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Trick or Treat
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Where you aware that Israel of old did as the churches of today do concerning Halloween? Halloween is a day the Pagan holds dear. Scriptures states plainly that Israel too joined themselves with the Pagan feasts on the border of Canaan. Isaiah saw this as an abomination unto God, for the prophet states plainly that "When they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?" Isaiah 8:19
"This same belief in communion with the dead formed the cornerstone of heathen idolatry. The gods of the heathen were believed to be the deified spirits of departed heroes. Thus the religion of the heathen was a worship of the dead. This is evident from the Scriptures. In the account of the sin of Israel at Bethpeor, it is stated: "Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor." (Numbers 25:1-3.) The psalmist tells us to what kind of gods these sacrifices were offered. Speaking of the same apostasy of the Israelites, he says, "They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead" (Psalm 106:28); that is, sacrifices that had been offered to the dead.
The deification of the dead has held a prominent place in nearly every system of heathenism, as has also the supposed communion with the dead. The gods were believed to communicate their will to men, and also, when consulted, to give them counsel. Of this character were the famous oracles of Greece and Rome. The belief in communion with the dead is still held, even in professedly Christian lands..." -Patriarchs and Prophets p 684
This is no different than the Pagan feast of Halloween. Does not Halloween honor the dead? And where you also aware that the Lisbon Earthquake on November 1, 1755 found many ready for death in their Roman Catholic churches worshipping the dead on "all saints day" the day after Halloween? I wonder how many in those churches were "praying for the dead" when they died that day?
"The Lisbon Earthquake, which occurred on November 1, 1755, is the most notable earthquake in history." -Nelson's New Loose-leaf Encyclopedia (Book Productions Industries Inc.), art. "Earthquake."
Says Sir Charles Lyell, "A violent shock threw down the greater part of the city. In the course of about six minutes, 60,000 persons perished. The sea first retired and laid the bar dry; it then rolled in, rising 50 feet or more above its ordinary level... The area over which this convulsion extended is very remarkable." -Principles of Geology (11th ed., 1872), vol. 2, pp. 147, 148.
Encyclopedia Britannica (1945) estimates the deaths at a lower figure, but says the effects of the quake were felt from Scotland to Asia Minor and the distinctive feature of the Lisbon Earthquake was the agitation of inland lakes and streams far beyond the disturbed area -For instance, Italy, Switzerland, Great Britain, Sweden, and Norway felt the effects. (Articles "Lisbon" and "Earthquakes".)
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Halloween- What is it to us?
1Co 10:20,21 "But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils."
With the loving approval of their parents, children dress up in weird costumes and play pranks on Halloween night--little realizing that for over a thousand years this one evening in the year has been specially dedicated by spirit mediums and witches to the worship of Satan.
Halloween has nothing to do with Christianity. It is a festival which no one〞child or adult〞should have anything to do with. We need to better understand the origins of Halloween and its dangers.
October 31st was celebrated by the Druids with many human sacrifices and a festival honoring their sun god and Samhain, the lord of the dead. (Both are really Satan) They believed that the sinful souls of those who died during the year were in a place of torment, and would be released only if Samhain was pleased with their sacrifices.
Irish records tell of the fascination the Catholic monks had with the powerful Druids, and Druids soon became important members of their monasteries. Pope Gregory the Great decided to bring the Druids' holiday into the church.
Pope Gregory III moved the church festival of October 31st to November 1st and called it All Hallows or All Saints' Day. Pope Gregory IV decreed that the day was to be kept by the church. The term Halloween comes from All Hallows Eve.
The founding fathers of America refused to permit the holiday; because they knew it was a pagan holiday. Halloween was not widely celebrated in the U.S. until about 1900. In the 1840's there was a terrible potato famine in Ireland which sent thousands of Catholic Irish to America. They brought Halloween with them.
The modern custom of going from door to door asking for candy goes back to the time of the Druids. They believed that sinful, lost souls were released upon the earth by Samhain for one night on October 31st while they awaited their judgment. They were thought to come to the houses of the living. People greatly feared these spirits and thought that the spirits would harm and even kill them if the sacrifices they gave did not appease Samhain. They carved demonic faces into pumpkins or large turnips, placing a candle in them to keep the evil spirits away from their homes.
Yet such teachings did not help the people. Throughout Europe, on this one night of the year, it soon seemed as if all the devils came out! Indeed, that was the hidden meaning of Halloween, and the wild excitement and orgies of the people on that night seemed to fulfill it. We are seeing more and more attention paid to this holiday every year. Why? Because people are moving further away from God and His Holy Spirit is being withdrawn from the earth. They fool themselves into thinking they can be saved by Jesus and yet celebrate with the devil! We either are 100% the Lord*s, or we aren*t His at all.
The Druids believed that on Halloween, ghosts, spirits, fairies, witches, and elves came out to harm people. These evil creatures must be placated with offerings of food. The Celts would go with their children to one another*s house to gather food for the devil gods. This is the most dangerous "holiday" in the year. For long ages, Halloween has been a night especially dedicated to satanic agencies.
Every October 31 we see the clearest evidence of that fact. Vandalism on a major scale now plagues our cities on that night. A few years ago, Detroit alone experienced three days of riots, arson, and mass destruction. For three days children and adults seemed possessed, and the city seemed out of control.
Should we today celebrate this pagan night, which every witch, clairvoyant, wizard, and spirit medium will tell you is the outstanding occult night in the year? It may seem like fun and games. You may be saying now, but we do not worship the devil and I see nothing wrong with it.
Well, don*t forget that it is still "Satan*s Holiday." Even if you are not &serious* about it, Satan is! And He plays for keeps. If we take part in something that is Satan*s, the holy angels cannot protect us, and he can take over our lives. If we take part in a Satanic holiday, we ARE WORSHIPPING SATAN whether we think so or not!!
Few people realize how very dangerous it is to dabble in spiritualism. It may seem like innocent fun, but is it? Lets look at what God*s Word says about it:
"When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. 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, Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee." Deuteronomy 18:9-12
The widespread problem of harmful substances such as razor blades, drugs, poisons, needles, etc. being placed in the Halloween treats is no accident. Testimonies of several ex-Satanists show that children killed and injured by the "treats" are sacrifices to Satan (or Samhain). Satanists throughout the world continue to perform human sacrifices on Halloween. Also many pets are tortured and killed, it is too horrible to even write about!
Is this something you want to participate in?
I am going to be honest with you about this. If you really have given your heart to Jesus and want to be in heaven with Him and the holy angels, how can you still want and enjoy the things of the devil, which represent death and destruction? Stop and look at the kind of things done on Halloween, it all glorifies death and ugliness. Satan is the source of these things. Think of some of the horrible masks used on this night- would you want to really look like that? Just follow Satan and you will end up like that. Do you really want to be dead? Death and misery is all Satan will ever bring to his followers.
Jesus represents Life and beauty, goodness and happiness. Satan only brings to us death, fear, pain and misery. Is it really fun to be scared? No, the Bible says &Fear hath torment*. 1John 4:18. Dear readers, if Halloween still has any influence in your life, pray for forgiveness and ask Jesus to help you to see it as He sees it. The true Christian will hate every thing to do with this evil holiday! =^..^=
"When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest!"
-Author unknown
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Some will actually seek civil FORCE to revel in sin!
Church's anti-Halloween flier upsets family Files police complaint: 'I have every right to decorate my home' -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: October 21, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
An Indiana family upset by an anti-Halloween church flier filed a complaint with police.
Dalene Gully of Ellettsville told Indianapolis television station WRTV-TV she was offended by the flier placed outside her home by the House of Prayer Church of Bloomington.
"I started reading it, and I was very, very upset by it. I found it very accusatory and very threatening," Gully said.
The church's pastor, Larry Mitchell, said the church did not intend toupset the family but sought to warn people that Halloween is not harmless fun.
"Halloween is not fantasy," Mitchell told WRTV. "We're training up our children, and obviously this lady was trained up in this. Halloween seems like it is taking just as much prominence as Christmas."
The family filed a complaint with the Ellettsville Police Department,but Mitchell said he would have preferred they come to him first.
Gully said the incident prompted them to install an alarm system.
"This is my home, and I like Halloween," she said. "If I want to decorate my home, I have every right to decorate my home."
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THE BIBLE and HALLOWEEN "Test all things; hold fast to what is good. Abstain from every form of evil." 1 Thessalonians 5:21 每 22 author unknown
A Celebration of Evil
Halloween is a religious day, but it is not Christian. Tom Sanguinet, a former high priest in Wicca has said: "The modern holiday that we call Halloween has its origins in the full moon closest to November 1, the witches* new year. It is a time when the spirits (demons) are supposed to be at their peak power and revisiting planet earth# Halloween is purely and absolutely evil, and there is nothing we ever have, or will do, that would make it acceptable to the Lord Jesus."
Day of Death
Halloween has strong roots in paganism and witchcraft. It began as the Druid festival of Samhain. The Celts considered November 1st the day of death, because, in the Northern hemisphere, this was the beginning of winter, the leaves were falling, it was getting darker earlier, and temperatures were dropping. They believed that their sun god was losing strength and Samhain, the lord of death, was overpowering the sun god. The druids also taught that on 31 October, on the eve of the feast, Samhain assembled the spirits of all who had died during the previous year to return to their former home to visit the living.
Human and Animal Sacrifices
On Halloween, for thousands of years, druid priests have conducted diabolical worship ceremonies in which cats, horses, sheep, oxen, human beings and other offerings were rounded up, stuffed into wicca cages and burned to death. These human and animal sacrifices were apparently required to appease Samhain and keep the spirits from harming them.
Trick or Treat
To obtain these sacrifices, druid priests would go from house to house asking for fatted calves, black sheep and human beings. Those who gave were promised prosperity, and those who refused to give were threatened and cursed. This is the origin of "trick or treat."
Jack-O-Lantern
The Jack-O-Lantern has its origin in the candle-lit pumpkin or skull, which served as a signal to mark those farms and homes that supported the druids* religion, and thus were seeking the "treat" when the terror of Halloween began. The World Book Encyclopedia says: "The apparently harmless lighted pumpkin face of the Jack-O-Lantern is an ancient symbol of a damned soul."
Dance of Death
While people and animals were screaming in agony, being burnt to death, the druids and their followers would dress in costumes made of animal skins and heads. They would dance, chant and jump through the flames in the hope of warding off evil spirits.
House of Horrors
One of the popular heroes of Halloween, Count Dracula, was also a real person. Dracula lived from 1431 to 1476. During his six year reign, Count Dracula massacred over 100,000 men, women and children in the most hideous ways. He devised a plan to rid his country of the burden of beggars, the handicapped, the sick and the aged by inviting them to a feast at one of his palaces. He fed them well and got them drunk. Then he asked them: "Do you want to be without cares, lacking nothing in the world?" When his guests yelled: "Yes!" Dracula ordered the palace boarded up and set on fire. No one escaped this original "house of horror."
The Word of God
"When you come into the land, which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For all who do these things are an abomination to the Lord, and because of these abominations the Lord your God drives them out from before you. You shall be blameless before the Lord your God, for these nations which you will dispossess, listened to soothsayers and diviners; but as for you the Lord your God has not appointed such for you." Deuteronomy 18:9 每 14
"# teach my people the difference between the holy and the unholy, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean." Ezekiel 34:23
"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you from being priests for Me; because you have forgotten the Law of your God, I will also forget your children." Hosea 4:6
"Train up a child in the way he should go, then when he is old he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6
"That whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone was hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depths of the sea. Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!" Matthew 18: 6 每 7
"Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good." Romans 12:9
"Therefore, let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the Armour of Light." Romans 13:12
"You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord*s Table and of the table of demons." 1 Corinthians 10:21
"Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? What communion has light with darkness? And what accord has Christ with Belial? For what part has a believer with an unbeliever? And what agreement has the temple of God with idols?# Therefore, come out from among them and be separate says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean and I will receive you." 2 Corinthians 6:14 每 17
"And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but rather expose them." Ephesians 5:11
"Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy 每 meditate on these things." Philippians 4:8
"Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the Faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies and hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron." 1 Timothy 4:1 每 2
"Therefore, submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you." James 4:7
"Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world." James 1:27
"Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God, but he who does evil has not seen God." 3 John 11
Participating in Paganism
Instead of participating in paganism, walking with Wicca, being in harmony with Halloween, having our children celebrate cruelty, and dabbling in a day of death, we should focus our family and congregation on celebrating Reformation Day this 31 October.
Reformation Day Vs Halloween
It was on 31 October 1517, that Dr. Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses on the door of the Slosskirche (castle church) in Wittenberg, Germany. His bold challenge against the unBiblical practices of the medieval Roman papacy inspired the Protestant Reformation. All Bible believing churches should celebrate the greatest revival of Faith and freedom ever. The Reformation was one the most important turning points in world history. The energies that were released by the rediscovery of the Bible in the common tongue led to the most extraordinary spiritual Revival in history. The Reformation freed the Christians of Northern Europe from the decadence of Renaissance paganism and led to the greatest freedoms and scientific discoveries in history.
Every Bible believing Christian should celebrate the Reformation. No Christian should have part in celebrating the occultic Halloween.
We are in a spiritual world war. Cruelty to animals, vandalism and even murders occur with far greater frequency during Halloween. Every Halloween many thousands of animals, and even people, are sacrificed in satanic rituals worldwide, while millions of other people, including well meaning Christians, participate in Halloween celebrations. Halloween is a prime recruiting time for witches and Satanists. Many people have testified that they were introduced to the occult at a Halloween party. Halloween is very religious, but it is not Christian.
"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." Romans 12:21
Choose Life
This 31 October, take a stand against Halloween by mobilising your family and congregation to celebrate the Reformation, and to engage in spiritual warfare, earnest prayer, praying the Psalms, and sharing the Gospel with our friends and neighbours, particularly those who may be unthinkingly participating in this occultic celebration of divination, necromancy, human sacrifice and cruelty to animals.
"Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole Armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take up the whole Armour of God, that you may be able to stand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the Breastplate of Righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the Gospel of Peace. Above all, taking the Shield of Faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the Helmet of Salvation, and the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints." Ephesians 6:10 每 18
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Do You Really Want to Celebrate Halloween?
October 31, Halloween, is the "Vigil of Saman" celebration of the Druids, ancient Pagan Celtic priests. On this night, they placated the Lord of Death who released the souls of the dead to haunt and trick their relatives and visit their former homes. Witches and demons also came out of hiding on this night. This day coincided with the end of harvest and the beginning of the new year for these Druid worshipers of Samhain (numerous spellings are correct), the grim reaper, who required a human sacrifice.
In AD 601 the Roman Catholic Church "sanctified" these pagan practices they had previously been trying to abolish. They literally gave up against evil. The Roman autumn harvest celebrations and All Saint*s Day (November 1) were combined with All Hallows Eve (October 31) in an attempt to Christianize it. The founding Pilgrims of America outlawed this practice. In the mid 1800*s Irish immigrants brought this custom to America.
Today young and old alike dress up and go out into the night, trick or treating and celebrating. Halloween has become the second most celebrated holiday with people spending about $80 per person to party (again, financially second only to Christmas). The majority of them are unknowingly giving glory to the day that the occult, Satan worshipers and Wiccan (those involved in witchcraft) call the "day above all others." This is the highest of their eight holy days.
Anton LaVey, author of The Satanic Bible and high priest of the Church of Satan states, "Satanists consider Halloween the most important day of the year. Satanic, occult and witchcraft powers are at their highest potency level#Satan and his powers are at their best that night."
A sergeant at the Baldwin Park Police Department in Southern California states "frightening, murderous satanic practices take place around the world every Halloween, and yet the public dismisses reports of their occurrence, refusing to believe the holiday is anything more than &child*s play*."
Quite literally, this "holiday" belongs to Satan, and those who celebrate it, even innocently, are giving glory to him and putting themselves in dangerous territory.
The Symbols
A grotesque face was carved in a pumpkin to scare away evil spirits; this was a sign to the demons that a virgin sacrifice had been given by the household. Inside was a candle made from the human fat of the sacrifice. Do you want a Jack-o-lantern in your home?
The Bonfire had a three-fold purpose: 1) to scare away the evil spirits; 2) to mark the gathering places for the celebration where people came after putting out their hearth fires; 3) and to have the "bone-fire" where human and animal sacrifices were burned. The participants carry a stick home to light their hearth fires from this community bonfire.
To disguise themselves from the spirits, people donned Costumes trying to look like the evil spirits, or look terrible enough scare them away; oftentimes they wore the heads of the animals they had sacrificed.
The Druid priests went door to door demanding food to offer to Samhaim and pronounced a demonic curse of death or physical male castration, if they didn*t get what they asked for. Another custom was for people to leave a "treat" out for the spirits, so they wouldn*t "trick" or torture the household. Thus the Trick-or-Treat custom was born.
What about the other symbols of Halloween? Ghosts played tricks and caused supernatural happenings in the household. Astrology was heavily practiced, as everyone wanted predictions for the coming new year. Traditionally they "read" the sacrificial bones and entrails of sacrifices. Witches are real satanic worshipers, yet their caricatures are portrayed and costumed everywhere. Coffins, tombstones, mummies, skeletons and cemeteries come from the Lord of Death theme. Roman harvest festivals bring in the apples, cornstalks and pumpkins. An ancient Roman ceremony honoring false gods involved trying to grasp floating fruit without using hands, which is where bobbing for apples came from. The Druids believed that black cats were reincarnated humans who had been punished for their evil deeds. These cats were sacred sacrifices. Today, black cats are still sacrificed during occult rituals.
Is it Really Just another Holiday?
Knowing the meaning and traditions behind Halloween, do you really want to celebrate Halloween? It*s much more than just an innocent child*s day. There is absolutely no way you can include Jesus Christ in these celebrations. Why place yourself, even for a few hours, in the territory of the evil one? In Ephesians 6:12 Jesus tells us too "Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness but reprove them." Ephesians 5:11 says, "Neither give place to the devil."
Bible Answers
When you apply the following Bible texts to Halloween, it is obvious what our position as Christians should be regarding Halloween, the occult, sorcery or magic:
Leviticus 19:31 每 Should we turn to mediums or wizards?
Leviticus 20:6-27 每 What will happen if you turn to wizards or medium? What will happen if you become a medium or wizard?
1 Chronicles 10:13 每 What happened to Saul because of his involvement? (1 Samuel 28 每 30)
Revelation 18:4 每 What are we to do?
Ephesians 5:8-11 每 What should we do with the works of darkness?
2 Timothy 1:7 每 What spirit did Jesus give us?
Ephesians 6:11 每 What should we do?
Philippians 4:8 每 What kind of things should we dwell on?
2 Corinthians 6:14,15 每 Can light and darkness mix? Should we mix with evil?
1 Corinthians 10:31 每 Who should receive our glory?
Matthew 6:24 每 How many masters can we serve?
1 Peter 2:9 每 Who are we?
Exodus 20: 5 每 What is God*s warning?
Ephesians 5:1 每 Who should we imitate?
Psalm 101:3 每 Are we ever to look at wicked things?
1 John 3:8 每 What has God promised?
1 Corinthians 10:20,21 每 Can we partake of two tables?
Ephesians 6: 14-17 每 What are the only safe things to put on?
Ephesians 4:27 每 Should we give place to the devil?
1 Thessalonians 5:22 每 What should we abstain from?
Ephesians 5:11 每 What should we do with darkness?
Acts 19:18-19 每 What did the early church do to occultic books?
Exodus 22:18 每 What happened to witches in the Bible?
Deuteronomy 18:9-14 每 Should we participate in the occult?
Isaiah 8:19 每 Can we learn about the future from mediums and psychics?
Revelation 22:15 每 Will mediums, wizards, sorcers and those that consult them enter heaven?
What Can We Do?
Spend time in prayer and spiritual warfare for your community and the innocent children caught up in the darkness of Halloween. The occult members pray for evil spirits to inhabit the costumes sold to children. We should pray that Satan be bound.
Educate your own children. Don*t scare them by giving them too much information. Explain to young children only what they need to know to understand. Do a Bible study and look up these Bible texts with your children.
Get together with like-minded families. Have a soup and salad potluck, a time of intercessory prayer together and family game time.
Many Pathfinder groups collect cans on this night. You could do this as a church or homeschool group. Pass out bags in a specific area a few days before with a note explaining what your group is doing. After collecting, make food baskets or donate to Community Services and local food closets. I personally have reservations about being out on this night at all.
Witness to your neighbors without condemning them. On Halloween night, pass out inexpensive crafts or toys instead of candy and include a scripture that will point them to Jesus. Some families include an invitation to church and a Little Friend or Primary Treasure.
Celebrate your blessings and share with others the good news of Jesus.
As horrific as Halloween and these traditions are, "God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and love and of a strong mind." 2 Timothy 1:7.
Make a stand# "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Joshua 24:15
More Halloween Resources
Legacy of Halloween a video by James Arrabito discussing the religious origins of modern Halloween celebrations. P. O. Box 205, Angwin CA 94508; www.tagnet.org/llt
Halloween: Trick or Treat? A video produced by Jeremiah Films. Chuck Smith, Caryl Matrisciana, Hal Lindsey, Law enforcement officials, Witches and Satanists trace pagan origins and history of Halloween. Shows real rituals of the occult. Available for $19.95 from www.shopnetdaily.com/store/item.asp?ITEM_ID=285
The Dark Side of Halloween & The Bewitching of America by Pastor David L. Brown, Logos Communication Consortium, Inc., P. O. Box 173, Oak Creek, WI 53154: 414/7768-9754. Download the book from: www.logosresourcepages.org/introduction.htm This is a book to warn parents and adults of the abominations and perversions of Halloween, witchcraft and the occult. This book is not for young children.
Mommy, Why Don*t We Celebrate Halloween? By Linda Hacon Winwood; Published by Dentiny Image 每 800/722-6774
Halloween Through Twenty Centuries by R & A Linton
The Book of Halloween by R.E. Kelley
Believe it or not this scary website: www.harrypottermagic.org is maintained by a conservative SDA group trying to educate and reach those caught in witchcraft. Visit first without your children.
There*s more to this than Halloween#
There are other ways besides celebrating Halloween for us to be on dangerous ground. From the very beginning of time there has been the battle between good and evil. Study the great controversy between God and Satan. It started with Lucifer in heaven, continued down through all time Romans and Jews, Reformers, missionaries and extends into our daily lives.
Hitler founded the Third Reich on mysticism and the occult. The Sixties movement and the song Age of Aquarius, free love and drug abuse paved the way for the New Age, holistic medicine, and nature worshipers of today.
Disney contributes heavily to occultic ideas with Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Fantasia, fairytales, magic spells and witches. Aladin with his magic flying carpet. Lion King with the "circle of life," the mystical portrayal of the spirit of the dead lion guiding his cub, witchcraft and the practice of divination. Pocahontas portrays the Native American mystical and pagan view of Mother Earth as a spiritual being, rocks, trees and birds, etc. who have spirits as well as the out of body experiences.
Hollywood glamorizes and participates in horoscopes, star charting, channeling, witchcraft, mummies, etc. Television shows such as I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched and now Sabrina, The Teenage Witch portray witches and warlocks as normal everyday people.
The computer games Mystic and Dungeons and Dragons with occultic practices and fights to the death are filling young people*s minds with violence.
Pokemon (Pocket Monsters) trading cards, toys, characters, and computer games are produced by Wizards of the Coast who also produce Magic: The Gathering, an occultic trading card game and Dungeons and Dragons. The company descriptions of their collection of characters include: headstrong, cross-dressing, ability to read minds, quibbling, hormonal, vindictive, obnoxious, troublemaking, evil gang, fashion conscious, jerks evolving, teleporting and wearing occultic symbols. Not exactly characters our children should be emulating.
Sweeping the nation is the Harry Potter craze. Books and website to learn and practice casting spells, also movies and clubs abound. Harry*s parents, a witch and a warlock, were killed on Halloween by an evil curse. In the books and movies animals become humans and humans have animal characteristics, adults are portrayed as stupid, the children get revenge and control people they don*t like by casting spells and using magic and crystal balls and bringing forth the three-headed hound of hell. I*ve heard the statement, "This is good magic." There is no such thing. God condemns magic, wizardry, sorcery and divination, and the penalty for participating in these things is death. The publishers want it to look harmless on the outside, but investigation shows a deeper sinister nature.
What to Do?
Study Martin Luther, John Huss and the many other Christian Reformers using the Biographical Sketches learning project.
There are two sides, two kingdoms and two rulers. There is no middle of the road〞you are either for God or for Satan. Relatives and friends may ridicule and disbelieve, but they are really fighting God, not you. Decide now which side you are on and live accordingly.
Read to the back of The Book (Revelation), and you*ll learn the outcome of history. JESUS CHRIST WINS, and He takes His faithful followers home to heaven!
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A truly Christian event: thanking God for Life, the Harvest and His goodness! |
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Had its origins in cruel rites and rituals that make one's blood run cold to even contemplate. Worship of the dead and placating of evil spirits are all part of it. |
Had its origins in the ancient feasts ordained by God for His People. Also as instituted by the pilgrims in gratitude to God for their survival. |
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Tons of sugar and harmful health-destroying substances make up this feast. |
Healthful food is prepared for this feast. |
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Handouts are greedily demanded from others. |
Traditionally associated with sharing of good foods with the poor and needy. |
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Candy and health-destroying substances are gathered up and crammed into children, the very people who are most likely to be harmed by such garbage! |
Although some overindulgence may occur, the foods served are nutritious and the whole family benefits. |
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Millions of pumpkins are bought--silly faces carved into them, then they are left to rot or end up smashed all over the streets of North America! A criminal waste of money and food that thousands of starving people could be benefited by. |
Pumpkins are made into reasonably nutritious pies. In olden days they were carefully stored, or dried and provided a substantial part of the family food for the winter. |
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The amount of money wasted on harmful candy and other indulgences as well as on silly costumes that encourage a love for unreality boggles the mind. |
There are no silly costumes or candy traditionally associated with this holiday. It was associated with sober thoughts of the goodness of God and the results of honest labor. |
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Vandalism and meaningless destruction are associated big time with Halloween. |
Not so Thanksgiving |
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The practices of Halloween encourage love for the ugliness of cruelty and death. The so called 'powers' of darkness are exulted. the only real power that evil has leads only to death. |
Thanksgiving encourages love for Life. The harvest displays promote love of beauty. God's power and goodness are exalted. |
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Many animals end up being meaninglessly tortured and killed in satanic rituals--maybe you deny it--but the facts sustain this!! |
Traditionally some meat was shot or otherwise humanely killed for the feast and shared with all at the feast. |
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Many children are harmed, both by the excess sugar, accidents associated with the silly costumes and deliberately by Satanists and other perverts placing harmful substances in 'treats' hoping to seriously harm or kill a child. |
Traditionally a time when family togetherness is strengthened and children rejoice in the sense of belonging. |
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Truly the whole idea reflects Satan's 'value' system: Unhealthful indulgence; selfishness and greed; love of unreality; wastefulness; destruction; cruelty; death; ugliness and so on. |
The whole idea reflects God's value system: nutritious food; sharing; family togetherness; truth; thankfulness; generosity; beauty and life. |
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