φαρμακεία

φαρμακεία is the Greek word for pharmakeia. In English it literally means pharmaceuticals

Strongs Concordance defines this word as:

1) the use or the administering of drugs

2) poisoning

3) sorcery, magical arts, often found in connection with idolatry and fostered by it

4) metaph. the deceptions and seductions of idolatry

Revelation uses the word φαρμακεία to describe a prophesied event. The word John uses is translated in Revelation as sorceries. Anyone living in this day can see this is fulfilled now, and will get much worse. I believe very soon, there will be nothing that you can buy that has not been tainted with some sort of drug. Jesus says it so I can stand on it.

Concerning great papal Babylon, the Bible says,“By thy sorceries (φαρμακεία) were all nations deceived. And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.” Rev. 18:23,24. How will they do that? Will Vatican pharmaceuticals be legalized, pasturized, tenderized, vaporized, homogenized, and sold in legalized marijuana cigarettes, meat substitutes, and tasty products in health food stores - to make more money and slaves and souls of men?

Will they legalize marijuana and hemp, for the good of the economy, so that most everyone in cars, streets, highways, trains, boats, and airplanes will crash around; and lawmakers in Washington will float into Congress to make “laws manufactured by satanic agencies under a plea of goodness”, until the mark of the beast is enforced? Will Vatican pharmaceuticals make the nation “speak as a dragon” and have goony eyes?

And do not overlook the fact that this word also has a definition including magic and the magical arts as depicted in movies such as Harry Potter and Disney. These movies actually have the potential to trance viewers and cause a drug like addiction and mania for them.

Consider the fact, that in your home, you have items called remote control, channels, programs and television, all words referring to the magical arts.

And as Jesus would say,

'Behold, I have told you before.'

Reproofs, Rebukes and Exhortations

Lev 19:17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in
thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.



Prov 9:8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Prov 13:1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

Prov 19:25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

Prov 27:5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Eccl 7:5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Eph 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

Lk 17:3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

2 Tim 4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

Titus 1:9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.

Heb 3:13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.


Reprove:
Websters: To scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent; to express disapproval of; censure; convince, convict; admonish, rebuke
Strongs: to show to be right, prove; to correct, rebuke; to be chastened; to reason, reason together

Rebuke:
Websters: to criticize sharply; reprimand
Strongs: to convict, refute, confute; generally with a suggestion of shame of the person convicted; by conviction to bring to the light, to expose; to find fault with, correct; to reprehend severely, chide, admonish, reprove; to call to account, show one his fault, demand an explanation; to chasten, to punish; to show honour to, to honour; to raise the price of; to adjudge, award, in the sense of merited penalty; to tax with fault, rate, chide, rebuke, reprove, censure severely; to admonish or charge sharply

Exhort:
Websters: to incite by argument or advice; urge strongly; to give warnings or advice; make urgent appeals
Strongs: to call to one's side, call for, summon; to address, speak to, (call to, call upon), which may be done in the way of exhortation, entreaty, comfort, instruction; to admonish, exhort; to beg, entreat, beseech; to strive to appease by entreaty; to console, to encourage and strengthen by consolation, to comfort; to receive consolation, be comforted; to encourage, strengthen; exhorting and comforting and encouraging; to instruct, teach

Longsuffering:
Websters: long and patient endurance of offense
Strongs: patience, endurance, constancy, steadfastness, perseverance; patience, forbearance, longsuffering, slowness in avenging wrongs; to be of a long spirit, not to lose heart; to persevere patiently and bravely in enduring misfortunes and troubles; to be patient in bearing the offenses and injuries of others; to be mild and slow in avenging; to be longsuffering, slow to anger, slow to punish


This is certainly not an illustration of 'live and let live'. I, obviously, am 'my brothers keeper' and am responsible for the instruction that I give and also receive. We need to work on this, because most of us are unwilling to do either. We can call sin by it's rightful name and in doing so may save ourselves and our brother.

Easter

Exodus 23:13 And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect (careful to consider): and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

Jeremiah 44: 16-19 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.

But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?

Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying, The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into his mind?

So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day. Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day.

The English word Easter is derived from the names "Eostre" - "Eastre" - "Astarte" or Ashtaroth. The word Easter comes from the word east and means dawn or morning light; a reference to the rising sun.
Astarte was introduced into the British Isles by the Druids and is just another name for Beltis or Ishtar of the Chaldeans and Babylonians.The book of Judges records that "the children of Israel did evil ...in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, ...and forsook the LORD, and served not Him.

"Easter is just another name for Ashteroth "The Queen of Heaven." She and Baal (the sun god) are in the picture to the right. Easter was not considered a "Christian" festival until the fourth century. Early Christians celebrated Passover on the 14th day of the first month and a study of the dates on which Easter is celebrated will reveal that the celebration of Easter is not observed in accordance with the prescribed time for the observance of Passover.

After much debate, the Nicaean council of 325 A.D. decreed that "Easter" should be celebrated on the first Sunday, after the full moon, on or after the vernal equinox. Why was so much debate necessary if "Easter" was a tradition passed down from the Apostles?
The answer is that it was not an Apostolic institution, but, an invention of man! They had to make up some rules.

History records that spring festivals in honor of the pagan fertility goddesses and the events associated with them were celebrated at the same time as "Easter". In the year 399 A.D. the Theodosian Code attempted to remove the pagan connotation from those events and banned their observance.

The pagan festival of Easter originated as the worship of the sun goddess, the Babylonian Queen of Heaven who was later worshipped under many names including Ishtar, Cybele, Idaea Mater (the Great Mother), or Astarte for whom the celebration of Easter is named. Easter is not another name for the Feast of Passover and is not celebrated at the Biblically prescribed time for Passover. It is celebrated every year on the day of Astarte. Sometimes the Easter and Passover celebrations are as much as a month apart. The pagan Easter festival was supposedly "Christianized" several hundred years after Christ.

However, Easter is not Christian at all, it is pure paganism under a veil of purity. Your pastors, bishops, preachers and seminary graduates have all been taught these very facts, but they say nothing about them. What does God say about man made traditions? He speaks against them. How do you think Christ feels when you place His name on a pagan holy day? This is nothing but intermingling the two and it is an abomination to Him. Remember, Satan is THE master deceiver and there is nothing new under the sun.

Sunrise services are in honor of the idolotrous sun of god, Tammuz, who supposedly arose from the dead on this particular day. You can easily find a study on this. These services are not in honor of the Savior, Son of God. No where in scripture are we instructed to honor the resurrection of Christ or his birth. In the name of the blessed Savior, idolatrous abominations are practiced by unsuspecting people. We are told however, to honor the death of Christ in a communion service, but were never instructed to honor this day on Easter or Passover.

Satan uses masterful deceptions to carry out his plans. What parent can resist worldly pressure and deny their children things that all of the world gives? "All for the children" is one of Satans best lines, because it works. Parents unknowingly cause themselves and their children to honor paganism by complying with worldly Satanic holi-days. Sun worship is a circle of idolatry consisting of Satan, the sun and pagan god's. Christianity is mingled with paganism for the most deceptive punch possible. Even when truth is plainly put before the people, they refuse to believe. How sad to see that modern day christians have the same attitude that the Israelites had when they declared that they would do what was right in their own eyes and follow tradition.

What exactly do easter bunnies and colored eggs have to do with Christ anyway? It is a mockery.

What exactly is in this picture that represents Christ? The truth is, Astarte was said to have turned a bird into a rabbit, and lore has it that the rabbit layed eggs.

"When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land; Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. What thing whatsoever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it." -Deuteronomy 12:29-32

For an in-depth study on this subject please visit
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