Did Jesus Celebrate Easter?
You and I were born into a ready-made world of religion, rarely do we question where all the traditions of our religion came from. Did you know that the celebration of Easter or Christmas is not found in the pages of your Bible? But there are Holy Days in the Bible that are all about Jesus Christ, yet very few churches today observe them.
Biblical Facts:
Comment: The word Easter is mentioned only once in the King James Version of the Bible. Scholars recognize that this is a mistranslation of the word pascha, the Greek form of the Hebrew word meaning “Passover,” as it is now rendered in the New King James Version.
Historical Facts:
The worship of this goddess is ancient. The city of Babylon had a special gate named after her, the Gate of Ishtar. She was the Babylonian mother goddess, the queen of heaven and goddess of fertility. This explains the rabbit and colored eggs that characterize the modern Easter. Rabbits reproduce prodigiously and eggs are the vehicle of reproduction. In Babylonian and Assyrian mythology…
Fact is, people embrace these pagan days, so they won’t have to face their sins! This video makes that plain, and challenges us to evaluate our motives for clinging to error!