One in Messiah Congregation
קָּהָל
אֶחָד
בְּמָּשִׁיחַ
A part of the Congregation of Israel
עֲדַת
יִשְׂרָאֵל
27 S. Maple Street, Hohenwald, Tn. 38462
Phone – 615 712-3931
Email: ministermalachi@comcast.net
Shabbat Shalom
שַׁבָּת
שָׁלוֹם
Today, we sadly use the Gregorian calendar from Pope Gregory; from
the 1500’s.
Today’s date: Oct.1, 2022
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.
The God of Israel has His own Calendar: we are
now in the 7th month called:
הָאֵתָנִים - ha Ethanim – 4th day - 1Kings
8:2
Review:
Blowing of Trumpets, a Sabbath was 28 of September - over
10 days later
The Day of Atonement, a Sabbath - 7th of October
5 days later
The feast of Tabernacles - 2 Sabbaths - 12th to the 19th of
October
Talk about giving place to the devil, I could not help noticing an enormous amount of
“skeletons” and witches on a big house in our neighborhood yesterday while my
wife and I went shopping for food.
Seen like some people will never learn…
Even do it is not in our minds, evil is no small thing…
Today’s Topic:
Eph.4 [27] Neither give place to the devil.
1Cor.10
[20]
But I say, that the things which the Gentiles
(the nations) sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to
God: and I would not that you should have fellowship with devils.
Eph.5
[11]
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but
rather reprove them
You
shall not learn to do
[9]
When you are come into the land which Yehovah thy God
gives you, you shall not learn to do after the abominations of those
nations.
[10]
There shall not be found among you any one
that makes his son or his daughter to pass through
the fire,
or that uses divination,
or an observer of times,
or an enchanter,
or a witch , [11]
Or
a charmer ,
or a consulter with familiar spirits,
or a wizard ,
or a necromancer.
[12] For all that do these things are an abomination unto Yehovah: and because of these abominations Yehovah thy God doth drive them out from before you.
abomination
nec·ro·man·cy n. The practice of supposedly communicating with the spirits of the
dead in order to predict the future. Black magic;
sorcery. Magic qualities
charm·er n.
wiz·ard n.
yid-deh-o-nee' From H3045;
properly a knowing one; specifically a conjurer;
(by implication) a ghost: - wizard.
div·i·na·tion n.
sooth·say·er n.
witch·craft n.
Exod.22 [18]
Thou shall not suffer a witch to live.
Mic.5 [12] And
I will cut off witchcrafts out of your hand; and you shall
have no more soothsayers:
2
Kgs.9 [ 2] And it
came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is
it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long
as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are
so many?
Mic.5
[12] And I will cut off witchcrafts out of
your hand; and you shall have no more soothsayers:
Nah.3
[4] Because of the multitude of the whoredoms
of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts,
that selleth nations through her whoredoms,
and families through her witchcrafts .
Gal.5
[19] Now the works of the flesh are
manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
[20] Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations,
wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
[21] Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before,
as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things
shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
1
Sam.15 [23] For rebellion is as the
sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you
have rejected the word of Yehovah, he hath also
rejected you from being king.
G5331
1)
the use or the administering of drugs
2)
poisoning
3)
sorcery, magical arts, often found in connection with
idolatry and fostered by it
4)
Metaphorically the deceptions and seductions of idolatry
2Kgs.9
[ 22] And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he
answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts
are so many?
Manasseh
2
Chr.33[6] And he
caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft , and dealt
with a familiar spirit, and with wizards:
he wrought much evil in the sight of Yehovah, to
provoke him to anger.
Assyria
Mic.5[12] And I will cut off witchcrafts out of your hand; and
you shall have no more soothsayers:[13 ] Thy graven images also
will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of you; and you shall
no more worship the work of your hands.[14] And I will pluck up thy
groves out of the midst of you: so will I destroy thy cities.
[15] And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen,
such as they have not heard.
Nah.1
[1] The burden of Nineveh (the
capital of the ancient kingdom of Assyria)
Nah.3
[1] Woe to the bloody city! it
is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departs not;
[2] The noise of a whip, and the noise of the
rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
[3] The horseman lifts up both the bright sword and
the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcasses;
and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:
[4]
Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the well-favored harlot, the
mistress of witchcrafts, that sells nations through her whoredoms,
and families through her witchcrafts.
[5] Behold, I am against thee, saith
the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will show
the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
[6] And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and
make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazing stock.
Sorceries
& Sorcery
sor·cer·y n. Use of
supernatural power over others through the assistance of spirits; witchcraft.
Divination by the assistance, or supposed assistance, of evil spirits, or the
power of commanding evil spirits; magic; necromancy; witchcraft; enchantment.
Isa.47
[9] But these two things shall
come to you in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they
shall come upon you in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries,
and for the great abundance of your
enchantments.
[12]
Stand now with your enchantments,
and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein you have labored
from thy youth; if so be you shall be able to profit, if so be you may prevail.
Acts
8
[9]
But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same
city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving
out that himself was some great one:
[10] To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This
man is the great power of God.
[11] And to him they had regard, because that of long time he
had bewitched them with sorceries.
[12] But when they believed Philip preaching
the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Yeshua
Messiah, they were baptized, both men and women.
[13] Then Simon himself believed also : and when he was
baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and
signs which were done.
[14] Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria
had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
[15] Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might
receive the Holy Ghost:
[16] (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were
baptized in the name of the Lord Yeshua.)
[17] Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy
Ghost.
[18] And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles'
hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
[19] Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may
receive the Holy Ghost.
[20] But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish
with you, because you have thought that the gift of God may be purchased
with money.
[21] Thou have neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right
in the sight of God.
[22] Repent therefore of this thy wickedness , and pray God, if perhaps
the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
[23] For I perceive that you art in
the gall of bitterness ,
and in the bond of iniquity.
[24] Then answered Simon, and said, Pray you to the Lord for me,
that none of these things which you have spoken come upon me.
Acts
13
[6]
And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos,
they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name
was Bar-jesus:
[7] Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius
Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and
Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
[8] But Elymas the
sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them,
seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
[9] Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost,
set his eyes on him,
[10] And said, O full of all subtilty
and all mischief, you child of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, wilt you
not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
[11] And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall
be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a
mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to
lead him by the hand.
devil (s) 117 times
Lev.17
[7] And they shall no more offer
their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring.
This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.
Deut.32
[17] They sacrificed unto devils,
not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom
your fathers feared not.
2Chr.11
[15] And he ordained him priests
for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which
he had made.
Pss.106
[37] Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters
unto devils,
Unclean
spirits - 21 times
Zech.13
[2] And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Yehovah of hosts, that I
will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be
remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to
pass out of the land.
foul spirit - 2 times
Mark
9 [ 25] When Yeshua saw that
the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him,
Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge you, come out of him, and enter
no more into him.
Mark
9
[17]
And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto you my
son, which hath a dumb spirit; [18] And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and
he foameth, and gnasheth
with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and
they could not.
[19] He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with
you? how long shall I suffer you? bring
him unto me.
[20] And they brought him unto him: and when he saw
him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed
foaming.
[21] And he asked his father, How
long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of
a child.
[22] And ofttimes it hath
cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst
do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
[23] Jesus said unto him, If
thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
[24] And straightway the father of the child cried
out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
[25] When Jesus saw that the people came running
together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf
spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
[26] And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and
came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
[27] But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him
up; and he arose.
Matt.4
[24] And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they
brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and
torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those
which were lunatic , and those that had the palsy; and he
healed them.
Matt.17
[14] And when they were come to the multitude, there came
to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
[15] Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatic, and sore
vexed: for ofttimes he falleth
into the fire, and oft into the water.
[16] And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
[17] Then Yeshua answered and said, O
faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring
him hither to me.
[18] And Yeshua rebuked the
devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very
hour.
[19] Then came the disciples to Yeshua apart,
and said, Why could not we cast him
out?
[20] And Yeshua said unto them, Because
of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If
you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say unto this mountain,
Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be
impossible unto you.
[21] Howbeit this kind goeth
not out but by prayer and fasting.
Matt.8
[ 16] When the even
was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils:
and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
[28]
And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with
devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might
pass by that way.[ 29] And, behold, they cried out, saying, What
have we to do with you, Yeshua, you Son of God? art you come hither to torment us before the time?
[30] And there was a good way off from them an
herd of many swine feeding.
[31] So the devils besought him, saying, If you
cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
[32] And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went
into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down
a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
[33] And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city,
and told every thing, and what was befallen to the
possessed of the devils.
[34] And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Yeshua:
and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their
coasts.
Luke
8 [38] Now the man out of whom the devils were departed
besought him that he might be with him: but Yeshua
sent him away, saying,[39] Return to your own
house, and show how great things God hath done unto you. And he went his way,
and published throughout the whole city how great things Yeshua
had done unto him.
Even do it is not in our minds, Halloween is no small thing…
One
source:
1. 10.14 billion =
10,140,000,000 to be spent on Halloween
National retail Federation 2022
Historical
Halloween Celebration and Spending Plans 10.6 billion
Some Costumes
Ranked: Children
More than 2.2 million children plan to dress as
Spiderman, more than 1.9 million as their favorite princess, more than 1.6
million as a witch, and more than 1.3 million will dress as a ghost.
Batman and other
superheroes are tied for fifth most popular costume, with 1.2 million children
each planning to dress in character.
Some Costumes Ranked: Adults
Of those planning to dress up for Halloween, 70%
of adults already know what their costume will be this year. More than 5.3
million adults plan to dress like a witch,
more than 1.7 million as a
vampire, more than 1.5 million as a ghost and more than 1.4 million as a
pirate.
And tied for fifth place, more than 1.2 million adults are planning a cat
costume and another 1.2 million say they will dress up as Batman.
History
of Halloween
The
origin of Halloween is the Celtic Festival of Samhain,
lord of death and evil spirits. Long before Messiah (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 Messiah, 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.
In
closing for today
Beware of evil, it is all around us…
Review:
The Day of Atonement, a Sabbath - 7th of October
5 days later
The feast of Tabernacles - 2 Sabbaths - 12th to the 19th of
October
Shabbat Shalom
שַׁבָּת
שָׁלוֹם