Have we ever asked ourselves what is really the meaning of EASTER,the real celebration behind it?? Those bunnies ?? Why we decorate those eggs?? Do egghunts, etc.?? Us as christians, we are the ones responsible to do research and to know about God’s truth because JESUS himself tell us to do so ” JOHN 5:39 “(39Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.”) instead of just inherit the tradition from our family customs. We have to investigate so we don’t become a participants of wrong tradition or wrong beliefs, that we don’t even know or are aware of. As the remembrance of JESUS RESURRECTION TODAY…it went into my head and had this thought of what is the meaning of easter or the celeration behind it. so i went and researched since i’m not a kid anymore and as christian it is my duty to find the answers to the truth. What’s with this egg hunt, bunnies and these colorful eggs all about?? What it has to do with resurecction of JESUS CHRIST?? so i found this article written by PASTOR HARRISON.i read all the passage given there and gave me the answer to my questions. so brothers and sister let’s start searching the truth and let’s not live with so many lies in this world that satan does to mislead people and instead live in God’s truth!!!!!Nothing can make JESUS CHRIST’s sacrifice and death on the cross be meaningless!!!
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT EASTER??
by PastorHarrison » April 7th, 2009, 9:54 am
What Does the Bible Say About:
Easter?
Fresh and vivid are my memories of standing in a chair as a small boy helping my mother decorate the Easter eggs for the big back yard hunt with brother, sister and cousins. The wicker baskets, plastic grass, chocolate bunnies and candy eggs and oh the laughter, frantic searching and excited children! With time I joined the “egg hiders” and stood laughing with the adults at the children in their searchings. Then finally as a father I laughed at my own children as they sought those same colorful eggs, carrying their own wicker baskets and plastic grass. But….I wondered…what do wicker baskets, plastic grass, candy rabbits and colored eggs have in the world to do with the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ? It was not until I joined an old fashioned Bible believing Church with a God called preacher that the answer to this question was shown to me. The answer is – Absolutely Nothing! To my shame I learned that in reality Easter was a far different thing than I had been led to believe growing up!
Turn in your King James Bible to Acts 12:4 [You’ll have to use a King James Bible in this lesson]. The word “Easter” appears once in the King James Bible in Acts 12:4 where we find Herod has just finished murdering the apostle James. Herod was NOT a Christian, he was an Idol worshipping Pagan who hated Christianity [Acts 12:1]. Herod arrested Peter and was waiting for the arrival of ISHTAR (pronounced Easter) to hold a second public execution like he’d done with James [Acts 12:2]. False bibles would lead you to believe Herod was waiting for the Passover but, as the King James translators knew, he was waiting for the spring festival of Easter which coincided with the Passover on the Roman calendar of the time. Study the Passover in relation to the “Days of Unleavened Bread” EX 12:13-18 / LEV 23:5 / Num 9:3 9:5 / Num 28:16 and you quickly see the Passover had already come and gone! Herod was waiting for “Easter” but here’s the key, it’s NOT the Easter you and I think of. Easter is actually a pronunciation of the goddess EOSTRA (ASTARTA– also known as ISHTAR pronounced EASTER) the Roman celebration of the “goddess” of spring. This festival was held late in the month of April. It was, in its original form, a celebration of the earth “regenerating” itself after the winter season. The festival involved a celebration of reproduction. For this reason the common symbols of Easter are rabbits and eggs and sunrise. Both rabbits and eggs of course are known as symbols of reproduction. Astarta was known in the Bible as the “queen of heaven” (Jeremiah 7:18; 44:17-25). She is the mother of Tammuz (Ezekiel 8:14) who was also her husband! Celebrations of this pagan goddess frequently were held at sunrise on “Easter” morning (Ezekiel 8:13-16). From the references in Jeremiah and Ezekiel, we can see that the true Easter has never had any association with Jesus Christ. This pagan holiday was carried into Christianity by the Catholic Church. Colored with the colors of sunrise, eggs frequented the festivities, among other things inappropriate to mention herein. Easter was over 1000 years old in Herod’s days and to him it was his pagan festival of Astarta. He was an enemy of Christianity. Do you understand now why Herod was waiting for his pagan festival Easter to murder another disciple? Clears things up quite a bit for those wondering why the Old King James translators said “Easter” instead of the incorrect “Passover”. Christians then most certainly should celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ! However they should NOT celebrate it with the pagan rituals of Astarta! Let the perverts at Playboy magazine keep the bunny’s this year and give the chickens a break and let commercialism keep the plastic grass and chocolate rabbits. Christians should be celebrating the gospel of Jesus Christ and the resurrection with a rededication to live as Christians in these dark last days! I encourage you parents, this year start a new “tradition” and give your children something that will last them eternity – the Gospel! Let Fathers and Mothers gather together with loved ones and children and share with them the wonder of the resurrection of the Son of the Living God!
