Halloween is not a game. Instead, it is a dark day that Christians should avoid celebrating at all costs.
In a reel posted to social media, ex-witch-turned-revivalist Jenny Weaver shared why Christians should not only avoid Halloween, but the specific danger behind the jack-o-lantern.
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“Here’s the dark truth about Jack-o-lanterns,” says Weaver. “Jack-o-lanterns originated from a festival called Samhain, and they believed on this one day that the veil would be very thin and the dead could arise from graves and come back and wreck vengeance and horror on the living.”
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Weaver notes that in ancient tradition, people would cut out scary faces in the gourds as a means to ward off these evil spirits from attacking. She also points out another legend regarding the jack-o-lantern, which is about a blacksmith whose name was Jack.
“He made a pact with the devil, so the devil couldn’t take his soul. When he died, he couldn’t go on to heaven, and he couldn’t go into hell, so Satan forced him to roam around with this carved out pumpkin light as his only way to see, and he went around wrecking havoc and horror on the lives of people,” Weaver says.
With these demonic background origins, Weaver notes that the jack-o-lantern is irredeemable from being anything good because it is rooted in darkness.
“You cannot redeem it,” says Weaver. “Just like you cannot redeem Satanic rituals. We don’t need to be redeeming these things. We need to have nothing to do with them.”
For believers, Weaver’s warning serves as a sobering reminder that Halloween is not just innocent fun, but a day deeply rooted in darkness and demonic tradition. . Scripture tells us to “have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them” (Eph. 5:11). As Christians, we are called to separate ourselves from practices that glorify death, fear, and the occult, choosing instead to walk in the light of Christ.
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Rather than attempting to redeem what is irredeemable, the body of Christ must stand apart, keeping our homes and hearts free from compromise and devoted fully to the One who has already overcome the powers of darkness.
Abby Trivett is a writer and editor for Charisma Media and has a passion for sharing the gospel through the written word. She holds two degrees from Regent University, a B.A. in Communication with a concentration in Journalism and a Master of Arts in Journalism. She is the author of the upcoming book, The Power of Suddenly: Discover How God Can Change Everything in a Moment.
