The Pagan Origin Of
Easter
Easter is a day that is honered
by nearly all of contemporary
Christianity and is used to
celebrate the resurrection of
Jesus Christ.
The holiday often involves a
church service at sunrise, a
feast which includes an "Easter
Ham", decorated eggs and
stories about rabbits.
Those who love truth learn to
ask questions, and many
questions must be asked
regarding the holiday of Easter.
Is it truly the day when Jesus
arose from the dead? Where
did all of the strange customs
come from, which have nothing
to do with the resurrection of
our Saviour?
The purpose of this tract is to
help answer those questions,
and to help those who seek
truth to draw their own
conclusions.
The first thing we must
understand is that professing
Christians were not the only
ones who celebrated a festival
called "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.
In those ancient times, there
was a man named Nimrod, who
was the grandson of one of
Noah's son named Ham.
Ham had a son named Cush
who married a woman named
Semiramis.Cush and Semiramis
then had a son named him
"Nimrod."
After the death of his father,
Nimrod married his own mother
and became a powerful King.
The Bible tells of of this man,
Nimrod, in Genesis 10:8-10 as
follows: "And Cush begat
Nimrod: he began to be a
mighty one in the earth. He was
a mighty hunter before the
Lord: wherefore it is said, even
as Nimrod the mighty hunter
before the Lord. And the
beginning of his kingdom was
Babel, and Erech, and
Accad,and Calneh, in the land of
Shinar."
Nimrod became a god-man to
the people and Semiramis, his
wife and mother, became the
powerful Queen of ancient
Babylon.
Nimrod was eventually killed by
an enemy, and his body was cut
in pieces and sent to various
parts of his kingdom.
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",
the sun god.
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.
Semiramis was creating a
mystery religion, and with the
help of Satan, she set herself up
as a goddess.
Semiramis claimed that she was
immaculately conceived.
She taught that the moon was a
goddess that went through a 28
day cycle and ovulated when
full.
She further claimed that she
came down from the moon in a
giant moon egg that fell into the
Euphrates River.
This was to have happened at
the time of the first full moon
after the spring equinox.
Semiramis became known as
"Ishtar" which is pronounced
"Easter", and her moon egg
became known as "Ishtar's"
egg."
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.
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.
The day came when Tammuz
was killed by a wild pig.
Queen Ishtar told the people
that Tammuz was now ascended
to his father, Baal, and that the
two of them would be with the
worshippers in the sacred
candle or lamp flame as Father,
Son and Spirit.
Ishtar, who was now
worshipped as the "Mother of
God and Queen of Heaven",
continued to build her mystery
religion.
The queen told the worshippers
that when Tammuz was killed
by the wild pig, some of his
blood fell on the stump of an
evergreen tree, and the stump
grew into a full new tree
overnight. This made the
evergreen tree sacred by the
blood of Tammuz.
She also proclaimed a forty day
period of time of sorrow each
year prior to the anniversary of
the death of Tammuz.
During this time, no meat was
to be eaten.
Worshippers were to meditate
upon the sacred mysteries of
Baal and Tammuz, and to make
the sign of the "T" in front of
their hearts as they
worshipped.
They also ate sacred cakes with
the marking of a "T" or cross on
the top.
Every year, on the first Sunday
after the first full moon after
the spring equinox, a
celebration was made.
It was Ishtar's Sunday and was
celebrated with rabbits and
eggs.
Ishtar also proclaimed that
because Tammuz was killed by
a pig, that a pig must be eaten
on that Sunday.
By now, the readers of this tract
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.
The truth is that Easter has
nothing whatsoever to do with
the resurrection of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
We also know that Easter can
be as much as three weeks away
from the Passover, because the
pagan holiday is always set as
the first Sunday after the first
full moon after the spring
equinox.
Some have wondered why the
word "Easter" is in the the King
James Bible.
It is because Acts, chapter 12,
tells us that it was the evil King
Herod, who was planning to
celebrate Easter, and not the
Christians.
The true Passover and pagan
Easter sometimes coincide, but
in some years, they are a great
distance apart.
So much more could be said,
and we have much more
information for you, if you are a
seeker of the truth.
We know that the Bible tells us
in John 4:24, "God is a Spirit:
and they that worship him must
worship him in spirit and in
truth."
The truth is that the forty days
of Lent, eggs, rabbits,hot cross
buns and the Easter ham have
everything to do with the
ancient pagan religion of
Mystery Babylon.These are all
antichrist activities!
Satan is a master deceiver, and
has filled the lives of well-
meaning, professing Christians
with idolatry.
These things bring the wrath of
God upon children of
disobedience, who try to make
pagan customs of Baal worship
Christian.
You must answer for your
activities and for what you teach
your children.
These customs of Easter honor
Baal, who is also Satan, and is
still worshipped as the "Rising
Sun" and his house is the
"House of the Rising Sun."
How many churches have
"sunrise services" on Ishtar's
day and face the rising sun in
the East?
How many will use colored eggs
and rabbit stories, as they did in
ancient Babylon.
These things are no joke, any
more than Judgement day is a
joke.
I pray to God that this tract will
cause you to search for more
truth.
We will be glad to help you by
providing more information and
by praying for you.
These are the last days, and it is
time to repent, come out and be
separate.
David J. Meyer
Last Trumpet Ministries
International
PO Box 806
Beaver Dam, WI 53916

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