Easter Celebration, Is It Biblical?
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You are still persisting in your nonsensical attacks on Easter. It is God who gave to Israel the month of Nisan as their first month. And it corresponds to March-April. And Jesus was crucified on the 14th of Nisan, and rose again on the 18th of Nisan. So what you are doing is mocking God for making the crucifixion of Christ correspond to the Feast of Passover, and the resurrection correspond to the Feast of Firstfruits. As usual you are off on a tangent.
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Correction. To Break Bread is not the Lords supper. If you study the background to the New Testament Church, you will find that in that part of the world the common greeting to join someone for a meal was 'come and break bread with us." I have read at least a dozen books on this topic and they all say the same thing.
I did not know this until I looked deeper into the background to the New Testament Church and there it was. So I investigated even further and realised that when the church came together for a meal, offering a thimbleful of wine and a piece of bread was ridiculous if the purpose of the meal was to feed the poor and needy which it was. No one was going to go away filled with a sip of wine and a piece of bread.
On (April 4th 2021) Did this Easter Sunday in the USA follow the vernal equinox on Mar 20th and full moon this year being Mar 30th, arriving at Sunday (April 4th 2021? "YES"
No place in scripture is the believer instructed to follow the vernal equinox, full moon, and the sunday following this moon, that's called (Easter) that many churches follow.
The believer is instructed by (JESUS CHRIST) to remember his (Death) not his birth or resurrection, (Simple)
(This Do In Remembrance Of Me)
1 Corinthians 11:23-26KJV
23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
No place in scripture is the believer instructed to follow the vernal equinox, full moon, and the sunday following this moon, that's called (Easter) that many churches follow.
The believer is instructed by (JESUS CHRIST) to remember his (Death) not his birth or resurrection, (Simple)
(This Do In Remembrance Of Me)
1 Corinthians 11:23-26KJV
23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
A Good Thing Gone Bad?
The believer is instructed by Jesus Christ Himself, to remember his (Death)
Not one place in scripture is remembrance of his Birth or Resurrection given, (Simple)
(This Do In Remembrance Of Me)
1 Corinthians 11:23-26KJV
23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
The believer is instructed by Jesus Christ Himself, to remember his (Death)
Not one place in scripture is remembrance of his Birth or Resurrection given, (Simple)
(This Do In Remembrance Of Me)
1 Corinthians 11:23-26KJV
23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
passover and easter happens around the same time.
while pagans celebrated easter, the hebrews celebrated passover. When pagans became christians, their cultural traditions crossed over.
Thats why you get the spring festival things with passover. In the southern hemisphere, its actually autumn.
The decorated eggs have become a symbol of new life of the resurrection, but the association is tenuous for some cos its not in the Bible. Yet some churches persist with the tradition for various reasons.
Its like how some churches put up christmas trees.
Im more likely to question um why? But people think its fun so they continue to do it. Im more of a live and let live ...if people want to do it then you cant stop them. If they end up sick from eating too much chocolate then that is their problem!
while pagans celebrated easter, the hebrews celebrated passover. When pagans became christians, their cultural traditions crossed over.
Thats why you get the spring festival things with passover. In the southern hemisphere, its actually autumn.
The decorated eggs have become a symbol of new life of the resurrection, but the association is tenuous for some cos its not in the Bible. Yet some churches persist with the tradition for various reasons.
Its like how some churches put up christmas trees.
Im more likely to question um why? But people think its fun so they continue to do it. Im more of a live and let live ...if people want to do it then you cant stop them. If they end up sick from eating too much chocolate then that is their problem!
There is no record in scripture of Christ commanding anyone to make a thread on CC
2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Nobody is trying to stop anybody from Easter, just bringing light in truth to the (Facts)
Easter has nothing to do with the resurrection, nor is it instructed to be observed biblically, same applies to Christmas, and the false claim of a Birthday of Jesus Christ
The believer is instructed by Jesus Christ Himself, to remember his (Death)
Not one place in scripture is remembrance of his Birth or Resurrection given, (Simple)
(This Do In Remembrance Of Me)
1 Corinthians 11:23-26KJV
23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
Easter has nothing to do with the resurrection, nor is it instructed to be observed biblically, same applies to Christmas, and the false claim of a Birthday of Jesus Christ
The believer is instructed by Jesus Christ Himself, to remember his (Death)
Not one place in scripture is remembrance of his Birth or Resurrection given, (Simple)
(This Do In Remembrance Of Me)
1 Corinthians 11:23-26KJV
23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, this cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
[had to EDIT what I tried to put earlier ^ ]
While I don't ENTIRELY agree with @Nehemiah6 's take on it, I DO believe Acts 20 is talking about "at a certain time of the year" based on the wording in the CONTEXT... Note esp v.7's "on the first OF THE WEEKS [PLURAL]"... this refers to a very specific time-of-year, rather than describing just any random day (that this was occurring):
Acts 20:6 -
Literal Standard Version
and we sailed, after [/meta - can mean 'in company with'] the days of the Unleavened [Bread], from Philippi, and came to them to Troas in five days, where we abided seven days.
Acts 20:7 -
And on the first [day] of the weeks [PLURAL], the disciples having been gathered together to break bread, Paul was discoursing to them, about to depart on the next day, he was also continuing the discourse until midnight,
Godbey New Testament [this wording is consistent with the Greek, where "weeks" here is PLURAL, i.e. "on the first of the SABBATHS [PLURAL]"]
And on the first of the Sabbaths [PLURAL] we being assembled to break bread, Paul spoke to them, being about to depart the following day, and continued his discourse till midnight:
Acts 20:8 -
Literal Standard Version
and there were many lamps in the upper chamber where they were gathered together [G4863 - assembled / gathered-together],
Acts 20:9 [re: Eutychus / Eutuchos - from "well / well-done" and "to hit the mark"; or, "well-fated, -fortunate"] -
and there a certain youth was sitting, by name Eutychus, on the window—being borne down by a deep sleep, Paul discoursing long—he having sunk down from the sleep, fell down from the third story, and was lifted up [airo - G142] dead.
Acts 20:10 -
Literal Standard Version
And Paul, having gone down [/having descended], fell on him, and having embraced [him], said, “Make no tumult, for his life is in him”;
Acts 20:11 -
Literal Standard Version
and having come up, and having broken bread, and having tasted, for a long time also having talked—until daylight, so he went forth,
Acts 20:12 -
Literal Standard Version
and they brought up the boy alive, and were comforted in no ordinary measure.
[...--Paul traveling--...]
Acts 20:16 -
Literal Standard Version
for Paul decided to sail past Ephesus, that there may not be to him a loss of time in Asia, for he was hurrying, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem on the day of the Pentecost.
[those "WEEKS / SABBATHS [PLURAL]," in this context (and where used elsewhere, like Jn20:1 for example), are indeed referring exclusively to the time-period BETWEEN Firstfruit [<--marking/representing Jesus' resurrection day (Lev23:10-23 / 1Cor15:20)] and Pentecost / Feast of Weeks / Shavuot; so that "in the FIRST of the WEEKS [PLURAL]" refers to its STARTING POINT (perhaps even including the entire first 7 days of those entire SEVEN WEEKS [the 50th Day being "Pentecost"/"Shavuot"/"Feast of Weeks"(<--aka "the FEAST of Firstfruits"/"the DAY of Firstfruits"[Num28:26]--distinct from [and not to be confused with] "Firstfruit" which was earlier, back at the START of the "7 Weeks"-Lev23:10-12)]--thus, a very specific time-of-year, rather than just any random day, re: THIS CONTEXT, here)]
Just my two cents... = )
[this is NOT to say that I don't believe they "broke bread" at OTHER times also! But just that the CONTEXT here is describing a very specific time of year]
]While I don't ENTIRELY agree with @Nehemiah6 's take on it, I DO believe Acts 20 is talking about "at a certain time of the year" based on the wording in the CONTEXT... Note esp v.7's "on the first OF THE WEEKS [PLURAL]"... this refers to a very specific time-of-year, rather than describing just any random day (that this was occurring):
Acts 20:6 -
Literal Standard Version
and we sailed, after [/meta - can mean 'in company with'] the days of the Unleavened [Bread], from Philippi, and came to them to Troas in five days, where we abided seven days.
Acts 20:7 -
And on the first [day] of the weeks [PLURAL], the disciples having been gathered together to break bread, Paul was discoursing to them, about to depart on the next day, he was also continuing the discourse until midnight,
Godbey New Testament [this wording is consistent with the Greek, where "weeks" here is PLURAL, i.e. "on the first of the SABBATHS [PLURAL]"]
And on the first of the Sabbaths [PLURAL] we being assembled to break bread, Paul spoke to them, being about to depart the following day, and continued his discourse till midnight:
Acts 20:8 -
Literal Standard Version
and there were many lamps in the upper chamber where they were gathered together [G4863 - assembled / gathered-together],
Acts 20:9 [re: Eutychus / Eutuchos - from "well / well-done" and "to hit the mark"; or, "well-fated, -fortunate"] -
and there a certain youth was sitting, by name Eutychus, on the window—being borne down by a deep sleep, Paul discoursing long—he having sunk down from the sleep, fell down from the third story, and was lifted up [airo - G142] dead.
Acts 20:10 -
Literal Standard Version
And Paul, having gone down [/having descended], fell on him, and having embraced [him], said, “Make no tumult, for his life is in him”;
Acts 20:11 -
Literal Standard Version
and having come up, and having broken bread, and having tasted, for a long time also having talked—until daylight, so he went forth,
Acts 20:12 -
Literal Standard Version
and they brought up the boy alive, and were comforted in no ordinary measure.
[...--Paul traveling--...]
Acts 20:16 -
Literal Standard Version
for Paul decided to sail past Ephesus, that there may not be to him a loss of time in Asia, for he was hurrying, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem on the day of the Pentecost.
[those "WEEKS / SABBATHS [PLURAL]," in this context (and where used elsewhere, like Jn20:1 for example), are indeed referring exclusively to the time-period BETWEEN Firstfruit [<--marking/representing Jesus' resurrection day (Lev23:10-23 / 1Cor15:20)] and Pentecost / Feast of Weeks / Shavuot; so that "in the FIRST of the WEEKS [PLURAL]" refers to its STARTING POINT (perhaps even including the entire first 7 days of those entire SEVEN WEEKS [the 50th Day being "Pentecost"/"Shavuot"/"Feast of Weeks"(<--aka "the FEAST of Firstfruits"/"the DAY of Firstfruits"[Num28:26]--distinct from [and not to be confused with] "Firstfruit" which was earlier, back at the START of the "7 Weeks"-Lev23:10-12)]--thus, a very specific time-of-year, rather than just any random day, re: THIS CONTEXT, here)]
Just my two cents... = )
[this is NOT to say that I don't believe they "broke bread" at OTHER times also! But just that the CONTEXT here is describing a very specific time of year]
Well, you are just trying to draw your conclusion from the word of God without understanding. This sounds familiar which is considered to be circular reasoning. The thing is that you are following is of a late source tracing back only to one source of evidence back to Venerable Bede. New Unger Dictionary by Merrill F. Unger being updated or expanded which early introduced in 1957 is therefore of late. Unger didn’t even cite earlier common definitions and even did not consider foreign tongue such as French-English Dictionary by William Caxton (1480), Geoffrey Grammarian 1499, John Palsgrave (1530-French-English), even Latin word, has the meaning of both Passover and easter in reference to the resurrection. Italian have both the same meaning. The German and Swedish ostern, Dutch aust to name a few.
Since your etymology has something to do with ‘Eastre” goddess of spring fertility which is based on traditions of paganism supposed to predate Christianity yet it has nothing to do with Biblical Easter or Passover. Biblical Etymology has something to do with the rising of Sun, in the day dawn and that exactly, the Sun of Righteousness springs Malachi 4:2 (Jesus Christ). The Lord’s passover” begins on 14th Nisan, Leviticus 23:5, with the sacrifice “at the going down of the sun” of the lamb which is called “the passover” Deuteronomy 16:6. Look also the significance of Luke 1:78 referring to Christ as “dayspring from on high”.
Further, when Tyndale used it, he never associates it with paganism. He used it to mean both Passover and Easter.
Perhaps you need to consider Biblical roots and not paganized roots. Even the Bible says of Easter in Acts 12.
Since your etymology has something to do with ‘Eastre” goddess of spring fertility which is based on traditions of paganism supposed to predate Christianity yet it has nothing to do with Biblical Easter or Passover. Biblical Etymology has something to do with the rising of Sun, in the day dawn and that exactly, the Sun of Righteousness springs Malachi 4:2 (Jesus Christ). The Lord’s passover” begins on 14th Nisan, Leviticus 23:5, with the sacrifice “at the going down of the sun” of the lamb which is called “the passover” Deuteronomy 16:6. Look also the significance of Luke 1:78 referring to Christ as “dayspring from on high”.
Further, when Tyndale used it, he never associates it with paganism. He used it to mean both Passover and Easter.
Perhaps you need to consider Biblical roots and not paganized roots. Even the Bible says of Easter in Acts 12.