Replace them with Hanukkah and Passover. Your Messiah was Jewish, his disciples were Jewish.
WWJD? Attend synagague on Shabbat, Read from Torah, and celebrate Hanukkah and Passover.
Who's with me?
2007-12-12 05:33:07 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Schneb: Did you know the early Christian celebrate Passover? The traditions of you forefathers, are they more important than the truth?
2007-12-12 05:40:28 · update #1
sandand: Right, the Pharisees were making up commandments, traditions of the elders. That is what xmas and easter are, traditions of elders. Peter never celebrated the birth of the sun-gods and never told anyone too. He would tell you to stop. Peter was a Torah observant Jew. Not a Pope.
2007-12-12 05:44:08 · update #2
Jay R: You cannot make up holidays and call them Christian. I'll setup a 50ft owl in the woods and call it "The wise messiah owl holiday". See how ridiculous. Or maybe a "golden calf".
2007-12-12 05:47:14 · update #3
Dubc: Paul was a Torah observant Jew. He would have never told anyone to celebrate pagan sun-god festival. Do you realize these are the festivals that got the Jews in trouble with the Almighty in the first place?
2007-12-12 05:50:36 · update #4
Schneb:"Perhaps we should be more Jewish by forsaking the Torah for man-made traditions and rituals that were never established by G-d?" That is exactly my point. We are forsaking Torah for traditions of men. "If you love me, you'll keep my commandments." What commandments, the traditions of the elders (Popes)? No, the Torah. The Messiah fulfills the commandments for us, but at least let us not abandon Torah because we cannot keep it. At least try. Xmas and easter are the "golden calf". We don't decide how to worship and neither does any pope, priest or pastor. It is all laid out in the Hebrew Scriptures.
2007-12-12 07:23:45 · update #5
They just don't want to admit that Jesus was never a Christian. He was a Jewish rabbi.
2007-12-12 05:36:56 · answer #1 · answered by S K 7 · 3⤊ 4⤋
After Jesus came, the Passover is no longer something that needs to be celebrated. Out of all the commandments, this one was left out. And the Jews of today have fallen from where they were supposed to be, which will change in the tribulation. Most Jewish people will turn back to God, but right now the whole religion has been defiled by paganism.
2007-12-12 05:59:21 · answer #2 · answered by Mashu 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus was a Jew but at his baptism in Pentacost 33 he instituted Christianity.
While the Law covenant was terminated at Pentecost, 33 C.E. (“since the priesthood is being changed, there comes to be of necessity a change also of the law”; Heb 7:12), Christians come “under law toward Christ.” (1Co 9:21) This law is called “the perfect law that belongs to freedom,” “the law of a free people,” “the law of faith.” (Jas 1:25; 2:12; Ro 3:27) Such a new law had been foretold by God through the prophet Jeremiah when he spoke of a new covenant and the writing of his law on the hearts of his people.—Jer 31:31-34; Heb 8:6-13.
What Jesus did tell us to remember was his sacrifical death. We are to keep a memorial of it every year. 1 Corinthians 11:23-25.
2007-12-12 05:55:15 · answer #3 · answered by blt_4 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What other laws do you wish to put us under, Mr. Judaizer? Would you like us to be circumcised like Jesus as well? Perhaps we should be more Jewish by forsaking the Torah for man-made traditions and rituals that were never established by G-d? Would that please you?
Galatians 3:2-3
This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?
Galatians 5:12
As for those agitators, I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves!
"Did you know the early Christian celebrate Passover?"
Yes. They were Messianic Jews. And yes, both Christmas and Easter were based on early paganism. But you miss the point altogether when you penalize others for celebrating. God judges the heart. And those that celebrate, celebrate from the heart. By forcing your arbitrary line on others, you show your heart to be that of a Judaizer, saying that what you do on the outside is more important than the thoughts and intent of the heart. As Jesus described the Pharisees as those that were more concerned with polishing the outside of the cup, but not the inside. (ref. Matthew 23:25)
Jesus did not come to make gentiles Jews. Jesus came to save, and save He did. But it seems like the sins of the early church exist again today to force the gentiles to become enslaved by the same law that the Jews could not even keep. And to this day, have abandoned for the traditions of men. It's all meat sacrificed to idols, and no one seems to see that. (ref. 1Cor. 8)
2007-12-12 05:37:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
What did you think of became going to ensue; alienating your self from something of your loved ones in that way? regardless of learn you (declare to have) carried out, that is fantastically undesirable. Christmas and Easter are Christian trip journeys, and not celebrating them IS a slap interior the Face of Jesus. CHRISTMAS - banquet of the Nativity of Jesus Christ. interior the early Church the banquet became celebrated alongside with the Epiphany. yet already in A.D. 2 hundred St. Clement of Alexandria (one hundred fifty-215) refers to a undeniable banquet on could 20, and the Latin Church began staring at it on December 25. The privilege of priests offering 3 hundreds on Christmas Day is going back to a custom initially practiced via a pope who, touching directly to the fourth century, celebrated a hour of darkness Mass interior the Liberian Basilica (the place traditionally the manger of Bethlehem is preserved), a 2d interior the Church of St. Anastasia, whose banquet falls on December 25, and a third on the Vatican Basilica. most of the present customs in fairly some international locations are traceable to the Church's Christianizing the pagan celebrations linked with the beginning up of wintry climate and the hot 12 months. EASTER - The day commemorating Christ's Resurrection from the lifeless. that's the appropriate of all Christian fairs, having the critical place interior the liturgical 12 months. that's the Christian banquet linked with the Jewish Pasch. The exultant Alleluia is continuously repeated interior the Mass and Divine place of work, the Vidi Aquam replaces the Asperges, and the Regina Coeli the Angelus. The Easter season maintains from Easter Sunday to Trinity Sunday inclusive.
2016-11-03 00:55:50 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People as Christians will do what they believe to be right by what their Church believes. Not celebrating those holidays has to do with a particular religion, and those who do not follow that religion will continue to celebrate as they have for many many years. Do what you think is right, and invite people to follow you. If others do not wish to follow you, that is their decision. Be happy, live your life as you wish, and teach your knowledge, but let it be known that each person as an individual has the right to do as they wish. Christmas and Easter are celebrated as they are mostly for the fun of it. It used to not be that way.I just wish that the people would remember the TRUE meaning of those Holidays!!!
2007-12-12 05:48:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most Christians do celebrate Passover. As far as Hannukka, although the victory of the Macabees was in 165 BCE, I have doubts they celebrated the rededication of the Second Temple in Jesus' day since the Second temple was not completed until after his death (but nice try there).
Xmas and Easter are obvious. Hey, the Jews were the ones that kicked us out of the Temple and Judaism in 70CE. We did not leave voluntarily.
2007-12-12 05:42:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not me. Although Jesus was Jewish as were his disciples, the religion Christianity was brought about as a continuation of Judaism. After the death and resurrection of Christ the disciples started the christian faith. Remember it was Saul who persecuted the Christian Church before he was converted on the road to Damascus. In celebrating Easter we celebrated the resurrection of the savior. This is to give thanks for the atonement of sin. Christmas is a celebration of the birth of our savior. Although we don't know for sure when the exact dates were we do this in remembrance of him. Jewish people don't celebrate these events because of disbelief of Jesus being the Messiah.
2007-12-12 05:44:44 · answer #8 · answered by dubc1976 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
WE don't celebrate xmas. We do celebrate Christmas or the birth of our Savior and we celebrate Easter to celebrate His Resurrection. BTW Most Christians are well aware that Jesus wasn't born on December 25Th. It was most likely some time in March. As Christians, we have our own holidays to celebrate events from Christs life.
2007-12-12 05:42:18 · answer #9 · answered by Jay R 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes, Jesus was Jewish, because He followed the Judea law. We are followers of Christ, and baptized into Him, so that makes us Christians.
And we never have celebrated or recognized xmas. We celebrate CHRISTmas.
2007-12-12 06:01:12 · answer #10 · answered by kaz716 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Christmas and Easter are American holidays recognized by the federal government and celebrated by all Americans regardless of religion.
2007-12-12 05:41:47 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋