Who is celebrating ash Wednesday and lent?
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I have always been quite confused by lent.
Most people suggest it's a time of giving something up, looker deeper
into yourself and it's connected to Jesus 40 days in wilderness.
Others suggest it goes back to the Exodus when people left Egypt in a hurray.
It then became a festival to observe and is the reason for using up
all those pancake ingredients to start off with. Verses below.
Still others suggest it's out of respect for Jesus and it's in remembrance of
the events leading up to the crucifixion. So it's a kind of preparation for Easter.
Its interesting that Islam has its own version of lent, a copy cat version.
Exodus 12:14-20 NKJV
[14] 'So this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast
to the LORD throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast by
an everlasting ordinance. [15] Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
On the first day you shall remove leaven from your houses. For whoever
eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that person
shall be cut off from Israel.
[16] On the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and on the seventh
day there shall be a holy convocation for you. No manner of work shall
be done on them; but that which everyone must eat-that only may be
prepared by you. [17] So you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread,
for on this same day I will have brought your armies out of the land of Egypt.
Therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations as an everlasting
ordinance.
[18] In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall
eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.
[19] For seven days no leaven shall be found in your houses, since whoever eats
what is leavened, that same person shall be cut off from the congregation of
Israel, whether he is a stranger or a native of the land. [20] You shall eat nothing
leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.'"
Most people suggest it's a time of giving something up, looker deeper
into yourself and it's connected to Jesus 40 days in wilderness.
Others suggest it goes back to the Exodus when people left Egypt in a hurray.
It then became a festival to observe and is the reason for using up
all those pancake ingredients to start off with. Verses below.
Still others suggest it's out of respect for Jesus and it's in remembrance of
the events leading up to the crucifixion. So it's a kind of preparation for Easter.
Its interesting that Islam has its own version of lent, a copy cat version.
Exodus 12:14-20 NKJV
[14] 'So this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast
to the LORD throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast by
an everlasting ordinance. [15] Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
On the first day you shall remove leaven from your houses. For whoever
eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that person
shall be cut off from Israel.
[16] On the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and on the seventh
day there shall be a holy convocation for you. No manner of work shall
be done on them; but that which everyone must eat-that only may be
prepared by you. [17] So you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread,
for on this same day I will have brought your armies out of the land of Egypt.
Therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations as an everlasting
ordinance.
[18] In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall
eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.
[19] For seven days no leaven shall be found in your houses, since whoever eats
what is leavened, that same person shall be cut off from the congregation of
Israel, whether he is a stranger or a native of the land. [20] You shall eat nothing
leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.'"
I have always been quite confused by lent.
Most people suggest it's a time of giving something up, looker deeper
into yourself and it's connected to Jesus 40 days in wilderness.
Others suggest it goes back to the Exodus when people left Egypt in a hurray.
It then became a festival to observe and is the reason for using up
all those pancake ingredients to start off with. Verses below.
Still others suggest it's out of respect for Jesus and it's in remembrance of
the events leading up to the crucifixion. So it's a kind of preparation for Easter.
Its interesting that Islam has its own version of lent, a copy cat version.
Exodus 12:14-20 NKJV
[14] 'So this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast
to the LORD throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast by
an everlasting ordinance. [15] Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
On the first day you shall remove leaven from your houses. For whoever
eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that person
shall be cut off from Israel.
[16] On the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and on the seventh
day there shall be a holy convocation for you. No manner of work shall
be done on them; but that which everyone must eat-that only may be
prepared by you. [17] So you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread,
for on this same day I will have brought your armies out of the land of Egypt.
Therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations as an everlasting
ordinance.
[18] In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall
eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.
[19] For seven days no leaven shall be found in your houses, since whoever eats
what is leavened, that same person shall be cut off from the congregation of
Israel, whether he is a stranger or a native of the land. [20] You shall eat nothing
leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.'"
Most people suggest it's a time of giving something up, looker deeper
into yourself and it's connected to Jesus 40 days in wilderness.
Others suggest it goes back to the Exodus when people left Egypt in a hurray.
It then became a festival to observe and is the reason for using up
all those pancake ingredients to start off with. Verses below.
Still others suggest it's out of respect for Jesus and it's in remembrance of
the events leading up to the crucifixion. So it's a kind of preparation for Easter.
Its interesting that Islam has its own version of lent, a copy cat version.
Exodus 12:14-20 NKJV
[14] 'So this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast
to the LORD throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast by
an everlasting ordinance. [15] Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
On the first day you shall remove leaven from your houses. For whoever
eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that person
shall be cut off from Israel.
[16] On the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and on the seventh
day there shall be a holy convocation for you. No manner of work shall
be done on them; but that which everyone must eat-that only may be
prepared by you. [17] So you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread,
for on this same day I will have brought your armies out of the land of Egypt.
Therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations as an everlasting
ordinance.
[18] In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall
eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.
[19] For seven days no leaven shall be found in your houses, since whoever eats
what is leavened, that same person shall be cut off from the congregation of
Israel, whether he is a stranger or a native of the land. [20] You shall eat nothing
leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.'"
We normally have a Bible Study with friends on Wednesday night. But, we also have a Presbyterian congregation that shares our building.
Tonight, they are having an Ash Wednesday service......... and so far, only five people have signed up to attend. Four from their church, and one from ours.
The concept is foreign to me, but I somehow feel compelled to go be with that tiny little cluster of people tonight. And, I have to admit that I have no idea why.
Tonight, they are having an Ash Wednesday service......... and so far, only five people have signed up to attend. Four from their church, and one from ours.
The concept is foreign to me, but I somehow feel compelled to go be with that tiny little cluster of people tonight. And, I have to admit that I have no idea why.
I had intended to give up pipe smoking for Lent. But as I was sitting at my desk an hour or so ago I absent mindedly lit up my favorite pipe that had about half a bowl of tobacco from last night. Doh!
I guess I'm going to have to remove all those evil pipes and cans of pipe tobacco scattered around my office, home and shop. lol
I guess I'm going to have to remove all those evil pipes and cans of pipe tobacco scattered around my office, home and shop. lol
Repent and believe in the gospel.
Sackcloth and ashes.
From dust you come and to dust you shall return.
40 days to change.
Prepare your heart for the resurrection.
From a heart of stone to a heart of flesh.
Present your bodies a living sacrifice. (Giving up stuff for Lent)
To rejoice over the resurrection, you must feel pain over Christ's death on the cross.
Sackcloth and ashes.
From dust you come and to dust you shall return.
40 days to change.
Prepare your heart for the resurrection.
From a heart of stone to a heart of flesh.
Present your bodies a living sacrifice. (Giving up stuff for Lent)
To rejoice over the resurrection, you must feel pain over Christ's death on the cross.
