Easter Celebrations are Worship of the Sun

[Aunty Jane]

Again . . . nor did God, in the Scriptures, tell anyone to celebrate Hannukah, just the same, they did, and Jesus was there also.

In the Scriptures God tells us through Paul, one keeps this day, or that day, another keeps no days, and each has the freedom in Christ to do so.

You sit over those who have liberty in Christ to celebrate these days unto the Lord, and you sit over them in judgment, to elevate yourself in your own mind. Best of luck to you with that!

Actually, no, you should stop it. You should not condemn those whom God does not condemn.

And if you want to go round and round and round, about, It's not in the Bible, I'll keep bringing you back to Hannukah, and you can ignore it again and again if that's what you want to do.

Or you can accept the reality that we have liberty in the Lord to keep this day or that day unto the Lord. You can accept that some, it seems you, have a problem with liberty in Christ, and want to steal that away from those who are free in Jesus.

This is what you said and what I read…..I haven’t changed anything in that quote….

So just because neither God nor is Christ condemned or literally condoned Hanukkah that somehow makes any celebration that a Christian may want to observe as “a day unto the Lord” OK, even if it is a renamed pagan adoption? That is what I am reading in your response…..no one has a right to judge you for that as long as the name was changed and the participant didn’t really mean to offend God by holding celebrations honoring pagan gods, in his name?

The point was….that “Hanukkah” was exclusively Jewish and an observance to honor the triumph of truth over false worship. Tell me how that acquaints with adopting pagan celebrations to somehow honor God or his Christ?
What “liberty” do we have “in the Lord” when we want to use the trappings, dates and customs of false worship and stick a “Christian” label over it so that no one will notice what we are really doing???
You can’t be serious…?

 

[ScottA]

Nowhere in scripture is the Lord instructing anybody to celebrate these pagan holler days

Jesus, the Truth, has set those in Him free of such things, and lead such captivity captive (2 Corinthians 3:17, Ephesians 4:8).

 

[Dan Clarkston]

Do you get a special kick out of making such malignant statements? Are we to suppose both bitter and sweet flow from that mouth?

Her point is much better than yours!

 

[Taken]

There is only one observance commanded for Christians…..the memorial of his death. (1 Cor 11:23-26)



Our actions will either save us….or condemn us…..we must choose carefully.

Exact Birth date of Jesus, not relevant.

Knowledge and Belief, And continual Remembrance of Him…
Where He came from, where He was Sent to , WHO Sent Him, purpose He was Sent, What He was Sent to Do was Accomplished, He returned from whence He was Sent …
Is The Paramount Take Away…

Not the Exact Birth or Death or Resurrection dates….but rather the belief they occurred.

If the Whole world has agreed to pay Special Tribute to His Remembrance on “particular” days..

I say Hallelujah!

Glory to God,
Taken

 

[JohnDB]

most of the time the better something tastes is due to all the junk they added in to enhance the flavor
to increase the sales .
And believe you me just cause something feels good , SURE DONT MEAN IT IS .

Actually,
As a formally trained chef....
I have a clean palate and can taste chemicals, artificial sweetners and oils quite readily. EVERYTHING we eat has a natural list of ingredients they can be made from without going super healthy substituted bean paste or rice/obscure grain flour.

I don't have food allergies....so sugar, flour, eggs, and whatever mixed together well and put together correctly taste wonderful. I even make cookies with real butter because it's better.
New studies are coming out all the time about how the natural fats and etc are actually not harmful as they believed. (Don't make them a part of a steady diet)

 

[amigo de christo]

Actually,
As a formally trained chef....
I have a clean palate and can taste chemicals, artificial sweetners and oils quite readily. EVERYTHING we eat has a natural list of ingredients they can be made from without going super healthy substituted bean paste or rice/obscure grain flour.

I don't have food allergies....so sugar, flour, eggs, and whatever mixed together well and put together correctly taste wonderful. I even make cookies with real butter because it's better.
New studies are coming out all the time about how the natural fats and etc are actually not harmful as they believed. (Don't make them a part of a steady diet)

natural ingredients . yes .
Its all the processed junk added in to either enhance flavor
or preserve
or give color
or etc that are not good for us . yes i eat eggs , etc .
The reason some of those foods were listed as bad
was not because they are bad but because most cooked , fried them in processed junk grease .
Coffee was once thought bad due to the fact most were heaping lots of sugars and creamers into it .
Artificial sweetners are no good .
As far as sodas , they are trash .
basically if we eat the food as GOD made and grew it
that would have been far better .
Due to the fact that men desired lots of money they invented ways of preserving things
and put added flavors and junk into it to make it taste so good that folks sure are gonna eat more of it
and more often when the elbow bends and the mouth flies open the hips , gut and rump pay a HEAVY price
weight comes on . But of course this does increase the sales of the items .

 

[Ronald Nolette]

reader beware of this my freind . do you realize that many even within christendom itself
are heeding seducing spirits , NOT THE SPIRIT . but you can bet they believe its the HOLY SPIRIT .
reader beware there are even many withinchristendom that have so called chrisanized a whole lot
that GOD IS NOT WELL PLEASED WITH .
We do realize many can preach another as well as follow another jesus .
MUCH DECEPTOIN has come upon this people and boy they sure think its all of GOD too .
only it aint coming FROM GOD , but rather he who can quoate scrips but twists them to fit a lie , to do and to pratice evil .
And it sure aint new . BUT MAN has it got much worse and more so in these last years .
Beleive me when i say , many can use the name of JESUS but it sure dont mean they know or follow HIM .
They come to decieve and boy can they please the hearts of those who love to have it so .
BUT the sheep , YEAH WE WONT HEED A WORD ONE outta they lips .

Are you directing this at me?

 

[amigo de christo]

Are you directing this at me?

I just remind all of the simple truth . Count it as a reminder if ya already knew it .
I do have a question for us all .
When is the church gonna learn
that even the smallest of leaven must be corrected and stopped .
I mean many seem to overlook errors thinking , OH it aint so bad , it could be worse
who cares if they beleive that or do that .
MAN , its time we live with the knowledge and understanding that is has been THAT MINDSET
that has allowed LEAVEN TO take over .
WHEN o when is this church age gonna figure out
IF anything alters the orginal pattern set to us in the bible
THEN ITS JUST BAD NEWS no matter how lovey dovey and caring it might sound .
THERE IS A REASON they corrected , rebuked .
THEY were not in a ten circus show trying to do what man thinks is best for society and the church .
THEY actually KNEW THE WORDS OF GOD were and is what is best .
WE NEED TO DO THE SAME . i am so tired of watching churches and people fall
and then continue to do the same thing as some other kinda leaven comes in , ITS ALWAYS
JUDGE NOT CORRECT NOT as their solution . ITS WHY IT KEEPS GETTING worse too . TIME for correction
Time for grave men , seasoned men to stand and hold a spiritual paddle of correction

 

[Marvelloustime]

I just remind all of the simple truth . Count it as a reminder if ya already knew it .
I do have a question for us all .
When is the church gonna learn
that even the smallest of leaven must be corrected and stopped .
I mean many seem to overlook errors thinking , OH it aint so bad , it could be worse
who cares if they beleive that or do that .
MAN , its time we live with the knowledge and understanding that is has been THAT MINDSET
that has allowed LEAVEN TO take over .
WHEN o when is this church age gonna figure out
IF anything alters the orginal pattern set to us in the bible
THEN ITS JUST BAD NEWS no matter how lovey dovey and caring it might sound .
THERE IS A REASON they corrected , rebuked .
THEY were not in a ten circus show trying to do what man thinks is best for society and the church .
THEY actually KNEW THE WORDS OF GOD were and is what is best .
WE NEED TO DO THE SAME . i am so tired of watching churches and people fall
and then continue to do the same thing as some other kinda leaven comes in , ITS ALWAYS
JUDGE NOT CORRECT NOT as their solution . ITS WHY IT KEEPS GETTING worse too . TIME for correction
Time for grave men , seasoned men to stand and hold a spiritual paddle of correction

Brother @amigo de christo is spotted!

 

[Hobie]

This is what you said and what I read…..I haven’t changed anything in that quote….

So just because neither God nor is Christ condemned or literally condoned Hanukkah that somehow makes any celebration that a Christian may want to observe as “a day unto the Lord” OK, even if it is a renamed pagan adoption? That is what I am reading in your response…..no one has a right to judge you for that as long as the name was changed and the participant didn’t really mean to offend God by holding celebrations honoring pagan gods, in his name?

The point was….that “Hanukkah” was exclusively Jewish and an observance to honor the triumph of truth over false worship. Tell me how that acquaints with adopting pagan celebrations to somehow honor God or his Christ?
What “liberty” do we have “in the Lord” when we want to use the trappings, dates and customs of false worship and stick a “Christian” label over it so that no one will notice what we are really doing???
You can’t be serious…?

Wow, Hanukkah was never given by God, but is of another origin which is not hard to figure out. Here is a not so surprising description...
"In Rome, the 25th of December was the birthday of the Unconquerable Sun. In Persia, at the winter solstice the common people set great bonfires and their rulers sent birds aloft bearing torches of dried grass.

It is a short leap to surmising that the Syrian Greeks may have chosen the 25th of Kislev as a time to desecrate the Temple by making their own sacrifices there precisely because it was a time of solar and lunar darkness, the time of the winter solstice and the waning of the moon. And it is a short leap to surmise that the Maccabees, when they took the anniversary of that day as the day of rededication, were rededicating not only the Temple but the day itself to Jewish holiness; were capturing a pagan solstice festival that had won wide support among partially Hellenized Jews, in order to make it a day of God’s victory over paganism. Even the lighting of candles for Hanukkah fits the context of the surrounding torchlight honors for the sun."

And this study is even clearer on the origin of Hanukkah..... https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/481077

 

[TheHC]

The intent of the calendar, as far as I can tell, was to use (document/codify) what God intended for measuring time.
Extending that to pagan idolatry is just that, an extension.

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Yes, using the Sun to keep track of time, is great!

We all do that, right?

But what if someone worships the Sun, saying it’s a god? Or using it as an image for worship?
Is that ok with you?
Or a better question… Is that ok with God?

I’m sure you see a difference, between using something in a scientific(?) way & using it in a religious way.

And it doesn’t make the Sun bad or wrong; only the people wrong, those using it for such.

Best wishes.

(I guess I’m a little late to this party … I’m sorry.)

 

[TheHC]

I just remind all of the simple truth . Count it as a reminder if ya already knew it .
I do have a question for us all .
When is the church gonna learn
that even the smallest of leaven must be corrected and stopped .
I mean many seem to overlook errors thinking , OH it aint so bad , it could be worse
who cares if they beleive that or do that .
MAN , its time we live with the knowledge and understanding that is has been THAT MINDSET
that has allowed LEAVEN TO take over .
WHEN o when is this church age gonna figure out
IF anything alters the orginal pattern set to us in the bible
THEN ITS JUST BAD NEWS no matter how lovey dovey and caring it might sound .
THERE IS A REASON they corrected , rebuked .
THEY were not in a ten circus show trying to do what man thinks is best for society and the church .
THEY actually KNEW THE WORDS OF GOD were and is what is best .
WE NEED TO DO THE SAME . i am so tired of watching churches and people fall
and then continue to do the same thing as some other kinda leaven comes in , ITS ALWAYS
JUDGE NOT CORRECT NOT as their solution . ITS WHY IT KEEPS GETTING worse too . TIME for correction
Time for grave men , seasoned men to stand and hold a spiritual paddle of correction

You’re right, it seems any type of behavior can be justified over time … as society (ie., world) begins accepting certain lifestyles, certain religions begin to accept it, too.

But the Apostle Paul said, ‘no!’
If you read 1 Corinthians 5, he outlined that action should be taken, to “remove” church members who unrepentantly begin living in ways that are contrary to God’s standards.

(His standards never change! Neither should ours.)

I don’t see many religions taking this action. Mine does… I’m grateful. It keeps the congregations clean.

Take care, my cousin.

 

[amigo de christo]

Yes, using the Sun to keep track of time, is great!

We all do that, right?

But what if someone worships the Sun, saying it’s a god? Or using it as an image for worship?
Is that ok with you?
Or a better question… Is that ok with God?

I’m sure you see a difference, between using something in a scientific(?) way & using it in a religious way.

And it doesn’t make the Sun bad or wrong; only the people wrong, those using it for such.

Best wishes.

(I guess I’m a little late to this party … I’m sorry.)

Would you like another real good example of this my friend .
While in the wilderness GOD had told Moses to make a rod with a golden serpent on it
and for all who looked upon it they would be healed .
YET many many years later a king of judah would have to literally destroy it
FOR the people had made an idol out of it . Exactly my friend . You are correct .
YET i sure seem to see many graven images today that folks are blowing incense too and kneeling before them . NOT GOOD at all .

 

[amigo de christo]

You’re right, it seems any type of behavior can be justified over time … as society (ie., world) begins accepting certain lifestyles, certain religions begin to accept it, too.

But the Apostle Paul said, ‘no!’
If you read 1 Corinthians 5, he outlined that action should be taken, to “remove” church members who unrepentantly begin living in ways that are contrary to God’s standards.

(His standards never change! Neither should ours.)

I don’t see many religions taking this action. Mine does… I’m grateful. It keeps the congregations clean.

Take care, my cousin.

Satan is producing a counterfeit "Christianity" that looks like real Christianity.
And good Christians are afraid to speak up against it

 

[Ronald David Bruno]

Easter is one of Christianity’s highest and holiest days, the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. But the origins of today’s very Christian holiday are firmly rooted in the ancient traditions of pagan religions from many parts of the world.

The word "Easter" likely comes from the Proto-Germanic word "austron", which meant dawn.
Only English and German use the name Easter. Most other countries of Latin origin use Pascha, which means passover.

Nevertheless, Jesus rose on the third a day. My church refers to it as Resurrection Day, the most important day in history. If any day should be celebrated at all, it should be this day!

Much tradition and pagan distractions have been added to this holiday: bunnies, eggs, chocolat. Many kids don't really know about Jesus and what this holiday really means. I met kids on Christmas day who didn't know who Jesus was.

And so we have acquired these traditions over the centuries, accept them; but must realize that they distract from the true celebration of His birth and resurrection. The Nativity scene is displayed but has been overshadowed by Santa, reindeer, trees, decorations, presents, etc.

Jesus has always been reject3d and attacked, His message tarnished and distorted. The spiritual war against Him and Christianity still marches on. We who know Him, can celebrate these holidays in peace, acknowledgong His glory, in thanksgiving, while knowing the truth and teaching our children the same without much regard for all the facades erected.

Happy Resurrection Day!

 

[David Lamb]

The word "Easter" likely comes from the Proto-Germanic word "austron", which meant dawn.
Only English and German use the name Easter. Most other countries of Latin origin use Pascha, which means passover.

Nevertheless, Jesus rose on the third a day. My church refers to it as Resurrection Day, the most important day in history. If any day should be celebrated at all, it should be this day!

Much tradition and pagan distractions have been added to this holiday: bunnies, eggs, chocolat. Many kids don't really know about Jesus and what this holiday really means. I met kids on Christmas day who didn't know who Jesus was.

And so we have acquired these traditions over the centuries, accept them; but must realize that they distract from the true celebration of His birth and resurrection. The Nativity scene is displayed but has been overshadowed by Santa, reindeer, trees, decorations, presents, etc.

Jesus has always been reject3d and attacked, His message tarnished and distorted. The spiritual war against Him and Christianity still marches on. We who know Him, can celebrate these holidays in peace, acknowledgong His glory, in thanksgiving, while knowing the truth and teaching our children the same without much regard for all the facades erected.

Happy Resurrection Day!

I would say that according to the bible, every Sunday is a resurrection day. The first Christians met together on that day:

“Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight.” (Ac 20:7 NKJV)

 

[Ronald David Bruno]

I would say that according to the bible, every Sunday is a resurrection day. The first Christians met together on that day:

“Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul, ready to depart the next day, spoke to them and continued his message until midnight.” (Ac 20:7 NKJV)

You can celebrate the Resurrection everyday of your life! I was just pointing out the annual holiday/ feast day that was celebrated for centuries.

 

[amigo de christo]

You’re right, it seems any type of behavior can be justified over time … as society (ie., world) begins accepting certain lifestyles, certain religions begin to accept it, too.

But the Apostle Paul said, ‘no!’
If you read 1 Corinthians 5, he outlined that action should be taken, to “remove” church members who unrepentantly begin living in ways that are contrary to God’s standards.

(His standards never change! Neither should ours.)

I don’t see many religions taking this action. Mine does… I’m grateful. It keeps the congregations clean.

Take care, my cousin.

The hour is late my friend . Let us keep the original pattern of instruction that was left to us from the true apostels
of Christ . For even but a wee bit of leaven will surely leaven the lump .
SURELY GOD knows what is best for us and He left us a pattern in the bible for the good of the church .
Stay the course for the winds of the whore has rushed upon and within many places now . Leaving naught but a trail
of delusion that has led to destruction .

 

[amigo de christo]

Yes, using the Sun to keep track of time, is great!

We all do that, right?

But what if someone worships the Sun, saying it’s a god? Or using it as an image for worship?
Is that ok with you?
Or a better question… Is that ok with God?

I’m sure you see a difference, between using something in a scientific(?) way & using it in a religious way.

And it doesn’t make the Sun bad or wrong; only the people wrong, those using it for such.

Best wishes.

(I guess I’m a little late to this party … I’m sorry.)

better late than never . Onward in the LORD my friend . Es mejor tarde que nunca .

 

[Hobie]

Would you like another real good example of this my friend .
While in the wilderness GOD had told Moses to make a rod with a golden serpent on it
and for all who looked upon it they would be healed .
YET many many years later a king of judah would have to literally destroy it
FOR the people had made an idol out of it . Exactly my friend . You are correct .
YET i sure seem to see many graven images today that folks are blowing incense too and kneeling before them . NOT GOOD at all .

Yes, even that can be used to send people down the wrong path..