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Yet scores of millions are deceived into observing this form of heathen idolatry, under the
delusion they are honoring Jesus Christ the Son of the Creator God!

Easter does not honor Christ! And yet, have you not been like a blind sheep, following the
other millions in observing this custom? "The times of this ignorance God winked at; but now
commandeth all men every where to repent" (Acts 17:30).

Dyed Eggs

But did you know that dyed Easter eggs also figured in the ancient Babylonian mystery
rites, just as they do in Easter observance today? Yes, these are pagan, too.

It is recorded in Edward Davies' The Mythology and Rites of the British Druids, page
210, that the ancient Druids bore an egg as the sacred emblem of their idolatrous order.

Eggs were sacred to many ancient civilizations and formed an integral part of the religious
ceremonies in Egypt and in the Orient.

According to James Bonwick: "Eggs were hung up in the Egyptian temples. Bunsen calls
attention to the mundane egg, the emblem of generative life, proceeding from the mouth of the great
god of Egypt. The mystic egg of Babylon, hatching the Venus Ishtar, fell from heaven to the
Euphrates. Dyed eggs were sacred Easter offerings in Egypt, as they are still in China and Europe.
Easter, or spring, was the season of birth, terrestrial and celestial" (Egyptian Belief and Modern
Thought, pp. 211-212).

Why do people who believe themselves to be Christians dye eggs at Easter? Do they sup-
pose the Bible ordained, or commands, this heathen custom? There is not a word of it in the New
Testament. Certainly Christ did not start it, and the apostles and early Christians did none of it!

Then why should you do it today? Why follow heathenism and try to convince yourself you
are a Christian? God calls such things abomination!

Easter Sunrise Services

You think Easter sunrise services are beautiful? Listen! God was showing the Prophet
Ezekiel the sins of His people in a vision -- a prophecy for today! "Turn thee yet again," said God,
"and thou shalt see greater abominations than these [Ezekiel had just been shown, in vision, idol
worship among professing people of God]. And he brought me [in vision] into the inner court of
the Eternal's house, and behold ... between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty
men, with ... their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east. Then he said
unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing ... that they commit the abominations
which they commit here? ... Therefore will I deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I
have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them"! (Ezek.
8:15-18.)

Do you grasp what this most abominable thing is?
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