A Holiday Celebrating Labor Rights?
3rd Day, Month 6, 4th
Tuesday August 26th, 2025
Greetings in the name of Father Yahuah and His Son Yahusha Ha’Mashiach! I hope this quick blog finds you in the blessings of Father Yahuah!
Labor day is celebrated in the United States of America on the first Monday in September and is a day used to honour the rights of workers. It was first celebrated in New York on September 5th, 1882 and was declared a national holiday to be observed on the first Monday of September by congress in 1894. This all sounds well and good on the surface, but if we look a little closer, we see that this day of celebration might be more than what we think it is.
The labor day holiday was adopted around the world as a day of celebration for workers rights and is called International Workers’ Day (IWD). IWD was instituted in Paris in 1889 and was celebrated on May 1st in conjunction with may day festivities already going on. May day celebrations around the world are already pagan and celebrate the coming of the growing season where work could be done, so it seemed only natural to include honoring the workers in this celebration. May day can also be seen as a counterfeit for the Feast of Pesach and Matstsah which occur in spring and are marked by the beginning of Yahuah’s calendar year, the growing season in which work can be done.
The US and Canada have their labor day celebrations on the first Monday of September to mark summer coming to an end and the start of preparations for fall and winter when no work can be done. This date can also be seen as a counterfeit to Yom Teruah (The Feast of Trumpets) that occurs on the first day of the seventh biblical month which usually occurs sometime near the end of summer and marks the ending of the work season.
One last thing to consider about this day are the groups that are credited with it’s founding. Two of the noted groups are the Knights of Labor and the American Federation of Labor who were both groups that were considered to be organizations of secrecy and their emblems/seals hint that they were occupied with esoteric knowledge. Were these groups really concerned with the rights of workers or did they use this as a masquerade to push their hidden agendas of rebellion against Father Yahuah?
Am I saying it’s wrong to celebrate holidays and the traditions of men? It doesn’t matter what I say, or what any other man, woman or entity says, it only matters what the Word of Father Yahuah says and what His Ruach Ha’Qodesh leads you to do…
I pray this helps your walk with Father Yahuah in the way!
Shalom,
Minister Pat