The Gospel Of Repentance

  The origins of Easter are unclear but have been connected to legend and paganism. The day most call Easter Christians refer to as Resurrection Day – the day Jesus rose from the dead. The word Easter has been associated with two pagan goddesses,  Eostre  the eighth century goddess of spring and fertility, and  Ishtar  the Babylonian goddess of fertility, war, and sex. There is no concrete proof this is where the word Easter comes from.   Other theories (I believe to be more reliable) say the word Easter in Latin is the phrase  In   Albis.  In Old German, the phrase  In Albis  (means dawn or daybreak) was changed to   eostarum .  In   more modern German, the word is  Ostern   from which we get the English Easter. The French word for Easter is  Pâcques , based on the Latin and Greek  Pascha , meaning “Passover.” This appears to be another case where the pagan Easter celebration is celebrated the same time as the Biblical festival of Passover. Both are in the spring. Spring is the season

In Daniel 12:1-2 we read this, “At that time Michael shall stand up, the great prince who stands watch over the sons of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation, even to that time. And at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone who is found written in the book. And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to shame and everlasting contempt.” So, what does all of this mean? Daniel receives visions and records what is going to happen to his people in the future, the nation Israel. Michael is the archangel who watches over the nation. In the latter days, Israel will experience the worst time in its history. As a matter of fact, it will be the worst time in human history because the Lord will unleash His wrath upon mankind for their rebellion. Sin has a payday - death (Romans 6:23).  In verse two Daniel says that many of those who are in the dust of the earth shall awake, s