| Like dumb sheep to the slaughter, most of mankind | | | | He commands us to commemorate Jesus' death |
| continues to blindly follow pagan traditions, rather | | | | every Passover and recognize His atoning work of |
| than obey God's clear commands (Mark 7:7). Has it | | | | redemption as our resurrected High Priest in Heaven, |
| ever occurred to those stuffing their faces with | | | | unleavening our lives of sin (I Corinthians 5:7-8). |
| Easter ham that Jesus would puke at the thought? | | | | The early Church followed Jesus' Jewish example for |
| Neither Jesus or Peter, James or John ever ate | | | | several hundred years until Gentile opposition (from |
| forbidden foods. They wouldn't feel too comfortable | | | | false converts) threatened them with a death |
| at plenty of people's dinner tables. | | | | sentence if they didn't bow before Easter |
| Even the early Gentile converts to Jewish Christianity | | | | observances (the Quarto-Deciman controversy)! |
| respected the biblical dietary laws (Acts 15:20), | | | | A growing number now know, understand and |
| understanding that not all foods are sanctioned by | | | | believe the biblical account that we're to observe |
| the Creator in the Holy Scriptures (I Timothy 4:5). | | | | Passover and that Jesus was resurrected before |
| When John the Baptist recognized Jesus as our | | | | sunrise Sunday, "when it was yet dark" (John 10:1). |
| Passover sacrifice, he declared: "Behold the Lamb of | | | | Others prefer to reject this light of understanding to |
| God" (John 1:29). He didn't say, "Here comes the | | | | remain in their traditional darkness and die in their sins |
| Easter Bunny!" Again, like the Easter ham, the Easter | | | | (John 3:19)-- it's that serious! Because if our nations |
| rabbit is also rejected in the Bible as an abomination | | | | don't repent of such idolatry and immorality we'll soon |
| (Leviticus 11:6-7). | | | | suffer national destruction, defeat and deportation! |
| The very name of Easter exposes itself as a | | | | That's why this article of faith is part of our plea to |
| heathen festival, although it's cloaked as "Christian." | | | | diehard Catholics and Protestants to repent. |
| Easter/Ishtar/Astarte is the Babylonian spring | | | | Thankfully, every generation has those chosen few |
| goddess our British-Israelite forefathers foolishly | | | | who are willing to reject holidays for holy days and |
| worshipped. Hence the fertility symbols of rabbits and | | | | "earnestly contend for the faith once delivered" (Jude |
| eggs. | | | | 3). Hopefully, this plain truth about Easter will cause |
| God isn't fooled by such baptized paganism, such | | | | you to question your beliefs and provide some |
| whitewashed heathen customs (Deuteronomy 12:30). | | | | "kosher" food for thought! |