Written by: Damien Powell
Enoch (Hanok) 99:7
“And they worship stones, and graven images of gold and silver and wood and clay, and those who worship impure spirits and demons, and all kinds of idols not according to knowledge, shall get no manner of help from them.”
Revelation 9:20
“And the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship the demons, and idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood, which are neither able to see, nor to hear, nor to walk.
Men and women all over the world are going out of their way to purchase roses, candy, cards, and other gifts to show their partner whether married or unmarried how much they love them. The world spends an estimated 18.2 billion dollars for Valentines, but what are the origins behind this day? Why do we need the world to tell us when to love our significant others? Again, Satan has conditioned the world to sin against YHWH and YESHUA by getting unmarried couples to engage in fornication while others commit adultery. Satan the father of lies is getting the world to show love according to his sinful desire. He has the world recreating dark pagan rituals and worshipping pagan deities/demons.
Here are facts about Valentine’s Day:
· YHWH tells us in Jeremiah 10:2 “Do not learn the way of the gentiles/heathen” yet the world passes Valentine’s Day off as a Christian holiday when it is found nowhere in Scripture. The world again, has done exactly what YHWH said DO NOT do, which is learn gentile/pagan customs by attempting to Christianize a pagan day known as “Lupercalia”.
· Lupercalia a Roman holiday, a festival that was performed between February 13th and February 15th. They performed the festival to expel spirits and purify the city and release fertility and health. It was an ancient Roman celebration in honor of Lupercus aka Faunus who was the deity of fertility.
Faunus was a Roman deity of flocks and shepherds and had the head and torso of a man, but hindquarters of a goat. Lupercalia celebrated the coming of spring with orgies, sex with minors, fornication, and drunkenness. Faunus was considered a symbol of “fecundity”, which means the ability to produce an abundance of offspring or new growth; fertility because of his lustful nature. Now we know why everyone wants to lust, make love and fornicate on this day because of what it stems from with the pagan deities of fornication and fertility.
What does Scripture say about lust, fornication, orgies, and drunkenness?
All of these sins occur on Valentine’s Day since it represents fertility and they all go against Scripture.
1 Peter 4:3
“For enough of our past lifetime we have done the desire of the gentiles, having walked in indecencies, LUSTS, DRUNKENNESS, ORGIES, WILD PARTIES….”
Peter lists all of the abominations of Valentines in this one passage alone! Being that Satan knows what is in scripture he used what is forbidden to be celebrated openly and accepted as normal amongst the masses.
Galatians 5:19
“And the works of the flesh are well-known, which are ADULTERY, SEXUAL IMMORALITY, uncleanness, indecency, idolatry, drug sorcery (ecstasy/molly on this day), hatred, quarrels, jealousies, fits of rage, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions, envy, murders, DRUNKENNESS, WILD PARTIES…”
What is sexual immorality? (unlawful sexual intercourse. It includes adultery, prostitution, sexual relations between unmarried individuals, homosexuality, and bestiality)
1 Thessalonians 4:3-4
“For this is the desire of Elohim: your holiness! – That you should abstain from SEXUAL IMMORALITY that each one of you should know how to possess his own vessel (body) in holiness and respect, not in PASSION OF LUST, like the gentiles who DO NOT KNOW ELOHIM…”
2 Timothy 3:4
“…betrayers, reckless, puffed up, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of ELOHIM, having a form of reverence but denying its power. And turn away from these! For among them are those who creep into households and captivate silly women loaded down with sins, led away by various LUSTS.”
Colossians 3:5
“Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: SEXUAL IMMORALITY uncleanness, PASSION, evil desire and greed of gain, which is idolatry. Because of these the wrath of ELOHIM is coming upon the sons of disobedience, in which you also ONCE WALKED when you lived in them.” This should not occurring with believers, this should all be past behavior!
2 Esdras 7:114
“Lack of self-control is at an end, SEXUAL IMMORALITY is cut off, righteousness grows, and truth springs forth.”
Tobiyah 4:12
“Beware of ALL SEXUAL IMMORALITY my son…” Verse 15 “Do not do to any man that which you hate; do not drink wine to make yourself DRUNK, neither let DRUNKENESS go with you in your way.”
Hebrews 13:4
“Let marriage be respected by all, and the bed be undefiled. But ELOHIM shall judge those who FORNICATE, and ADULTERERS.”
Mathew 5:27-28
“You heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ “But I say to you that everyone looking at a woman to LUST for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
Respect your marriages and keep your bed undefiled at all times! This warning is for those who are unmarried and are sleeping with someone who is married as well. You should have enough respect to know that isn’t right. But again, Satan makes people feel like that have to show some love on this day and make them victims of something most regret. How will you explain this one night of passion to your spouse?
More facts
Lupercalia was held on February 15th “The Feast of Lupercus”. Lupercus was the fertility deity the Romans worshipped, they sacrificed goats and dogs, then the blood was smeared on the foreheads of the young men, then the blood was wiped off with wool dipped in milk. Then the men wearing strips of goatskin around their loins ran around the city striking women with the goatskin. It was believed that pregnant women would have easier labor and interfile women would become fertile.
Lupercalia was the festival for Lupercus and later in the day the feast of Juno “Februate” was celebrated where women would be paired with men by a lottery. Juno was the Roman goddess fever of love, marriage, and women. Her day also fell on February 15th and on this day young women wrote their names on “billets” which are slips of paper and put them in a large bowl, then single men would draw out the billet. The lady whose name was on the billet would be his partner for all the erotic festivals for the day. Now we know where we get “secret valentines” from, where people would draw names from a bowl and get a gift for their secret crush. It is more modernized today because people can draw names online for their secret valentines and send anonymous messages and draw names online to find the perfect gift for your secret cupid. Also, the expected sex the couples are expected to have stem from the erotic pleasures for the day as it was in ancient Rome.
· Two men named Valentine were killed on Valentine’s Day and St. Valentine who married couples in private so they could avoid being drafted was beheaded on February 14, 269 AD. This reminds me of two people who were killed on the birthdays of two evil men in the Bible. Pharaoh killed the chief baker and King Herod killed John the Baptist.
· When Rome accepted Christianity the Roman Catholic Church did not like the open erotic behavior of Lupercalia so Pope Galasius honored February 14th as the honor of Valentinus a saint martyr instead of Lupercus. All he did was merge paganism with Christianity and disguised it with a new name to make it more acceptable to the masses the same way they did Xmas and all the other abominable holidays.
· To get rid of the feast of Juno Februata, Pope Gelasius changed it form February 15th to February 14th and called it St. Valentine’s Day. It was then associated with various martyrs by the name of Valentine, covering up pagan roots behind the name of Christianity and the world has fallen prey. The world isn’t honoring any saints but worshipping pagan deities of fertility.
· Red roses which are so popular on Valentine’s Day was the favorite flower of Venus the mother of Cupid. And we can now see the connection as to why people by their lovers roses on this day.
· Valentine’s Day honors Lupercus, Junos, Pan, Venus, Aphrodite, Faunus all representing love, lust, desire, and fertility. Just because we change the name of a pagan ritual doesn’t change the fact that it’s still a pagan ritual. All the world is doing is recreating pagan rituals in modern times and YHWH hates it. As always let us stand up and fight for our ELOHIM in spirit and truth.