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Neim-Ya'shar (OP) User ID: 2135881 United States 11/14/2012 08:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 1 But these took this counsel among themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a further country, where never mankind dwelt, 42 That they might there keep their statutes, which they never kept in their own land. 43 And they entered into Euphrates by the narrow places of the river. 44 For the most High then shewed signs for them, and held still the flood, till they were passed over. 45 For through that country there was a great way to go, namely, of a year and a half: and the same region is called Arsareth. 46 Then dwelt they there until the latter time; and now when they shall begin to come, :knoup: |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 23343731 Australia 11/14/2012 08:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Some good info there, but the 40 days of lent are representative of the 40 days that Jesus was in the desert, which itself alludes to the 40 years that Moses and the people spent in the desert after Exodus. "easter" was a pagan festival for sure, but early Christians were celebrating "Passover", not easter, because they were mostly Jewish. In many countries even today this is still represented in the language. For example, "la pasqua" is the passover. Iconoclastic purists would like to remove all vestiges of pagan mythology from Christianity, but that is not possible as everything is incredibly intertwined. Doing so would result in a society with zero culture: just you and your bible. Sort of Islamic in a sense. |
Neim-Ya'shar (OP) User ID: 2135881 United States 11/14/2012 10:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't participate in the holidays either Neim. Quoting: Lisa*Lisa But, I do wonder if Jesus made these clean by His blood for His people that want to appreciate Him to honor His birth and His resurrection. I don't judge. It's a matter of the heart for each individual. OH PLEASE 1 But these took this counsel among themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a further country, where never mankind dwelt, 42 That they might there keep their statutes, which they never kept in their own land. 43 And they entered into Euphrates by the narrow places of the river. 44 For the most High then shewed signs for them, and held still the flood, till they were passed over. 45 For through that country there was a great way to go, namely, of a year and a half: and the same region is called Arsareth. 46 Then dwelt they there until the latter time; and now when they shall begin to come, :knoup: |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1106916 United States 11/14/2012 10:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't participate in the holidays either Neim. Quoting: Lisa*Lisa But, I do wonder if Jesus made these clean by His blood for His people that want to appreciate Him to honor His birth and His resurrection. I don't judge. It's a matter of the heart for each individual. OH PLEASE Somehow I already knew you wouldn't agree. But, that's fine, we don't agree on much..........LMAO! |
Neim-Ya'shar (OP) User ID: 2135881 United States 11/14/2012 10:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Some good info there, but the 40 days of lent are representative of the 40 days that Jesus was in the desert, which itself alludes to the 40 years that Moses and the people spent in the desert after Exodus. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 23343731 "easter" was a pagan festival for sure, but early Christians were celebrating "Passover", not easter, because they were mostly Jewish. In many countries even today this is still represented in the language. For example, "la pasqua" is the passover. Iconoclastic purists would like to remove all vestiges of pagan mythology from Christianity, but that is not possible as everything is incredibly intertwined. Doing so would result in a society with zero culture: just you and your bible. Sort of Islamic in a sense. Sorry but it is used as another mask for tammuz look it up.They used alot of the bible facts and masked them with satanic celebrations.. lent has nothing to do with the 40 days messiah was in the wilderness **8After Tammuz was killed by a wild boar, Ishtar put ashes on her head and mourned for 40 days, giving up all pleasures and food. But then, she discovers that she is pregnant. She declares that it is a miraculous conception and in celebration of this miraculous pregnancy, this divine fertility, she has an egg of gold made, calling it the golden egg of Ishtar***. Last Edited by Neim-Ya'shar on 11/14/2012 10:16 AM 1 But these took this counsel among themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a further country, where never mankind dwelt, 42 That they might there keep their statutes, which they never kept in their own land. 43 And they entered into Euphrates by the narrow places of the river. 44 For the most High then shewed signs for them, and held still the flood, till they were passed over. 45 For through that country there was a great way to go, namely, of a year and a half: and the same region is called Arsareth. 46 Then dwelt they there until the latter time; and now when they shall begin to come, :knoup: |
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Neim-Ya'shar (OP) User ID: 2135881 United States 11/14/2012 10:20 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't participate in the holidays either Neim. Quoting: Lisa*Lisa But, I do wonder if Jesus made these clean by His blood for His people that want to appreciate Him to honor His birth and His resurrection. I don't judge. It's a matter of the heart for each individual. OH PLEASE Somehow I already knew you wouldn't agree. But, that's fine, we don't agree on much..........LMAO! No the bible and the commands of Eh'yeh and MESSIAH DISAGREES and remember you said you wonder! So are you not sure? When truth is brought forth all you people jump to is aa automatic defense and say you are being judged. Last Edited by Neim-Ya'shar on 11/14/2012 10:20 AM 1 But these took this counsel among themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a further country, where never mankind dwelt, 42 That they might there keep their statutes, which they never kept in their own land. 43 And they entered into Euphrates by the narrow places of the river. 44 For the most High then shewed signs for them, and held still the flood, till they were passed over. 45 For through that country there was a great way to go, namely, of a year and a half: and the same region is called Arsareth. 46 Then dwelt they there until the latter time; and now when they shall begin to come, :knoup: |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 23343731 Australia 11/14/2012 10:34 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Some good info there, but the 40 days of lent are representative of the 40 days that Jesus was in the desert, which itself alludes to the 40 years that Moses and the people spent in the desert after Exodus. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 23343731 "easter" was a pagan festival for sure, but early Christians were celebrating "Passover", not easter, because they were mostly Jewish. In many countries even today this is still represented in the language. For example, "la pasqua" is the passover. Iconoclastic purists would like to remove all vestiges of pagan mythology from Christianity, but that is not possible as everything is incredibly intertwined. Doing so would result in a society with zero culture: just you and your bible. Sort of Islamic in a sense. Sorry but it is used as another mask for tammuz look it up.They used alot of the bible facts and masked them with satanic celebrations.. lent has nothing to do with the 40 days messiah was in the wilderness **8After Tammuz was killed by a wild boar, Ishtar put ashes on her head and mourned for 40 days, giving up all pleasures and food. But then, she discovers that she is pregnant. She declares that it is a miraculous conception and in celebration of this miraculous pregnancy, this divine fertility, she has an egg of gold made, calling it the golden egg of Ishtar***. Well, that sounds interesting, but "Lent" means to go slowly. It is a time of reflection, not mourning. The association with ashes comes from the fact that the palms of the previous year's Passion Sunday are burned and some of the ashes saved. Lent is a time of purification, not mourning. Just as the 40 years in the desert and the 40 days of Jesus, and the 40 days of the rains in Noah's time and so on. It is obvious that pagans were brought into the Church and some of their myths were "christianised". This does not mean that those celebrations are in honour of those pagan deities. For most people, the pagan connection has been lost and a new connection has been made. If you follow a very strict and puritanical interpretation of Christianity, stripping everything back to the bare minimum, there will be very little left and it is akin to the early iconoclasts, leaving simple people with little access to the comfort of the religion. |
Neim-Ya'shar (OP) User ID: 2135881 United States 11/14/2012 10:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Some good info there, but the 40 days of lent are representative of the 40 days that Jesus was in the desert, which itself alludes to the 40 years that Moses and the people spent in the desert after Exodus. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 23343731 "easter" was a pagan festival for sure, but early Christians were celebrating "Passover", not easter, because they were mostly Jewish. In many countries even today this is still represented in the language. For example, "la pasqua" is the passover. Iconoclastic purists would like to remove all vestiges of pagan mythology from Christianity, but that is not possible as everything is incredibly intertwined. Doing so would result in a society with zero culture: just you and your bible. Sort of Islamic in a sense. Sorry but it is used as another mask for tammuz look it up.They used alot of the bible facts and masked them with satanic celebrations.. lent has nothing to do with the 40 days messiah was in the wilderness **8After Tammuz was killed by a wild boar, Ishtar put ashes on her head and mourned for 40 days, giving up all pleasures and food. But then, she discovers that she is pregnant. She declares that it is a miraculous conception and in celebration of this miraculous pregnancy, this divine fertility, she has an egg of gold made, calling it the golden egg of Ishtar***. Well, that sounds interesting, but "Lent" means to go slowly. It is a time of reflection, not mourning. The association with ashes comes from the fact that the palms of the previous year's Passion Sunday are burned and some of the ashes saved. Lent is a time of purification, not mourning. Just as the 40 years in the desert and the 40 days of Jesus, and the 40 days of the rains in Noah's time and so on. It is obvious that pagans were brought into the Church and some of their myths were "christianised". This does not mean that those celebrations are in honour of those pagan deities. For most people, the pagan connection has been lost and a new connection has been made. If you follow a very strict and puritanical interpretation of Christianity, stripping everything back to the bare minimum, there will be very little left and it is akin to the early iconoclasts, leaving simple people with little access to the comfort of the religion. Well I am sorry but we are told to follow the will of the father jeremiah chapter 10 1 But these took this counsel among themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a further country, where never mankind dwelt, 42 That they might there keep their statutes, which they never kept in their own land. 43 And they entered into Euphrates by the narrow places of the river. 44 For the most High then shewed signs for them, and held still the flood, till they were passed over. 45 For through that country there was a great way to go, namely, of a year and a half: and the same region is called Arsareth. 46 Then dwelt they there until the latter time; and now when they shall begin to come, :knoup: |
Shamar User ID: 24946868 United States 11/14/2012 10:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't participate in the holidays either Neim. Quoting: Lisa*Lisa But, I do wonder if Jesus made these clean by His blood for His people that want to appreciate Him to honor His birth and His resurrection. I don't judge. It's a matter of the heart for each individual. No Lisa, Messiah's *blood* did not clean these days..... :( Love is like light. It is never constrained to its source; it shines on everything and tends to spread spontaneously, unless we block it! ~ Cosmic Swami Love is a one-way street. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1106916 United States 11/14/2012 10:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't participate in the holidays either Neim. Quoting: Lisa*Lisa But, I do wonder if Jesus made these clean by His blood for His people that want to appreciate Him to honor His birth and His resurrection. I don't judge. It's a matter of the heart for each individual. No Lisa, Messiah's *blood* did not clean these days..... :( I don't know, but something happened to me last year that made me wonder, a very personal experience. It made me think that maybe everything isn't as black and white as some people like to think it is. More of a condition of the heart. I won't go into it any deeper because I don't think it would be well received here anyway. Hows everything going with you? Any offers on that house? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 23343731 Australia 11/14/2012 10:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Some good info there, but the 40 days of lent are representative of the 40 days that Jesus was in the desert, which itself alludes to the 40 years that Moses and the people spent in the desert after Exodus. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 23343731 "easter" was a pagan festival for sure, but early Christians were celebrating "Passover", not easter, because they were mostly Jewish. In many countries even today this is still represented in the language. For example, "la pasqua" is the passover. Iconoclastic purists would like to remove all vestiges of pagan mythology from Christianity, but that is not possible as everything is incredibly intertwined. Doing so would result in a society with zero culture: just you and your bible. Sort of Islamic in a sense. Sorry but it is used as another mask for tammuz look it up.They used alot of the bible facts and masked them with satanic celebrations.. lent has nothing to do with the 40 days messiah was in the wilderness **8After Tammuz was killed by a wild boar, Ishtar put ashes on her head and mourned for 40 days, giving up all pleasures and food. But then, she discovers that she is pregnant. She declares that it is a miraculous conception and in celebration of this miraculous pregnancy, this divine fertility, she has an egg of gold made, calling it the golden egg of Ishtar***. Well, that sounds interesting, but "Lent" means to go slowly. It is a time of reflection, not mourning. The association with ashes comes from the fact that the palms of the previous year's Passion Sunday are burned and some of the ashes saved. Lent is a time of purification, not mourning. Just as the 40 years in the desert and the 40 days of Jesus, and the 40 days of the rains in Noah's time and so on. It is obvious that pagans were brought into the Church and some of their myths were "christianised". This does not mean that those celebrations are in honour of those pagan deities. For most people, the pagan connection has been lost and a new connection has been made. If you follow a very strict and puritanical interpretation of Christianity, stripping everything back to the bare minimum, there will be very little left and it is akin to the early iconoclasts, leaving simple people with little access to the comfort of the religion. Well I am sorry but we are told to follow the will of the father jeremiah chapter 10 Even the Hebrew religion is based on a lot of older cults that preceded it in many ways. You cannot separate the wheat from the tares until the day of the harvest. In the meantime the believers may take what comfort they find and it is the will of the Father that all should be "saved". |
Shamar User ID: 24946868 United States 11/14/2012 11:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't participate in the holidays either Neim. Quoting: Lisa*Lisa But, I do wonder if Jesus made these clean by His blood for His people that want to appreciate Him to honor His birth and His resurrection. I don't judge. It's a matter of the heart for each individual. No Lisa, Messiah's *blood* did not clean these days..... :( I don't know, but something happened to me last year that made me wonder, a very personal experience. It made me think that maybe everything isn't as black and white as some people like to think it is. More of a condition of the heart. I won't go into it any deeper because I don't think it would be well received here anyway. Hows everything going with you? Any offers on that house? Nope, no offers :( We took it off the market mid-October. The last 2 families that came through SAID they were going to make an offer, but seemed like they were waiting for each other to go first? Eventually the one family made an offer on another house; however, upon inspection it had major issues, and so they came back to our house. Our house past inspection with flying colors, so they again said we would have an offer within a week....that's been nearly 3 weeks ago now. Not a word from them since....... Bleh. Love is like light. It is never constrained to its source; it shines on everything and tends to spread spontaneously, unless we block it! ~ Cosmic Swami Love is a one-way street. |
Neim-Ya'shar (OP) User ID: 2135881 United States 11/14/2012 11:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Neim-Ya'shar Sorry but it is used as another mask for tammuz look it up.They used alot of the bible facts and masked them with satanic celebrations.. lent has nothing to do with the 40 days messiah was in the wilderness **8After Tammuz was killed by a wild boar, Ishtar put ashes on her head and mourned for 40 days, giving up all pleasures and food. But then, she discovers that she is pregnant. She declares that it is a miraculous conception and in celebration of this miraculous pregnancy, this divine fertility, she has an egg of gold made, calling it the golden egg of Ishtar***. Well, that sounds interesting, but "Lent" means to go slowly. It is a time of reflection, not mourning. The association with ashes comes from the fact that the palms of the previous year's Passion Sunday are burned and some of the ashes saved. Lent is a time of purification, not mourning. Just as the 40 years in the desert and the 40 days of Jesus, and the 40 days of the rains in Noah's time and so on. It is obvious that pagans were brought into the Church and some of their myths were "christianised". This does not mean that those celebrations are in honour of those pagan deities. For most people, the pagan connection has been lost and a new connection has been made. If you follow a very strict and puritanical interpretation of Christianity, stripping everything back to the bare minimum, there will be very little left and it is akin to the early iconoclasts, leaving simple people with little access to the comfort of the religion. Well I am sorry but we are told to follow the will of the father jeremiah chapter 10 Even the Hebrew religion is based on a lot of older cults that preceded it in many ways. You cannot separate the wheat from the tares until the day of the harvest. In the meantime the believers may take what comfort they find and it is the will of the Father that all should be "saved". read your bible and not the philosophies of greecian and roman heatherns...Funny in seminary Plato is a prerequisite to finish your degree 1 But these took this counsel among themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a further country, where never mankind dwelt, 42 That they might there keep their statutes, which they never kept in their own land. 43 And they entered into Euphrates by the narrow places of the river. 44 For the most High then shewed signs for them, and held still the flood, till they were passed over. 45 For through that country there was a great way to go, namely, of a year and a half: and the same region is called Arsareth. 46 Then dwelt they there until the latter time; and now when they shall begin to come, :knoup: |
Neim-Ya'shar (OP) User ID: 2135881 United States 11/14/2012 11:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't participate in the holidays either Neim. Quoting: Lisa*Lisa But, I do wonder if Jesus made these clean by His blood for His people that want to appreciate Him to honor His birth and His resurrection. I don't judge. It's a matter of the heart for each individual. No Lisa, Messiah's *blood* did not clean these days..... :( I don't know, but something happened to me last year that made me wonder, a very personal experience. It made me think that maybe everything isn't as black and white as some people like to think it is. More of a condition of the heart. I won't go into it any deeper because I don't think it would be well received here anyway. Hows everything going with you? Any offers on that house? that was your own flesh compromising but that does not make it scriptural 1 But these took this counsel among themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a further country, where never mankind dwelt, 42 That they might there keep their statutes, which they never kept in their own land. 43 And they entered into Euphrates by the narrow places of the river. 44 For the most High then shewed signs for them, and held still the flood, till they were passed over. 45 For through that country there was a great way to go, namely, of a year and a half: and the same region is called Arsareth. 46 Then dwelt they there until the latter time; and now when they shall begin to come, :knoup: |
Neim-Ya'shar (OP) User ID: 2135881 United States 11/14/2012 11:13 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What is disturbing and aamazing is these people who never have scriptural study to support their own vain philosyphies. 1 But these took this counsel among themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a further country, where never mankind dwelt, 42 That they might there keep their statutes, which they never kept in their own land. 43 And they entered into Euphrates by the narrow places of the river. 44 For the most High then shewed signs for them, and held still the flood, till they were passed over. 45 For through that country there was a great way to go, namely, of a year and a half: and the same region is called Arsareth. 46 Then dwelt they there until the latter time; and now when they shall begin to come, :knoup: |
Shamar User ID: 24946868 United States 11/14/2012 11:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't participate in the holidays either Neim. Quoting: Lisa*Lisa But, I do wonder if Jesus made these clean by His blood for His people that want to appreciate Him to honor His birth and His resurrection. I don't judge. It's a matter of the heart for each individual. No Lisa, Messiah's *blood* did not clean these days..... :( I don't know, but something happened to me last year that made me wonder, a very personal experience. It made me think that maybe everything isn't as black and white as some people like to think it is. More of a condition of the heart. I understand what you are saying...... must be careful though to not sink into "universalism"..... Love is like light. It is never constrained to its source; it shines on everything and tends to spread spontaneously, unless we block it! ~ Cosmic Swami Love is a one-way street. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1106916 United States 11/14/2012 11:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't participate in the holidays either Neim. Quoting: Lisa*Lisa But, I do wonder if Jesus made these clean by His blood for His people that want to appreciate Him to honor His birth and His resurrection. I don't judge. It's a matter of the heart for each individual. No Lisa, Messiah's *blood* did not clean these days..... :( I don't know, but something happened to me last year that made me wonder, a very personal experience. It made me think that maybe everything isn't as black and white as some people like to think it is. More of a condition of the heart. I won't go into it any deeper because I don't think it would be well received here anyway. Hows everything going with you? Any offers on that house? Nope, no offers :( We took it off the market mid-October. The last 2 families that came through SAID they were going to make an offer, but seemed like they were waiting for each other to go first? Eventually the one family made an offer on another house; however, upon inspection it had major issues, and so they came back to our house. Our house past inspection with flying colors, so they again said we would have an offer within a week....that's been nearly 3 weeks ago now. Not a word from them since....... Bleh. That stinks. Keep the faith tho, if you're meant to move, you will. |
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Neim-Ya'shar (OP) User ID: 2135881 United States 11/14/2012 12:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 1 But these took this counsel among themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a further country, where never mankind dwelt, 42 That they might there keep their statutes, which they never kept in their own land. 43 And they entered into Euphrates by the narrow places of the river. 44 For the most High then shewed signs for them, and held still the flood, till they were passed over. 45 For through that country there was a great way to go, namely, of a year and a half: and the same region is called Arsareth. 46 Then dwelt they there until the latter time; and now when they shall begin to come, :knoup: |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 27722749 United States 11/14/2012 03:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't participate in the holidays either Neim. Quoting: Lisa*Lisa But, I do wonder if Jesus made these clean by His blood for His people that want to appreciate Him to honor His birth and His resurrection. I don't judge. It's a matter of the heart for each individual. No Lisa, Messiah's *blood* did not clean these days..... :( I don't know, but something happened to me last year that made me wonder, a very personal experience. It made me think that maybe everything isn't as black and white as some people like to think it is. More of a condition of the heart. I won't go into it any deeper because I don't think it would be well received here anyway. Hows everything going with you? Any offers on that house? Why this fake believer Lisa Lisa always on people thread trying to be the comforter for sinners? Always trying to make people feel good in their sin |
Neim-Ya'shar (OP) User ID: 2135881 United States 11/14/2012 03:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yes we have been duped! but study the bible and you will see all the folly we been thought as truth..peace! 1 But these took this counsel among themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a further country, where never mankind dwelt, 42 That they might there keep their statutes, which they never kept in their own land. 43 And they entered into Euphrates by the narrow places of the river. 44 For the most High then shewed signs for them, and held still the flood, till they were passed over. 45 For through that country there was a great way to go, namely, of a year and a half: and the same region is called Arsareth. 46 Then dwelt they there until the latter time; and now when they shall begin to come, :knoup: |
Neim-Ya'shar (OP) User ID: 2135881 United States 11/14/2012 03:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't participate in the holidays either Neim. Quoting: Lisa*Lisa But, I do wonder if Jesus made these clean by His blood for His people that want to appreciate Him to honor His birth and His resurrection. I don't judge. It's a matter of the heart for each individual. No Lisa, Messiah's *blood* did not clean these days..... :( I don't know, but something happened to me last year that made me wonder, a very personal experience. It made me think that maybe everything isn't as black and white as some people like to think it is. More of a condition of the heart. I won't go into it any deeper because I don't think it would be well received here anyway. Hows everything going with you? Any offers on that house? Why this fake believer Lisa Lisa always on people thread trying to be the comforter for sinners? Always trying to make people feel good in their sin Lisa is and will be Lisa, but one day she will see the bigger picture. 1 But these took this counsel among themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a further country, where never mankind dwelt, 42 That they might there keep their statutes, which they never kept in their own land. 43 And they entered into Euphrates by the narrow places of the river. 44 For the most High then shewed signs for them, and held still the flood, till they were passed over. 45 For through that country there was a great way to go, namely, of a year and a half: and the same region is called Arsareth. 46 Then dwelt they there until the latter time; and now when they shall begin to come, :knoup: |
Neim-Ya'shar (OP) User ID: 2135881 United States 11/14/2012 03:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I don't participate in the holidays either Neim. Quoting: Lisa*Lisa But, I do wonder if Jesus made these clean by His blood for His people that want to appreciate Him to honor His birth and His resurrection. I don't judge. It's a matter of the heart for each individual. OH PLEASE Somehow I already knew you wouldn't agree. But, that's fine, we don't agree on much..........LMAO! Does It Matter to God? We have a choice. We can choose the feast days instituted by God or the holidays substituted by men. The choices we make affect our destiny and impact our relationship with our Creator. Over the last two millennia, traditional Christianity has systematically laid aside the "feast days of the Lord" and established its own holidays. Christmas was established to enable pagan converts to come into church fellowship without forsaking their heathen customs and practices. Easter is a replacement for the biblical Passover and Days of Unleavened Bread. Even the weekly Sabbath was abandoned in favor of Sunday, the pagan day of the sun, supposedly to commemorate Jesus' resurrection (though, as we demonstrated earlier, it took place not on Sunday morning but at the end of the weekly Sabbath at sunset Saturday). Although we should immediately recognize that overruling God's instructions is dangerous behavior, let's consider, from the biblical record, whether such inventions and alterations are acceptable worship to our Creator God. 1 But these took this counsel among themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the heathen, and go forth into a further country, where never mankind dwelt, 42 That they might there keep their statutes, which they never kept in their own land. 43 And they entered into Euphrates by the narrow places of the river. 44 For the most High then shewed signs for them, and held still the flood, till they were passed over. 45 For through that country there was a great way to go, namely, of a year and a half: and the same region is called Arsareth. 46 Then dwelt they there until the latter time; and now when they shall begin to come, :knoup: |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 9766081 United States 11/14/2012 04:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Does It Matter to God? Quoting: Neim-Ya'shar We have a choice. We can choose the feast days instituted by God or the holidays substituted by men. The choices we make affect our destiny and impact our relationship with our Creator. Over the last two millennia, traditional Christianity has systematically laid aside the "feast days of the Lord" and established its own holidays. Christmas was established to enable pagan converts to come into church fellowship without forsaking their heathen customs and practices. Easter is a replacement for the biblical Passover and Days of Unleavened Bread. Even the weekly Sabbath was abandoned in favor of Sunday, the pagan day of the sun, supposedly to commemorate Jesus' resurrection (though, as we demonstrated earlier, it took place not on Sunday morning but at the end of the weekly Sabbath at sunset Saturday). Although we should immediately recognize that overruling God's instructions is dangerous behavior, let's consider, from the biblical record, whether such inventions and alterations are acceptable worship to our Creator God. The Gentiles were never instructed to keep the Sabbaths of the Law by the Apostle's...so to say "Over the last two millennia...Christianity has laid these Sabbath days aside" is way off base. While the Catholics decreed that the weekly sabbath not be observed...this was directed at the Christians of Jewish descent as a way to extinguish the fact that Christianity is in fact a form of Jewish faith. Colossians 2:16 (16) Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Acts 15:27-29 (27) We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth. (28) For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; (29) That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well. Notice nowhere in this list of these four key things do they say the sabbaths from the law or circumcision? Jesus rose on the first day of the week while it was still dark out. The Jewish day begins at sunset. You cannot change that. Mark 16:9 (9) Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. Mark 2:27-28 (27) And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: (28) Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. The sabbath was intended to be a day of rest and a day for man's good not for his ensnarement or condemnation, but we have entered into his rest. (Heb 4:10) As such was are to honor and keep all days holy. |