marksman
My eldest granddaughter showing the result of her
Well Jesus did instruct us to do this in remembrance of Him.
Jesus said a lot of things that have been reinterpreted to suit denominational doctrine.
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Well Jesus did instruct us to do this in remembrance of Him.
@marksman
I believe God honours the celebration, and we are feasting to celebrate Jesus, to celebrate life, it's a tradition to eat fish on Good Friday, this may not be the main reason, but when we read the Bible there are quite a few miracles involving fish and it would seem Jesus did have quite a liking for fish.
Peter, John and James were struggling to catch fish all night, then Jesus tells them to drop the net in the water, they fill their nets to breaking point and fill up both boats nearly to point of sinking, Jesus then tells them now you will be fishers of men.
Jesus also fed the multitudes twice, first time he fed the 5000 with the 5 loaves and 2 fish, the second time 4000 people with 7 loaves and fishes.
There is then the miraculous catch of fish after Jesus's resurrection, like the 1st miraculous catch, Peter, Thomas, Nathanael, James, John and 2 others went fishing in the evening and caught nothing that night, the following morning Jesus asked of they had caught anything, Jesus then instructed them to throw their net to the right side of the boat, they caught 153 fish, this is when of course Peter realized it was the Lord.
So it's quite symbolic in a way.
And yeah Chocolate, well who says we cannot enjoy a sweet treat during Easter?
I could be wrong but I think the origin of the word Easter comes from feast. And as Christians we are feasting to celebrate Jesus, of course the passover feasts are also involved around it.
As a matter of fact, Did you know in the modern day, the witches absolutely hate Christians celebrating Easter, so we must be doing something right, and they absolutely hate Easter Sunday, Resurrection Sunday is like the worst day of the year for them.
So let's keep celebrating Easter! ;)
That's what my daughter and her family are doing. I asked her if she wanted to have communion together and they happily agreed.Hey why not do Communion at home, we did. ;) View attachment 9026
@marksman Anyway if you are looking for debate this is the wrong place, I do not wish to enter into legalism and I do not wish to debate about Easter here.
Let's celebrate Jesus;)
We believe in the Real Presence as such we can not do the Eucharist at home on our own. You see to us it is so much more than mere remembrance, the Eucharist is the Body and Blood of Christ so there is no Priest to consecrate the elements. All though is not lost for us because our Priest got permission from the Bishop to get Eucharist packages and will consecrate them and give them to us but it is taking forever to get them because of the shipping so we will miss out for Easter
Since I focused on the resurrection of Christ, your comments are meaningless. All that other nonsense can be ignored, and you too should focus on the resurrection of Christ, as should every Christian.It was nothing of the kind. Easter was the pagan festival taken on by the church and which celebrated fertility hence the eggs.
I don't get excited about easter as it has nothing at all to do with the death and resurrection of Jesus. That took place during Passover week which is not at Easter.
Nonsense.It was nothing of the kind. Easter was the pagan festival taken on by the church and which celebrated fertility hence the eggs.
Do you realise that the name "Easter" for this celebration time is peculiar to English.
Anyway if you are looking for debate this is the wrong place, I do not wish to enter into legalism and I do not wish to debate about Easter here.
Let's celebrate Jesus
Hahahaha
I don't know what you find funny.
It's peculiar to English because it's not based on a religious origin such as Pascha or Resurrection.
Hope you all have a wonderful Easter, the most important time of year on the Christian calendar, as we remember the price Jesus paid for us on that cross, so that we can have a bridge to eternal life, as we remember His blood shed, that we may be cleansed and our sins forgiven, and as we remember the stone rolled away, the resurrection, the victory over death.
Easter is a celebration of LIFE, Easter is celebration that Jesus is Alive and Easter is a celebration that Jesus saves, Hallelujah.
So Easter services are obviously looking different this year, as most will be streaming online, here is one I just listened to with my parents, a Good Friday service, we have been watching the last few services from this bunch, ever since restrictions came into place.
Looks like it. Let's not forget that the resurrection of Christ was under attack the day after it occurred, and has been under attack by pagans, Muslims, apostates, and scoffers down through the ages. Several persons have tried to claim that it was a hoax. But all attacks on the resurrection of Christ are from Satan, who was thoroughly destroyed and defeated at the cross and in the resurrection..Or perhaps they don't celebrate it or honour it or mark it any other way.
No sorry, it is not nonsense. Christians all over the world meet in fancy buildings at this time of the year but you won't find that in scripture so it doesn't mean it is right.Nonsense.
The death and resurrection of Jesus is celebrated by Christians all over the world at this time of year.
Do you realise that the name "Easter" for this celebration time is peculiar to English.
In most other languages the name is based on Passover, Resurrection or "Great Day"
For example:
Hebrew, Greek, Latin & Polish - Pascha
Italian & Catalan - Pasqua
Russian - Paska
See here
Of course Easter is about the death and resurrection of Jesus.
There is an interesting article here about the date of Easter.