A note from another FB friend:
Some people may say: "there are worse sins than pagan holidays---what about abortion, murder, stealing, homosexuality etc.?"
My response:
All of the Ten Commandments listed in Exodus 20 are listed in accordance to their severity in Yah's eyes. The first commandment is "I am YHWH your Elohim, thou shalt not have any other gods before me." The second commandment is "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image."
We can rationalize that we don't have other gods before him all we want. But think about what King Jeroboam did. He became a "god" unto himself. He invented his own pagan holidays in different months (not according to Yah's instructions), and it says in 1st Kings 12, that he devised these holy days "after his own wicked heart." In doing this, he also erected a golden calf at Mount Ephraim & Dan. Hence, the 1st and 2nd Commandments were broken with the invention of these "self appointed" pagan holidays. When mankind presumes to make up their own "holy days" they are becoming a "god" unto themselves and hence they are breaking the 1st Commandment: "I am YHWH your Elohim, thou shalt have no other gods before me."
When the Papacy invented Christmas & Easter in the 5th Century, they acted rebelliously against YHWH and presumed to be "God" by changing the scriptures. Once men do this, they have no problem committing murder, homosexuality, stealing and on and on. All of the other sins stem from breaking that very first one!
When the Arch-Angel Lucifer declared in his heart " ....I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High" (Isaiah 14:14) , he committed no act of murder, homosexuality, or theft. He merely thought in his heart to usurp the authority of the Most High Elohim, YHWH. In this one act of high treason, he broke all of the rest of the commandments. The highest act of treason is to reject the Lordship and ruler-ship of YHWH. Once we reject his leadership over us, then it is easy to break the other commandments. That is why the pagan holidays are the highest act of treason, because they seek to make man worship "another god" under the guise of it being for "Jesus." But in reality, Satan has tricked people by having them worship him unawares through these pagan holidays.
In Deuteronomy 12, YHWH said (my paraphrase): "Do not learn to worship me the same way that the pagans worship their gods and then say that you are doing it for me---this is an Abomination."
Deuteronomy 12: (New Living Translation)
29 When the Lord your God goes ahead of you and destroys the nations and you drive them out and live in their land,
30 do not fall into the trap of following their customs and worshiping their gods. Do not inquire about their gods, saying, ‘How do these nations worship their gods? I want to follow their example.’
31 You must not worship the Lord your God the way the other nations worship their gods, for they perform for their gods every detestable act that the Lord hates. They even burn their sons and daughters as sacrifices to their gods.
32 So be careful to obey all the commands I give you. You must not add anything to them or subtract anything from them.
Deuteronomy 12: (King James Sacred Name Version)
29 When YHWH thy Elohim shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land;
30 Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
31 Thou shalt not do so unto YHWH thy Elohim: for every abomination to YHWH, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.
32 What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
The following is a quote from Dr. Herbert Lockyer, DD, DLrrr:
"In these days of national apostasy and international strife, the preacher could not do better than live near the book of Jeremiah, which has as it's dominant note, true religion in heart, life, church, and nation."
Jeremiah was born a priest but became a prophet by the divine call of YHWH. He felt he was not mature enough to function as a prophet. What sorrow and anguish must have been his to know that if Israel would not turn from their traditions and seek the face of Yah, that Yah would have no choice but to destroy them. The frustration that must have been his to tell the truth as Yah told him, to have it thrown back in his face as one who was a hate-monger. To see the massive permissiveness on a national scale must have left him in near total despair. What a temptation it must have been for him to turn and run the other way. It is however we find that Jeremiah could not elude his destiny and he did not shrink from it.
What was Jeremiah's message, and what was it about the message brought him many enemies?
Jeremiah's message begins with Jeremiah 2:13 that says that Yah's people have committed two sins: (1) We have forsaken the living water, and (2) dug wells, broken and dry wells that cannot hold water.
In Jeremiah 4:22 Yah calls us FOOLS. He calls us senseless children that have no understanding and no desire to get any sense or understanding. He calls us skilled in doing evil, and we lack the knowledge to do good. Jeremiah 5:1 challenges us to find one person who deals honestly and seeks the truth.
In Jeremiah 7 he gets down to "root" the of their national apostasy that was rampant in his time as well as modern day.
"Foolish people mistake transitory semblance for eternal facts and go astray more and more." Thomas Carlyle
Several times in my last place of work the chaplain spoke of "Hiding behind masks". Maybe, we the American people, need to hear the same message.
As the statement by Thomas Carlyle suggest we have been deceived by the transitory semblance of the truth. The truth has been twisted, combined with lies to separate us from reality.
Jeremiah 7 begins with a direct warning from Yah. Yah warns us to reform our ways and our actions. Malachi warns the same thing but the people responded as if they did nothing wrong.
So one must ask what did YHWH mean when He said in Jeremiah 7:3 to "reform your ways" and "your actions"? The KJV has it written, "Amend your ways and your doings." The word amend in Hebrew is yatab. This word is translated in several English words including amend, diligent, earnestly, and "be accepted."Amend in this case is the diligent and earnest effort of removing the faults or errors of by adding or deleting.
The next word is "ways". The Hebrew word is derek. This is translated trodden path, custom, highway, journey, manner, or way. Custom is defined as a common tradition so long established that it has the force or validity of law. Tradition is nothing more than unwritten religious precepts. The word "doings" (maalal) is any doing, endeavor, work, or invention. An invention is something fabricated that was previously unknown.
So what does Jeremiah 7:3 say to us?
IF YOU DILIGENTLY AND EARNESTLY ADD YAH'S TRADITIONS AND TRUTHS AND DELETE THOSE FABRICATED AND UNWRITTEN RELIGIOUS PRECEPTS THEN YOU WILL BE ACCEPTED!
Yah continues his warning in Jeremiah 18:11. He states that he frames evil against us and devises a device against those who will not listen. When He frames evil listen to what Psalm 94:16-23 and Isaiah 29:13-21 have to say about those who will not check their traditions against HIS WAYS!
THE MESSAGE: IF YOU TURN AWAY FROM THE FABRICATED AND UNWRITTEN RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS AND PRECEPTS THAT HAVE NO BIBLICAL AUTHORITY THEN I WILL RELENT!
TO THOSE WHO READ THIS, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. CHECK YOUR RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS NOW! DELETE THOSE HOLIDAYS THAT HAVE NO BIBLICAL AUTHORITY! THE THRONE OF HEAVEN WILL NOT ASSOCIATE WITH BELIAL OR SATAN OR HIS VILE HOLIDAYS!
*Note: Dr. Herbert Lockyer's Article Ends Here and Maria Merola's Article Continues Below*
The prophet Amos also warned Israel of the judgment that was coming because of their pagan holidays that they invented under the leadership of King Jeroboam:
Amos 5:
18 Woe unto you that desire the day of YHWH! to what end is it for you? the day of YHWH is darkness, and not light.
19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
20 Shall not the day of YHWH be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
27 Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith YHWH, whose name is The Elohim of hosts.
Amos 7:
8 And YHWH said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said YHWH, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more:
9 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.
What did King Jeroboam do that brought him under judgment? In order to get the full picture, we must go back to 1st Kings 12. In this chapter, we learn that after David's son Solomon died, the Two Kingdoms of Israel were divided. There was the Northern Kingdom of Israel under King Jeroboam and he had 10 Tribes underneath him. And then there was the Southern Kingdom of Judah under King Rehoboam and he had the 2 tribes of Judah & Benjamin underneath him.
King Jeroboam was affraid that the other 10 tribes would obey the commandment of YHWH by visiting Jerusalem 3 times per year to keep the Feasts of YHWH outlined in Leviticus 23. He reasoned to himself, that if these Israelites visited Jerusalem 3 times per year to honor the Feasts of YHWH, that they would come under the leadership of King Rehoboam and thus they would forsake him. In order to avoid this, King Jeroboam made up other pagan holidays that deviated from the Torah or instructions of YHWH:
1st Kings 12:
27 If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of YHWH at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.
28 Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
29 And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
30 And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
31 And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.
33 So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense.
As you can see here, King Jeroboam devised pagan holidays from his "own heart" and made up holidays that deviated from the Torah of YHWH! This is precisely what the Papacy has done in Christianity and now the United States of America is set for judgement because we have standardized these pagan holidays of Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day, Saint Patrick's Day, Halloween and made them "National Holidays."
What is so bad about these holidays?
In Mark 7:13, Yahu'shua tells us that the traditions of men make the word of YHWH Elohim ineffective in our lives. If abandoning these traditions of men will cause the word of Yah to become more effective in our lives, then we must abandon Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Valentine’s Day and every other vestige of sun god worship that has been “dressed up” to appear “Christian.” We must go back to the Feasts ordained by YHWH which commemorate our Messiah, and we must renounce the pagan holidays that are celebrated in the church today. All of these pagan practices are to commemorate Nimrod and the many supposed reincarnated sun gods, as illustrated below on the pagan sabbath wheel:
Pictured above are eight pagan "Sabbaths" of the Witches and Pagans, & Wicca, but they are also disguised as "Christian" holidays!
The Eight Pagan Sabbaths:
1.) Imbolc Saint Valentine’s Day: February 2nd-February 15th
2.) Ostara (Easter): Rome changed it to Passover week to identify her with Messiah’s Resurrection:
March 21st-March 25th (Pope changed to Passover week to confuse with Christ)
3.) Beltane (Mayfest): (goddess of fertility/Mary) May 1st
4.) Midsummer Solstice (First Day of Summer): June 21st (Catholics call it St. John’s Day)
5.) Lugnasad (Catholic Mary’s Ascension): August 1st-August 15th
6.) Mabon (First Day of Autumn): September 21st
7.) Samhain (Halloween): Catholic “All-Saints Day” and “All-Souls Day” October 31st
8.) Yule (Christmas): birthday of false Christ: December 21st-December 25th
The “Yule” Wheel is a pagan representation of all the annual celebrations offered up to the pagan sun god and moon goddess in their many different “reincarnated” forms. The wheel has eight segments signifying “eight pagan Sabbaths” each year. Notice the five pointed star of witchcraft also called the “Eastern Star.” The star is within a circle representing the sun god, Baal.
This is the Pagan Yule Wheel used by witches and Wiccans. You will notice that all of these pagan feasts are on important “Christian” holidays. Yule is Christmas; Ostara is Easter; Beltane is Mayfest; Imbolic is Saint Valentine’s Day; Lughnasadh is the “Assumption of Mary” in the Catholic Church; Samhain is “All-Saints” Day or Halloween.
This image is from ancient Babylon representing the “sun god” Baal or “Shamesh.” Notice the “eight” sections symbolizing the “eight pagan Sabbaths.”
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