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It is a known fact that easter is a pagan fesival that dates back to Nimrod and his mother. Anyone who knows the truth of easter and still keeps it as a celebration of the death and resurrection of Yeshua, profanes Him. For they willing blow off YHVH's true feast of passover to keep the pagan feast of easter. That is truly sad.
C
Right. Easter, Esther, Ishtar, Ashtaroth are all different tribal names for the same pagan goddess. This goddess was modeled after Semiramis, wife of Nimrod, who was said to descend out of the great waters from a colorful egg. The great waters referring to a great global flood according to ancient Sumerian / Chalddian legend.
It just so happens that Nimrod was the great grandson of Noah, the grandson of Ham by Cush the brother of the cursed Canaan. Nimrod was the first to openly defy God by refusing to migrate after Noah's flood. Instead, Nimrod took slaves and built a city in the plains of Shinar, today that city is commonly known as Babel. It was Nimrod who planned and initiated the building of the Tower of Babel which, according to Jewish legend, was built so the He might survive if God ever decides to flood the world again.
The bible refers to Nimrod as a great hunter. It was believed that Nimrod was so great that he could not die. However, he was killed somewhat unexpectedly leaving Semiramis in charge. Fearing a revolt, Semiramis get's herself pregnant and claims that her child is Nimrod reborn. The child, Ninus, was raised to believe that he was Nimrod and would eventually marry his mother thus establishing the pagan belief of reincarnation in the religions of the East. Ninus was given the title 'Nimrod' which in that day was the equivalent of the name king or emperor. later, the sons of Herod the Great would follow suit , taking up their father's name as a means to legitimize their crown.
It just so happens that Nimrod was the great grandson of Noah, the grandson of Ham by Cush the brother of the cursed Canaan. Nimrod was the first to openly defy God by refusing to migrate after Noah's flood. Instead, Nimrod took slaves and built a city in the plains of Shinar, today that city is commonly known as Babel. It was Nimrod who planned and initiated the building of the Tower of Babel which, according to Jewish legend, was built so the He might survive if God ever decides to flood the world again.
The bible refers to Nimrod as a great hunter. It was believed that Nimrod was so great that he could not die. However, he was killed somewhat unexpectedly leaving Semiramis in charge. Fearing a revolt, Semiramis get's herself pregnant and claims that her child is Nimrod reborn. The child, Ninus, was raised to believe that he was Nimrod and would eventually marry his mother thus establishing the pagan belief of reincarnation in the religions of the East. Ninus was given the title 'Nimrod' which in that day was the equivalent of the name king or emperor. later, the sons of Herod the Great would follow suit , taking up their father's name as a means to legitimize their crown.
C
Early Christians 'moved' the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday in order to distinguish themselves from the Jews in the hopes of avoiding persecution from the Romans. They chose Sunday because this was the day that Christ rose from the dead. If your church hold services on Sunday then technically speaking you are celebrating the ressurrection of Christ every Sunday. This change was made several decades before the establishment of Catholicism thus Sunday was widely recognize as the christian 'Sabbath' long before the Catholic church came about.
In my own studies this has been taught me, however there is another teaching which makes much more sense.
While the church was expanding into most of Europe, in order to appease and keep certain pagans in the rank and file of what was considered the faithful at the time, the church incorporated the spring fertility feast of northern European tribes. The goddess of fertility is Oestra, being fertility, the egg was also incorporated. Birth and fertility were equated with the resurrection, and Oestra became Easter.
Now I have heard the Ishtar version, and both stories are good, but when dealing with the churches of christianity, I lean heavily towards the name, Easter, as being derived from Oestra since there was never anything called Easter previous to the incorporation of those Germanic tribes into the church extant.
Seriously, where do people get this idea? The only source I can find regarding this is Alexander Hislop. Go back far enough and all these "scholars" who promote this idea will have him listed as a reference. There is no credible reference that I can find that links Nimrod, Semiramis, and all that other hullabaloo.
And even then, just because some ancient pagans used the same day we do now, doesn't mean we can't use it. We celebrate the resurrection of Christ! I'm not going to cede this day of joy and celebration to a group of ancient pagans who aren't even around anymore. Christ has conquered death, and in my eyes, celebrating His real event conquers the fake pagan event anytime.
And even then, just because some ancient pagans used the same day we do now, doesn't mean we can't use it. We celebrate the resurrection of Christ! I'm not going to cede this day of joy and celebration to a group of ancient pagans who aren't even around anymore. Christ has conquered death, and in my eyes, celebrating His real event conquers the fake pagan event anytime.
Shalom. The point of all this my friend, is easter and it's name are nothing but pagan, and everything connected to it. My question is why keep something that is known paganism, instead of keeping Yah's blessed and favored celebration of Passover? And as for sunday resurrection, it has a name also, it is called the Feast of First Fruits, NOT easter sunday. Celebrate the real event, that's awesome, but easter is NOT the real event and it IS pagan. Shalom
L
Jesus gave us this
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
(23) For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
(24) And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
(25) After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
(26) For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
No mention of sunday
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
(23) For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
(24) And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
(25) After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
(26) For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
No mention of sunday
S
Point is we co-opted pagan symbols and gave them a Christian meaning. Some like the egg have always held a rebirth/resurrection symbolism. Through longstanding Christian practice we don't celebrate Jewish feasts (like the Feast of the Booths) as we are not Jews and many of them have been replaced with Christian feasts (like Good Friday). Passover itself is celebrated at every Mass with unleavened bread and wine. Easter itself goes by multiple names, and in our parish bulletin it's listed as Resurrection Sunday, and I also believe that is how it's listed in the Church Calendar for the United States.
C
Wow what the. . .?!?! Talk about a load of holier than thou people here in this thread. Your too good and spiritual to try and redeem a day that is set aside to celebrate Jesus raising from the dead, the name Easter is just that a name, don't try and make it seem like your so amazing that you can't be tainted by something that was at some point a pagan holiday. I celebrate Easter as what it is to me a day to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the tomb, a time to celebrate that the Lord loved us so much that He came down to earth to die for our sins and rose to conquer sin and death so that I could have life and spend eternity with Him.
The problem with this my friend, is Yah's word says you cannot make Holy what is unholy. Taking well known pagan rituals and symbols and declaring them to be christian is wrong, and Yah says just as much. He says not to have anything to do with the practices of gentile nations(goyim) or their ways.
The way that churches, calendars, etc. do this is irrelevant to how Yah wants it done. we don't get to choose what we want to do with things. Even though many think they do.
As I've asked in so many posts similar to this one, why is it so hard for christians to be keep Yah's created Feasts, but so easy to keep known pagan holidays, that is so backwards. That's just telling Yah, I'm going to celebrate You my way, and you'll just have to accept it.
When YHVH created His 7 feasts, they were not and are not jewish feasts. Then that would mean only Judah kept these feasts. Which scripture clearly shows is not the case.
Anyone who wants to keep pagan feasts and think they are honoring Yah this way, can go right ahead. I for one will honor Him the way HE wants.
Shalom
The way that churches, calendars, etc. do this is irrelevant to how Yah wants it done. we don't get to choose what we want to do with things. Even though many think they do.
As I've asked in so many posts similar to this one, why is it so hard for christians to be keep Yah's created Feasts, but so easy to keep known pagan holidays, that is so backwards. That's just telling Yah, I'm going to celebrate You my way, and you'll just have to accept it.
When YHVH created His 7 feasts, they were not and are not jewish feasts. Then that would mean only Judah kept these feasts. Which scripture clearly shows is not the case.
Anyone who wants to keep pagan feasts and think they are honoring Yah this way, can go right ahead. I for one will honor Him the way HE wants.
Shalom
Here's my last comment on this matter, as this thread will argue till the cows come home.
Anyone who claims they care so much about honoring Yeshua's death and resurrection, yet choose to celebrate it by pagan means and symbols are only choosing to be blind and ignorant to it. YHVH does not and will not honor such practices, and His word says so clearly.
Anyone who truly loves Yeshua is those who keep the TRUE Passover, and First Fruits celebration of Yeshua. It is they whom YHVH will honor and bless for their obedience to Him in His Word.
Those who know the truth and continue to ignore, are those who honor Him with their lips, but their heart is far from Him.
Anyone who claims they care so much about honoring Yeshua's death and resurrection, yet choose to celebrate it by pagan means and symbols are only choosing to be blind and ignorant to it. YHVH does not and will not honor such practices, and His word says so clearly.
Anyone who truly loves Yeshua is those who keep the TRUE Passover, and First Fruits celebration of Yeshua. It is they whom YHVH will honor and bless for their obedience to Him in His Word.
Those who know the truth and continue to ignore, are those who honor Him with their lips, but their heart is far from Him.
C
Heres a question to all those who refuse to call Easter - Easter because apparently its pagan...
What do you do about planning your year? I don't know if you've noticed but the months we have that make up our year come from Greek and Roman pagan gods. So according to your legalistic 'the name means everything theory' you should not be referring to the months using the names we all use, cos their all pagan. Therefore what do you call them?
Another thing, what do you call the planets? They too have pagan names, since you can't refer to them what do you call them?
Are you aware that pagans invented democracy? What do you do about THAT?
What do you do about planning your year? I don't know if you've noticed but the months we have that make up our year come from Greek and Roman pagan gods. So according to your legalistic 'the name means everything theory' you should not be referring to the months using the names we all use, cos their all pagan. Therefore what do you call them?
Another thing, what do you call the planets? They too have pagan names, since you can't refer to them what do you call them?
Are you aware that pagans invented democracy? What do you do about THAT?
