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Today, we use the Gregorian calendar from Pope Gregory; from the
1500’s,
The date is October 30,
2021
October - the eighth month - (now the 10th month)
Middle English octobre
Latin October
Latin octo "eight"
+ -ber (adj. suffix)
Latin october mensis "eighth
month" - October has always had 31 days.
Yehovah has His own calendar which is deleted from the world
We are in the eighth month of God called Bul /Bool בּוּל day 23
1Kgs.6 [38]… in the month Bul, which is the eighth month
not Heshvan or
Mar Heshvan – as Judaism states falsely
Marheshvan - Heshvan are names of the 8th month found
in the Talmud not the Hebrew Bible…
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We read from law and the prophets every Sabbath like they did in
the Book of Acts.
Acts: 13 [15] … after the reading of the law and the prophets…
Remember it is, “tis the season to be pagan”!
I am reminded again to inform you to beware of the false image of love, false emotions, loneliness, depression,
financial drain, suicide and the artificial false festival lights they put up.
Satan really sets the stage
for you.
The origin of Halloween is the Celtic Festival of Samhain, lord of death and evil spirits.
Once upon a time, Halloween was banned - Halloween
was not celebrated in this country until 1845
Once upon a time, Christmas was banned in 1659 in the new land know as America
Last week I did a topic named “Being holy in an unholy world”.
Today’s topic:
Let’s go over a few things again about Satan
Isaiah told us: Isa.14
[12] how are you fallen
from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!
Ezekiel 28 states - Satan [13] …has been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone
was his covering, the sardius, topaz, and the
diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and
the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets
and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that you was created.
[14] You are (was) the anointed cherub that covers
(protects); and I have set thee so: you were upon the holy mountain of God; you
have walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
[15] You were perfect in thy ways from the day that you were
created, until iniquity
was found in you.
[16] By the multitude of thy merchandise they have
filled the midst of you with violence, and you
have sinned: therefore I will cast you as profane out of the mountain
of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the
stones of fire.
[17] Your heart was lifted up because of thy beauty,
thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to
the ground, I will lay you before kings, that they may
behold you.
[18] You have defiled thy sanctuaries by the
multitude of your iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffic; therefore will I
bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will
bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
[19] All they that know you among the people shall be astonished
at you: you shall
be a terror, and never shall thou be any more.
Yeshua said - Luke.10 [18]… Yeshua said unto them, I
beheld Satan as lightning
fall from heaven.
Now the History of Halloween
The
origin of Halloween is the Celtic Festival of Samhain,
lord of death and evil spirits. Long before Christ (at least 2000 years),
Druids in Britain, Ireland, Scotland, France, Germany and other Celtic
countries observed the end of summer by making sacrifices to Samhain.
The
Celts considered November 1st as being the day of death because the leaves were
falling, it was getting darker sooner and temperatures were dropping. They
believed Muck Olla, their sun god was losing strength and Samhain,
lord of death, was overpowering him.
Further,
they believed that on October 31st Samhain assembled
the spirits of all who had died during the previous year.
These
spirits had been confined to inhabit animal bodies for the past year, as
punishment for their evil deeds. They were allowed to return to their former
home to visit the living on the eve (Oct. 31) of the Feast of Samhain.
Druid
priests led the people in diabolical worship ceremonies in which horses, cats,
black sheep, oxen, human beings and other offerings were rounded up, stuffed
into wicker cages and burned to death.
This
was done to appease Samhain and keep spirits from
harming them. It is clear to see that HALLOWEEN
HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CELEBRATION OF DEATH.
Our
Pilgrim forefathers well knew of Halloween's occultic
roots. In fact they banned celebrating Halloween in America. Halloween
was not celebrated in this country until 1845.
At
that time multiplied thousands of Irish emigrants flooded into New York because
of the Irish Potato Famine of 1845-46. They brought with them the old Druid
holiday of Halloween. Gradually celebrating this day spread throughout the rest
of the country.
Halloween-
Celtic peoples (Britons, Gauls, Scots, Irish). They observed the end of summer with sacrifices to
SAMAN (Shamhain). He was
"the lord of death and evil spirits". This
marked the beginning of the Celtic New Year.
Depending
on your source material, the Druid lord of death and evil spirits was called Saman, Samana, Shamhain or Samhain.
His
"holiday" was called "The Vigil Of Saman" or Samhain (pronounced
so-wein).
You
probably have seen a modern day version of SAMAN without even knowing it. This
pagan god was shown as a ghostly, skeleton holding a sickle in his hand. He
later came to be known as THE GRIM REAPER.
The
Druids - They were occult practitioners, witches of sorts.
In
the century preceding the birth of Messiah, Caesar conquered Britain and he
records very carefully the account of the DRUID PRIESTS (early witches)...
"All
Gallic nations are much given to superstition...they
either offer up men as victims to the gods, or make a vow
to sacrifice themselves.
The
ministers in these offerings are the Druids, and they hold that the wrath of
the immortal gods can only be appeased, and man's life redeemed, by offering up
human sacrifice, and it is a part of their national institutions to hold fixed
solemnities (Ceremonies) for this purpose."
Sacrifices
- Druid priests and people would go from house to house asking
for fatted calves, black sheep, and human beings. Those who gave were promised
prosperity and those who refused to give were cursed and threatened. In
addition, it was likely that all of the "wandering spirits" would get
hungry. If you set out a treat for them, they would not trick or curse you. Hence we
have THE ORIGIN OF TRICK OR TREAT.
"Trick
or Treat is a reenactment of the Druidic practices.
The
candy has replaced the human sacrifices of old, but it is still an appeasement
of those deceptive evil spirits. The traditional response to those who do not
treat is to have a trick played on the. When you give out Halloween candy, you
are, in essence providing a sacrifice to false gods. You are participating in
idolatry" says the former high priest of Wicca, Tom Sanguinet.
The Jack-O-Lantern - The World
Book Encyclopedia, 1977 edition, volume 9, page 24-26
says:
"The apparently harmless lighted pumpkin
face of `Jack-O-Lantern' is an ancient symbol of a
damned soul."
In
the book Occult Conceit the author says on page 190, "The
candlelit pumpkin or skull served as a signal to mark those farms and homes
that were sympathetic to the Satanists and thus
deserving of mercy when the terror ("trick or treat") of the night
began."
Further,
an old edition of The World Book Encyclopedia says "The
apparently harmless lighted pumpkin face of the Jack-O-Lantern is an ancient
symbol of a damned soul."
COSTUMES - They
originated with these terrible Druid death rites also.
As
people and animals were screeching in agony, while being burned to death, the
observers would dress in costumes made of animal skins and heads.
They
would dance, chant and jump through the flames in hope warding off the evil
spirits.
Again, the
early origin of costumes is repulsive.
On
the evening of October 31st, the Druids, who were the occultic priests and teachers of the Celts, ordered the people
to put out their hearth fires.
The
Druids built a huge new year's bonfire of oak branches, which they considered
sacred. They burned animals, crops and human beings as sacrifices to their sun
god Muck Olla and Samhain, their god
of death.
During
this diabolical ceremony the PEOPLE WORE COSTUMES made of animal
heads and skins.
They
then practiced divination, looked for omens in the struggle
of the victims sacrificed in the fires, jumped over the flames or dashed
through them, danced and sang. All of this was done to frighten
the evil spirits away.
According
to Man, Myth & Magic, volume 1, page 68, "The guisers went from house to house, singing and dancing. Their
bloodcurdling masks and grotesque costumes may have been meant to keep
evil at bay, or more likely, were visible representations of the ghosts and
goblins that lurked in the night..."
In
the 11th edition of Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 12, page 8578 it states,
"It was the Druids belief that on the eve of this festival (November 1st,
Celtic New Year) Samhain, lord of
death, called together the wicked souls (Spirits) that within the past
twelve months had been condemned to inhabit the bodies of animals."
Samhain would then send these evil
spirits to attack people on the eve before the November 1st celebration. The
only way these people could escape was by assuming disguises and looking like
evil spirits themselves. (See
Christianity Today, October 22, 1982, p.32).
BOBBING FOR APPLES - In A.D. 43 the Roman
Empire was in solid control of the Celtic people.
As
a result of this control the idol worshipping Romans introduced another
ceremony honoring their false gods to the already demoniacal Druid New Year's
celebration.
It
was in honor of their goddess of fruit trees. They would
try to grasp fruit, floating in water, without the use of their hands. This is
the origin of BOBBING FOR APPLES according to the Atlanta Journal &
Constitution, Associated Press quote, October 16, 1977.
The
Black Cat - In the 1959 edition of World Book Encyclopedia, under
Halloween it was noted that Druid priests believed that cats were
once human beings but were reincarnated as punishment for evil deeds.
Because
of this they held cats sacred and involved them in their idol worship of
October 31st and November 1st.
Druids
believed "the cat was sacred and that cats had once been changed (from
being human & reincarnated) into that form as punishment for evil
deeds." (The American Book of Days, by George Douglas)
"Even
after Christianity spread to Europe...oxen were sacrificed on October 31st...And
in medieval Europe, black cats were chosen as victims in the belief that they
were witches in disguise and were burned on that day (Halloween)." (The
American Book of Day, third edition by Hatch)
It
is plain to see that cats, particularly BLACK CATS were thought to represent
EVIL. Further, they were a symbol of REINCARNATION.
The
Humane Society will not release black cats around Halloween for fear that they
will be mistreated or sacrificed.
HOW DOES HALLOWEEN RELATE
HISTORICALLY TO
In the
middle ages the Catholic church attempted to Christianize the paganism involved
in the Samhain festival by making November 1 All Saints Day and November 2 All Souls Day.
All Souls Day became a day to pray for the dead
and to help them escape the torments of purgatory.
On May 13, around the
year 610, Pope Boniface IV dedicated the
Roman Pantheon to the Virgin Mary and all the Christian martyrs.
In 835 Pope Gregory IV
transferred this feast of All Saints to November 1 and extended it to include
all the saints.
So November 1 All Saints Day, the day after Halloween
(Hallows Eve or All Saints Eve), became a day dedicated by the Catholic Church
to the Virgin Mary and the saints.
Eventually, November 2 became All Souls Day as a special day
to pray for the dead. This, of course, is an
anti-biblical tradition.
Scripture says:
Heb 9 [27] …it is appointed unto men once to die, but after
this the judgment…
There is no real reincarnation
Prayers for the dead are vain and satanic.
Once a person dies there is no second chance. His / her eternity
is set, heaven or lake of fire…
The Druids, the Catholic Church still
teaches that the living may, through various acts, alleviate the
sufferings of the dead.
They may pray for the souls being tormented in
purgatory and ease their pain through specific or sacrificial acts such as
penance, partaking in Catholic sacraments,
mortification, using the Rosary, and good deeds like alms giving.
Prayers are said to the false Virgin Mary (Mary was
not a perpetual virgin, she had other children), She is believed to have power to release
the suffering from purgatory. - false - This Catholic concept of purgatory also has
many parallels in Judaism other religions.
This false teaching contradicts the Holy
Scriptures.
The Bible says:
1 Tim 2:5 For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the man Messiah Yeshua, [6] Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be
testified in due time.
Prayers to Mary (vain
repetitions) cannot help alleviate the sufferings of the dead, forget about
it… Leave Mary alone….
Purgatory is a Judaism and Catholic pagan
tradition
Now let's talk a little about Chanukah
Feast of the Dedication is
not the Chanukah of today. 2021
Scripture says:
John.10 [22]… it
was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter [23]
… Yeshua walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
Questions:
What is the Hebrew word for
dedication?
What month was it in the
scriptural calendar not pope Greg's calendar?
Did Yeshua do a feast that is not scriptural as some do today? NO!!!
We will answer all these
questions and more is this study, please read slowly.
Remember these points:
1. Chanukah in Hebrew means
dedication pertaining
to the Temple
2. There is no Temple today (destroyed in 70 AD)
3. Wrong month, should be Adar which is Feb. / March (Winter
ends March 21th ) ( Ezra 6:14, 15 )
4. No 8 days of oil in the Maccabees
5. No 8 candlestick menorah in Scripture (only 7 and very important )
Chanukah is a Hebrew word
meaning dedication.
חנכּה Chanukah - initiation, that is, consecration: - dedicating (-tion), dedication
εγκαινια egkainia - dedication
חנכּא (Aramaic) chanukka' - (Chaldee); consecration: - dedication
חנכּה chanukkah khan-ook-kaw' - Initiation, that is, consecration:
- dedicating (-tion).
In the scriptures above, John.10 [22], pertaining to Chanukah or dedication, John was
talking about Solomon's temple that Ezra help rebuild. (Not Judah Macabre)
(1 Kings 8:2; 2 Chr. 5:3) Also please read the scriptures below in
Ezra, chapter 6.
Ezra.6 [14] And the elders of the Jews built, and they prospered through the prophesying of
Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo, and they built, and finished it, according to the commandment
of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius,
and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
[15] And this house was
finished on the third day of the month Adar, (our Feb. / March - cold - neither Nov. nor Dec.), which was in the sixth year of the reign of
Darius the king.
[16] And the children of
Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the
captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,
[17] And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks,
two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel,
twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
In the Book of Esther we
read:
Esth.3 [7] In the first month, that is, the month
Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to
day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar. (Feb. neither was it Nov.
nor Dec.)
Chanukah is a Hebrew word
meaning dedication because this observance
marks the rededication and building of the Temple after it had been desecrated.
Also remember:
The first dedication was
in the 7th month, ha Ethanim, 1Kings. 8:2 - (Sept. /Oct.) neither
Nov. nor Dec.
1Kgs.8:[2] And all the men of Israel assembled
themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month.
Also, this is not new years, Adams birth day nor when the world was created as some falsely report.
[63] And Solomon offered a
sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto Yehovah, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand
sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel "dedicated" the
house of Yehovah. וַיַּחְנְכוּ
This is what you will
hear from the made up tradition, which is wrong.
Also please remember there is "NO"
commandment from God to "light candles" on this made up feast or the Holy Shabbat.
If you light candles on the
Shabbat, it is fine as long as you DON'T say it is a commandment.
Scripture says:
Zech.7 [1] And it came to pass in the fourth year of
king Darius, that the word of Yehovah came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth
month, even in Chislev;
The other common made up
name for this feast is Hag Ha-orim, which means 'the Feast of Lights'.
It is found in the
writings of Josephus, who was
a first Century Jewish historian.
This second name,
however, is
based upon a tradition.
Supposedly, when the Jews rededicated the Temple and wanted to rekindle
the lamp stand, they found only enough oil for one day. It would take 8
days to make a new supply they decided to kindle and burn the remaining oil, a
miracle occurred as the oil that was enough for only one day lasted for eight
days ... thus, the term representing, "the Feast of Lights”. This is why
the Chanukah menorah has eight candles, (which is unscriptural) instead of the seven the scriptural menorah has.
****They made 8 candles to commemorate this made up
miracle.
The
made of feast of today, Chanukah is not found anywhere in the Scriptures, as it originated during the time of history after the Book of Malachi.
There were no prophets
after the book of Malachi for a long time.
It should be remembered
that none
of the historical books mention this fake miracle, as it originates with the "Talmud" and not with the books of the Holy Scriptures.
The
historical books that speak of the Maccabean revolt as a real
event are in the uninspired "Catholic" I and 2 Maccabees and they make no
mention of any miracle of 8 days of oil at all!
As you can see, it is fact
that this made-up feast is recorded in rabbinic writings not found in
the Holy Scriptures.
Here is one purported made
up Tradition from off the web:
Around 200 BCE Jews lived
as an autonomous people in the land of Israel, which at this time was
controlled by the Seleucid King of Syria. The Jewish people paid taxes to Syria
and accepted its legal authority, and by and large were free to follow their
own faith, maintain their own jobs, and engage in trade.
By 180 BCE Antiochus IV
Epiphanies ascended to the Seleucid throne. At first little changed, but under
his reign Jews were gradually forced to violate the precepts of their faith.
Jews rebelled at having to do this. Under the reign of Antiochus IV, the Temple
in Jerusalem was looted, Jews were massacred, and Judaism was effectively
outlawed.
In 167 BCE Antiochus
ordered an altar to Zeus erected in the Temple. Mattathias, a Jewish priest, and his five sons John, Simon, Eleazar, Jonathan, and Judah led a rebellion against Antiochus. Judah
became known as Judah Maccabe (Judah The Hammer).
By 166 BCE Mattathias had died, and Judah took his place as leader. By 165 BCE the
Jewish revolt against the Seleucid monarchy was successful. The Temple was
liberated and rededicated.
The festival of Chanukah
was instituted by Judah Maccabee and his brothers to celebrate this event. (1 Macc. iv. 59). After having recovered Jerusalem and the Temple, Judah
ordered the Temple to be cleansed, a new altar to be built in place of the
polluted one, and new holy vessels to be made. When the fire had been kindled
anew upon the altar and the lamps of the candlestick lit, the dedication of the
altar was celebrated for eight days amid sacrifices and songs (1 Macc. iv. 36). No miracle of oil here!
A number of historians
believe that the reason for the eight day celebration was that the first
Chanukah was in effect a belated celebration of the festival of Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles (2 Macc. x. 6 and i. 9).
During the war the Jews
were not able to celebrate Sukkot properly.
Sukkot also lasts for eight days, and was a
holiday in which the lighting of lamps played a prominent part during the
Second Temple period (Suk.v. 2-4). (Made
up)
Lights were also kindled in
the household, and the popular name of the festival was, therefore, according
to Josephus (Jewish Antiquities xii. 7, § 7) the "Festival of Lights." (Made up)
The
Rabbis, years later commemorated
this miracle that occurred, then decided
to make this holiday more
special so they
designed a special menorah in
which eight candles plus the 9th the Shamash candle were
represented instead of the usual 7 candle lamp stand in the temple. 'From that
came the concept of the eight days of Chanukah, which actuality is merely a
copying of the Feast of Tabernacles which has 8 days.
Also, they put
this made-up
feast at the same time the
gentile children were getting presents, December 25, pagan Christmas. Now all the Jewish children can get
presents and not feel left out.
Now, let us look at the
Talmud and the story the rabbis came up with, read on...
Talmud - Mas. Shabbath 21b
It does not require
attention, and one may make use of its light. R. Zera said
in R. Mattenah's name — others state, R. Zera said
in Rab's name :Regarding the wicks and
oils which the Sages said, One must not light therewith on the Sabbath, one may
light therewith on Hanukkah, either on weekdays or on the Sabbath. Said R.
Jeremiah, What is Rab's reason?
He holds, If it
goes out, it does not require attention, and one may not make use of its light.
The Rabbis stated this
before Abaye in R. Jeremiah's name, but he did not
accept it. [But] when Rabin came,
The Rabbis stated it
before Abaye in R. Johanan's name, whereupon he accepted it. Had I, he
observed, merited the great fortune, I would have learnt this dictum
originally. But he learnt it [now]?-The difference is in respect of the studies
of one's youth.
Now, if it goes out, does
it not require attention?
But the following
contradicts it: Its observance is from sunset until there is no wayfarer in the
street. Does that not mean that if it goes out [within that period] it must be
relit?-No: if one has not yet lit, he must light it; or, in respect of the
statutory period.
‘Until there is no wayfarer in the street.’ Until when [is that]? — Rabbah b. Bar Hanah said in R. Johanan's name: Until the Palmyreans have departed.
Our Rabbis taught: (not mine)
The precept of Hanukkah
[demands] one light for a man and his household; the zealous [kindle] a light
for each member [of the household]; and the extremely zealous, —
Beth
(house) Shammai maintain:
On the first day eight
lights are lit and thereafter they are gradually reduced;
but Beth (house)
Hillel say:
On the first day one is lit
and thereafter they are progressively increased. ‘Ulla said: In the West
[Palestine] two amoraim,R. Jose b. Abin and R. Jose b. Zebida, differ therein: one maintains, The reason of Beth Shammai is that it shall correspond to the days still to come, and
that of Beth Hillel is that it shall correspond to the days that are gone; but
another maintains: Beth Shammai's reason is that it shall correspond to the
bullocks of the Festival; whilst Beth Hillel's reason is that we promote in
[matters of] sanctity but do not reduce.
Rabbah b. Bar Hana said: There were two old men in Sidon: one
did as Beth Shammai and the other as Beth Hillel: the former
gave the reason of his action that it should correspond to the bullocks of the
Festival, while the latter stated his reason because we promote in [matters of]
sanctity but do not reduce.
Our Rabbis(not mine) taught: It is incumbent to place the Hanukkah lamp by the door
of one's house on the outside; if one dwells in an upper chamber, he places it at the window
nearest the street. But in times of danger19 it is sufficient to place it on
the table. Raba said: Another lamp is required for its light to be used; yet if
there is a blazing fire it is unnecessary. But in the case of an
important person, even if there is a blazing fire another lamp is required.
What is [the reason of]
Hanukkah?
For our Rabbis(not mine) taught: On the twenty-fifth of Kislew22 [commence] the days of
Hanukkah, which are eight on which a lamentation for the dead and
fasting are forbidden.
For when the Greeks entered
the Temple, they defiled all the oils therein, and when the Hasmonean dynasty prevailed against and defeated them, they made
search and found only one cruse of oil which lay with the seal of the High Priest,but which contained sufficient for one day's lighting
only; yet a miracle was wrought therein and they lit [the lamp] therewith
for eight days.
The following year these
[days] were appointed a Festival with [the recital of] Hallel and thanksgiving.
We learnt elsewhere: If a
spark which flies from the anvil goes forth and causes damage, he [the smith]
is liable. If a camel laden with flax passes through a street, and the flax
overflows into a shop, catches fire at the shopkeeper's lamp, and sets the
building alight, the camel owner is liable; but if the shopkeeper placed the
light outside, the shopkeeper is liable.
R. Judah said: In the
case of a Hanukkah lamp he is exempt. Rabina said in Rab's name: This proves that the Hanukkah lamp should [in the
first instance] be placed within ten. For should you think, above ten, let him
say to him, ‘You ought to have placed it higher than a camel and his rider.’
‘Yet perhaps if he is put to too much trouble, he may refrain from the
[observance of the] precept’.
R. Kahana said, R. Nathan b. Minyomi expounded in R. Tanhum's name:
‘The Festival’,
without a determinate, always refers to Tabernacles (Sukkoth). Thirteen
bullocks were sacrificed on the first day, twelve on the second, and so on, one
less each succeeding day; v, Num. XXIX, 12 seqq.
They
say, the ninth month of the Jewish year, corresponding to about December.
This lighting took place in
165 B.C.E. Exactly three years before, on the same day,
Antiochus Epiphanes had a pagan altar erected in the Temple,
upon which sacrifices were offered (I Macc. I, 41-64).
Apart from the Talmudic reason stated here, Judas Maccabeus chose 25th
of Kislev as the anniversary of the Temple's defilement, and the
dedication of the new altar was celebrated with lights for eight days,
similarly to the Feast of Tabernacles, which lasted eight days and was
celebrated by illuminations (I Macc. IV, 36;II Macc. X, 6; supra a, p. 90, n. 3).
Actually the revolt was
against the Syrians, of whom Antiochus Epiphanes was king, but the term ‘Greeks’ is used
loosely, because the Seleucid Empire was part of the older Empire founded by
Alexander the Great of Macedon, and because it was a reaction against the
attempted Hellenization of Judea.
The supposed historical
data are contained in the:
First Book of the Maccabees preserved by the Catholic Church
In closing for today:
Please do not follow any
made up traditions, feasts or events.
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John 2 [21] I have not written unto you because ye know not the
truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth
Remember, “tis the season to be pagan” is here, and in the
stores!
I am reminded again to inform you to beware of the false image of love, false emotions, loneliness, depression,
financial drain, suicide and the artificial false festival lights they put up.
Satan really sets the stage
for you.
Halloween is Sunday, October 31, 2021, tomorrow - be safe!
Num.23 [23] Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither
is there any divination against Israel, What had God wrought (make or create)
Shabbat Shalom
שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם