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16 KJV Bible Verses About Pagan Holidays

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  • Jeremiah 7:18 describes a whole household, children, fathers and women, preparing cakes for the queen of heaven.
  • Aaron proclaimed his calf feast “a feast to the LORD” (Exodus 32:5), and Jeroboam set his feast in a month “devised of his own heart” (1 Kings 12:33).
  • Deuteronomy 12:30 forbids asking “How did these nations serve their gods?” in order to do the same.
  • The decorated tree of Jeremiah 10:3-5 is carved into an idol that “must needs be borne, because they cannot go.”
  • Paul tells believers to be “fully persuaded” about keeping days (Romans 14:5) and not to be judged over “an holyday” (Colossians 2:16), but forbids eating at “the table of devils” where pagan sacrifices are offered (1 Corinthians 10:20-21).

What the Bible says against pagan holidays concerns worship: feasts and customs offered to other gods, and feasts and rites that people devised in place of what God commanded. Moses warns Israel not to ask “How did these nations serve their gods?” in order to copy them (Deuteronomy 12:29-31). The prophets condemn cakes baked for the queen of heaven (Jeremiah 7:18) and “the days of Baalim” (Hosea 2:13), and Aaron and Jeroboam each proclaim a feast of their own making…

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Scripture quotations are from the King James Version.

Orthodox Presbyterian Church. The Westminster Confession of Faith, chapter 21.1, “Of Religious Worship, and the Sabbath Day.” opc.org/wcf.html

The Augsburg Confession, Article 15, “Of Ecclesiastical Usages.” bookofconcord.org

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