Halloween, one of the annual celebrations that has wiggled its way into the status of a holiday, is on its face a tongue-in-cheek acknowledgement to the things that go bump in the middle of the night. At its deepest level, this Celtic remnant of age-old superstition is a tip of the hat to Old Scratch himself. Most thinking people acknowledge that there is indeed evil in this world, but go no further to consider its origins, context and cosmic significance on this chaotic planet we call earth.
Lucifer, one of God’s most elect in the angelic host of God, once aspired to be like The Most High God, and was rewarded for his unholy ambition by being cast from Heaven and assigned to eternal suffering in the Lake of Fire, but only after he had free reign to tempt mankind for a season on earth. And tempt he does, but he craves the worship of mankind made in the image of God Himself. If he was rebuffed by Jesus, what better option than to tempt man to give him the worship he longs to receive?
While there are a few groups called Satanists who worship and make unholy sacrifices to the devil there is widespread acceptance and over $10 billion is spent on this holiday in America alone. The money is significant, but is dwarfed by the $890 billion Americans spent on Christmas in 2021. However, the spiritual damage done to children in particular by the observance of Halloween can be significant.
First, the participation in Halloween by our children encourages a festive spirit that tolerates symbols of evil. Costumes and masks of demons, the devil, and other unsavory subjects including gruesome wounds from edged instruments are all viewed with a light-hearted attitude of make-believe. The devil is reduced to a harmless fellow who can scare you for a moment but do no real harm since he really doesn’t exist.
Second, the terrible truth is that the devil, eternal suffering, demons and hellfire are all too real. Satan is a master deceiver, and his favorite ploy is to encourage the errant belief that he really doesn’t exist. Even a cursory examination of the Word of God reveals that Satan is a real being and he is the sworn enemy not only of God but mankind made in His image.
Third, and perhaps the most vile of all, the inclusion of this holiday as par with Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter elevates it to the same status as the birth of Christ, the suffering and Resurrection of Christ and an American holiday that encourages giving thanks to the Lord for His bounteous provision.
And, when the little ones who look up so trustingly at Mom and Dad finally discover that Santa Claus is not really real, it’s a short hop to believing that since Mom and Dad fibbed about Santa, they probably lied about God and the devil as well. The result: children grow up and piece together their own beliefs about life and the afterlife—if indeed they believe in an afterlife at all.
Halloween is no joke, but the devil delights when we fall into the trap of convention and follow the masses instead of standing against something that the Word of God tells us is evil.
BTTT!
The problem is, you were delighted to celebrate as a child. But as an adult you wanna take away the day for children I just think that’s terrible. Kids have it hard enough today without adults, being idiots and hypocrites.