HALLOWEEN FLASHBACK:

THE DAILY BLUEPRINT FOR 10-31-06

This devotional was orginally written in 1999 by my wife Missy -
have a great day and remember to rejoice in the day the LORD has made! Amen! Daniel

DEUTERONOMY 18:10-12

There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things is an abomination to the Lord:...Many Christians will allow and even encourage their children to pay respect to the devil on October 31st without knowing they do so.

The custom of Halloween is traced back to Druid festival of the dead. The Roman Pantheon was built in 100 a.d. as a temple to the goddess' and other Roman deities, it became the principle place to worship. Emperor Phocas captured Rome and gave the Pantheon to Pope Boniface IV. He reconsencrated it to the Virgin Mary and resumed using the temple to pray for the dead, only now it was "Christianized", as men added unscripural teaching of purgatory.In 834 A.d. Gregory IV extended the feast to all the church and it was known as All Saints Day. The celebration of the dead honored the god of the dead (Samhain) on this night. Druids believed that souls of the dead returned to their former homes to be entertained by the living. suitable food and shelter was provided for these spirits or else they would cast spells and create terror as they haunted the living. The spirits demanded a type of worship and offering emulating today as "trick or treat" . Divination and auguries were practiced as well as magic to seek answers for the future. Even today witchcraft practitioners declare October 31st as the most conducive time to practice their acts.The Christian church tried to eliminate the Druid Celebration by offering All Saints day as a substitute. As Christianity spread its attempt to replace the preexisting pagan cult worship of Apollo, Diana, or Ymir but to no avail.Although the outward forms of such worship disappeared, the belief in these deities had not.They found and outlet in the open practice of witchcraft which is presently enjoying a revival in many countries.Deistic cults held periodic meetings known as the witches Sabbaths and it is the same today with October 31st being of more importance.Pranks and mischief began to be played out to represent the mischievous behavior attributed to witches. Traditional Halloween symbols appeared in the U.S. during the late 1800's. Witches, black cats. Deaths head cut from a pumpkin, candles, masks, parties, and pranks.The uniformed Christian has no idea that there truly are demonic spirits which are contacted and activated as people call out to them in jest or in seriousness. Every act around Halloween is in the honor of false gods, which are spirits in the realm of the Satanic. Those who have been deeply involved in witchcraft and who are now free, declare that even those who say they worship spirits of nature are in actuality contacting the Satanic realm without knowing it.To pray for the dead is against scripture. If one knows Jesus before death, their spirit is already with the Lord. Paul says to be absent from the body is to be at home with the Lord, II Corinthians 5:6. If one is an unbeliever at death, scripture says there is no second chance as it is appointed unto man once to die and after that judgment. Therefore, prayer for the dead is in opposition to Gods Word and a pagan practice that became "Christianized". While living, one must make a choice "for" or "against" Jesus that determines the destination at death of the spirit. No amount of Prayer can reverse the decision made on earth by the person concerned while they were alive. The Bible instructs us to have nothing to do with the deeds of darkness. Both Christian and Jew are forbidden to participate in the occult practices listed in Deut.18:10-12. Necromancing is the delving into contacting the dead. God said all such practice was an abomination to Him.Some reply "but we only dothis in fun...we dont practice witchcraft". That which represents Satan and is domain cannot be handled or emulated "For FUN". Such participation places you in enemy and forbidden territory and that is dangerous ground.Through the ages, Halloween has gone by various names but all have been tributes to the same dark force, Satan. There is not place in the life of the church or the Christian for such participation.

LIVIN IN THE WORD FOR TUESDAY 10-31-06

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