Remember in the bible when God created Adam and he said “Adam I have made the whole earth, and have hidden eggs all over the four corners of the Earth. Thou must find them. Follow the Bunny and the Rabbits and they will lead you. If you find not all the eggs I will forsake thee and they children.” he then commanded the children of Israel. Go out into the earth and find the eggs that your forefathers could not find lest I smite ye all from the earth, whosoever finds the most eggs is whom I approve.” and then he commanded the 12 disciples ” Go ye therefore into the world preaching the gospel of the eggs and the bunny, and because my children and prophets are killed on crosses we are going to use that as a sign to celebrate the weapon used to kill my children.”
You don’t remember those stories? Well neither do I. What I do remember is this Judges 10:6 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the Lord, and served not him. 1 Samuel 12:10 And they cried unto the Lord, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.
I also remember Jeremiah 27:22 They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the Lord; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place. Here’s a little tidbit about the gods they served in Babylon. One of them being Ishtar:
Ishtar is the Mesopotamian East Semitic (Akkadian, Assyrian and Babylonian) goddess of fertility, love, war, sex, and power.[1] She is the counterpart to the earlier attested Sumerian Inanna, and the cognate for the later attested Northwest Semitic Aramean goddess Astarte.
Well what does that have to do with anything? Well the eggs represent fertility. Fertilize the egg you get life. Rabbits and Bunnies represent sex and their strong ability to repopulate and reproduce quickly. Ishtar is the cognate or same as the Aramaic goddess Astarte which is the same as Ashtaroth. When you celebrate the god of eggs and bunnies you are giving celebration to the god of sex and fertility. Ashtaroth as she was called in Aramea, Ishtar as she was called in Babylon, and Easter today.
Were not the children of Israel greatly punished for serving and turning to these gods and not serving the God of earth who is greater than these Gods? Were they not put into captivity over and over because they chose to serve strange Gods including Ashtaroth and Ishtar and serve them even more when they were taken into the countries in which they were captive? Didn’t he give the children of Israel a time to turn from those gods and back to Him before he destroyed those cities as wicked?
Having a fun activity for the kids to do with the purpose of fun is one thing; but doing things that give celebration to other gods is what Israel was, and has been punished for. Mark 7:7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. 2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some. 2 Thessalonians 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Study to show thyself approved. Happy Ishtar !!
