Halloween

Happy Monday!
I was looking at my calendar and realized that NEXT Monday is Halloween. First of all, if your reading this and your family DOES participate in Halloween...that is fine and I am not judging you. I try to keep this blog free from controversy. But I do feel strongly about this Holiday and I would like to share with you why our family has no part in it. Joshua 24:15 "For me and my household...we will serve the Lord."

HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN

Halloween is the festival of the dead.
Ephesians 5:6-16 says,
"Let no man deceive you with vain words; for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Be not partakers with them.
For you were sometimes darkness but now you are light in the Lord: walk as children of the light
For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth.
Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
For it is a shame to even speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light
Wherefore he saith, awake thou that sleeps, and arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.
See then that you walk not as fools but as the wise.
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil."

* 6 BILLION dollars will be spent on Halloween this year
*Everything is based of feeling today
*People say that we take the fun out of everything if we are not involved with Halloween / its legalism
*But facts are facts....Its not based on feelings

Halloween Past

*300 years before Jesus was born there was a civilization known as the Celtics
*They lived in the British Isles, Scandinavia, and Western Europe
*Controlled by a secret society of pagan priest called the Druids which are mentioned more than 30 times in the Greek and Roman writings between the 2nd and 4th century ( so this is not a made up story)
Barbarak- blood thirsty, delighted in human and animal sacrifices ( including children ), Recorded in the Julius Ceasar commentary that they would burn scores of people alive 2nd Chronicles 28:3

Festival of the Dead

*So-Ween was/is the Lord of the Dead
*On the eve of the festival ( October 31st ) the pagan worshipers would call together all the wicked spirits who in the last 12 months had been condemned to inhabit bodies of animals
*Believed that on one night of the year souls of the dead could inhabit their original homes to be entertained by food
* If food and water were not provided these spirits would cast spells and put curses on the people dwelling there
* On this night entire communities would come together to build bon fires and make sacrifices ( animals, crops, themselves )
*They would wear costumes made from the heads of animals and cover themselves with animal skins and read fortunes for all the people.

Anton LaVey

* Author of the satanic bible
* high priest of the church of satan ( Leader of it all)

Three most important days of the santanist

*Birthday
*April 30th ( the day the church of satan was founded )
*October 31st the day when winter comes and the beginning of the witchcraft year
Note- There are no rules that the satanist practice except the 7 deadly sins....Lust, Gluttony, Pride, Greed, Envy, Jealousy and Laziness.

Scripture ( Look it up! )

* Revelations 17:14
* Revelations 20: 1,2,6
* Revelations 21 7 and 8

Jack a Lantern- Jack was a damned soul that was not allowed into Heaven because he tricked the devil in several places, he was not allowed into Hell therefore destined to roam the countryside ( They carved faces in pumpkins to scare Jack away )

Trick or Treat- if food was not provided, the wicked spirits would "tick" or cast spells on the people dwelling in the homes they visited

Costumes- to disguise yourself as one of the evil spirits who were coming back in animal bodies. If you wore an animal skin they wouldn't know it as you and they would leave you alone.

Witches- October 31st is the most sacred day for witches ( Beginning of the witchcraft year )

*Black Cats - the witches "demon" helper

*Bats- dwell in darkness, eat in darkness, represent a soul that can move

** Most of this information I got from my friend, Anthony.

So...if your family participates in Halloween maybe you just never knew the reasons behind this evil holiday. I know for my family, we don't want anything to do with something that is evil and satanic.

May you be blessed