Halloween

OBSERV'ED, pp. s as z.

1. Noticed by the eye or the mind.

2. Kept religiously; celebrated; practiced.

TIME, n. [L.tempus; tempora, the falls of the head, also tempest, &c. See Tempest. Time is primarily equivalent to season; to the Gr.wpa in its original sense, opportunity, occasion, a fall, an event, that which comes.]

1. A particular portion or part of duration, whether past, present or future. The time was; the time has been; the time is; the time will be.

Lost time is never found again.

God, who at sundry times, and in divers manners, spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets. Heb.1.

2. A proper time; a season.

There is a time to every purpose. Eccles.3.

The time of figs was not yet. Mark 11.

WITCHCRAFT, [witch and craft.]
WITCHCRAFT, [witch and craft.]

1. The practices of witches; sorcery; enchantments; intercourse with the devil.

2. Power more than natural.

He hath a witchcraft over the king ins tongue

Halloween's origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31, they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these prophecies were an important source of comfort and direction during the long, dark winter. To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities. During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes, typically consisting of animal heads and skins, and attempted to tell each other's fortunes. When the celebration was over, they re-lit their hearth fires, which they had extinguished earlier that evening, from the sacred bonfire to help protect them during the coming winter.

We see Halloween came from a holiday called Samhaim. That Samhaim was celebrated the night of October 31. That people dressed in costumes and sacrificed animals to a God other than our God.

While today I'm sure dressing up in costumes and getting candy does not make a person evil. We should remember that the Holy Spirit says in the Bible in 2Chronicles 33:6 that this activity provoked God to anger. We need to also remember that God commands us to Abstain from All Appearance of Evil. We need to not be part of the Worlds Pagan Festivals