HALLOWE

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HALLOWEEN
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• HALLOWEEN A FAMILY TRADITION
• For many people Halloween is a tradition many
  join in the celebration of this supposed
  holiday without giving any thought to what is
  being celebrated.
• Halloween, typically, has always been observed by
  certain families and they see no need to change
  this tradition.
• After all, whats the harm in it?
• (The Bible says we will be defiled by the
  unfruitful deeds of darkness.)
• Halloween is the high holy day of the occult!

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Pharisees followed tradition rather than the Word
of God.

• Jesus said to the Pharisees Why do ye also
  transgress the commandment of God by your
  tradition?...Thus have ye made the command- ment
  of God of none effect by your tradition.
  Matthew 153,6
• Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that
  which is good. He that doeth good is of God but
  he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
  3 John 113

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ABSTAIN FROM ALL APPEARANCE OF EVIL. 1
THESSALONIANS 522

• With the exaltation of grotesque and frightening
  costumes, images and decorations such as witches,
  goblins, vampires and devils Halloween obviously
  does not exalt the Lord Jesus Christ in any way
  at all. As a matter of fact, Halloween celebrates
  the very powers of evil that nailed Jesus to the
  cross!

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EXACTLY WHAT DOES HALLOWEEN CELEBRATE?

• Halloween is rooted deeply in the occult.
• Trick-or-treating, Jack-o-lanterns, bonfires and
  wearing scary costumes can be traced back to the
  customs and rituals of the ancient Druids.
• Halloween is known by certain witches as
  Samhain. Samhain, a Celtic deityLord of the
  Dead. Halloween is quite literally a celebration
  of death. It honors the god of the dead and the
  spirits of the wicked dead.

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HALLOWEENCELEBRATION OF DEATH by BARBARA BORDERS

• Historically, Halloween dates back to ancient
  Gaul and Britain. The earliest Halloween
  celebrations were held by pagan Druids, an
  ancient Celtic priestly order, in honor of
  Samhain, Lord of the dead. The Celts chose Oct 31
  to celebrate the eve of the festival of Samhain,
  or Sa-ween as it was pronounced, hence Halloween.
  Samhain was the single most important festival
  concerning the dead.

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HALLOWEENCELEBRATION OF DEATH by BARBARA BORDERS

• The Druids believed that on the eve of this
  festival, Samhain, Lord of the dead, called up
  all the wicked souls (spirits) who had died
  within the past year. Demons, ghosts, elves,
  fairies and other creatures were also to have
  sprung up from the netherworld. In order to
  protect themselves from these evil powers and to
  insure fertility of cattle and crops, the people
  offered their firstborn children as living
  sacrifices.

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HALLOWEENCELEBRATION OF DEATH by BARBARA BORDERS

• Halloween is a pagan religious festival. It is
  obviously not Christian. So why do Christians
  pretend to be evil creatures, emulate evil deeds
  and participate in festivities dedicated to the
  worship of the devil? The elements, symbols and
  customs of Halloween with its emphasis on the
  devil, demons and the dead constitute a dabbling
  in the very things which Scripture clearly
  forbids and is an invitation to real demonic
  activity.

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HOLIDAYS OF LEGEND, P.87

• The modern custom of Trick of Treat began in
  Ireland hundreds of years ago. Good luck was
  promised to generous donors, and threats were
  made against those who would not give.
• Thus Trick or Treat

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BOOK OF HOLIDAY FESTIVALS PP.125-126

• The carved face in the pumpkin called the
  Jack-O-Lantern is a symbol of an ancient damned
  soul. A man named Jack was supposed not to be
  able to enter heaven or hell, and was doomed to
  wander around the earth with a lantern
  illuminated by a burning coal from hell.

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HALLOWEEN THROUGH TWENTY CENTURIES, P.4

• Spirits which floated about in the atmosphere
  were allowed to take on the bodies of animals on
  Halloween, the black cat being the most desirable
  since it clearly had nine lives

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FOLKLORE, P11

• The goddess of the harvest would give of her
  bounty to those who would bow to her and from
  that comes bobbing for apples.

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WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA, VOL. 9. PP.24-25

• It was the Celts who chose the date of October
  31 as their New Years Eve and who originally
  intended it as a celebration of everything
  wicked, evil and dead. Also, they would gather
  around a community bonfire (a fire of burning
  bones)bone-fire and offer as sacrifices their
  animals and crops and sometimes humans.
• On this night Celts wore costumes made of heads
  and skins of animals.

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SATANIC BIBLE by ANTON LAVEY

• Originally, All Hallows Eve Halloween was one
  of the great fire festivals of Britain at the
  time of the Druids. In Scotland it was associated
  with the time when the spirits of the dead, the
  demons, witches and sorcerers were unusually
  active.The youths of the villages carried on
  with much merry-making and sensual revelry, but
  the older people took great care to safeguard
  their homes from evil spirits, witches and demons
  who had exceptional powers that night.

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JAMES NAPIER WRITING IN FOLKLORE SAYS

• The beliefs and practices of Halloween were not
  confined to northern Britain, but were widespread
  andwith variationspracticed globally by pagan
  peoples.
• In Cambodia, for example, people chant, Oh, all
  you our ancestors who are departed deign to come
  and eat what we have prepared for you, and bless
  your posterity to make it happy.

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THE INVISIBLE VEIL

• Druids, Wiccans, Occultists, who are deeply
  initiated, believe that Halloween is the holy day
  once a year that the invisible veil which divides
  the spirit world from the physical world is
  supposedly at its thinnest. The souls of the dead
  return to their former homes to be enter- tained
  by the living. If the food and treats were not
  acceptable, the evil spirits would cast spells,
  and terrorize the home folksbeginning of trick
  or treat.
• Witches and wizards believe that on this night
  they can communicate with the dead.
• The Bible calls attempts at communicating with
  the dead, Necromancy.

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• thou shalt not learn to do after the
  abominations of those nations. There shall not be
  found among you any onethat useth divination, or
  an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a
  witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar
  spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer (a person
  who attempts to consult the dead).
• For all that do these things are an abomination
  unto the Lord.
• Deuteronomy 1810-13

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HOW DID HALLOWEEN BECOME ASSOCIATED WITH
CHRISTIANITY?

• Roman Pantheon built by Hadrian 100 a.d.
• Pantheon temple to Roman goddess, Cybele.
• Here is where Romans prayed for their dead.
• 607 A.D. Emperor Phocas gave the pantheon as a
  gift to Pope Boniface IV.
• Boniface reconsecrated the Pantheon to Mary.
• Here is where Roman Catholics prayed to Mary for
  their dead.

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HOW DID HALLOWEEN BECOME ASSOCIATED WITH
CHRISTIANITY?

• For 2 centuries the major celebration in the
  Pantheon took place in May and was called, All
  Saints Day.
• In the 9th century Pope Gregory moved All Saints
  Day to Nov.1 to coincide with the ancient Druid
  and pagan practices that had been going on for
  centuriesthe church was accommodating the
  recently conquered German Saxons and Norsemen of
  Scandinavia.
• Thus the wedding of All Saints Day to Halloween.

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How does God view Halloween?

• Halloween is celebrated by Christians and
  non-Christians alike.
• What does the Bible say?
• Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the
  heathen.For the customs of the people are
  vain. Jeremiah 102a, 3a
• Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. Exodus
  2218

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• An have NO FELLOWSHIP with the unfruitful works
  of DARKNESS, but rather reprove them.
  Ephesians 511
• Be ye not unequally yoked together with
  unbelievers for WHAT FELLOWSHIP hath
  righteousness with unrighteousness and what
  communion hath light with darkness?
  II Corinthians 614
• Prove ALL THINGS hold fast that which is GOOD,
  ABSTAIN from ALL APPEARANCE of EVIL. I
  Thessalonians 521-22
• Does Halloween carry with it ANY appearance of
  evil?

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Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go
not in the way of evil men. Proverbs 414

• Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil.
  Exodus 232
• Just because the multitudes practice Halloween
  (in Satans world system) does not make it RIGHT
  for the one who professes Jesus Christ to be the
  Lord and Savior of his/her life.
• Psalm 1 Only two paths right or wrong
• Proverbs 1412 There is a way that seemeth
  right unto a man, but the end thereof are the
  ways of death.

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Clinging To Our Traditions

• Halloween without controversy is a work of
  darkness (see Eph. 511). Christians have no
  business in any form of participation connected
  to this holy day of the witch.
• When confronted with the truth of Gods Word (It
  IS TRUTH, John 1717, 832, Heb. 412), a true
  believer should submit to the authority of
  scripture.
• To the one who knows the right thing to do and
  does not do it, to him it is sin (James 417)

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Are we lipservicing God?

• Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this
  people draw near me with their mouth, and with
  their lips do honor me, but have removed their
  heart from me.That this is a rebellious people,
  lying children, children that will not hear the
  law of the Lord. Isaiah 2913a,9

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Are We Cultural Christians?

• For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or
  compare ourselves with some that commend
  themselves but they, measuring themselves by
  themselves, and comparing themselves among
  themselves, are not wise. II Corinthians 1012
• A Christian must compare him/herself to the Word
  of God and NOT to people of the of the prevailing
  culture!

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1 PETER 58

• Be sober, be vigilant because your adversary
  the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about,
  seeking whom he may devour.

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1 CORINTHIANS 1031, 32

• Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or
  whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
  Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to
  the Gentiles, nor to the church of God Even as I
  please all men in all things, not seeking mine
  own profit, but the profit of many, that they may
  be saved.

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1 SAMUEL 1522, 23

• And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight
  in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying
  the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better
  than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of
  rams. For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft,
  and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.

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JEREMIAH 102, 3a

• Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the
  heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of
  heaven for the heathen are dismayed at them. For
  the customs of the people are vain.

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2 CORINTHIANS 614-18

• Be ye not unequally yoked together with
  unbelievers for what fellowship hath
  righteousness with unrighteousness? and what
  communion hath light with darkness? And what
  concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part
  hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what
  agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for
  ye are the temple of the living God as God hath
  said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them and
  I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
  Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye
  separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the
  unclean thing and I will receive you, And will
  be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and
  daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

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HALLOWEEN SHOULD CHRISTIANS BE APART? By Albert
Dager

• Is it suitable for the Body of Christ to embrace
  the symbols of Satan for any cause and for the
  excuse of fun, induce fear in people? How easy
  it is to become oppressed by evil spirits if we
  dont keep our guard up and continue in the peace
  and joy of Christ, but instead allow ourselves to
  indulge our senses in momentary pleasures
  revolving around Satan and his domain.

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HALLOWEEN SHOULD CHRISTIANS BE APART? By Albert
Dager

• There is nothing on this earth, least of all
  some bits and pieces of candy, which can justify
  embracing Satan in his unholy days celebrations.
  Yet the church has accepted so many things of
  this world because of ignorance or tradition.
  Halloween has captivated the minds of Christian
  children and adults alike to the detriment of
  their spiritual lives for too long.

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EPHESIANS 611,12

• Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and
  in the power of His might. Put on the whole
  armour of God, that ye may be able to stand
  against the wiles (schemes) of the devil.

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