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Leviticus 23 lists many holidays most Christians incorrectly refer to as Jewish holidays. Right there it says they’re the Feasts of the L-rd. He claims them as His Feasts; not Jewish Feasts! Why don’t Christians celebrate them? You refer to yourselves as following G-d, so why do you celebrate Christmas, Easter & other non-Scriptural holidays? Don’t claim the Old Covenant is done away with, either…because verses 14, 21, 31 & 41 clearly say these are permanent Feasts; meaning they don’t stop because Jesus died on the cross. I would like serious replies. Scripture also says not to mention other gods. Easter is based on a pagan goddess. Christmas is also based on a false diety. Are you celebrating the Scriptural Feasts G-d ordained? Why, or why not?
Are you noticing how your response says “They’re Jewish holidays”? Scripture says these are G-d’s Feasts. you’re still thinking Jewish vs Christian. These are Biblical holidays; not Jewish ones. And, if your church DOESN’T celebrate them, shouldn’t you ask them why not? Jesus celebrated them, and you claim He was Christian.
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14 Responses to “Serious question for Christians?”
In all honesty, I do not celebrate them because I was not raised to celebrate them. I’ve never put much thought into it.
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i think its in corinthians that paul or peter talks about this and he comes to the conclusion that if you are Jewish, then you should follow the law that has been given to the Jews, but if you are not then you do not have to.
actually, to be quite honest, I dont really know, but you have made a decent point and you’ve made me want to read up on it!
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I don’t put much stock in holidays. If people took them seriously even as Christians, they would be days of prayer, not shopping. Just think of them as cultural days, and take it or leave it.
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I don’t celebrate the Christmas holiday because of Santa and other falseness, this around the time that Jesus, my Savior was born. I do not celebrate Easter, because as you have said it is a pagan holiday…but I do celebrate Good Friday and Resurrection morning.
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I mean I am not a christian, but WHY would anyone pass up the opportunity for a good feast?
Does NOT make sense.
Well, neither does most of this religious stuff, I guess.
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i don’t celebrate them because it is not how i was raised and it is not the ways of our church
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leviticus were rules created FOR JEWISH PPL. Jesus came and said those rules were too strict, not possible to completely follow.
on the Easter-Christmas subject: It not BASED on pagan gods, it was just celebrated at that time to not seem like the crazy weird religion.
-Early christianity had to adopt and edit pagan holidays in order to gain followers. “look, we have a holiday just like urs, except for we celebrate Jesus instead of Eastrus”
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Yes you are right. We as Christians should follow these feasts of the Lord.
This is a copy/paste from my bible study. Sorry for the all caps.
SEVEN FEASTS (HOLY CONVOCATIONS) – FEASTS OF THE LORD
LEVITICUS 23 – 25
1ST “IN THE FORTEENTH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH (ABIB) AT EVEN IS THE LORD’S PASSOVER”. REDEMPTION ACCOMPLISHED AT THE CROSS (1 PETER 1;18)
2ND “AND ON THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF THE SAME MONTH IS THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD UNTO THE LORD; SEVEN DAYS YE MUST EAT UNLEAVENED BREAD”.
JUSTIFICATION (2 COR. 5:21) AND SANCTIFACTION (1COR.5:7) ACCOMPLISHED AT THE CROSS
3RD THE FEAST OF THE FIRST FRUITS
RESURRECTION OF CHRIST (1 COR. 15:20)
4TH PENTECOST
WAS FULFILLED WHEN CHRIST SENT THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BEGIN THE HARVEST OF THE CHRUCH (ACTS 2: 1-14))
5TH FEAST OF TRUMPETS
WILL BE FULFILLED AT THE RAPTURE OF THE CHURCH (1 COR. 15:52 & 1 THESS. 4:16, 17)
6TH THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED 7 YEARS LATER WHEN CHRIST RETURNS (ZECH. 12 10 & 13: 1)
7TH FEAST OF TABERNACLES
WILL BE FULFILLED IN CHRIST’S THOUSAND YEAR KINGDOM OF EARTH (ZECH 14:16)
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I tend to start with Dogmatic Law. If the pope isn’t celebrating them, then God isn’t going to be holding it against me.
Additionally, the feasts were set as points of rememberance for the Jewish people as part of their covenant with God such that they couldn’t claim that God hated them — God wanted them to know that God had saved them from annihilation repeatedly. They don’t have much meaning for the rest of us and God knows it. The one holiday which does get mentioned for random folks that Leviticus would exclude (like gays and shrimp- and cheeseburger-eaters) is the sabbath — check out Isaiah 56.
Scripture also doesn’t say to not mention false gods. All of the OT prophets made it a habit of mentioning false gods when calling for the destruction of idolatry and returning to God’s ways — was it Elijah who suggested that Bhaal couldn’t answer his priests because he was too busy taking a dump? What scripture says is that we should never confuse any “god” with God, never put anything before or higher than God. Which a lot of people do anyway, to one degree or another, but I can’t really speak to that. Anyway, the holidays which were appropriated from pagan traditions were appropriated such that it would be an easier conversion for the heathens — “Look, you can come be Catholic — we’ve got salvation, an agenda for global domination, and you don’t even really have to give up any of your festivals (just use these new religious names and rituals)!” Presumably this was based on Peter’s experience with the Roman folks, learning that God can make things clean (in line with Isaiah 56, amusingly enough).
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=47&chapter=16&verse=19&version=31&context=verse
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=29&chapter=56&version=31
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=51&chapter=10&version=31
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Wow, I love your question! I have been thinking this same sort of thing for the last few weeks. If we are Christians, we worship the same God of the Israelites who commanded these feasts be celebrated. Why do Christians have to be so separate from their Jewish roots? I mean, that’s where it all came from. Their history is our history. I think it’s ridiculous how we have become our own subculture with our own holidays and everything! My husband and I had a great conversation with a Messianic rabbi (that is, a Christian Jew and rabbi) about this topic. I would really like Christians today to go back to the Jewish roots, the Hebrew roots, the Old Covenant, and really have a real faith in the true God.
Just as a note: I do celebrate Easter and Christmas, but more out of tradition and culture than anything else. Christmas is my favorite time of year, just because it has that old nostalgic feeling to it, not particularly because we are celebrating the birth of Christ.
Great question!
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=47&chapter=16&verse=19&version=31&context=verse
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=29&chapter=56&version=31
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=51&chapter=10&version=31
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JESUS WAS NOT A CHRISTIAN! He was the Messiah, he was Jewish. Those holidays are for Gods chosen people (the Jews). and the fact that easter is based on a pagan goddess doesnt matter. early in the church a way to make the transition for non-believers to christianity easier was to make it easy for them to celebrate christian holidays Easter the most holy day for Christians where we celebrate the resurection day (which what they should call it so people stop saying its a pagan holiday).
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=47&chapter=16&verse=19&version=31&context=verse
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=29&chapter=56&version=31
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=51&chapter=10&version=31
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I agree with you on Christmas and Easter etc. Jesus said you hold to the traditions of man making the commandment of God none effect in vain do you worship me.St Mark 7:6-13. I quit celebrating religious holidays here in America when I became enlightened on this. As far as the feast and things like this from the Old Testament,I believe what Jesus said..St Luke 16:16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached ,and everyman presseth into it.
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You’re totall right. They are Gods sacred days to be obsererved until the end of time. Early Celtic Christians in Ireland and Britain used to celebrate biblical feastdays such as Passover until Rome got a hold of them. Check out the synod of Whitby where these churches followed Rome into celebrating the pagan feast of easter instead of observing Passover.
King James Bible
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