Celebrating Holidays Is
The Mark Of The Beast

The Disciple Yahchanan (John), by the Inspiration of Yahweh, shows what he described as a likeness of the beast. This beast would try to force all people of the earth to accept the mark of the beast in their hands or their foreheads.
Revelation 13:16—
And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, that they should give to themselves a mark upon their right hands, or in their foreheads.

As the Mark of Yahweh lets all the world know you worship Yahweh; so the mark of the beast shows that you worship the likeness (idol) of the beast.

Yahweh's Mark causes us to observe the weekly Seventh Day Sabbath and Yahweh's Appointed Feast Days. This marks us as belonging to Yahweh.

To look for the mark of the beast, we must look for a mark that would cause us to disobey the Laws of Yahweh. A substitute that would cause us to break the Sabbath Day and Feast Days, which Yahweh proclaimed as Holy. This substitute identifies us with the beast and marks us as ones who obey the beastly system. The beast's sign comes through deception and lying.
II Thessalonians 2:9—
Whose coming is according to the energy of Satan, who works with all power, and signs, and lying wonders.

These lying wonders or signs will continue until the Millenial reign of Yahweh's Kingdom, as shown in:
II Thessalonians 2:8—
And then that lawless one will be revealed, whom Yahshua will remove with the breath of His mouth, and make powerless with the appearance of His coming—

The Prophet Daniyl shows this same thing when speaking of the first beast.
Daniyl 7:25—
And he will speak great words against Yahweh, and will wear out; mentally attack to cause to fall away, the Saints of Yahweh, and think to change the Feasts, Holy Days, and Laws; and they will be given into his hand until a time, and times, and the dividing of time.

Daniyl shows that this beast will change the Mark of Yahweh, which is Yahweh's Feast Days and the Sabbaths. Daniyl shows this power would continue until Yahshua returns.

We know that the lying sign is the changing of the Sabbaths of Yahweh. Keeping the Sabbaths of Yahweh is the Mark of Yahweh that identifies Yahweh's Family.

How did Satan bring this lying sign about? What could be such a lying sign that would deceive the whole world?

 The Mark Of Yahweh Changed Through Lying

The Prophet Daniyl shows plainly that the beast would change the Mark of Yahweh. The Mark of Yahweh, as the Scriptures show, is His Sabbaths and Feast Days. These mark Yahweh's Children as His Servants. So the mark of the beast would naturally be, to change these Holy Days to pagan days, in worship of the beast. Notice the following Scripture again.
Daniyl 7:25—
And he will speak great words against Yahweh, and will wear out; mentally attack to cause to fall away, the Saints of Yahweh, and think to change the Feasts, Holy Days, and Laws; and they will be given into his hand until a time, and times, and the dividing of time.

The beast thinks to change times, the Feast Days and Laws of Yahweh. This beast deceived the world into turning from the very Laws that would give us Yahweh's Mark or identify us as belonging to Him.

None of the early believers kept the First Day of the week, Sunday, as the Sabbath. They kept the Sabbath Holy, on the Seventh Day, as commanded by Yahweh! So how did Sunday worship become instilled upon this world? The answer to this question was given before this very thing came to pass. Notice again what Daniyl told us.
Daniyl 7:25—
And he will speak great words against Yahweh, and will wear out; mentally attack to cause to fall away, the Saints of Yahweh, and think to change the Feasts, Holy Days, and Laws; and they will be given into his hand until a time, and times, and the dividing of time.

This Scripture shows that the last religious power would think to change the Feasts and Laws of Yahweh. This last religious power has been proven to be the Roman Catholic Church and her Protestant offspring.

As proof that the Roman Catholic Church changed Sabbath worship to Sunday worship, excerpts are quoted from Bible Readings for the Home by Review and Herald Publishing Association, Washington, DC, 1963, pages 415-418.

PAPAL POWER ACKNOWLEDGES THIS ACT

What power has claimed authority to change God's law?
The Papacy.

NOTE^__"The Pope is of so great authority and power that he can modify, explain, or interpret even divine laws...The Pope can modify divine law, since his power is not of man, but of God; and he acts as vicegerent of God upon earth." Translated from Lucius Ferraris, Prompta Bibliotheca (Ready Library), "Papa,'' art. 2.

What part of the law of God has the Papacy thought to change?
The fourth commandment.

NOTE: They [the Catholics] allege the change of the Sabbath into the Lord's day, contrary, as it seemeth to the Decalogue; and they have no example more in their mouths than the change of the Sabbath. They will needs have the Church's power to be very great, because it hath dispensed with a precept of the Decalogue. The Augsburg Confession (Lutheran). Part 2. art. 7, in Philip Schaff, The Creeds of Christendom (Harper), Vol. 3, pg. 64.

"It [the Roman Catholic Church] reversed the Fourth Commandment by doing away with the Sabbath of God's word, and instituting Sunday as a holiday." N. Summerbell, History of the Christian Church (1873), pg. 415.

Why did God command Israel to hallow the Sabbath?
"For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it" Exodus 20:11.

NOTE: As the Sabbath was given that man might keep God in mind as Creator, it can be readily seen that a power endeavoring to exalt itself above God could do this in no other way so effectually as by setting aside God's memorial, the seventh-day Sabbath. To this work of the Papacy Daniel had reference when he said, "And he shall ...think to change times and laws." Daniel 7:25.

Does the Papacy acknowledge changing the Sabbath?
It does.

NOTE: The Catechismus Romanus was commanded by the Council of Trent and published by the Vatican Press by order of Pope Pius V, in 1566. This catechism for priests says: "It pleased the church of God, that the religious celebration of the Sabbath day should be transferred to `the Lord's day'." Catechism of the Council of Trent (Donovan's translation, 1867), part 3, chap. 4, pg. 345. The same, in a slightly different wording, is in the McHugh and Callan translation (1937 ed), pg. 402.

Question: How prove you that the Church hath power to command feasts and holydays?
Answer: By the very act of changing the Sabbath into Sunday, which Protestants allow of; and therefore they fondly contradict themselves, by keeping Sunday strictly, and breaking most other feasts commanded by the same Church." HENRY TUBERVILLE, An Abridgment of the Christian Doctrine (1833 approbation), pg. 58. (Same statement in Manual of Christian Doctrine, ed. by Daniel Ferris [1916 ed.], pg. 67.)

Question: Have you any other way of proving that the church has power to institute festivals of precept?
Answer: Had she not such power, she could not have done that in which all modern religionists agree with her; she could not have substituted the observance of Sunday the first day of the week, for the observance of Saturday the seventh day, a change for which there is no Scriptural authority. STEPHEN KEENAN A Doctrinal Catechism (3d ed.): pg. 174.

The Catholic Church by virtue of her divine mission changed the day from Saturday to Sunday. The Catholic Mirror official organ of Cardinal Gibbons, Sept. 23, 1893.
"1. Is Saturday the 7th day according to the Bible & the 10 Commandments?''
"I answer yes.''
"2. Is Sunday the first day of the week & did the Church change the 7th day, Saturday, for Sunday, the first day?''
"I answer yes.''
"3. Did Christ change the day?''
"I answer no!''
Faithfully yours,
J. Cardinal Gibbons
Gibbons' autographed letter.

Question: Which is the Sabbath day?
Answer: Saturday is the Sabbath day.

Question: Why do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday?
Answer: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday because the Catholic Church transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday. PETER GEIERMANN, The Convert's Catechism of Catholic Doctrine (1946 ed.). pg. 50. Geiermann received the "apostolic blessing" of Pope Pius X on his labors, January 25, 1910.

The Protestant churches which were originally members of the Roman Catholic Church before they left it in the 1500's and 1600's of this current era, also openly admit that the sanctifying of the first day of the week (Sunday) instead of [Yahweh's] Sabbath, is a manmade institution of the churches, and not by [Yahweh] or His word. Quoted here are some of these Protestants' admissions.

The reasons why we keep the first day of the week holy instead of the seventh is for the same reason that we observe many other things, not because the Bible, but the Church has enjoined it. Plain Sermons on Catechism by Isaac Williams (Anglican, and from which came the Methodists, Wesleyans, and Pentecostals), Volume 1, pages 334 and 336.

...It was far from the intentions of the Apostles to establish a divine command in this respect; far from them, and from the early apostolic church, to transfer the laws of the Sabbath to Sunday. The History of the Christian Religion and Church by Augustus Neander (Lutheran), page 186.

It is all old wives fables to talk of the change of the sabbath from the seventh to the first day. If it be changed, it was that august personage who changes times and laws ex officio. I think his name is DOCTOR ANTICHRIST. The Christian Baptist by Alexander Campbell (Christian, Disciples of Christ, Church of Christ), February 2, 1824 issue, Volume 1, Number 7.

Keeping the first day of the week, as even Church leaders themselves openly admit, is a Satanic teaching which was meant to draw you away from your Creator, Yahweh, so you would not have His Blessings or His Protection from the things that are coming upon this earth!
Colossians 2:16-17—
16 Therefore, let no man condemn you for doing these things: eating and drinking in the observance of a Feast Day, or of a New Moon, or of the Sabbath Day;
17 Which is a shadow from things to come for the Body of Messiah.

The Catholic Church admits that it changed Yahweh's Sabbath Day from the Seventh Day, Saturday, to the first day, Sunday. Sunday is not the Seventh Day of the week; it is the first day. It was named after the sun god, Baal. There is not one Scripture commanding anyone to rest on Sunday from all their labor; yet, most of the world choose Sunday as the day for worship.

Satan has caused the Sunday worship lie to become accepted to take away the Mark of Yahweh which is the Sign that identifies us with Yahweh. Satan has also caused the majority of the world to observe Sunday worship, placing on Sunday observers the mark of Baal, which is the mark of the beast.

The Sign or Mark of Yahweh is in man's hand and in man's forehead. Man ceases from his own labor with his hand and worships Yahweh with his mind.
Exodus 13:9—
And it shall be as a Sign to you upon your hand and as a Memorial between your eyes, that Yahweh's Laws shall be in your mouth; for with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt.

The mark of the beast is in the hand, for with his hand, man does his own works on the Sabbath of Yahweh. The mark of the beast is in the forehead (mind) for by keeping Sunday as a day of worship, man worships the beast.

Daniyl said the beast would think to change TIMES and LAWS. The Hebrew word for times means appointed occasions. Yahweh set appointed times for worshiping Him, which Yahweh said was the Sign that set us apart as belonging to Him.

Yahweh's Mark is the keeping of His Sabbaths and His Feast Days. Satan's mark is Sunday worship and the celebrating of worldly holidays. It is because of the changing of Yahweh's Sabbaths and Feast Days that the world has taken on the mark of the beast. Not only are Yahweh's Sabbaths and Feast Days not kept properly, but the entire world celebrates holidays that are condemned in the Holy Scriptures and actually have origins in Satanic, pagan god worship.

 Another Lie

Easter is actually the ancient worship of a pagan goddess, the consort of the god, Baal. Any of the world's Bible dictionaries and most informative encyclopedias will give you this information. You need not be deceived into Baal worship.

Halloween is a pagan custom celebrated by most of the world. Yet, it is the worship of the dead started by Nimrod and his mother/wife. This worship has continued to this present time. Again, any informative encyclopedia will give you this information. Halloween is far from being Scriptural. The worship of the dead, Halloween, is condemned in your Scriptures, but Satan has managed to persuade this world to worship the dead, to separate them from Yahweh, so Yahweh will not hear their prayers (Isayah 59:1-2).

We should desire to remove any obstacle which separates us from our Creator. If we are separated from Yahweh we have no Salvation which is exactly what Satan wants.

Are you beginning to see how Satan has deceived the whole world?
Revelation 12:9—
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world...

By the deception of Satan, most of the world has accepted the mark of the beast without even realizing what they have done.

 The Mark Of The Beast,
 The Observance Of Pagan Holidays

Many people today celebrate the pagan holidays of the world. These holidays which are celebrated instead of the appointed Feasts of Yahweh, were placed on the world by Satan to separate you from Yahweh. In this way you will not have the protection of Yahweh. Yahweh will not hear your prayers.
Isayah 59:1-2—
1 Behold, Yahweh's Hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither His Ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
2 But your iniquities have separated you from your Father; and your owncaused Him to hide His Face from you, so He will not listen. sins have

 Christmas

Christmas is the most commercialized holiday of the year. People overspend to buy gifts for their friends and relatives. They try to celebrate what they believe is the birth of their Savior, who was sacrificed for their sins.

In our own Holy Scriptures, long before the birth of the Messiah, the Creator speaks of the festival of Christmas being celebrated, as Yeremyah 10:1-5 indicates.

The Encyclopedia Britannica, Volume II, under Christmas, says:
In the Roman world, the Saturnalia was a time of merrymaking and exchanging of gifts. December 25th was also regarded as the birthdate of the Iranian Mystery god, Mithra, the Sun of Righteousness.

In A Book of Christmas, by William Sansom, McGraw-Hill, pages 28-39, we find the following information:
...Early Northern people, who had no exact astronomical findings began their Winter festivals earlier...in November... when the signs of the sun's recession... (dying) and the scarcity of animal food made the slaughter of the increase of the herd necessary. Later, the ceremonies moved forward to mid-December and the anticipation of the Saturnalia... that wonderful, heartwarming, emotional festival introduced by the Romans by their occupation of the then-known world.
  In Roman Times...a Pre-Christian Message of 'peace and god's will' to all men accompanied the Saturnalia. The Saturnalia was within the solstice and Saturnalia-Kalendae period... starting December 17 and going through January 1st. The first period of feasting was generally for seven days. The god celebrated was Saturn... farmer of a former gold age and eater of his own children.
  The giving of presents... particularly candles and dolls called Sigillaria also derives from the insistent origin of human sacrifice at this time of year.
  Directly following the Saturnalia was the Kalendae... more mathematically concerned with the date of the new Roman year...and the celebration of the god Janus, god of doors (as a two-way engine) who looks back on the past and forward to the future.
  One may think of the Saturnalia as 'Roman in Rome'...but the truth is: The Roman Empire was a world-ruling empire at that time. The customs of Rome were spread to all the known world. It was an empire-wide celebration. All the people in this Empire, save only a few... gathered in their homes to drink wine... to dance and sing... to light their candles and exchange presents... giving their children the little clay dolls that represented their former sacrifices.
  Many other customs have become engrafted into the ancient celebration occuring at this time of the year. Mummers and Wild Men roam the British Isles and Europe. The evergreen tree is an ancient custom incorporated. The Vikings gave their Yule... the druids donated their magic mistletoe... the Father Christmas in Briton and the Santa Claus of German origin were all donated and incorporated into the holidays known worldwide as Christmas and New Year.
  It was not until the middle of the fourth century c.e. that the birth of the Messiah was officially celebrated at the time of year when the lighting of fires... the praising of the new sun... relaxation and feasting was set on the very same date as that of the birth of the sun god... Mithra. 

MITHRAISM: The worship of Mithra shared many similarities with the newer Christian ceremonies. There was baptism, a sacramental meal, and observance of Sunday, and the god himself was born on December 25th.

In Revelation 1:1, the Apostle Yahchanan is given the Revelation of what will shortly come to pass at the end of this age. Yahchanan is shown the end of the babylonian mystery religions that this whole deceived world worships in this very day and time.
Revelation 17:1-5—
1 And there came one of the seven Malakim who had the seven bowls, and talked with me, saying to me: Come, I will show you the sentence of the great whore that sits upon many waters.
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication; practiced idolatry: godworship (the worship of elohim), and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the Spirit into the midst of godworshipers (worshipers of elohim); and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication.
5 And upon her head was a name written: Mystery Babylon the great, the mother of the harlots, and of the abominations of the earth.

In Revelation 17:5, we are shown a religion of mystery, the great whore, or great god worshiper, as this religion should be called, which brings abominations to all peoples, multitudes, nations and languages.

Collier's Encyclopedia, Volume 16, pages 349-350, tells us of these ancient mystery religions.
The mystery religions furnish an ancient example of a missionary movement. Originally they were magical ceremonies designed to induce bountiful crops. They dramatized the annual decay of vegetation in the autumn as the death of a divine youth over whom a goddess mourned. Later they celebrated with ecstatic joy the return of verdure in the spring as the coming to life again of the departed youth.
   ...the mystery religions continued to make converts... Though the details of these rites are unknown, because they were secret, it is evident that the drama which the initiates saw enacted was a source of great comfort to them...
   Mithraism...seems to have had many affinities with the mystery religions, especially in its graded series of seven stages of initiation. Mithra or Mithras was the name of an ancient deity among the Aryans. His emblem was sol invictus, the invincible sun, and his help was sought especially by those engaged in warfare.

In Egypt, Osiris, the sun god, the son/husband of Isis was born on December 25th. In the Syrian mystery religion, Astarte/Semiramis wept over Adonis/Nimrod. The birthday of Adonis, the sun god of Syria, was December 25th. The festival of Mithras, the sun god of ancient Persia, was celebrated on December 25th. Tree worship and celebrating a birthday on December 25th certainly did not start in the Christian era.

Mithraism was a well known religion in Yahshua's day. The Romans became acquainted with this religion about 200 b.c.e., by the year 200 c.e., it was popular in the Roman armies.

Diocletian, who brought the most severe persecution against The House of Yahweh, worshiped Mithras. His successor, Constantine, who was the historical savior of the Christian religion, also worshiped Mithras.

Collier's Encyclopedia, Volume 9, page 431, says:
As social and economic conditions became worse, the Roman masses turned more and more to the colorful, strongly emotional, and superstitious mystery religions imported from the East. The cults of the great mother, of Isis, and of Mithras were the most popular. They all emphasized spiritual salvation and a future life—in a word they offered comfort.

Constantine was a worshiper of Mithra. He used religious toleration for the Christians as a political ploy to strengthen his own power as the emperor of Rome.

He was still a sun worshiper when the religion that is called Christianity today was initiated.

The Last Two Million Years, by The Readers Digest Association, pages 217-218, says:
By a stroke of tactical genius the Church, while intolerant of pagan beliefs, was able to harness the powerful emotions generated by pagan worship. Often, churches were sited where temples had stood before, and many heathen festivals were added to the Christian calendar. Easter, for instance...

By harnessing the emotions generated by pagan religions, one can truthfully say that the pagan religions are a part of Christianity.

Constantine, was also the leader of the First Council of Nicaea in the year 321 C.E. Sunday worship was established for Christianity at that time.

The last, diverse kingdom that subdued three kingdoms is the religious power of papal Rome. This religious power changed the Feast Days of Yahweh to the pagan festivals that were already popular.

The most popular pagan festival was the birthday of the invincible sun on December 25th. The Mithraic and Roman religions were already celebrating the rebirth of the sun. It was not a hard task to place the mask of Christianity over this pagan birthdate and call it the birthday of Jesus.

Strange Stories Amazing Facts, by The Readers Digest Association, pages 283-284, says:
Christmas and Easter, although the greatest festivals in the Christian calendar, are celebrated with customs that originated in superstition and heathen rites hundreds of years before Christ was born.
   Even the dates owe more to pagan practices than to the birth and resurrection of Jesus. It was not until the fourth century that December 25 was fixed arbitrarily as the anniversary of the Nativity—because the pagan festivals from which so many Christmas customs spring were held around that time.
   Although Christianity has swept the world in a relatively short time, as the histories of great religions go, the early missionaries faced an uphill task. The pagans were reluctant to give up their false gods and ancient practices.
   So the missionaries, unable to convert them easily to an entirely new code of worship, did the next best thing. They took the pagan festivals as they were and gradually grafted the observances of the new faith onto these festivals and the rites and customs surrounding them.
   December 25 was not called Christmas until the ninth century. Until then it had been the Midwinter Feast, a combination of the Norse Yule Festival and the Roman Saturnalia, both of which took place in late December.

How was this deceit perpetrated on mankind? The Last Two Million Years, by The Readers Digest Association, pages 217-218, tells us how:
...Meanwhile at the centre, in Rome itself, the popes had an efficient organization, the curia, patterned on that of the Roman Empire. Papal legates abroad reported back to the pope on shifts of policy and political power, and held a powerful diplomatic weapon in their right to refer disputes to Rome. The pope claimed the sole power to grant absolution for sin. Through the bishops and the parish priests, his authority reached into almost every corner of Europe.

The only educated people were the Roman Catholic clergy. The great majority of the population were ignorant, uneducated, and superstitious. When the priests said this was the way of worship, this was the way of worship no matter that it originated in paganism, or that it had nothing to do with the bible.

 Child Sacrifice

Mythology of All Religions, Volume 5, page 52, says:
It may be presumed from the human (infant-child) sacrifices to Malik (Molech) in Canaan and to Melqart (Bel-Baal-Lord) as Cronus at Carthage that the Phoenicians offered the first born in the fire which celebrated the Sol Invictus (the same Invincible Sun Constantine worshipped) and insured themselves against the wrath of the relentless god. The Malik of Tyre was identified with Hercules...

Living infants and children were burned in the fire to the god Molech during this time.

Unger's Bible Dictionary, page 416 says:
Mo´lech (mo´lek; Heb. Melek, king), a detestable Semitic deity honored by the sacrifice of children, in which they were caused to pass through or into the fire...
Mo´loch (mo´lok), another form in English (Amos 5:26; Acts 7:43) of Molech (q. v.).

The Concise Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman Mythology, page 261, under Saturnus, we find:
A sacrifice was made to Saturnus in his temple with uncovered head according to the Greek observance because Saturnus had come from Greece. After the Sacrifice there was a public banquet... People exchanged presents, most frequently clay puppets (dolls) in memory of the fact Hercules (Molech) abolished human (infant-child) sacrifice when he introduced the cult of Saturnus.

This same Babylonian worship of Molech, which came down through the Greeks and Romans, through Constantine and through the great whore of Revelation 17:1, is worshiped by the same practices and the same customs, at the same time of year, by the whole deceived Christian world today.

Holidays Around The World, by Joseph Gaer, page 133, says:
Christmas is a very old holiday. It clearly started as a celebration of the passing of the winter solstice, and the start of the sun's return journey from the north to the south.
  The ancient Romans observed this time with a festival dedicated to Saturn, the god of agriculture, and it was called Saturnalia. This festival was observed with great merriment and abandon. Gifts were exchanged.
 When Emperor Constantine decreed Christianity as the new faith of the Roman Empire, early in the fourth century, the Christians gave the holiday an entirely new name and an entirely new meaning.
  They called the holiday the Mass of Christ, or Christ Mass, which was shortened to Christmas. And they declared that Christmas was the birthday of Jesus of Nazareth. Though the exact day and year when Jesus was born are not known, tradition has set the date as December 25, 4 b.c., according to our present-day reckoning.

All of the practices of Christmas have come from paganism. They are merely the modern day practices of the same worship that Yahweh says is an abomination to Him.

Irregardless of the fact that these pagan festivals are covered with the mask of Christian respectability—the adoration of the child; the tree worship with the burning of the yule log; ham on Christmas and New Year; exchanging of gifts; and all of the magic of this season—they are still the ancient worship of Nimrod, the mighty one of the earth who opposed Yahweh.

 New Year?

The Saturnalia was celebrated up through the Calends, or first of January, as it is still being celebrated today by the whole deceived world.

The Two Babylons, by Alexander Hislop, 1959, pages 94-96, shows us:
Christmas Day among the ancient Saxons... was observed to celebrate the birth of any lord of the host of Heaven... The Saxons regarded the sun as a female god and the moon a male god. The birth of this `Lord Moon' was on December 25th. The name of this `Lord Moon' in the East... Babylonians, Chaldeans and among the Canaanites... was Meni^__The Numberer.

According to Hislop, Gad refers to the sun god, and Meni the moon god. The people offered sacrifices to these gods in Isayah 65:11.

Holidays Around The World, by Joseph Gaer, 1953, page 137, says:
The date we celebrate as New Year's, like the date of Christmas, is an inheritance from the Romans.

Christmas and New Year go together like hand and glove today, just as they have from ancient ages.

Collier's Encyclopedia, Volume 6, page 404, tells us:
Gifts and Cards. The practice of exchanging presents at Christmas stems from the ancient Roman custom called Strenae. During the Saturnalia Roman citizens used to give "good luck'' gifts (strenae) of fruits, pastry, or gold to their friends on New Year's Day.

Holidays Around the World, by Joseph Gaer, pages 138-139, says:
Janus was represented among the Roman gods as having two faces. One face always looked back to the old year, and the other always looked forward to the new...
   There was also great rejoicing before the gates of the temple of Janus on New Year's Day when the people gathered to do homage to the god of all beginnings. Gifts were exchanged among friends. Resolutions to be friendly and good to each other were made. And the entire day was given to festivities.
   When the Romans under Constantine accepted Christianity as their new faith, they retained the Festival of Janus as their New Year's Day.

Janus, the god that the month of January is named for was the father of the gods, and at the same time the mediatorial divinity. He is identified with Bacchus or Adonis (the sun god) and was invoked in the religion of mystery as Satur, Saturn, mystery.

Saturn is identified with Kronos, the father of the gods.Gods and Mortals in Classical Mythology, Michael Grant and John Hazel, pages 124-125, tells us more about Kronos, the father of the gods:
...This aspect of Cronos links him with Saturn, the Roman god with whom he was identified. Some Greeks associated Cronos' name, wrongly, with the word chronos (time), and consequently depicted him as an old man with a scythe^__Father Time.

Saturnus and Kronos are one and the same god. The Concise Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman Mythology, Sabine G. Ostwalt, page 261, says this about Saturnus:
...an ancient agricultural deity who came to Rome from Etruria. But he was very early identified with the Greek-Cronus and his consort was thought to be Ops (Greek-Rhea)... Saturnus introduced the cultivation of the vine and taught them to use a sickle for reaping corn; hence... his statue held a sickle.

The modern version of Father Time is that of an old man with a sickle (representing the old year) who dies at the year's end and is immediately reborn as an infant in the New Year.

Strange Stories, Amazing Facts, by The Readers Digest Association, 1980, pages 283-284, tells us of some of the customs that were transferred to Christmas and New Year:
Wearing paper hats and using firecrackers are throwbacks to the wilder excesses of ancient Rome. Yule logs and candles belong to the Norse tradition: They were symbols of fire and light, bringing welcome relief in the cold and darkness of the northern midwinter.
   In the centuries that followed the Norman Conquest, as Christianity gained a firmer hold, carols and the Nativity play were added. And Father Christmas evolved as a mixture of the red-robed Lord of Misrule and St. Nicholas (Santa Claus), the patron saint of children.

It is a proven fact that the festivities of Christmas and New Year are the same worship to the same gods which Yahweh tells us is an abomination to Him. Yahweh also says to us in:
Yeremyah 10:2-5—
2 This is what Yahweh says: Do not learn the way; religious practices, of the heathen; Gentile nations; and do not be deceived by the signs of heaven; though the heathen are deceived by them; using them to set their feasts.
3 For the religious customs of the peoples are vain; worthless! For one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.
4 They decorate it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, so that it will not move; topple over.
5 They are upright, like a palm tree, but they cannot speak; they must be carried, because they cannot go by themselves. Do not give them reverence! They cannot do evil, nor is it in them to do Righteousness!

Yahweh has told us emphatically, "Do not learn the way of the heathen!'' The way of the heathen is written in the chapters of man's customs and traditions that have come down from Nimrod/Semiramis/Ninus/mother/
son/husband adoration or worship.

Yahweh's Way is written in the Holy Scriptures. His way is there to read and then to obey.
Deuteronomy 4:1-2—
1 Hear now, O Israyl, the Statutes and the Judgments which I teach you to observe and do, that you may live, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh, the Heavenly Father of your fathers, is giving you.
2 You shall not add to the Word which I command you, nor shall you take anything from it, so that you may keep the Laws of Yahweh your Father which I command you.

We realize that these customs of Christmas and New Year are presented to this world as beautiful things. These holidays are well bounded in the very fabric of life in the world. These are times when families come together, gifts are exchanged, and the tree is set up with all the old decorations. These festivals play on the emotions and senses of mankind. These are exactly the kinds of feelings Satan uses to get this world to give her the worship she desires.

The Apostles and early Believers kept the commanded Holy Days of Yahweh: the weekly Sabbath, Yahshua's Memorial, the Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Day of Pentecost, the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, the Feast of Tabernacles and the Last Great Day.

The Apostles and early Believers never taught the pagan custom of Christmas. This deception was brought into the congregations after the death of the Apostles.

The world does not hear Yahweh's Words. The reason this world does not hear the Word of Yahweh is because Satan has deceived this whole world, as we are told in Revelation 12:9. The people have disobeyed Yahweh not only by learning heathen ways, but also by practicing these heathen ways yearly.
Yeremyah 10:3—
For the religious customs of the peoples are vain; worthless!...

Notice what Yahweh says in Yeremyah 10:3. The customs that all the world practices are vain customs. These customs will not bring Salvation.

The vain Christmas custom that Yahweh commands us not to learn is practiced every year. They cut their evergreen trees, and they deck their trees just as they did in the time of Yeremyah. This world thinks nothing of practicing this vain custom, although it is a custom of worship to pagan gods. The practice of this vain custom also breaks the First Commandment: "I am Yahweh, you shall have no hinder gods.''

This custom practiced during this month of the year is not a new doctrine ordained by any of the followers of Yahweh. This custom named Christmas is an old, pagan practice from the worship of baal.

 The Real Meaning Behind Valentine's Day!

In the month of February candymakers unload tons of heart shaped boxes full of candy. This candy is then purchased by individuals for the people they love. Millions of innocent schoolchildren are indoctrinated to exchange valentine cards with each other. Florists consider February 14, St Valentine's Day, as one of their best business days.

Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia And Fact Index, F.E. Compton & Company, 1948, Volume 13, page 12, gives this information concerning St. Valentine's Day:
SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY: For centuries February 14 has been observed as Saint Valentine's Day.
   Traditionally, February 14 is a day for lovers. In medieval times young people in England, Scotland, and France used to assemble on Saint Valentine's Eve. They drew names by chance from an urn. Each person then became the ``valentine,'' that is, the special friend of the one whose name he drew. It is still customary on this date to exchange gifts, many of them heart-shaped, as an expression of affection.

Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia, Volume 13, page 12, tells us that the Roman festival Lupercalia might have something to do with St. Valentine's day:
Of the several saints named Valentine, the most important were a Roman priest and a bishop of Terni, both of whom were executed in Rome in the third century. That their feast day is also the day set aside for lovers seems to be merely a coincidence. The Roman festival Lupercalia, which occurred on February 15, may be related to the modern celebration.

Centuries before the birth of Yahshua Messiah, the Romans were celebrating the evening of February 14 and the day of February 15 as an idolatrous and sensuous festival in honor of Lupercus.

Lupus is the Latin word for wolf. The wolf is a symbol for valor, as A Dictionary of Symbols, by J.E. Cirlot, 1983, page 375, says:
Valorentine was a common Roman name, which Roman parents often gave to their children in honor of the famous man who was first called valiant: Valentine, in antiquity, Lupercus, The Hunter.

The Romans identified Lupercus with Faunus, a god of nature. The Greeks called this nature god Pan. The Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore, and Symbols, by Gertrude Jobes, 1961, tells us about Faunus in Part 1, page 552, and about Pan in Part 2, pages 1230-1231:
FAUNUS: In Roman mythology, grandson of Saturn; son of Picus, brother-husband of Fauna; father of Acis and Latinus, suitor of Galatea; ancestor of the fauns. A rural and woodland deity; patron of herding, hunting, and husbandry. Worshiped in groves, where his oracles were heard by a visitant while asleep on a sacred fleece. He revealed nature's secrets to men only.
   Faunus means to favor. He was also called Inuus (fertilizer) and Lupercus (one who wards off wolves).

PAN: Greek woodland spirit. God of flocks, hills, pastures, and wild life. Lusty deity of weather or wind insofar as weather affected crops and herds. Chief of satyrs, he presided over rural occupations, was patron of fishermen, hunters, and shepherds, and created mirages and other pitfalls for travelers.
   He is said to have caused groundless fear, hence the word panic.
Plutarch relates that Thamus, passing the island of Paxos, heard a mighty voice commanding Thamus to proclaim, "Pan is dead.'' Probably a misunderstanding of the lament for the mutilated Tammu.
   He usually is portrayed with the head, chest, and arms of a man, a crooked nose, the legs, horns, tail, and sometimes the ears of a goat to typify his fertile powers. He is said also to personify the sensual (animal) as well as the spiritual (godly) attributes in mortals.

The World Book Encyclopedia, Volume 6, page 59, shows us:
Faun, fawn, was a half-human god of the woods and herds in Roman mythology. The fauns corresponded to the satyrs of Greek mythology. They had pointed ears, short horns, and a tail. Their legs are sometimes represented as human, sometimes as covered with shaggy hair and with feet like a goat. The fauns were followers of Pan, god of the fields and woods, and Bacchus, god of wine. They were generally represented as playful creatures.

Pan was an Arcadian god of light, and as such was equivalent to the Sun God: Baal, Bel, Belu, as Part 1 of The Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore, and Symbols tells us on page 167:
BAAL (BAL, BEL, BELU): Any of the numerous local deities among ancient Semitic peoples, typifying the productive forces of nature and worshiped with orgiastic rites. Nameless deities are oldest, and Baal simply meant lord. An atmosphere or wind deity, also a heaven or sun deity. His worshipers believed he was the originator of life, the soul of the world. He brought earthquakes, fire, and storms; he was the generative principle in nature, originator of good and evil, provider of food. Among Egyptian sects worshiped as a god of the burning destroying sun. The Hebrews applied the name to any false god. As a Phoenician sun deity he was the male reproductive power. In Syria worshiped as a lunar god, lord of heaven, creator. Controlling fertility, rain, and thunder, he ultimately acquired solar attributes. He was accompanied by Baalath. Probable source of ball, Beal, Blaise.

Baal, as the Sun, was the symbol of the male reproductive power.

Baal which is mentioned so often in the Holy Scriptures, was a title of Nimrod, the hunter who was against Yahweh. We read in:
Genesis 10:9, KJV—
He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.

The Two Babylons, by Alexander Hislop, pages 21-25, gives us this information:
That son, though represented as a child in his mother's arms, was a person of great stature and immense bodily powers, as well as most fascinating manners. In Scripture he is referred to (Ezek. viii. 14) under the name of Tammuz, but he is commonly known among classical writers under the name of Bacchus, that is, "The Lamented one.'' To the ordinary reader the name of Bacchus suggests nothing more than revelry and drunkenness, but it is now well known, that amid all the abominations that attended his orgies, their grand design was professedly "the purification of souls,'' and that from the guilt and defilement of sin. This lamented one, exhibited and adored as a little child in his mother's arms, seems, in point of fact, to have been the husband of Semiramis, whose name, Ninus, by which he is commonly known in classical history, literally signified "The Son.''
  As Semiramis, the wife, was worshipped as Rhea, whose grand distinguishing character was that of the great goddess "Mother,'' the conjunction with her of her husband, under the name Ninus, or "The Son,'' was sufficient to originate the peculiar worship of the "Mother and Son,'' so extensively diffused among the nations of antiquity; and this, no doubt, is the explanation of the fact which has so much puzzled the inquirers into ancient history, that Ninus is sometimes called the husband, and sometimes the son of Semiramis.
   Now, this Ninus, or "Son,'' borne in the arms of the Babylonian Madonna, is so described as very clearly to identify him with Nimrod.

The hunter, Nimrod, it is said, pursued wolves in the Appenine Mountains of Italy, and acquired the title of Lupercus—wolf hunter (hunter of valor) [Valens: to be strong, powerful, mighty].

What this does not say, but what any researcher can find, is the symbolic meaning of the word, hunter. A Dictionary of Symbols, by J.E. Cirlot, page 154, has this to say about this word, hunter:
"...that it is desire itself. Similarly, Zagreus, another name for Dionysos, means: The Great Hunter, and stands for the insatiable incontinence of desire.''

Nimrod, Baal-Lord-Sun God of the ancients, was born at the winter solstice, in agreement with the mythology of the birth-initiation-death fertility cycle. In the year 2100 b.c.e., the winter solstice occurred on January 6. Semiramis, Nimrod's mother/wife, ordered Nimrod's birthday to be celebrated on January 6.

As the precession of the equinoxes continued, Julius Caesar ordered the Roman Empire to celebrate this birth date on the new date of the winter solstice_on December 25 of the reformed calendar. This day, during the time of Julius Caesar was called the Brumalia. Today, this day is called Christmas.

 The Purification

The time of the winter solstice on January 6, 2100 b.c.e., was the exact time the pagans celebrated the birth of the son, who was first known to pagan antiquity as Nimrod. Epiphany is still celebrated today on January 6, with the same rituals to the same fertility gods and goddesses. The Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore, and Symbols, Part 1, page 516, tells us about this ancient pagan ceremony:
EPIPHANY: Ancient Greek festival celebrating the appearance of a deity; hence an appearance or revelation of a supernatural being. In the Christian Church, festival in commemoration of the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles in the persons of the Magi at Bethlehem, celebrated January 6, the twelfth day after Christmas. Formerly called Twelfthday or Twelfthtide. The mystery of incarnation. The Christian festival was borrowed from European pagan winter solstice rites, which were encouragements to the rebirth of the year.

It is within Yahweh's Laws that a mother who had just given birth to be unclean for a specified number of days, depending upon whether she bore a male or female child. The religions hold on to a mixture of Righteousness and evil. Semiramis, the mother, gave birth to a male child, Nimrod, and was unclean for a period of 40 days. The 40th day after January 6 is February 15th.

February 15, which began on the evening of February 14, was the day on which the Lupercalia was celebrated.

The Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore, and Symbols, Part 2, page 1026, tells us about Lupercus and the Lupercalia.
Lupercus: A very ancient Italian rustic deity; god of fertility identified with Faunus. The name means one who wards off the wolves. Resembles Pan.
Lupercalia: Roman festival celebrated on February 15 to honor Lupercus. As a conclusion to their rites, the Luperci (priests of Lupercus), clad in goatskins, ran about Palatine Hill striking those they encountered, particularly women, with goatskin thongs. This was believed to insure fertility and easy delivery.

Webster's Deluxe Unabridged Dictionary, 1979, page 1075, tells us that the Lupercalia was an ancient Roman festival with fertility rites:
Lu.per.ca´li.a, n.pl. [L., from Lupercalis, of Lupercus, from Lupercus, from lupus, a wolf.] an ancient Roman festival with fertility rites, held on February 15 in honor of Lupercus, a pastoral god sometimes identified with Faunus.

According to The Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore, and Symbols, Part 1, page 552:
Faunus was called Inuus (Fertilizer) and Lupercus (one who wards off wolves). Faunus' main festival was the Lupercalia; his priests were the Luperci.

What is the significance of these facts? Well, the proper surname of Lupercus was Februsus, as The Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore, and Symbols, Part 1, page 557, then shows.
Februsus: Properly a surname of Lupercus. Lustrations were performed in his honor at the Lupercalia on February 15.

Lustrations were performed in his honor at the Lupercalia on February 15. The Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore, and Symbols, Part 1, page 557, tells us what the Februation was:
Februation: Roman rite of ceremonial purification, observed on February 15 at the Lupercalia.

The Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore, and Symbols, Part 2, page 1026, tells us about the lustral bath:
Lustral Bath: From earliest times a method of purification and expiation, frequently attended by sacrifices. Kings take a lustral bath at coronation.

The following definitions are from Webster's Deluxe Unabridged Dictionary, which tells us:
lus´tral, a. [L. lustralis, from lustrum, a purificatory sacrifice.]
1. used in, pertaining to, or connected with ceremonial purification.
lus´trate, v.t.; lustrated, pl., pp.; lustrating, ppr. [L. lustratus, pp. of lustrare, to purify by means of a propitiatory sacrifice, from lustrum, a purificatory sacrifice.] to make clear or pure; to purify by means of certain ceremonies.
lus.tra´tion, n. 1. the act of lustrating or making pure; a ceremonial cleansing.

The purification of the mother was the fertulity ritual performed at the Lupercal, a cave below the Palatine Hill in Rome. Goats or dogs were sacrificed as her ritual offering for her uncleanness. The skins of these offerings were then used to confer fertility upon women.

The Februation was a rite of purification observed on February 15_the very day upon which the mother of the husband was said to be now purified, and to have appeared in public with her son/husband for the first time since his birth on January 6.

On this day, the celebration of the Lupercalia on February 15, the mother was cleansed 40 days after her son/husband was born—40 days after his appearance—Epiphany on January 6.

The significance of this mythology was the fact that the mother was now purified; the mother was now able to have sexual relations again. The mother could again marry her son/husband, to fertilize the world. The purification of the mother was the fertility rite.

 Symbols And The Fertility Rites

The question, "Will you be my Valentine?'' asked by millions of deceived people at this time of year was asked by the hunters in this age-old fertility rite.

Collier's Encyclopedia, Macmillan Educational Corporation, 1980, Volume 12, page 191, tells us about this day dedicated to lovers:
St. Valentine's Day: a day that has been dedicated since the 14th century to lovers. Valentine's Day is traditionally observed by the sending of messages and gifts, usually employing the motif of a red heart, by young men and women. One tradition derives the customs of the day from the old Roman February feast called the Lupercalia, at which young men and maidens drew partners by lot for the coming February feast. Later this ancient festival custom was associated with the name of a Christian bishop, Valentine, who was martyred Feb. 14, 271. Other tradition attributes the observances of the day to the fact that it falls within the mating season for birds and is, therefore, an appropriate season for young people to choose their "valentines,'' or lovers.

 Cupid and Love?

The Book of Festival Holidays, by Marguerite Ickis, Dodd, Mead, & Co., New York, 1964, page 35, tells us:
Cupid was one of the gods of Mythology, whose name in Latin means "desire.'' He is usually represented as a chubby, naked, winged boy...with a quiver of arrows by which he transfixed the hearts of youths and maidens. His darts, some of which were poisonous at the tip, could pierce anywhere.
   The rose, which speaks of love, is undoubtedly the most popular flower in the world. By rearranging the letters in the word ``rose,'' we get ``Eros'' the god of Love. This may explain why it has always been called the flower of romance, the choice of lovers in every century.

In mythology, it is said when Nimrod's mother saw him as a young boy, she desired him. Nimrod became her cupid, her desired one, and later became her god of valor, her hunter.

 Arrows?

A Dictionary of Symbols, by J.E. Cirlot, pages 19-20, tells us about the symbolism of arrows:
...it was used to designate the sun's rays. But, because of its shape, it has undeniable phallic significance, specially when it is shown in emblems balanced against the symbol of the `mystic centre', feminine in character, such as the heart. The heart pierced with an arrow is a symbol of conjunction.

A conjunction in this sense is self-explanatory. These were all fertility rituals in which man participated.

 The Heart

The most predominant symbol of the fertility rite of Valentine's day is the heart. In America, the heart symbol has the same meaning as love. "I ♥ you.'' "I ♥ America.'' Almost everywhere one looks one can see examples of this love. The heart is also a popular design for costume jewelry, saying love without saying it.

This symbol was also familiar in ancient Babylon, but this symbolized the god who was worshiped. This symbol did not just come down to our day as pure as the driven snow, as this deceived world thinks. In The Two Babylons, by Alexander Hislop, pages 188-190, we read about the Sacred Heart:
It is not very long since the worship of the "Sacred Heart'' was first introduced; and now, everywhere it is the favourite worship. It was so in ancient Babylon, as is evident from the Babylonian system as it appeared in Egypt. There also a "Sacred Heart'' was venerated. The "Heart'' was one of the sacred symbols of Osiris when he was born again, and appeared as Harpocrates, or the infant divinity, borne in the arms of his mother Isis. Therefore, the fruit of the Egyptian Perséa was peculiarly sacred to him, from its resemblance to the "HUMAN HEART.'' Hence this infant divinity was frequently represented with a heart, or the heart-shaped fruit of the Perséa, in one of his hands... the following extract, from John Bell's criticism on the antiques in the Picture Gallery of Florence, will show that the boyish divinity had been represented elsewhere also in ancient times in the same manner. Speaking of a statue of Cupid, he says it is "a fair, full, fleshy, round boy, in fine and sportive action, tossing back a heart.'' Thus the boy-god came to be regarded as the "god of the heart,'' in other words, as Cupid, or the god of love. To identify this infant divinity, with his father "the mighty hunter," he was equipped with "bow and arrows...'' He was the woman's seed. Venus and her son Cupid, then, were none other than the Madonna and the child.
   As the boy-god, whose symbol was the heart, was recognized as the god of childhood, this very satisfactorily accounts for one of the peculiar customs of the Romans. Kennett tells us, in his Antiquities, that the Roman youths, in their tender years, used to wear a golden ornament suspended from their necks, called bulla, which was hollow and heart-shaped.

How did the heart take on such importance in ancient paganism? The Two Babylons, by Alexander Hislop, pages 190-191, tells us:
Is it asked, How came it that the "Heart'' became the recognized symbol of the Child of the great Mother? The answer is, "The Heart'' in Chaldee is "Bel''; and as, at first, after the check given to idolatry, almost all the most important elements of the Chaldean system were introduced under a veil, so under that veil they continued to be shrouded from the gaze of the uninitiated, after the first reason_the reason of fear_had long ceased to operate. Now, the worship of the "Sacred Heart'' was just, under a symbol, the worship of the "Sacred Bel,'' that mighty one of Babylon, who had died a martyr for idolatry; for Harpocrates, or Horus, the infant god, was regarded as Bel, born again.

In Chaldee the heart is Bel, as The Two Babylons by Alexander Hislop tells us on page 190. Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, corroborates this fact:

Heart shaped love tokens, which are sent one to another in this deceived world on Valentine's day, are nothing more than symbols of baal. Those who send these abominations, and those who receive them, are telling each other, in effect, that this is who they truly love, baal.

An example of the beautification of the fertility ritual called the Lupercalia, is shown to us in Collier's Encyclopedia, 1980, Volume 9, pages 625-626:
Lupercalia: The Lupercalia (Faunalia) was held on February 15 in honor of Faunus or Lupercus, the god of fertility, woodlands, and pastures. In a.d. 494 Bishop Gelasius replaced the Lupercalia with the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin, held on the same day.

The next beautification for an old fertility ritual is that of Valentine's day. The Book of Holidays, by J. Walker McSpadden, pages 27-28, shows:
What is this very special holiday, which has a fragile but enduring quality all its own, and which seems to have no connection with Saint Valentine, the martyred Christian saint? Well, actually, it is two days thrown into one, the merging of a pagan and a Christian feast. Many of the customs of Valentine's Day are from pagan times, but the name is Christian. In ancient Rome, when wolves were a great menace, there was a god called Lupercus, corresponding somewhat to the Greek god Pan, who kept the wolves away. And in his honor there was a festival, called Lupercalia, every fifteenth of February, at which young people always drew lots for game partners for the year. Later, when Valentine, a priest in Rome, killed about A.D. 270 during the persecution of the early Christians, was canonized, or made a saint, his feast day was established on the fourteenth of February, and the two days were combined.

All About American Holidays, by Mayme R. Krythe, 1962, page 40, tells us:
There are conflicting ideas about the origin of St. Valentine's Day. Some sources say it goes back_perhaps to the third century_when there were hordes of hungry wolves outside Rome. The god, Lupercus, was said to watch over the shepherds and their flocks. Therefore, in February Romans celebrated a feast, called the Lupercalia, in his honor. Even after the danger from these fierce animals was over, people still observed this festival.
   When Christianity became prevalent, the priests wanted their converts to give up former heathen practices. Therefore, the officials Christianized the ancient pagan celebration and called the Feast of Lupercalia St. Valentine's Day.

 The Modern Cycle Of Pagan Worship

It is a documented fact that pagan customs were grafted into the Christian religion, almost en masse. The Reader's Digest Association, in their book: Strange Stories, Amazing Facts, 1980, page 283, tells us emphatically:
Although Christianity has swept the world in a relatively short time, as the histories of great religions go, the early missionaries faced an uphill task. The pagans were reluctant to give up their false gods and ancient practices.
  So the missionaries, unable to convert them easily to an entirely new code of worship, did the next best thing. They took the pagan festivals as they were and gradually grafted the observances of the New Faith onto these festivals and the rites and customs surrounding them.

Yes, the Christian missionaries took each of these pagan festivals and veneered them with Christian respectability by changing their names. That is why today we have Christmas rather than the Saturnalia; Easter rather than the festival of the Goddess of the Dawn; and Valentine's day rather than the Lupercalia, the festival of the purification of the mother.

Even though the Christian missionaries took the pagan festivals as they were, and gradually grafted the observance of the new faith onto these festivals, with their rites and customs, they are still abominations in the sight of Yahweh.

Yahweh inspired the following to be said about those who "...took the pagan festivals as they were and gradually grafted the observances of the new faith onto these festivals and the rites and customs surrounding them:''

II Corinthians 11:13-15—
13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of the Messiah.
14 And no marvel; for Satan herself is transformed into an angel of light.
15 Therefore, it is no great thing if her ministers also are transformed as the ministers of Righteousness—whose end will be according to their works.

Although these fertility rituals have come down to us through Satan's ministers, in forms of beauty, we are still creating, maintaining, and renewing fertility to the same ancient pagan gods that Yahweh says are an abomination to Him, if we are practicing pagan celebrations in honor of these gods.

It is a scriptural fact that we cannot serve Yahweh while serving in this world's god worship.
I Corinthians 10:20-22—
20 But I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to Yahweh; and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.
21 You cannot drink the cup of Yahweh and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of Yahweh's table and of the table of demons.
22 Do we provoke Yahweh to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

We are told emphatically that we are servants to whom we obey in:
Romans 6:16—
Do you not know that to whom you yield yourselves as servants to obey, his servants you are whom you obey_whether of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?

If we obey Yahweh, by practicing every Word that proceeds from His mouth, without adding to His Word or taking from His Word, we are then servants of Yahweh. However, if we follow after the servants (ministers) of Satan, who are deceived into grafting pagan customs into Christianity, then we are servants of Satan. It is that simple.

We find in Revelation 21:7-8 that all god worshipers, those who have had an opportunity to overcome, but did not do so, will have their part in the lake of fire, which is the second death.
Revelation 21:7-8—
7 He who overcomes will inherit all things; and I will be his Father, and he will be My son.
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and worshipers of gods (elohim), and all liars, will have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone_which is the second death.

These pagan practices brought on the death of the first established House of Yahweh. As the Apostles would not yield to pagan customs or false doctrines, we also should not yield to churches today that teach these doctrines. Yahshua gave us this warning in:
Yahchanan Mark 7:7—
But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrine the commandments of men.

These customs and practices are the worship of gods that Yahweh warned against in:
Deuteronomy 12:30-31—
30 Be careful not to be ensnared into following them by asking about their gods (elohim), saying: How did these nations serve their gods (elohim)? I also will do the same.
31 You must not worship Yahweh your Father in their way, for every abomination to Yahweh, which He hates, they have done to their gods (elohim). They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods (elohim).

Pagan practices will not lead to Eternal Life. Those who follow vain customs are called whoremongers and worshipers of gods by Yahweh.

The only way to Everlasting Life is Yahweh's Way. There is no other way.

 The Beastly System Started With Nimrod

This beastly government which Daniyl saw actually started in the days of Nimrod. It has grown continually stronger, and has spread throughout the entire world.
Genesis 10:8-11—
8 Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.
9 He was a tyrant who deceived, who turned against Yahweh: therefore it is said: Like Nimrod the tyrant who deceived, who turned against Yahweh.
10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, Accad, add Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
11 Out of that land he (Nimrod) went to Assyria, and built Nineveh, and the city streets, and Calah.

The false religion of the beast has spread throughout the entire world. It will continue until the beginning of the Millenium when Satan will not be allowed to teach against the Laws of Yahweh. At this time, the Mark of Yahweh will once again be established and the appointed Sabbaths and Feast Days will be universally reinstated. Read Zecharyah 14:1-21. At that time all the world will learn to celebrate the Great Feasts of Yahweh. The New Moons and Sabbaths will also be observed.
Isayah 66:21-24—
21 And I will also take of them for Priests and for Levites, says Yahweh.
22 For as the restored heavens and the restored earth which I will make will remain before Me, says Yahweh: so will your seed and your name remain.
23 And it will come to pass that from one New Moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, all flesh will come to worship before Me, says Yahweh.
24 And they will go forth and look upon the carcasses of the men who have transgressed against Me; for their worm will not die, nor will their fire be quenched; and they will be an abhorrence to all flesh.

Yahweh's appointed Sabbaths and Feast Days will once again bring the people back in contact with Yahweh.
Isayah 58:13-14—
13 If you turn away your foot from breaking the Sabbath: from doing your pleasure; your own business, your own pleasure, on My Holy Day, and call the Sabbath a delight; the Holy Day of Yahweh honorable, and will honor Him by not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor engaging in idle conversation:
14 Then you will find your joy in Yahweh; and I will cause you to ride on the high places of the earth, and feed you with the heritage of Yaaqob your father—for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.

Isayah shows when people live by these Laws of Yahweh, then and only then are their prayers heard, and answered by Yahweh (Isayah 59:1-2).

When the people are turned to Yahweh they will call upon the True Name of the Creator.
Isayah 42:8—
I am Yahweh, that is My Name and My Glory I will not give to another, neither My Praise to graven images.

This world is not giving their praises to Yahweh. They are giving their praises to the dead and pagan deities.

Yahweh says these are His Sabbaths, His Signs, His Mark, which separate His People from the false religions of this world.

Remember, Babylon is the kingdom Nimrod built (Genesis 10:10-11). The gods of Babylon are the same gods the whole world is worshiping today. The God the world is worshiping today causes all the sickness and war all over this world, and will soon almost bring this world to its total destruction!
Mattithyah 24:22—
And unless those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved; but for the Elect's sake those days will be shortened.

When Yahweh brought the Children of Israyl out of Egypt, He warned them not to worship hinder gods. The Hebrew word translated other in Exodus 20:3 in the King James Version means hinder or those behind you. In Egypt, every known god was worshiped.

Egypt was part of Nimrod's Babylonish Kingdom. Egypt worshiped every known god and lord during the time span the Children of Israyl were in bondage in Egypt.

It is said by the ancient Sages that when Mosheh and Aaron approached Pharaoh to tell him Yahweh said to let His People go, Pharaoh called his religious leaders. These leaders then looked through the books, which listed every known god, but the Name of Yahweh was not listed among the gods. Yahweh has NEVER identified Himself as a god. He is our Loving Heavenly Father and He does identify Himself as that. The original Scriptures did not identify Yahweh as a god. This came about through copyists, who accepted these words from other countries and replaced the Creator's Name with them. Other copyists held firm to the Name of Yahweh only. Yahweh was also identified by the Messiah as "Our Father Who is in heaven," but Yahshua never called the Creator, God.

Yahweh warned Israyl after the Exodus from Egypt not to turn again to hinder gods, the gods of Egypt they had left behind.

Yahweh offered His blessings on Israyl, just as Yahweh offers these blessings to you today, if they, and you, would be true to Him.
Deuteronomy 28:1-14—
1 And it will be, if you will listen diligently to the Voice of Yahweh your Father, by observing and doing all His Laws which I command you this day, that Yahweh your Father will set you high above all the nations on earth as His Kings and Priests.
2 And all these blessings will come upon you, and accompany you, because you obey Yahweh your Father:
3 Blessed will you be in the city, and blessed will you be in the country.
4 Blessed will be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground, and the young of your livestock: the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
5 Blessed will be your basket and your storehouse.
6 Blessed will you be when you come in, and blessed will you be when you go out.
7 It will come to pass that your enemies, who rise up against you, will be caused to be defeated in front of you; they will come out against you from one direction, but flee from you in seven directions.
8 Yahweh will send a blessing on your barns and storehouses, and in everything you set your hand to do. Yahweh will bless you in the land which Yahweh your Father is giving you.
9 Yahweh will establish you as His Holy People unto Himself, as He promised you on oath, if you will keep the Laws of Yahweh your Father, and walk in all His Ways.
10 Then all the people on the earth will see that you are called by the Name of Yahweh, and they will honor you.
11 Yahweh will grant you plenteous possessions—in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground—in the land Yahweh vowed on oath to your forefathers to give you.
12 Yahweh will open the heavens, the storehouse of His bountiful treasure, to send rain upon your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but you will borrow from none.
13 Yahweh will make you the head, and not the tail. You will be at the top only, and never be at the bottom, if you will pay attention to the Laws of Yahweh your Father, which I command you this day, and are then careful to observe and do them.
14 For if you diligently observe and do all of Yahweh's Law, then you will not turn aside from any of the Laws which I command you this day, to the right hand nor to the left; by going after any god (el) to serve it.

 What Occurs To Those Who Take 
 The Mark Of  The Beast?

Satan always tries to make it hard on anyone who keeps Yahweh's Sabbaths and Feast Days. Satan tries to make it hard for them to find employment. At this present time, Satan rules through deception. Many people have been fired from their jobs when they started keeping the Sabbath and other Laws of Yahweh.

Keeping the Sabbath Day has always been a test for the People of Yahweh. I have seen in past years that if one obeys Yahweh, proving to Yahweh that he is willing to obey Him no matter what, then Yahweh will eventually bless him more than he was ever blessed before.

The day is coming when those people who yield to Satan, accepting the mark of the beast, will have to suffer the curses caused by their sins. The wrath of the nations will be throughout all the world. Notice what Yahweh says:
Revelation 16:1-2—
1 And I heard a great voice out of the House saying to the seven Malakim: Go your ways, and pour out the bowls of the Justice of Yahweh upon the earth!
2 And the first went, and poured out his bowl upon the earth; and there came a noisome and grievous sore upon the men who had the mark of the beast, and upon those who worshiped his likeness.
Revelation 19:19-20—
19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered together to make war against Him Who sat on the horse, and against His army.
20 And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who worked signs before him, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast, and those who worshiped his likeness. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

 Curses!

Satan does not answer prayers, nor does Satan protect. When the Israylites turned to the worship of Baal, they, as anyone today, could expect these curses. Yahweh, Himself, does not send these curses. Man brings them upon himself by breaking the Laws of Yahweh, that would have guided him into peace, safety and health. Since man's sins have shut him off from Yahweh so He will not hear (Isayah 59:1-2), neither does he have His protection. Therefore, the curses will grow worse as man's governments continue to operate without Yahweh's Laws.
Deuteronomy 28:15-24—
15 However, if you do not obey Yahweh your Father, and do not carefully follow all His Laws and His Statutes, which I command you this day, then all these curses will come upon you, and accompany you.
16 Cursed will you be in the city, and cursed will you be in the country.
17 Cursed will be your basket and your storehouse.
18 Cursed will be the fruit of your body, the produce of your land, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.
19 Cursed will you be when you come in, and cursed will you be when you go out.
20 Because of the wickedness you have done in forsaking Me, it will come to pass that you will have given yourselves over to curses, confusion, and rebuke, in everything you put your hand to do, until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin,
21 It will come to pass that you will cause the plagues to cling to you, until you are destroyed from the land you are entering to possess.
22 It will come to pass that you will cause yourselves to be struck with consumption, with a fever, with an inflammation, with scorching heat, with the sword, with blasting, and with mildew; they will stay with you, until you perish.
23 And the heaven that is over your heads shall be brass, and the earth under you shall be iron.
24 It will come to pass that you will cause the rain of your land to become powder and dust: from heaven it shall come down upon you, until you are destroyed.

Please understand that these Prophecies were not to come in one day, one year, or even a lifetime. These Prophecies cover the 6,000 years allotted to man to live his own way. Yahweh has predicted the outcome of man's rule, plus the curses that man would bring upon himself year after year. The end result will be almost total destruction. We are nearing that time now when verses 22-24 will be fulfilled. Even at this time, the whole world is suffering from the curses we read of in verses 15-20.

These are the same curses that are all over the world today. But we have not seen the last of these curses yet. They will continually grow worse as time nears the end. The last of these curses mentioned will only take place in the Last Days.
Chagyah 1:5-9—
5 Now therefore this is what Yahweh of Hosts says: Consider your ways!
6 You have sown much, but bring in little; you eat, but do not have enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you clothe yourselves, but there is none warm; and he who earns wages, earns wages just to put into a bag with holes.
7 This is what Yahweh of Hosts says: Consider your ways!
8 Go up to the mountains, and bring timber, and build the House, so that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified, says Yahweh.
9 You looked for much, but, lo, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew upon it. Why? says Yahweh of Hosts: Because of My House which lies waste, while each man is busy with his own house.

Has not all the world forsaken The House of Yahweh today? Have they not instead built houses (churches) to the name of everything except the Creator?
Malakyah 3:6-9—
6 For I am Yahweh, I change not; therefore you sons of Yaaqob are not consumed.
7 Ever since the days of your fathers you have turned away from My Ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you! says Yahweh of Hosts. But you said; How will we return?
8 Will a man rob Yahweh? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say; How have we robbed You? In tithes and offerings!
9 You are cursed with a curse—yes, this whole nation—for you have robbed Me!

Huge amounts of money are lavishly spent on large church buildings today. They bear names of everything except Yahweh. These churches all teach hatred for Yahweh's Name and Laws that were meant to guide us to peace and health. Yet, the preachers hate them and cause many to sin and suffer daily.

Isayah 58:13-14 instructs us in the keeping of the Sabbaths and the blessings that they bring. Isayah 59:1-2 tells us that Yahweh is Enduring and all Powerful, but it is man who has fallen short and caused Yahweh to hide His Face from him because of his sin.

The Scriptures show that all Israyl forsook Yahweh and turned to Baal worship; that is lord/god worship, for that is exactly where these titles came from.

 The Religions Will Not Repent

The religions lead the world governments and people. So it's left up to the religions to change what they have created. They created sickness, disease and wars when they rebelled against Yahweh's Laws which guide the people away from sickness, disease and war.

The world has not gotten better in the 6,000 years of rebellion by the religions of the world. The world has gotten steadily worse and now we have come to the breaking point of nuclear wars that could, as the Holy Scriptures and even "science" inform us, be the end of all life as we know it on earth.

The Quartet [United States, United Nations, European Union and Russia] was formed out of pure necessity to try to prevent this nuclear holocaust from taking place. It was formed in this generation just as the Prophets foretold. It was formed in the time of the existence of multiple nuclear stockpiles of mass destruction in a time period specified by the Prophets of Yahweh thousands of years earlier.

The Prophets show that the Quartet will not be able to bring peace to the nations, nor will they be able to stop nuclear war. The point is, they were prophesied to try to b