Valentine's Day
Each pagan holiday has a Christian religious front, Valentine’s Day, now called Saint Valentine’s Day is no different. In short it is said to commemorate Saint Valentine who secretly married couples during a time when the powers that be denied marriage to certain people, or without the bride first consummating with the king prior to her husband. Other legends surround this day and this so called Saint.
Ironically, the sad fact is that the majority people never question the origin of the customs and traditions in which they involve themselves in. The Majority of folks do not ask the obvious and hard questions but instead do what everybody else is doing, never stopping to consider how the ADONAI feels about such celebrations.
Valentine’s Day is a day preoccupied with the heart (the emotions), consider what Jeremiah said via the inspiration of ADONAI: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his wages, and according to the fruit of his doings.” Jeremiah 17:9-10
So, what are the origins of this unusual day? Why the color red, and where did the heart shape come from (Because it doesn’t resemble a real human heart at all), and what does it mean?
“In the days of the Roman Empire, the month of February was the last and shortest month of the year. February originally had 30 days, but when Julius Caesar named the month of July after himself, he decided to make that month longer and shortened February to 29 days while making July a month of 31 days. Later when Octavius Caesar, also known as Augustus, came to power, he named the month of August after himself, and not be outdone he also subtracted a day from February and gave the month of August 31 days. To this very day it remains that way. The ancient Romans believed that every month had a spirit that gained in strength and reached its peak or apex of power in the middle or ides of the month. This was usually the 15th day, and it was a day when witches and augurs, or soothsayers worked their magic. An augur was a person filled with a spirit of divination, and from the word augur we get the word “inaugurate”, which means to “take omens”. Since February had been robbed by Caesars and had only 28 days, the ides of February became the 14th day of that month. Since the Ides of a month was celebrated on the preceding eve, the month of February was unique, because it was the 13th day that became the eve of the Ides that month, and it became a very important pagan holiday in the Empire of Rome. The sacred day of February 14th was called “Lupercalia” or “day of the wolf.” This was a day that was sacred to the sexual frenzy of the goddess Juno. This day also honored the Roman gods, Lupercus and Faunus, as well as the legendary twin brothers, who supposedly founded Rome, Remus and Romulus. These two are said to have been suckled by wolves in a cave on Palatine Hill in Rome. The cave was called Lupercal and was the center of the celebrating on the eve of Lupercalia or February 14th. On this day, Lupercalia, which was later named Valentine’s Day, the Luperci or priests of Lupercus dressed in goatskins for a bloody ceremony. The priests of Lupercus, the wolf god, would sacrifice goats and a dog and then smear themselves with blood. These priests, made red with sacrificial blood, would run around Palatine Hill in a wild frenzy while carving a goatskin thong called a “februa.” Women would sit all around the hill, as the bloody priests would strike them with the goatskin thongs to make them fertile. The young women would then gather in the city and their names were put in boxes. These “love notes” were called “billets.” The men of Rome would draw a billet, and the woman whose name was on it became his sexual lust partner with whom he would fornicate until the next Lupercalia or February 14th.
Thus, February 14th became a day of unbridled sexual lust. The color “red” was sacred to that day because of the blood and the “heart shape” that is popular to this day. The heart-shape was not a representation of the human heart, which looks nothing like it. This shape represents the human female matrix or opening to the chamber of sacred copulation.
When the Gnostic Catholic Church began to get a foothold in Rome around the 3rd century A.D., they became known as Valentinians. The Catholic Valentinians retained the sexual license of the festival in what they called “angels in a nuptial chamber”, which was also called the “sacrament of copulation.” This was said to be a re-enactment of the marriage of “Sophia and the Redeemer.” As the participants of the February 14th ritual began their sexual sacrament, presided over and watched by the priests known as Valentinians, the following literary was spoken: “Let the seed of light descend into thy bridal chamber, receive the bridegroom… open thine arms to embrace him. Behold, grace has descended upon thee.” -- http://www.triumphpro.com/valentine_s_day.htm
Again we see that the pagan holiday was replaced by a saint of the Catholic Church. The Christian veneer slathered over and synced with the pagan reality and truth of holiday.
It should go without saying that the Believers in Messiah Yeshua (Christ Jesus) should avoid Valentine’s. No matter the watering down of the original pagan origins, it still contains all the elements and meaning of the pagan holiday and in the eyes of the LORD, it’s still the satanic and carnal day of “Lupercalia,” the “Day of the Wolf.” We have heard of the “wolf whistle,” it’s slang for when men lust after a woman and whistle to vocalize their inner lustful cravings. Well, we all know in reality that wolves do not. This is a nod to Lepercalia, the spirit of unbridled lust.
The Origin of Cupid
So where hid the fat naked archer baby with wings come from?
“The central figure of Valentine’s Day is Cupid, the Roman god of love. He is called Eros in Greek mythology. Myths describe Cupid as a handsome lad who united lovers whenever he could. Early images show him as an athletic young man, but by the mid-300’s B.C. he had evolved to a chubby naked infant with wings, holding a bow and arrows. If one was shot by one of his arrows, he or she supposedly fell in love.” - http://www.triumphpro.com/valentine_s_day.htm
Eros is where we get the word for sexual arousal, “Erotic.”
The origin of Cupid and his prominence in pagan religion is discussed in Hislop’s Two Babylons. He mentions that the ancient poet Aristophanes declared “we are informed that he from whom both ‘mighty ones’ and gods derived their origin, was none other than the winged boy Cupid.” In a footnote Hislop declares, “Aristophanes says that Eros or Cupid produced the ‘birds’ and ‘gods’ by ‘mingling all things.’ This evidently points to the meaning of the name Bel, which signifies at once ‘the mingler’ and ‘the confounder. This name properly belonged to the father of Nimrod, but, as the son is represented as identified with the father, we have evidence that the name descended to the son and others by inheritance” (page 40).
Cupid occupied the very same position as Ninus the “son” did to Rhea, the mother of the gods. Nimrod was the first of the “mighty ones” after the Flood, as we read in Genesis, “Cush became the father of Nimrod; he was the first on earth to become a mighty warrior. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD” (Gen.10:8-9).
Thus Cupid, the god of love, was none other than the infant NIMROD, the one who taught rebellion against the LORD, Yahveh, after the Flood – the one who led the revolt against God’s laws, and who attempted to build the tower of Babel, to strike against heaven and the heavenly host! Cupid is pictured as a child hunter, with bow and arrows, and grew up to be “the mighty hunter before [i.e. against] the LORD.”
The Latin for word “Valentine” alludes to this major trait of Nimrod, the mighty hunter. The Latin word for “Valentine” is “Valentinus,” a proper name derived from the word valens which means “to be strong. It literally means, “strong, powerful, mighty.” Nimrod was, remember, the “MIGHTY hunter against the Lord.” He was renown in the ancient world for his muscular strength skillful hunting and bowmanship, and war-waging prowess.
The Moffatt Translation says, “Ethiopia produced Nimrod, the first man on earth to be a despot (he was a mighty hunter before the Eternal; hence the proverb, ‘Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Eternal’). His empire at first was Babylon, Uruk, Akkad, and Kalneh, in the land of Shinar; from which he pushed out into Assyria . . .” (Gen.10:8-11).
Nimrod was not only physically powerful, and skillful at hunting game, including voracious leopards and lions, but he was also a “hunter” of the souls of men, who strove to lead mankind into idolatry, and worship of pagan gods, of whom he was considered the chief – a man who declared himself to be “God” in the flesh.
Aristophanes says that the boy Cupid, a “winged one,” produced all the birds, “winged ones,” occupying the very position of Ninus, the “son,” thus identifying him with Nimrod. “Ninus is Nimrod,” said the ancient historian Appolodorus (Hislop. Page 40).”- http://www.triumphpro.com/valentine_s_day.htm
The Origin of the Valentine’s Heart
“Ideograms are scattered throughout our past, and they serve a very valuable function. Nevertheless, I'm going to ask you to see the heart symbol in a different, yet connected way, because I believe it to be a sacred shape . For many in the Earthwise community that heart symbol is our version of Sheila-Na-Gig. Sheela-na-Gigs are figurative carvings of naked women displaying an exaggerated vulva. They are found on churches, castles and other buildings, particularly in Ireland and Britain. This concept has been discussed by feminists for many years, and was recently re-stated by author Gloria Steinem in her wonderful forward to The Vagina Monologues. She writes: "The shape we call a heart, whose symmetry resembles the vulva far more than the asymmetry of the organ that shares its name, is probably a residual female genital symbol. (Such symbols) were reduced from power to romance by centuries of male dominance. I thought of this while watching little girls drawing hearts in their notebooks, even dotting their i's with hearts, and I wondered: Were they magnetized by this primordial shape because it was so like their own bodies?"" – A pagan website.
“The heart-shape was not a representation of the human heart, which looks nothing like it. This shape represents the human female matrix or opening to the chamber of sacred copulation." – Last Day Trumpet Ministries
The “heart” shape is said to be the shape of the female body from behind when bending over. It is also considered to depict features of the female genitalia, the pubic mound or vulva when open and spread out. A Sumerian cuneiform symbol for "woman" closely resembles the heart shape, and is believed to directly depict the pubic mound.
Now a days the pagan illusions is well hid and has soften edges, but without it being said, everyone knows most adults on this day goes out to dinner and a movie, lavish expensive gifts on each other and ends the night in bed. So it’s still about sex.
Today, Valentine’s day it is nothing but a capitalistic, hedonistic, commercial, economic enterprise that has nothing to do with true love, all it says is, “buy, buy, buy,” and if you don’t you are made to feel guilty and that you truly don’t love So and So. Look, I don’t need Valentine’s Day or even my Anniversary to show my wife, or my family and friends that I love them. I should do that every day, every chance I get. Buy my actions and words and not necessarily by my wallet.
Ironically, the sad fact is that the majority people never question the origin of the customs and traditions in which they involve themselves in. The Majority of folks do not ask the obvious and hard questions but instead do what everybody else is doing, never stopping to consider how the ADONAI feels about such celebrations.
Valentine’s Day is a day preoccupied with the heart (the emotions), consider what Jeremiah said via the inspiration of ADONAI: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his wages, and according to the fruit of his doings.” Jeremiah 17:9-10
So, what are the origins of this unusual day? Why the color red, and where did the heart shape come from (Because it doesn’t resemble a real human heart at all), and what does it mean?
“In the days of the Roman Empire, the month of February was the last and shortest month of the year. February originally had 30 days, but when Julius Caesar named the month of July after himself, he decided to make that month longer and shortened February to 29 days while making July a month of 31 days. Later when Octavius Caesar, also known as Augustus, came to power, he named the month of August after himself, and not be outdone he also subtracted a day from February and gave the month of August 31 days. To this very day it remains that way. The ancient Romans believed that every month had a spirit that gained in strength and reached its peak or apex of power in the middle or ides of the month. This was usually the 15th day, and it was a day when witches and augurs, or soothsayers worked their magic. An augur was a person filled with a spirit of divination, and from the word augur we get the word “inaugurate”, which means to “take omens”. Since February had been robbed by Caesars and had only 28 days, the ides of February became the 14th day of that month. Since the Ides of a month was celebrated on the preceding eve, the month of February was unique, because it was the 13th day that became the eve of the Ides that month, and it became a very important pagan holiday in the Empire of Rome. The sacred day of February 14th was called “Lupercalia” or “day of the wolf.” This was a day that was sacred to the sexual frenzy of the goddess Juno. This day also honored the Roman gods, Lupercus and Faunus, as well as the legendary twin brothers, who supposedly founded Rome, Remus and Romulus. These two are said to have been suckled by wolves in a cave on Palatine Hill in Rome. The cave was called Lupercal and was the center of the celebrating on the eve of Lupercalia or February 14th. On this day, Lupercalia, which was later named Valentine’s Day, the Luperci or priests of Lupercus dressed in goatskins for a bloody ceremony. The priests of Lupercus, the wolf god, would sacrifice goats and a dog and then smear themselves with blood. These priests, made red with sacrificial blood, would run around Palatine Hill in a wild frenzy while carving a goatskin thong called a “februa.” Women would sit all around the hill, as the bloody priests would strike them with the goatskin thongs to make them fertile. The young women would then gather in the city and their names were put in boxes. These “love notes” were called “billets.” The men of Rome would draw a billet, and the woman whose name was on it became his sexual lust partner with whom he would fornicate until the next Lupercalia or February 14th.
Thus, February 14th became a day of unbridled sexual lust. The color “red” was sacred to that day because of the blood and the “heart shape” that is popular to this day. The heart-shape was not a representation of the human heart, which looks nothing like it. This shape represents the human female matrix or opening to the chamber of sacred copulation.
When the Gnostic Catholic Church began to get a foothold in Rome around the 3rd century A.D., they became known as Valentinians. The Catholic Valentinians retained the sexual license of the festival in what they called “angels in a nuptial chamber”, which was also called the “sacrament of copulation.” This was said to be a re-enactment of the marriage of “Sophia and the Redeemer.” As the participants of the February 14th ritual began their sexual sacrament, presided over and watched by the priests known as Valentinians, the following literary was spoken: “Let the seed of light descend into thy bridal chamber, receive the bridegroom… open thine arms to embrace him. Behold, grace has descended upon thee.” -- http://www.triumphpro.com/valentine_s_day.htm
Again we see that the pagan holiday was replaced by a saint of the Catholic Church. The Christian veneer slathered over and synced with the pagan reality and truth of holiday.
It should go without saying that the Believers in Messiah Yeshua (Christ Jesus) should avoid Valentine’s. No matter the watering down of the original pagan origins, it still contains all the elements and meaning of the pagan holiday and in the eyes of the LORD, it’s still the satanic and carnal day of “Lupercalia,” the “Day of the Wolf.” We have heard of the “wolf whistle,” it’s slang for when men lust after a woman and whistle to vocalize their inner lustful cravings. Well, we all know in reality that wolves do not. This is a nod to Lepercalia, the spirit of unbridled lust.
The Origin of Cupid
So where hid the fat naked archer baby with wings come from?
“The central figure of Valentine’s Day is Cupid, the Roman god of love. He is called Eros in Greek mythology. Myths describe Cupid as a handsome lad who united lovers whenever he could. Early images show him as an athletic young man, but by the mid-300’s B.C. he had evolved to a chubby naked infant with wings, holding a bow and arrows. If one was shot by one of his arrows, he or she supposedly fell in love.” - http://www.triumphpro.com/valentine_s_day.htm
Eros is where we get the word for sexual arousal, “Erotic.”
The origin of Cupid and his prominence in pagan religion is discussed in Hislop’s Two Babylons. He mentions that the ancient poet Aristophanes declared “we are informed that he from whom both ‘mighty ones’ and gods derived their origin, was none other than the winged boy Cupid.” In a footnote Hislop declares, “Aristophanes says that Eros or Cupid produced the ‘birds’ and ‘gods’ by ‘mingling all things.’ This evidently points to the meaning of the name Bel, which signifies at once ‘the mingler’ and ‘the confounder. This name properly belonged to the father of Nimrod, but, as the son is represented as identified with the father, we have evidence that the name descended to the son and others by inheritance” (page 40).
Cupid occupied the very same position as Ninus the “son” did to Rhea, the mother of the gods. Nimrod was the first of the “mighty ones” after the Flood, as we read in Genesis, “Cush became the father of Nimrod; he was the first on earth to become a mighty warrior. He was a mighty hunter before the LORD” (Gen.10:8-9).
Thus Cupid, the god of love, was none other than the infant NIMROD, the one who taught rebellion against the LORD, Yahveh, after the Flood – the one who led the revolt against God’s laws, and who attempted to build the tower of Babel, to strike against heaven and the heavenly host! Cupid is pictured as a child hunter, with bow and arrows, and grew up to be “the mighty hunter before [i.e. against] the LORD.”
The Latin for word “Valentine” alludes to this major trait of Nimrod, the mighty hunter. The Latin word for “Valentine” is “Valentinus,” a proper name derived from the word valens which means “to be strong. It literally means, “strong, powerful, mighty.” Nimrod was, remember, the “MIGHTY hunter against the Lord.” He was renown in the ancient world for his muscular strength skillful hunting and bowmanship, and war-waging prowess.
The Moffatt Translation says, “Ethiopia produced Nimrod, the first man on earth to be a despot (he was a mighty hunter before the Eternal; hence the proverb, ‘Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Eternal’). His empire at first was Babylon, Uruk, Akkad, and Kalneh, in the land of Shinar; from which he pushed out into Assyria . . .” (Gen.10:8-11).
Nimrod was not only physically powerful, and skillful at hunting game, including voracious leopards and lions, but he was also a “hunter” of the souls of men, who strove to lead mankind into idolatry, and worship of pagan gods, of whom he was considered the chief – a man who declared himself to be “God” in the flesh.
Aristophanes says that the boy Cupid, a “winged one,” produced all the birds, “winged ones,” occupying the very position of Ninus, the “son,” thus identifying him with Nimrod. “Ninus is Nimrod,” said the ancient historian Appolodorus (Hislop. Page 40).”- http://www.triumphpro.com/valentine_s_day.htm
The Origin of the Valentine’s Heart
“Ideograms are scattered throughout our past, and they serve a very valuable function. Nevertheless, I'm going to ask you to see the heart symbol in a different, yet connected way, because I believe it to be a sacred shape . For many in the Earthwise community that heart symbol is our version of Sheila-Na-Gig. Sheela-na-Gigs are figurative carvings of naked women displaying an exaggerated vulva. They are found on churches, castles and other buildings, particularly in Ireland and Britain. This concept has been discussed by feminists for many years, and was recently re-stated by author Gloria Steinem in her wonderful forward to The Vagina Monologues. She writes: "The shape we call a heart, whose symmetry resembles the vulva far more than the asymmetry of the organ that shares its name, is probably a residual female genital symbol. (Such symbols) were reduced from power to romance by centuries of male dominance. I thought of this while watching little girls drawing hearts in their notebooks, even dotting their i's with hearts, and I wondered: Were they magnetized by this primordial shape because it was so like their own bodies?"" – A pagan website.
“The heart-shape was not a representation of the human heart, which looks nothing like it. This shape represents the human female matrix or opening to the chamber of sacred copulation." – Last Day Trumpet Ministries
The “heart” shape is said to be the shape of the female body from behind when bending over. It is also considered to depict features of the female genitalia, the pubic mound or vulva when open and spread out. A Sumerian cuneiform symbol for "woman" closely resembles the heart shape, and is believed to directly depict the pubic mound.
Now a days the pagan illusions is well hid and has soften edges, but without it being said, everyone knows most adults on this day goes out to dinner and a movie, lavish expensive gifts on each other and ends the night in bed. So it’s still about sex.
Today, Valentine’s day it is nothing but a capitalistic, hedonistic, commercial, economic enterprise that has nothing to do with true love, all it says is, “buy, buy, buy,” and if you don’t you are made to feel guilty and that you truly don’t love So and So. Look, I don’t need Valentine’s Day or even my Anniversary to show my wife, or my family and friends that I love them. I should do that every day, every chance I get. Buy my actions and words and not necessarily by my wallet.