The Chilling Truth of Halloween

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Halloween is one of those holidays that pin Christians against each other. Half of us celebrate it “innocently,” (or is it, “ignorantly"), while the few of us “hardcore” Christians don’t even entice the idea of celebrating it, the “religious” and “legalistic” type we are. So, I went ahead and did my own research on this spooky sensation of a holiday, and I’ve gotta say, I’m so thankful that my parents listened to the Holy Spirit on this one.

First of all, this post is NOT made to condemn anyone, especially my fellow Christians. As the body of Christ, we are not to tear it apart all because of differing beliefs under one Salvation. Everything I post, I post with a sense of divine urgency, and I believe that because Jesus’ return is closer than ever, He is placing this urgency into people for a reason. And so for that, I will come off a bit strongly to make readers aware, because Satan was hardcore first with his deceit and I believe the only way to defeat hellfire is with holy fire. I'm also southern raised in a bold strict Christian home with parents who spanked me, so that probably helps! But what you do next is between you and God. The growing spirit of offense, I had to look past, because at least one person is going to read this and find Truth whether they act on it or not. Just like God’s intentions, I am posting this to warn you, because I love you. Even if you don’t agree with what I’m about to share, at least you had the chance to see it.

Introduction

Halloween is currently America’s 3rd favorite holiday (unless you live in Oklahoma like me, where it might as well be the first). It’s treated like Christmas in terms of hype. Just as we have culturally dedicated all of winter to Christmas, we have also dedicated the entirety of autumn to Halloween. We call it “spooky season.” We decorate early. We post about it. We have a count-down the days to it. We decide what we are going to wear trick-or-treating. Some of us "spookies" dedicate months and hours of work into a single costume we may only wear once for three hours and then never again. We claim it always has a place in our hearts. We even say we’ve “waited all year for it.”

I once came across an Instagram post claiming that based off the 2-day origin of “Hallows Eve” and “All Saints Day,” Halloween should have 2 days instead of one. To me, it’s a bit scary that a holiday which celebrates a negative atmosphere wishes for a part 2? Versions of Halloween are practiced all over the world, yet every one of them celebrate the same themes: Death, fear, and darkness.

Cultural History

The tradition began in Ireland during the Celtic festival of Samhain, where people would light bonfires where they would give crop and animal sacrifices, and dress up in scary costumes in order to “ward off demons and evil spirits.” The people responsible for this tradition were the druids, aka, Celtic priests of the satanic type, who practiced all sorts of witchcraft, including human/children sacrifice. The reason why October 31 was chosen was because these druids believed that the day was somehow special, but for whatever spiritual reason, they were able to “communicate with the dead” (necromancy) and “predict the future” (fortune telling) more easily on that day (due to heightened demonic activity). So, October 31 was turned into a religious satanic tradition and placed on the Wiccan calendar (The Wiccan calendar’s major seasonal festivals ‘Sabbats’ are based on periods of high demonic activity. October 31^st is the highest date of the year). Halloween is a pagan holiday and notoriously so. It is literally the holiday birthed from demons and witchcraft. As followers of Christ who stands for the opposite and warns against these things, this should be our first obvious red flag.

Keep in mind that ANY and ALL cultures that worship anything other than the One True God are considered pagan. God often pairs the terms "pagan" and "witchcraft" together for a reason. This does include the pagan practices behind other holidays as well, even holidays considered holy in the Christian faith (which I have dove into with other articles). This also includes other gods or “spirits,” animals, nature, elements, cosmic beings, etc. ALL personified or glorified forms that man has created or turned into objects of worship are demons and demonic spirits. This in turn means that any tradition, practice, or act that is done for the sake of these pagan cultures are considered a form of pagan worship (including acts which are not inherently witchcraft) and is considered sin in the eyes of God. We know this because of Jesus death on the cross. Many practices that God commanded of Israel up until Jesus' death such as animal sacrifice have been given over to Satan now that it is no longer needed for Salvation. Witchcraft and practices such as this are seen and warned against multiple times in Scripture in both the Old and New Testaments. Thousands of years later with an evolved form of worship makes NO exceptions to this rule of spirit. Just because Halloween has been turned into a “fun” marketing tool in the US doesn’t mean it is no longer a form of pagan worship. In fact, it is Satan’s way of dumbing down his influence so that we no longer see it as harmful…even if he is in our face and we still think we can’t see him, “so, he’s not there.” And Satan doesn’t just do this will Halloween. He is an expert at dumbing down everything he can to appeal to our flesh that it is harmless, while our spirit connected to God still grieves without us knowing.

The druids “heard” from “the spirits” that if they dressed up in scary costumes and made animal (and human) sacrifices to “appease the gods,” they would be protected from demons and evil spirits (which is ironic since those same demons were the ones who gave them the idea. Gee, I wonder why). This included carving scary faces on pumpkins. Furthermore, things like the bonfires attracted bugs, which in turn, attracted bats, which the Celtics believed were a “bad omen.” Bats were the earliest symbol of death, and today, they still represent fear (and then Batman came out lol).

We know based on the Old Testament that when you attempt to “talk to the dead” and they wind up talking back...you aren’t actually talking to the dead. You are talking to demons, and this is called necromancy, which is mentioned in the Bible and strictly forbidden by God. In fact, the penalty is death. It is spiritually impossible to talk to someone’s spirit, because after death, a person’s spirit is either in Heaven or Hell. Their spirit is no longer on earth, not even for a few minutes (even if it did, you would not be able to sense them in any way. The human spirit does not have physical jurisdiction once it has been separated from the physical body, because it was made by God and meant to return to Him in Heaven; unless the person did not know his Maker). The only spirits you can talk to, who are actually down here on earth are the devil and his demons, because that’s where God put them and gave them jurisdiction (meaning they have the power to disrupt physical and human senses). And these spirits are more than capable of mimicking the spirits of deceased humans (especially ones who did not know God). But you will only know this if you remember how Lucifer and a-third of the angels were cast down here in the first place! That being said, who do you think those druids were talking to when they “came up” with those traditions? Those demons weren’t telling them ways to keep them away. Why would they do that? Even Jesus Himself told the Pharisees, who accused Him of casting out demons with the power of other demons, that a house divided against itself cannot stand (Mark 3:25, Matthew 12:25, Luke 11:17). Demons who hate God and hate His creation and strive to do everything they can to destroy it would never waste their time telling people how to avoid them. They will only tell you how to invite them in (and also lie and say it will do the opposite. Satan is the father of lies). And it wasn’t just the druids in Ireland either! Demons won’t just go after one culture. They will go after every culture on earth, and through every stage of that culture’s evolution. And what do you think happens when those cultures blend into America, aka, the land of free speech and religion, the “melting pot” of ethnicity and religion? You get a blend of pagan cultures that eventually affect the Christians just like Solomon’s pagan wives affected him to begin worshiping other gods (his wives’ gods). But it’s all just supposed to be “fun tradition” right?

The rest of the “fun” activities we participate in, acknowledge other false gods. Rome’s version of Halloween, “Faralia,” is where we get bobbing for apples. This acknowledges their goddess of fruit. The British invented trick-or-treating. In representation of wandering spirits going door to door in attempt to terrorize the living, we go door to door for candy (“to make the ghosts go away”). “But it’s just bobbing for apples!” The action is still dedicated to a false god, aka, a demon. Once dedicated to darkness cannot be redeemed. “Petty” actions are dedicated to darkness all the time. That doesn’t give humanity the excuse to participate and lean on their own understanding because they can’t let go of their flesh’s desire to. Halloween traditions are full of them. This should be your second red flag.

Halloween around the world

While most of the world celebrates the American version of Halloween in their own way on October 31^st, some parts of the world have their own version that still holds to ancient tradition.

Mexico has their version of Halloween, called Dia De Los Muertos, “Day of the Dead,” on November 1^st and 2^nd, where they pay their respects to the dead. As respectful as it sounds, it goes deeper, and its roots are no lighter than American Halloween’s darkness. In terms of respect, they worship the dead instead of God, and Satan is the bringer of death. When Jesus was choosing His disciples, one man wished to go with Him, but asked Jesus if he could first go home and bury his father who had just died. Jesus’ response to him was, “Follow Me, and let the spiritually dead bury their own dead” (Matthew 8:22, Luke 9:60). He was telling the man that following Jesus is more important than worldly tradition; in the man’s case, respecting the dead. This verse goes so much deeper than we take for granted. Spiritual priorities are the fear and obedience of the Lord, not traditions made by men, which could otherwise, be spiritually damaging. Our focus should never be on the dead no matter where we know they ended up. If Heaven, then we no longer have to worry about them, knowing we will see them again. If Hell, then it is no longer our burden to bear, but the Lord’s. We should not be concerning ourselves with the spirits of those who are not here anymore.

Asia has the “Hungry Ghost Festival,” which is a month-long period in the lunar calendar (typically between July and August) when the gates of hell are believed to open, allowing spirits (demons) to visit the living. Knowing the necromancy is the conversing with demons, Asian tradition pairs well with their cultural astrological witchcraft, ancestral worship, and religion. Citizens give offerings to demons, visit graves to speak to the dead, float lanterns on water to “guide spirits,” and perform ceremonies. These traditions are done for the similar reason to “ensure spirits don’t cause trouble” or ward them off. All Asian festivals are part of their lunar calendar (moon worship) just as Wiccans and true pagans have the Wiccan calendar and revolve around witchcraft and false god worship. The truth is, all false religions are the influence of the same demons who teach man how to glorify them instead of God the same way their master (Satan) desires to glorify himself. But the demons must appeal to the ethnical and cultural means of separated groups in order to deceive us into believing they are different; but they are actually all connected.

Not India directly, but the Hindus, celebrate Diwali, the “Festival of Lights”; the date varies, but it sometimes lands on October 31^st, in which they celebrate both holidays simultaneously. Of the many Hindu gods, Diwali is supposedly a very spiritual holiday, dedicated to lights, which symbolize Dharma over Adharma (two gods), light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, etc. Ironically, the gods they worship are demons and therefore, darkness, evil, and cause ignorance, the three things they claim to celebrate defeat. This holiday also revolves around false god worship and some rituals in Hindu witchcraft. The Bible tells us that Satan often disguises himself as an angel of light (2 Corinthians 11:14). He does this so that people will acknowledge him instead of God. Hinduism is not the only religion that he has done this too.

The Celtic European Samhain Festival was never absolved. It is part of the Wiccan calendar. People who intentionally practice witchcraft and are involved in the occult will tell you this honestly. People still celebrate it as the ancients did, and no, it’s not something celebrated overseas. Celtic witches and warlocks live in America, and they will educate you on the “harmless” things the American holiday has adopted into its culture. Ironically, people who practice witchcraft and converse with demons will tell you more truth about Halloween than a “spiritual” Christian! They are true Satan worshipers, and they do the same “fun” things Americans do! Only, they know just what they are doing on a spiritual level; And they do it on purpose. So why should we???

What happens when you join?

Ex Satanist Riaan Swiegelaar had something to say about this that I thought was very eye-opening. In one of his podcast videos with Ryan Miller, he says this:

“The truth about Halloween. Halloween is the highest day on the satanic calendar. It is the most probably important day on the satanic calendar. It’s considered a high day. It is also the night of the year where there is the most human sacrifice on the whole planet. So, if we look at it in a—let’s call it a ‘popular culture’ aspect first. So, many people think Halloween is about candy and it’s about dress up, but they don’t question the meaning behind it. So, let’s say for instance, in a neighborhood, or [an] area; there’s houses [and] there’s homes that celebrate Halloween where they put up the decorations and they do the pumpkins and they do the candles and the candy, those things, right? And it’s fun—let’s say in a neighborhood there is houses that do that; So, [now] that whole perimeter becomes one big satanic ritual for that whole neighborhood. So, I’m saying that in a neighborhood or [an] area perimeter where there [are] a few homes, that is already set up as, in terms of a hotspot for demonic activity. And anybody whether they’re Christian or non-Christian that have open doors that moves or lives in a neighborhood like that will be affected. That’s what I’m saying. So [what we do as Christians], firstly, we make sure that we are in righteous standing with God, that we do not have any hidden sin or open doors in our life, that we are in a righteous covenant with Him. So, if we [as Christians] can get there, that is a very good place to start. And then it is about praying—like, being in serious prayer that people who celebrate Halloween, whether they speak being a satanist or an atheist or someone having fun, that whilst they’re doing that, that they will actually have a true encounter with Christ.”

What about “All Saints Day?”

“All Saints Day,” is the highest push-back that I get when I tell people I don’t celebrate Halloween, mainly Christians, which honestly hurts to say at the least. So, I decided to research it myself.

Note: Proof will only enlighten you when you truly believe what God's Word says is true and final. And sources starting from anything outside of the Word can only be realized when compared to God's Word, because God's Word was designed to be the blueprint/instruction manual of our entire life no matter what we feel or believe. Many people, Christians included have done their research on subjects like Halloween, and brushed it off because even though they read their Bibles and claim to believe what it says, when they fear that it will tell them that they are wrong and they must cut out a practice in their life, they will turn their backs on it and twist God's truth to protect this practice. I do believe that Christians who celebrate detestable holidays such as Halloween are doing just this. But that's why God had me publish this article in the first place, so please do not feel condemned.

All Saints Day was indeed started by spiritual people, but not who Christians hope for. Unfortunately, any priest can claim that they work for God, just like any worldly person can claim they are a Christian. That doesn’t mean it’s true. The Bible has plenty of scriptures that warn about priests and prophets who claim they speak for God but God calls them liars; and in this case, historical records prove it.

Druids go back to ancient Ireland. They were the Celtic priests, teachers, spiritual leaders, etc. But the spirituality they practiced was not at all godly. Their version of spirituality was not of God, but of witchcraft. It doesn’t help that Ireland is not a big country and spirituality was cut into two opposing factions, Catholic Popes versus mystic Druids; Catholicism versus mysticism. Well, when you’re eyeball deep in your spirituality to the point where you are consulting with demons you think are the spirits of nature and they begin telling you the secrets of the spirit realm, you act on it, because you want to appease the deities you worship. God designed our souls to worship, so it is only natural. So, you better be worshiping the right God, that is, the only One. Hint: These guys were not!

It is known in the occult that there are times of the year where the spirit realm is (supposedly) more available to the physical. This is not fantasy; this is real. That means the power behind witchcraft is real. It is real, because the spirit realm is real. That doesn’t mean we are to dedicate our lives around this fact as the pagans do. That is why God calls witchcraft, rebellion. It is this same spirit of pride that compelled Adam and Eve to eat the fruit; because they wanted to know everything God knew. This is why people engage in witchcraft in the first place. It is the longing for control of both your physical life and your spiritual life, with a "special and powerful" knowledge that makes you feel higher than others. It is the desire to be like God; to worship yourself; to have control over your own life through powers of darkness instead of obeying God and letting Him control your life. It is rebellion. It places your spirituality and your consciousness on a pedi stool just like what Satan did! Witchcraft is like that of the forbidden fruit. God said not to touch it. SO DON’T. For the literal love of God, DON’T. You will die. And if you don’t die physically upon going down that road, you WILL spiritually die and Hell is at the end of that road! There are things that God has not called us to know while we are down here, and to force open a door of intellect that is not in His will, will lead us straight into Satan’s counterfeit. Witchcraft is the forcing open of that door in the name of Satan. Satan has the jurisdiction to give you a counterfeit of spiritual power. Witchcraft is the counterfeit spiritual authority to God’s Spirit. Even God Himself tells us that when the Anti-Christ comes, he will be able to perform miraculous wonders and successfully deceive some Christians that he is Jesus. He will be able to do this in the name of Satan instead of Jesus. But the difference is still major. God is all powerful, Satan is not. Satan is not able to replicate God’s power. He is only able to pervert it and offer counterfeits of it in the boundaries of his jurisdiction.

Now that we’re all on the same page, the Wiccan calendar states, the end of October is a hotspot for demonic activity. I don’t know by what authority what times of the year are more spiritual, and I’m not going to dwell on it too much. The Druids knew this and eventually, the first Halloween traditions were born, and the dates were identified and labeled for future generations. These traditions were then dedicated to that time of year solely for the spiritual sensitivity. Obviously, the Popes (Catholic, not Protestant) did not like this, because they were smart enough to recognize pagan practices. So, what did they do? Well, when you’re in a small country spiritually governed by God and Satan at the same time, you can’t just force one of them to back down. You can’t make someone do something they don’t want to do. So, what do you do instead? You try to put something else on top of it. For the Catholic Popes, this meant creating a brand-new holiday using their own beliefs and purposely placing it on top of the Druid’s to try and cover it up. This holiday was called “All Hallows’ Day” (All Hallow’s Eve being the day before), which is the Old English term for, “All Saint’s Day.” The modern name “Halloween,” is the Scottish contraction of “Hallow’s Eve,” shortened and shortened over time. Rather than mysticism and heightened occult practice, this new holiday would revolve around past Saints who had died, notably Saints from the Catholic Church. At first hear, it sounds honorable, so, what's the issue? The issue is, it's still celebrating death. On this day, November 1 would be known as “All Saints Day,” while November 2 was reserved to pray for the souls of the dead. Issue two: praying for the dead. How does one pray for the dead? A soul who is already in Heaven or Hell, how would continuing praying for them help? Hebrews 9:27 says that “people are destined to die once and after that, face judgement.” And if it also involves worshiping or respecting the dead, that’s even worse. When a person dies and their spirit has left the earth, we are not to concern ourselves with them anymore. They are now God's burden to bear and not ours. To perform sacred or holy acts on behalf of the dead is considered witchcraft. God calls prayer a holy and sacred act. People try to place boundaries on this and claim that praying for the dead is not the same as praying too or communing with (necromancy), but this is false. All prayer aimed towards the affairs of the dead are prohibited as holy acts and should be refrained from. All Saints Day does not align with what Scripture calls us as set apart for God any more than its corrupted counterpart, Halloween. All Saints Day in a nutshell: The ancient Catholic Popes created an empty holiday out of petty offense with a religious label to try and override a pagan holiday with real spiritual consequences. As a Christian, this cannot be used as an excuse to celebrate Halloween, because Christians who take their relationship with God seriously and actively obey the whole counsel of God know that it is invalid; not just spiritually, but historically!

And there’s one more issue. The Catholic Popes of this time were not at all like the Catholics we see today. They were more like the Pharisees of the Bible, who used God as a religion and a pedestal than a true relationship with Christ. In a phrase, they were just as pagan as the pagans they sought to override in the name of their own religious pride. If Jesus had appeared to them, they would have been rebuked and called a "brood of vipers" (Matthew 12:34). Real Christians today wouldn’t even seriously celebrate that. It’s the lamest of all excuses to side with the Druids one day a year, because Jesus doesn’t reside in either side of the holiday. And as you probably would expect out of a petty church religious feud in a tiny country, All Saints Day, at least, its practices was gradually absolved by future generations after the Popes died off. But funny thing about generational curses officiated by the devil, they last when faulty religion does not. Once All Saints Day drifted into indefinite extinction, the traditions defaulted to the Druid’s holiday revolving around witchcraft. Once Celtic influence traveled to places like America, the term “Halloween” eventually replaced Samhain because of both language and cultural conflicts and evolution. Just because Halloween’s name is derived from an Ancient Old English Catholic holiday, does not mean the practices tied to it match. Halloween does not follow Catholic All Saint’s Day. It follows pagan Samhain. You can be sure Satan did this on purpose. This should be your third red flag.

The spiritual truth

When people (Christians and non-Christians) find out my family and I don’t celebrate Halloween, I typically get the same remarks:

“You’re taking your relationship with God way too seriously.”

“Everyone’s relationship with God is different.”

“Celebrating a holiday isn’t a sin.”

"You're over-exaggerating."

“I have a spiritual filter.”

"It's not that demonic."

“I don’t dress up in scary costumes and/or decorate my house.”

“I don’t carve scary faces on my pumpkins.”

“I’m not worshiping a false god for doing that, get real.”

“I just dress up and go trick-or-treating, nothing else.”

“Everyone else is doing it and they’re fine.”

“I don’t do it to celebrate death or anything like that.”

“Halloween isn’t scary.”

“I go trick-or-treating with my kids so they can have fun.”

“I do it to have fun with my friends.”

“Satan didn’t make Halloween, we did.”

“Oh yeah, well Christmas used to be a pagan holiday too and you celebrate it, so I can celebrate Halloween, and you’re a hypocrite.”

“This is a free country; free religion; free speech, and that includes Christians.” “You’re a legalistic Christian/Pharisee/Religious/etc.” “You can tailor Halloween to fit Christianity.” “You’re not going to Hell for celebrating a national holiday.” "I want my kids to have a fun childhood."

"God can tell the difference between a worldly family and a Christian family."

"God knows my heart."

When I exclusively ask my fellow Christian friends why they celebrate Halloween, I typically get the same answer: “We are celebrating ‘All Saints Day.’ It’s a Christian holiday, you know, or used to be.” And it doesn’t help that they are claiming that’s what they’re “really” celebrating…as they’re going to a Halloween party. And what’s worse, is half of them are implying that the Halloween traditions are what All Saint’s Day was. If that’s what Halloween is, then why does it celebrate fear, horror, death, darkness, witchcraft, etc.: Literally everything the Bible stands and warns against? Everything the Catholic Popes are against and also failed! You can’t use “what could have been” as justification for what clearly isn’t. All Saint’s Day never happened. So, you’re celebrating a pagan holiday, because at one point, they tried to…not make it a pagan holiday? And you’re still doing what the Popes tried to outlaw. Where’s the logic in that? Sometimes, I like to be funny with it. During Halloween when someone tells me about All Saints Day between October 31 and November 2, I always look at my watch and go, “Hmm. Well that’s weird, cos intercession for the dead at the Catholic church started two hours ago. Why are you here dressed like *Queen Elsa doing the neighborhood candy Druid march?” You can tell the excuse is thrown around to get Spirit-filled people off their back by the looks on their faces, that prove they haven’t actually looked up what All Saint’s Day actually is. For people who claim to have a relationship with Jesus, it's a very religious excuse. It’s not a real excuse and it's most certainly not a safe one.

A lot of Christian excuses pedal the same with people who don't know God at all, and yet the Christians still believe their excuses are different than the world's; that they're still somehow set apart even though their doing the same things the world is doing. They lack consecration and believe that consecration is just a guideline, that they can just pick and chose their forms of consecration, and believe that dipping their feet in just a few worldly customs is fine, even if they're not labeled "sins." And if that's not good enough for the "religious snobs," they tell them that "God knows my heart. It's fine." It's not. You think it's fine, but you haven't even asked God for yourself. You're just assuming how you think God sees you and basing your actions off something unbiblical. You're assuming you know what God thinks when His own Word says not only the opposite, but that the human heart is deceitful above all things (Jeremiah 17:9). You don't really want to stop. You just want an excuse that sounds godly enough to continue celebrating it. The truth is if God decided to go against His rule and speak to you outside of spiritual affairs about the association with this holiday, you would not like His answer. I've watched Him tell plenty of Christian families who actually feared Him enough to finally be still and ask if celebrating Halloween was okay; and God said no. And they didn't make any more excuses. Not only did they obey and repent, they started warning other families.

The use of "Christian" excuses in order to practice worldly customs is exactly what being lukewarm is. Lukewarm is Christianity without consecration and consecration comes by the Holy Spirit. It is the act of searing your conscience to the Holy Spirit because you don't understand, and you don't want to; and that is disobedience.

Christian parents often want their children to have a fun childhood and use that as an excuse to engage in worldly affairs on occasion. The issue is, these same children will grow up to become lukewarm Christians; not because "Satan got to them," but because their own Christian parents enabled them to. How you learn to serve God in your youth is how you will treat Him when you grow up. If your parents tell you that "just a few" worldly things are okay, the older they become, the more they will test those boundaries and take advantage of more worldly things they think are okay to engage in, while still claiming to serve God. It never stays as one worldly pleasure. When you let Satan get his foot in the door with one thing he's convinced you is harmless, he will push more of himself in easily, because you've already been conditioned with one. One is all it takes; his foot is all it takes. And one day, if gone unchecked and they sear the voice of the Holy Spirit, they will be in for a very rude and eternal awakening. Teaching your children how to "be a Christian" isn't enough. You must teach them that God is not just the "God of my parents," but their own personal Lord. You must teach them to love God and His Word, and hate the world. You must teach them about consecration, setting them apart from the world, not one foot in and one foot out. One without the other will give the god of the world a foothold. Halloween is a perfect example of this foot. And it is not just the parents that have this influence; it is their friend group. The parents can do everything correctly by the grace of God, and the child can still become lukewarm because of their friend group. So, while you are raising your child up in the Lord, be aware of their friends.

I recently learned from a good friend and mentor of mine that the same thing that tried and failed to happen on Halloween did successfully happen on holidays like Christmas and Easter. The truth is, Jesus wasn’t born on December 25 (I know you can’t read sarcasm, so…that was sarcastic). Newer evidence shows that Jesus was actually born in the spring, between March and April. The same faulty dates are placed on Easter too. In fact, even today, the exact dates of Jesus’ birth and crucifixion are still being argued over. The reason Christmas landed in December was? You got it. To cover up another pagan holiday (I haven’t looked up which one). Here’s the thing: At least true American Christmas is and always was about Jesus’ birth (CHRIST-mas) and Easter is and always was about Jesus’ death and resurrection (not that we celebrate Jesus' death. I know some legalists will throw that one to try and justify All Saint's Day. By "death," I mean the gift of free Salvation under His blood). I understand there was a lot of paganism involved and feuded into the holidays (just like Halloween started as a fight between God and Satan). That doesn’t mean you have to associate with those pagan parts just because everyone else does. But Halloween, despite its name’s supposedly lighter origin, has no real Christian roots. Even the Catholic Priests placed the focus on the dead instead of Jesus and even worse, used the name of God like the Pharisees did to justify their ungodly means. And so, the reality is, there is no holy light to be celebrated as a Christian involving Halloween. But on the flip side of Holy holidays like Christmas and Resurrection Day (Easter), you can’t paganize truth. All you can do is slap a Santa and a bunny sticker on it. You can make up myths and fairytales for the holiday to symbolize and cover up Jesus like the Popes tried to do. You can do whatever you want to try and pull the focus away from Jesus or take Him out of it. But truth, real truth, doesn't change. It will always be there and people with God’s light inside of them will always find it and magnify it instead of the darkness around it. Light will always consume the darkness if it exists there and there is more than enough evidence that there is holy light in Christmas and Easter. It can't be eliminated. At that point, it doesn’t matter what date we chose to celebrate these dates in time. I love Jesus. I’m celebrating Him and Santa, and the egg-laying rabbit can go suck an ice-cycle!

So, what does God officially say about this?

Just because some of the traditions have evolved does NOT mean the spiritual consequences have been lifted! We now know that the druids conversed with spirits in order to create this holiday and some of its traditions. The problem is, demons aren’t scared. They’re ATTRACTED. When you cover yourself and your house with demonic symbolism, things which represent the very evils the Bible warns against, how could you possibly expect to be impervious from Satan’s attacks? You’re joining with the darkness and inviting his influence! Provoke evil and you will receive evil, whether it be physically, mentally, or spiritually! “But it’s not even a scary costume!” You’re still involved. “But it’s just candy!” You’re still involved. “But I’m not doing all the demonic stuff!” You’re still involved! “But it’s not even a scary or demonic decoration!” You’re still involved. The demons don’t care how whimsical it looks! They already found a way to pervert the rainbow! You don’t think they’ll turn away from your cute little Minion inflatable on the lawn carrying a candy bucket? If anything, making it whimsical and fun is even scarier. Satan’s after your kids! He’s poisoning the minds of children early, so when they grow up, they’ll be ignorant and easy targets for his attacks! It doesn’t matter how you “Christianize” it, or how much you deconstruct and ignore the meanings behind the seemingly fun traditions! It will never take away from the fact that it has been dedicated to the wrong side, and from the very beginning! Halloween is a worldly secular Holiday and always has been. “But everyone else celebrates it.” That is exactly what the devil wants to hear! If he could influence King Solomon, aka, the wisest Israelite king who conversed with God Himself regularly, to worship the demons of his wives, you bet he did the same thing to one nation under God. You are falling right into the flesh trap! The world’s “normal” is exactly what we as Christians are trying to avoid here! How is your light going to shine to the lost when you celebrate a holiday based on darkness?

It also doesn't help that modern Halloween has grown even darker than original American tradition. Satan has already deceived a lot of people into diving right back into ancient Celtic traditional paganism and bold-faced occultism, while still marketing it as harmless fun. The dark of the holiday has grown even darker and Revelation already prophesied it. Even if I had been someone who celebrated it once and God told me Himself that I wouldn't sin against my conscience by partaking in Halloween as a child, He would've definitely put on the brakes today.

When you visualize your partake in darkness, it ruins your witness. Unbelievers are going to see you and your house and ask why. Even unbelievers question why Christians whose lives are to be sacred as it demands in the Bible are celebrating a holiday birthed by Satan. And if they are weak, they will use it as justification to copy you even if they find Jesus! Your fruit as a Christian will be tainted. And that’s just the unbelievers. True Satanists and those who practice witchcraft whereas October 31^st is the highest night of demonic activity of the year, they are counting on both unbelieving blindness and Christian ignorance to fuel the kingdom of darkness. If you truly believe that Halloween isn’t a threat to your spirit, you can ask anyone who practices witchcraft, and they will tell you it’s real! Demons don’t care that you are a Christian. If they see you celebrating what their master created, they see everything you do to participate as an invitation. It is the one night a year (if not month depending on when you put up your decorations) that they will catch you with your Armor of God OFF and your Shield of Faith down. And that one time is all it will take for Satan to get a foothold. Your 364 days of spiritual protection? Obsolete. You think demons aren’t that smart? If they see you participate every year, they won’t care how many times you ward them off with prayer. They know exactly when to get you; and they’ve got all eternity! Demons are more patient at an opportunity to attack than we are at the DMV. If that doesn’t tell you to ask God for patience, then I don’t know what will!

You know how we sing that song? “Even when we don’t see it, He’s working. Even when we don’t feel it, He’s working. You never stop. You never stop working.” You know that goes the same way for the devil, right? You don’t always see and feel Satan working—you don’t always sense a spiritual attack coming, do you? But he is! Just like God is always moving and working and protecting and healing and providing, Satan is just as busy setting traps! And while you’re off in your costume getting candy, you can’t see it or feel it—why? You’re having fun. But that doesn’t mean the devil isn’t working! If anything, he’s got you right where he wants you, doing what? Celebrating the very holiday HE CREATED. If that’s the trap, it worked! Halloween isn’t a holiday to be celebrating if you are a follower of Christ. The spiritual influence is very real. It’s not a joke.

All of this to say, just because unbelievers celebrate Christian-based holidays like Christmas and Easter does NOT mean Christians should, in return, celebrate devil-based holidays. It’s hypocritical. You cannot be fully submitted to God 364 days a year and allow for 1 day of un-submission. You will be judged for it when you die (and no, you won’t be able to talk to anyone down here when you do).

“I won't celebrate what Jesus died to defeat, and the Father continues to defeat. I don't celebrate Halloween for the same reason unbelievers and those who practice witchcraft take Jesus out of Christmas and Easter. Why would we celebrate the very thing God Himself does not involve Himself in because it goes against His character? Even worse, why do we customize it for Christians and children? Even Satan has his own Halloween costume: it's called an angel of light. When we as Christians dress as “harmless” or “Christian” characters, we are mimicking Satan's deceit and acting as a stumbling block for those who maintain the dark aspect of it. We are made in His image and likeness, and we are called to act like Christ, so why should we? Why would we ruin our witness of light by celebrating darkness? You cannot Christianize darkness. That is the Biblical definition of perversion of light.” —Anonymous

Scriptures:

2 Corinthians 6:14-28: Do NOT team up with those who are unbelievers and practice wickedness. How can light live with darkness? What harmony is there between God and Satan?

1 Thessalonians 5:22- avoid the very appearance of evil.

Ephesians 4:27- give no opportunity to the devil.

2 Timothy 1:7- God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind.

2 Corinthians 11:14-15: Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So, it’s no surprise if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness.(I’m not calling any of you “servants of darkness,” but how many of you dressed up as a Christian character when you went trick-or-treating?)

Now you see how dangerous Halloween is. Still want to celebrate it?

History.com Editors, “Halloween 2023,” History, August 11, 2023 (Original: November 18, 2009), history.com, https://www.history.com/.../halloween/history-of-halloween

“I will not be celebrating Halloween, because Halloween is afraid of Jesus and anything that is afraid of Jesus belongs to Satan. I will not celebrate anything that belongs to Satan.”

—Anonymous

The line between legalism and consecration

This line can be fine, but it’s still there. It all comes down to heart posture and conscience. It’s what the Apostle Paul talked about in the book of Acts (food dedicated to idols). It’s also the reason why it’s always good to ask the Holy Spirit what we’re allowed to do versus what we aren’t, cos He’s not a boring God. His job isn’t to consecrate us so far that we have no life and no creativity. I’ve made known what practices are strictly dedicated to the pagan mindset, so here’s a sigh of relief.

There are some fall-related practices that are not strictly related to Halloween but wound up in its lineup anyway. Take pumpkin carving for example. We can’t say that the Celtics of ancient Ireland were the first group to carve anything into a vegetable. In fact, upon doing more research, I found that the Celtics celebrating the Samhain festival didn’t even use pumpkins. Now, on behalf of the ancient tradition and what America turned it into, they probably grow and use pumpkins now; but back in the 8^th century BCE paired with the fact that they were a poor and somewhat isolated civilization, they didn’t have pumpkins. They had turnips and potatoes. Also note that they didn’t carve random things into these veggies. They strictly carved scary faces as to “ward off evil spirits.” Pumpkin-carving in the form of today’s jack-o-lanterns was invented by the Americas when Irish and Scottish immigrants moved there in the 19^th century, when and where of which pumpkins were plentiful at the time. Yes, you’re reading that right; Halloween has only been an American holiday for about 200+ years, younger than we have existed as a nation. These immigrants noted how bountiful American colonies were in pumpkins during the fall. They also realized that pumpkins were so much easier to carve into than turnips and potatoes. So, the jack-o-lantern was born. Here’s where it gets tricky:

Jack-o-lanterns are the pagan-birthed version of pumpkin carving. Despite the veggie switch, the ritual remains the same and should be thoroughly avoided. However, this doesn’t mean simply taking a knife to a pumpkin is a sin. As a Christian, that would be considered legalism. The original ritual as to stir demonic activity was not the act of taking a knife to a vegetable; it was both the heart posture, and the finished pieces they carved that sent a purposeful spiritual message. It is the act of willingly carving fear or a work of art that invokes darkness that is the pagan practice. But carving things which are not of darkness, like hearts or stars or Jesus’ cross, is not. There’s another big however: Although I believe that pumpkin carving in itself is not a sin, much less involving in the pagan practices of Halloween, there are two major things to consider. One, there are boundaries and those boundaries need to be taken seriously. I’m talking about your heart posture. No matter what you carve into a pumpkin, doing it as a fun activity for the season and doing it for Halloween are two different things. Secondly, not every heart is the same. Even people who carve harmless things into pumpkins still maintain the intentions of the “holiday spirit.” In a nutshell, to safely engage in pumpkin carving, one must have a heart posture leaned towards God only. The act must be in celebration of God’s season and not the devil’s holiday. And you must not carve anything that should invoke fear or darkness. Anything outside of these rules is where the Holy Spirit will start nudging on you. I as the author, am not even exempt from this.

My family used to partake in pumpkin carving. No, we never carved scary faces or anything, but throughout the years, my sister and I began to feel a sense of nudging to not carve pumpkins anymore. We wondered why and we were answered. Even as Christians who were vigilant, our intentions weren’t holy. We were carving pumpkins because everyone else was, everyone else who did it for the wrong reasons. We were blindly basing our innocence off perversion and didn’t know. In fact, when my sister and I were small and spiritually immature, we always asked our parents why we weren’t allowed to celebrate Halloween even to the extent of no costumes, no trick-or-treating, and no parties. We saw certain things as harmless, and we wanted to participate. We didn’t understand until our faith grew up and when it did, we instantly wanted nothing to do with it. But things like pumpkin carving still lingered, because we felt left out and “we can always Christianize it.” Since then, we haven’t carved pumpkins. We partake in universal autumn festivities like the pumpkin patch and apple cider; we even buy pumpkins for decoration and cooking, but we don’t carve them. I’d like to think that the practice has become so associated with the holiday that any form of it may no longer be innocent. It’s like drinking alcohol as a Christian. In itself it’s not a sin…until it causes others to stumble. But all souls are different, and you can’t make any assumptions, not even on yourself; because God is the only being in the entire universe who can read your thoughts and your heart. So, before you decide to push past this warning and go carve a pumpkin in light of the season, ask the Holy Spirit permission; because I the author, don’t know your heart, nor can I read your thoughts. And neither can anyone else. Knowing this, I do know that pumpkin carving no matter the personal intentions has been so heavily known and associated with Halloween, that no one will know why you're doing it. They can't read your intentions, only God can. So, when they see your carved pumpkins sitting on the curb or by your front door, it's most likely a sign that you're involved in Halloween one way or another. They aren't going to see Christian consecration. They're going to see secular custom; and it doesn't matter what you carved. In fact, for those of you who carve Christian or harmless things into your pumpkins, it still won't make a difference. If anything, they will think you're one of those Christians who try to make a holy version of Halloween, and you're still involved in it; and they will use this to justify their own celebration. This is why my family and I stopped. Because the closer we are to Christ's return, the more extreme Christians have to get in their consecration, because so many things are being given over to the darkness.

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Trunk-or-Treating Truth

This was brought to my attention to some viewers, and it needed to be. As I said before, this is not made to condemn anyone, and heaven-forbid, it’s not to condemn any churches either! I’m simply giving you all a loving heads up!

What is “Trunk-Or-Treating?”

Trunk-or-treating is a Halloween tradition that some churches do. It is exactly how it sounds. It’s the same idea as trick-or-treating, but rather than kids going from house to house for candy, a group (church group) will (sometimes) decorate their cars for Halloween, gather and park in a central location, such as the parking lot of the church, and kids wearing costumes go from car to car gathering candy. The reason churches do this is to give children and families, particularly families dealing with poverty or who can’t afford costumes or candy, can take their kids trick-or-treating in an ideal and safe location where they can have fun in a friendly environment. It sounds wonderful and loving and Christian and perfect. Unfortunately, it’s also giving the idea that celebrating Halloween is okay “because it’s hosted by a church.”

Although there isn’t a history behind “church trick-or-treating” (that I could find), it’s pretty obvious that this generation, or at least the last 2 generations from the early to mid-2000s started it. Ironically, these are the generations who are prophesied about in the Bible, and who twist God's Word and live carnal lifestyles while still calling themselves Christian, so, no surprise there (not calling anyone or any church out).

Just because a worldly tradition is hosted by a church doesn’t mean it’s “okay” or that God suddenly approves of it. Remember, there are churches whose leaders are false preachers or those that preach a watered down and carnal gospel. Furthermore, just because your pastor allows trunk-or-treating doesn’t mean he’s a false teacher (if you’re offended, please read that again). As I mentioned in the previous post, Halloween is such a normalized holiday that even a handful of the Christian population believe it is okay to celebrate it, churches included. But everything above about Halloween still stands. Spiritually speaking, it’s not okay. If you remember, trick-or-treating was started by the British. The original tradition’s idea lies behind the “wandering spirits” aspect. Children dressing in costumes represent ghosts and evil spirits going door to door to terrorize the living, while parents giving out candy represent villagers who are trying to fend off these spirits by giving them treats. Trunk-or-treating is the same aspect, and decorating your car in the same clothes of darkness contributes to this folly. Once again, you are not “warding off evil spirits” when you decorate yourself or your vehicle in the very things demons are attracted to. The children may be physically safe, but they aren’t spiritually safe (which is ironic when this takes place in the parking lot of a church, aka, a house which was made to invite light in, not darkness).

“A letter to these churches: Why are you inviting the devil into God’s house once a year? Why are you harmonizing with darkness once a year after inviting God in the other 52 Sundays of the year? Why are you defiling God’s house on purpose? And why are you ignoring the Holy Spirit who is convicting you of this?” —Anonymous

A letter to the congregation of these churches: I cannot stop the spirit of offense from angering you, but if your church teaches all the knowledge of the power of Jesus Name, and the power of the Holy Spirit and Salvation, and how to protect you and your home from Satan’s attacks, then invites these same demons into God’s sacred house once a year, you should probably find another home church. Not that what he/she said about Jesus Name or the Holy Spirit was wrong (maybe), but if he/she is willing to cast all of that aside on purpose, serve God 364 days a year, then worship the world on that 1 missing day, that isn’t dedication, nor is he/she fully committed, or teaching you as such. All of the truth they speak means nothing when carnality has tainted it. Get out of there while you still can.

Earlier, I said this: “You can’t paganize truth. All you can do is put a sticker on it.” This goes the same way for demonic ownership. Just as you can’t paganize God’s original truth, you cannot Christianize what was originally Satan’s. All you can do is put a Christian sticker on it. You can’t put a sticker over a lie and call it truth, so why would you do the same to a holiday original created by the devil???

So, to all the churches who participate in trunk-or-treating. We know why you do it, so bless your souls, but it still goes against what your church stands for and what God stands for. If you want to protect the sanctification of the house you built for God and the people's spirits who attend it, please do away with this demonic worldly tradition. There are plenty of other ways for kids and families to have fun and stay spiritually safe than copying the world and calling it “Christian.” And if you need help with ideas, ask the Holy Spirit! He knows ALL. Literally.

Let’s turn spooky season back into harvest season.

I love you all! God bless and have a spiritually safe October 31^st basking in True holy Light.