Why Easter Sucks

“When we come to ask ourselves, and say, ‘Where did I learn this?’ ‘How did I get this?’ ‘Who taught this to me?’ it is astonishing to find out how much we have imbibed from man, and from traditions; and not directly and for ourselves, from the Word of God.

“All that we have learned from our youth up must be tested and proved by the Word of God. Where we find it is true we must learn it over again, from God. And where it will not stand the test of His Word we must be not only content, but thankful to give it up; and receive Divine revelation in the place of man’s imagination.” (E.W. Bullinger, “How To Enjoy The Bible”, pg. 6, American Christian Press, New Knoxville, Ohio.)

Believe it or not, celebrating easter is quite possibly one of the greatest abominations in Christianity.

“Blasphemy!” you say?

Well, don’t make up your mind too quickly.

Because when you see what the Bible really says about “easter”, the truth about the rolling eggs, and why all those easter bunnies always have big, sloppy grins on their faces, you will see why celebrating easter is not only wholly un-Christian… but an insult to Jesus and what He died for.

Here’s why I say this:

When the original King James Bible was published in 1611 it included two letters written from the translators.

One of the letters is to the King, the other written to the readers.

The letter to the readers has a warning for us to be careful when reading their (admittedly) imperfect work:

“Neither did we think much to consult the Translators or Commentators, Chaldee, Hebrew, Syrian, Greek, or Latin, no nor the Spanish, French, Italian, or Dutch; neither did we disdain to revise that which we had done, and to bring back to the anvil that which we had hammered; but having and using as great helps as were needful, and fearing no reproach for slowness, no coveting praise for expedition, we have at length, through the good hand of the Lord upon us, brought the work to pass that you see.”

By the way, this does not in any way invalidate the King James Bible.

In my (humble) opinion, it’s still the best study Bible because you can use a Strong’s Concordance to check out what the Bible said in the original Hebrew, Chaldee and Greek languages.

But, while most of the translators had the best of intentions, it’s important to be sure what we think as “truth” isn’t the figment of some scribe’s imagination.

Which brings us to this whole “easter” mess.

The ONLY place in the King James Bible you will find the word easter is in Acts chapter 12:4:

And when he had apprehended him, 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.

The word “easter” in this verse is a mistranslation.

The Greek word that was translated easter is really “Pascha.”

According to the Strong’s Concordance it is:

Strong’s Concordance #3957: pascha, pas’khah the Passover (the meal, the day, the festival, or the special sacrifices connected with it)

It means the Passover, not Easter.

Now, to be fair, all Bible translations contain errors because it’s simply human nature to make mistakes.

And fortunately, most Bible translations now have this particular error corrected.

But here’s the problem:

When we hear a lie long enough we eventually start to believe it and think of it as “truth” without batting an eyelash.

And this one verse — a simple mistranslation of Passover — has caused millions of Christians during the centuries to partake in one of the biggest satanic frauds ever created: Easter.

Why do I call it a “satanic” fraud?

Just look at the facts:

The Passover happened the night the Lord killed all of the first born children in Egypt (including Pharaoh’s child), but “passed over” the Israelite houses marked with the blood of a sacrificial lamb (without blemish) on the door posts.

You can read the details in Exodus chapters 11-12.

Roughly 1500 years later, Jesus Christ (also a type of perfect lamb without blemish) was crucified and “yielded up the ghost” (Matthew 27:50) on that same evening.

Leviticus chapter 23 tells us on EXACTLY what day this happened:

5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’S passover.

Pretty straight forward, eh?

The Passover happened on the 14th day of the first month — which is Nisan (or Abib) on the Hebrew calendar, or April by our calendar.

If you go by the solar calendar (and many scholars believe that’s what the Israelites went by) then the first day of the first month of the year falls on the day of the Spring Equinox.

The Passover is then 14 days after the Spring Equinox (which almost always falls on April 3rd on our calendar today.) Thus, the resurrection happened on the third day following the Passover when Jesus was crucified.

Easter, on the other hand, is a completely separate event on a totally different day.

First of all, it is celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the Spring Equinox — not the third day following the Passover.

Secondly, easter is actually a pagan holiday that has nothing to do with Jesus, the resurrection or Christianity at all.

For example, according to Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897):

Easter. Originally a Saxon word (Eostre), denoting a goddess of the Saxons, in honour of whom sacrifices were offered about the time of the passover. Hence the name came to be given to the festival of the Resurrection of Christ; which occured at the time of the Passover. In the early English versions this word was frequently used as the translation of the Greek pascha (the Passover). When the Authorized Version (1611) was formed, the word “passover” was used in all passages in which this word pascha occurred, except in Acts 12:4. In the Revised Version the proper word, “passover”, is always used. (emphasis mine).

Webster’s II New Riverside Dictionary says this about Easter:

The word Easter, although the name of a Christian festival, had its origins in pagan times. Eastre or Eostre, the Old English spelling of Easter, was originally the name of a Germanic goddess who was worshipped at a festival at the spring equinox. Her name is closely related to Latin aurora and Greek reros, both of which mean “dawn.”

But here’s perhaps the worst part:

Not only was Eostre a pagan goddess… but she was a pagan sex (fertility) goddess.

Her followers rolled eggs (being symbolic of fertility rights), in a heathenistic festival which included sexual orgies (i.e. “quick like a bunny”).

Apparently, it didn’t take long for the custom to slip into Christian churches — probably as a “gimmick” to increase church attendance (unfortunately, many churches still use gimmicks to boost attendance today).

And the rest, as they say, is history.

Today Christians flock to church each easter thinking they are celebrating the resurrection of Jesus when, in reality, they are celebrating a pagan sex holiday!

Of course, a sin done in ignorance is no sin (James 4:17)

But now you know better.

You know easter has nothing to do with Passover or Jesus or Christianity.

It’s a satanic holiday that actually mocks the resurrection.

And it’s one of the biggest frauds Satan has ever perpetuated.

By the way, I sometimes get “heat” for my earlier post on this blog about the scribes/Cain connection — and the historical “hanky panky” the scribes have played with God’s Word.

Hopefully you now realize just how dangerous “scribes” (even today) can be.

After all, it took just was one mistranslation — heck, one little word — to completely mangle Christianity’s highest holy day.

Christmas In September?

If you’d like to know some interesting (and little-known) facts about Christmas, then I think you’re really going to get a kick out of this message.

Here’s why:

Although something miraculous did happen on December 25th, 2000 years ago…it wasn’t the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ.

It was actually something quite different altogether.

Something that slipped through the cracks of history somewhere down the line.

Let’s start from the beginning and you’ll see what I’m talking about?

Book of Luke Chapter One

5 THERE was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.

Note how it says Zacharias was of the course of Abia.

The “Course of Abia” is discussed in 1 Chronicles 24 and was the eighth of the 24 courses, or classes, into which the priests were divided for serving at the altar.

It’s the key to determining the date of Christ’s birth.

6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.

8 And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course,

9 According to the custom of the priest’s office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.

10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.

11 And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

12 And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.

13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

So here we have (a no doubt very surprised) Zacharias being told that his barren wife is going to conceive and that the baby’s name is to be John.

Let’s skip to verse 23:

23 And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his [Zacharias] ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.

Okay now, this is where we have to pay close attention.

Since Zacharias’s ministration had just ended, we actually have a time frame now.

The 8th course (“8″ symbolizing “new beginnings” in Biblical numerics) was from 12-18 “Sivan” on the Hebrew calendar, or June 19th on our calendar.

He would not have been able to travel the next day (June 20th) because it was a Sabbath (all ministrations ended on Friday and Saturday was the Sabbath). So he would have to wait until June 21st (or Sivan 19 on the Hebrew calendar).

Then, figure it was about a 30-mile journey going by the geography of the location from Jerusalem to the “city in the hills” he lived in (see verse 39).

Common sense tell us that 30 miles for an elderly man like him would take at least a couple days.

So he would get home on about June 23rd.

24 And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,

Obviously, when Zacharias got back he “did his duty” (see verse 13) so to speak and that would mean the conception of John would have taken place around June 23rd-24th of (our calendar).

Still with me here?

Good, it will all be clear in a few more verses:

25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.

26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

Did you catch that?

It’s now been six months since the conception of John which happened on about June 23rd-24th.

So now we’re at December 23rd-24th on our calendar.

27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.

28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.

30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.

31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call His name JESUS.

Now, let’s skip down to verse 36:

36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.

It’s the sixth month of Elisabeth’s pregnancy which means we’re in December now.

37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.

38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;

40 And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.

41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:

And there we have it.

Not the birth…but the conception…of Jesus Christ on or about December 25th.

Exactly 6 months after the conception of John had taken place on June 24th!

This is reckoned by the fact that although today our calendar date changes at 12:00 midnight, the solar calendar dates they used back then changed from sunset to sunset.

So when you see June 23rd-24th it’s the same “day” from June 23rd sunset to June 24th sunset.

The same applies to December 24th-25th.

But that ain’t all.

There are a few more incredible facts surrounding the timing of Jesus’ birth.

By these numbers, for example, it would appear Jesus was actually born on or about September 29th (our calendar), which is the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles.

This would also mean He was in the womb for exactly 280 days.

Which comes out to 40 weeks or 40 “7’s” (“7″ meaning “spiritual perfection” in Biblical numerics and “40″ meaning “probation”).

And, from what I understand, is the perfect gestation period of a human baby.

So that’s the real story of “Christmas”, when Jesus was actually conceived, not born.

It was in the conception when God technically began to “dwell with us” (as was evidenced when John leapt in the womb at Mary’s presence just after the conception).

Anyway, I found this to be kind of interesting information. And I hope you did too.

Either way, God bless you and have a Merry Christmas.

P.S. Here’s a nifty little excerpt from Appendix 179 of The Companion Bible (which explains everything you’ve just read in this letter in much more detail) listing some more arguments against the Nativity having taken place in December:

(i) The extreme improbability, amounting almost to impossibility, that Mary, under such circumstances could have undertaken a journey of about 70 miles (as the crow flies), through a hill district averaging some 3,000 feet above sea-level, in the depth of winter.

(ii) Shepherds and their flocks would not be found “abiding” (Gr. Agraulo) in the open fields at night in December (Tebeth), for the paramount reason that there would be no pasturage at that time. It was the custom then (as now) to withdraw the flocks during the month Marchesvan (Oct.-Nov.) from the open districts and house them for the winter.

(iii) The Roman authorities in imposing such a census taking for the hated and unpopular foreign tax would not have enforced the imperial decree (Luke 2:1) at the most inconvenient and inclement season of the year, by compelling the people to enroll themselves at their respective cities in December. In such a case they would naturally choose the line of least resistance, and select a time of year that would cause least friction, and interference with the habits and pursuits of the Jewish people. This would be in autumn, when the agriculture round of the year was complete, and the people generally more or less at liberty to take advantage, as we know many did, of the opportunity of “going up” to Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles (cp. John 7:8-10, &c.), the crowning Feast of the Jewish year.

The Cain Connection

The pastor who married my wife and I once said that, as a teacher of God’s Word, it doesn’t matter if you agree with what he teaches or not.

What’s really important is do his Bible teachings drive you into the Word… and do you check everything out for yourself in the Bible before accepting it as fact?

If “yes”, then his job was done — even if you end up hating his guts.

Okay, why am I telling you this?

Because the following Bible study is… for lack of a better word… “controversial.”

Some people will call it (and me) evil, stupid and full of blasphemy (and those will be the “nice” words!)

While others will see it as the “missing piece” in their Bible studies that completely changes the way they look at the Bible, the crucifixion and even world events forever.

Hopefully, agree with it or not, it will drive you into the Word — if for no other reason than to prove me wrong.

Are you ready?

Okay, then, let’s get crackin’.

Let me ask you a question:

Who do you think really crucified Jesus?

Maybe you think it doesn’t matter. After all, if Jesus hadn’t died for our sins we’d all be in big trouble.

And that’s true.

But, at the same time, there’s another side to the story.

A side you rarely hear in church — and that puts many seemingly unrelated events, stories and even genealogies in an exciting new light.

Now, the “short” answer to the question is the chief priests and the scribes did it.

If you look at each of the 4 crucifixion accounts (John 19, Luke 23, Mark 15 and Matthew 27), you’ll notice they were at “the scene of the crime” every time.

But exactly who were the chief priests and scribes, then?

Jews? Romans? Gentiles? Edomites? Who?

I don’t believe they were any of them.

In fact, Jesus tells us exactly who they were:

Matthew Chapter 23

1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,

2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:

Real quick:

This passages is saying the scribes and Pharisees were “it.”

You see, Moses was the one who gave the law. He was the “head honcho” over the ancient Israelites.

But now the scribes and Pharisees are running the show – and giving the law.

In fact, here’s what Smith’s Bible Dictionary says about the political and “religious” power the scribes held:

“They devoted themselves to the careful study of the text, and laid down rules for transcribing it with the most scrupulous precision. As time passed on the ‘words of the scribes’ were honored above the law. It was a greater crime to offend against them than against the law.”

Can you believe that?

It gets worse:

“Drawing to themselves, as they did, nearly all the energy and thought of Judaism, the close heredity caste of the priesthood was powerless to compete with them.”

So those are the scribes for you.

Wicked, arrogant and substituting their own self righteousness and oral “traditions” for the Word of God.

These frauds weren’t descended from Aaron — whose line was ordained by God to the priesthood (see Exodus chapter 29 and Leviticus chapter 8) or even Levi.

Yet they were now giving the laws.

And what about the Pharisees?

Here’s what the same Bible dictionary says:

“The Pharisees at an early day secured the popular favor, and thereby acquired considerable political influence. This influence was greatly increased by the extension of the Pharisees over the whole land and the majority which they obtained in the Sanhedrin.”

Now, maybe you’re thinking, “yeah but weren’t they Jews?”

Nope.

Well, maybe some of them were.

You see, the word “Jew” is misleading if you don’t know what it means Biblically.

Strong’s Concordance# 2453:
Ioudaios, ee-oo-day’-yos; from 2443 (in the sense of 2455 as a country); Judean, i.e. belonging to Jehudah;–Jew (-ess), of Judea

As you can see, being a “Jew” meant one of two things:

1. You were part of the tribe of Judah

2. You lived in the land of Judea

Which means:

Your race/tribe didn’t necessarily have anything to do with it.

You could have been black, white, red or neon green and you were considered a “Jew” if you lived in Judea.

Just as you’re considered an “American” if you live in America, “French” if you live in France, or “Italian” if you live in Italy — regardless of your race, heritage or ethnic background.

And, as you’re about to see, when you understand who the majority of these “scribes” were (lineage-wise) a lot of things that maybe didn’t make sense before come together.

Genealogies with no apparent significance instantly become extremely important.

So-called “simple” parables suddenly take on multiple meanings.

And history itself — from the Garden of Eden until the present day — takes on a whole new light.

Now, our first clue as to who these scribes and Pharisees really were is in Matthew 23:

29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.

32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:

35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

Did you catch that?

Let’s look at it again:

35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

These are the “children” of those who slew the “good guys” from Abel to Zacharias.

Who killed Abel?

If you said “Cain”… you’re right!

Now, maybe you’re thinking, “Nah! Jesus was just speaking spiritually!”

Was He?

It’s always possible He was just speaking spiritually.

But I doubt it.

Because, you see, there are several more witnesses to Cain being the literal father of the scribes.

One example of the “Cain connection” is 1 Chronicles Chapter 2 – which records the descendants of Judah.

But, when you read it carefully, you see other, non-Judahites who attached themselves to Judah’s line:

55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.

According to the Strong’s Concordance of the Bible, Kenites means:

Strong’s #7017:
Qeyniy, kay-nee; or
Qiyniy (1 Chron. 2:55), kee-nee; patron. from 7014; a Kenite or member of the tribe of Kajin:–Kenite

Strong’s #7014:
Qayin, kah’-yin; the same as 7013 (with a play upon the affinity to 7069); Kajin, the name of the first child, also of a place in Pal., and of an Oriental tribe:–Cain, Kenite (-s).

In other words, the Kenites were the “sons of Cain.”

The word “Kenite” first appears in the book of Genesis — where they are described as one of the ten tribes who occupied the land of Canaan:

Genesis Chapter 15:

18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,

21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

Obviously, since Israel/Jacob was Abraham’s grandson (and wasn’t even born at the time of this writing), the Kenites could not possibly be Israelites, and certainly not descended from Judah who was Israel’s son (and Abraham’s great-grandson).

Anyway, here’s the point:

The scribes were not necessarily “Jews.”

Many of them — at least the ones Jesus was talking to — were Kenites.

And the Kenites are of the tribe of Cain.

There’s really no way around that.

You may not believe the Kenites were of the tribe of THE Cain — from the book of Genesis chapter 4 (although I’ll prove to you very soon it is).

But the fact is, the scribes were Kenites, which means “sons of Cain.”

I know this may sound totally strange and new.

And we’re still not even close to finished.

There are still lots of dots to connect in the scribe/Kenite/Cain connection.

On we go!

Now, the next question is… how and when did Cain’s children become “scribes” –transcribing the sacred texts and then eventually running the law?

The answer is in Jeremiah Chapter 35.

But first, let’s take another look at 1 Chronicles chapter 2 again and, this time, I want you to take note of how the “house of Rechab” are Kenites (sons of Cain):

55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.

Okay, now, here’s what Jeremiah says about the Rechabites (Kenites) and their connection to Cain.

Jeremiah Chapter 35:

1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,

2 Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.

3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;

4 And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:

5 And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.

6 But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever:

7 Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any : but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers.

8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;

9 Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:

10 But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

11 But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem.

And so… the Rechabites/Kenites went into Jerusalem and, according to 2 Chronicles 2:55, became scribes.

Now, to put the final “nail” in this coffin, let’s go back to beginning to the story of Cain and Abel and connect everything together:

Genesis Chapter 4:

8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’ keeper?

10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’ blood crieth unto me from the ground.

11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’ blood from thy hand;

12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

13 And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

Do you see the connection now?

Again, maybe you think this is all “coincidence.”

But I doubt it.

Let’s look at the facts:

Cain and the Rechabites have the exact same commandment (curse?) of not being farmers, living as vagabonds and being strangers and fugitives forever.

The Rechabites are of the house of the Kenites.

“Kenite” means “sons of Cain.”

The Kenites were scribes.

Jesus identified the scribes as being the children of Abel’s murderer.

Cain slew Abel.

That’s a heckuva lot of “coincidences.”

Here are some more clues from Genesis Chapter 4:

16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

Do you realize the word “Iscariot” (as in Judas Iscariot — the man who betrayed Jesus to the scribes and “religious” leaders) means “builder of cities” in Hebrew?

Interesting, isn’t it?

18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.

19 And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

21 And his brother’ name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.

Let’s face it, when you can’t farm, especially at this time in history, they had to be proficient in other occupations.

22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.

Did you catch that?

These Kenites were metal workers.

Here’s what Easton’s Bible Dictionary says about the Kenites or “sons of Cain”:

“They were wandering smiths, the gipsies and traveling tinkers of the old Oriental world. They formed an important guild in an age when the art of metallurgy was confined to a few”

I admit not everything is as accurate as it should be in some of these Bible dictionaries.

But they do serve as good starting points.

Notice the similarities of being metal workers and wanderers in the “Oriental” world.

Remember, Cain took his wife to the land of Nod, EAST of Eden — probably the orient.

There’s more to this.

A LOT more.

Such as how did Cain’s descandants surivive the flood in Genesis chapter 6… why did the Israelites not wipe the kenites out when they had the chance… how could Moses’ father-in-law be a kenite if they were so bad… why did David befriend them… why did they help eliminate idolatry in Israel during the time of the kings… why was Cain called the “son” of the devil (in the Greek)… why isn’t Cain listed in Adam’s genealogy… and much, much more.

But for now, it’s important to know who the Kenites were, that they were among those calling for Christ’s crucifixion, and why Christians should be aware of this today especially.

Because if you really want to be able to identify the enemy, you need to understand how he operates.

To quote master Greek and Hebrew Scholar, E.W. Bullinger (from Appendix 19 of The Companion Bible):

“…Satan’s sphere of activities is in the religious sphere, and not the spheres of crime and immorality; that his battlefield is not the sins arising from human depravity, but the unbelief of the human heart. We are not to look for Satan’s activities to-day in the newspaper press, or the police courts; but in the pulpit, and in professors’ chairs. Whenever the Word of God is called in question, there we see the trail of “that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan”. This is why anything against the true interests of the Word of God (as being such) finds a ready admission into the newspapers of the world, and is treated as “general literature”. This is why anything in favor of its inspiration and Divine origin and its spiritual truth is rigidly excluded as being “controversial”.

Can a better description be made of the scribes — who were giving the law and even enslaving people with it?

And what about now?

Look at the secular, anti-Christian forces at work today:

Politicians… teachers… professors… judges… lawyers (hello ACLU!)… entertainers… and historical revisionist frauds who work tirelessly at discrediting and diminishing anything that has to do with the Bible.

Look how they turn the very laws that founded the “Christian” nations of today (i.e. the western nations — all of who were founded by Christian men and women as signified by their scripturally-based laws and even their flags) against Christians.

Today those laws are used to keep Christians in bondage — just like the kenite scribes and Pharisees used the laws to keep God’s people in bondage.

This hijinx didn’t just come out of nowhere.

The devil has been at this since the beginning… and is still at it today.

Anyway, there’s more to this story.

But that should do it for today.

For more information on this subject, and about some of the other “bad seed” who inflitrated the reglious leadership when Jesus walked the earth, I refer you to the following link:

Synagogue Of Satan

What The Hell!?

Is hell really a fiery pit packed with souls burning like pieces of bacon?

Is it a “torture chamber” God throws people in when they don’t make heaven?

Is it true the devil is down there right now?

If you go by what the Bible says, the answer to all of the above is a big, fat no.

Here’s why:

The word “hell” is translated from four different words — only one of which has to do with “fire.”

Let’s take a whack at each one of those words so you can see for yourself:

Strong’s Concordance #7585:

“sheol”, sheh-ole; from 7592; hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat); include. its accessories and inmates:–grave, hell, pit

This is the “hell” spoken of through the Old Testament and has nothing to do with fire or the devil spitting naughty souls on a pitch fork.

It’s always rendered either “grave”, “pit”, or “hell”. It’s not the same as “a grave” but “the grave”, as in a specific place.

The second word in the Bible rendered “hell” in the English is:

Strong’s Concordance #86:

“hades”, hah’-dace; from 1 (as a negative particle) and 1492; prop. unseen, i.e. “Hades” or the place (state) of departed souls:–grave, hell

If you look up the verses this word is used in your Strong’s Concordance, you’ll notice it’s always talking about a place of holding… and not a place of torment.

For example:

Luke Chapter 16:

22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

On the surface it seems to say hades is a fiery pit of burning souls, doesn’t it?

But if you check that word “torment” out in the Greek it says:

Strong’s Concordance #3600:

Odunao, od-oo-nah’-o, from 3601; to grieve:–sorrow, torment

It’s talking about “sorrow” — emotional torment.

This is the fiery “grief” of not being with God on the other side of the “gulf” (Luke was a medical doctor, the world “gulf” is actually related to the word “wound”).

This is a spiritual place of holding, not torture and burning.

The 3rd word rendered “hell” in the Bible is:

Strong’s Concordance #1067:

“geenna”, gheh-en-nah; of Heb. or [1516 and 2011]; valley of (the son of) Hinnom; gehenna (or Ge-Hinnom); a valley of Jerus., used (fig.) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment:–hell

If you look at all the times this word is used you’ll notice that “gehenna” is always referred to as a place of punishment.

The valley of hinnom was a giant garbage pit outside of Jerusalem that was constantly burning garbage… and is a physical analogy describing the spiritual lake of fire mentioned in Revelation:

Revelation Chapter 20:

10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever.

(NOTE: The word “tormented” here is NOT the same as in Luke 16. This word is Strong’s Concordance #928 and does mean to vex with pain and torture, etc).

This is eternal torment. But eternal in the sense that the second death is eternal.

14 And death and hell [hades] were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

In this second death where the soul is destroyed forever.

Notice how “hades” (the word rendered “hell” in the English in Luke 16) is cast into the lake of fire, further documenting they are not the same place?

Many scholars believe verse 10 is a Greek figure of speech meaning the beast, false prophet and devil are utterly destroyed — “burned up” so to speak.

There are two other Biblical witnesses to this:

Matthew Chapter 10:

28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear Him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell [gehenna].

This word “destroy” means:

Strong’s Concordance #622:

Apollumni, ap-ol-loo-mee; from 575 and the base of 3039; to destroy fully (reflex. To perish, or lose), lit. or fig.:–destroy, die, lose, mar, perish

It means to “fully destroy.”

And that’s exactly what happens to souls cast into the lake of fire/gehenna.

Here’s a second witness:

John Chapter 3:

16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

This word “perish” is the exact same word rendered “destroy” in Matthew 10:28 “apollumni” (Strong’s Concordance #622) — to fully destroy for all eternity.

Ezekiel also confirms this is what will happen to the devil:

Ezekiel Chapter 28:

16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

This word “destroy” means the same as “perish” does in the Matthew chapter 10 and John chapter 3:

Strong’s Concordance #6:

abad, aw-bad; a prim. root; prop. to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by impl. to perish (cause. destroy):–break, destroy (-uction), + not escape, fall, lose (cause to, make) perish, spend, X and surely, take, be undone, X utterly, be void of, have no way to flee

And just to make sure there’s no mistaking this, check out verse 18:

18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.

This word “devour” means:

Strong’s Concordance #398:

akal, aw-kal’; a prim. root; to eat (lit. or fig.):–X at all, burn up, consume, devour (-er, up), dine, eat (-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in…wise (-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite

Of course, “bring thee to ashes” also implies complete destruction.

Now, back to Revelation for one more important point about hades and gehenna (and why they are not the same):

Revelation Chapter 20:

13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

Notice how “hades” will give up its “occupants” (see Luke Chapter 16) and be cast into the lake of fire (gehenna), too.

Incidentally, this also proves there’s no burning lake of fire right now.

There eventually will be — but not until after the great judgement (see Revelation 20:15).

And since it does not yet exist, the devil is obviously not there right now.

Believe it or not, he’s in heaven:

Revelation Chapter 12:

7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

The devil is not in hell… he’s busy accusing Christians day and night.

But, as it says, Michael’s about to kick him out real soon.

Finally, the fourth word rendered “hell” in the Bible concerns where the fallen angels are being held:

Strong’s Concordance #5020:

Tartaroo, tar-tar-o-o, from Tartaros (the deepest abyss of Hades); to incarcerate in eternal torment:–cast down to hell.

2 Peter Chapter 2:

4 For God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell [tartaroo], and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgement;

And there you have it.

We don’t have to worry about there being any suffering or torturous screams in hot vats of lava, because those souls who don’t overcome will simply be wiped out (“blotted” out — according to Psalms 69:28) of the book of life — probably (just my opinion) as if they never existed:

Revelation Chapter 21:

3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

No more tears… no more pain… and no more death.

All that stuff will be gone — burned up and blotted out forever.

All that’ll be left are things so incredible and magnificent… our little flesh minds can’t even begin to imagine how awesome it’ll be:

1 Corinthians Chapter 2:

9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.