Please do not be misled the Mayan Calender is not predicting the End
of the World in 2012, it Actually is talking abut ushering in a Golden
Age.
So if you use this date as a starting point , then you can
see that it will be the Start of the Final Count Down. From a Biblical
Reference.
The world cannot come to a end until Jesus Returns and
rains for 1,000 years, then and only then will there be a New Earth and a
New Heaven as for told in
I will VERY EASILY disprove the Pre-trib "rapture" theory:
Read the famous "rapture" verses in
I Thess 4:16-17
16For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Most people stop right here but if you continue reading their is a clue to the timing of this event.
I Thess 5:1-2
1But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
I think we can all agree that here, he is still addressing the "rapture" subject in the above verses.
2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
Again, he's still in context with the famous "rapture" verses. Look at how he refers to this event by:
THE DAY OF THE LORD!!!!
Now you may be thinking so what? what does that tell us?
Well, lets look at what the bible tells us about the day of the Lord:
Joel 2:31
31The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come.
Joel 3:14-15
14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. 15The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
Isaiah 13:9-10
9Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
10For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
Do you see the correlation between all these verses? That's right, they all describe the same celestial events:
Sun & moon darkened, stars shall not give their light
So what does this have to do with the timing of the "rapture"
Well, lets go to Matt 24:29
Here the disciples have asked Christ what will precede his second coming. Listen to what he tells them!
29Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
CHRIST, BY DESCRIBING THE SAME CELESTIAL ANAMOLIES, HAS JUST SET A TIMELINE FOR THE DAY OF THE LORD (RAPTURE) AS HAPPENING AFTER THE GREAT TRIBULATION!!!
Look what he goes on to tell his disciples:
30And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
31And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Do you see that this description lines up perfectly with the famous "rapture" passage of I Thess 4?
Look at the similarities:
I Thess 4:16-17 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout Matt 24:30-31 They shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven
I Thess 4:16-17 with the voice of the archangel
Matt 24:30-31 And he shall send his angels
I Thess 4:16-17 and with the trump of God
Matt 24:30-31 with a great sound of a trumpet
I Thess 4:16-17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up
Matt 24:30-31 and they shall gather together his elect
We have come full circle. All of this is CONCRETE evidence for a post tribulation "rapture" and cannot be denied.
THE CHURCH WILL GO THROUGH THE GREAT TRIBULATION WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT!!
CHURCH, IT'S TIME TO AMP YOURSELF UP SPIRITUAL AND LEAVE THIS WORLD BEHIND. WE HAVE MANY TRIBULATIONS AHEAD OF US TO ENDURE. ONLY THE TRUE WALK THE WALK BELIEVERS WILL BE WORTHY OF GLORY. STOP DECEIVING YOURSELVES AND COME BACK TO THE TRUTH!!!
1 When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. 3 Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with [a] man forever, for he is mortal [b] ; his days will be a hundred and twenty years."
4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when
the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them.
They were the heroes of old, men of renown.
5
The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and
that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all
the time. 6 The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain. 7
So the LORD said, "I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the
face of the earth—men and animals, and creatures that move along the
ground, and birds of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them." 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
Darwins theory of Eveolution is Wrong and has been ever since it was Published
The Bible is the only True and Accurate account of The Origin of Man and Historical Record, and it is time you stopped all this nonsense and read it from cover to cover and repent, before it is to late.
Christ the Wisdom and Power of God
18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."[c]
20Where
is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this
age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21For
since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know
him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to
save those who believe. 22Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength.
26Brothers,
think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise
by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble
birth. 27But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, 29so that no one may boast before him. 30It
is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us
wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31Therefore, as it is written: "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."[d]
They think there is nothing in the Bible that say's it is wrong? ANd the Churches in Texas are allowing them to come in and sing and preach... Also in other parts of the country as well.
They are commonly
referred to as "clobber" passages, because they are used by many
social and religious conservatives to condemn homosexual behavior. The remainder are minor passages and
are described elsewhere.
The following very brief descriptions are necessarily
over-simplified. They do not cover the full range of conservative/progressive
beliefs. However, you may well find the beliefs that you have been taught in one
of these columns: The Bible calls all of this as Un-natural relations...
Location
Typical interpretation by religious conservatives
Typical interpretation by religious progressives &
secularists
Yet you celebrate Halloween, you are fools and not followers
of Jesus,Christ you are pagans and you are evil and worldly. Don't tell us it is not
hurting anyone, you are sadly mistaken you are condemning your self with pagan
holidays and rituals and you not of GOD, you are children of Satan. JESUS WOULD NOT APPROVE, and in fact tell you , that you all have gone astray.
Halloween (also spelled Hallowe'en) is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints. It is largely a secular celebration but some have expressed strong feelings about perceived religious overtones.[1][2][3]
The colours black and orange have become associated with the
celebrations, perhaps because of the darkness of night and the colour
of fire or of pumpkins, and maybe because of the vivid contrast this
presents for merchandising. Another association is with the jack-o'-lantern. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, wearing costumes and attending costume parties, ghost tours, bonfires, visiting haunted attractions, pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.
Historian Nicholas Rogers, exploring the origins of Halloween, notes
that while "[s]ome folklorists have detected its origins in the Roman
feast of Pomona, the goddess of fruits and seeds, or in the festival of the dead called Parentalia, [it is] more typically [l]inked to the celtic festival of Samhain or Samuin (pronounced sow-an or sow-in)",[4] which is derived from Old Irish and means roughly "summer's end".[4] A similar festival was held by the ancient Britons and is known as Calan Gaeaf (pronounced kalan-geyf).
Snap-Apple Night by Daniel Maclise showing a Halloween party in Blarney, Ireland, in 1832. The young children on the right bob for apples. A couple in the center play a variant, which involves retrieving an apple hanging from a string. The couples at left play divination games.
The festival of Samhain celebrates the end of the "lighter half" of
the year and beginning of the "darker half", and is sometimes[5] regarded as the "Celtic New Year".[6]
The celebration has some elements of a festival of the dead. The ancient Celts believed that the border between this world and the Otherworld
became thin on Samhain, allowing spirits (both harmless and harmful) to
pass through. The family's ancestors were honoured and invited home
whilst harmful spirits were warded off. It is believed that the need to
ward off harmful spirits led to the wearing of costumes and masks.
Their purpose was to disguise oneself as a harmful spirit and thus
avoid harm. In Scotland the spirits were impersonated by young men
dressed in white with masked, veiled or blackened faces.[7][8] Samhain was also a time to take stock of food supplies and slaughter livestock for winter stores. Bonfires
played a large part in the festivities. All other fires were doused and
each home lit their hearth from the bonfire. The bones of slaughtered
livestock were cast into its flames.[9]
Sometimes two bonfires would be built side-by-side, and people and
their livestock would walk between them as a cleansing ritual.
Another common practise was divination, which often involved the use of food and drink.
The name 'Halloween' and many of its present-day traditions derive from the Old English era.[10][11][12][13][14]
Origin of name
The term Halloween, originally spelled Hallowe’en, is shortened from All Hallows' Even – e'en is a shortening of even, which is a shortening of evening. This is ultimately derived from the Old EnglishEallra Hālgena ǣfen.[15] It is now known as "Eve of" All Saints' Day, which is November 1st.
A time of pagan festivities,[6]PopesGregory III (731–741) and Gregory IV (827–844) tried to supplant it with the Christian holiday (All Saints' Day) by moving it from May 13 to November 1.
In the 800s, the Church measured the day as starting at sunset, in accordance with the Florentine calendar.
Although All Saints' Day is now considered to occur one day after
Halloween, the two holidays were once celebrated on the same day.
Symbols
A traditional Irish halloween Jack-o'-lantern from the early 20th century on display in the Museum of Country Life, Ireland.
On All Hallows’ eve, many Irish and Scottish people have
traditionally placed a candle on their western window sill to honor the
departed. Other traditions include carving lanterns from turnips or rutabagas, sometimes with faces on them, as is done in the modern tradition of carving pumpkins. Welsh, Irish and British myth are full of legends of the Brazen Head, which may be a folk memory of the ancient Celtic practice of headhunting[citation needed].
The heads of enemies may have decorated shrines, and there are tales of
the heads of honored warriors continuing to speak their wisdom after
death. The carving of pumpkins
is associated with Halloween in North America where pumpkins are both
readily available and much larger- making them easier to carve than
turnips.[16]
Many families that celebrate Halloween carve a pumpkin into a
frightening or comical face and place it on their doorstep after dark.
The American tradition of carving pumpkins preceded the Great Famine period of Irish immigration[17] and was originally associated with harvest time in general, not becoming specifically associated with Halloween until the mid-to-late 1800s.[18][19]
Particularly in America, symbolism is inspired by classic horror films (which contain fictional figures like Frankenstein's monster and The Mummy). Elements of the autumn season, such as pumpkins, corn husks, and scarecrows, are also prevalent. Homes are often decorated with these types of symbols around Halloween.
The two main colors associated with Halloween are orange and black.[22]
Trick-or-treating is a customary celebration for children on
Halloween. Children go in costume from house to house, asking for
treats such as candy
or sometimes money, with the question, "Trick or treat?" The word
"trick" refers to a (mostly idle) threat to perform mischief on the
homeowners or their property if no treat is given. In some parts of
Ireland and Scotland children still go guising. In this custom the
child performs some sort of show, i.e. sings a song or tells a ghost
story, in order to earn their treats.
Halloween costumes are traditionally those of monsters such as
ghosts, skeletons, witches, and devils. They are said to be used to
scare off demons. Costumes are also based on themes other than
traditional horror, such as those of characters from television shows,
movies, and other pop culture icons.
Costume sales
BIGresearch conducted a survey for the National Retail Federation
in the United States and found that 53.3% of consumers planned to buy a
costume for Halloween 2005, spending $38.11 on average (up $10 from the
year before). They were also expected to spend $4.96 billion in 2006,
up significantly from just $3.3 billion the previous year.[23]
"Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF" has become a common sight during Halloween in North America. Started as a local event in a Philadelphia
suburb in 1950 and expanded nationally in 1952, the program involves
the distribution of small boxes by schools (or in modern times,
corporate sponsors like Hallmark,
at their licensed stores) to trick-or-treaters, in which they can
solicit small-change donations from the houses they visit. It is
estimated that children have collected more than $118 million (US)
for UNICEF since its inception. In Canada, in 2006, UNICEF decided to
discontinue their Halloween collection boxes, citing safety and
administrative concerns; after consultation with schools, they instead
redesigned the program.[24][25]
Games and other activities
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In this Halloween greeting card from 1904, divination
is depicted: the young woman looking into a mirror in a darkened room
hopes to catch a glimpse of the face of her future husband.
There are several games traditionally associated with Halloween parties. One common game is dunking or apple bobbing,
in which apples float in a tub or a large basin of water and the
participants must use their teeth to remove an apple from the basin.[26] A variant of dunking involves kneeling on a chair, holding a fork between the teeth and trying to drop the fork into an apple[27]. Another common game involves hanging up treacle or syrup-coated scones
by strings; these must be eaten without using hands while they remain
attached to the string, an activity that inevitably leads to a very
sticky face.
Some games traditionally played at Halloween are forms of divination.
A traditional Irish and Scottish form of divining one's future spouse
is to carve an apple in one long strip, then toss the peel over one's
shoulder. The peel is believed to land in the shape of the first letter
of the future spouse's name.[28] Unmarried women were told[who?]
that if they sat in a darkened room and gazed into a mirror on
Halloween night, the face of their future husband would appear in the
mirror. However, if they were destined to die before marriage, a skull would appear. The custom was widespread enough to be commemorated on greeting cards[29] from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The telling of ghost stories and viewing of horror films are common
fixtures of Halloween parties. Episodes of television series and
Halloween-themed specials (with the specials usually aimed at children)
are commonly aired on or before the holiday, while new horror films are
often released theatrically before the holiday to take advantage of the
atmosphere.
In front of "haunted house" during Halloween season, Northern California.
Haunted attractions are entertainment venues designed to thrill and
scare patrons; most are seasonal Halloween businesses. Origins of these
paid scare venues are difficult to pinpoint, but it is generally
accepted that they were first commonly used by the Junior Chamber International (Jaycees) for fundraising.[30] They include haunted houses, corn mazes, and hayrides,[31]
and the level of sophistication of the effects has risen as the
industry has grown. Haunted attractions in the United States bring in
an estimate $300–500 million each year, and draw some 400,000
customers, although trends suggest a peak in 2005[30]. This increase in interest has led to more highly technical special effects and costuming that is comparable with that in Hollywood films.[32]
Because the holiday comes in the wake of the annual apple harvest, candy apples (known as toffee apples outside North America), caramel or taffy apples are a common Halloween treat made by rolling whole apples in a sticky sugar syrup, sometimes followed by rolling them in nuts.
At one time, candy apples were commonly given to children, but the practice rapidly waned in the wake of widespread rumors that some individuals were embedding items like pins and razor blades in the apples.[33] While there is evidence of such incidents,[34]
they are quite rare and have never resulted in serious injury.
Nonetheless, many parents assumed that such heinous practices were
rampant. At the peak of the hysteria, some hospitals offered free x-rays
of children's Halloween hauls in order to find evidence of tampering.
Virtually all of the few known candy poisoning incidents involved
parents who poisoned their own children's candy, and there have been
occasional reports of children putting needles in their own (and other
children's) candy in need of a bit of attention.[citation needed]
One custom that persists in modern-day Ireland is the baking (or more often nowadays, the purchase) of a barmbrack (Irish: báirín breac), which is a light fruitcake,
into which a plain ring, a coin and other charms are placed before
baking. It is said that those who get a ring will find their true love
in the ensuing year. This is similar to the tradition of king cake at the festival of Epiphany.
Halloween is a holiday observed on October 31, primarily in regions
of the Western world. The festival with its roots in Celtic cultures, Ireland and Scotland, later in France and Britain [35], was popularized in America after Irish immigrants brought it to the United States in 1846.[36]
Halloween is not celebrated in all countries and regions of the world,
and among those that do the traditions and importance of the
celebration vary significantly. Celebration in the United States has
had a significant impact on how the holiday is observed in some other
nations. The history of Halloween traditions in a given country also
lends context to how it is presently celebrated.[citation needed]
Many Christians ascribe no negative significance to Halloween,
treating it as a purely secular holiday devoted to celebrating
"imaginary spooks" and handing out candy. Halloween celebrations are
common among Roman Catholicparochial schools throughout North America and in Ireland. In fact, the Roman Catholic Church sees Halloween as having a Christian connection.[41] Father Gabriele Amorth, a Vatican-appointed exorcist
in Rome, has said, "[I]f English and American children like to dress up
as witches and devils on one night of the year that is not a problem.
If it is just a game, there is no harm in that."[1]
Most Christians hold the view that the tradition is far from being
"satanic" in origin or practice and that it holds no threat to the
spiritual lives of children: being taught about death and mortality,
and the ways of the Celtic ancestors actually being a valuable life
lesson and a part of many of their parishioners' heritage.[42]
Other Christians feel concerned about Halloween, and reject the holiday
because they believe it trivializes (and celebrates) "the occult" and
what they perceive as evil.[2] A response among some fundamentalists in recent years has been the use of Hell houses or themed pamphlets (such as those of Jack T. Chick) which attempt to make use of Halloween as an opportunity for evangelism.[43][dead link]
Some consider Halloween to be completely incompatible with the Christian faith[44] because of its origin as a pagan "Festival of the Dead." In more recent years, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has organized a "Saint Fest" on the holiday.[43]
Many contemporary Protestant churches view Halloween as a fun event for
children, holding events in their churches where children and their
parents can dress up, play games, and get candy. Jehovah's Witnesses do
not celebrate Halloween for they believe anything that originated from
a pagan holiday should not be celebrated by true Christians.[45]
Religions other than Christianity also have varied views on Halloween. Celtic Pagans consider the season a holy time of year.[46]Celtic Reconstructionists, and others who maintain ancestral customs, make offerings to the Gods and the ancestors.[46]
Some Wiccans feel that the tradition is offensive to "real witches" for promoting stereotypical caricatures of "wicked witches".[3]
In Arab countries where it is celebrated, devotion is given to St. Barbara.
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