Easter or Ishtar?
The American pagan celebration known as Easter is mostly a day of confusion where children paint eggs, their parents hide them, and an egg hunt ensues. A day of sugar and pagan rituals.
It is said that Easter traditions come from Ishtar, the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of sex and fertility. The eggs and bunnies are symbols for sex and fertility which is why they are used in this worship event. Likewise, our "Statue of Liberty" is said to be an homage to the same pagan goddess Ishtar.
However, the Biblical roots of this holiday are much more significant. God gave moses 7 Holy Days for the children of Israel to observe and celebrate every year in thanks to the LORD of Creation. The first Holy Day to celebrate is "Passover" (Easter), and it was a time to remember what Lord God did for Israel:
Exodus 12:3-14 KJV - Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: [4] And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. [5] Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: [6] And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. [7] And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. [8] And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. [9] Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. [10] And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. [11] And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the Lord's passover. [12] For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord . [13] And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are : and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you , when I smite the land of Egypt. [14] And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
When Jesus (God manifested in the flesh) first began His ministry, John the Baptist said He was the Lamb of God:
John 1:29 KJV - The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
Jesus was the Lamb without spot or blemish, He was innocent and pure. He spoke these words during His ministry:
John 6:51-58 KJV - I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. [52] The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? [53] Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. [54] Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. [55] For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. [56] He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. [57] As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. [58] This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
Jesus was telling them that He is the Passover Lamb of God and that He was soon going to give His life as an atonement for sins. This was to fulfil the prophesy of Isaiah written long ago:
Isaiah 53:1-12 KJV - Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? [2] For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. [3] He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. [4] Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. [5] But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. [6] All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. [7] He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. [8] He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. [9] And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. [10] Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. [11] He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. [12] Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
The Jews today, even though they have not accepted the Messiah, continue in the Holy Day celebrations which are a shadow of Yeshua (Jesus Christ):
The Unleavened Bread and Wine
It is said in the New Testament that leaven is as sin, and the Unleavened bread represents the sinless body of Messiah Jesus which was beaten by our sinful hands. The wine represents the innocent blood spilled for the sins of the people.
If we believe in Jesus, turn from our sins and trust in Him, His innocent and Holy blood will cover our sins and the wrath of God will "Passover" us, and we will inherit eternal life. However, those who don't believe will be condemned for their transgressions:
John 3:13-21 KJV - And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. [14] And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: [15] That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. [16] For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. [17] For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. [18] He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [19] And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. [20] For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. [21] But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
We must turn from our sins, and believe in Him in obedience to His words:
Romans 10:9-13 KJV - That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. [10] For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. [11] For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. [12] For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. [13] For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
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Easter, Ishtar, and Passover
In the Bible, the first Holy Day of the year is called Passover (Exodus 12). This God appointed Holy Day (Leviticus 23), given to His people Israel, is observed in the first month of the year on the 10th day of the Jewish Calendar. This to me represents new life, a new beginning, a fresh start, a new covenant - as Passover was the first step that the Children of Abraham made towards going into the Promised Land (Israel) and establishing the Covenant of Moses (Old Testament).
Passover (Exodus 12) was a shadow of Jesus the Messiah (God embodied), and Jesus was crucified on Passover in Israel by His own people (John 19) to purge us of our sin so that we may enter into His rest and the Promised Land, New Jerusalem. This is the New Covenant (Hebrews 8) and Passover began in Spring as a sign of a new cycle, a new year of life.
Lucifer, the fallen Cherubim, is the God of this world (2 Corinthians 4:4). Satan often copies God YHVH and uses it to mock God and turn His own creation away from Him. It appears that Easter (Ostara) is a Pagan celebration in Spring around the same time as God's Passover. Easter, I believe, alludes to Ishtar/Isis/Semiramis/Lady Libertas/Ostara who is the false Pagan goddess of sex, fertility, prostitution, and "freedom." I believe this is alluded to with the Statue of Liberty.
According to Pagan doctrines, Semiramis is the wife of Nimrod the King of the Tower of Babel (First Babylon) who brought the whole world together to rebel against the Most High God. The Pagan belief is that Nimrod died and became the Sun god, and he impregnated his wife Semiramis through his sun rays and gave birth to Tammuz. Tammuz is known as Nimrod reincarnated and, according to legend, married his mother Semiramis?
Genesis 10:8-9 KJV - And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. [9] He was a mighty hunter before the Lord : wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.
I believe Nimrod was a mighty hunter of the souls of men, as he brought all men in rebellion against God. It seems today, Nimrod is alluded to by the symbol of a deer and the deer antlers.
The AntiChrist, I believe, will be the New Nimrod figure who will unite the world in sin and lies against the Most High (Revelation 13) until Jesus returns and destroys them in the Battle of Armageddon (Revelation 19) to establish His 1000 year Kingdom on Earth (Revelation 20/Zechariah 14). The AntiChrist will be the Tammuz figure and birthed symbolically from the Semiramis/Ishtar false goddess figure attributed to Spring and fertility.
It seems that Easter is a time that begins the pregnancy cycle of Ishtar/Semiramis and is connected to the rabbit or hare in the spring because that is when new life begins and rabbits begin to breed.
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