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Pagan Festivals Treatise
Shane Vaughn
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TABERNACLE AMONG US
Shane VaughnSeries: STANDALONE BOOK
rejected Christmas and Easter celebrations because they recognized their pagan origins. So much so that when they established American colonies, it was a crime to celebrate Christmas, punishible by imprisonment or fine. • Various Protestant reformers attempted to return the church ... miraculous conceptions. The Conception Timeline If John was conceived in early summer (after Zechariah’s Pentecost service), then: • John’s conception: Early summer (around Sivan/early summer) • Yahshua’s conception: Early winter (around Kislev/December) - six months later • John’s birth
Christmas, the cute deception
Shane VaughnDeuteronomy 12:29-32Series: STANDALONE BOOK
This booklet examines the origins of Christmas and argues that the holiday
tammuz trumpets
Rightly Dividing the Word in the Season of Pagan Festivals: A Quick-Reference Guide for the Faithful
Shane VaughnRomans 14:5
only 'the body of Christ' may judge. It sets out FHMI's rejection of Christmas, Easter, Lent, Halloween and similar days, with quick responses and an early-church appendix
colossians 2:16 body of christ biblical calendar
in 10 minutes: Why We Don't Celebrate Christmas in our ministry
Shane Vaughn2024-12-24No scripture reference explicitly cited in the transcript.
The message explains why the speaker and his congregation do not celebrate Christmas, emphasizing separation from pagan customs and faithfulness to Yahweh’s appointed celebrations. It presents Christmas as a later blendi…
worship of nature december the 25th
THE DREAM TEAM
Shane Vaughn2014-06-01Series: STANDALONE BOOK
Church of God there are two groups of people, two seed lines, two vines growing together, two twins living in the same house. Namely; The Church carnal and The Church spiritual. The sold out church and the lethargic church ... that the early years of the Apostolic Church of God were filled with the annual observance of Passover, the Lords supper. Unlike the modern church, those early believers were clueless of any festival called Easter or Christmas, the records
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The Plain Principles of Paganism
Shane Vaughn2023-12-16John 4:23
Pastor Shane Vaughn teaches that pagans are worshippers but not true worshippers, distinguishing between worship in spirit and truth versus false worship. He explains that there are two opposing systems represented by cl…
spirit and truth spiritual warfare
Revealed Treasures of The Tabernacle
Shane Vaughn2026-10-13
TABERNACLE YAHWEH, the church rejected it. You have received the Holy Spirit, but you have rejected the sixth Spirit of YAHWEH. Rejected from the Priesthood, Not from Salvation I will also reject thee. What is He rejecting them ... Pentecostal king? Because he was the transitional king between the early church and the final church. And David is the final church, the Tabernacles church: a church that keeps the feasts, keeps the Sabbath and keeps the commandments. Follow your
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The Story That You Were Never Supposed to Know
Shane Vaughn2020-10-18Deuteronomy 12:2-8
The speaker teaches that God commanded his people not to worship him in the customs of the nations, reading Deuteronomy 12. He argues that the sun, moon and stars were created as markers for God's appointed feasts and th…
apostolic practice genesis 1:14
Feast of Trumpets 19 Sep 23 "No More Delay" and "Surviving the Silence"
Shane Vaughn2023-09-19Revelation 10:6
This Yam Teruah teaching explains the prophetic delay between Shavuot and the
legitimate sons yam teruah
A Response to Another Ministry's Teaching on Christmas Trees
Shane Vaughn2023-12-28Jeremiah 10:2-5
Pastor Shane Vaughn responds to another minister's biblical defense of Christmas trees by arguing that the trees mentioned in Scripture—particularly in Genesis and Revelation—are not literal trees but symbolic representa…
euphemism tree of life
The Awakening of the End Time Bride
Shane Vaughn2016-11-19Matthew 25:1–13
This sermon teaches that God is awakening an end-time Bride from
awakening of the end time bride sabbath
Part 10 - The Magician & The Messiah 2/14/26
Shane Vaughn2026-02-14Daniel 7:25Series: The Magician & The Messiah
This teaching traces the original Waldensians as part of the hidden apostolic
ancient waldensian church kingdom
Shane Vaughn Teaches: The Dark Side of the Year - Holidays Explained
Shane Vaughn2017-11-18Jeremiah 10:2
Shane Vaughn discusses what he calls the dark side of the year, explaining how he believes ancient pagan religions developed celebrations around the seasonal changes of the sun and the increasing darkness of winter. He a…
halloween december the 25th
Live Teaching
Shane Vaughn2018-03-31Matthew 12:40
This live teaching focuses on Passover, Easter, and the chronology of Messiah's death and resurrection. Vaughn argues that Easter and Good Friday are rooted in pagan traditions and that the traditional Christian timeline…
sabbath resurrection
Dancing on Mt Sion
Shane Vaughn2026-05-12Series: STANDALONE BOOK
House of Judah (the Jewish people) • The House of Ephraim (the scattered northern tribes) We reject replacement theology that claims the church has re- placed Israel. Instead, we believe grafted-in Gentiles become part of the commonwealth of Israel through ... intimate, and passion- ate. 4. We reject dead religion - Religious formalism that quenches the Spirit has no place in our assemblies. We want the living presence of Yahweh, not lifeless ritual. The Early Church Pattern Let’s examine what worship
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Shane Vaughn Teaches LIVE "The Feast Of Tabernacles"
Shane Vaughn2019-10-041 Corinthians 15:44
Pastor Shane Vaughn explains that the Feast of Tabernacles is a seven-day commandment requiring believers to live in temporary dwellings as a reminder that their present flesh-and-blood bodies are temporary. He connects …
restoration eighth day of new beginnings
The story you were never supposed to know
Shane VaughnSeries: STANDALONE BOOK
pull of the other calendar — Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, Lent — a rhythm that rules the Western world like a second heartbeat. Everyone celebrates them. Even the Church. Especially the Church. And that is precisely the problem. CHAPTER ONE: TWO CIRCLES ... single verse did the translators choose “Eas- ter.” Why? Because by the time King James authorized the translation (early 1600s), the Church had already replaced Pass- over with the newly popularized festival of Easter. They weren’t translating a word
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Prt 4 - The Book of Daniel: Toes of Clay & the Coming GOLDEN GOVERNMENT
Shane Vaughn2024-11-24Daniel 2:44Series: The Book of Daniel
This teaching provides a verse-by-verse exposition of Daniel 2, focusing on Nebuchadnezzar's dream, Daniel's interpretation, and the prophetic significance of the image composed of gold, silver, brass, iron, and clay. Th…
royal destiny truth
The Upward Journey
Shane Vaughn2024-06-16Series: STANDALONE BOOK
This book introduces FHMI’s framework for Hebraic biblical interpretation, explaining the upward journey from surface reading into layered understanding through PARDES. It contrasts Western linear interpretation with Heb…
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