Written by: Damien Powell
The world is getting ready to say or have already said “Happy mothers day!” But is this a day we should be celebrating as follower of YESHUA? Jeremiah 10:2 says
“Thus said YHWH, “Do not learn the way of the gentiles, and do not be frightened by the signs of the heavens, for the gentiles are frighted by them. For the prescribed customs of the peoples are worthless.”
Amos 5:21
“I have hated, I have despised your festivals, and I am not pleased with your assemblies.”
The days that the world celebrates that are not in scripture are abominations and YHWH hates them, because they represent worship of pagan deities.
Elohim commands us in the Ten Commandments to “Honor our mother and father so that we may live long in the land that the YHWH your Elohim is giving you.” With that command do we really need a human to come along and tell us what day we should honor our parents? Realistically, we should honor them every day to make them proud and not to disrespect those who raised us. A lot of people have big celebrations for their parents on these days because man said to do so; then turn around and disobey them the very next day. Satan is trying to present a sort of false worship by uplifting your parents on a certain day, the same way we uplift and venerate ourselves on our birthdays. Self-exaltation is dangerous and silently enters our lives without us even knowing it.
So, is there paganism associated with this holiday too? You bet.
Mother’s Day dates back to ancient cultures in Greece and Rome. In both cultures, mother goddess (Queen of Heaven) were worshipped during the springtime with religious festivals. The ancient Greeks paid tribute to the powerful goddess Rhea, the wife of Cronus, known as the Mother of the gods (Queen of Heaven). Similarly, evidence of a three-day Roman festival in Mid-March called Hilaria, to honor the Roman goddess Magna Mater, or Great Mother, dates back to 250 BCE.
As Christianity spread throughout Europe, the celebration of the “Mother Church” replaced the pagan tradition of honoring mythological goddesses. The fourth Sunday in Lent (Weeping for Tammuz), a 40-day fasting period before Easter, became known as Mothering Sunday. To show appreciation for their mothers, they often brought gifts or a “mothering cake” (Jeremiah 7:18) and over time, it began to coincide with the celebration of the Mother Church. Mother’s Day always falls on the second Sun-day of May, and like so many other holidays rooted in pagan sun-worship including Father’s Day which always falls on the third Sun-day of June, usually falls on the day named in honor of their most powerful god—The Sun! (nazarite.net)
The Egyptians worshiped Isis the Egyptian goddess queen of heaven which was later changed to “mother Mary.” Photos show Isis holding her son Horus which looks strikingly similar to the sculpture of Mary holding YESHUA! We have to understand that mothers give birth; therefore, these pagan goddess deities gave birth to many false religions.
Jeremiah 44:16-17
“We are not going to listen to you in the matter about which you spoke to us in the Name of YHWH!(believers today). “But we shall do whatever has gone out of our own mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the heavens and pour out drinks offerings to her, as we have done, we and our dad, our kings, and our heads, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. And we had plenty of food, and were well-off, and saw no evil”
Satan provides that false sense of peace and prosperity that he can give when you are obedient to him, but it eventually comes at a heavy prince. Let us not recreate pagan rituals by partaking in these holidays. Share this and pass it out to someone who is unaware. And as always, let us stand up fight for The Elohim of Yisra’el in truth.