o.0 Don't sweat it, Mave. Nothing personal, just how your post sounded. *shrugz and hands Mave a throat lozenge to cure her of her 'speechless' state* o.o;;
mitsuki lover wrote:I got lost with the Passover one.It is completley Jewish in my mind and not Christian.The reason the early Christians celebrated it was because most of them were Jewish to begin with and they simply kept their traditions to go with their new faith.
*Experiencing the 'Dib phenomenon'*
They kept the Jewish traditions because Christianity is a sect, or rather a fulfillment, of Judaism. In fact Passover was kept by Christians for quite awhile after, and many early Christians were against replacing it with Easter.
Passover - The Jewish high holy days all correspond to Biblical events (Yom Kippur - Judgment, Tabernacle - 1st coming of the Messiah, Roshashannah - 2nd Coming), Passover being the most obvious in that it's the crucifixion of the Messiah. The whole point of historical Passover is that a lamb is sacrificed, its blood put on the doorposts, and the shadow of death "passes you over." Today, Messianics usually celebrate it with Jesus in mind, being the Passover lamb (plenty of Biblical passages that even say this) whose blood was shed for us so that we will not taste death because we are marked as redeemed through the blood of Christ. Also, Jesus was crucified during or after Passover (the last supper...). I've heard that some scholars think He died on the day the Passover lambs were sacrificed.
Easter - Easter came several centuries later, or rather was already around several centuries before in its pagan form. The name "Easter" comes from the goddess of spring and fertility - "Estore." Ancient pagans generally dedicated the first month of April to the celebration of the goddess of spring - hence where the chicks, eggs, flowers come from being symbolic of life, spring, renewal, ect. From what I understand the Christian version of Easter was a cleaned up pagan version, intended to be an opposition to the pagan holiday as well as draw the yokel Estore worshippers into Christianity. Also, the holiday was generally around the same time as Passover, and what with the idea of life/renewal came the application to the resurrection.
Now before anyone has a heart attack - I am NOT saying that Christians shouldn't celebrate Easter nor that it's any sort of day of "pagan ebilness." The intent behind its creation was not a bad thing, and there is that verse that says something like whatever day you choose to dedicate to the Lord, it is the Lord's day. But if we're going to be nitpicking Halloween's roots (granted, Halloween doesn't have the good intentions of Easter and its traditions are darker), the *ONLY* BIBLICAL holidays are the Jewish holidays. Therefore, Passover is more Biblical in its roots, not to mention the fact that Jesus and the disciples and most everyone else in the Bible celebrated it. It wasn't like these holidays were vaporized either, as Christianity and Judaism are not that far removed. Again, not saying you *should* celebrate it but more many people it can be a good learning experience if you feel lead to celebrate those holidays. Mainly, I just wanted to refute the notion that Passover is "a Jewish holiday" and the Bible was written by a bunch of darn good ol' Yankees. -___^ Passover is about as Christian as you get.
Anywho, sorry to spam the thread, Khaki. If anyone wants to discuss it further, PM me.
-Temulin out
