Today, it’s About the Passover, the Resurrection and Freedom from Sin and Death, not About Easter Baskets, Bunnies or Eggs!

Posted on by March 31, 2024

What Will Be Your Real Focus Today?

Is it About Eggs, Bunnies and Candy or Christ’s Sacrifice on the Cross?

“And in all that I have said to you, be circumspect and make no mention of the name of other gods, nor let it be heard from your mouth.” -Ex 23:13 (NKJV)

Easter on the surface is a nice, innocent, pretty time filled with gifts, parties, celebrations, new clothes, flowers, colored eggs, bunnies and Easter egg hunts. But its history is dark, evil and highly pagan!

Because it’s a pleasurable fun time for young and old the ancient symbolism I will describe below how it still plays out in our contemporary Christian culture. Also, this is one of the two times each year that churches are usually well attended; the other being Christmas. It also brings to mind the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the grave; many say this is the holiest time of the year. Biblically, this is a great time for a Christian, a time of remembering what Christ did on the cross for us; His complete payment for our sins through His shedding of His blood through His death, burial and resurrection. But will this be the focus for Christians outside the church or will Christ be sadly put aside as we exit our services and engage in our own meaning of this time of year?

“And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2- Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the Lord your God. 3- After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. 4- Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God. 5- Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord.” -Lev 18:1-5 (KJV)

Easter is a pagan festival filled with heathen symbolism and represents the worship of idols and goddesses.

 

There is a very dark and evil side to this tradition of men of ages gone by. How? First of all, the celebration of Easter is nowhere to be found in God’s word – the Bible. The Apostles and the early church did not follow it. In fact, Easter is a pagan festival filled with heathen symbolism and represents the worship of idols and goddesses.

Jesus nor His disciples ever celebrated an Easter in their lives. Passover, yes. Easter, no!

The word or name Easter comes from an ancient heathen goddess who represented fertility and sex. This pagan goddess Easter has been known by many names: Asherah, Ishatar, Venus, Astoreth, Eostre and Ostara.

The ancient Babylonians celebrated the beginning of spring with a festival honoring the resurrection of the goddess, Tammuz. Tammuz is actually mentioned in the Bible in Eze 8:13-14. The Lord called worship of this kind – abominable!  Additionally, the celebration and worship of the Easter tradition is a violation of the very first commandment of God:

“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” -Ex 20:3 (KJV)

The Easter festival or time of year is a age old tradition that has “infected” multiple civilizations from ancient Babylon (a nation deeply rooted in the occult and idol worship) to America right here and now. I could go on and on about this festival as it relates to evil gods and idols but suffice it to say this is not a time to be remembering what Christ did on the cross with symbols like: ‘mourning’ for lent, worshiping eggs, bunnies, or chocolate rabbits.

The enemy of our souls – Satan – has cunningly and subtly crafted “Easter” as a dark covering that snuffs out and blinds many to the real meaning for this time of the year. It should be about God’s Feast of Passover – and the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, our Lord and Savior.

Passover marks the time the Exodus from Egypt; as the Hebrews left their captors after the ten plagues levied on them by God Himself. Passover is mentioned in the Bible many times and certainly in Acts 12:4 where the Greek transliteration of the word Easter is really ‘pesach‘ or Passover. Passover marks a solemn time and commemoration of deliverance and freedom from Egyptian captivity. It is a time to remember and reflect in humility and thanksgiving. It is not about rabbits, eggs or chocolate!

“Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. ” -Prov 4:14 (KJV)

Jesus celebrated the Passover with His disciples before going to the cross and His death is symbolic of His sacrifice for us. Just as the lamb was slain and its blood placed on the lintel and door posts of all the Hebrew homes the night before their deliverance from Egypt, escaping from the tenth plaque that was to destroy all the firstborn, so Christ’s blood shed for us on the cross for the forgiveness of sins. This is what Passover means to us today – a time to remember, pray and seek Him recalling His death on the cross, burial, during the time of the Passover and Unleavened Bread Feasts and ultimately His resurrection on the third day.

This is a great time to praise and worship God’s Son Jesus Christ. We should be recalling what this means to us, praying and telling others of this good news. Actually, this should be celebrated every day not just once a year.

This should be a time of great celebration and reflection in the Lord: a time for deep personal introspection, a time to win souls, a time to bring people closer to the Lord, a time to seek Him in personal prayer and a time of healing. We should shun the pagan [and evil] symbols of Easter and have no association with them for they are not of God.  God wants to be worshiped in spirit and truth and wants nothing to do with Easter goddesses served up with idolatry. But I dare say that at family and friends gatherings this Sunday people will be eating and drinking with little if any conversation about what this time of year should really be about. Little discussion on the reason Christ came, died and was resurrected. Rare talk about salvation and the forgiveness of our sins. And even rarer engagement in repentance. So what will you be talking about…? 

To find a Biblical meaning to the death, burial and resurrection of our Lord Jesus the Christ, we look no farther than the Book of Romans 6:3-5. This will show us plainly that in baptism the real symbol was established in God’s word for Christ’s death, burial and resurrection and this is what we should focus on.

“Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:” -Rom 6:3-5 (KJV)

Today, celebrate Jesus’ sacrifice and newness of life given for all on the Cross of Calvary. This is a time to commemorate the Passover and not Easter.

Happy Passover, Happy Resurrection Day!

Pesach Sameach!

 

-BPWatcher – Internet Preacher and Bible Prophecy Watchman

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Is It Too Late for America?

Posted on by March 24, 2024

A Nation Under Judgment

“Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!” 9- And He said, “Go, and tell this people:
‘Keep on listening, but do not understand;
And keep on looking, but do not gain knowledge.’
10- Make the hearts of this people insensitive,
Their ears dull,
And their eyes blind,
So that they will not see with their eyes,
Hear with their ears,
Understand with their hearts,
And return and be healed.” -Isa 6:8-10 (NASB)

We find the above Scripture in the Book of Isaiah, a major prophet of the Old Testament. His calling occurred around 742BCE. He was anointed and sent to the rebellious people of ancient Judah and surrounding nations. Judah was to feel God’s judgment upon immoral and idolatrous men.

It is this author’s opinion that America is or could be progressing along the same path as these ancients. Why? It’s because America has sunken into the mire of gross sin, a cesspool of wickedness and evil never seen before in American history. Our governmental leaders are corrupt to the core and are incapable of seeing any farther than the insanity of their lawless decisions, plans and directions. They are wicked men and women! God Almighty sees this and has seen it for a very long time now. From funding abortion to promoting unnatural living. America, as a nation, IMO is now doomed. However … there is still remnant of people that still hear, see and practice Godliness and live according to the statutes and commandments of God.

In researching for this message today, I came across John MacArthur’s sermon notes on this Scripture and in my book, in my opinion, he’s hit the nail on the head.

Consider this excerpt from John MacArthur’s sermon – “Too Late for Grace: When a Nation Rejects God” This Grace to You article originally appeared here. (Copyright 2024, Grace to You. All rights reserved. Used by permission.).

“In verse 9, the Lord accepts his offer: “Go, and tell this people. Go tell them.” Tell them what? Listen to the message, verse 9, “Keep on listening, but do not perceive; keep on looking, but do not understand. Render the hearts of this people insensitive, their ears dull, their eyes dim, otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and return and be healed.” What?

“Go tell them”—here’s the message—“it’s too late. You wouldn’t listen, you wouldn’t see, you wouldn’t believe; and now you can’t.” Do you see that? “Tell them it’s too late. Tell them, ‘You can keep listening, keep looking, but you will not perceive, and you will not understand. Your hearts are insensitive, your ears are dull, your eyes are dim, so that you cannot see, you cannot hear, you cannot understand, you cannot return, and you cannot be healed.’ Tell them it is too late; judgment is already in motion.””

Yes, this is hard to swallow but this is what, I believe, the Lord meant to a highly rebellious people that have heard the word of God all the time, they’ve seen His miracles, witnessed His goodness but yet continued to rebel, sin and grow even more rebellious. This is America today!

But it doesn’t end here with ancient Judah, it now continues with Jesus quoting the same verses in Matt 13:14-15. So it was also happening in Jesus’ day and now in our day.

What do we do?

Pray and seek Almighty God today! We should all strive to get our lives right with God. Receive His free gift of salvation and live a life holy and acceptable unto Him. The time is getting later and later.

The Lord gave us warning of what to watch for in the days before He returns – in Matt 24, Mark 13, Luke 17 and 21 and in many other places in the OT and NT. But who’s watching? The churches? I don’t think so… when have you heard of a church that preaches Godly living, conviction of sin and repentance? To say nothing about prophecy. IMO, our churches are nothing but weak, feeble sickly warriors for Christ. There are many that attend that are just playing church and the things of God.

So as the churches fail in their mission for Christ, our nation grows more and more lawless. Just consider all the insanity around the illegal immigrants crossing our open borders and bringing in more lawlessness, diseases, crime and Godless cultures. We are in fact being invaded!! And the church says … Crickets!! Nothing, notta, zilch!

This is sickening and God sees it all. Remember, what happened to Sodom and Gomorrah? Also consider that America (a once Godly nation, super blessed by God) does not seem to be in the pages of Scripture in the last or end days?

Seek the Lord people. Seek Him with all your heart, mind and soul. .

“…Behold, now is “a favorable time,” behold, now is “a day of salvation” -2 Cor 6:2b (NASB)

 

-BPWatcher, Internet Preacher and Bible Prophecy Watchman

 

GIVE ALMIGHTY GOD ALL THE GLORY FOR HE IS KING and HE IS LORD!

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The “Blood Moon Purim Eclipse” Of March 25th Will Happen At About The Same Time “The Devil Comet” Becomes Visible To The Naked Eye

Posted on by March 19, 2024

Editor’s Note: Holy Scripture tells us what the signs will look like in the end days. But are you looking, listening and seeing?

“There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, 26- people fainting from fear and the expectation of the things that are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.” -Luke 21:25-26 (NASB)

“For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. 35- Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: 36- Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 37- And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.” -Mark 13:34-37 (KJV-emphasis added)

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The “Blood Moon Purim Eclipse” Of March 25th Will Happen At About The Same Time “The Devil Comet” Becomes Visible To The Naked Eye

By Michael Snyder – Mar 17, 2024

During the next couple of months, so many amazing things are going to be happening in the heavens.  For example, during the Great American Eclipse of 2024 on April 8th, the sun, the moon and the seven other planets in our solar system will all line up in the sky.  It is almost as if the entire solar system will be screaming that this is a once in a lifetime event.  But before we get to April 8th, there will be some other absolutely incredible things happening in the skies above our heads.  On March 25th, we will witness a penumbral lunar eclipse.  The following comes from Wikipedia…

A penumbral lunar eclipse will take place on Monday, March 25, 2024. It will be visible to the naked eye as 95.57% of the Moon will be immersed in Earth’s penumbral shadow.

Since so much attention has been focused on the Great American Eclipse of 2024 on April 8th, this other eclipse has kind of snuck up on us.

Apparently, much of the planet will be able to view this lunar eclipse…

It will be fully visible from most of the Americas, will be seen rising over Australia and eastern Asia, and setting over western parts of Africa and Europe.

Interestingly, this will also be a “blood moon” eclipse, and so to many people the moon will appear to have a reddish color…

In the upcoming lunar eclipse, the Earth’s shadow will block out 97% of the moon’s surface. This eclipse will be a “blood moon,” the result of atmospheric conditions that give the moon a reddish tint rather than black when it moves into the shadow. The red color comes from some of the sunlight passing through Earth’s atmosphere where it gets bent and colors like blue and green are filtered out, leaving behind longer wavelengths like the color red.

On top of everything else, this “blood moon” eclipse also coincides with Purim.

The first day of Purim goes from sundown on March 23rd to sundown on March 24th.

The second day of Purim goes from sundown on March 24th to sundown on March 25th.

So this is going to be a “blood moon Purim eclipse”, and Pastor Mark Biltz believes that it is quite appropriate that the moon will be eclipsed on Purim…

The first lunar eclipse on March 25 will coincide with the Jewish holiday of Purim. Biltz noted that it was fitting that the moon should be eclipsed on Purim, as Esther literally means “hidden.”

There is another connection with Purim that I didn’t learn about until today.

According to the Supernatural By Design YouTube Channel, the dates that eclipses occur in 2024 align almost perfectly with the dates that eclipses occurred in 480 BC…

The individual behind the Supernatural By Design YouTube Channel seems to think that the most important events in the Book of Esther took place in 480 BC.

I am not sure if that is true or not.

It is generally accepted that the events in the Book of Esther took place between 483 BC and 473 BC.

So it is entirely possible that the showdown with Haman happened in 480 BC.

 

In his video, he tries to make a number of other connections between what is happening in our time and what happened in Esther’s time.  I don’t agree with everything that he has to say, but if you want to watch the entire video you can find it right here…

 

 

 

There is certainly a lot in that video that can be debated.

But what we do know is that a blood moon eclipse will occur on the second day of Purim this year.

And in the Book of Esther we read that Purim was a time when God delivered the people of Israel from being destroyed by their enemies.

Could this blood moon eclipse during Purim be a sign that the people of Israel are about to be delivered once again?

That is a good question.

We also know that in late March “the Devil Comet” will be racing through the sky as this blood moon eclipse is happening.

In fact, it is being reported that it is possible that this comet “could be visible to the naked eye” at that time…

Look up into the night sky this month, and you’ll get a glimpse of a massive comet that could be visible to the naked eye.

According to Space.com, the comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, also known as the “devil comet,” will be visible to most people on Earth while it completes its 71-year orbit around the sun.

Known as an ice volcano comet, according to NASA, its passage near the sun prompts it to erupt from exposure to solar radiation, which cracks open large icy shells that deliver a show of ice and gas shooting out of the base, making the comet appear larger and brighter as it gets closer to Earth.

This comet only comes around once every 71 years.

So it is a pretty big deal.

According to the New York Post, those of us living in the northern hemisphere will want to view it in either late March of during the month of April because it will move out of sight in May…

But by the end of March, the comet may be able to be seen with the naked eye at dusk in the Northern Hemisphere against the zodiacal constellation Aries in the western horizon, according to Space.com.

It will continue to make its extraordinarily bright presence known during next month’s total solar eclipse and by April 21, will arrive at its closest distance to the sun before fading from sight in the Northern Hemisphere in May.

It will then be visible from the Southern Hemisphere before disappearing from view from Earth until 2095 again.

 

So the run of “the Devil Comet” will be taking place during the “blood moon Purim eclipse” on March 25th and the total solar eclipse on April 8th.

 

Is that just a coincidence?

And let me throw one more thing at you.

NASA is telling us that at some point between right now and September, a star that is 3,000 light years away will explode.

That explosion will be so bright that it will actually be visible to the naked eye in the northern hemisphere…

Between now and September, have your eyes peeled for a truly spectacular night show.

Not for regular old fireworks, that is, but for a rare celestial event: a nova explosion from 3,000 light years away that’s predicted to flare into our night sky and become visible to our naked eyes in the Northern Hemisphere.

NASA says the nova explosion, which is essentially when a binary star system explodes, will emanate from the T Coronae Borealis star system and will be as bright as the North Star for around a week.

Like I said, there is certainly going to be a lot going on in the heavens during the months ahead.

And I believe that all of these “signs in the heavens” are meant to tell us something.

In fact, that is why I put the path of the Great American Eclipse of 2024 on the cover of my latest book.

In Luke chapter 21, Jesus specifically told us that there would be “signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars” in the days just before His return.

We may not understand everything perfectly right now, but we should be watching, because Jesus instructed us to watch.

The things that are about to happen in the heavens are absolutely fascinating, and many believe that they have enormous implications for 2024 and beyond.

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About the Author: My name is Michael and my brand new book entitled “End Times” is now available on Amazon.com.  In addition to my new book I have written six other books that are available on Amazon.com including “7 Year Apocalypse”, “Lost Prophecies Of The Future Of America”, “The Beginning Of The End”, and “Living A Life That Really Matters”. (#CommissionsEarned)  When you purchase any of these books you help to support the work that I am doing, and one way that you can really help is by sending copies as gifts to family and friends.  Time is short, and I need help getting these warnings into the hands of as many people as possible.  I have published thousands of articles on The Economic Collapse Blog, End Of The American Dream and The Most Important News, and the articles that I publish on those sites are republished on dozens of other prominent websites all over the globe.  I always freely and happily allow others to republish my articles on their own websites, but I also ask that they include this “About the Author” section with each article.  The material contained in this article is for general information purposes only, and readers should consult licensed professionals before making any legal, business, financial or health decisions.  I encourage you to follow me on social media on Facebook and Twitter, and any way that you can share these articles with others is definitely a great help.  These are such troubled times, and people need hope.  John 3:16 tells us about the hope that God has given us through Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  If you have not already done so, I strongly urge you to invite Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior today.

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-BPWatcher, Internet Preacher and Bible Prophecy Watchman

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