Look, there's lots of little weird things that come about when you start digging into the deep nitty gritty history of Biblical events. I'm not trying to start an argument, just stating a fact.
Technically, Christmas should be in september since thats when most Biblical scholars agree Jesus was actually born. We celebrate Christmas in December because of the fact that evangelist apostles heading to proto Germany and the Noridc nations integrated several of their seasonal festivals into the version of Christianity that they taught them in order to ease them into the new religion.
Technically, Christmas as we know it comes from early apostles taking a festival for odin, stripping it of all the pagan aspects, and converting it into a celebration of the birth of Christ. This was then spread to the British Isles by the early Viking invasions, which was then spread across the globe via the British Empire.
Does this mean that celebrating Christmas in December is evil and we should all stop and start having colorful fall trees instead of Christmas pine trees and having massive feasts on September 25th? Personally, I don't think it really matters so long as we're celebrating the birth of our Savior rather than the commercialized version with the fat man.
But that's just one example. I'm not really familiar with what you're referring to with Easter, so I used an example I'm more familiar with to explain. I don't think it really matters WHEN we celebrate stuff, so long as we celebrate the right thing. Jesus Christ, rather than a stupid rabbit or fat man/commercialized mess.
Jeremiah 10:4 KJV 1 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: 2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. 3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
Don't see how that is counter to what I said. All of the heathenistic pagan aspects of, let's use Christmas again since I'm most familiar with it, have been completely stripped. I LOATHE using this term since it's association with the left and all of the connotations is has today. But, it's basically ancient cultural appropriation. Taking over an areas culture, then stripping it of all of it's original meaning, and putting in your own.
Besides that, I'm fairly certain that specific verse is referring more to idolatry and warning us from taking on idols from heathenistic cultures that we conquer or mingle with. A modern example of this would be "Christianity" in most Asian nations. Japan and South Korea in particular are HORRIBLE at this. They mix and match Christian beliefs and traditions with their ancestral traditions and religions based on whatever they feel like at the moment.
Think about how they'll look to priests and preachers for help, occasionally go to church, get married in s Christian ceremony, etc. But then they'll also "pray to their ancestors" and do all that traditional Buddhist stuff. So their version of Christianity is more what this verse is warning against, at least as far as I'm able to interpret.
Integrated with - means syncretism - which means mixing the things of God with the ideas of man - or more simply put satan.
25th December comes not from germanic/nordic but from Babylon and the 'sun god' mythras/saturnalia. It celebrates the rebirth of the sun following the winter solstice.
Try looking at it this way - you once had a lover but along came the man you really loved and he became your husband, You said to him I'm so used to celebrating my former lover's birthday on x date, and I know yours is not that but I'm so used to x date I don't want to change - is that all right?
Does this respect your new husband?
Now swap former lover for satan and of course Jesus is you new husband. So by celebrating Jesus birth on 25th December your are in fact saying to Jesus I'm still in love with satan. You cannot mix the two, the Torah (first 5 books of the Bible) have a law against wearing garments of two materials, Jesus later said you cant worship God and Mammon (satan) .
Christmas is a time which plays to our emotions and senses - but it satan worship and is deeply embedded into the church life. So what is the Christian to do? Breaking is hard both on our flesh and friendships! There is a mid-winter feast in the Bible - the Feast of Rededication which celebrates the rededication of the Jerusalem temple following its desecration by the erection of a statue of Zeus and sacrificing a pig on the altar. Following rededication the temple candle remained lit for 8 days without being refilled - a miracle. The Jews call this Hanukah and it occurs late November to late December (you can find information on line) Jesus celebrated it see John 10:22-23.
It also called 'the season of our joy' and 'season of light' There is probably a deeper meaning here - Jesus is the light of the world, and our joy comes from Him. It is likely that this is when He was incarnated into Mary's womb. That would place His birth in September!
Look, there's lots of little weird things that come about when you start digging into the deep nitty gritty history of Biblical events. I'm not trying to start an argument, just stating a fact.
Technically, Christmas should be in september since thats when most Biblical scholars agree Jesus was actually born. We celebrate Christmas in December because of the fact that evangelist apostles heading to proto Germany and the Noridc nations integrated several of their seasonal festivals into the version of Christianity that they taught them in order to ease them into the new religion.
Technically, Christmas as we know it comes from early apostles taking a festival for odin, stripping it of all the pagan aspects, and converting it into a celebration of the birth of Christ. This was then spread to the British Isles by the early Viking invasions, which was then spread across the globe via the British Empire.
Does this mean that celebrating Christmas in December is evil and we should all stop and start having colorful fall trees instead of Christmas pine trees and having massive feasts on September 25th? Personally, I don't think it really matters so long as we're celebrating the birth of our Savior rather than the commercialized version with the fat man.
But that's just one example. I'm not really familiar with what you're referring to with Easter, so I used an example I'm more familiar with to explain. I don't think it really matters WHEN we celebrate stuff, so long as we celebrate the right thing. Jesus Christ, rather than a stupid rabbit or fat man/commercialized mess.
Jeremiah 10:4 KJV 1 Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: 2 Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. 3 For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. 4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
Don't see how that is counter to what I said. All of the heathenistic pagan aspects of, let's use Christmas again since I'm most familiar with it, have been completely stripped. I LOATHE using this term since it's association with the left and all of the connotations is has today. But, it's basically ancient cultural appropriation. Taking over an areas culture, then stripping it of all of it's original meaning, and putting in your own.
Besides that, I'm fairly certain that specific verse is referring more to idolatry and warning us from taking on idols from heathenistic cultures that we conquer or mingle with. A modern example of this would be "Christianity" in most Asian nations. Japan and South Korea in particular are HORRIBLE at this. They mix and match Christian beliefs and traditions with their ancestral traditions and religions based on whatever they feel like at the moment.
Think about how they'll look to priests and preachers for help, occasionally go to church, get married in s Christian ceremony, etc. But then they'll also "pray to their ancestors" and do all that traditional Buddhist stuff. So their version of Christianity is more what this verse is warning against, at least as far as I'm able to interpret.
Some clarifications, I hope:
Integrated with - means syncretism - which means mixing the things of God with the ideas of man - or more simply put satan.
25th December comes not from germanic/nordic but from Babylon and the 'sun god' mythras/saturnalia. It celebrates the rebirth of the sun following the winter solstice.
Try looking at it this way - you once had a lover but along came the man you really loved and he became your husband, You said to him I'm so used to celebrating my former lover's birthday on x date, and I know yours is not that but I'm so used to x date I don't want to change - is that all right?
Does this respect your new husband?
Now swap former lover for satan and of course Jesus is you new husband. So by celebrating Jesus birth on 25th December your are in fact saying to Jesus I'm still in love with satan. You cannot mix the two, the Torah (first 5 books of the Bible) have a law against wearing garments of two materials, Jesus later said you cant worship God and Mammon (satan) .
Christmas is a time which plays to our emotions and senses - but it satan worship and is deeply embedded into the church life. So what is the Christian to do? Breaking is hard both on our flesh and friendships! There is a mid-winter feast in the Bible - the Feast of Rededication which celebrates the rededication of the Jerusalem temple following its desecration by the erection of a statue of Zeus and sacrificing a pig on the altar. Following rededication the temple candle remained lit for 8 days without being refilled - a miracle. The Jews call this Hanukah and it occurs late November to late December (you can find information on line) Jesus celebrated it see John 10:22-23.
It also called 'the season of our joy' and 'season of light' There is probably a deeper meaning here - Jesus is the light of the world, and our joy comes from Him. It is likely that this is when He was incarnated into Mary's womb. That would place His birth in September!