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";s:4:"text";s:28250:"Human beings replaced the symbolism of the biblical Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread with Easter eggs and Easter rabbits, pagan symbols of fertility. The Ancient Pagan Origins of Easter – By Joanna Gillan Easter is a festival and holiday celebrated by millions of people around the world who honor the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred three days after his crucifixion at Calvary. Vine's Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words, in its entry "Easter," states: "The term ‘Easter' is not of Christian origin. What these sources tell us is that human beings replaced the symbolism of the biblical Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread with Easter eggs and Easter rabbits, pagan symbols of fertility. Long before the time of Christ, the pagan goddess . Easter is one of the most popular religious celebrations in the world. Vine—a trained classical scholar, theologian, expert in ancient languages and author of several classic Bible helps—tells us: Easter isn't a Christian or directly biblical term, but comes from a form of the name Astarte, a Chaldean (Babylonian) goddess known as "the queen of heaven." From this Pasch the pagan festival of ‘Easter' was quite distinct and was introduced into the apostate Western religion, as part of the attempt to adapt pagan festivals to Christianity" (W.E. Yet He has already answered this question in Matthew 15:9 Matthew 15:9But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.American King James Version×: "In vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men." Easter is a pagan holiday that has morphed its way into Christianity. Vine, 1985, emphasis added throughout). If the Easter story only stands as a remembrance of the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ, then it is symbolic of his return from death; a release of the devil’s hold on the ancient world. It is another form of Astarte, one of the titles of the Chaldean goddess, the queen of heaven. It represented the tomb from which Jesus came forth to new life" (1992, p. 101). According to history, there is a pagan, origin story behind what is now regarded as a religious holiday. Easter Sunday is supposed to be the day Christ was resurrected, but even that part isn’t true either. Think about theses facts for a minute. Christians of the Near East adopted this tradition, and the Easter egg became a religious symbol. She was the symbol of the resurrection of all nature and was worshipped in early spring. Creation myths of many ancient peoples center in a cosmogenic egg from which the universe is born. But this didn't happen immediately. 828-829). © 1995–2021 All correspondence and questions should be sent to info@ucg.org. Some Christians prefer the name Resurrection Sunday instead of Easter. For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. Since this myth was discovered on tablets dating back to around 2500 BC, Tammuz and Ishtar might be the protagonists of the first pagan Easter story. ." And again, Easter was a pagan festival, originating in the worship of other gods, and was introduced much later into an apostate Christianity in a deliberate attempt to make such festivals acceptable.Moreover, Easter was very different from the Old Testament Passover or the Passover of the New Testament as understood and practiced by the early Church based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and the apostles. As The Encyclopaedia Britannica further explains: "A final settlement of the dispute [over whether and when to keep Easter or Passover] was one among the other reasons which led [the Roman emperor] Constantine to summon the council of Nicaea in 325 . The word Easter appears only once in the King James Version of the Bible (and not at all in most others). Catholic Doctrine simply paralleled the pagan death and resurrection myths of the gods with the story of Christ's crucifixion and Ascension. Answer: The origins of Easter are obscure. The same author also explains that, like eggs, rabbits became associated with Easter because they were powerful symbols of fertility: "Little children are usually told that the Easter eggs are brought by the Easter Bunny. . Eggs were symbolical from an early time. This video goes into the true history of Easter and delves into its pagan roots. Easter is preceded by Lent – a period of fasting in memory of Christ’s 40 days in the wilderness. [27] And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink you all of it; The English term Easter is of pagan origin ” (Albert Henry Newman, D.D., LL.D., A Manual of Church History, p. 299). How will you choose to worship Him—in spirit and in truth, or in fraud and in fable? The most popular non-chocolate holiday related candy in the United States is Marshmallow Peeps. Easter is such a major religious holiday. Hi, I'm Dr Gene Kim (UC Berkeley \u0026 PBI) and I pastor a church at San Jose Bible Baptist Church. The Pagan Origin Of Easter Easter is a day that is honered by nearly all of contemporary Christianity and is used to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. "The Gentile Christians, on the other hand, unfettered by Jewish traditions, identified the first day of the week [Sunday] with the Resurrection, and kept the preceding Friday as the commemoration of the crucifixion, irrespective of the day of the month" (11th edition, p. 828, "Easter"). American King James Version×and 1 Corinthians 11:23-28 1 Corinthians 11:23-28 [23] For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: The festival of Pasch [Passover] held by Christians in post-apostolic times was a continuation of the Jewish feast . Further, early Christians, even after the times of the apostles, continued to observe a variation of the biblical Passover feast (it differed because Jesus introduced new symbolism, as the Bible notes in Matthew 26:26-28 Matthew 26:26-28 [26] And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. . The pagan festival of Easter originated as the worship of the sun goddess, the Babylonian Queen of Heaven who was later worshipped under many names including Ishtar, Cybele, Idaea Mater (the Great Mother), or Astarte for whom the celebration of Easter is named. Have you ever looked into Easter's origins and customs and compared them with the Bible? Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her: you will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows. [26] For as often as you eat this bread, and drink this cup, you do show the Lord's death till he come. The subtopic "Easter Rabbit" states that "the rabbit is a pagan symbol and has always been an emblem of fertility" (ibid.). If Easter doesn't come from the Bible, and wasn't practiced by the apostles and early Church, where did it come from? But the celebrations of Easter have many customs and legends that are pagan in origin and have nothing to do with Christianity. Not until A.D. 325—almost three centuries after Jesus Christ was crucified and resurrected—was the matter settled. In Christian countries Easter is celebrated as the religious holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the son of God. SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/TruthuneditedDONATE: www.truthunedited.com/donateYour support is greatly appreciated. Privacy Policy  Terms of Use. American King James Version×). Easter, a pagan festival with its pagan fertility symbols, replaced the God-ordained festivals that Jesus Christ, the apostles and the early Church observed. The name Easter itself is derived from Eostre, a Teutonic goddess of spring and fertility. All the fun things about Easter are pagan. [24] And when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. 5, p. 224). In the year 325, the Nicene Council set the annual observance of Easter on the first Sunday following the full moon after the March equinox (usually March 20 or 21). Cybele, another goddess of renewal and spring, had a lover named Attis, who was born of a virgin, and died and was reborn every spring. The use of rabbits in Easter celebrations is an inherently pagan tradition which was co-opted by early Christians; Rabbits are in fact the symbol of various fertility goddesses, such as Ishtar or Ēostre; Rabbits have nothing to do with the resurrection story; To assess whether this is true, let’s scrutinise each of these points individually. But is it biblical? Other pagan cults and deities played a part in the formation of Easter, too. But this didn't happen immediately. These symbols demean the truth of Christ's death and resurrection. Visit the Real Bible Believers website to learn more: https://www.realbiblebelievers.com/▶ MORE RESOURCES: https://realbiblebelievers.com/resources▶ SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more bible videos like this: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCDmYOJJ08h-pG8J2iMDjA?sub_confirmation=1Follow us on social media▶ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Real-Bible-Believers-2603167163050283/▶ Instagram: http://instagram.com/real_bible_believer▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RBiblebeliever ▶ Watch Our Latest YouTube Video: https://ltstyt.be/444 Pastor Gene Kim San Jose Bible Baptist Church, CA#easter #BaptistChurch #Dispensationalism #KJVOnly #Endtimes #Christianity #BibleStudy Not until A.D. 325—almost three centuries after Jesus Christ was crucified and resurrected—was the matter settled. Bunsen calls attention to the mundane egg, the emblem of generative life, proceeding from the mouth of the great god of Egypt. Easter is the second biggest candy-eating holiday of the year for Americans. . Easter, also called Pascha (Aramaic, Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day after his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD. The exact origins of the Easter bunny are clouded in mystery. In short, to broaden the appeal of the new religion of Christianity in those early centuries, the powerful Roman religious authorities, with the backing of the Roman Empire, simply co-opted the rites and practices of pagan religions, relabeled them as "Christian" and created a new brand of Christianity with customs and teachings far removed from the Church Jesus founded. Regrettably, it wasn't settled on the basis of biblical truth, but on the basis of anti-Semitism and raw ecclesiastical and imperial power. What the ecclesiastical record of the second century reveals is that there was a controversy over the fourteenth— specifically, it concerned the change from the fourteenth of Nisan (Passover) to Easter, with all of its pagan connections, associations, and typologies of fertility and fecundity. . Many credible sources substantiate the fact that Easter became a substitute festival for the Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread. According to some scholars, such as Dr. Tony Nugent, teacher of Theology and Religious Studies at Seattle University, and Presbyterian minister, the Easter story comes from the Sumerian legend of Damuzi ( Tammuz) and his wife Inanna ( Ishtar), an epic myth called “The Descent of Inanna” found inscribed on cuneiform clay tablets dating back to 2100 BC. In fact, many credible sources substantiate the fact that Easter became a substitute festival for the Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread. These eggs were a symbol of fertility for them because the coming forth of a live creature from an egg was so surprising to people of ancient times. Although Easter is truly a Christian holiday, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth, it has Pagan roots, as well. Help for Today, Hope for Tomorrow | Learn more... With a UCG.org account you will be able to save items to read and study later! United Church of God is a 501(c)3 organization. . These are all antichrist activities! Dyed eggs were sacred Easter offerings in Egypt, as they are still in China and Europe. Easter is a time of springtime festivals. If Easter doesn't come from the Bible, and wasn't practiced by the apostles and early Church, where did it come from? With the power of the empire behind it, Easter soon became entrenched as one of traditional Christianity's most popular sacred celebrations. The first Christians continued to observe the Jewish festivals, though in a new spirit, as commemorations of events which those festivals foreshadowed . The feast day of Easter was first a pagan holiday of renewal and rebirth. How does The Catholic Encyclopedia define Easter? This video goes into the true history of Easter and delves into its pagan roots. (1909, Vol. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scarletravenswoodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/arcanealchemy/Website: http://www.arcane-alchemy.com/~ Cosmic … Something critical is missing in the story of Easter and it has everything... Should Christians celebrate Easter or Passover... Jerold Aust has served in the ministry for 50 years, as a public speaker for 54 years, a published writer for 34 years, and is employed by UCG’s Media and Communications Services. . Around 200 BCE, the mystery cult of the goddess Cybele was popular in Rome and its surrounding areas. It was a custom with the pagan Norsemen at that time to exchange coloured eggs called the eggs of Ostara. But it is also a season when, in pre-modern Europe, food would have been running low. That's a lot of information packed into one paragraph. The Story of Easter. “The word Easter evidently comes from Ostara, the Scandinavian goddess of spring. The Gospels themselves appear to have been written from about a decade after Christ's death and resurrection to perhaps as much as 60 years later (in the case of John's Gospel). The decision of the council was unanimous that Easter was to be kept on Sunday, and on the same Sunday throughout the world, and ‘that none should hereafter follow the blindness of the Jews'" (ibid., pp. [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 you, as oft as you drink it, in remembrance of me. Honored in the early spring, it praised the pagan Saxon goddess Eastre. [27] Why whoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. "In ancient Egypt and Persia friends exchanged decorated eggs at the spring equinox, the beginning of their New Year. And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. So "Easter" is found in the Bible—as part of the pagan religion God condemns!). My channel publishes videos that focus on wrong doctrines, dispensationalism, end times and KJV as the only word of God. Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus from the tomb on the third day after his cruxifixion. the goddess whose pagan festival eventually became Easter the (not entirely factual) goddess that the Internet claims was the basis for Easter While claims abound that an Anglo-Saxon goddess named Eostre is the basis for Easter's name and appropriation, there's little evidence they're true. . The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. Author Greg Dues, in his book Catholic Customs and Traditions, elaborates on the symbolism of eggs in ancient pre-Christian cultures: "The egg has become a popular Easter symbol. (She is mentioned by that title in the Bible in Jeremiah 7:18 Jeremiah 7:18The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.American King James Version×and Jeremiah 44:17-19; Jeremiah 44:25 Jeremiah 44:25Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her: you will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.American King James Version×and referred to in 1 Kings 11:5 1 Kings 11:5For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.American King James Version×; 1 Kings 5:33 1 Kings 5:33American King James Version×and 2 Kings 23:13 2 Kings 23:13And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.American King James Version×by the Hebrew form of her name, Ashtoreth. Notice what The Encyclopaedia Britannica says about this transition: "There is no indication of the observance of the Easter festival in the New Testament, or in the writings of the apostolic Fathers . . Easter correctly belongs to the Babylonian goddess it is named after—Astarte, also known as Ashtoreth or Ishtar, whose worship is directly and explicitly condemned in the Bible. The truth is that the forty days of Lent, eggs, rabbits, hot cross buns and the Easter ham have everything to do with the ancient pagan religion of Mystery Babylon. People held feasts in her honor during the period of Ēosturmōnaþ, an ancient celebration held during the month of April. ", The Greek word translated Easter here is pascha, properly translated everywhere else in the Bible as "Passover." Pagan Origin of "Easter" Nevertheless, Easter did not always signify Christ's resurrection from the dead and the purpose of Easter was considerably different than what Christians observe today. It was originally a holiday to the fertility goddess Aestarte, or Diana of Ephesus in the book of Acts. The authentic Christianity of the Bible largely disappeared, forced underground by persecution because its followers refused to compromise. [28] For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile. "The inflexible Protestantism of the primitive missionaries, with their fiery denunciation of heathendom, had been exchanged for the supple policy, the easy tolerance, the comprehensive charity of shrewd ecclesiastics, who clearly perceived that if Christianity was to conquer the world it could do so only by relaxing the too rigid principles of its Founder, by widening a little the narrow gate which leads to salvation" ( The Golden Bough, 1993, p. 361). The holiday often involves a church service at sunrise, a feast which includes an "Easter Ham", decorated eggs and stories about rabbits. As pagans were transformed by the Gospel, the Christian celebration took the pagan name. Notice it in Acts 12:4 Acts 12:4And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.American King James Version×: "And when he [King Herod Agrippa I] had apprehended him [the apostle Peter], he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. Send inquiries regarding the operation of this Web site to webmaster@ucg.org. Referring to this mistranslation, Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible says that "perhaps there never was a more unhappy, not to say absurd, translation than that in our text.". When confronted with these facts about Easter, many professing Christians might raise this question to justify its continuance: With hundreds of millions of well-meaning Christians observing Easter, doesn't this please Jesus Christ? Should Christians Observe Easter or Passover. Those who did choose to "follow the blindness of the Jews"—that is, who continued to keep the biblical festivals kept by Jesus Christ and the apostles rather than the newly "Christianized" pagan Easter festival—were systematically persecuted by the powerful church-state alliance of Constantine 's Roman Empire . British historian Sir James Frazer notes how Easter symbolism and rites, along with other pagan customs and celebrations, entered into the established Roman church: "Taken altogether, the coincidences of the Christian with the heathen festivals are too close and too numerous to be accidental. Rabbits are notorious for breeding hence the Easter Bunnies. Easter, a pagan festival with its pagan fertility symbols, replaced the God-ordained festivals that Jesus Christ, the apostles and the early Church observed. 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