The Origin Of Easter

1. The Origin Of Easter

2. The Origin Of Easter Easter is a day that is honored by nearly all of Christianity and is used to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The holiday often involves a church service at sunrise, a feast that includes an "Easter Ham", decorated eggs and stories about rabbits. Have you ever considered the origin of Easter? Many questions have been asked regarding this holiday of Easter. Is it truly the day when Jesus arose from the dead? Where did the nature of this custom come? How does this culture relate to the Children of God? The purpose of this class is to help answer these questions, and to help those who seek truth to draw their informed conclusions.

3. The Origin Of Easter • "Ishtar", which is pronounced "Easter" was a day that commemorated the resurrection of one of their gods that they called "Tammuz", who was believed to be the only begotten son of the moon-goddess and the sun-god.

4. The Origin Of Easter • In those ancient times, there was a man named Nimrod, who was the grandson of one of Noah's son named Ham. (Gen 10:8-10, 1Chronicles 1:10, Mica 5:6)

5. The Origin Of Easter • An enemy eventually killed Nimrod, and his body was cut in pieces and sent to various parts of his kingdom.

6. The Origin Of Easter • Semiramis had all of the parts gathered, except for one part that could not be found. • That missing part was his reproductive organ. Semiramis claimed that Nimrod could not come back to life without it and told the people of Babylon that Nimrod had ascended to the sun and was now to be called "Baal (owner, husband, lord)", the sun god.

7. The Origin Of Easter • Queen Semiramis also proclaimed that Baal would be present on earth in the form of a flame, whether candle or lamp, when used in worship.

8. The Origin Of Easter • She taught that the moon was a goddess that went through a 28-day cycle and ovulated when full.

9. The Origin Of Easter • She further claimed that she came down from the moon in a giant moon egg that fell into the Euphrates River. (Just as when a woman ovulates her body discard the eggs that hasn’t been used this is what we call her menstruation cycle and this proves that she is still fertile and able to breed.) • This was to have happened at the time of the first full moon after the spring equinox.

10. The Origin Of Easter

11. The Origin Of Easter • Semiramis became known as "Ishtar" which is pronounced "Easter", and her moon egg became known as "Ishtar's" egg." This is where her title “The goddess of fertility has been derived from.”

12. The Origin Of Easter • Ishtar soon became pregnant and claimed that it was the rays of the sun god Baal that caused her to conceive. • The son that she brought forth was named Tammuz.

13. The Origin Of Easter • Tammuz was noted to be especially fond of rabbits, and they became sacred in the ancient religion, because Tammuz was believed to be the son of the sun god, Baal. Tammuz, like his supposed father, became a hunter. He was also known as the fertility god “Adonis”

14. The Origin Of Easter • The day came when a wild pig killed Tammuz (Ezekiel 8:14).

15. The Origin Of Easter It was Ishtar's Sunday and was celebrated with rabbits and eggs. Ishtar also proclaimed that because a pig killed Tammuz, that a pig must be eaten on that Sunday.

16. The Origin Of Easter • By now, we should have made the connection that paganism has infiltrated the contemporary "Christian" churches, and further study indicates that this paganism came in by way of the Roman Catholic System (Rev 2:12-15).

17. The Origin Of Easter • Seven Churches in Revelation (Rev 2:12-15)

18. The Origin Of Easter • The truth is that Easter the tradition has nothing whatsoever to do with the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. It has to do with a demonic counterfeit.

19. The Origin Of Easter • We also know that Easter can be as much as three weeks away from the Lord’s Passover, because the pagan holiday is always set as the first Sunday after the first full moon of the spring equinox (Spring Equinox, often known as Ostara, Easter, and St. Patrick's Day, occurs in the middle of March. It marks the beginning of Spring and the time when days and nights are of equal length). March

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21. The Origin Of Easter • It is true that the Lord’s Passover and the pagan Easter sometimes coincide, but in some years, they are a great distance apart . The Aramaic word here is actually Pascha, which is derived from the Hebrew word Pesach, which always means Passover.

22. The Origin Of Easter • What is Passover ?

23. The Origin Of Easter • The Lord’s Passover is the 8-day observance commemorating the freedom and exodus of the Israelites (Jewish slaves) from Egypt during the reign of the Pharaoh Ramses II. • The holiday's name - Pesach, meaning "passing over" or "protection" in Hebrew, is derived from the instructions given to Moses by God. In order to encourage the Pharaoh to free the Israelites, God intended to kill the first-born of both man and beast. • To protect themselves, the Israelites were told to mark their dwellings with lamb's blood so that God could identify and "pass over" their homes. • The original Lord’s Passover started back in Exodus 12:1-14. • The month was called Abib or another word that they use is Nisan [Hebrew for March or April] Exodus 13:4. This was considered the first month of the year for them.

24. The Origin Of Easter • The churches of the West observe Easter (Resurrection of Christ) on the first Sunday following the full moon that occurs on or following the Spring Equinox (March 20). So Easter became a "movable" feast, which can occur as early as March 21 or as late as April 25. (Spring Equinox)

25. The Origin Of Easter • Christian churches in the East, which were closer to the birthplace of the new religion and in which old traditions were strong, observe Easter (Resurrection of Christ) according to the date of the Lord’s Passover festival. Acts 12: 1-4

26. The Origin Of Easter Happy New Year!!! Happy Easter! Happy Resurrection Sunday! March or January?

27. The Origin Of Easter • Why is the resurrection of Jesus celebrated on Sundays? • According to the dates that we celebrate the Resurrection of Christ is actually a date that has been traditionally kept as Easter, but the true Resurrection of Christ was the third day after the Passover Feast, which at this time was on a Sunday according toMatthew 27:62, Mark 15:42, Luke 23:54, John 19:42.

28. The Origin Of Easter • This is a day of Resurrection; it was a day of resurrection (redeemed from death) for the Israelites when the Israelites killed a lamb and covered their doorpost with the blood of the lamb, because of this act the children of God’s people were saved and then they were brought out of Egypt which was considered the Land of Bondage.

29. The Origin Of Easter • Four things that the LORD promised His children during this time (Exodus) • I will bring you out of Egypt. • I will deliver you from bondage • I will redeem you with an outstretched arm. • I will take you to Me for a people.

30. The Origin Of Easter • In comparison to the death and resurrection of Christ we can see that in the same month during the same week, but different year of course, that Christ took on the position of the Lamb without blemish (Exodus 12:5, Jn: 1:29) which was also eaten on the last day of the Passover (There was no grave for this lamb because the entire lamb was consumed [Exodus 12:6-10]), which is the day of the Passover Feast. (The lamb not having a grave or no parts of it left is symbolic to there being nothing left in a grave or no remains left of our Lamb of God who is Jesus Christ.

31. The Origin Of Easter • In comparison to today this is still the day of Resurrection when Jesus took our sins on the cross and shed His blood, which should be on the doorpost of our hearts for the remission of sins (Heb 9:22), He, The Lamb of God came back to set us free and so that we may have life and have it more abundantly (Jn: 8:36, Jn: 10:10b) just as it was for the Israelites in this month.

32. The Origin Of Easter • It is a celebration and it is a festival, this Holiday is about the resurrection of Christ and His people being liberated and delivered from bondage and lack through His resurrection.