Deuteronomy
18:9-14 (Avoid Wicked Customs)
"When
you come into the land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not
learn to follow the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found
among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the
fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one
who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who conjures spells, or a medium,
or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For all who do these things are
an abomination to the LORD, and because of these abominations the LORD your God
drives them out from before you. You shall be blameless before the LORD your
God. For these nations which you will dispossess listened to soothsayers and
diviners; but as for you, the LORD your God has not appointed such for you. NKJV
We are quickly approaching the end of October and
the day we have made into a holiday, Halloween. This is perhaps one of the most
celebrated holidays of every year. It has been turned into a time of games,
candy, and other fun for children. Little children are dressed up as ghost,
goblins, wizards, witches, and monsters of all forms and the older ones are
sent out with the younger kids to go door to door to tell people trick or treat,
each fully expecting to receive a vast array of candy in their bags. On the
surface or the outside it appears to be all innocent fun, but what is behind
the surface of this holiday? Who is it that lurks in the murky background
seeking an entry into the lives of the adults and little children who
participate in the celebration of the holiday? I submit that most people
blindly celebrate this day, even Christians not realizing who it is that is
behind it. This holiday has its roots in pagan culture and it has been dressed
up with a nice sweet innocent face, however, it is all Satanic. Many young
girls and boys will be lured into witchcraft and sorcery and begin a long path
of bondage and degradation that will end up in hell if they don’t have an
encounter with the living Christ Jesus at the foot of His Cross.
Here is an explanation I found on the web of the
origin of this so-called innocent holiday: “Around 2,000 years ago, the Celts,
who lived in what is now the United Kingdom, Ireland, and northern France, had
a festival commemorating the end of the year. Their New Year was November 1,
and this festival was called Samhain, pronounced sow-en. The end of their year
signaled the end of summer, the end of the harvest season, and the beginning of
a long, hard winter that often caused many deaths of animals and people. Weaker
livestock were often killed and eaten during this holiday, since most likely,
they would not survive the winter anyway. Because of this, and the cruel winter
to come, this time of year signified death to the Pagan Celtics. They believed
the night before the New Year that the wall between the living and the dead was
open, allowing spirits of the dead, both good and bad, to mingle among the
living. Some of these spirits were thought to possess living people, cause
trouble, ruin crops, or to search for passage to the afterlife.
Samhain was considered a magical holiday, and there
are many stories about what the Celtics practiced and believed during this
festival. Some say the spirits that were unleashed were those that had died in
that year, and offerings of food and drink were left to aid the spirits, or to
ward them away. Other versions say the Celts dressed up in outlandish costumes
and roamed the neighborhoods making noise to scare the spirits away. Many
thought they could predict the future and communicate with spirits as well
during this time. Some think the heavily structured life of the Pagan Celtics
was abandoned during Samhain, and people did unusual things, such as moving
horses to different fields, moving gates and fences, women dressing as men, and
vice versa, and other trickeries now associated with Halloween. Another belief
is that the Celtics honoured, celebrated, and feasted the dead during Samhain.
A sacred, central bonfire was always lit to honor the Pagan gods, and some
accounts say that individual home fires were extinguished during Samhain,
either to make their homes unattractive to roving spirits, or for their home
fires to be lit following the festival from the sacred bonfire. Fortunes were
told, and marked stones thrown into the fire. If a person's stone was not found
after the bonfire went out, it was believed that person would die during the
next year. Some Celts wore costumes of animal skulls and skins during Samhain.
Faeries were believed to roam the land during Samhain, dressed as beggars
asking for food door to door. Those that gave food to the faeries were rewarded,
while those that did not were punished by the faeries. This is reported to be
the first origin of the modern "trick or treat" practice.”
The author of the Celts practice described above is
none other than the devil. The spirits are not those of dead men or women, but
they are demons. Every man or woman who dies goes directly to heaven (if they
are born again) or hell (if they are not born again). The men, women, boys, and
girls who know and love Jesus Christ have no business at all in anyway
participating in the celebration of this so-called holiday. However, all over
this country (especially in schools) adults will have elaborate celebrations
allowing children to be opened to the devil and his demons unknowingly to the
children. In my opinion, there is nothing worse than an adult that would lead a
child into wizard, witchcraft, and other demon worship. I truly believe my Lord
Jesus Christ extremely abhors this with His entire being and I believe that the
worst part of the Lake of Fire is reserved for Mothers and Fathers and all other
Adults who lead children into the practice of magic, witchcraft, and being
wizards or sorcerers. Listen to Him speak in this passage of Scripture would you please; Matthew 18:6-11 "Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes! "If your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into the everlasting fire. And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire. "Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven. For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost. NKJV
Dear Heavenly Father, I pray that you would guard
the souls of every small boy and girl at all times, but with a special
protection Dear Lord Jesus during this time leading up to the end of this
month. You Dear Lord see in every place and know the end from the beginning. I
pray for Your mighty Hand of love and power to guard these little ones from the
evil one and that You Dear Lord Jesus will render to the Adults that lead any
of these little ones into evil their just reward for their evil acts of
foolishness. Although Dear Lord Jesus one of Your Proverbs says we are not to
speak in the hearing of a fool for he will despise the wisdom of our words, yet
we know that You can speak to the evil one and stop him dead in his tracks from
bringing harm to any child during the end this month. Dear Lord let Your Grace
rein on that day and night and I pray that none of us, Your true sons and
daughters will have any fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but
rather that we would expose them. In Your Holy Name I pray Lord Jesus, Amen!!!
Clifford D. Tate, Sr.
Author of “Silent Assassins of the Soul - Are you
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