WHERE DID EASTER COME FROM? – (continuation) Paganism, while appearing to be vanquished, became the conqueror…and superstitions were incorporated into the faith and worship of the professed followers of Christ”.

Mithra was always shown with a solar halo around his head; so portraits and statues of Christ, Mary, and the saints also had halos around their heads. Because worshipers of Ishtar presented her with two fertility symbols -eggs and bunny rabbits- these came part of the Christian Easter service. Because sunrise on Sunday morning, at [...]

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WHERE DID EASTER COME FROM? -Throughout the Near East, this mother goddess was variously known as Astarte, Ishtar, Ashtoreth, Cybele, Demeter, Ceres, Aphrodite, Venus, and Freya. Mithraic and Ishtar elements of worship were incorporated into Christian worship also.

ADDITIONAL HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT EASTER CYBELE IN PHRYGIA:  The myths surrounding Cybele were so much like those of Greece, that the Greeks called their goddess, Rhea Cybele, and considered the two divinities one. In Greece, her temple was at Athens.  As usual, she resurrected her lover, Attis, each spring at the vernal equinox. DEMETER IN [...]

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ADDITIONAL HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT EASTER -(continuation) -In the Bible, the prophets of God denounced the worship of Ashtoreth, but many of the people worshiped her and her consort, Baal, the sun god.

ADDITIONAL HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT EASTER ASHTORETH IN ISRAEL:   The Israelites referred to Astarte o Ashtoreth.  In the Bible, the prophets of God denounced the worship of Ashtoreth, but many of the people worshiped her and her consort, Baal, the sun god.  This worship was done amid groves of trees, on the summits of mountains.  Here [...]

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ADDITIONAL HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT EASTER -Easter began long before the time of Christ. Easter was the Ishtar celebration.

ADDITIONAL HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT EASTER Easter began long before the time of Christ.  Easter was the Ishtar celebration.  Ishtar, Astarte, Ashtoreth were all the same.  Under various names, a single pagan goddess was worshiped in different countries.  As we trace the historical background of this goddess, we can see where Easter got its name, how [...]

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WHERE DID EASTER COME FROM? -(continuation)-Christ was crucified and resurrected in the spring, near the time of the moon festival – The forty days of ‘weeping for Tammuz’ became Lent; and at the close of Lent came Easter Sunday a counterfeit masterpiece.”

“Again, Christ was crucified and resurrected in the spring, near the time of the moon festival. Why not have the same time as the heathen and even do as they did, but call it in honor of Christ’s resurrection.  The cakes to the queen of heaven became the hot cross buns.  The forty days of [...]

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WHERE DID EASTER COME FROM? (continuation) -“The great distinguishing mark of the heathen was Sunday and the mark of God’s people was the Sabbath (Eze.20:12-20).

“The great distinguishing mark of the heathen was Sunday and the mark of God’s people was the Sabbath (Eze.20:12-20).  Side by side through the centuries God’s people worshiping Him, obeying His commandments, keeping His Sabbath; and the heathen were worshiping the sun, keeping Sunday, offering their children in the fire as a sacrifice to the [...]

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WHERE DID EASTER COME FROM? –(continuation) – Nimrod; Semiramis, Tammuz ?? “Satan was laying the foundation for every system of falsehood and error the world has ever known.

“In order that the people should love her as queen as long as she lived, Semiramis told them that hers was the spirit of the moon; and, when she died, she would dwell in the moon; as Nimrod already dwelt in the sun. “Satan was laying the foundation for every system of falsehood and error [...]

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WHERE DID EASTER COME FROM? -Here is the fascinating story o how it originated- Jesus did not die at Easter time.

Easter is a time for bunny rabbits, colored eggs, hot cross buns, and springtime apparel. Where did Easter come from? Here is the fascinating story o how it originated. Few people realize that ‘Easter’ is not the resurrection of Christ; in fact, the only time the word is found in the Bible (in Acts 12:4), [...]

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