Unmasking Halloween

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Growing up as a child, I would go trick or treating. We would often chant “trick- or -treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat”. Even though we didn’t know the origin of Halloween, everyone participated because it was a tradition and it was fun. It wasn’t until my adult years that I was made aware of the origin of the celebration called Halloween.

Halloween dates back to before the time of Christ. In the Celtic countries of Britain, Germany and France, the Druids, the priests and teachers of the Celts, set aside October 31st to honor Samhain, the lord of the dead. At this time of year, the crops were harvested and it was a time of general decay. The day honoring Samhain highlighted the gloom and cold of the coming season.

The Celts believed that Samhain assembled all the souls of the dead on October 31st, the eve of the Celtic New Year freeing them to return to their homes, where their families were to entertain them. If they didn’t find an acceptable welcome, the spirits would cast spells or cause other problems of living. This became the first form of “trick-or-treat”.

To prepare for the arrival of these spirits, the Druids built huge bonfires, sacrificing animals, crops and even humans. The fire was also used in divination as they studied the remains of the sacrificed animals. During this ritual, many individuals wore costumes made of animal heads and skins. When the Romans conquered the Celts, they combined the festival to Samhain with their own festival honoring Pomona, the goddess of fruit and trees, making apples and nuts an important part of the rituals.

In now knowing this, the question that is before us as a body of baptized believers in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, should we participate in a “celebration” that is to honor pagan gods and witchcraft.

Scripture says in Deuteronomy 18:9-12 NKJV

When you come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations.
There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead.
For all who do these things are an abomination to the Lord and because of these abominations the Lord your God drives them out before you.

Therefore, the answer to the question is, NO, CHRISTIANS SHOULD NOT participate in the celebration of Halloween.

In His Service,
Pastor Rose

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