Christian Easter a great spiritual trap! For the true followers or disciples of the Messiah is important to remember that we should not follow the mistakes and the great desecration committed by the Roman Church when promoted changes in weather and laws (Daniel 7:25), the calendar we follow today is the Gregorian, promulgated by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582.
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> The Gregorian Calendar is a calendar that has its origins in Europe in the fifteenth century, promulgated by Pope Gregory XIII (1502-1585) on 24 February of the year 1582 to replace the Julian calendar, the oldest, established by the Roman leader Julius Caesar (100 BC-44 BC) in 46 BC, being used officially by most countries.
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> For historical reasons, as well as convention and practicality the Gregorian calendar was adopted to mark the calendar year worldwide, making the relationship between the nations of the rest of the globe.
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> ➡ The intentions seem good, but go against the CREATOR determinations.
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> We can not forget that Easter (PESACH) is a Jewish festival that follows the Lunar calendar, given by the Creator.
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> Here are some aspects that the Word tells us about Easter.
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> Exodus: 12. 1. Now the Creator spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying:
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> 2. This MONTH shall be unto you the beginning of months; it shall be the FIRST MONTH of YEAR.
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> 3. Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying:
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> The tenth of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for each family.
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> 8. And that night they shall eat the roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
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> 14. And this day shall be unto you for MEMORIAL, and celebrate it here for the party CREATOR; throughout your generations the feast by PERPETUAL status.
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> In Leviticus 23: 5
> Is set Easter is on the 14th of the first month, in the afternoon, the Jewish year, Nisan.
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> Numbers: 9. 2. Let the children of Israel the Passover in its appointed season.
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> 3. On the fourteenth day of this month, at evening, his PARTICULAR TIME to celebrate; in all their STATUTES, and according to all his Ordinances to celebrate.
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> ➡ As we can see in these passages that Easter is the correct way beyond the month, right day and time to be celebrated, the real Easter is not the Roman Easter that is inserted into a schedule that differs from the Jewish calendar, in addition to being celebrated wrong.
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> This year, Easter, or Nisan, occurs in the setting of the sun day April 21!
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> This date may be proven by any synagogue or Israeli world federation.
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> ➡ We can also help speaking of evil symbolisms that are gaining ground at that time such as the Easter egg and the rabbit is a great insult and desecration of the true meaning of EASTER, the rabbit and the egg are cult symbolisms the goddesses of fertility, several ancient people celebrated this event worshiping false gods.
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> The Babylonians people have celebrated the return of the "Goddess of Spring" holding a egg in his hand as he watched a rabbit (symbol of fertility), jumping happily around her feet.
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> The Egg Ostera loads and Easter are ancient animistic symbols arrival of the northern spring in the northern hemisphere begins on March 21, and that brings the hope of a good harvest in the northern hemisphere.
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> The Word tells us in the book of Hosea: 4. 6. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
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> Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy Creator, I will also forget thy children.
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> For lack of knowledge many are suffering, unfortunately seek religious system and forget what truly sets us free is the knowledge of the Word and practice, but few want to practice what determines the ETERNAL WORD.
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> Matthew: 15.6. He says that "just because of your many TRADITIONS invalidate the ETERNAL WORD.
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> Do not participate in the deceptions proposed by RELIGIONS.
To understand Revelation, one must first understand Daniel. The prophecies of Daniel and Revelation have a connection.
Let us return then to Daniel 7. There we can see the same images used in Revelation 13: lion, bear, leopard and dragon. In Daniel 7, there is a description of a power that would arise in the early centuries of the Christian era. He would unite the church and the state. This religious power usurp the authority of God. Would claim to have power to change the law of God. Let's find out who this power, where he came and what he did. Pesquisemos Bible prophecies that foretell about this power that try to change God's law. Let us open the pages of history and read their own statements claiming to have the authority to change the Sabbath of the Lord.
As you continue to read, you will understand, perhaps for the first time, the central issues in this conflict over worship and you will see why the Sabbath is so important to God. You also understand how Sunday entered the Christian church. It is a wonderful journey when we compare Bible prophecy with history. One night, the prophet Daniel had a dream. That dream is described in Daniel 7: 2 and 3: "In my vision at night I saw the four winds of heaven stirring the great sea. Four great beasts, different from one another, rose from the sea. "What these animals represent in Bible prophecy? "The four great beasts are four kingdoms that will arise on earth" (verse 17). "He gave me this explanation: 'The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth" (verse 23). These four beasts represent four kingdoms that would dominate the world.
In Daniel 7, these four great empires ruling over the world are presented or described as wildlife. In Daniel 2, the same empires are depicted as different amount of metals and strength. In Daniel 2, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, dreamed of a great image. This statue was head of gold, chest and arms of silver, bronze hips, legs of iron and feet of iron and clay. We do not need to guess the meaning of this giant statue consisting of four metals. Babylon, the first of these four kingdoms, was mentioned by name directly by Daniel (verses 37-40). He also appoints the empire dethrone Babylon, Medo-Persia (Daniel 5: 28-30). And the nation that overthrew the Medo-Persia was Greece (Daniel 8:20, 21). The four image metals represent four world powers: Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome.
The image had feet of iron mixed with clay, representing a divided Europe, and a stone without hands, broke free and smashed the statue. This stone symbolizes Jesus, the Eternal Rock, one day destroy the kingdoms of this world and establish an everlasting kingdom. carefully analyze the chapter 7 of Daniel, to see how the animal figures represent these ancient nations. As these prophetic beasts pass through the timeline, we can observe the unfolding of history.
The first animal was like a lion with eagle's wings. Says the report: "The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings. I watched and at one point, its wings were plucked, and it was lifted from the ground, firmed up on two feet like a man and received the heart of man "(Daniel 7: 4). Babylon was in located in what is now Iraq, about 95 kilometers south of Baghdad. When archaeologists were conducting excavations in Iraq, they found the figure of a winged lion clearly carved on the walls of Babylon, which were made of bricks.
The lion with eagle's wings was a common symbol and name of Babylon. In fact, the prophet Jeremiah (4: 7), when talking about Babylon, says the following: "A lion got out of its den, a destroyer of nations has set the path."
Jeremiah says the destroyer of nations, Babylon, would go to Jerusalem to destroy it. The lion with eagle's wings was a common symbol of Babylon in the ancient world. At the time of Daniel, the kingdom was a gigantic power that ruled the world. Then another nation would rise. Babylon does not rule the world forever. "Then I saw a second animal that looked like a bear. He was raised by one of its sides, and in the mouth, between his teeth, had three ribs. I was told, 'Get up and eat how much meat can!' "(Daniel 7: 5).
Notice now that the second empire is like a bear that stands on one side. The Medo-Persia overthrew Babylon. The bear Medo-Persia, rising by one of its sides, is the Persians who first overthrew Babylon to then dominate the fears. What the bear has mouth? Three ribs. When Medo-Persia conquered the world, she won first Babylon, then toward the north, where he won Lydia and then to the south, which dominated Egypt.
Bible prophecy is extremely accurate. That's fantastic!
A third empire arises: "Then I saw another beast, which looked like a leopard. Back it had four wings like those of a bird.
This animal had four heads, and was given authority to rule "(verse 6). The Greeks defeated the Medes and Persians. Alexander the Great and his Greek army conquered the world quickly. If you wanted to describe a rapid conquest, what animal would you choose? Who moved well agile: the leopard. But if you wanted to talk about an extremely rapid conquest, even fast, which could make your leopard? Place wings on it! God put wings on this leopard to describe agile conquests of Alexander the Great. Why four heads? Note again the accuracy of Bible prophecy: Alexander the Great died very young, at age 36.
The four leopard heads represent the four generals of Alexander who divided the empire: Cassander, Ptolemy, Seleucus and Antigonus. The four generals of Alexander ruled exactly as the Bible foretold. The Scriptures describe a fourth empire: "In my vision at night also saw a fourth beast, terrifying, scary and very powerful. I had great iron teeth with which tore and devoured its victims, and trampled whatever was left. It was different from all the previous animals, and it had ten horns "(verse 7).
It is clear that this fourth beast is the Roman Empire. This period brings us to the time of Christ. It was a Roman decree brought Joseph to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born. It was Pontius Pilate, a Roman, who judged Jesus. It was a Roman soldier who nailed Jesus on the cross. Rome ruled the world in the days of Christ. Christianity was born and raised in the Roman Empire. The Bible describes the collapse of that empire clearly through the symbol of the feet of the image and the fourth animal horns.
The image of Daniel 2 had feet of iron and clay, representing Europe divided. The fourth beast had ten horns. Rome was divided into ten major territories. The barbarian tribes swept through the empire, pillaged and took spoils, destroying villages and occupying cities. The Roman Empire was divided. The barbarian tribes the sectioned into small kingdoms. The Anglo-Saxons settled in England. The Franks, in the territory of France. The Germans, in the Germany region. And other northern tribes spread throughout the Empire, dividing the territory more or less the way we see today. These divisions represent the ten horns of the fourth beast.
Then God reveals how the apostasy infiltrate the church in time in which the Roman Empire was being devastated by barbarian tribes from the north.
The mysterious little horn
The prophecy in Daniel 7 clearly reveals the conflict over worship and shows precisely how the Sabbath was changed. While Daniel in vision saw these ten horns, something surprising came: "As I considered the horns, I saw another little horn, which came up among them; and three of the first horns were uprooted to make way for him. This horn had eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth speaking arrogantly "(verse 8).
The Bible says this little horn arose and was different from the others. Who is this little horn that rises over the other ten? Let us try to find out some things the Bible says about this mysterious
little horn.
First, it appears among the top ten. If the ten horns are the divisions of Rome, the little horn necessarily arises in Western Europe. He does not come in Asia, Africa, North or South America. Its roots can be found on European soil.
Second, the Bible says that this little horn would arise after the ten horns. It does not appear in the time of Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome. Arises after the fall of the Roman Empire. It is a power that arises from Rome in the first centuries.
Third, the Bible also says that this little horn has eyes like a man. What does this mean? You know how a prophet is called in the Bible? In Scripture, the prophets are called "seers" because they see with the eyes of God. man's eyes do not represent the divine wisdom, but human. It is a religious system based on the teachings of men that would arise from Rome.
Note that the Bible says in verse 24 that this horn is different from all others. This is the fourth track to understand the little horn. All powers before it - Babylon Average- Persia, Greece and Rome - constituted political powers. This is different. This is not a political power in the first instance; It is a religious power, a religio-political power. What this can do? He would try to change the very law of God. Look at what the Bible says in verse 25: ". He will speak against the Most High, oppress his saints and try to change times and laws" Can you imagine a better way to say "against the most High" than through an attempt to change the law of God, especially the Sabbath? This power would attempt to change the very law of God. The text is not talking about changing tax laws or policies. When a nation succeeds another, almost always human laws are changed. But this little horn would speak against the Most High, assuming the prerogatives of God and trying to change the divine laws.
Note that the Bible does not say that he could change those laws; I could only try to change them. No earthly power, however powerful claims to be, has the authority to change the law of God. But this power think possess such authority.
Daniel's prophecy predicts that a great religious power would rise to
from the ancient Roman Empire. This power would be small at first, but become extremely powerful. He would claim to have authority to modify even the law of God. What happened? In an attempt to please the pagans who were entering the church in large numbers and to make Christianity more acceptable to the empire, the Roman power sought to change the law of God. The change from Saturday occurred gradually over a long time period. It resulted in a series of social and religious factors.
Dr. John Eadie helps us understand the roots of this change in your Bible encyclopedia. He says: "Sunday was the name given by the heathens
first day of the week because it was the day on which they worshiped the sun. "1 The Sun worship was common in Egypt, Babylon, Persia and Rome.
In the 4th century, the Roman Emperor Constantine was also influenced by the worship of the sun. He wanted to unite his empire. How could achieve
such a feat? Constantine issued a decree to promote one days
Common rest to the fullest extent of the empire. His clear intention was to promote unity between pagans and Christians in his kingdom.
The emperor's decree dated 321 A.D. He commands: "Let the judges and the people of the cities, as well as merchants, shall rest on the venerable day of the sun." Constantine called Sunday "the venerable day of the Sun". He said that the shops should be closed.
In the time of Constantine, the church and the state have teamed up in an attempt to Christianize the pagan and unite the empire. The Roman government and the Roman church came together. The following statement is fantastic, and was published in March 1894 by The Catholic World: "The sun was the most important god among pagans. [...] There is indeed something real in the sun that makes it a proper representation of Jesus, the Sun of Righteousness. Therefore, the church in these countries seems to have said: 'Let's keep the old pagan name. He must remain consecrated, sanctified. 'And thus, the pagan Sunday, dedicated to Balder, became the Christian Sunday, sacred to Jesus. "
You could see how it happened? He watched Sunday entered the church? Constantine wanted to unite his empire and the leaders of the Roman Church wanted to convert the heathen. Sunday became the means to achieve both. So the Bible Sabbath was changed by the Roman church and the state.
There is another issue at stake here. The Roman church wanted to distance themselves from Judaism. There was an anti-Semitic feeling in the Roman Empire. This contributed to the change of the Sabbath to Sunday as a day of worship.
The Council (Synod) of Laodicea, held around 363 or 364 (dates vary), records the first ban in the custody of the Bible Sabbath. Bishops gathered in Laodicea and decreed: "Christians must not Judaize" (ie, should not keep the Sabbath) "and remain idle during the Sabbath."
Through this decree, the church council was saying, "We are forbidding Christians to rest on the Sabbath. They must work on that day. "Since Sunday should be honored in a special way. If Christians were found "judaizing" (keeping the Sabbath) would be "excluded from Christ."
Here we find a church council that united with the Roman government to try to change the authority Saturday to Sunday. change
Saturday occurred gradually, as Christians distanced themselves from the Jews and that the church and state leaders joined hands to unite the empire.
SOURCE: hope-TIME 24 HOURS FOR YOU RENEW YOUR ENERGY
MARK FINLEY- 2010
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