DOES THE SCRIPTURE SUPPORT EASTER
FESTIVALS?
josevangelseven@hotmail.com; jazubuike904@gmail.com
INTRODUCTION:
What is Easter? Does the Bible support it? Is it a Christian
festival? How does it relate to the resurrection of Jesus Christ? Are we
supposed to celebrate Easter as Christians? What do we do with the feast since
it has come to stay? Or are we to ignore
it? The best answer to these questions would be to ignore or avoid it
completely. Yes because the Apostles who succeeded Jesus did not celebrate it,
else the record of its celebration would have been recorded for us to see.
From the Bible record Easter is not associated with the
resurrection of Jesus Christ, no. From the account of Jesus in the early
morning resurrection, the Bible did not mention anything as Easter Jon. 20:1-10,
even though the first day of the week was mentioned. And the first day
resurrection does not in any way mean a change of the Sabbath. This is a
spiritual attack against the Church.
Today the Church of Christ has not even realized this. From these
passages of his resurrection to his ascension which occurred after 40 days with
his disciples on earth Acts. 1:3, there was nothing as Easter in connection
with Christ or with our Salvation. No one tries to survey this from the Bible,
our people hearing about Christ joins every foundation whether scriptural or
not.
Neither does Easter mean Salvation or in any way relate with
our Salvation. Instead it is against the Christian faith, when they tried to
kill Apostle Peter Acts 12. It was only on this account that Easter was heard
about for the first and only time in the Bible. If it is a Christian festival,
the Bible would have continued to showcase its activity steadily.
It is an ungodly festival which was derived from the Grecian
kingdom and rested on Rome. From my book of Rapture you could see the number of
the “world powers” and observe that “Greece ruled the world as the fifth world
power”, after which Rome took over. The name was “Ishtar or estorea”, but it
was late renamed Easter in the hands of Rome. It was in the world before the
birth, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
It is not a Christian program because it dated back before
the emergence of Christianity. It was in no way related to or associated with
the resurrection of our lord Jesus Christ. It is very wrong for Rome to
associate Easter with the resurrection of Jesus. Jesus resurrected at least 50 days before the
Church was established or inaugurated at Jerusalem at the upper room Acts.2.
JESUS’ RESURRECTION:
I will keep saying that Easter does not mean resurrection of
Jesus Christ nor the Salvation of mankind. It is in no way connected with Jesus
resurrection or the Church of Christ. The Church of Christ had not been born
when the resurrection of Jesus Christ occurred, therefore how could anyone
associate the resurrection of Jesus with Easter and the Church?
LET’S SURVEY:
Let’s go to John’s book in Chapter 20:1-10 and see the
resurrection of Jesus. Here there was nothing as Easter associated with his
resurrection, and the Church had not been born. The Church was born 50 days
after Jesus’ resurrection, and the Holy Spirit who took over from him
inaugurated it Acts 2. This happened on
the day of Pentecost, a feast in Israel and the Jews. Again Easter entered into
the Bible for the first time in connection with Apostle Peter’s arrest by King
Herod. The establishment of the Church badly hit Judaism which the Jews were
practicing as their religion. People were being converted to Christianity and
it was grieving the Pharisee, the Sadducees, the high Priests etc.
It was on this account that these group descended on the
Apostles and demanded that they stop using the name of Jesus Christ in
preaching, which Apostle Peter rejected before their faces. And because of
this, they reported the incident to King Herod, who wanted to win their favor,
and he arrested James the brother of John and slew him with the sword, and this
pleased the Jews. Then he proceeded to arrest Apostle Peter also, but desiring
after their Easter to kill him.
But Easter had been in the world before the birth, death and
resurrection of Jesus Christ, how is it associated with his resurrection? I
guess those who argue much on this never have time to study the Bible because
this error is glaring.
Rome after their failure in massacring the Church later
designed a program which the Church could unknowingly and ignorantly join. My
question now is “have they not succeeded at last”? The answer is “they have
succeeded”.
The Church today believes
that all is well, it’s not true; all is not well. The Apostles did not mix with
Rome’s programs and that’s why you don’t see such feasts in the Bible.
There were so many things which were taught us when we were
infants and children, but when we grew up to study about those things we begin
to laugh at such ideas. For example, a
young man heard from his teacher at school “that the sticks of sugar cane are
the product used in producing sugar”.
He didn’t hear very well that there are processes to go
before it would form as a cube. He went home and bought some sticks to a large
quantity, extracted the waters and put it directly into a pot and began to cook
it. But before he knew what was happening the waters had dried up and the pot
began to heat badly. So with this idea
we know from here that there are errors somewhere.
It was either the teacher did not communicate well or the
student didn’t understand him. But whatever happened thereafter, a mistake has
been made. But still sugar cane remains the correct raw material for sugar
production.
Now it is very wrong for us entirely, to think and believe
that Rome which killed all the Apostles and disciples of Jesus, and closed down
his Church at Jerusalem, to begin to tell us that Easter was in connection with
the resurrection of our lord. And we seem to listen and also to believe and
practice their fables.
If it were in the days of Jesus on earth, what he would ask
of us is “are you also without understanding”? Of course I ask; which of the
Apostles was involved in the establishment of Easter as a feast of the Church
and which Church in particular? Scripture
is needed for those who would dare to answer this question. But don’t say “it
doesn’t matter” because it matters a lot.
If you do study your Bible very well, I say very well, you
will understand that Jesus resurrected on the first day of the week and did not
build the Church in his lifetime, but it was inaugurated by the Holy Spirit 10
days after his ascension, according to
Lev. 25:10; Acts.2. The Bible recorded
that he was on earth after his resurrection 40 days with the disciples before
his ascension Acts 1:3. Add 40 days to 10 days and see Lev.25:10 come to pass.
I recommend my book of Rapture to you, title, “Rapture: the
Past, Present and What to Expect in the Future”. This eBook shall display all
the world powers of the Bible to you and you will see Rome’s position at the
time of Christ. Jesus was born when Rome was the sixth world power.
Just as America is the seventh and last world power now. And whenever their time elapses, the eight
which is the seven (Europe) comes back to power. And that would be the time the
great tribulation period shall start in the whole world.
Rome was originally known with their Idol worship at that
time. That was the reason the Emperors of Rome fought to destroy the Church
because she was converting people out from idolatry to serve the living God.
Have you not read about “the martyrs of Jesus”? What was the reason of the
Martyrs and who martyred the Saints?
The Saints or Apostles of Jesus who established the Church by
the Holy Spirit were attacked by Roman soldiers, under the command of the
Emperors, trying to close down the Church because in God’s program, Rome stands
out as an enemy till tomorrow. Read about Daniel’s account on the fourth and
terrible Beast Dan. 7:7.
This passage says the terrible Beast would trample on the
residue (Church) with the feet of it”. The feet of this Beast in God’s master
plan is “Iron” read Dan. 2:40. Observe the master plan from the book of Rapture
which I recommended for you. Let’s continue with the record from the Bible.
I have already said that Ishtar as an ungodly festival was in
the world before the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. When Jesus
made mention of building his Church in Math 16:18, there was no Church in
existence before then. He was the first to mention Church, as we know about
“the law of first mention”.
This means whoever first says a thing or whoever creates a
thing or a product will be referenced by others who may build on that product
or may produce its kind later. Jesus as “the first and the last” Rev. 1:17,
Isa.41:4 had to start the mention of Church in the world. He said he would build his Church and the
gates of Hell shall not prevail against it Math. 16:18. we might ask “who or
what the gate/s of Hell is? Do you need an answer? When you know those who
stopped the church and tried to close it entirely?
Therefore Rome’s claim to be the first Church in the world is
inaccurate but a fallacy. How could Rome start Jesus Church when he in his life
time trained his Apostles and Disciples and called them all from Israel? If Roman
Catholic was the first Church, what were the people they massacred and for what
reason did they kill them?
At that time he didn’t come to Rome, neither did he come to
Rome after his resurrection; no, no such record exists. They now claimed that
it was Apostle Peter who established the Church at Rome. The question is “did
he establish that Church at Rome before they crucified him upside down or after
his death”? One could laugh at this claim because it could not be substantiated
at all.
WHAT IS THE GATES OF HELL?
Jesus in that prophecy foresaw Rome killing the saints and
trying to close down his Church and he prophesied about it. Many people do not
know what is or what the gates of Hell were. If you ask many people about the
gates of hell, they refer you to “spirits or demons”. Were the demons the ones who martyred the
Church?
Or were the saints martyred by the Roman Emperors through
their soldiers? You do not understand this because you were not the one
martyred, otherwise you would have known it by force. Not only that, you have
believed them as the Church of Christ because you do not know anything about
Church.
It may interest you to know that Rome after closing down the
Church by killing the Saint tried and assumed the first Church. This claim is
what every Roman Catholic knows and says till tomorrow. They were earlier
barred from reading the Bible, so that the Holy Spirit would not open their
eyes as they read the Bible. They were earlier taught that the Bible is so big,
and that its volume could make one mad, so it was only their priests that are
qualified to touch it because they are holy.
They have many assumptions which they assume, among them was
that Easter means resurrection of Jesus Christ. If they could claim such
assumptions because they are blind to the Scriptures, are you also blind? If
they are asked not to read the Bible, who is there to stop you from reading and
studying it? If I’m reading and studying the Bible and nothing has happened to
me, what will then happen to you?
But I have some tips for you. Do you know that they are
opposed to all of God’s programs? Okay, where do they keep the second
commandment in Ex. 20:4-6? It is none existent in their Catechism. If you doubt
this, I ask you to say the second commandment. Hear what they say “thou shall
not call the name of the lord thy God in vain”. But this is the “third” not the
second commandment, and this is what they have for the second, true or false?
What of when God through Paul gave us his word “that every
man aspiring to lead the Church as a Pastor, Bishop or teacher (must) be the
husband of one wife” I Tim 3:1-7; Titus 1:4-7? Do they obey it? All their
Priests are unmarried from the least to the greatest. Not one is married among
them but they are using women here and there, and have left even their Rev
sisters provided for them and entered the society.
They have blinded the eyes of their people with assumptions
that they no longer reason well again. Those of their Priests who study the
Bible and come to this knowledge were attacked with treat against their lives.
Many of their priests today have seen the green light from God but they are
dying in silence because they have taken that oath unknowingly, and they do not
know what to do.
But I have some tips for some of them who may care; Jesus
said “if you are ashamed of me in this sinful and adulterous generation, of you
shall I be ashamed when I shall appear in glory with the holy Angels” Mk.8:38.
So risk your life for Christ and die as a martyr today, you would have made
heaven direct.
What do I mean? Give your life to Christ and resign your
appointment as a priest under them because of the light now in you and then get
married to whomsoever you love to marry. The next thing they will do is to
attack you up and down. You can run to any Country of the world for protection,
and they will claim to follow you anywhere in the world. This will open your
eyes the more because that’s how occults do when a member decamps from their
midst. Having seen the truth now you
can also decide to die, instead of losing your Salvation.
The Church at Jerusalem lived above 300 years before the
enthronement of Emperor Constantine the great, who when he mounted the throne
ordered that no killing of the saints should continue. You can browse the net
and get more information on “The Martyrs of Jesus”. Constantine the great
stopped the killing of the saints but inflicted a more severe injury on the
church.
WHAT DID HE DO?
He stopped the killing of the saints but ordered that “Anyone
who does not worship God on the first day should be killed”. He was
instrumental to the changing of the Sabbath day to “the day of the sun”, otherwise
known as “Sun-day for their sun-god”. This was the day they worship the sun.
Now this “sun-day” is reorganized internationally as Sunday and no longer as
“the day of the sun”. But only Israel
doesn’t acknowledge the first day service or worship of God. I’m in support of
the Sabbath day till tomorrow.
This sun was their male god while their female god was the
moon. So they cunningly changed “the
moon day” to “Monday”. They removed one “o” and joined others in order to
remove the understanding from those who might argue it, or try to educate
others on the issue.
What we are using in
the whole world except Israel is the Roman calendar. Every day is associated
with a god. Thus they have fulfilled Daniel’s prophecy that says “And they
shall think to change times and law” Dan. 7:25. They have done it. The Sabbath
day is now on Sunday while the days go after their gods.
But do you know that God has not changed the Sabbath day and
will not change it? If you say anything to open the eyes of your own people,
your own people will attack you first before they come, especially their
members. Some believers will even say, “just preach the word, it doesn’t
matter, what matters is preaching the word and converting souls”.
But Jesus said “teaching them to observe whatsoever I have
commanded you” Matt.28:19-20. Therefore the most important thing is to teach
people to observe the truth of the Bible, and not to leave one side unattended.
Help us O God!
No comments:
Post a Comment