Soon it will be Halloween. Is Halloween just some fun "holiday"? First, let us define holiday. Holiday derives from two words, holy and day (Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hāligdæg, from hālig holy + dæg day): a day set aside for special religious observance. Therefore, the word holiday, the meaning of which has changed over time, was originally set aside in observance of holy days. What then is Halloween? Is Halloween a Holy Day? In no way, shape or form is Halloween a holy day.
Halloween can be traced back to Rome (Pre-RCC), in the religious practices of the Romans. It also has to do with the Druids, and other pagan religions. The Romans worshiped various gods (polytheistic) and on October 31, a special feast was held in honor of Pomona, goddess of the fruit trees. Halloween though is more closely related to the Druidic holy day of Samhain. The Druids are an ancient order of Celtic priests in Britain (who are polytheistic), who celebrate the end of Summer (the lighter days) turning into Autumn (the darker days). During this time they believe the divide between the living and the dead is very thin, and people can actually make contact with the dead. This also was a celebration honoring Samhain. Samhain is the Celtic god of the dead. Samhain (the celebration not the “god”) was also called the Féile Moingfhinne (meaning "festival of Mongfhionn"). According to Cormac's Glossary, Mongfhionn was a goddess the pagan Irish worshipped on Samhain. Moingfhinne is said to have killed with poison in an attempt to have the kingdom for her sons. She drank the poison herself, died and became their goddess of sorcery. The Roman Catholic Church (RCC) took these holy days and integrated them into their church, and instituted a "religious" holy day, All Saints Day, when people would go out and try to appease the dead.
Do I really have to remind anyone witchcraft, which includes a plethora of practices from the Ouija Board, astrology, tarot card reading, so called psychics to Voodoo and Wicca…is something which Paul clearly states those who practice this cannot enter into the kingdom of God (Galatians 5:19-21). You may think it just a “fun” holiday, and as with Christmas and Easter, you can try and justify it all you want, but it is not a holy day instituted by Jesus Messiah and was never practiced by Jesus or the apostles, and I can tell you for a fact they did not nor would they have done so (the Roman practice of celebrating Pomona was already in existence). Do you then really need to ask why I don’t celebrate Halloween, or why anyone shouldn’t? Is it really just harmless fun of dressing up and scaring people, trick or treating, etc.? The truth is it’s a holy day for pagan, polytheistic religions who, to this day still actually celebrate Samhain as a holy day. No rationalization in the world makes it right. If you celebrate it, you are perpetuating a day that is not of the Lord, but of the pagan god of the undead, a pagan goddess of sorcery, and other ancient roman gods and goddesses, and a false practice instituted by the RCC, All Saints Day.
Everywhere you look you can find differing versions of where Halloween came from, but its roots all remain the same, beginning deep in pagan polytheistic religions celebrating and worshipping their pagan gods. What does the LORD say about this? God makes known, very clearly, how He feels about this, in the First Commandment: Exodus 20:1-6, "And God spake all these words, saying, I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments." While we are not under the law, it is written upon our hearts and we know we are not to worship or idolize anyone or anything but Jesus Messiah. Jesus gave us a few commandments, and the greatest of these is to the fact there is only one God, and we are to love Him with all our heart, soul and mind (Matthew 22:37). For those of you who celebrate Halloween please consider the facts and if you have children contemplate what you are teaching them.
Jesus bless you!!!
New Covenant Minister
