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Celebrating Halloween
Should born-again Christian believers celebrate together with the world this holiday of Halloween? Should church leaders have "dress up" night allowing children to come in as biblicial characaters? I won't tell you not to, but this study below will present some facts and you can decide for yourself. Here is a study and teaching on the subject by my dear friend Rev. Terry Pavone from Florida.
TEACHING ON: "HALLOWEEN" by Rev. Theresa Q. Pavone, A.TH,B.TH
Christians should NOT celebrate or partake of this evil holiday. I will most likely post this a few times until Halloween is past. As Christians we need to be made aware of these FACTS. As Christians we need NOT to be celebrating or parttaking of this annual holiday.
Christians should not celebrate Halloween because its customs and practices come from an ancient, pagan (Celtic) festival of the dead and is a celebration of everything unholy and is the satanists biggest holiday. Therefore to participate in Halloween is to serve the devil; Christians should not celebrate Halloween because pagans and satanists still observe it today as an -holy day; Christians should not celebrate Halloween because it is wrong to participate in something that is used for evil or has evil connected to it.
For the fanciful child, it's a dream come true to dress up as a favorite literary character or fairy-tale heroine on Halloween. On one day of the year, children are permitted to indulge their fantasies – both costume and candy – and the streets are filled with small Snow Whites, witches and goblins. But why do we celebrate this "child's" holiday called Halloween? Recognizing the evil behind these pagan "celebrations" of communion with nature and spirits, the Catholic Church moved its All Saints Day from May to Nov. 1. The day was set aside to honor marytred Christians. Protestants soon followed, but the occult symbols and practices of Samhaine are still dominant. "HALLOWEEN" in today's age is considered a harmless tradition. But is it? Did you ever wonder where the tradition of "Halloween" came from? Halloween Kid's Treat or Pagan Trick? Many Christians celebrate holidays, such as Halloween, without thinking about their origins, true meaning or where they came from. It's tradition, so they go along with it. It is impossible to separate Halloween from the Druids because they originated the "holiday." Druids were Celtic priests and they were EVIL. For several hundred years before Christ, the Celts inhabited what is now France, Germany, England, Scotland and Ireland and the Celtic Druid priests did much evil. Is HALLOWEEN as harmless as everyone says? The following are some "facts" that have been collected and are documented as fact. After reading them, you can judge for yourself if you feel "Halloween" is harmless.
FACTS
FACT 1 -- It was the Celts who chose the date of Oct 31 as their New Year's Eve and who originally intended it as a celebration of everything that was wicked and evil. It was a time to celebrate the "dead". During their celebration, the Celts would gather around a community bonfire and offer up sacrifices of their animals, crops, humans, and sometimes, even themselves. The wearing of costumes made from the heads and skins of other animals, would also tell one another's fortunes for the coming year. It also helped conceal their identity when doing something "evil". Sacrifices and the wearing of costumes. Sound familiar?
FACT 2 -- Encyclopedia Britannica says of this so-called harmless tradition: "The souls of the dead were supposed to revisit their homes on this night. The autumnal festival acquired sinister significance, with ghosts, witches, goblins, black cats, fairies and demons of all kinds said to be roaming about. It was a time to placate the supernatural powers combating the process of nature. It was the day on which the help of the devil was invoked." Ghosts, witches, goblins, black cats. Sound familiar?
FACT 3 -- Regarding Jack O' Lanterns. Jack O' Lanterns are not a "harmless tradition". Yet many Christians today carve them and put them outside as a "tradition" without even knowing about or understanding the significance of this. This is very dangerous. To follow tradition without checking it out FIRST can be extremely harmful. We learn once again from the encyclopedia Britannica that the "Jack O' Lanterns" were hallowed out pumpkins carved in the "appearance of a demonic face with a lighted candle inside" used to help lead the way in the dark. It started as an ancient symbol of a damned soul that was named for a man called "Jack" who supposedly could not enter heaven or hell. As a result he was doomed to wander in darkness with his lantern until Judgment Day.The purpose of the placing of lighted candles were to ward off and scare evil spirits from houses. The lighted candle was to show the way for the demons to come and "play tricks" on the living. As Christians, we should stay clear of this. Another tool for satan to work through. To carve the Jack O' Lantern out and place a lighted candle inside is actually taking part of that evil.Is this done today? Sound familiar? CHRISTIANS....... do not buy or use Jack O' Lanterns and place candles in them. To do so is parttaking of evil. I urge you NOT to do it.
FACT 4 -- Black cats. Why the black cats? It was believed that the cats had been "changed" in formas a punishment for evil deeds. This was the belief of the Druids,the Celtics priests. Black cats at Halloween. Sound familiar?
FACT 5 -- Research on the subject turns up Ancient Celtic priests known as "Druids" who used "Stonehenge" as their special site for observance of their pagan religion. A major holiday called the "Vigil of Samhain" was held on October 31. Samhain was the "god of the dead" to the heathen. At this feast of the dead the Druid priest would engage in religious rites and rituals that included "human and animal sacrifices". This as we know, is practiced still today. Two of the several reasons for this event were to "worship the lord of death (satan)" and to "call forth evil spirits to visit the living and bring hardship and catastrophes". The evil spirits and the evil dead would have liberty on that night to play havoc on humans. The playing of tricks. Sound familiar? Do we really want to participate in a holiday tradition where people and animals were and still are killed as a sacrifice? Is it harmless? The answer is NO! It is NOT harmless. It is evil and to parttake of any portion of this holiday is parttaking of that evil. It's satan's biggest holiday.
FACT 6 -- As mentioned earlier as part of their celebration, the Celtics would dress in robes and wore hideous masks. People hid behind masks because they were afraid evil spirits would come in and possess them. Another reason was their hideous deeds would go undetected. This is where the tradition of the wearing of masks at our present day Halloween as we know it came in. Do we really want our children and grandchildren parttaking of this evil? Wearing of masks. Sound familiar?
FACT 7 -- While the Roman Catholic Church Christianized the "Vigil of Samhain" on November 1 and called it "All Souls Day" or "All Saints Day" as it is sometimes called today, the satanist religion claimed it for their hallowed eve. Coincidental? No. The Roman Catholics as Christians, felt that if they could not stop the pagans from celebrating their festivals, that they (the Catholic Church) would include them. Hence the old vantage, "if you can't fight them, join them" comes in. THE CELEBRATION OF HALLOWEEEN IS SURVIVAL OF ANCIENT PAGEN BELIEFS!! The celebration of Halloween is simply the survival of an ancient pagan belief and contrary to common belief, it is very far from harmless, especially in today's generation when the satanists claim this as their most holy day.
FACT 8 -- "Begging" began hundreds of years ago in Ireland. Children and farmers went from house to house begging for food for the village Halloween festivities in the name of their ancient gods on this halloweed eve. Good luck was then promised to the generous donors, and serious threats were made against those who would not give anything. In today's generation children and even some adults go around begging for candy as a tradition and find it fun. If given, as then it is now, fine. If not, a trick would be played. Tricks are played today. Eggs are thrown at houses, cars, all sorts of things go on. Again, sound familiar?
FACT 9 -- The tradition of the giving of candy was to "placate the witches, the demons and the dammed souls" so that they wouldn't play tricks. This tradition has withstood time. The giving of candy was to placate witches. It sounds harmless but if it were used to placate witches and demons, why would we enter in to such a tradition? We are parttaking of that same evil. The giving of candy. Sound familiar?
Fact 10 -- One fact that cannot be denied is in today's generation weeks before our traditional "Halloween", numbers of children and animals are abducted and disappear, slaughtered and sacrificed. In my area it is recorded that cats were killed and sacrificed on Halloween eve. Does that sound "Harmless"?
Fact 11 -- "Wearing of Costumes". "Costumes" promote violent behavior. After all, the wearer of the costume is hidden, disguised, and unknown. Clothing designers make money, however, and so do the rental shops of costumes. Why would anyone want to disguise themself unless they were up to no good? The wearing of Costumes. Sound familiar? Oh it all seems harmless enough some will say, but its not. If we parttake and celebrate Halloween, we are endorsing the evil and parttaking of that evil. As Christians we need NOT participate or celebrate or allow our children to participate in this very wicked, evil so-called holiday.
Fact 12 -- Let's not forget the "razor blades, poison apples and candy, along with other harmful things" that are found in children's candy placed their by demented and/or demonized people and which is on the increase in our present day generation. That most certainly sounds familiar.
Fact 13 -- "Halloween" is the highest of "Holy Days" for the satanist' religion. That alone should stop you from celebrating or parttaking in it.
Fact 14 -- "Halloween" is a blending of traditions and satanism! And it is definitely NOT harmless! As Christians, we are strictly forbidden to have anything to do with witchcraft, and the demonic.
The Bible admonishes us in Deuteronomy 18 and warns against passing through the fire, using divinations, spells, observers of time (astrology), etc. Deuteronomy 18:10 "There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch". Doesn't Halloween include all of that?
As Christians we need to be educated, to educate our children, to stay clear of and have nothing to do with anything remotely suggesting satanism. We need to use wisdom with regard to allowing our children to part-take of such a demonic traditional holiday. Don't celebrate Halloween, friend. Stay clear as the Bible warns us. Celebrate Jesus, His birth and His, resurrection, and the glorious salvation we have through Him instead. God bless you my friend as you ponder on these thoughts. The choice is up to you. Dressing your children/grandchildren up in costumes, or handing out candy, etc., is parttaking of this holiday.
Take a stand for Christ and DO NOT participate in this, satan's holiday. Let the Holy Spirit be your guide. Rev. Theresa Quinto Pavone
COPYRIGHT©1997, Revised COPYRIGHT©2005
Rev. Theresa Q. Pavone, A.TH,B.TH All rights reserved. Posted with Permission -Rev Dorothy M Barry
TEACHING ON: "HALLOWEEN" by Rev. Theresa Q. Pavone, A.TH,B.TH
Christians should NOT celebrate or partake of this evil holiday. I will most likely post this a few times until Halloween is past. As Christians we need to be made aware of these FACTS. As Christians we need NOT to be celebrating or parttaking of this annual holiday.
Christians should not celebrate Halloween because its customs and practices come from an ancient, pagan (Celtic) festival of the dead and is a celebration of everything unholy and is the satanists biggest holiday. Therefore to participate in Halloween is to serve the devil; Christians should not celebrate Halloween because pagans and satanists still observe it today as an -holy day; Christians should not celebrate Halloween because it is wrong to participate in something that is used for evil or has evil connected to it.
For the fanciful child, it's a dream come true to dress up as a favorite literary character or fairy-tale heroine on Halloween. On one day of the year, children are permitted to indulge their fantasies – both costume and candy – and the streets are filled with small Snow Whites, witches and goblins. But why do we celebrate this "child's" holiday called Halloween? Recognizing the evil behind these pagan "celebrations" of communion with nature and spirits, the Catholic Church moved its All Saints Day from May to Nov. 1. The day was set aside to honor marytred Christians. Protestants soon followed, but the occult symbols and practices of Samhaine are still dominant. "HALLOWEEN" in today's age is considered a harmless tradition. But is it? Did you ever wonder where the tradition of "Halloween" came from? Halloween Kid's Treat or Pagan Trick? Many Christians celebrate holidays, such as Halloween, without thinking about their origins, true meaning or where they came from. It's tradition, so they go along with it. It is impossible to separate Halloween from the Druids because they originated the "holiday." Druids were Celtic priests and they were EVIL. For several hundred years before Christ, the Celts inhabited what is now France, Germany, England, Scotland and Ireland and the Celtic Druid priests did much evil. Is HALLOWEEN as harmless as everyone says? The following are some "facts" that have been collected and are documented as fact. After reading them, you can judge for yourself if you feel "Halloween" is harmless.
FACTS
FACT 1 -- It was the Celts who chose the date of Oct 31 as their New Year's Eve and who originally intended it as a celebration of everything that was wicked and evil. It was a time to celebrate the "dead". During their celebration, the Celts would gather around a community bonfire and offer up sacrifices of their animals, crops, humans, and sometimes, even themselves. The wearing of costumes made from the heads and skins of other animals, would also tell one another's fortunes for the coming year. It also helped conceal their identity when doing something "evil". Sacrifices and the wearing of costumes. Sound familiar?
FACT 2 -- Encyclopedia Britannica says of this so-called harmless tradition: "The souls of the dead were supposed to revisit their homes on this night. The autumnal festival acquired sinister significance, with ghosts, witches, goblins, black cats, fairies and demons of all kinds said to be roaming about. It was a time to placate the supernatural powers combating the process of nature. It was the day on which the help of the devil was invoked." Ghosts, witches, goblins, black cats. Sound familiar?
FACT 3 -- Regarding Jack O' Lanterns. Jack O' Lanterns are not a "harmless tradition". Yet many Christians today carve them and put them outside as a "tradition" without even knowing about or understanding the significance of this. This is very dangerous. To follow tradition without checking it out FIRST can be extremely harmful. We learn once again from the encyclopedia Britannica that the "Jack O' Lanterns" were hallowed out pumpkins carved in the "appearance of a demonic face with a lighted candle inside" used to help lead the way in the dark. It started as an ancient symbol of a damned soul that was named for a man called "Jack" who supposedly could not enter heaven or hell. As a result he was doomed to wander in darkness with his lantern until Judgment Day.The purpose of the placing of lighted candles were to ward off and scare evil spirits from houses. The lighted candle was to show the way for the demons to come and "play tricks" on the living. As Christians, we should stay clear of this. Another tool for satan to work through. To carve the Jack O' Lantern out and place a lighted candle inside is actually taking part of that evil.Is this done today? Sound familiar? CHRISTIANS....... do not buy or use Jack O' Lanterns and place candles in them. To do so is parttaking of evil. I urge you NOT to do it.
FACT 4 -- Black cats. Why the black cats? It was believed that the cats had been "changed" in formas a punishment for evil deeds. This was the belief of the Druids,the Celtics priests. Black cats at Halloween. Sound familiar?
FACT 5 -- Research on the subject turns up Ancient Celtic priests known as "Druids" who used "Stonehenge" as their special site for observance of their pagan religion. A major holiday called the "Vigil of Samhain" was held on October 31. Samhain was the "god of the dead" to the heathen. At this feast of the dead the Druid priest would engage in religious rites and rituals that included "human and animal sacrifices". This as we know, is practiced still today. Two of the several reasons for this event were to "worship the lord of death (satan)" and to "call forth evil spirits to visit the living and bring hardship and catastrophes". The evil spirits and the evil dead would have liberty on that night to play havoc on humans. The playing of tricks. Sound familiar? Do we really want to participate in a holiday tradition where people and animals were and still are killed as a sacrifice? Is it harmless? The answer is NO! It is NOT harmless. It is evil and to parttake of any portion of this holiday is parttaking of that evil. It's satan's biggest holiday.
FACT 6 -- As mentioned earlier as part of their celebration, the Celtics would dress in robes and wore hideous masks. People hid behind masks because they were afraid evil spirits would come in and possess them. Another reason was their hideous deeds would go undetected. This is where the tradition of the wearing of masks at our present day Halloween as we know it came in. Do we really want our children and grandchildren parttaking of this evil? Wearing of masks. Sound familiar?
FACT 7 -- While the Roman Catholic Church Christianized the "Vigil of Samhain" on November 1 and called it "All Souls Day" or "All Saints Day" as it is sometimes called today, the satanist religion claimed it for their hallowed eve. Coincidental? No. The Roman Catholics as Christians, felt that if they could not stop the pagans from celebrating their festivals, that they (the Catholic Church) would include them. Hence the old vantage, "if you can't fight them, join them" comes in. THE CELEBRATION OF HALLOWEEEN IS SURVIVAL OF ANCIENT PAGEN BELIEFS!! The celebration of Halloween is simply the survival of an ancient pagan belief and contrary to common belief, it is very far from harmless, especially in today's generation when the satanists claim this as their most holy day.
FACT 8 -- "Begging" began hundreds of years ago in Ireland. Children and farmers went from house to house begging for food for the village Halloween festivities in the name of their ancient gods on this halloweed eve. Good luck was then promised to the generous donors, and serious threats were made against those who would not give anything. In today's generation children and even some adults go around begging for candy as a tradition and find it fun. If given, as then it is now, fine. If not, a trick would be played. Tricks are played today. Eggs are thrown at houses, cars, all sorts of things go on. Again, sound familiar?
FACT 9 -- The tradition of the giving of candy was to "placate the witches, the demons and the dammed souls" so that they wouldn't play tricks. This tradition has withstood time. The giving of candy was to placate witches. It sounds harmless but if it were used to placate witches and demons, why would we enter in to such a tradition? We are parttaking of that same evil. The giving of candy. Sound familiar?
Fact 10 -- One fact that cannot be denied is in today's generation weeks before our traditional "Halloween", numbers of children and animals are abducted and disappear, slaughtered and sacrificed. In my area it is recorded that cats were killed and sacrificed on Halloween eve. Does that sound "Harmless"?
Fact 11 -- "Wearing of Costumes". "Costumes" promote violent behavior. After all, the wearer of the costume is hidden, disguised, and unknown. Clothing designers make money, however, and so do the rental shops of costumes. Why would anyone want to disguise themself unless they were up to no good? The wearing of Costumes. Sound familiar? Oh it all seems harmless enough some will say, but its not. If we parttake and celebrate Halloween, we are endorsing the evil and parttaking of that evil. As Christians we need NOT participate or celebrate or allow our children to participate in this very wicked, evil so-called holiday.
Fact 12 -- Let's not forget the "razor blades, poison apples and candy, along with other harmful things" that are found in children's candy placed their by demented and/or demonized people and which is on the increase in our present day generation. That most certainly sounds familiar.
Fact 13 -- "Halloween" is the highest of "Holy Days" for the satanist' religion. That alone should stop you from celebrating or parttaking in it.
Fact 14 -- "Halloween" is a blending of traditions and satanism! And it is definitely NOT harmless! As Christians, we are strictly forbidden to have anything to do with witchcraft, and the demonic.
The Bible admonishes us in Deuteronomy 18 and warns against passing through the fire, using divinations, spells, observers of time (astrology), etc. Deuteronomy 18:10 "There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch". Doesn't Halloween include all of that?
As Christians we need to be educated, to educate our children, to stay clear of and have nothing to do with anything remotely suggesting satanism. We need to use wisdom with regard to allowing our children to part-take of such a demonic traditional holiday. Don't celebrate Halloween, friend. Stay clear as the Bible warns us. Celebrate Jesus, His birth and His, resurrection, and the glorious salvation we have through Him instead. God bless you my friend as you ponder on these thoughts. The choice is up to you. Dressing your children/grandchildren up in costumes, or handing out candy, etc., is parttaking of this holiday.
Take a stand for Christ and DO NOT participate in this, satan's holiday. Let the Holy Spirit be your guide. Rev. Theresa Quinto Pavone
COPYRIGHT©1997, Revised COPYRIGHT©2005
Rev. Theresa Q. Pavone, A.TH,B.TH All rights reserved. Posted with Permission -Rev Dorothy M Barry
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