WHAT'S
WRONG WITH VALENTINE'S DAY ?
(Exodus 20, Joshua
23 and Deuteronomy 28) Ex. 20:3
You shall have no other gods before or besides me. You
shall not make yourself any graven image (cupids are
graven images)--to worship it--, or any likeness of
anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in
the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the
earth. You shall not bow down yourself to them or
serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children
to the third and fourth generation of them that hate
me. Exodus 20:6. But showing mercy and steadfast love
to a thousand generations of those who love me and
keep my commandments. Rom. 11:22 Parallels Ex. 20:5-6.
John 14:15 Proof of
real love is keeping commandments.
John 15:12 Two
commandments.
Ex. 20:3-6 Love God.
Ex. 20:7-17 Love
fellow man.
Matt. 18:5-6 Speaks
of dangerous relationship we have to God if we offend
one of His children.
Valentine's
Day came about this way.
As far back as 296
B.C. according to World Book Encyclopedia, there was
worship of the god Pan, also called Faunus and
Lupercus. The rites were centered at Lupercal, a cave
in the Palatine Hill. Priests sacrificed goats and cut
their skins into strips for lashes. Then they ran
around the Palatine Hill striking all the women they
met. These ceremonies also involved purification
through sacrifice of a dog. (Aren't Christians
purified by the blood of JESUS?) In 496 A.D. Pope
Gelasius changed this ceremonial rite from February 15
to February 14 and called it St. Valentine's Day
instead.
Encyclopedia
Britannica, 1910 Edition, reports that in 296 B.C. a
bronze she-wolf was placed in the cave of Lupercus.
Faunus, also called Lupercus, institution is
attributed either to Arcadian Evander or to Romulus
and Remus. The festival began with a sacrifice by the
Luperic priest of goats and a dog. After the
sacrifice, two priests were led to the altar and their
foreheads were touched with a bloody knife. The blood
was wiped off with wool dipped in milk. Then the
ritual required that two young men should laugh. (I
wonder at what--perhaps God?) The smearing of blood on
the forehead probably refers to human sacrifice
originally practiced at the festival. The sacrificial
feast followed; after which the Luperic cut throngs
from the skins of the victims and ran in two bands
around the walls of the old Palatine City striking
people who were near. The throngs were called februa,
the festival Februatio, the day Fabruare to purify.
The festival survived until 496 A.D. when it was
changed by Pope Gelasius into the Feast of
Purification. World Book Encyclopedia says Cupid
(cupido = desire) is the Latin name for god of sexual
love (Eros). Encyclopedia Britannica says Kamadeva in
Hindu mythology is the god of love. He is variously
stated to have been the child of Brahma or Dharma.
Later Kama simply became the Hindu Cupid. While
attempting to lure Siva to sin, he was destroyed by a
fiery glance of the goddess' third eye. Kama's wife
Rati (voluptuousness) mourned him so greatly that Siva
relented and he was reborn as the child of Krishna and
Rukmini. The babe was called Pradyumma (Cupid). He is
represented armed with a bow of sugar cane strung with
bees. Its five arrows are tipped with flowers which
overcome the five senses. A fish adorns his flag and
he rides a parrot or sparrow--emblematic of lubricity
(lasciviousness, lewdness, lechery, instability and
trickiness).
Britannica says Eros
or Cupid is the god of sexual passion, son of
Aphrodite and Zeus. Chief gods associated with Eros
and Pathos are Himeros (longing and desire), and
Peitho (persuasion). Athenians changed him from goat
man to fat youth with bow and arrow. World Book in
Pan-Greek mythology says Cupid is son of Hermes and
one of the daughters of Dryaps (Oak Man), or of Zeus
and the nymph Callis to, god of shepherds, flocks and
forests. He is said to be born with horns, a goat's
beard, feet and tail, and covered completely with
hair. Hermes took him to Olympus where he became a
favorite of Dionysus. His appearance struck terror in
hearts of men, hence the expression "panic fear".
Associated with Panisci are a number of male and
female forest imps, his wives and children who send
evil dreams and apparitions to terrify mankind. His
original home was Arcadia. His cult was introduced
into Athens, at the time of the Battle of Marathon,
when he promised his assistance against Persians if
the Athenians would worship him.
The story of the
pilot Thamus, who was sailing near the island of Paxi
in the time of Tiberius, was commanded by a mighty
voice to proclaim that "Pan is dead" is found in
Plutarch.
This story coincides
with the birth (or crucifixion of Christ). Reinach
suggests that the words uttered by the voice was
(Tammuz, Tammuz the all-great, is dead) and that it
was merely a lament for the "great Tammuz or Adonis".
Deut. 32:16-17, I
Cor.18-21. Compare these two scriptures and notice
that God has not changed at all in his opinion of what
constitutes devil worship. Ezekiel 8:14. Then he
brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the
Lord's house, and behold, there sat women weeping for
Tammuz. (According to Ezekiel, the Spirit of God
called this an abomination to God. He also called
Tammuz an idol.) Jer. 7:16-18. God told Jeremiah not
to pray for people of Judah because the children
gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the
women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of
Heaven. They pour out drink offerings to other gods;
they provoke me to anger!
According to "The
Two Babylons", page 5, Semiramis is mother of gods;
page 21, mother of Tammuz; and pages 62-63, Tammuz is
Nimrod (see Gen. 10:8-11). When traced back,
Valentine's Day is the worship of Semiramis and
Tammuz-Nimrod.
Can you as a
Christian promote this day or bring children under
its curses?
II Cor. 6:14. Do not
be unequally yoked with unbelievers-do not make
mismatched alliances with them, or come under a
different yoke with them (inconsistent with your
faith). For what partnership hath right living and
right standing with God with iniquity and lawlessness?
Or how can light fellowship with darkness? II Cor.
6:15. What agreement (can there be between) a temple
of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living
God; even as God hath said, I will dwell in and with
and among them, and will walk in and with and among
them, and I will be their God and they shall be my
people (see Ex. 25:8; 29:45, Lev. 26:12, Ezek. 37:27
and Jer.31:1). II Cor. 6:17. So come out from among
them (unbelievers), and separate (sever) yourselves
from them, says the Lord, and touch not (any) unclean
thing; then I will receive you kindly and treat you
with favor (see Isa. 52:11). II Cor. 6:18. And I will
be a father to you, and you shall be my sons and
daughters says the Lord Almighty (see Hos. 1:10 and
Isa. 43:6)
God showed me some
years back that to serve a god meant to work and plan
for him. That every time I spent time and money on
this day, I worshiped these gods and denied JESUS.
How could I ask God
to bless me when I have just risen up from idol
worship (see Joshua 23:6-16 and 24:20)? I'd like to
propose a few questions to you:
Since Nimrod worship
is Baal worship, and Baal worship required child
sacrifice, could it be possible that by serving gods
like Lupercus, Baal and Saturn, we have brought the
Biblical curses upon our families and our nation such
as abortion, child abuse, homosexuality, unprovoked
murders, financial loss, etc?
It seems that God
really got upset at the Jews for worshiping other
gods. Why would He not do the same with us? How can we
as Christians encourage our children in satan worship
with Valentine's Day activities? Could it be that we
focus our children's minds on erotic ideas in the
guise of sweetheart day? Then we wonder why they are
promiscuous? It would seem to me that we are double
minded (James 1:4-8). What can we expect to get from
God? For those who say we can use old idol worship
days, etc. and be all right with God, how do you
explain Matt. 9:17, Mark 2:22 and Luke 5:37?
Break curses of idol
worship, conception in lust, and those who call good
evil and evil good. Ruler spirits are Rejection,
Rebellion and Bitterness. (ALL THESE DEMONS SHOULD BE
CAST OUT IN THE NAME OF JESUS.)
OTHER
SPIRITS THAT MAY ENTER ARE:
Idol Worship, |
Hermes, |
Kama, |
Abortion, |
Witchcraft, |
Adultery, |
Brahma, |
Rock Music, |
Pan, |
Bastards, |
Diorama, |
Unholy Sex, |
Pining Away, |
Pain, |
Let Yourself Go, |
Sorcery, |
Goats, |
Despondency, |
Dryaps, |
Unholy Music, |
Dog, |
Cheating, |
Zeus, |
Cain's Religion, |
Sadism, |
Panic, |
Rainbow, |
Fear, |
Patron Saints, |
Unbelief, |
Romulus, |
Desire, |
Imp, |
Sensuousness, |
Remiss, |
Seduction, |
Evil Dreams, |
Despair, |
Zodiac Signs, |
Murder, |
Kamadeva, |
Ahab, |
Anti-Christ, |
Mockery, |
Krishna, |
Druids, |
Fantasy Sex, |
Human Sacrifice, |
Rukmini, |
Harlotry, |
Broken Hearted, |
Erotic Love, |
Rape, |
Pradyumma, |
Pierced Heart, |
Perverted Love, |
Eros, |
Five Arrows, |
Lying, |
Voluptuousness, |
Guilt, |
Lust, |
Olympic Dissatisfied, |
Shame, |
Depression, |
Fantasy Lust, |
Dionipus, |
Killing, |
Abortion, |
Longing, |
Panic, |
Callisto, |
Rati, |
Siva, |
Tammuz, |
Dejected, |
Jezebel, |
Third Eye, |
Semiramis, |
Nymphs, |
Rejection, |
Bestiality, |
Jealousy, |
Envy, |
Bitterness, |
Pierced Five Senses, |
Inferiority, |
Lupus, |
Rebellion, |
Spirit of the Wolf |
[THE FOLLOWING COMES
FROM ETDC]
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
SAMPLE
Dear Editor:
With Valentine's Day
approaching, I was wondering if anyone knew the origin
of this day we celebrate as a day of love.
Cupid (cupido) is
the Latin name for god of sexual love (Eros). The
arrow and the heart have sexual meanings and goes back
to worshiping babylon gods.
Pagan Romans
celebrated February 14th and 15th as an idolatrous,
sensuous festival called Lupercalia, in honor of one
called Lupercus, the hunter of wolves. Names of young
women were put into a box and drawn out by men during
this festival. The custom of exchanging Valentines
arose from this name drawing.
These ceremonies
involved purification through sacrifice of a dog.
After the sacrifice, two priests were led to the altar
and their foreheads were touched with a bloody knife.
The sacrificial feast followed; after which Luperic
priests cut throngs from the skins of the victims and
ran in two bands striking the people. In 496 A.D. Pope
Gelasius changed this ceremonial rite to February 14
and called it St. Valentine's Day to appease people
who did not want to give it up.
Does this sound like
love? Exodus 20:3 says, You shall have no other gods
before or besides me. You shall not make yourself any
graven image to worship it, or any likeness of
anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in
the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the
earth. You shall not bow down yourself to them or
serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children
to the third and fourth generation of them that hate
me. It's amazing that most of the major days we
observe have pagan worship backgrounds.
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