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2007-04-09 03:53:04 · 4 answers · asked by mcat 1 in Society & Culture Holidays Easter

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Well to answer your question; you have to know some details first that might help you understand the whole situation at hand.

EASTER NOT FOUND IN THE BIBLE
"The English word 'Easter' came from the Anglo-Saxon Eastre or Estera, a Teutonic goddess to whom sacrifice was offered in April, so the name was transferred to the Pashal Feast. The word does not properly occur in Scripture although the AV (King James Translation) has it in ACTS 12:4 where it stands for 'Passover' as it is rightly rendered in RV (Revised Version). There is no trace of Easter celebration in the New Testament..." (INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BIBLE ENCYCLOPEDIA VOL.2, P.889). The word 'Easter' has confused some but the word in the original form is "Pascha" meaning "Passover". It occurs 29 times in the New Testament & everytime it's translated Passover except in Acts 12:4. If you read carefully (ACTS 12:1-4); it says that Herod killed James and was trying to kill Peter in an effort to "vex the church"(Please the Jews). Then in VERSE 3 "were the days of unleavened bread"; see LEV.23. He put him in prison intending to try him "after Easter" (KJV). Now if Herod was trying to "please the Jews" & "vex the church" Why would he have delayed the trial until after 'Easter?'" If this was a "christian holy day", especially one in honoring Christ's resurrection, he would surely not be pleasing the Jews, Wouldn't it be more pleasing to the Jews to vex the church by killing one of it's Apostles on it's own "holy-day," would it not?

ORIGIN OF EASTER: WHERE DID IT COME FROM?
Easter was never observed by the Apostles of Christ or Christ's Religion. "The name 'Easter' comes to us from the mythlogical writings of the Ancient Teucrians (who lived 1200BC along the southern coast of Palestine) where it's known as 'Ostern'" BY GROVER STEVENS. "The name 'Easter' is merely the slightly changed English spelling of the name of the ancient Assyrian and Babylonian idol goddess, Ishtar (pronounced eesh-tar)." WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY says "Easter is from the pre-historic name of a pagan spring festival." THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH ETYMOLOGY says, "Easter is derived from the name of goddess whose feast was celebrated at the vernal equinox." THE SCHOLARY NEW SCHAFF-HERZOG RELIGIOUS ENCYCLOPEDIA says, "This goddess is also widely known as Astarte...The cult originated in Babylonia and spread to Assyria, Mesopotamia, Syria & Palestine, then through the Phoenicians to all of the Meditteranean peoples...Ishtar was in fact primarily and chiefly identified as Venus, the most beautiful of celestial objects & from the terrestrial side, the primarily motive of the worship of Ishtar was the impulse to deify sensuous and sensuality." ALEXANDER HISLOP SAYS IN THE TWO BABYLONS (P.103), "Easter bears its Chaldean origin on its forehead. Easter is nothing else than Asarte, one of the titles of Beltis, the queen of heaven..."
http://family.webshots.com/photo/1370351068049373547hLMhYB
http://www.matrifocus.com/IMB04/spotlight.htm
http://www.albatrus.org/english/festivals/easter/is_easter_pagan.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishtar
http://www.lcg.org/search/search.php?query=easter&type=and&results=10&search=1

The Easter Bunny and eggs deal with fertility of the goddess Ishtar. "Eggs, the obvious symbols of fertility and reproduction, were used in ancient fertility rites. They were painted with various magickal symbols and then cast into fires or buried in the earth as offerings to the Goddess. In certain parts of the world, Spring Equinox eggs were painted yellow or gold (sacred solar colors) and used in rituals to honor the Sun God. Easter, like every other Christian religious holiday is rich with an abundance of Pagan overtones, customs and traditions such as Easter eggs and Easter bunny. Eggs, as previously discussed were ancient fertility symbols and offerings to the Goddess of the Pagans and Witches in both western and eastern cultures, including the Goddess Ostara, whose escort was a rabbit. "
http://www.nobleknights.com/~eagle1/eostre1.htm

Easter Bunny Origination
http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=slv8-&p=easter%20bunny%20come%20from--Ishtar--pagan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Bunny

EASTER EGGS
Note: these sites tell where Easter Eggs came from.
http://www.nobleknights.com/~eagle1/eostre1.htm
http://www.rightdivision.com/html/easter_pagan_influences.html

VERSES-- DEUT.4:19,28-31; 11:26-28; 17:3 & GAL.4:8-10.
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Now according to what I said above the Passover started the evening of April 1 which would be April 2. April 3 which is the 15th of Abib is the holy day of unleavened bread and the 7th day from that would be April 9th which would be the 21st of Abib which is the last day of unleavened bread which is holy too. (See: Lev.23:5-7,14-15; Deut.16:6; Exodus 12:18)

When is Passover; the year 2007?
The correct date is April 2, 2007, but it begins on the evening of April 1.
Hebrew/Jewish Sabbath Feast Days Calendar--
http://family.webshots.com/photo/1433216609049373547DnZhej
http://www.tomorrowsworld.org/cgi-bin/tw/booklets/tw-bk.cgi?category=Booklets1&item=1104358140
http://www.abcog.org/calendar.htm
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Judaism/calendar.html

If you want to go by the Bible; you will have to use the Hebrew Calendar( it is 29-30 days ).
{"Each month has either 29 or 30 days. A 30 day month is full (male, maley, or malei), whereas a 29 day month is defective (haser or chaser). Nisan, Sivan, Av, Tishri, and Shevat are always full {30 days}.
Iyar, Tammuz, Elul, Tevet, and Adar (Adar II in leap years) are always defective.
Adar I, added in leap years before Adar II, is full.
Cheshvan and Kislev vary. There are three possible combinations: both defective, both full, Cheshvan defective and Kislev full." }
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_calendar
You can't use the Gregorian Calendar because that's Roman and is uncorrect on the Passover date; it just doesn't add up.

The New Moon {Isaiah 66:23}(1st day of each month) was on December 22, 2006 on the Gregorian Calendar. Now if you count the day the 22nd to the 19th of January, that would be 30 days.
From January 20th to the 18th of February would be 30 days. Now from the 19th of February to the 19th of March would be 29 days. From March 20 to April 2 is 14 days and when is the 14th day? It is April 2, not April 3.
Continuing on: we continue on to 30 days and leads us to the 18th of April. 19th of April to May 17 is 29 days. From May 18th to June 16th is 30 days. June 17th to July 15 is 29 days. From July 16th to August 14th is 30 days. From August 15th to September 12th is 29 days. The 13th of September on the Gregorian Calendar is Rosh Hashanah being the Day of Trumpets (New Moon) being October 1 the 7th month to the Hebrew Calendar according to LEVITICUS 23:24 in the Bible.
Please continue with LEVITICUS 23:27; the tenth day of the seventh month is called Atonement. Counting from the 13th Feast of Trumpets; we get Yom Kippur the 22nd on the Gregorian calendar being the Day of Atonement. The 27th day (being 15 if you count on the Gregorian) would be the Feast of Tabernacles which is in LEVITICUS 23:34.

Talks about why the New Moons are important. ( ISAIAH 66:23)
http://www.beingjewish.com/yomtov/chodesh/newmoon.html

You can get the Pocket New Moon Calendar from Giving & Sharing, P.O. Box 100, Neck City, MO 64849.

2007-04-12 08:04:57 · answer #1 · answered by KNOWBIBLE 5 · 0 0

Easter Monday!

2015-04-04 07:33:46 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0 0

in many countries (not the US) the Monday after Easter is a holiday. It is called Easter Monday.

2007-04-09 11:14:03 · answer #3 · answered by Jennifer T 2 · 0 0

uhhhhh never.I think its always been Easter Sunday

2007-04-09 03:57:44 · answer #4 · answered by mia19367 3 · 0 0

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