Easter...How much of it is Biblical in nature?

Easter is one of the oldest traditions practiced around the world but how much of it is Christian in nature?

Contrary to popular belief and opinion, Easter does not represent the crucifixion or the resurrection of Jesus Christ. All too often we accept traditions mainly because they are old or because we think there are Christian roots when in fact they are pagan in origin.

Most of what people associate with Easter is pagan in origin and the rest is simply commercial.

"Astarte" or Easter worship was always associated with the worship of Baal or sun worship. Astarte was Baal’s wife. Notice that another name for Astarte was Ashtaroth. The following quote makes this point clear: “What means the term Easter itself? It is not a Christian name. It bears its Chaldean origin on its very forehead. Easter is nothing else than Astarte, one of the titles of Beltis, the queen of heaven…Now, the Assyrian goddess, or Astarte, is identified with Semiramis by Athenagoras (Legatio, vol. ii. p. 179), and by Lucian (De Dea Syria, vol iii. p. 382)…Now, no name could more exactly picture forth the character of Semiramis, as queen of Babylon, than the name of ‘Asht-tart,’ for that just means ‘The woman that made towers’…Ashturit, then…is obviously the same as the Hebrew ‘Ashtoreth’” (Alexander Hislop, The Two Babylons, pp. 103, 307-308).

Lets take a look what God says in this area. In Judges 2:11,13 "All the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord and served Baalim...And they forsook the Lord and served Baal and Ashtaroth."  God actually uses the term 'Evil' when referring to the worship of Baal and Ashtaroth. With that in mind, is there still a question? Let’s look further.

Many cultures around the world celebrate the pagan tradition of Easter. There is a Mexican solar festival held around Easter where sacrifices are made to the sun.In India at the time of the equinox a festival called "Holi" is especially sacred to Krishna.

Origins may also stem from Eostre, the name of the Anglo Saxon lunar goddess. Eostres' feast day was held on the 1st full moon following vernal equinox. According to Eostre the two most important symbols are the hare for fertility and the egg which symbolizes the growing possibility of life. Christianity has no explanation in reference to Christ involving these symbols.  The use of dyed eggs were used by Egyptians, Romans, Greeks and Persians during spring festivals.

"Easter" is also known as the goddess of the dawn corresponding to Ishtar, Astarte, Ashtoreth and Isis. Words share the same roots as 'east' or 'eastern' the direction the sun rises. On this date it is believed by her followers that she mated with a solar god, conceived a child who would be born 9 months later on Yule, the winter solstice that falls on December 21. 

A well known documentary named Zeitgeist came out recently: its main purpose; to corrupt peoples belief in Jesus Christ. It does comparisons of the pagan traditions with the biblical stories and claims that the stories are not only similar but that they came first. This in turn makes people question the validity of the biblical  accounts. This in no way disproves Christ or any of the biblical accounts instead THIS SIMPLY CONFIRMS THE TRADITIONS WERE PAGAN TO BEGIN WITH  and have been skewed to make them fit into the Christian belief system. The pagan rituals were intentionally intermingled to sway the Christians into adopting the traditions which would later be used to refute and/or corrupt the truth of Christ. Some in ways that didn't exist at all making us believe that Christmas was on December 25,born to a virgin, etc. We all know Christ was not born on December 25th and that pine trees and presents have nothing to do with Christ either and yet we blindly

The mythology of the phyrgian sun and fertility god Attis was annually hung on a tree dying and rising on March 24 and 25th that occurred in Rome. The coincidence between the death and resurrection of Christ and the older Attis was not lost on early Christians. Refer back to the story of Genesis for the truth. The cause for the deceptive similarities are simply that 'the devil got there first" to corrupt and disquise the truth of the Saviour as God promised.

The pagan tradition of Easter has replaced the true Passover where Jesus Christ is the Passover lamb. The Passover is the true Holy Day mentioned in the Bible that is to be honoured. It is the date of our Saviours death to which he would be resurrected 3 days later during the week of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. This holy convocation starts today at sundown and lasts for the next 7 days. Keep in mind that in the Bible the last supper was part of the Passover celebration no mention of Easter. 

Easter eggs are not Christian or of Christ, The Easter bunny is not Christian and Easter candy has no origin in Christianity.  How do we tell our children about an Easter bunny that symbolizes sexual prowess to a pagan sun worshipper? How do we claim that the eggs at Easter represent Christ's resurrection when in actuality it represents fertility? Christian leaders found that traditions ran deep in certain cultures and it was easier to adopt a "if you cant beat them join them attitude' but in doing that they have disobeyed the true Holy Days that the Lord wants us to observe and have led many astray.  Before the 4th century most were still observing the true Passover.  Its no wonder people have been deceived. The devil is pretty clever. He not only has non believers celebrating the pagan holidays but also the people who really do believe and think they are doing the right thing. They are being deceived into worshipping and honouring days not mentioned in our Bible . Many call it a Christian holiday but how can we see no wrong in mixing Christ with Satanism or false teachings and how can we call it a day of worship to our Lord when out Creator clearly tells us not to mix the two?? 1Kings 18:21 "How long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him."