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Easter
Currently, Easter is a Christian holiday commemorating the resurrection of someone who rose from the dead. It is described by Christians as having occurred on the third day of his burial following his death around 30 CE. It is the culmination of the death of Jesus Mithras, Serapis, Tammuz and is preceded by a time called Lent (or the Great Lent), which is a 40-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance.
But what exactly does any of this mean ?
Did you know: The 40-day “weeping for Tammuz” mentioned in Ezekiel 8:14 was a pagan, Mesopotamian mourning period for the death of the vegetation god, Tammuz, often associated with a 40-day fasting period prior to his resurrection festival. While some traditions link this period to a 40-year life cycle, historical evidence also suggests the mourning commemorated the 40 days of mourning that followed his death.
Astrologically, Easter can occur on any date between March 23rd and April 26st and is closely related to the timing of the Spring Equinox, on the first Sunday after the full moon. During the Equinox night and day are nearly the same length-12 hours. The word Equinox comes from the Latin word “aequinoctium” a combination of two Latin terms: “aequus” meaning equal or even, and nox,” meaning “night.”
There are actually two equinoxes, which occur in March and September when the sun crosses the celestial equator. They are called the Vernal (Spring) equinox and the Autumnal (Fall) equinox. They represent days when the Earth’s axis are tilted neither toward nor away from the sun, resulting in nearly equal day and night.
The Council of Nicaea in 325 decreed that Easter should be observed on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the spring equinox. The council aimed to standardize the date, specifically ensuring it was not celebrated on the same day as the Hebrew Passover. The decision was made to ensure all Christians celebrated Easter on the same day, a day separate from the Hebrew calendar.
Why is it called Easter (Eostre)?
In the 8th century CE, an Anglo-Saxon monk and scholar Bede, recorded in his The Reckoning of Time that Ēosturmōnaþ (Old English for ‘Month of Ēostre’) which he claimed was an English month, corresponding to April, which he says “was once called after a goddess of theirs named Eostre (Ostara), in whose honor, feasts were celebrated”.
According to Karen Cyson of the Times Writers Group, Eostre is the pagan fertility goddess of humans and crops.
The traditional colors of the festival are green, yellow and purple. The symbols used are hares and eggs, representing fertility (because we all know that bunnies breed like, well, rabbits) and new life.
There are Germanic Academic texts which categorically state that Eostre and Ostara were originally the Goddess Ishtar-Astarte. One is titled….
From Ishtar to Eostre: Reframing the Near Eastern Origins of an Anglo Saxon Goddess by author Steff V. Scott
The Hebrew Passover is celebrated very differently.
Leviticus 23:4-7 “‘These are the Lord’s appointed festivals, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times: 5 The Lord’s Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. 6 On the fifteenth day of that month the Lord’s Festival of Unleavened Bread begins; for seven days you must eat bread made without yeast. 7 On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.
Tammuz and Ishtar!
Ezekiel 8:14 He took me to the entrance at the north gate of the Temple of God. I saw women sitting there, weeping for Tammuz, the Babylonian fertility god. 15 He said to me, “Do you see this, son of man? You will see things that are even more detestable than this.”
In the Mesopotamian religion, Tammuz was the god of fertility, embodying the powers for new life in nature during the spring. His name seems to have derived from the Akkadian form Tammuzi, based on early Sumerian Damu-zid, meaning the Flawless Young.
According to the myth, Tammuz was killed by a wild pig (wild boar). “Ishtar” then designated a 40 day period of mourning (today it is called Lent) to mark the anniversary of his death. During this time, no meat was to be eaten. Every year, on the first Sunday after the first full moon (Easter), after the Spring Equinox, a celebration was made.
Ishtar also proclaimed that because a pig killed Tammuz, that a pig must be eaten on that Sunday.
Lent comes from the old English word “lencten” which means “spring.”
It was written according to Assyrian tradition, that Tammuz, whom they worshiped as their savior (a creature later seen as Mithras, Chrestos by the Persians) was worshiped in spring with ancient rites, because he was conceived during the spring equinox. According to legend, he lived for forty years, and the 40 day practice of lent, is in remembrance to him. The 40 days were to honor each year of his life.
Ishtar
Ishtar was known by a myriad of names including Ashtart, Ashtoreth, Astarte, Eostre, Inanna and Isis; Ishtar was the Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love and war.
Nahum 3:4 Because of the multitude of whoredoms of the well favored harlot, the mistress of witchcraft’s, that selleth nations through her whoredoms and families through her witchcraft’s.
Did you know: Many modern witches and pagans honor Ostara or Eostre during the vernal equinox, associating her with dawn, fertility, hares, eggs, and the spring season as a whole.
Nineveh in 3000 BCE became an important religious center for the worship of the Akkadian goddess, who was also called the “queen of heaven.”
Today Nineveh is found in or near the modern city of Mosul in the Ninawa Governorate of Iraq.
Ishtar, (Easter) was also celebrated on the first Sunday, after the first full moon, after the vernal equinox. As the Akitu (the Mesopotamian festival) which celebrates the resurrection of nature during spring-time, the Festival became the religious celebration of the fertility and pregnancy of the Mother-Goddess, who bore them all, as well as the resurrection of her Son/Husband, Tammuz, the “incarnated son of god
Jeremiah 7:18 The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough to make sacrificial cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to provoke Me to anger.
The “blessing of the new fire” celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church on the evening before Easter Sunday, which involve the lighting of multiple candles, originated with the Assyrian god of fire, and sun, whose emblem was a flaming heart, and who was known by them as Nusku.
The “blessing of the new fire” is an adopted practice that honors the increasing strength of the Sun which was evident as daylight increased and night decreased moving toward the Spring Equinox.
Ishtar was closely associated with the ancient Sumerian goddess Inanna.
Inanna
Inanna was an ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility. She was also associated with sensuality, procreation, divine law, and political power. Originally worshiped in Sumer, she was known by the Akkadian Empire, the Babylonians, and Assyrians as Ishtar. Her primary title was “the Queen of Heaven”. Worshiped (4000-3100) She was the patron goddess of the Eanna temple in the city of Uruk, her early main cult center. In archaic Uruk she was worshiped in three forms: morning Inanna, evening Inanna and princely Inanna (Inanna NUN), the former two reflecting the phases of her associated planet Venus. Her most prominent symbols included the lion and the eight pointed star. Her husband was the god Dumuzid (later known as Tammuz),
Ashtoreth
According to BiblicalTraining.org ASHTORETH (ăsh’tō-rĕth). A goddess of the Canaanites, worshiped all along the seacoast from Ras Shamra (Ugarit) southward through Phoenicia and Philistia. The plural Ashtaroth (“the Ashtoreths”) is found commonly and refers to the idols representing her. Her male consort was apparently Baal, and the two were worshiped with lewd rites. In Judges 2:11-Judges 2:23 we are told that Israel forsook their GOD and served “Baal (the false lord) and the Ashtoreths.” The prophet Samuel brought about a great revival, but before Israel could be saved from the Philistines, they had to give up Ashtoreth (their idols) and turn to the LORD (1 Sam.7.3- 1Sam.7.4). Israel kept fairly close to the LORD through the times of Samuel, Saul, and David, and the early days of Solomon, until that “wise” man lost his wisdom by marrying various heathen women for political reasons. They succeeded in turning his heart from the LORD to the worship of Ashtoreth and other idols. These idols remained more than three and a half centuries till Josiah defiled and demolished them (2Kgs.23.13-2Kgs.23.14).
Biblical scholar Gesenius related the name Ashtoreth to the Persian word “sitarah” or “star” she is connected with both the moon and Venus, the goddess of love. Ancient people sacrificed babies to both her and her male counter-part Baal. She was often worshiped as a moon goddess and was symbolized by the cow horn.
1st Kings 11:4 As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been. 5) He followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites.
Ishtar Eggs
As the fertility goddess, Ishtar was often associated with eggs, which were seen as a symbol of new life and rebirth. In ancient times, people would decorate eggs in honor of Ishtar and give them as gifts to one another during the spring equinox, which marked the beginning of the agricultural season
Did you know: It was actually recorded in Edward Davies’ The Mythology and Rites of the British Druids, page 210, that the ancient Druids bore an egg as the sacred emblem of their idolatrous order.
In Hebrew ʿashtōreth (the last two syllables are deliberately distorted with the vowels of bōsheth “shame, shameful thing, abomination”), from the Phoenician ʿashtart (Ashtoreth; abomination)
Did you also know: The worship of Astarte seems to have extended wherever Phoenician colonies were founded. Thus we find her name in inscriptions still existing in the island of Cyprus, on the site of the ancient Citium, and also at Carthage.
Passover
The holiday of Pesach, or Passover, falls on the Hebrew calendar dates of Nissan 15-22. Pesach 2026 (Passover) this year begins on sundown, Wednesday April 1st, 2025, and ends after nightfall on April 9th, 2025.
According to the Passover story, as part of the Hebrew liberation from slavery, the Hebrews were commanded to eat matzah, or unleavened bread, during the Passover holiday. Matzah is a simple and humble food, made from flour and water without any yeast or other leavening agents.
Eating matzah symbolizes God’s glory and grace in rescuing our ancestors from 400 years of bondage. Hebrew slaves were portioned manna during their trek across the desert, and as a remembrance of those miracles and hardships suffered by the ancient Hebrews, we are to celebrate Passover every year in remembrance of GOD’s grace.
Today, the Hebrew people continue to observe the tradition of eating matzah during Passover. Unfortunately Christians are far removed from these ancient Hebrew traditions, which were ordered by GOD. In the Bible, it was Passover that Yehoshua was celebrating before He was arrested and killed, becoming the final sacrifice, the LAMB of GOD!
Luke 22: 19 (NIV) He took some bread and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
Matthew 26 (CJB) While they were eating, Yeshua took a piece of matzah, made the b’rakhah, broke it, gave it to the talmidim (disciples) and said, “Take! Eat! This is my body!” 27 Also he took a cup of wine, made the b’rakhah (blessing), and gave it to them, saying, “All of you, drink from it! 28 For this is my blood, which ratifies the New Covenant, my blood shed on behalf of many, so that they may have their sins forgiven. 29 I tell you, I will not drink this ‘fruit of the vine’ again until the day I drink new wine with you in my Father’s Kingdom.”
Yehoshua did not create communion (or sacrament). This is not how He was to be remembered. GOD commanded Passover to be a perpetual regulation, continued throughout all generations.
Commonly called Communion or Holy Communion, it is a Christian rite representing the Last Supper where bread and wine are consumed in remembrance of Jesus Christ. It is also widely known as the Eucharist (Sacrament), the Lord’s Supper, or the Breaking of the Bread. Communion is a Christian religious service involving consecrated bread and wine. It stems from the Latin *commūnis* (“common, shared by all”), derived from com- (“together”) and unus (“oneness”). The term denotes a deep, shared spiritual union.
Sacrament – from the Latin sacramentum, a word which denoted the oath of loyalty sworn by soldiers to their earth lord, the emperor. A sacred oath of allegiance sworn by Roman soldiers to their emperor (and previously to the consuls/Republic). It was a binding, religious act where soldiers pledged loyalty, obedience, and readiness to die for the emperor and the state.
Sacrament has been explained as a Christian mystery by which man must adhere to God every first Sunday of the month. Again, this is not found in scripture! In scripture The only day recognized by GOD is the Shabbat!
Yehoshua, formally sanctioned the continued eating of matzah, which would now represent HIS body, and the wine, representing HIS blood, saying “Take! Eat! This is MY body!” Also HE took a cup of wine, made the b’rakhah (blessing), and gave it to them, saying, “All of you, drink from it! For this is MY blood, which ratifies the New Covenant, MY blood shed on behalf of many, so that they may have their sins forgiven. Matthew 26: 27-28
1st Corinthians 11: 23-26 For what I received from the Lord is just what I passed on to you – that the Lord Yeshua, on the night he was betrayed, took bread; 24 and after he had made the b’rakhah he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this as a memorial to me” ;25 likewise also the cup after the meal, saying, “This cup is the New Covenant effected by my blood; do this, as often as you drink it, as a memorial to me.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord, until he comes.
Yehoshua said, “as often as you eat this bread,” matzah, which is eaten during Passover, once a year.
The Greek word translated as often, is “hosakis.” It denotes frequency or repetition of an action. Conveying that the idea of “as often as” or “whenever,” indicating that an action is to be repeated each time a certain condition is met. The Condition would be Passover, which is where Yehoshua took this action and gave the Disciples permission to continue what HE had begun under the New Covenant. This New Covenant meant that this practice was to be implemented as often as they celebrated Passover, which was annually or every year.
Exodus 12 : 14 – 17 “This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come, you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord—a lasting ordinance. 15 For seven days you are to eat bread made without yeast. On the first day remove the yeast from your houses, for whoever eats anything with yeast in it from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel. 16 On the first day hold a sacred assembly, and another one on the seventh day. Do no work at all on these days, except to prepare food for everyone to eat; that is all you may do.
17 “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread, because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt. Celebrate this day as a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. 18 In the first month you are to eat bread made without yeast, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day. 19 For seven days no yeast is to be found in your houses. And anyone, whether foreigner or native-born, who eats anything with yeast in it must be cut off from the community of Israel. 20 Eat nothing made with yeast. Wherever you live, you must eat unleavened bread.”
Three Days and Three Night!
If we believe everything that the Bible has revealed to us, then we should trust and believe that three days and three nights could never be the space of time between Friday and Sunday. This could never add up to three days, or three nights. Yehoshua died on a Wednesday, HE was buried that evening. According to the Bible, HE was in the grave Wednesday night, Thursday night, and Friday night. Equally Thursday, Friday, and Saturday would add up as three days. Once the sun went down on the Sabbath, Yehoshua arose. When Miriam came early that morning, she found the stone in front of the tomb was moved and Yehoshua’s body was already gone.
The Execution of the Messiah
It is important to abide by Scripture, especially when it comes to the remembrance of Yehoshua’s death. Why? Because there are dozens of mythologies, multiple other stories of fake godly figures being resurrected, all baring the title “Christ.”
The Bible indicates that in the year that Yehoshua, the Messiah was killed, the High Sabbath was not the typical Friday at sunset, but the day of Passover, which would have fallen on a Tuesday, after sunset (technically making it Wednesday). Yehoshua was executed on Wednesday, giving up HIS SPIRIT at the ninth hour about 3:00 pm. HE was buried later on that same evening. HE would have arose sometime on Saturday evening, after sunset and before dawn.
Passover is a Perpetual Regulation!
And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance for ever. (Exodus 12:17).
1st Corinthians 5: 7 Get rid of the old hametz, so that you can be a new batch of dough, because in reality you are unleavened. For our Pesach lamb, the Messiah, has been sacrificed. 8 So let us celebrate the Seder not with leftover hametz, the hametz of wickedness and evil, but with the matzah of purity and truth.
Seder – “order” the “Seder meal” or the “Ordered Meal,” the “Structured Meal.”
hametz-wheat, oatmeal, barley, spelt, and rye.
