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Occult Holidays or God's Holy Days - Which?
What is the true origin of today's widely accepted holidays, Halloween, Christmas, Easter, etc., and how did such days come to be embraced as "Christian" dogma? Likewise, what happened to the biblical festivals God gave to ancient Israel and which were observed by the original, true apostolic Church? Through the centuries, how and why were God's holy days recklessly cast aside as obsolete by orthodox "Christian" authorities?
284 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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November 16, 2015
Occult Holidays or Gods Holy Days? For those of you Asking the same question -This Book Is For You. It thoroughly and comprehensibly explains it all.The origin of Halloween, Occult Saturation, Idolotry, Sabbaths and much more. THANK YOU GOODREADS FIRSTREADS FOR THIS FREE BOOK !!!!
January 12, 2024
A STRONG CRITIQUE OF ‘CHRISTMAS’ SYMBOLS, AND DEFENSE OF SABBATARIANISM, ETC.
Author Fred R. Coulter (who graduated from Ambassador College, and is president of the Christian Biblical Church of God) wrote in the Preface to this 2006 book, “In [this book], you will understand the intense promotion and acceptance of the occult. Witchcraft, the feminine divine, New Age spirituality and Satanism have all been ‘jump-started’ by the observance of Halloween and other ‘acceptable’ occult holidays. For centuries religious leaders have ‘sugar-coated, packaged, perfumed, gift wrapped and ‘sold’ these hoidays to the masses ‘as though they had great value.’” (Pg. viii)
He asks, “Every year there are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of missing children and young adults who are never found, nor are their bodies ever recovered. Are these victims of secret occultists’ human sacrifices? Only God knows!” (Pg. 18)
He suggests, “Satan is master at transforming both himself and his occult promoters into ‘angels of light’… EVERY fabric of society has been accepted by occult images and ideas. Society is slowly, imperceptibly becoming COMFORTABLE with the ‘scary side’ of witchcraft, magic and sorcery. It may only be a matter of time before whole civilizations cast aside God and the Bible as they fully embrace the occult.” (Pg. 65)
He asserts, “The Roman Catholic Church … changed the Winter Solstice celebration to December 25, calling it ‘Christmas.’… The festival of Christmas was celebrated by pagan societies many centuries before the birth of Christ. Historian Alexander Hislop wrote extensively about this festival in his book, ‘The Two Babylons.’ … within the Christian Church no such festival as Christmas was ever heard of till the third century… The Word of God reveals [Jer 10:3-4] that the custom of the ‘Christmas tree’ is vanity… The birthday of the ‘unconquered Sun’ is further described by Sammuele Bacchiocci in his book, ‘From Sabbath to Sunday.’ … In ‘The Golden Bough’ Frazer further instructs us about the preeminence of Christmas in the pagan world… Almost identical to the ancient Egyptian practice, ‘Christians’ have for centuries (in their churches, cathedrals, and city squares) exhibited a nativity scene, replete with a crib, the little infant ‘Jesus,’ and Mary and Joseph… Worshiping a baby in a manger has continued in modern times to be a prominent theme of the Christian Christmas. The birth of the Savior is re-enacted each year at the same time that pagan cultures anciently re-enacted the ‘birth’ of the sun…” (Pg.71-74)
He explains, “Consider the pagan roots of these popular Christmas symbols: (1) Christmas Tree---The sacred tree of the winter god… (2) Star---A five-pointed star… is a powerful symbol of Satan, second only to the hexagram… (3) Candles represent the sun god’s newly born fire… (4) Mistletoe is … symbolizing pagan blessings of fertility… (5) Wreaths are associated with fertility… (6) Santa Claus---The mythical attributes and powers ascribed to Santa are eerily close to those possessed by Jesus Christ. (7) Reindeer are… representing the ‘horned-god" or the ‘stag-god’ of pagan religion... (8) Elves are imp-like creature who are Santa’s little helpers (or Santa’s demons). (9) Green and Red … are the traditional pagan colors of winter. (10) December 25 was also known to the Romans as ‘Saturnalia,’ a time of deliberate debauchery… the entire event was finished with a Great Feast, the Christmas Dinner.” (Pg. 74)
Later, he summarizes, “we provided a well-documented, historical account of the major occult holidays observed around the world—as well as concerning the practice of Sunday-keeping by mainstream Orthodox Christendom. The evidence conclusively demonstrates that such days are entrenched in ancient pagan SUN WORSHIP… we analyzed the biblical perspective concerning occult holidays and Sunday-keeping, noting that God absolutely condemns the observance of such days and the false gods they actually represent… in BOTH the Old and New Testaments, God has consistently commanded His people to obediently observe his seventh-day Sabbath, holy days and festivals… Today, we are living in the ‘last days’---and will soon come face-to-face with the impending ‘crisis at the close of the age.’” (Pg. 218)
In an Appendix on ‘The Biblical Truth About Sunday-Keeping,’ he argues, “search the Scriptures… You will NOT find: 1. One text that says that the Sabbath was EVER CHANGED from the seventh to the first day of the week. 2. One text where the first day of the week is ever called a holy day. 3. One text where we are told to keep the first day of the week… 8. One text from any apostolic writing that authorizes SUNDAY OBSERVANCE as the Sabbath of God… 13. One text that says the seventh day is not NOW God’s Sabbath day.” (Pg. 291)
In another Appendix, he asserts, “Interestingly, Orthodox Christendom as a whole does not even pretend to get its beliefs from the Bible alone. Many, in fact, are of pagan origin. The ‘immortal soul’ concept, for example, does not come from the Bible… Most religious leaders today continue to teach the immortality of the soul, despite the fact that the Bible teaches … that the human soul is MORTAL.” (Pg. 334)
This book will mostly appeal to Sabbatarian-keepers (e.g., SDA; Herbert Armstrong’s former church), and other critics of Christmas.
Author Fred R. Coulter (who graduated from Ambassador College, and is president of the Christian Biblical Church of God) wrote in the Preface to this 2006 book, “In [this book], you will understand the intense promotion and acceptance of the occult. Witchcraft, the feminine divine, New Age spirituality and Satanism have all been ‘jump-started’ by the observance of Halloween and other ‘acceptable’ occult holidays. For centuries religious leaders have ‘sugar-coated, packaged, perfumed, gift wrapped and ‘sold’ these hoidays to the masses ‘as though they had great value.’” (Pg. viii)
He asks, “Every year there are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of missing children and young adults who are never found, nor are their bodies ever recovered. Are these victims of secret occultists’ human sacrifices? Only God knows!” (Pg. 18)
He suggests, “Satan is master at transforming both himself and his occult promoters into ‘angels of light’… EVERY fabric of society has been accepted by occult images and ideas. Society is slowly, imperceptibly becoming COMFORTABLE with the ‘scary side’ of witchcraft, magic and sorcery. It may only be a matter of time before whole civilizations cast aside God and the Bible as they fully embrace the occult.” (Pg. 65)
He asserts, “The Roman Catholic Church … changed the Winter Solstice celebration to December 25, calling it ‘Christmas.’… The festival of Christmas was celebrated by pagan societies many centuries before the birth of Christ. Historian Alexander Hislop wrote extensively about this festival in his book, ‘The Two Babylons.’ … within the Christian Church no such festival as Christmas was ever heard of till the third century… The Word of God reveals [Jer 10:3-4] that the custom of the ‘Christmas tree’ is vanity… The birthday of the ‘unconquered Sun’ is further described by Sammuele Bacchiocci in his book, ‘From Sabbath to Sunday.’ … In ‘The Golden Bough’ Frazer further instructs us about the preeminence of Christmas in the pagan world… Almost identical to the ancient Egyptian practice, ‘Christians’ have for centuries (in their churches, cathedrals, and city squares) exhibited a nativity scene, replete with a crib, the little infant ‘Jesus,’ and Mary and Joseph… Worshiping a baby in a manger has continued in modern times to be a prominent theme of the Christian Christmas. The birth of the Savior is re-enacted each year at the same time that pagan cultures anciently re-enacted the ‘birth’ of the sun…” (Pg.71-74)
He explains, “Consider the pagan roots of these popular Christmas symbols: (1) Christmas Tree---The sacred tree of the winter god… (2) Star---A five-pointed star… is a powerful symbol of Satan, second only to the hexagram… (3) Candles represent the sun god’s newly born fire… (4) Mistletoe is … symbolizing pagan blessings of fertility… (5) Wreaths are associated with fertility… (6) Santa Claus---The mythical attributes and powers ascribed to Santa are eerily close to those possessed by Jesus Christ. (7) Reindeer are… representing the ‘horned-god" or the ‘stag-god’ of pagan religion... (8) Elves are imp-like creature who are Santa’s little helpers (or Santa’s demons). (9) Green and Red … are the traditional pagan colors of winter. (10) December 25 was also known to the Romans as ‘Saturnalia,’ a time of deliberate debauchery… the entire event was finished with a Great Feast, the Christmas Dinner.” (Pg. 74)
Later, he summarizes, “we provided a well-documented, historical account of the major occult holidays observed around the world—as well as concerning the practice of Sunday-keeping by mainstream Orthodox Christendom. The evidence conclusively demonstrates that such days are entrenched in ancient pagan SUN WORSHIP… we analyzed the biblical perspective concerning occult holidays and Sunday-keeping, noting that God absolutely condemns the observance of such days and the false gods they actually represent… in BOTH the Old and New Testaments, God has consistently commanded His people to obediently observe his seventh-day Sabbath, holy days and festivals… Today, we are living in the ‘last days’---and will soon come face-to-face with the impending ‘crisis at the close of the age.’” (Pg. 218)
In an Appendix on ‘The Biblical Truth About Sunday-Keeping,’ he argues, “search the Scriptures… You will NOT find: 1. One text that says that the Sabbath was EVER CHANGED from the seventh to the first day of the week. 2. One text where the first day of the week is ever called a holy day. 3. One text where we are told to keep the first day of the week… 8. One text from any apostolic writing that authorizes SUNDAY OBSERVANCE as the Sabbath of God… 13. One text that says the seventh day is not NOW God’s Sabbath day.” (Pg. 291)
In another Appendix, he asserts, “Interestingly, Orthodox Christendom as a whole does not even pretend to get its beliefs from the Bible alone. Many, in fact, are of pagan origin. The ‘immortal soul’ concept, for example, does not come from the Bible… Most religious leaders today continue to teach the immortality of the soul, despite the fact that the Bible teaches … that the human soul is MORTAL.” (Pg. 334)
This book will mostly appeal to Sabbatarian-keepers (e.g., SDA; Herbert Armstrong’s former church), and other critics of Christmas.
December 14, 2016
This book looks at what is really behind our popular holidays and makes a case that they come from pagan or occult traditions and should not be celebrated by Christians. The holidays discussed include Christmas, Easter, Halloween, pretty much all popular holidays. It also includes some famous mysterious dates such as April 19 when many famous tragedies have happened. The book does explain April 19 as being an occult holiday and makes a lot of sense when viewed that way. It does talk a lot about the pagan roots and occult practices behind our popular holidays such as sacrifice occurring on those days. It looks quite a bit at history rather than being preachy. A lot of this I already knew but still learned some new things. I loved this part of the book, I thought it was well written and convincing and at the same time didn't seem at all preachy.
The second part of the book talks about the holidays celebrated in early Christianity such as the Feast of Unleavened of Bread, Feast of Trumpets and others and claims Christians should still be following them. While that may be true, this particular book has not convinced me of that yet and I don't like the writing or the tone as much. It seems very preachy, maybe too detailed while at the same time not convincing to someone who is not already convinced? This part is also quite a bit longer than the first. Maybe it's too much to ask of readers for one book, especially considering the shock someone who is new to this would have to the first part of the book. Still, I loved the first part and the second part I wouldn't mind as much if it was shorter and less preachy maybe. I think God knows we're living in times of great deception and takes that into account. At the same time, I really do want less and less to do with traditional holidays.
The second part of the book talks about the holidays celebrated in early Christianity such as the Feast of Unleavened of Bread, Feast of Trumpets and others and claims Christians should still be following them. While that may be true, this particular book has not convinced me of that yet and I don't like the writing or the tone as much. It seems very preachy, maybe too detailed while at the same time not convincing to someone who is not already convinced? This part is also quite a bit longer than the first. Maybe it's too much to ask of readers for one book, especially considering the shock someone who is new to this would have to the first part of the book. Still, I loved the first part and the second part I wouldn't mind as much if it was shorter and less preachy maybe. I think God knows we're living in times of great deception and takes that into account. At the same time, I really do want less and less to do with traditional holidays.
December 10, 2014
Interesting collection of the usual references showing the synergistic development of modern holidays. The author clearly feels that all pagan elements should be expurgated from Christian practice, and Christians should return to the practices of the first century. It's an impractical goal at best. Sadly, while he sited lots of references to early scripture, the references to paganism are fairly standard.
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