Are you ready for the return of Jesus Christ? Have you been cleansed by His blood?
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"Christmas" and "Easter" are pagan festivals. They are not found in the Bible. The LORD God does not approve of worship in this way. As it is written:
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Christmas was established as a Christian festival in the 2nd century, and celebrates the birth of Christ. Easter was established by the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. The council decreed that Easter would be celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox. Easter celebrates Christ’s resurrection after he was Crucified on Good Friday. Both festivals/events tell a story.
The Bible also tells stories, from the beginning to the end. Why are the Christmas and Easter stories Bad (pagan) and Bible stories Good (holy)? both the festivals and the Bible are a product and receive the endorsement of the Roman Empire. They both were established/written by men who served the interests of the Empire.
I fully ejected "Christmas" and "Easter" from my life. Of course I retained Mosaic Firstfruits and also celebrated it as Resurrection Day (which is an internal question among 7th-day resters). Funny thing, 25 years later, I discovered there's enough evidence that the Christian tradition of Julian December 25 might well point to a confused echo that Jesus's annunciation, conception, "epiphany", genesis, and "nativity" might have occurred on 25 Dec of 5 BC, corresponding to his birth on the first of Tabernacles (6 Oct) in 4 BC. One intriguing line is that Haggai 2 prophesies this date as 24 Kislev and Simeon makes about ten references to Haggai 2 suggesting he could've recognized and approved the date.
Therefore one thing we need to do in getting along with those rampant 1st-day resters is to be open to a couple hints in the text that there may be good symbologic significance to some things they day even as they are overcome by evil symbologic significance that has infiltrated their practice unconsciously. There is a way by which everything is pure to the pure. Celebrating Mosaic Firstfruits and a 25 Dec conception nativity can be done without sin. (Technical note: for Gregorian-Julian alignment of 2 days the celebration should begin the evening of 23 Dec, making 25 Dec more of a diaspora date; but getting off work the evening of 23 Dec is what people do nowadays anyway.)