Christmas and Easter are manmade. Neither are in the Bible, and neither events were likely to happen on those dates. They were created to convert pagan holidays into Christian holidays. Not necessarily a bad thing, but not biblical. There is also no mandate in the Bible for us to celebrate anything or do anything other than the sacraments, but that again doesn’t mean one cannot celebrate.
Huh? Bible has feasts / holidays. Feasts are Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Firstfruits, the Feast of Weeks, the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles. I'm sure Sucot is in there somewhere. Go build a hut and party.
Yes there are lots of feasts and holy days in the Old Testament but there is no commandment within the New Testament to celebrate any of these. The law was fulfilled, there is no need to hold to those old rearmament feasts. Again I’m not against people celebrating, just pointing out this biblical perspective. Many reformed churches strictly adhere to the regulatory principle of worship and have no Easter or Christmas Sunday services.
Christmas and Easter are manmade. Neither are in the Bible, and neither events were likely to happen on those dates. They were created to convert pagan holidays into Christian holidays. Not necessarily a bad thing, but not biblical. There is also no mandate in the Bible for us to celebrate anything or do anything other than the sacraments, but that again doesn’t mean one cannot celebrate.
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There is Lev 23:39… And i think a little Rom 12:15…
Huh? Bible has feasts / holidays. Feasts are Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Firstfruits, the Feast of Weeks, the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles. I'm sure Sucot is in there somewhere. Go build a hut and party.
Yes there are lots of feasts and holy days in the Old Testament but there is no commandment within the New Testament to celebrate any of these. The law was fulfilled, there is no need to hold to those old rearmament feasts. Again I’m not against people celebrating, just pointing out this biblical perspective. Many reformed churches strictly adhere to the regulatory principle of worship and have no Easter or Christmas Sunday services.
Sorry, don't quite understand. It is my understanding that the Old Testament IS part of the Bible. YMMD