The real history of its pagan origins

First off, I am not trying to put a damper on your Holiday, however, God warns us to know the history of whatever Holiday or Festival we are taking part in and just who it is we are honoring. That said, here is the true history of Easter.

As much as you may not want to believe it, the Easter Holiday has its roots in ancient polytheistic religions or paganism. Open your Bible and you'll notice that "Easter" is never used in the original scr i ptures, nor is it ever associated in the Bible with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. For these reasons the term “Resurrection Sunday” should be used rather than “Easter” when referring to the annual Christian remembrance of Jesus Christ's resurrection.

Nearly every reference book says that the name “Easter” derived from the Eastre, the Teutonic goddess of Spring. Although this relationship exists, in reality, the origin of the name and the goddess are far more ancient - going all the way back to the Tower of Babel. The origin of Easter begins not long after the biblical Flood.

The Flood was a divine judgment sent on mankind after evil had become all pervasive and all people everywhere were totally unresponsive to God. The Bible says that "the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually" (Genesis 6:5).  It is not difficult to imagine that life must have been almost unbearable at this time in history. God gave humankind a second chance by preserving the righteous man Noah and his family (a total of 8 people).

After the Flood, Noah had a talented, but evil, great-grandson named Nimrod (Genesis 10:6-10) who rebelled greatly against God. The Bible says that he was “a mighty one”. Jewish tradition indicates that Nimrod was a tyrant who made all of the people rebellious against God. It is evident from history that Nimrod was not only a political leader, but also the lead priest of a form of occultic worship. Nimrod built and organized major cities. The Bible notes that these included Babel, Asshur, Nineveh and Calah (Genesis 10:10-12). These were cities of great, almost unimaginable practices and perversion.

When Nimrod eventually died, the Babylonian mystery religion in which he figured prominently continued on. His wife Queen Semiramis saw to that. Once he was dead, she defined him as the Sun-god. In various cultures he later became known as Baal, the Great Life Giver, the god of fire, Baalim, Bel, Molech, etc.

Later, when this adulterous and idolatrous woman gave birth to an illegitimate son, she claimed that this son, Tammuz by name, was Nimrod reborn. Semiramis claimed that her son was supernaturally conceived [no human father] and that he was the promised seed, the 'savior' - promised by God in Genesis 3:15.  However, not only was the child worshipped, but his mother, Queen Semiramis, was also worshipped as much, maybe more, than the son!

Nimrod was defined as the god of the sun and father of creation and Semiramis became the goddess of the moon, fertility, etc.In the old fables of the Mystery cults, their 'savior' Tammuz, was worshiped with various rites at the Spring season. According to the legends, after he was slain (killed by a wild boar), he went into the underworld but, through the weeping of his mother, he mystically revived in the springing forth of the vegetation - in Spring! Each year a spring festival dramatically represented this supposed 'resurrection' from the underworld. Thus, a terrible false religion developed with its sun and moon worship, priests, astrology, demonic worship, worship of stars associated with their gods, idolatry, mysterious rites, human sacrifice, and more. The practices which went on were so horrible that it is not fitting to mention them here.

Babel - Babylon

It was at Nimrod's city of Babel that a towering structure was first built in defiance of God as part of their Satanic religion. Archaeological evidence indicates that this was a spectacular pyramid-shaped structure (ziggurat). At this time there was only one language in the world and most of the world's population centered in this area and participated in this religion.

It was evident to God that all mankind would soon degenerate into a level of evil that would parallel that of the pre-Flood world. For humanity's sake, something had to be done to slow and frustrate this organization of an evil one world, tyrannical government. God confused their language, so that they could not understand each other and this is the ultimate source of the world's many languages. As a result, many people moved away from the area in groups according to their particular new language.

Most, if not all, of these people carried their evil Sun-God-based religion with them. They continued to worship the stars and practice all the other ungodly rituals of their religion. Some also continued to build pyramids reminiscent of the Tower of Babel as part of this mystery religion. Today, we can still find remnants of these throughout the world (e.g., Iraq, South America, Central America, Egypt, Burma). Babel was the origin of an idolatrous system that swept the world. The Bible says of her, Babylon, "the nations drank her wine; Therefore the nations are deranged” (Jeremiah 51:7). The Bible often speaks of the Satanic religions which came from her.

The ancient Greek historian Herodotus witnessed the Mystery religion and its rites in numerous countries and mentions how Babylon was the primeval source from which ALL systems of idolatry followed. Austen Layard said “we have the united testimony of sacred and profane history that idolatry originated in the area of Babylonia - the most ancient of religious systems.

Easter named

In general, nearly every vile, profane and idolatrous practice one can think of originated at Babel with Queen Semiramis, the Mother Goddess and Nimrod.

As the people scattered from Babel with their different languages, they, of course, used different names for Nimrod (Tammuz) and Semiramis. Some called the Mother Goddess "ISHTAR", originally pronounced "Easter".  In other lands, she was called Eostre, Astarte, Ostera, and Eastre. Other names for Semiramis, the Mother Goddess include: Wife of Baal, Ashtaroth or Ashtoreth, and Queen of Heaven.  The Mother goddess was frequently worshiped as the goddess of fertility - and as a sort of Mother Nature and goddess of Spring and sexual love and birth. She was also worshiped as a mediator between god and man. Sexual orgies and temple prostitutes were often used in her worship and in attempting to gain her favor.

The Rabbit and the Hare

The rabbit is well known as a sexual symbol of fertility. In various parts of the world, religions which developed from Babel also associate the rabbit with periodicity, both human and lunar (Egypt, China, etc.). As you may remember, the Mother Goddess Semiramis (Easter) is associated with the Moon. In other words, the Easter bunny symbolizes the Mother Goddess. Annual Spring time fertility rituals are associated worship of the Mother Goddess and Tammuz, the reincarnation of her husband Nimrod.

The Easter Egg

Most children and families who color or hide Easter eggs as part of their Resurrection Sunday tradition have no knowledge of the origin of these traditions. Easter egg activities have become a part of Western culture. Many would be surprised and even dismayed to learn where the traditions originated.

The egg was a sacred symbol among the Babylonians. They believed an old fable about an egg of wondrous size which was supposed to have fallen from heaven into the the Euphrates River. From this marvelous egg - according to the ancient story - the Goddess Astarte (Easter - Semiramis), was hatched. And so the egg came to symbolize the Goddess Easter. The idea of a mystic egg spread from Babylon to many parts of the world. In Rome, the mystic egg preceded processions in honor of the Mother Goddess Roman. The egg was part of the sacred ceremonies of the Mysteries of Bacchus. The Druids used the egg as their sacred emblem. In Northern Europe, China and Japan, the eggs were colored for their sacred festivals.The egg was also a symbol of fertility; Semiramis (Easter) was the goddess of Fertility. The Easter egg is a symbol of the pagan Mother Goddess, and it even bears one of her namess