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Many Christians will allow and even encourage their children to pay respect to the devil on October 31 without knowing they do so. Churches will fully sanction the event with parties that will be decorated with witches, cats, brooms, jack-o-lanterns and bobbing apples. What is the harm? How did this originate?
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<p>Sometimes we have a sorrowful experience in life, which seems like <em>walking through a long dark tunnel. </em>The chilling air and the thick darkness make it hard walking, and the constant wonder is why <em>we </em>are compelled to tread so gloomy a path, while <em>others </em>are in the open day of health and happiness. We can only fix our eyes on the bright light at the end of the tunnel, and we comfort ourselves with the thought that every step we take, brings us nearer to the joy and the rest which lie at the end of the way. Extinguish the light of heaven which gleams in the distance, and this <em>tunnel of trial </em>would become a horrible tomb!<br><br>
 
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Some of us are passing through just such an experience now. We can adopt the plaintive language of the Psalmist and cry out: &quot;O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. For your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down upon me. I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me!&quot;<br><br>
The custom of Halloween is traced to the Druid festival of the dead. At that time the Roman Pantheon was built by Emperor Hadrian in 100 A.D. as a temple to the goddess Cybele and other Roman deities. It became the principle place of worship. Roman pagans prayed for the dead. Rome was captured and the Pantheon fell into disrepair. Emperor Phocas captured Rome and gave the Pantheon to Pope Boniface IV in 609. He reconsecrated it to the Virgin Mary and resumed using the temple to pray for the dead, only now it was "Christianised", as men added the unscriptural teaching of purgatory.
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One of the most trying features of our trial—is that we cannot discover the &quot;why&quot; or the &quot;wherefore&quot; of our particular afflictions. Our Heavenly Father did not consult us <em>before </em>the trial came, and He does not explain to us <em>why </em>He sent it. His ways are not our ways—nor His thoughts our thoughts; nay, they are the very opposite! The mystery of the sorrowful providence perplexes and staggers us! &quot;Why has this happened to me?&quot; Jeremiah 13:22<br><br>
 
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For example, I open my daily journal, and read that a godly pastor, whom I left a few months ago in the prime of vigorous health, and wide usefulness, is cut off in the midst of his days. All his preparatory training for his office by eighteen years of missionary life comes to nothing. This very day I am called for the <em>sixth </em>time in a few years to bury the dead from a certain Christian household. This time it is the <em>father </em>who is taken, and the children are left to orphanage. Beside me now sits a mourning mother, whose aching heart cannot understand why a beloved child is snatched away when she seemed the most indispensable to the happiness of the home.<br><br>
In 834 A.D. Gregory IV extended the feast for all the church and it became known as All Saint's Day, still remembering the dead. Samhain, a Druid god of the dead was honoured at Halloween in Britain, France, Germany and the Celtic countries. Samhain called together all wicked souls who died within the past year and that were destined to inhabit animals.
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Every week I have to confront these mysteries in the <em>dealings of a God of love</em>. To the torturing question, &quot;Why does God lead me into this valley of darkness?&quot; I can only reply, &quot;Even so, Father, for so it seems good in Your sight!&quot;<br><br>
 
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We are forced into the <em>dark tunnel</em>, however we shrink back. There is no retreat; we have nothing left to us but to grasp the very Hand which brought us there—and push forward. Like Bunyan's Pilgrim, we can only say, &quot;I see that <em>my road to heaven, </em>lies through this very dark valley.&quot;<br><br>
'''This celebration of the dead honoured the god of the dead on this particular night.''' Druids believed that souls of the dead returned to their former homes to be entertained by the living. Bonfires were built atop hills so they might find their way. Suitable food and shelter was provided for these spirits or else they would cast spells, cause havoc, steal infants, destroy crops, kill farm animals and create terror as they haunted the living. The spirits demanded placating by giving them a type of worship and offering. This is the action that "Trick-or-Treat" emulates today.
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Just in such trying hours it is, that the <em>Adversary </em>assails us most fiercely. He stirs up in our hearts, bitter thoughts against God. He points us to the actual and realized loss, and tells us that heaven is utterly unseen, and no one comes back to assure us of its reality. And so he endeavors, with <em>devilish suggestions</em>, to blow out the <em>lamps of divine promise </em>which we have, to shatter every <em>staff </em>which we carry, and to make the <em>pathway of trial </em>more dark and desperate than before. This is not imagination; it is the actual trial to which the faith of thousands of God's people is at this moment subjected. Under these severe experiences, more than one Christian has been sorely tempted to turn infidel, and to &quot;choose death rather than life.&quot;<br><br>
 
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To my own mind there is only one <em>solution </em>for these mysteries, and only one <em>support </em>for these days of terrible affliction. The only relief I can find, is in the certainty that <em>this life is not the end</em>—but simply the preparatory school for the real and the endless life which is beyond. The moment that I accept this truth fully and hold it firmly—I find solid ground for my feet, and light for my sorrowing soul. Then I discover that the whole journey of the believer is &quot;portioned out&quot; to him, and that the dark tunnel on the road is just as surely appointed wisely—as is the most flowery meadow or the happiest walk over the &quot;Delectable Mountains.&quot;<br><br>
The Samhain celebration used nuts, apples, skeletons, witches and black cats. Divination and auguries were practised as well as magic to seek answers for the future. Black cats were considered to be reincarnated beings with the ability to divine the future. During this festival supernatural beings terrified the populace. Even today witchcraft practitioners declare October 31st as the most conducive time to practice their arts.
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Nay, more, when we reach heaven, we may discover that the richest and deepest and most profitable experiences we had in this world—were those which were gained in the very roads from which we shrank back with dread. The <em>bitter cups </em>which we tried to push away, contained the <em>medicines </em>which we most needed. The <em>hardest lessons </em>which we learn—are those which <em>teach </em>us the most, and best <em>fit </em>us for service here and glory hereafter. It is the easiest thing in the world—to obey God when He commands us to do what <em>we</em>like, and to trust Him when the path is <em>all sunshine</em>. The real <em>victory of faith </em>is to trust God <em>in </em>the dark—and <em>through </em>the dark!<br><br>
 
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Let us be assured of this—that, if the <em>lesson </em>and the <em>rod </em>are of His appointing, and that His all-wise love has engineered the <em>deep dark tunnels of trial </em>on the heavenward road—He will never desert us during the discipline. The vital thing for us—is not to deny and desert Him. Let us also keep in mind that the chief object of the discipline is to develop<em>character </em>and to improve the <em>graces </em>of His children. Those whom He loves—He <em>chastens</em>, and corrects every son whom He receives. Every branch which bears not fruit—He<em>prunes </em>it, that it may bring forth more fruit.<br><br>
'''The Christian church tried to eliminate the Druid celebration by offering All Saint's Day as a substitute.''' As Christianity spread over Europe and the British Isles, '''it attempted to replace the pre-existing pagan cult worship of Apollo, Diana or Ymir, but to no avail.'''
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&quot;Why do you cut that pomegranate-bush so cruelly?&quot; said a gentleman to his gardener. The answer was, &quot;Because it is all running to useless leaves, and I want to make it bear fruit.&quot; Ah! it is a <em>sharp knife </em>that our <em>Divine Gardener </em>employs, and He often severs the very heart-strings by His discipline! But &quot;afterward it yields peaceable fruit unto those who have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of righteousness.&quot;<br><br>
 
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God has a great many <em>crucibles </em>for His gold, where He may refine it. There is so much alloy of <em>pride </em>and <em>self-will</em>, or <em>covetousness</em>, or sinful <em>idolatry </em>in genuine Christians—that they require the &quot;refining pot&quot; and the <em>furnace! </em>Sometimes <em>prosperity </em>is tenfold more damaging to us—than <em>sharp adversity! </em>A fit of <em>sickness </em>may do more for <em>soul</em>-health, than years of bodily strength and comfort. To all my readers who are wondering why a loving God has subjected them so often to the <em>furnace</em>, my only answer is—that God owns you and I, and He has a right to do with us just as He pleases! If He wants to keep <em>His silver </em>over a hot flame until He can see His own countenance reflected in the metal—then He has a right to do so. It is my Savior, it is my loving Teacher, it is my Heavenly Father; let Him do what seems good to Him. He will not lay on one stroke in cruelty, or a single one that He cannot give me grace to bear.<br><br>
Although the outward forms of such worship disappeared, '''the belief in these deities did not.''' They found an outlet during the Middle Ages in the open practice of witchcraft which is presently enjoying a revival in many countries, including the U.S. In Germany the occult is considered more prevalent than in the Middle Ages. The deistic cults held periodic meetings known as witches Sabbath's, and it is the same today with October 31st being of more importance.
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Life's <em>school </em>days and nights, will soon be over. Pruning-time will soon be ended. The <em>crucibles </em>will not be needed in heaven! So, to all my fellow-sufferers who are threading their way through the<em> tunnels of trial, </em>I would say: &quot;Strengthen yourself with the promises, and keep the <em>strong staff of faith </em>well in hand. Trust God in the dark! We are safer with Him in the dark—than without Him in the sunshine. He will not allow your foot to stumble. His rod and His staff never break!&quot;<br><br>
 
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Why He brought us here we don't <em>now </em>know—but we shall know<em> hereafter!</em> At the end of the <em>gloomy tunnel</em>—beams the <em>heavenly light. </em>Then comes the exceeding and eternal weight of glory!
Pranks and mischief began to be played out to represent the mischievous behaviour attributed to witches and the fairies.
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Trick-or-Treat came from and ancient Druid practice. '''One of the basic tenets in witchcraft is to control the will of another by use of fear.''' Even in jest, when one threatens to punish if a treat or offering is not given, '''they are imitating an occult practice of controlling the will of another by use of fear.'''
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Prosperity was promised to all who were generous donors, and tricks to all who refused during the Irish Druid event of trick-or-treat. The contributions demanded were in the name of Muck Olla, and early Druid deity.
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Traditional Halloween symbols appeared in the U.S. during the late 1800's. Witches, black cats, death's head cut from a pumpkin, candles, masks, parties and pranks were used.
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In rural areas, aggravating and destructive acts were done, such as removing gates and placing them atop barns. The same was done with outhouses and wagons.
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The uninformed 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 honour 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.
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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, the scripture says there is no second chance as it is appointed unto man once to die and after that the judgement. Therefore, prayer for the dead is in opposition to God's Word and a pagan practice that became "Christianised".
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While living, '''one must make a choice''' "for" or "against" Jesus and 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.
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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 Deuteronomy 18:10. Necromancing is the delving into contacting the dead. God said all such practice was an abomination to Him.
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Some may reply, '''"But we only do this in fun...''' we don't practice witchcraft." That which represents Satan and his 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 no place in the life of the Church or the Christian for such participation.
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Sometimes we have a sorrowful experience in life, which seems like walking through a long dark tunnel. The chilling air and the thick darkness make it hard walking, and the constant wonder is why we are compelled to tread so gloomy a path, while others are in the open day of health and happiness. We can only fix our eyes on the bright light at the end of the tunnel, and we comfort ourselves with the thought that every step we take, brings us nearer to the joy and the rest which lie at the end of the way. Extinguish the light of heaven which gleams in the distance, and this tunnel of trial would become a horrible tomb!

Some of us are passing through just such an experience now. We can adopt the plaintive language of the Psalmist and cry out: "O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. For your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down upon me. I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me!"

One of the most trying features of our trial—is that we cannot discover the "why" or the "wherefore" of our particular afflictions. Our Heavenly Father did not consult us before the trial came, and He does not explain to us why He sent it. His ways are not our ways—nor His thoughts our thoughts; nay, they are the very opposite! The mystery of the sorrowful providence perplexes and staggers us! "Why has this happened to me?" Jeremiah 13:22

For example, I open my daily journal, and read that a godly pastor, whom I left a few months ago in the prime of vigorous health, and wide usefulness, is cut off in the midst of his days. All his preparatory training for his office by eighteen years of missionary life comes to nothing. This very day I am called for the sixth time in a few years to bury the dead from a certain Christian household. This time it is the father who is taken, and the children are left to orphanage. Beside me now sits a mourning mother, whose aching heart cannot understand why a beloved child is snatched away when she seemed the most indispensable to the happiness of the home.

Every week I have to confront these mysteries in the dealings of a God of love. To the torturing question, "Why does God lead me into this valley of darkness?" I can only reply, "Even so, Father, for so it seems good in Your sight!"

We are forced into the dark tunnel, however we shrink back. There is no retreat; we have nothing left to us but to grasp the very Hand which brought us there—and push forward. Like Bunyan's Pilgrim, we can only say, "I see that my road to heaven, lies through this very dark valley."

Just in such trying hours it is, that the Adversary assails us most fiercely. He stirs up in our hearts, bitter thoughts against God. He points us to the actual and realized loss, and tells us that heaven is utterly unseen, and no one comes back to assure us of its reality. And so he endeavors, with devilish suggestions, to blow out the lamps of divine promise which we have, to shatter every staff which we carry, and to make the pathway of trial more dark and desperate than before. This is not imagination; it is the actual trial to which the faith of thousands of God's people is at this moment subjected. Under these severe experiences, more than one Christian has been sorely tempted to turn infidel, and to "choose death rather than life."

To my own mind there is only one solution for these mysteries, and only one support for these days of terrible affliction. The only relief I can find, is in the certainty that this life is not the end—but simply the preparatory school for the real and the endless life which is beyond. The moment that I accept this truth fully and hold it firmly—I find solid ground for my feet, and light for my sorrowing soul. Then I discover that the whole journey of the believer is "portioned out" to him, and that the dark tunnel on the road is just as surely appointed wisely—as is the most flowery meadow or the happiest walk over the "Delectable Mountains."

Nay, more, when we reach heaven, we may discover that the richest and deepest and most profitable experiences we had in this world—were those which were gained in the very roads from which we shrank back with dread. The bitter cups which we tried to push away, contained the medicines which we most needed. The hardest lessons which we learn—are those which teach us the most, and best fit us for service here and glory hereafter. It is the easiest thing in the world—to obey God when He commands us to do what welike, and to trust Him when the path is all sunshine. The real victory of faith is to trust God in the dark—and through the dark!

Let us be assured of this—that, if the lesson and the rod are of His appointing, and that His all-wise love has engineered the deep dark tunnels of trial on the heavenward road—He will never desert us during the discipline. The vital thing for us—is not to deny and desert Him. Let us also keep in mind that the chief object of the discipline is to developcharacter and to improve the graces of His children. Those whom He loves—He chastens, and corrects every son whom He receives. Every branch which bears not fruit—Heprunes it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

"Why do you cut that pomegranate-bush so cruelly?" said a gentleman to his gardener. The answer was, "Because it is all running to useless leaves, and I want to make it bear fruit." Ah! it is a sharp knife that our Divine Gardener employs, and He often severs the very heart-strings by His discipline! But "afterward it yields peaceable fruit unto those who have been exercised thereby, even the fruit of righteousness."

God has a great many crucibles for His gold, where He may refine it. There is so much alloy of pride and self-will, or covetousness, or sinful idolatry in genuine Christians—that they require the "refining pot" and the furnace! Sometimes prosperity is tenfold more damaging to us—than sharp adversity! A fit of sickness may do more for soul-health, than years of bodily strength and comfort. To all my readers who are wondering why a loving God has subjected them so often to the furnace, my only answer is—that God owns you and I, and He has a right to do with us just as He pleases! If He wants to keep His silver over a hot flame until He can see His own countenance reflected in the metal—then He has a right to do so. It is my Savior, it is my loving Teacher, it is my Heavenly Father; let Him do what seems good to Him. He will not lay on one stroke in cruelty, or a single one that He cannot give me grace to bear.

Life's school days and nights, will soon be over. Pruning-time will soon be ended. The crucibles will not be needed in heaven! So, to all my fellow-sufferers who are threading their way through the tunnels of trial, I would say: "Strengthen yourself with the promises, and keep the strong staff of faith well in hand. Trust God in the dark! We are safer with Him in the dark—than without Him in the sunshine. He will not allow your foot to stumble. His rod and His staff never break!"

Why He brought us here we don't now know—but we shall know hereafter! At the end of the gloomy tunnel—beams the heavenly light. Then comes the exceeding and eternal weight of glory!


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