In a world governed by deception, even the calendar has been corrupted. Days that are exalted by the world — Christmas, Easter, Valentine’s Day, Halloween, and many others are not innocent traditions or cultural expressions. They are deeply rooted in idolatry, witchcraft, and pagan worship. These holidays, far from honoring God, are subtle instruments of Satan used to seduce the masses, including professing Christians, into participation in evil.

This post is not a gentle suggestion. It is a prophetic rebuke and a call to the remnant: Come out of her, My people. Reject the unclean thing. Cleanse your households from the calendar of devils, and build your life around the holy rhythms of God’s order, not man’s rebellion.

I. The Deception of Christianized Paganism

What happens when the church begins to adopt the practices of the world, baptizing them with Christian language? What happens when idolatry is cloaked in nativity scenes, and sun-god festivals are rebranded as “celebrating the resurrection”?

You get modern Christendom.

The Bible is clear:

> “Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them… and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God…”

— Deuteronomy 12:30–31

God does not accept worship on man’s terms. He demands to be worshiped according to His Word. The so-called “Christian” holidays are nothing less than syncretism — the mixing of holy and profane. And the Lord will not share His glory with another (Isaiah 42:8).

II. Christmas: The Worship of Tammuz in Disguise

Most Christians assume that Christmas is about the birth of Christ. But even a basic historical investigation reveals that December 25th was never the birth date of Jesus. It was the ancient date of the winter solstice and a holy day for countless pagan sun gods.

Saturnalia (Rome): A week-long orgy of feasting, drunkenness, gift-giving, and debauchery in honor of Saturn.

Sol Invictus (Mithraism): December 25th was the celebration of the “Unconquered Sun,” the rebirth of the sun god.

Tammuz (Babylon): The yule log, evergreen tree, and mistletoe all trace back to Babylonian fertility and sun worship.

> “Thus saith the Lord… learn not the way of the heathen… for the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest… they deck it with silver and with gold…”

— Jeremiah 10:2–4

Does this not describe the modern Christmas tree? What fellowship has Christ with Baal? What place does the Holy Child have with the altar of Tammuz? No matter how many carols are sung, no matter how many crosses are placed on top of the tree, the roots are pagan and the fruit is rotten.

III. Easter: The Goddess of Fertility and the Abomination of the Egg

The word “Easter” itself is derived from Ishtar, the Babylonian goddess of fertility, love, and war. The traditions associated with this day, eggs, rabbits, sunrise services are not Christian, but fertility rites from ancient idolatrous religions.

Eggs were used in pagan rituals as symbols of rebirth and fertility.

Rabbits were sacred to the fertility goddess because of their prolific breeding.

Sunrise services were held to greet the sun god as he was “reborn.”

Even the timing of Easter is based on the pagan lunar calendar, not Scripture. The Passover, which Christ fulfilled, is fixed in the biblical calendar (Leviticus 23). Yet instead of celebrating Passover, most Christians observe a day dedicated to Ishtar and call it “Resurrection Sunday.”

This is not just ignorance. It is rebellion. It is the violation of the second commandment. The Lord said:

> “Ye shall not make unto you any graven image… Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them…”

— Exodus 20:4–5

Easter is the profaning of Christ’s resurrection by mixing it with the altars of paganism. The risen King is not honored by eggs, bunnies, or sun worship. He is honored by obedience.

IV. Valentine’s Day: The Festival of Lust

Marketed as a day of romance and affection, Valentine’s Day is in reality a repackaged version of the ancient Roman festival Lupercalia, a fertility celebration involving sexual rituals, animal sacrifice, and drunken revelry.

Priests called Luperci would sacrifice goats and dogs.

Strips of hide were dipped in blood and used to strike women, supposedly to increase fertility.

Random coupling and sexual promiscuity marked the day.

What communion has this with the Biblical standard of love — a holy, covenantal, self-sacrificial love rooted in God’s law? What does this day teach young men and women? It teaches emotionalism, sensuality, and lust. It glorifies fornication under the pretense of “love.”

Biblical love is not eros. It is agape — defined by truth and holiness:

> “Love is the fulfilling of the law.”

— Romans 13:10

Valentine’s Day is the celebration of lawlessness. It elevates feelings over obedience and seduces hearts into thinking that emotional intimacy outside covenant is good. This is not Christian. It is the doctrine of demons.

V. Halloween: The High Sabbath of Satan

There is no holiday more openly demonic than Halloween, yet even many professing Christians justify letting their children dress up and participate in this festival of death. Let us be clear: Halloween is not innocent fun. It is the modern echo of Samhain, the ancient Celtic festival marking the beginning of the “dark half” of the year.

It is a day where the “veil” between the living and the dead is said to be thinnest.

Witches and occultists still practice divination and spellcasting on this night.

Human and animal sacrifices were historically offered.

The costumes, jack-o-lanterns, haunted houses, and obsession with gore and fear are not accidental. They are a satanic inversion of all that is good and holy. God is a God of light, not darkness. A God of life, not death. A God of peace, not terror.

> “Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.”

— Ephesians 5:11

Halloween is not neutral. It is evil. Participating in it, even in a sanitized form, is giving honor to the kingdom of darkness. It is spiritual adultery.

VI. Other Pagan and National Holidays: Mammon and Idolatry

While the “big four” holidays (Christmas, Easter, Valentine’s, Halloween) are the most egregious, many other days in the modern calendar are equally compromised.

Mother’s Day & Father’s Day

These were not instituted by God but by secular governments, often rooted in feminist and humanist ideologies. The Scripture commands daily honor of parents (Exodus 20:12). We do not need a man-made holiday to obey God’s law — and certainly not one shaped by feminist activism (as Mother’s Day was).

Independence Day, Memorial Day, and Nationalism

While there is nothing wrong with appreciating godly government and liberty, modern patriotic holidays often exalt the state over God. The flag becomes the altar, the fallen soldier becomes the savior, and nationalism becomes a new religion. Many Christians are more passionate about the Constitution than the Kingdom.

> “Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.”

— Exodus 20:3

New Year’s Day

The Gregorian calendar, established by Pope Gregory XIII, reset the start of the year to January 1 — a day historically linked to the god Janus, the two-faced deity of beginnings and endings. God’s calendar, as laid out in Scripture (Exodus 12:2), begins in the spring, in Nisan.

To celebrate the new year on Jan. 1 is to align with papal tradition and pagan cycles, not the appointed times of the Lord.

VII. God’s Calendar vs. Satan’s Calendar

The modern holiday system is not random. It is a well-crafted counterfeit designed by the enemy to replace God’s appointed times — His feasts, His Sabbaths, His seasons of worship.

> “These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.”

— Leviticus 23:4

God gave His people a calendar of worship:

Passover: To remember deliverance.

Unleavened Bread: To purge sin.

Firstfruits: To celebrate provision.

Pentecost: To commemorate law and Spirit.

Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles: To prepare for judgment and glory.

But the church today knows nothing of these. Instead, they honor Ishtar and Saturn, Lupercus and Samhain. This is no small matter. This is covenantal treason.

VIII. The Consequences of Compromise

Participation in pagan holidays is not a matter of Christian liberty. It is spiritual adultery. It is invoking the wrath of God upon yourself and your household.

It dulls spiritual discernment.

It trains your children to love the world.

It mocks the holiness of God.

God is not pleased by “well-meaning” idolatry. The golden calf in Exodus 32 was not made in defiance — it was made as a “feast unto the LORD.” And yet the wrath of God burned hot against it.

> “Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils.”

— 1 Corinthians 10:21

The church today is drunk on both. A little nativity with a little Tammuz. A little resurrection with a little Ishtar. A little “fun” with a little Samhain. But God says: You must choose.

IX. What Must We Do?

1. Repent — Confess your participation in these false feasts and turn from them.

2. Cleanse your calendar — Remove these days from your home. Do not decorate. Do not attend. Do not acknowledge them.

3. Teach your children — Raise them to honor God’s calendar, not Satan’s.

4. Celebrate God’s appointed times — Relearn the feasts of the Lord.

5. Warn others — Call the church to repentance. Be a voice crying in the wilderness.

X. Let the Holy People Be Set Apart

We are not of this world. We are not called to blend in. We are called to be holy, set apart, a peculiar people. Our calendar must reflect our King. The days we honor reveal the kingdom we serve.

> “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers… come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing…”

— 2 Corinthians 6:14–17

Do not let your household walk in the rhythm of demons. Let your days, your celebrations, and your seasons be ruled by Scripture, not by sorcery.

Conclusion: The Call to Purity

God is restoring a remnant. A people who reject compromise. A people who will not mix Baal with Yahweh. A people who know that worship is war. If you want your household to walk in blessing, you must cleanse your calendar.

Let the world rage. Let the church mock. Let the pagans howl.

But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord — not Ishtar, not Tammuz, not Cupid, not Janus. We will not keep the feast of devils. We will not offer our children on the altars of culture. We will keep the feasts of the Lord.

Let the true holy days be restored. Let the righteous calendar be rebuilt. Let the sons of God rise in purity, power, and order.

Soli Deo Gloria.