Easter's Importance

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Of the two-- forgiveness vs. acquittal --I prefer acquittal because forgiveness leaves
traces on the books, whereas acquittal leaves no traces.

For example; files are to be opened at the scene depicted by Rev 20:11-15. I've no
doubt that quite a few of the "works" in those files are forgiven works; yet there they are
to be reckoned with because the offender, though forgiven, wasn't acquitted-- roughly
defined as an adjudication of innocence due to lack of sufficient evidence to convict.

• Rom 4:25 . . He was delivered over to death for our sins, and was raised to life for our
justification.

The Greek word translated "justification" roughly pertains to a verdict of innocence which,
in my estimation, is a whole lot's better than a pardon.

* Note that Jesus' crucifixion alone wasn't sufficient to gain folks an acquittal, viz:
had his crucified dead body not been restored to life, we'd all remain in very grave
danger of facing justice at the great white throne event.

• 1Cor 15:17 . . If Christ has not been raised, then your faith is useless, and you are still
under condemnation for your sins.
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Christ's followers are counted as joint participants in his crucifixion. (Rom
6:3, Rom 6:6, Gal 2:20)

They are also counted as joint participants in his resurrection. (Rom 6:4-5)

So then, seeing as Christ will never again be put to death for sin, and from
now on be permanently immortal (Rom 6:9-10) then the same is true for his
joint participants, i.e. never again will they be in danger of the wages of sin,
and should make an effort to accept that they have immortality in the bag.
(Rom 6:11)
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Eos-tare has no significance to us.

but Christ set aside His life on Pascha, and took it up again on Firstfruits.

being immersed into Him, we also are immersed into His death, immersed into the sacrifice of the Paschal lamb, and rising with Him, we are immersed into the significance of the first fruits, He the First and we within Him, sharing that blessing.

we aren't going to get anywhere significant in understanding these things if we trade the actual feast days they took place on for imaginary pagan ones, imo

His blood is on our door jambs, and we ought take all of Him, with nothing left over, doing so with our feet shod and our belt tightened, ready to be depart - for He comes to take us out of Egypt, a three day journey to meet with God

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● Job 14:14 . . If a man dies, will he live again?

Back in ancient times; men like Job were attuned to nature. In point of fact,
Job was a very successful rancher; a guy who made his living working
outdoors.

Every year he watched things die in the Fall and come back in the Spring. If
only human life were like that; but alas, when people die they typically don't
regenerate like the new leaves on a dormant maple tree-- a thought shared
by just about everyone familiar with nature: but Christ trumps nature.

● Acts 2:24 . . . God released him from the pains of death, and raised him
back to life again, for death could not keep him in its grip.
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Easter's Importance

Fulfilled prophecy and verified divinity.

Amen IT IS FINISHED! He died we died.. He rose we rose.. praise GOD GLORY TO JESUS CHRIST.

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FAQ: So; how would an interested party go about obtaining this acquittal
about which you speak?

REPLY: It's available upon request.

Find a quiet place, anywhere will do. Cover you face with your hands for a
sense of privacy and tell God you have never yet measured up to His
standards and you're pretty sure you never will. Tell Him you would like to
take advantage of His son's death and resurrection; and thank Him for His time.

Buen Camino
(Pleasant Journey)

Without The Birth of Jesus we would have no blood shed --or death or Resurrection of Jesus and we would end up only with the Easter Bunny and a bunch of Chocolate that would mean we are all doomed to Hell -----

So Thanks Be To God for Sending His only Begotten Son ---tho shed His Blood and be Crucified and Resurrected so we could have if we want to Eternal Life instead of Eternal Death --------

Meaning what?

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Along with the justification discussed in post No.1 is the possibility of our
own resurrections.

● 1Pet 1:3-6 . . Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In
his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can
never perish, spoil or fade-- kept in heaven for you, who through faith are
shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be
revealed in the last time.

The salvation ready to be revealed in the last time is most likely the
resurrection that Paul spoke of in Rom 8:23-25, 1Cor 15:12-57, and 1Thess
4:13-18. In other words; had not Jesus' crucified dead body been restored
to life, his followers would've had no hope of bouncing back from death, i.e.
his made theirs possible.
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Just for clarification,
the origin of Easter is pagan and a pagan holiday in worship of queen Eostra which holiday coincided with the Jewish passover. The Greek word in Acts 12:4 is 'pascha' which translates to passover, not Easter. The translators of the KJV took the liberty to insert the word Easter instead of using the correct translation of passover (pascha). Easter has nothing whatsoever to do with Christianity and worship of the Lord.

Well actually Easter became a Christian holiday a long time before the 17th century. Christians today celebrate the resurrection of Christ on Easter Sunday. There could be no more important celebration, not only for Christians but for the world at large. The whole unbelieving world is reminded that Christ rose from the dead and is a living Savior.

All the days of the week have pagan roots also, but you don't see Christians going around and saying" "We cannot have Monday, or Tuesday, or Wednesday, etc on our calendars so we need to replace all those pagan names".

Challenge: work in “vernal equinox” into a conversation without talking about Easter. You have 24 hours.

Please show the passage or passages where the KJB makes reference to Easter.. I have either been overlooking it or have forgotten it all these years. I truly do dislike the term Easter for it is a reference to the pagan goddess of fertility, ergo the eggs.

You are advocating the view that Easter was in fact the name of the Anglo-Saxon pagan goddess of spring and that Herod was waiting till after this pagan holiday was over before he was going to have Peter killed. There are however many serious problems with this view. Number one is the fact that the pagan goddess was named Eoestre or Eastre or some say Ishtar or Astarte (all different gods and goddesses), but the name is not Easter.

If the King James Bible had read: "intending after Ishtar" or "intending after Eoestre", they might have a case for their argument. But it clearly does not read that way. It says: "intending after EASTER to bring him forth to the people."

See post #18

Acts 12:4 "And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people."