HALLOWEEN AND THE OCCULT

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there is a very disturbing undertone to the holiday of Halloween which is celebrated worldwide, the Lord spoke to my heart to do a in-depth step by step teaching on the evils of Halloween.

Halloween is a pagan holiday that is observed by witches and warlocks as a religious holiday. everyone you must realize when you celebrate and participate in this holdiay you are opening the very gates of hell to your home and you children. Allow me to elaborate on this point,halloween is a pagan holiday that started taking place in the

1. "The very disturbing focus of halloween is" death, satan, demons, witches, warlocks, witchcraft, and last but not least "the occult". It is a holiday that generally glorifies the dark things of this world, rather than the light of Jesus Christ, The Truth

Here is the word of The Lord Jesus to compare these things that are celebrated in this very pagan holiday.

Ten Reasons Christians Should Not Celebrate Halloween

Many in our secular society believe Halloween is nothing more than a harmless festival that allows kids to collect candy. But is it? Its origins lie deeply rooted in the occult, and Christians should stay away. Here are ten reasons why.

1. October 31st has long been known as "The Festival of the Dead." The originating from the Irish Celtic tribes and their priests the Druids celebrated this day as a marker for the change from life to death.

2. Halloween today is performed usually by adherents of witchcraft who use the night for their rituals. Witches celebrate Halloween as the "Feast of Samhain," the first feast of the witchcraft year. Being a festival of the dead, Halloween is a time when witches attempt to communicate with the dead through various forms of divination. MANY WITCHES ASK FOR THIS DAY OFF AS A RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY!! I KID YOU NOT RESEARCH THIS FOR YOURSELF AS I HAVE!

3. Christians should not be involved with occultic practices Note God's command against divination in Deuteronomy 18. 9-14

“When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, be very careful not to imitate the detestable customs of the nations living there. 10 For example, never sacrifice your son or daughter as a burnt offering.

And do not let your people practice fortune-telling, or use sorcery, or interpret omens, or engage in witchcraft,

11 or cast spells, or function as mediums or psychics, or call forth the spirits of the dead.

12 Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord. It is because the other nations have done these detestable things that the Lord your God will drive them out ahead of you.

13 But you must be blameless before the Lord your God.

14 The nations you are about to displace consult sorcerers and fortune-tellers, but the Lord your God forbids you to do such things.”

4. Occultists believe Halloween is a time of transition between life and death. Some occult practitioners practiced divination and believed you could learn the secrets of life and wisdom by Iying on a grave and listening to the messages from the long-departed.

5. Occultists also taught that spirits and ghosts left the grave during this night and would seek out warmth in their previous homes. Villagers, fearful of the possibility of being visited by the ghosts of past occupants, would dress up in costumes to scare the spirits on their way. They would also leave food and other treats at their door to appease the spirits so they would not destroy their homes or crops but instead move on to another home. That is the real reason why kids dress up in costumes today and go door-to-door seeking treats.

6. Research proves that Occultists started the tradition of "pumpkin caving" to scare away the spirits by carving a scary face into a pumpkin. This horrible visage would hopefully move the spirit on to another home or village and spare that home from destruction.

Sometimes the villagers would light a candle and place it within the pumpkin and use it as a lantern (hence the name, Jack-o-Lantern). This is the origin of carving pumpkins at Halloween.

7. In some witchcraft covens, the closing ritual includes eating an apple or engaging in fertility rites. In the Bible (Genesis 3), eating a piece of fruit brought sin and death into the world. In witchcraft, eating an apple is symbolic of bringing life. The practice of bobbing for apples brings together two pagan traditions: divination and the fertility ritual.

8. Schools are removing any Christ-like significance. Great example "Christmas" is now often called "winter break". and Easter (spring break). Isn't it ironic that most public schools still celebrate Halloween even though it has occultic origins?

9. Participating in Halloween gives sanction to a holiday that promotes witches, divination, haunted houses, and other occultic practices.

10. Christians should avoid Halloween at all cost i want everyone to examine Halloween and honestly CAN YOU FIND CHRIST IN IT ANYWHERE IN HALLOWEEN? IF NOT YOU SHOULD NOT CELEBRATE IT AND THE WORD "FUN" IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION.

1 Thessalonians 5:21-22

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from all appearance of evil.

Let me ask everyone this "DOES HALLOWEEN APPEAR EVIL TO YOU, AT ALL IN ANY SENSE"??

We as Christian and even some Non-Christians cringe at the descriptions of Satan worship in books, music videos and shudder at occult rituals. But we as a people dress our children up as witches, ghost, demons, and devils and send them out to trick or treat. SHOULDN'T THERE BE SOMETHING JUST A LITTLE BIT WRONG WITH THIS MIND-SET"?

"BE NOT DECEIVED GOD IS NOT MOCKED!!!"

Halloween is a strategy of satan And what better way to deny his power and identity than to tell children and their parents that witches, ghosts, fortune-tellers and devils are just for fun?"

1 John 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.

the devil is the father of all lies, he never has been noted for working openly on the up and up. He tries to convince people that he doesn't exist

As Jesus the Lord himself said in scripture satan is the father of all lies, deception, and even murder....

John 8:44

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

many people think of the devil as no more than a symbol of evil: like Santa Claus, he is just a fictional symbol. Many people today also do not think of witches as real people who practice magic, but simply as imaginary figures who represent the supernatural world and everything that is 'spooky.'

Recognizing that this pagan holiday gives the false impression that what is actually lethal. Some children develop a fascination with the supernatural which leads them later into more sinister occult practices.

It's the spiritual equivalent of painting a loaded gun to look like a toy and giving it to child to play with. the people of this world may tell you that your kids are missing out in reality they are the ones in error.

please talk to your children! explain why this holiday is not acceptable practice of the Lord.

Thank you all for your time.

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