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-By Dr. D.A. Waite
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Halloween’s
Origin
Halloween,
as we now know it, originated in Europe on the eve of "All Saints
Day," when witches and ghosts were free to roam. So we Americans
continued that fall festival of corn shucks and pumpkin faces, cider,
donuts, and "trick or treating." The truth is, it
was brought over from the Satanic Druid culture of the Celts.
Halloween-The Devil's Birthday
We tend to
over look the reality of Satan worship, for it is becoming more and more
open and accepted. There are real witches, real spells, and real
rituals. As we buy cards about witches and other Halloween symbols, are we
unconsciously approving of such worship? Personally, I believe that we are
partaking in that which is evil.
It's on
Halloween or "All Hallows Eve," as it's called, that the witch covens have
their great annual worship service and offer a blood sacrifice to Satan.
All through the year the Satanists sacrifice cats, dogs, and other
animals; but on this special day they offer a human being-one of their own
children which they select for this ghoulish murder! This is shocking!
It's the Devil's birthday. Instead of "Halloween," perhaps it should be
called "Hell-o-ween."
Celtic-Druid Influence on Halloween
The ancient Celtic empire extended to France, England, and Ireland. The
druids were Celtic priests. The Celts and their Druid priests chose
October 31st for their New Year's Eve, and "intended it as a celebration
of everything wicked, evil, and dead. During their celebration they would
gather around a community BONFIRE and offer as sacrifice their animals,
their crops and sometimes themselves.. The celebration remained much the
same after the Romans conquered the Celts (43 A.D.)" (World Book)
Did you know that the Druid priests held sacred the hours of midnight and
noon? The Gaulish (French) word, druides, might be derived from the word
dru-vides meaning "those who know the oak." The oak tree and the mistletoe
were consider to be sacred, also. The Druids forecasted events both by
interpreting the flight of birds and by examining the markings on the
entrails, the liver, and other inner organs of sacrificed animals.
The folklore of early Ireland depicts Druids as a priesthood, offering
human sacrifice. One of the chief Druid doctrines which is prevalent
today, according to the Encyclopedia Americana, was their decision "To
inspire a belief that men's souls do not perish but transmigrate after
death from one individual to another."
This is a very serious Satanic practice. Many people today believe in the
transmigration of souls. We hear them interviewed on radio and television
shows. They believe they existed in a former life.
The Druids
were Satanic to the core in their worship and pagan practices. Halloween
is a Druid holiday that we in America have received from Satanic paganism.
It was "baptized," so to speak, and accepted by the Roman
Catholic church in the early A.D. 700's. Its name was changed into
"All Hallows Day" which means "All Saints Day." That's
November 1st. And "Hallow's Eve," the evening before the
"Hallows Day," is October 31st or "Hallowe'en,"
"Hallow evening," or Halloween.
Halloween
Bonfires
Have you ever
wondered abut the "bonfire"? Strictly speaking, the bonfire is
of pagan origin. We may call them "camp fires" today. But the
bonfire was used in conjunction with worship by the Druids under the oak
trees. The oaks were a very sacred symbol to the Druid priests and the
bonfires were an important part in their worship of the oaks and
mistletoe.
Halloween
and Samhain, Lord of Death
One of the
evil practices of the Druid priests relating to Halloween concerns a
festival known as Samhain. According to the World Book Encyclopedia:
"The Druids had an autumn festival called Samhain or summer's
end. It was an occasion for feasting on all the kinds of food which had
been grown during the summer. The custom of using leaves, pumpkins, and
cornstalks as Halloween decorations comes from the Druids. The early
peoples of Europe also had a festival similar to the Druid holiday."
The Druid
priests believed that on Halloween "Samhain, lord of death, called
together the wicked spirits (souls) that within the last 12 months had
been condemned, and allowed them to inhabit the bodies of animals."
Paganism
and Trick or Treating
Here's what
Mildred Arthur in her book, Holidays of Legend had to say about the
origin of "trick or treat": This quotation is in the
article, "Should A Christian Celebrate Hallowe'en?" This
custom is an ancient pagan tradition that continues today. The food was
believed to placate the evil spirits that were thought to come out to
haunt people on Halloween. If these evil spirits were given food, the
people believed that the spirits wouldn't scare people as much as they
would otherwise.
Halloween
and Jack-o-Lanterns
Though the
faces of the Jack-o-Lanterns might be pleasant to look at, they, too, have
a background of superstition connected with them. The World Book
Encyclopedia gives some information to us about the history of the
Jack-o-Lantern. It was taken from "a man named Jack, who could not
enter heaven or hell. As a result, he was doomed to wander in darkness
with his lantern until Judgment Day."
This is
certainly false theology. If we're trusting the Lord Jesus as our
Saviour who died for us, who shed His blood to forgive our sins, we are
saved and we're safe. We don't have to wander or wonder, either one, until
Judgment Day. The Bible says: (Romans 8:1) "{There is} therefore
now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus..."
The
Jack-o-Lantern is an ancient symbol of a damned soul. Yet people began
"hallowing' him like many other things in the Halloween season.
Halloween
and the Devil's Colors
The Good
Housekeeping Book of Entertainment, on page 168 says:
"Orange, black, and red, the Devil's colors, are the colors
associated with Halloween." This book also says that "this
scheme should be carried out as far as possible." It is interesting
that the Good Housekeeping Book of Entertainment which has as its
main purpose to tell people how best to decorate their houses for
Halloween, makes a theological comment to the effect that "orange,
black, and red" are the "the Devil's colors."
Some Bible
Verses to Consider with Halloween
Ephesians 5:11 "Have no fellowship with the unfruitful
works of darkness, but rather reprove them."
I Thessalonians 5:22 "Abstain
from all appearance of evil."
Deuteronomy 18:9-12 (18:9) "when thou are come into the
land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after
the abominations of those nations. (18:1O) There shall not be found among
you {any one} that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the
fire, {or} that useth divination, {or} an observer of times,
or an enchanter, or a witch. (18:11) Or a charmer, or
a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
(18:12) For all that do these things {are} an abomination unto the Lord:
and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them
out from before thee."
The Scriptural
injunction in Deuteronomy 18 strictly forbade the people of Israel from
having anything to do with the Satanic practices of the Canaanite
neighbors. This is Scriptural principal to follow.
Leviticus 19:31 "Regard not them that have familiar spirits,
neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I {am} the Lord your
God."
Acts 19:18,19 (19:18) "And many that believed came, and
confessed, and shewed their deeds. (19:19) Many of them also which used
curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all
{men}: and they counted the price of them, and found {it} fifty thousand
{pieces} of silver."
Conclusion
It is my conviction that
true Bible loving Christians should not be a part of the evils and
wickedness of Satanic things. We must realize that Halloween is the
Devil's birthday. On that day, Halloween, October 31st, the witches
and Satan worshippers make a human sacrifice by slaying a child. We seek
to enlighten people about the Satanic origins and practices of Halloween.
That's what we are endeavoring to do in this little tract.
(A Satanic Druid Holiday)
By Dr. D.A. Waite
Gleamed by permission,
from the September, 1998 Issue of the
MARANATHA BAPTIST WATCHMAN
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