Herbert W Armstrong

Was Jesus three days and three nights in the grave, as He said in Matthew 12:40? Can you figure three days and three nights between sunset "Good Friday" and sunrise Easter Sunday? We have never published an article that stirred more comment and enthusiastic endorsement than this article. IT IS COMMO ...

Question: "I have noticed from various sources that Easter is pre-Christian in origin. I had assumed that it is a Christian commemoration of the resurrection of Christ and dating from the original Apostles. What is the answer?" Answer: A common assumption is that Easter was instituted by t ...

Then look at Easter. What means the term Easter itself? It is not a Christian name. It bears its Chaldean origin on its very forehead. Easter is nothing else than Astarte, one of the titles of Beltis, the queen of heaven, whose name, as pronounced by the people Nineveh, was evidently identical with ...

EASTER does not commemorate the resurrection! Here are SEVEN IRREFUTABLE PROOFS from history that the resurrection was not on Sunday morning - that Christ did not die on a "Good Friday!" You have probably taken for granted the "Good Friday - Easter Sunday" tradition - and no wond ...

Was Jesus three days and three nights in the grave, as He plainly stated in Matthew 12:40? Can you figure three days and three nights between sunset "Good Friday" and sunrise Easter Sunday? IT IS COMMONLY supposed today that Jesus was crucified on Friday, and that the resurrection occurred about sun ...

What is the real origin of Easter, Christmas, St. John's Day? Here is the surprising answer! Part VI. It will come as a shocking surprise. You probably have never noticed it before, but it is true! Easter was being observed 4000 years ago! It was still being observed when the Christ-child was born ...

Easter Sunday does not commemorate the resurrection! Christ did not die on Good Friday! Here's proof of the true dates of the crucifixion and the resurrection. Either the Good Friday - Easter Sunday tradition is a fable, or you have no Savior! Jesus gave only one sign to prove that He was the Mess ...

Members continue to write us for advice in meeting the serious problems which children face in public schools. Should children join clubs, take part in Christmas and Easter plays, participate in sports after school hours? HERE is a recent letter from Illinois which is typical of hundreds we receive. ...

Easter Sunday does NOT commemorate the resurrection! Christ did NOT die on "Good Friday"! Read here the astounding, irrefutable PROOF that the true date of the crucifixion and the resurrection can be known! Either the "Good Friday - Easter Sunday" tradition is a fable - or you ha ...

Was Jesus three days and three nights in the grave, as He said in Matthew 12:40? Can you figure three days and three nights between sunset "Good Friday" and sunrise Easter Sunday? ...

Once again here we are coming in to the time of Lent, pretty soon 'Good Friday' and Easter will be rolling around. Now where did we get those things? Why do we observe them? Why does anyone observe Lent? Where did it come from, do you know? That is an old tradition. But my friends where do all o ...

After the rigors of winter weather the ancients rejoiced over the rebirth of the sun in the Babylon of long ago this would have been called sun worship, rabbits were considered fertility symbols picturing the emergence of life in the spring. Eggs too had their place in the sex oriented religions of ...

It's a lot of fun for the kids. It's exciting to get up early. And as a matter of fact, it's the earliest most people get up all year long, go out there and see the sunrise, hear the choir singing. It's fun to drive and get there that early and see the first rays of the sun if you don't ge ...

It all happened way down in the land of Egypt. Thousands of years ago, a nation was born, and in 40 years of wandering after crossing the Red Sea in a series of miraculous events, that nation finally was taken over into the promised land and history as it affects our peoples, our countries, our worl ...

Now, we're coming to the concluding chapter, of this book that is showing us, what Jesus Christ has been doing these last 1900 years. What He doing today, where did He go? Has He had anything to do or has he just gone way off and forgotten all about this world. Did Jesus Christ at the time He left ...