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שָׁלוֹם
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Today
is Oct. 25, 2025
Yehovah has His own calendar:
We are now in the 8th month
called Bul / Bool,
day 1 – rain
1Kgs.6 [38]… in the
month Bul, which is the eighth month
Not Cheshvan or
Mar Cheshvan as Judaism states
Today’s Topic:
Don’t exalt yourself
Isa.14 [12] How are you fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer, son of the morning! how are you cut down to the ground, which
didst weaken the nations!
[13] For you have said in your heart,
I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of
God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of
the north: [14] I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will be like the most High.
Isa.14 full chapter
[1] For Yehovah will have mercy on
Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the
strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of
Jacob.
[2] And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and
the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of Yehovah for servants and
handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and
they shall rule over their oppressors.
[3] And it shall come to pass in the day that Yehovah shall give you
rest from your sorrow, and from your fear, and from the hard bondage wherein you
wast made to serve,
[4] That you shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon,
and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
[5] Yehovah had broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the
rulers.
[6] He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that
ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
[7] The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into
singing.
[8] Yea, the fir trees rejoice at you, and the cedars of Lebanon,
saying, Since you art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
[9] Hell from beneath is moved for you to meet you at your coming: it
stirreth up the dead for you, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath
raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
[10] All they shall speak and say unto you, Art you also become weak as
we? art you become like unto us?
[11] Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of your viols:
the worm is spread under you, and the worms cover you.
[12] How are you fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art you
cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
[13] For you have said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will
exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the
congregation, in the sides of the north:
[14] I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most
High.
[15] Yet you shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the
pit.
[16] They that see you shall narrowly look upon you, and consider you,
saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake
kingdoms;
[17] That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities
thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
[18] All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every
one in his own house.
[19] But you art cast out of your grave like an abominable branch, and
as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go
down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
[20] Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because you have
destroyed your land, and slain your people: the seed of evildoers shall never
be renowned.
Ezek. 28 [1] The word of Yehovah came again unto me, saying,
[2] Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus said the Lord Yehovah;
Because thine heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a God, I
sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas;
yet you are a man, and not God, though you
set thine heart as the heart of God:
[3] Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can
hide from you:
[4] With your wisdom and with thine understanding you have gotten you
riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures:
[5] By your great wisdom and by your traffick have you increased your
riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of your riches:
[6] Therefore thus said the Lord Yehovah; Because you have
set thine heart as the heart of God;
[7] Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon you, the terrible of
the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your
wisdom, and they shall defile your brightness.
[8] They shall bring you down to the pit, and you shalt die the deaths
of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
[9] Wilt you yet say before him that slayeth you, I am God? but you
shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth you.
[10] Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of
strangers: for I have spoken it, said the Lord Yehovah
[11] Moreover the word of Yehovah
came unto me, saying,
[12] Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say
unto him, Thus said the Lord Yehovah you seal up the sum, full of
wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
[13] You have been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was your
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 your tabrets and of your pipes was prepared in you in the day that you wast
created.
[14] You were the anointed cherub that coveres (protects); and I have set you
so: you wast 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 your ways from the day that you wast created, untill iniquity
was found in you.
[16] By the multitude of your 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 you, O covering cherub, from the
midst of the stones of fire.
[17] Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty, you have corrupted
your wisdom by reason of your brightness: I will cast you to the ground, I will
lay you before kings, that they may behold you.
[18] You have defiled your sanctuaries by the multitude of thine
iniquities, by the iniquity of your traffic; therefore will I bring forth a
fire from the midst of you, it shall devour you, and I will bring you to ashes
upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold you.
[19] All they that know you among the people shall be astonished at you:
you shalt be a terror, and never shalt you be any more.
Dan.11 [36] And the king shall do according
to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above
every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and
shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined
shall be done.
2 Thes.2 [4] Who opposes and exalts
himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God
sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
2 Thes.2
full chapter
[1] Now we beseech you, brethren, by
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
[2] That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by
spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Messiah is at
hand.
[3] Let no man deceive you by any
means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and
that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
[4] Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is
worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself
that he is God.
[5] Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these
things?
[6] And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his
time.
[7] For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now
letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
[8] And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume
with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his
coming:
[9] Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and
signs and lying wonders,
[10] And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish;
because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
[11] And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that
they should believe a lie:
[12] That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had
pleasure in unrighteousness.
[13] But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren
beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to
salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
[14] Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the
glory of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.
[15] Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye
have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
[16] Now our Lord Yeshua the Messiah himself, and God, even our Father,
which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope
through grace,
[17] Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
Rev.13
[1] And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a
beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon
his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
[2] And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his
feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the
dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
[3] And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his
deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
[4] And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they
worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make
war with him?
[5] And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and
blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
[6] And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against
God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
[7] And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to
overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and
nations.
[8] And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose
names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation
of the world.
[9] If any man have an ear, let him hear.
[10] He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that
killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and
the faith of the saints.
False Prophet
[11] And I beheld another beast coming up
out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
[12] And he exercises all the power of the first beast before him,
and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast,
whose deadly wound was healed.
[13] And he doeth great wonders, so that he
makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
[14] And deceives them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles
which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell
on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound
by a sword, and did live.
[15] And he had power to give life unto the
image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause
that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
[16]
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to
receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
[17] And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or
the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
[18] Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of
the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred
threescore and six.
Sin
1 John 3
In
closing for today:
Be careful out there:
Halloween was not celebrated in this country until 1845
Christmas was banned in 1659 in the new
land know as America
Shabbat Shalom
שַׁבָּת
שָׁלוֹם
Misc.
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 animals bodies for the past year, as punishment for their evil
deeds. They were allowed to return to their former home to visit the lving 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 Christ, Caesar conquered the Britains 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.