Tonight is Halloween, and I'm going to show you something about this night that most Christians have never been told.

And if you stay with me to the end of the

episode, you will never see Halloween the same way again, and you will never need to fear it

again. Do you celebrate Halloween, or do you avoid it, like the Black Plague? If you put out

jack-o-lanterns and eat enough candy to knock a moose unconscious, are you betraying your Christian faith?

Some Christians are convinced that ghost, goblins, and plastic skeletons are literally a portal

to the underworld. They're horrified that anyone would celebrate such a demonic day. And I get it,

I don't think anybody should glorify evil or attempt to enter into

the spirits of the underworld to communicate with them. But do you actually know the real roots

of Halloween? Would you believe me if I told you Halloween was originally a Christian holiday?

For centuries. Christians celebrated

hallow tide, a three-day reminder that death is defeated. All Hallows Eve, October 31st. This is a holy

vigil before All Saints Day, just like Christmas Eve the night before the holiday. So Halloween

literally means all Hallows Eve. Look it up. All Saints Day, November 1st, the day after Halloween

is all about honoring the saints and the martyrs who have already gone to be with Christ in glory. And then all souls day.

November 2nd, remembering the rest of the departed, because they're still part of the story.

Historically, this weekend, hallow tide, is about death is conquered, heaven is open, and the communion of saints is unbroken.

Death is swallowed up in victory. Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our

Lord Jesus Christ, as it says in 1st Corinthians chapter 15. So why are Christians so scared of Halloween and decorations?

Again, I'm not a fan of witches or ghosts and goblins or any other creepy crawly things.

But fearing them is like being terrified of a rubber snake from the dollar store.

Jesus crushed the serpent's head as God promised he would in Genesis 315.

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