I have always felt this way about Christmas. Never looked into it. Easter should be the biggest holiday of the year. Not shopping wise, just most celebrated. I mean his birth was a good thing, but his death and conquering of death is more important. Thank you Jesus.
Easter was a celebration honoring Ishtar (goddess of fertility, hence the bunny and egg symbolism) and nothing has changed. You can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig. You condemn yourselves by celebrating either holiday.
He never called us to celebrate his death and resurrection, he called us to identify with him through his death and resurrection.
The feast of tabernacles, Passover and pentecost are the ONLY God-ordained observations. Biblical believers never gave thought to or celebrated birthdays either.
If you're going to walk with God, you're going to have to leave them behind like your own dung.
I never understood that whole rabbit and eggs thing anyway. I'm more into the real reason. My walk with God has been very close this past year and a half. I've learned a lot listening to Him. Even our worship of the cross is wrong.
Amen. Yes, the second commandment. I once knew the Lord to say "I died on the cross and rose again on the third day, and these people (Christians) won't let me off of it."
I have always felt this way about Christmas. Never looked into it. Easter should be the biggest holiday of the year. Not shopping wise, just most celebrated. I mean his birth was a good thing, but his death and conquering of death is more important. Thank you Jesus.
Thanks for the post OP.
Easter was a celebration honoring Ishtar (goddess of fertility, hence the bunny and egg symbolism) and nothing has changed. You can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig. You condemn yourselves by celebrating either holiday.
He never called us to celebrate his death and resurrection, he called us to identify with him through his death and resurrection.
The feast of tabernacles, Passover and pentecost are the ONLY God-ordained observations. Biblical believers never gave thought to or celebrated birthdays either.
If you're going to walk with God, you're going to have to leave them behind like your own dung.
I never understood that whole rabbit and eggs thing anyway. I'm more into the real reason. My walk with God has been very close this past year and a half. I've learned a lot listening to Him. Even our worship of the cross is wrong.
Amen. Yes, the second commandment. I once knew the Lord to say "I died on the cross and rose again on the third day, and these people (Christians) won't let me off of it."