On Easter Sunday 31 AD the RISEN CHRIST said to Mary Magdalene, in the early dark dawn at the sepulcher, “Woman why weepest thou?” “ Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have taken him,” she replied. Are we now weeping also because of the corrupted Easter celebration? Have we lost sight of our Creator, Saviour, Redeemer; Mediator and Restorer?

D21 Discovery on Easter Bunny Eggs Hunt

Contents

21.1 The Invitation; 21.1 Easter Season; 21.1.1 Easter Origin; 21.1.1.1The Resurrection of Jesus Christ; 21.1.1.2 Christ Revealed in the Jewish Passover; 21.1.1.3The Biblical Accounts; 21.1.1.3.1 What Does the Resurrection Mean to You? 21.1.2 Easter Bunny; 21.1.2.1 Easter Rabbits and Hares; 21.1.2.1,1 Easter Eggs; 21.1.3 Pagan Passover; 21.1.3.1 Easter in Symbolism; 21.1.3.2 The Deception in Modern Easter; 21.1.3.2.1 Hidden Secret in Holy Mass; 21.1.3.2.1.1 Faith on Hearing God’s Word;21.1.3.2.1.2 The Purpose of Crucifixion-Resurrection; 21.1.3.2.2 Witches Celebrate Easter (Ostara); 21.1.3.3 Satan’s Grounds in Spiritualism; 21.1.3.4 Settling in the Truth;

21.1 The Invitation

Good Friday is a declared public holiday celebrated in Singapore, a multi-racial nation that upholds religious harmony. All Singaporeans enjoying the festivity should ideally be aware of what the Christians are celebrating in line with the government objective that each religion need to appreciate and respect the religion of their fellow neighbours. This is so necessary that we know the truth in order not to be stirred up by fake news, the deceptive means currently detected in the social media arena causing confusion, violence and bloodshed.

It is vitally important right from the start that everyone must know that the modern feastival of Easter is a fake and it is deliberately burying the truth. (This truth are some of the  aspects to D21 discussed below). All who are without the true direction in life will succumb to the deceptions strewn out to trap souls who do not know about the truth from God, our Creator and Supreme Sovereign. The true understanding of the Crucifixion-Resurrection of Christ will lead us to have no fear unto death because God has revealed that He “will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.”-Amo 3:7. As God’s children we have the faith of Jesus, which is the Risen Christ in us, the hope of glory  -Col 1:27. Paul told the Corinthians, if Christ had not risen to heaven, they have believed in vain what he has preached to them what he had received from Christ in the third heaven ” how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:”- 1 Cor 15:2-4.

D21- “Discovery on Easter Bunny Eggs Hunt” or ” Cracking the Easter Bunny Egg “is the third in enabling the participant in this journey by means of an armchair search of some selected articles and video clips into the origin and authenticity of Easter and what aspect is worth preserving or otherwise reject so as not to perpetuate deception that is counterfeiting the truth. The previous two discovery trips  (D19 “Discovery Trip into Halloween Celebration“ at http://www.discoverylifediy.com/440305415  and D20 “Discovery Trip into Xmas Myth”.at http://www.discoverylifediy.com/441400672 ) have some shocking revelations that participants were told to check out for themselves in the context of eliminating fake news..

D21 has some of the many aspects of truth that is best presented as a series of sub-files (to be added separately later on as appendices) with D21 as the main file focusing primarily on the most significant message to expose Satan’s fake in masking over Passover and the Resurrection with Easter Bunny Eggs Fable. These aspects concern the discrepancies in the Bible text pertaining to the time and the day of Passover and the Resurrection which will be discussed at the end.  As the center of Easter is Jesus Christ where there has been much misrepresentation of the word of God that each of these misunderstanding of the truth must be taken up as complementary topics in Appendix to be added progressively.       

21.1 Easter Season

This year, Good Friday falls on April 19, with Easter Sunday on April 21 and Easter Monday on April 22. (Since 1960, the earliest Easter was over the weekend of the March 22-24 in 2008 and the latest was in 2011 when Easter fell between the April 23-25). This holiday is a movable feast, it always falls somewhere between March 21 and April 25 every year. It is calculated as the first Sunday after the first full moon following the first day of spring. The full moon is known as the Paschal (Passover) Full Moon. Methods for calculating Easter are fiendishly complicated and a uniquely baffling synthesis of mathematics, astronomy and theology. (The fact that the Easter Monday is movable has brought about many occasions where the Resurrection was celebrated before the Crucifixion according to the actual Passover observed by the Jews commemorating the Israelites deliverance from slavery in Egypt. For this year and next year, Good Friday falls on Passover. In any case, Jesus at the Last Supper transferred the commemoration of Passover  to keeping the  Ordinance of Humility and Communion Service, after his resurrection to heaven (Luk 22:19-20).)

Children identify with this celebration by participating in seeking for Easter chocolate/ sugar coated eggs, and eating hot cross buns. It is difficult to rationalize these activities with the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ who, according to the New Testament, died on the cross on Good Friday and came back to life three days later. His resurrection is celebrated on Easter Sunday, which also marks the end of Lent's 40-day period of fasting. Lent takes place every year in the 40 days leading up to Easter , and is treated as a period of reflection and a time for fasting from food and festivities. The fasting period is to remember when Jesus went into the wilderness and fasted for 40 days despite being tempted. This again varies between the observations of the Western churches the 40-day period of Lent ends on Holy Saturday (March 31), the day before Easter, with the Eastern churches ending on the Friday before Palm Sunday. 

The Teutonic deity Eostra was the goddess of spring and fertility, and feasts were held in her honor on the Vernal Equinox. Her symbol was the rabbit because of the animal's high reproduction rate. Spring also symbolized new life and rebirth; eggs were an ancient symbol of fertility. According to History.com, Easter eggs represent Jesus' resurrection. ... The first Easter Bunny legend was documented in the 1500s.Mar 27, 2016

21.1.1 Easter Origin

(The source: https://www.allaboutjesuschrist.org/easter-origin.htm )

Easter origin, as a Christian holiday, can be found in the pages of scripture itself. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, all followers of Jesus, offer their own unique eyewitness accounts of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is this culminating event of Christianity that is celebrated on Easter Sunday every year. (The event preceding the resurrection which is very important is not given much understanding for it is a lession on our deliverance is promised at the soon second coming Of Christ – (see Wp5Td Moses & Passover at http://www.wakeupow.com/440101189 )

21.1.1.1The Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Easter origin actually began as a part of the Jewish Passover, as Christ was crucified and resurrected during Passover week. Christ is believed by Christians to actually be the Passover Lamb spoken of in Exodus, for He Himself became the perfect, sinless sacrifice for the sins of all people. Jews who chose to follow Christ then honored this day in succeeding years during the Passover season, but as Christianity was spread throughout non-christian nations, However, the celebration of Easter was gradually combined with pagan "rites of spring" traditions. Modern celebrations are the result of this compromise. At the same time, Easter is often the only day that many people attend church and are introduced to the "Good News" of Jesus Christ.

21.1.1.2 Christ Revealed in the Jewish Passover

Easter origin can be traced to the Passover ceremony itself. Christian scholars believe that the Old Testament is Christ concealed, while the New Testament is Christ revealed. Let's hold the elements of the Passover up to the light of the life of Christ. By (the word, not) tradition, the lamb to be sacrificed during the Passover was selected four days before the sacrifice was to be made. Jesus rode into Jerusalem four days before He was crucified. The lamb was customarily slain at 3 p.m. on Passover. Jesus uttered the words "it is finished" and died on the cross at 3 p.m. (This is known traditionally as Good Friday, but many Bible scholars have determined the crucifixion to be on a Wednesday or Thursday)- (again a fallacy that will be separately treated.)The festival of Unleavened Bread began at sunset. One of the rituals involved the sacrifice of a grain offering, representing the first fruits of the harvest. Jesus, according to the Apostle Paul, became the first fruits of those raised from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:20). During the Passover dinner, three matzahs are put together. Christians see these matzahs as representative of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The middle matzah is broken, as Christ said at the Last Supper, "This is My body, broken for you." The middle matzah is also striped and pierced, as Jesus was during His crucifixion, and as was prophesied in Isaiah 53:5, Psalm 22:16 and Zechariah 12:10. This matzah is then wrapped in a white cloth and hidden, just as Christ was wrapped in linen and laid in the tomb.

21.1.1.3The Biblical Accounts

Easter (also known as Resurrection Day), is the event upon which the entire Christian faith hinges. Paul, once a Jewish leader hostile to Christians, became a convert when he met Jesus on the Road to Damascus (Acts 9). As an eyewitness of Christ, Paul made it abundantly clear that without the resurrection, there is no basis for faith in Christ: Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. (1 Corinthians 15:12-29)

When Christ was born, He fulfilled a number of Old Testament prophecies concerning the Messiah. By the time of His crucifixion, resurrection and ascension, He had fulfilled more than 300 of them. These numbers alone provide staggering evidence that Jesus Christ was the promised Messiah. So it is with good reason that Christians the world over regard Easter as a very special event.( not to be disguises as bunny rabbit egg hunts.) But in the early days of the church, most Christians were Jewish converts. Because Jesus was crucified and rose again during the Passover season, their celebration of Christ's resurrection was acknowledged during that annual observance of the deliverance from bondage in Egypt. Christian Jews (or Messianic Jews, Jews who accept Jesus as the Messiah whereas Judaiism are still waiting for the coming of Christ as their Messaih) consider the Passover to be symbolic of the time when Christ set all believers free from the penalty of sin (through His death on the cross) (and from the second death) (through His resurrection from the dead).

21.1.1.3.1 What Does the Resurrection Mean to You?

Can a man who claims to be God and then rises from the dead actually be God in human form? Is He someone you should follow? C.S. Lewis asked those same questions and came to the conclusion that there are only three possibilities. Jesus Christ claimed to be God. Therefore, to say He is just a "good man" or "great teacher" is to call him a liar. Any sane person who would claim to be God, but who in fact, is not, must then be a madman - a lunatic! If Christ is neither a liar nor a lunatic, then there is only one other possible conclusion - He must be the Lord! If He is the Lord, therefore, what does Resurrection Day mean to you?

Easter Sunday is a religious holiday to some and a family holiday for others, but how did the bunny get involved?

There's no story in the Bible about a long-eared, cotton-tailed creature known as the Easter Bunny. Neither is there a passage about young children painting eggs or hunting for baskets overflowing with scrumptious Easter goodies.

Why are these traditions so ingrained in Easter Sunday? And what do they have to do with the resurrection of Jesus? Well, to be frank, nothing

According to History.com, Easter eggs represent Jesus' resurrection. However, this association came much later when Roman Catholicism became the dominant religion in Germany in the 15th century and merged with already ingrained pagan beliefs.

The first Easter Bunny legend was documented in the 1500s. By 1680, the first story about a rabbit laying eggs and hiding them in a garden was published. These legends were brought to the United States in the 1700s, when German immigrants settled in Pennsylvania Dutch country, according to the Center for Children's Literature and Culture.

The tradition of making nests for the rabbit to lay its eggs in soon followed. Eventually, nests became decorated baskets and colorful eggs were swapped for candy, treats and other small gifts.

So, while you're scarfing down chocolate bunnies (I hear chocolate is good for you!) and marshmallow chicks this Easter Sunday, think fondly of this holiday's origins and maybe even impress your friends at your local Easter egg hunt.

We have all sinned and deserve God's judgment. God, the Father, sent His only Son to satisfy that judgment for those who believe in Him (who sent is Only Son) will have eternal life). Jesus, the creator and eternal Son of God, who lived a sinless life, loves us so much that He died for our sins, taking the punishment that we deserve, was buried, and rose from the dead according to the Bible. If you truly believe and trust this in your heart, receiving Jesus alone as your Savior, declaring, "Jesus is Lord," you will be saved from judgment and spend eternity with God in heaven.

21.1.2 Easter Bunny

(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Bunny )

The Easter Bunny (also called the Easter Rabbit or Easter Hare) is a folkloric figure and symbol of Easter, depicted as a rabbit bringing Easter eggs. Originating among German Lutherans, the "Easter Hare" originally played the role of a judge, evaluating whether children were good or disobedient in behavior at the start of the season of Eastertide.[1] The Easter Bunny is sometimes depicted with clothes. In legend, the creature carries colored eggs in his basket, candy, and sometimes also toys to the homes of children, and as such shows similarities to Santa Claus or the Christkind, as they both bring gifts to children on the night before their respective holidays. The custom was first[2][unreliable source?] mentioned in Georg Franck von Franckenau's De ovis paschalibus[3] ('About Easter Eggs') in 1682, referring to a German tradition of an Easter Hare bringing Easter eggs for the children. (The name Easter owes its origin to Eostre or Eastre, an Anglo-Saxon goddess of light and the dawn who was honoured at pagan festivals celebrating the arrival of spring)

(According to the University of Florida's Center for Children's Literature and Culture, the origin of the celebration - and the origin of the Easter Bunny - can be traced back to 13th-century, pre-Christian Germany, when people worshiped several gods and goddesses.)

21.1.2.1 Easter Rabbits and Hares

The hare was a popular motif in medieval church art. In ancient times, it was widely believed (as by Pliny, Plutarch, Philostratus, and Aelian) that the hare was a hermaphrodite.[4][5][6] The idea that a hare could reproduce without loss of virginity led to an association with the Virgin Mary, with hares sometimes occurring in illuminated manuscripts and Northern European paintings of the Virgin and Christ Child. It may also have been associated with the Holy Trinity, as in the three hares motif.[4][7] Eggs, like rabbits and hares, are fertility symbols[8] of antiquity. Since birds lay eggs and rabbits and hares give birth to large litters in the early spring, these became symbols of the rising fertility of the earth at the Vernal Equinox.

Rabbits and hares are both prolific breeders. Female hares can conceive a second litter of offspring while still pregnant with the first.[9][10] This phenomenon is known as superfetation. Lagomorphs mature sexually at an early age and can give birth to several litters a year (hence the saying, "to breed like rabbits" or "to breed like bunnies"). It is therefore not surprising that rabbits and hares should become fertility symbols, or that their springtime mating antics should enter into Easter folklore.

21.1.2.1,1 Easter Eggs

In medieval times, a festival of egg throwing was held in church, when the priest would throw a hard-boiled egg to one of the choirboys. It was then tossed from one choirboy to the next and whoever held the egg when the clock struck 12 was the winner and could keep it.

The custom of giving eggs at Easter has been traced back to Egyptians, Persians, Gauls, Greeks and Romans, for whom the egg was a symbol of life.

In addition, Orthodox churches have a custom of abstaining from eggs during the fast of Lent. The only way to keep them from being wasted was to boil or roast them, and begin eating them to break the fast.[citation needed] As a special dish, they would probably have been decorated as part of the celebrations. Later, German Protestants retained the custom of eating colored eggs for Easter, though they did not continue the tradition of fasting.[11] Eggs boiled with some flowers change their color, bringing the spring into the homes, and some over time added the custom of decorating the eggs.[12] Many Christians of the Eastern Orthodox Church to this day typically dye their Easter eggs red,[13] the color of blood, in recognition of the blood of the sacrificed Christ (and, of the renewal of life in springtime). Some also use the color green, in honor of the new foliage emerging after the long-dead time of winter. (Ffurther symbolism being found in the hard shell of the egg symbolizing the sealed Tomb of Christ — the cracking of which symbolized his resurrection from the dead.) The Ukrainian art of decorating eggs for Easter, known as pysanky, dates to ancient, pre-Christian times. Similar variants of this form of artwork are seen amongst other eastern and central European cultures.[14]

The idea of an egg-giving hare went to the U.S. in the 18th century. Protestant German immigrants in the Pennsylvania Dutch area told their children about the "Osterhase" (sometimes spelled "Oschter Haws"[15]). Hase means "hare", not rabbit, and in Northwest European folklore the "Easter Bunny" indeed is a hare. According to the legend, only good children received gifts of colored eggs in the nests that they made in their caps and bonnets before Easter.[16]

(Other Titbits -  The world’s most popular egg-shaped chocolate is Cadbury’s Creme Egg. Workers at Cadbury in Birmingham produce 1.5 million of these every day.)

21.1.3 Pagan Passover

(Relevant source with great illustrations: ref a- “Story of Easter and it's Traditions in 10 Minutes” [FASCINATING DOCUMENTARY] The Rundown Live, Published on Apr 10, 2017 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VuxIADcXBU ((10:35); ref b. –“Easter the Pagan Passover at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgSe5ORMPEs (14:37)”; ref c: “Truth about Easter by Points Of Truth, published on Apr 23, 2011 at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTVi4wCJ9ik  ( 33:32))

Most on the history and traditions of Easter stem around the individual and powerful ruler from Babylon named Semiramis, most well known for giving birth to the wicked ruler Nimrod. He was the one who created the first global government ( documented in scriptures) and uniting all nations . Much symbolism is geared around his name. even considered as the founder of the craft of Freemasonry (a powerful secret organization or the well connected in society.) based on Albert Mackey’s Encyclopedia of Freemasonry. He was the first king to wear a crown to represent the Sun, because the king illuminates those around him. He became king by incestuously married his mother Semiramis. And received the all-see-eye ( the Eye on the back of the US dollar bill)

Since the Babylonian empire spread across the world Semiramis went by many names throughout history.(The fertility rites of the Canaanites were practiced even by the Israelites.Yehova clearly denounced any Israelite involved in these pagan celebrations- Jer 17:7-8; Ezi 8:313,14) Some of these names include: Isis from Egypt; Herta from Germany; Devaki, India; Cebele, Rome; Shing Moo, China, Columbia; Astaroth, Babylon; Frigg, Nordic wife of Odin; Disa, Candanavian irene , Inanna, Aphrodite, Venus, Minerva; Athena; Cere; Demeter; Terra; are just a few of these names.  ( See ref b -2:32- 3:39)  

In the name of Columbia, the district in the capital of US, military document says that the statue of Liberty represents Semiramis.  In Biblical terms she is known as the whore of Babylon. So literally it is the whore of Babylon greeting individuals coming into America.

Let’s take a look at the origin of Easter traditions in symbolism we all are ignorantly deceived to love and celebrate.

21.1.3.1 Easter in Symbolism 

Rabbit and the egg  points to the Babylonian goddess Semiramis Legend said she ascended into heaven after she died  and then returned to earth inside of a large egg which fell into the Euphrates. The dove pushed it ashore and she emerged as Istar or Easter ( also Moon goddess as the lady on the moon.), Moonday  for Monday. to worshiper. To show her her gratitude to the dove  she turned it into an egg laying rabbit ( signs of fertility.) The Oberlisk ( from Babylonia ) represents the phallus of Osiris or Nimrod .It was said that when Nimrod died  his body was ripped into 14 parts. And his phallus was delivered to Semiramis who reanimated it to bring forth an immaculate conception of Tammuz, Nimrod reborn. She commanded the people to worship the Sun in the memory of the mighty ruler and hence Sunday origin, the day you worship the Sun or the Son of God. There are similarities between this story and that of Osiris and Isis and Horus. The truth is this time of the year is not when Jesus Christ had died. It is the celebration of the Spring Equinox of the oldest sun worshippers when the Sun once again rose from the depths winter. When the god of Ishtar fertilizes by the rain of March began to bring forth the fruit of spring and harvest. The Sun would eventually dies and bring winter once again upon the world. Even in May, the phallic symbol or Oberlisk or the reminder of the reproductive male organ is used when young girls dance around the maypole in fertility ritual.  The truth is none of this rituals have anything to do with Christianity or the church. (But to the Roman Church, Easter Sunday is the height of the Roman Church Liturgical year when the resurrection of Jesus Christ is celebrated- ref b (1:29-2:01)

The origin reveals that it flows directly from ancient paganism. Shortly after the flood Nimrod reestablished idolatry in the earth After his death Nimrod was promoted Sun god and his widow was called the queen of heaven. This change to the Roman Catholic Church was in the early days of Rome when it found itself threatened by this new religion and not wanting to give up the pagan gods, Constantine figured a way to combine the two in order to preserve the Roman Empire. And to bring the Christians under the authority of the Emperor and make everyone happy. Symbolism in this aspect goes deep and far back This is also why Christian goes to church on Sunday instead of the Sabbat on Saturday. ( see ref b) As well as why the church allows idols and symbols within the confines of the own places of worship, Constantine was in fact a Sun worshipper and was able to combine the two religions and develop some form of perversion of the Christian Religion disguised as the sun of God. It ties into the zodiac signs in the path the Sun travels through them. God’s Son started His ministry at 30 and died at 33. As in Jesus Christ. It is also sail that the Sun in the sky travels through each Zodiac sign at the 30th degree and sets at the 33rd degree. This is why no Freemason is allowed to rise higher than the 33rd degree because no one can rise higher than the God’s son. The Sun will rise through the zodiac signs and at some point Scorpio will kiss the Sun and the Sun will be betrayed and hang on the cross for three days, dying and then move and bring forth life of spring. When a man is stung by a Scorpion it puffs up like a giant pair of lips and the result is known as the kiss of death. The Bible said that Judas was paid thirty silver pieces(moons)  and betrayed Jesus.

21.1.3.2 The Deception in Modern Easter

(Modern Easter has no basis in the pure religion of heaven. All of its tradition are pagan. Rabits and dyed Easter eggs symbolize fertility. Hot cross buns were the cakes offered to the queen of heaven. The 40 days of weeping for Tammuz are now thw 40 days of Lent leading up to Easter.sunrise. Sunrise were performed by pagan priests to honour the Sun god. Celelbration of Easter does not honour the death and resurrection of the Saviour. Participation in pagan practices honours Satan. No amount of renaming it or disguising it in Christian names can purify Easter of its pagan origins..- ( 3:49- 4:37))  .   

The biggest disappointment or deception is the Easter bunny. The cuddly doll children learn to love will be traumatized by it when they learn that mum and dad can lie and develop distrust between the relationship and the resultant broken hearts because one of their favorite figures in history, an imaginary rabbit was not real. (IIs this not the only tradition which they follow where the origins in which they come from and why you should not partake in them at all so as to stop perpetuating the fake news that is now the concern of society presently who will not use the Bible as the only true standard of truth to discern the lie – see Wp5Tc1 Satan’s Fakes at http://www.wakeupow.com/440101188.

Easter is a cover up for the greatest fraud (with respect to impact) of all times with a calendar change which hides the true day of the resurrection and the true seventh day Sabbath The calendar change was attended with momentous consequences. “It brought into the Church the grossest and the rankest superstitution.."- Alexander Hislop. This change also change the day of worship.The Catholics admitted and pointed to it as the sign of their authorityt  Sunday is purely a creation of the Catholic Church. (Eccleciastical Review, Feb 1914)  “ It was the Catholic Church which made the law obliging us to keep Sunday holy. ..The Catholic church abolished not only the Sabbath, but all other Jewish festivals.”-T. Enright, Bishop of St Alphonsus Church, St Louis, Missouri, June, 1995. The festival outlawed in favour of Easter was Passover(which was kept by all Jews as outlined in Lev 23. As such only the Apostolic Christians ( Phillip, and Polyrates) kept the Passover observance following the rule of faith ( ref c- (21:33- 22:59). Later the bishops of Rome desirous of enhancing the observance of Sunday as a church festival, ruled that the annual celebration should always be held on the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday following the 14th day of the lunar month. ”This controversy lasted almost two centuries until the Emperor Constantine intervened in behalf of the bishops and outlawed the other groups.”(- R.L Odom. (5:09 – 8:30) At the Council of Nicea, the Passover was substituted when the Church of Rome decided to set aside Hebrew calculation of time. Now in this last generation truth is to be restored by commemorating it upon which He died on Passover. This can only be calculated by the original calendar of creation, the seven day week cycle since the first week of creation  Any other observance gives honour to Satan.  

21.1.3.2.1 Hidden Secret in Holy Mass ( Copy from par 5.8.4.5.4.2.1.5 “Mass of Christ”;  Wp5Tc1 Exposing the Perpetuated Fakes of Satan http://www.wakeupow.com/440101188

In D21 we have discovered that Easter is rooted in paganism just as Halloween and Christmas .we have learned previously in D19 & D20. All three festivals are intertwined in Paganism that originated with Spiritualism at the Garden of Eden. The word, "Christmas" means "the birth of Christ." to most people.  But by definition, it means "death of Christ". The World Book Encyclopedia defines "Christmas" as follows:  "The word Christmas comes from "Cristes Maesse", an early English phrase that means "Mass of Christ." (1.) Page 537 of the Catholic Encyclopedia says, "In the Christian law, the supreme sacrifice is that of the Mass."  It goes on to say, "The supreme act of worship consists essentially in an offering of a worthy victim to God, the offering made by a proper person, as a priest, the destruction of the victim." (2) By perverting the Christian practice of the Lord's Supper (Mat. 26:26-28; I Cor. 11:23-27), the Catholic Church has created the Mass, which they believe to be a continual sacrifice of Jesus Christ:

 "Christ...commanded that his bloody sacrifice on the Cross should be daily renewed by an unbloody sacrifice of his body and blood in the Mass under the simple elements of bread and wine." (The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 10, Pg. 13, Article: "Mass, Sacrifice of")

Jesus never made such a command. If you'll check the above references in Matthew 26 and I Corinthians 11, you'll see for yourself that the Lord's Supper is a MEMORIAL and a SHOWING of Christ's death until He comes again. It is not a sacrifice. But, the Catholic Encyclopedia states the following:

In the celebration of the Holy Mass, the bread and wine are changed into the body and blood of Christ. It is called transubstantiation, for in the Sacrament of the Eucharist the substance of bread and wine do not remain, but the entire substance of bread is changed into the body of Christ, and the entire substance of wine is changed into his blood, the species or outward semblence of bread and wine alone remaining." (Vol. 4, pg. 277, Article: "Consecration")

In essence, the Mass is the ceremonial slaying of Jesus Christ over and over again,followed by the eating of his flesh and the drinking of his blood.  The Mass is the death sacrifice, and the "Host" is the victim.  This is official Roman Catholic doctrine, and "Christmas" is a word that they invented.  Therefore, what is so merry about the pain, bleeding, suffering and death of Jesus Christ? Satan has done quite a    job of getting millions of so-called "Christians" to blaspheme.  What a deceiver he is. -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhQa4zSYGP0 (Hebrews chapter 10 tells us that we are “sanctified through the offering of the body of Christ once for all,” (Jesus made the FINAL sacrifice on Calvary), not over and over again at every Mass. - see The Truth About The Catholic Church)

The Catholic Church teaches that the "Holy Mass" is a LITERAL EATING AND DRINKING OF THE LITERAL FLESH AND BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST. The priest supposedly has the power to change the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ. -

By uncovering the truth about Christmas origins and customs, we may realize that it is not the innocent Christ glorifying celebration that it seems on the surface. Instead we may discover sinister implications in many Christmas practices, and origins heavily steeped in ancient pagan idolatry. ( In this D21 discovery we have Once you know the shocking truth about Christmas and all the festivities are honouring pagan god from Satan you may well wonder whether Christians should celebrate  Catholic festivals at all! As a matter of fact, for all of the reasons presented here, many sincere Christians have forsaken this holiday altogether. Fervently pray to God for the true church that preaches the word of God  and proclaims the three angels’ messages calling god’s children to get out of spiritual Babylon – Rev 14:6-12) “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:32). (see George Pell: The backlash to cardinals sexual abuse conviction-  Mar 6, 2019 BBC News; 3a Videos (1:29:45- )“ A church in Crisis- Q&A Mar 4, 2019- by Tony Jones, ABC; at content 5, Wp5Td1 at http://www.wakeupow.com/440101189 )(The writings of Ellen White  never contradict the word of God. They amplify the Bible to give us a better understanding of the word of God.)

21.1.3.2.1.1 Faith on Hearing God’s Word

This is the good news to people of all faith on overcoming the fear of death by defeating sin and its originator, Satan:

Jesus had said to Satan, "It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God."- Mat 4:4 (and to all who do not know), when He was tempted to turn the stone to bread for the 40 days fast in the wilderness. Jesus met the adversary with the Word of God. He said, It was not for the Son of God to descend from his lofty mission to prove his divinity to a fallen foe, or to condescend to explain his humiliation as man's Redeemer. If the children of men would follow the example of Christ, and hold no converse with the enemy, they would be spared many a defeat at his hands.  {BEcho, November 15, 1892 par. 2}

Jesus also emphaised: “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”- Jn 5:24, 3:18-19.

Concerning the word of God, Apostle Paul said ” So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” (Rom 10:17) “

We must lay hold of His merits by living faith, and claim Him as our Saviour. He died on Calvary to save us. Each should make it a personal work between God and his own soul, as though there were no one in the world but himself. When we exercise personal faith, our hearts will not be as cold as an iron wedge; we shall be able to realize what is meant by the psalmist when he says, "Blessed is he . . . whose sin is covered." Psalm 32:1. God invites us to prove for ourselves the reality of His Word, the truth of His promises. He bids us "taste and see that the Lord is good." Psalm 34:8. . . . He declares, "Ask, and ye shall receive." John 16:24. His promises will be fulfilled. They have never failed; they never can fail.  {FLB 123.4}  

21.1.3.2.1.2 The Purpose of Crucifixion-Resurrection

Ellen White revealed this in the Spirit of Prophecy:

The brightest morning that ever dawned upon a fallen world, was that in which the Saviour rose from the dead; but it was of no greater importance to man than the day upon which his trial and crucifixion took place. It was no marvel to the heavenly host that He who controlled the power of death, and had life in himself, should awaken from the sleep of the grave. But it was a marvel to them that their loved Commander should die for rebellious men.  {3SP 204.1} 

Christ rested in the tomb on the Sabbath day, and when holy beings of both Heaven and earth were astir on the morning of the first day of the week, he rose from the grave to renew his work of teaching his disciples. But this fact does not consecrate the first day of the week, and make it a Sabbath. Jesus, prior to his death, established a memorial of the breaking of his body and the spilling of his blood for the sins of the world, in the ordinance of the Lord's supper, saying "For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come." And the repentant believer, who takes the steps required in conversion, commemorates in his baptism the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. He goes down into the water in the likeness of Christ's death and burial, and he is raised out of the water in the likeness of his resurrection--not to take up the old life of sin, but to live a new life in Christ Jesus. (3SP 205) (See  earlier issue, FoC6 Passion Week Diary, Pt5 : The Risen, Crucified God-man at http://www.wakeupow.com/159912040 )

21.1.3.2.2 Witches Celebrate Easter (Ostara)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY8gMWTAzu8  (30:23) Easter Is Witchcraft: Lent, Tammuz, Baal Worship, Netanyahu, Hexagram & Rosary Nephtali1981 Published on Apr 5, 2015

This video must be watched especially by Christians in the mega churches of America who have become like the world  Consider on the week we are honouring and remembering  the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ  that in many congregations we have Sunrise services , Easter Bunny Eggs, the Catholics doing days of Lent ,do the hot cross bun; others do the rosary, ..so many different traditions that makes up the modern church. But none of it has its basis upon the Rock Jesus Christ.( Mk 7:7-9).  What happened in Ezekiel’s time  - “Women weeping for Tammuz” in the church ( Eze8:13-15)  we see it happening today as history repeats itself. ( Ecc 1:9)  We now see during Lent in the Catholic Church doing so during Lent. There has been an infiltration in the church. And this infiltration has disguised our worship and as a church we respect our traditions than the commandments of God.  And any time you speak against these abominations you will be called legalistic, causing division and labelled a fundamentalist ( by the Pope). We are living in the day and age where the modern church prefers its traditions versus the commandments of God. greater abomination s were foretold. V. 16. ( perpetuating the Easter celebration – knowing that bunny don’t give birth to eggs and  not being ignorant that it started with Nimrod  ( Gen 11) and the modern church modernized version of paganism. ) As a people we need to grow up.and stop the nonsense. To allow Jesus Christ to lead us into the truth. 

Did you know that witches also celebrate Easter under the name Ostara ? Tthe Lord rebuke witches and Wicca (Jer 10:2).   Further more there are also other religions that do the same pagan rituals. Scriptures never commanded the church to start chasing after imaginary bunny eggs.  (The pentagram in Ostara are found also in Hinduism.) A Satanic witch said (She is wondering why you are doing It? For the whole world knows that this is pagan except the modern-day church)“ The egg is one of the most notable symbols of Easter but as someone who was raised Catholic and who was told why we coloured eggs at Easter or why there was a bunny who delivered candy to us or why it was traditional to buy new clothes to wear to church on Easter Sunday. I always wondered about this holiday as with many of the seemingly unrelated secular symbols and traditions of Christmas. What do evergreen trees, mistletoes, and lights have to do with the birth of Christ?”  that is a witch asking those very same questions.

Kirk Cameron had publicly campaign to save Christmas. But the Catholic Church has infiltrated Christmas in an attempt to be as the pagan. They brought in the traditions of Pans and they christianised them and celebrate Christmas while  Wiccans and witches call it Yule and in Easter while Christians are hunting around for imaginary bunny eggs, they call it Ostara,( vernal equinox) it’s all the same goddess worship. (Eoaster is the name of the goddess of spring)

There is a lot of Witchcraft in the Hispanic church who along with the Catholic Church calling Virgin Mary as the Queen of Heaven.  The Church sells candles with pictures Virgin Mary carrying baby Jesus and the Sun halo behind their heads. They have picture of Jesus which is a imaginary image in candle and  selling for $2.29 to church goers wanting to gain supreme power. 

The rosary beads in the CC is also used by Buddhists, people in Tibet, in yoga and has nothing to do with Jesus.

Gospel rap music is in the church. Hip hop and rap music artists are awarded Grammy Award for gospel music in winning best contemporary Christian music performance.   when they admitted that they are not interested in gospel music..

The Church is involved with every political movement except in the word of God and proclaiming the truth of Jesus Christ to all nations. Anyone who denies Jesus is Anti Christ like Netanyahu ( 1 Jn 2:23) and many people are loving the people of Israel to death literally because they would send them money, support by voting the Republican into office.

There are very few true believers out there to take over what the little remnant we have left. ( Mat 22:29)

Through the model of the Sanctuary service the message is that Jesus is the only way to enter into holiness. He is the sacrifice as well as the gate. The sinner in the service is to kill the animal offering and then hand the sacrifice to the priest to make atonement and intercession   Jesus on his death on the cross has already torn the veil to reveal the holiness of the Most Holy Place in Heaven Heaven was now no longer dwelling in the temple. The tabernacle is a clear picture that there is only one gate to come to the father through Jesus.

21.1.3.3 Satan’s Grounds in Spiritualism

D19 Discovery Trip into Halloween Celebration revealed Halloween celebration is unknowing delving into the dark side. D20 Discovery Trip into Xmas Myth also told that Christmas is really a multicultural mash-up of pre-Christian and Pagan holidays, “an invented tradition”. So Easter celebration also was found to be paganistic, a fake religion that originated in the Garden of Eden which Pope Francis admitted “Fake News Goes Back to the Garden of Eden” – The New York Times. (see Wp5Tc1 Exposing the Perpetuated Fakes of Satan at http://www.wakeupow.com/440101188 ) (Through the two great errors, the immortality of the soul and Sunday sacredness, Satan will bring the people under his deceptions. While the former lays the foundation of Spiritualism, the latter creates a bond of sympathy with Rome. The Protestants of the United States will be foremost in stretching their hands across the gulf to grasp the hand of Spiritualism; they will reach over the abyss to clasp hands with the Roman power; and under the influence of this threefold union, this country will follow in the steps of Rome in trampling on the rights of conscience.--The Great Controversy, p. 588.)

We have also explored the other fields of Satan playground to trap souls. -  D15 Discovery Trip into Modern Day Spiritualism that encompasses martial arts; the entertainment industry -D17 Social Media Enchantment;; D16- Discovering Spiritualism in Yoga;, and contemplative meditation in churches that has extended to the Mindfulness Meditation Web, D18.  

21.1.3.4 Settling in the Truth

Much misrepresentation of the word of God pertaining to the “Crucifixion - Resurrection events will be presented and then dispelled and vindicated by the truth based on God’s word with evidence from historical records and the spirit of prophecy amplification of Sister Ellen G. White, the prophet in the spirit of Elijah for the end-time of earth’s history. These aspects concern the discrepancies in the Bible text pertaining to the time and the day of Passover and the Resurrection This is the ploy to discredit the inerrancy of the Bible, which Satan have charged that God’s law cannot be obeyed

The truth based on Scriptures: Christ Crucifixion began at about 9 am on preparation day, Friday, the 14th Nisan, 31AD and died at 3.pm. when the veil was torn and the earth quaked.- (Matt 27:32-56; Mk 15:21-32; Luk 23:26-49; Jn 19:17-27) At another earthquake “as it began to dawn of the first day of the week” Mat 28:1, Christ rose from the grave  ( Mat 28:2-6)

1. The Time of Jesus Crucifixion

This issue has been one that has been used to argue that the Bible has real contradictions that are beyond reconciliation. Mark said “it was the third hour (9am, three hours from dawn of Hebrew time), and they crucified him” ( Mk 15:25) while John said it was “about the sixth hour" (which by Roman time reckoning was about 6 am) when Pilate "saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!" (Jn 19:14)." But they cried out Away with him, away with him, crucify him..” “The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.”(Jn 19:15) “Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.” (Jn 19:16) (All the ensuing activities could have taken 2-3 hours before they set out and reach Golgotta.)

Appendix “A” - The "Sixth Hour" of John 19:14 is the compilation that shows it is mostly likely that the Synoptics s were written earlier and cater to readers using Hebrew time. John was written for the people much later ( + 20 years) under the Roman Empire  using  Roman time.

2. Contention on the Day of Jesus Crucifixion and Resurrection

Some Christians are contenting that it was vitally important for Jesus to fulfilling his prophecy of rising after three days and three nights in the grave (Mat2L39-40) Muslims have argued that from Friday to Sunday is  3 1 / 2  days.in the grave. Since Christ was the Passover(1 Cor 5:7-8) ( Ref c (23:12-.26:00), some theologians justified that Jesus died on the Wednesday of Passion Week They argued that the approaching Sabbath was a high day meeting the first day of unleaven bread ( Jn 19:31) The Passover always occurs on the 14th day of first month ,Hebrew year.The following day , the 15th  Nisan would be the first day of Unleaven bread, the high Sabbath. When Christ was crucified In 31AD, it fell on Wednesday according to the theologians. To them Jesus was put on the cross at Passover, Wednesday (14Th Nisan) at 9 am. He was placed in the tomb at 3.00pm. At sundown was the beginning of Unleaven bread. They say that He rose after three full days in the grave at the sundown of the weekly Sabbath. They said that this was why the tomb was empty when Mary Magdalene came early Sunday morning while it was yet dark and Jesus was not there. Staying over Sunday night would have made four nights.(ref c-16:00-29:18).

Appendix “B1” -  The "Wednesday" Crucifixion Argument 

Appendix “B2” -  Jesus, the Pascal Lamb Died on Friday

Appendix “B3” - Existing Earthquake Records 

3.Reality of the Risen Christ: Reliving the 16th Nisan, 31AD in Awe and Gratitude on April 21, 2019 (2012 years commemoration to glorify God.) (Added on Apr 7, 2019)   

On Easter Sunday 31 AD the RISEN CHRIST said to Mary Magdalene, in the early dark dawn at the sepulcher, “Woman why weepest thou?” “ Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have taken him,” she replied. Are we now weeping also because of the corrupted Easter celebration? Have we lost sight of our Creator, Saviour, Redeemer; Mediator and Restorer?

To give you the assurance of the reality of the “Risen Christ “ based on the written  in the Bible that even the first time hearer or reader of the word of God  will believe for “faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”- Rom 10:17. Anyone may start to understand the Bible by reading Appendixes “C1” and “C2” the amplified explanation of the true historical event of the “Easter Resurrection” corrupted and hidden over centuries dressed up in the Catholic tradition of Rabbits and Eggs and celebrated with great veneration in order to be believed the world over.

It is the distortion and misinterpretation of the word of God by false prophets that the lies and the wrong view of God’s character and government has been perpetrated and ingrained by observing the wrong religious festivals. These are some of the important aspects of truth h that must be understood.

To simplify and speed up the reading, the two chapters of the “The Desire of Ages” by Ellen G. White, each chapter is divided into titled paragraphs. The texts has been underscored and highlighted. Reflections (like interlude) are placed within ( ).

Finally, you are encouraged to read Chap 83-87  at https://egwwritings.org/?ref=en_DA.15&para=130.4

Appendix “C1” Risen Christ

Appendix “C2” Mary Magdalene - First Witness Testimony

(Note: Appendices in Sub-pages)

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