worship is acceptable to
him? God's ways are not our ways. The Lord Jesus
Christ is not pleased with those who call themselves by his name and
still insist on observing a pagan, full-moon-based holiday while He watches the worldwide, simultaneous sacrifices of thousands upon thousands of
people while his church does nothing to counter these atrocities! Jesus
Christ is calling his true worshippers to bear his burden and
intercede to bring about the rescue and escape of men and women, boys, girls, and infants who
are prepared for ritual slayings. Jesus came to destroy the works
of darkness. It is his will that his people co-labor with him
with him and intercede to destroy the works of darkness on and before Easter
Sunday by prevailing prayer. But
the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship
him. God is a Spirit: and they
that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John 4:23, 24 Gary
and Lisa Ruby
Also see: Worthy
is the Lamb and Unworthy is "The Passion of The Christ
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