I've always wondered this and have yet to figure out or been given a truthful answer. Research shows Estar is a fertility goddess and the Egg represents this...???
Yahshua held and desired Passover with His disciple's..." Do this in remembrance of Me "...???...He didn't celebrate "Easter"...
****ON WHAT DAY DID JESUS BECOME OUR PASSOVER LAMB ON PASSOVER DAY?? AND ON WHAT DAY IS THE RESURRECTION DAY OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND THE FEAST OF WEEKS??
Numbers 28:16: �On the 14th day of the 1st month the Lord�s Passover is to be held.� Exodus 12:6,7,12,13: �Take care of them {The Passover Lambs} until the 14th day of the month when all the people of Israel must slaughter them {See Lev 23:5} at Twilight {Just after sundown to nightfall}. Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the door frames of their houses. On that same night I will strike down the firstborn of the Egyptians� but when I see the blood I will PASS OVER you.� Deut 16:1: �Observe the month of ABIB and celebrate the PASS OVER of the Lord your God, because in the month of ABIB He brought you out of Egypt by night.� Lev 23:6: �On the 15th day of that month {*ABIB*} the Lord's 7-day Feast of Unleavened Bread begins.�
Luke 22:7,8: Then came the day on which the Passover Lamb �Had� to be sacrificed. Jesus said, �Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.� Christ became our Passover Lamb on Passover Day! 1 Cor 5:7: �For Christ our PASSOVER LAMB has been sacrificed.� Whereas the Jews {who were following the evil Babylonian moon calendar} held their Passover on the 15th of Nisan {Which always occurs on the night of a full moon} and observed the Passover on the WRONG DAY as per John 18:28: �Then the Jews led Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman Governor {Pilate}. By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness the Jews did not enter the palace; for they wanted to be able to eat the PASSOVER!!� Which would have been the day �AFTER� Jesus correctly held the Passover on the 14th of ABIB which God had commanded. So we can assume that the month of ABIB is different from the Babylonian moon month of Nisan and therefore has nothing to do with the moon. When does the first month of the Bible Year called ABIB begin?? Many Bible scholars believe that it always begins of the first day of SPRING or sundown March 20th to sundown March 21st for ABIB is the Hebrew word for SPRING!!! And so the 14th {*7+7*} Day of ABIB can also be translated the 14th {*7+7*} day of SPRING!!
The letters {A=1, B=2 etc} in {*ABIB*} add up to {*14*} or {*7+7*}. {*CHRIST*} who adds up to {*77*} became our Passover {*LAMB*} which adds up to {*28*} or {*7+7+7+7*} on the {*14TH*} or {*7+7*} of {*ABIB*} which adds up to 14 or {*7+7*} days! [*LAMB*] & {*ABIB 14*} both add up to {*28*} or {*7+7+7+7*} in English Gematria!
All encyclopedias state that Augustus Caesar died on August 19, AD 14 and the reign of his successor, Tiberius Caesar, began 30 days later on September 18th, AD 14 and therefore the 15th year of the reign of Tiberius would have been from from September 18th AD 28 to September 18th, AD 29. Luke 3:1,2: �In the 15th year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar� the Word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the desert.� Now we know from Luke 3:1-3 above that John the Baptist began his ministry in the 15th year of Tiberius which most likely began on his 30th birthday according to OT Law {As per I Chron 23:3}. And we know from Luke 1:35-37 that John was 5 to 6 months older than Jesus. Luke 3:23: �Now Jesus Himself was as thirty years old when He began His ministry.�
We will now show why Jesus began his ministry on his 30th birthday {As per OT Law} which was on or about November 14th,, AD 29. If Jesus was 30 years old on November 14th, AD 29 then John's 30th birthday would have been 5 to 6 months earlier or between June 2nd AD 29 and July 2nd AD 29 which would have been BEFORE the end of the 15th year of Tiberius Caesar which ended on September 18th AD 29!!! The pagan Roman Catholic Church wrongly set December 25th as the birthday of Jesus since the pagan 7-day Roman drunken Feast of Yul ends on the first day of the pagan New Year which is always from Midnight, December 24th to Midnight, December 31.
However, God's Word shows that Jesus was definitely born on November 14th, AD 29 when He began His ministry on His 30th birthday as per OT law. Jesus rose from the dead on April 5th AD 33 and was Anointed or Baptized 1278 days earlier on October 5th, AD 29 and began His ministry after spending 40 days in the wilderness on His 30th human birthday which would have been on November 13th, AD 29.
The 30th birthday of Jesus was on November 14th, AD 29 since He would have been baptized or Anointed 40 days earlier on October 5th, AD 29 and since the Resurrection Day of our Lord Jesus was exactly 1278 days after His Anointing on October 5th, AD 29; or on April 5th AD 33; which completed the first half of the last 7 {1278 days} of the 70 7's in Daniel 9:27a when the Anointed One {Jesus} gave us a New Covenant and put an end to all sacrifices for sin in the middle of the last 7. 3 1/2 years is 1278 days.
If you go to the Internet under {timeanddate.com/calendar} you will be able to find the calendar for the month of April, AD 33 in Israel {Backspace and remove 2011 and type in 33 and scroll to Israel}. You will observe that April 2nd, AD 33 was on a Thursday and that April 5th, AD 33 was on a Sunday. So Jesus held the Passover right after Sundown on April 2nd,AD 33; was crucified on Friday, April 3rd, AD 33; and then was raised to life on Sunday, April 5th, AD 33. Then the 14th day of the first Bible month of ABIB or Passover Day, would have begun on the 14th day after March 21st, AD 33 (The first day of Spring}. If the first say of ABIB was from sundown, March 20th, AD 33 to sundown March 21st, AD 33 then the 14th day of ABIB or Passover Day would have been from sundown, April; 2nd, AD 33 to sundown April 3rd, AD 33. Jesus was our Passover Lamb {See I Cor 5:7} on Passover Day! And so our Lord's Resurrection Day is always on the **16TH OF ABIB**; which is always **APRIL 5TH* each and every year.
It is interesting to note that the 3 most important events in the New Testament took place on the on the exact same days as the first 3 Old Testament Feast Days!!
{**1**} Jesus became our Passover Lamb for our sins on the Passover Feast Day!!! Which always takes place every sundown April 2nd to sundown April 3rd each and every year. And always takes place on the 14th of ABIB or after{**7** PLUS **7**} days of the Bible year.
{**2**} Jesus rose again on the Feast of Firstfruits!!! Which always occurs on sundown April 4th to sundown, April 5th each and every year. And always takes place on the 16th of ABIB or after{**4**} times {**4**} days of the Bible Year.
{**3**} The promised powerful Holy Spirit came to all believers on the Feast of Weeks which is exactly {**7**} Weeks or {**7**} times. {**7**} days after the Feast of Firstfruits!!! Which always occurs {**7**} times {**7**} days after our Lord's Resurrection Day and is always on May 24th each and every year.
When the 1260-day Great Tribulation begins God's saints will then know the exact day of the 2nd coming of Jesus on the Last Day as per: Rev 3:3: Jesus says, �But {*IF*} you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.� I Thess 5:4: Paul said �But YOU BROTHERS {*CHURCH SAINTS*}, are not in darkness so that {*THIS DAY*} should surprise you like a thief.�
Resurrection Day is always on the 16th day of Abib on April 5th each and every year and the Babylonian Easter Suday also takes place on April 5th, 2015; an event which only takes place about every 30 years!! Resurrection Day begins at sunset, April 4th and ends at sundown, April 5th each and every year!
The last half of the Last 7 of the 70 7 's as per Daniel 9:27b was reduced from 1278 days to 1260 days or 42 {30-day} months {see Rev 13:5} by Jesus in:
Matthew:21,22: Jesus says, "For there will be great distress, unequaled from the world until now--and never to be equaled again. If those {1278} days had not been cut short; no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those 1278} days will be shortened . {To 1260days}
I would say the world the ord Easter to celebrate, and some Christian celebrate Easter because they don't know the correct name for the celebration... the word Easter is found in the book of Acts 12:4 , which reads in the KJV: "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."
The Greek word that the King James Version translates as �Easter� is actually the word �Pascha� (Hebrew: פסח�Pesach) which means �Passover�.
Most Christians use the word Easter Sunday, some use Resurrection Sunday, and some use Passover Sunday. Either word, Passover, Easter or Resurrection still means the same That Christ HAS RISEN, AND HE'S ALIVE AND WELL.
Possibly a Roman Catholic thing...wanting to bring the "Pagan's" in...I don't know..it just doesn't sit well with me and Yahshua / Jesus didn't come to start a new "religion" of Catholoism = universal. Papa God created "one new man" ... Jew and Gentile...and I only see this in Messianic gatherings...
Oh well...at least I understand His death, resurrection and eternal life...
Many Christians who wrongly believe that the KJV is the only inspired version, wrongfully accept the KJV translation of **PASCHA** in Acts 12:4 as **EASTER** when **PASCHA** should always be translated **PASSOVER** and not **EASTER**!
Acts 12:4: Herod intended to bring him out for trial after the **PASSOVER**. {Not the KJV **EASTER**}
The feast day of Easter is a pagan celebration of renewal and rebirth. Celebrated in the early spring, it honored the pagan Saxon goddess Eastre.
And so it is a sin to call our Lord's glorious Resurrection Day **EASTER**!! Our Lord's Resurrection Day is always from sundown, April 4th to sundown, April 5th each and every year. Our Lord's glorious Resurrection took place at sunrise on April 5th AD 33!
I find the 'christians' to be extremely lazy;they want someone to tell them what the Word of GOD Almighty says, instead of reading for themselves.
A lot of people have been told that they should not try reading the because they will not understand because they have not ben to the cemetary to get a degree in theology.
Most may not be believers, because the Holy Spirit will lead people into all the truth, and will reveal who Messiah is, and what He is like.
Then 'We pay the man called the pastor to read and teach us'.
@Prophetic: And so it is a sin to call our Lord's glorious Resurrection Day **EASTER**!!
Firstly, Let's not become judgmental OR legalistic saying what is a sin and what isn't a sin based on what WE consider is a sin, since God has ALREADY DECREED what HE CONSIDERS a sin in HIS manual (the Bible)...
Secondly, the word EASTER is a Greek word meaning "PASSOVER" ... THEREFORE, if one calls it EASTER or PASSOVER OR RESURRECTION Sunday, it still remains the same.
Christians celebrate the day we have set aside as being our Lord's day of His resurrection from the grave for the remission of our sins. Sinners celebrate EASTER as a national holiday all over the world without spiritual significance and associate it with the bunny rabbit and chicken eggs.
The SIN is, believing that bunny rabbits lay chicken eggs.
Many Christians who wrongly believe that the KJV is the only inspired version, wrongfully accept the KJV translation of **PASCHA** in Acts 12:4 as **EASTER** when **PASCHA** should always be translated **PASSOVER** and not **EASTER**!
Every other English Bible translates **PASCHA** as **PASSOVER* in Acts 12:4. Every Greek scholar will tell you that you can never translate **PASCHA** as the sinful KJV **EASTER**!!
The Roman Catholic Church sinfully called the glorious Resurrection Day of our Lord Jesus**EASTER** in AD 325.
Acts 12:4: Herod intended to bring him out for trial after the **PASSOVER**. {Not the KJV **EASTER**}
The feast day of Easter is a pagan celebration of renewal and rebirth. Celebrated in the early spring, it honored the pagan Saxon goddess Eastre.
And so it is a sin to call our Lord's glorious Resurrection Day **EASTER**!! Our Lord's Resurrection Day is always from sundown, April 4th to sundown, April 5th each and every year. Our Lord's glorious Resurrection took place at sunrise on April 5th AD 33!
I will not getting into a word argument with you over the meaning of the translation of the word Pascha to EASTER... no matter what language or which word translation is used, it still is a word Christians use to celebrate and denote the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. And your calling it a sin to use the word Easter I would say, places you equal to God, in that, YOU have the ability to decree what YOU consider is sin and what isn't sin... you go boy, if you've got it going on like that!...
My questions to you in regards to your comments: "The Roman Catholic Church sinfully called the glorious Resurrection Day of our Lord Jesus**EASTER** in AD 325." And that the word Easter is a pagan celebration named after the Saxon's goddess Eastre"
QUESTIONs: (1) Was Ad 325, BEFORE Christ's resurrection or AFTER His resurrection, that "the Roman Catholic Church supposedly sinfully called the glorious Resurrection Day of our Lord Jesus Easter?"
QUESTION (2) Do you have evidence that there was such a Saxons goddess named Eastre and that this word Easter derives from her name?...
