“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.
