Easter Traditions and History:

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• The customs celebrated today as "Easter" are historically and Scripturally identified and tied into the worship of the abominable pagan sex goddess Astarte. more
• Astarte is the sex goddess of the sun god Baal and is also called "the queen of heaven" in Jer. 7:18 and 44:17-25. more
• According to Ezekiel, associations with Astarte (the sex goddess of Baal) ruined many Israelites and was a direct cause of the final overturning of the nation of Israel and the departing of the glory (presence) of Yahweh from the people and the nation. more
• The heathen have many absurd "egg" stories, one of which is that the world began when the very fertile sex goddess Astarte (whose symbol is the prolific rabbit) laid a large egg which was warmed and then hatched by the Sun (the god Baal). Because Spring is the season of "mother nature's" rebirth, worshippers of the sun god, Baal, and his goddess, Astarte, yearly celebrated the Feast of Astarte at the time of the Vernal Equinox (when sun light is about to overtake and exceed the length of the nighttime). more
• At the feast of Astarte an ox was sacrificed. The ox's horns became a symbol for Astarte's Feast and were carved into the ritual bread. Thus originated "hot cross buns." The word "buns" is derived from the Saxon word "boun" which means "sacred ox." See Jer. 7:18 and 44:17-25 .
• The Spring Lily was a phallic symbol of Astarte's sexual organs.
• The Feast of Astarte began by welcoming and celebrating the sunrise on the Vernal Equinox. This sunrise worship of the sun god is condemned by Yahweh in Ezekiel. The "Sunrise Service" is still an intragal part of Easter today. more
• The Catholic Church slowly and gradually grafted these pagan customs on to the name and resurrection of Christ Jesus by blending paganism and biblical accounts together to create their calendar of Easter "holy days". more

Scriptural Admonitions:

• Participating in the ceremonies of Astarte is strictly prohibited - Deut. 8:19; Deut. 12:29-32; 1 Kings 11:33; Jer. 7:17-20; Ezek. 8:13-14; Rev. 18:3-4. more
• Children of Yahweh are to separate themselves from the customs and practices of the heathen. It is an abomination to Yahweh to presume to offer worship to Him combined with any of the ways that the heathen worship their gods - Gen. 35:2; Exo. 20:3; Exo. 32:5-10; Deut. 7:2-5; Deut. 12:29-32; 1 Sam. 7:3; 2 Chron. 33:6; Jer. 10:2-4; Ezek. 44:23; Matt. 16:12; Mark 7:6-7; John 4:23-24; 1 Cor. 5:6-8; 1 Cor. 10:5-7; James 1:27; 1 John 5:21; Rev. 20:4; Rev. 22:18-19. more
• The apostle Paul and those who served with him openly stove against this Easter goddess and those whose minds were emotionally bound to her - Acts 19. more
• Those "that love Yahweh, hate evil" and "every false way" Psa. 97:10; Rom. 12:9; Psa. 119:104; Psa. 139:19-22; 2 Chron. 19:2. more
• We are commanded to "have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness," to "flee from idolatry," and "to come out from among" those that believe falsely "and be ye separate says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you. I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters says the Lord Almighty," Eph. 5:11-12; 2 Cor. 6:16-18. more

Upon whose authority or wisdom do we decide what is clean and what is unclean in our lives? There are many who have never thought about what the traditions of Easter really mean, and there are some that know the pagan ties and still say the traditions of Easter are clean and harmless. But Yahweh Himself has declared these customs as unclean abominations. Therefore, as He did, we remove ourselves and our children far from them.

-L.C.

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