Lent is the Christian time of preparation prior to Easter...How could it possibly be mentioned in the Bible??
Christians were not preparing for the Resurrection 40 days before it happened.
Semiramis became known as "Ishtar" which is pronounced "Easter", and her moon egg became known as "Ishtar's" egg."Ishtar soon became pregnant and claimed that it was the rays of the sun-god Baal that caused her to conceive.
The son that she brought forth was named Tammuz.
Tammuz was noted to be especially fond of rabbits, and they became sacred in the ancient religion, because Tammuz was believed to be the son of the sun-god, Baal. Tammuz, like his supposed father, became a hunter.
The day came when Tammuz was killed by a wild pig.
Queen Ishtar told the people that Tammuz was now ascended to his father, Baal, and that the two of them would be with the worshippers in the sacred candle or lamp flame as Father, Son and Spirit.
Ishtar, who was now worshipped as the "Mother of God and Queen of Heaven", continued to build her mystery religion.
The queen told the worshippers that when Tammuz was killed by the wild pig, some of his blood fell on the stump of an evergreen tree, and the stump grew into a full new tree overnight. This made the evergreen tree sacred by the blood of Tammuz.
She also proclaimed a forty day period of time of sorrow each year prior to the anniversary of the death of Tammuz.
During this time, no meat was to be eaten.
Worshippers were to meditate upon the sacred mysteries of Baal and Tammuz, and to make the sign of the "T" in front of their hearts as they worshipped.
They also ate sacred cakes with the marking of a "T" or cross on the top.
Every year, on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox, a celebration was made.
It was Ishtar's Sunday and was celebrated with rabbits and eggs.
Ishtar also proclaimed that because Tammuz was killed by a pig, that a pig must be eaten on that Sunday.
By now, the readers of this tract should have made the connection that paganism has infiltrated the contemporary "Christian" churches, and further study indicates that this paganism came in by way of the Roman Catholic System.
The truth is that Easter has nothing whatsoever to do with the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We also know that Easter can be as much as three weeks away from the Passover, because the pagan holiday is always set as the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox.
Some have wondered why the word "Easter" is in the the King James Bible.
It is because Acts, chapter 12, tells us that it was the evil King Herod, who was planning to celebrate Easter, and not the Christians.
The true Passover and pagan Easter sometimes coincide, but in some years, they are a great distance apart.
So much more could be said, and we have much more information for you, if you are a seeker of the truth.
We know that the Bible tells us in John 4:24, "God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." [http://www.lasttrumpetministries.org/tracts/tract1.html ]
Can you tell us which of the above points is inaccurate? [ So many of the rites and dates in catholiciism appeared derived from the Nimrod/Ishtar mystery religion and the religion of Baal. Saturnalia anyone? Buehler? Buehler? ]
Christians were not preparing for the Resurrection 40 days before it happened.
And yet Catholics expect us to believe that Jesus and His disciples participated in the eucharist, the sacrifice of Christ on the cross before Jesus even went to the cross. That they participated in a sacrifice that had not yet happened.
Go figure. The disconnect is astounding.
Jesus death? or His resurrection?
Why would a Catholic need to 'prepare', when they drink blood and eat godly meat every time they enter one of their chosen churches?
For some reason the words in Psalm 22:7-8 are on my mind this morning.
“…Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:” - Luke 24:46
That is probably in the Catholic Bible but if it is it may be worded differently.
Old Testament prophets were preparing for the resurrection of Jesus for thousands of years.
I don't think they were “lent” the term “lent”