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[hysop]

I agree with you-- but I've got a question about the golden calf. I thought they were grumping at Moses and the only true God for "leading them out in the wilderness to die" and I thought they set up the golden calf as worship to a pagan god, not the true one. Correct me if I'm wrong here.

In Exodus 32, the Israelites thought Moses had died, so they asked Aaron to build them an Elohim and so Aaron did and presented the golden calf as the Elohim that brought them out of the land of Egypt. Then Aaron declared a feast unto Yahweh (LORD in the Bible).

If it had been another god they were worshipping why proclaim a feast to God? I mean technically they were worshipping another god because God does not want graven images. But in their "hearts" and minds, they were worshiping the one true God.

 

[hysop]

Let's put it this way-- I'm sure the early christians like the apostles celebrated Christ's resurrection, but they didn't celebrate "Easter" to my knowledge.

I agree.
They celebrated the Passover
The only place "Easter" is mentioned in the New Testament is in Acts 12:4
Yet the Greek word translated as Easter in that one verse was translated as Passover all throughout the New Testament.
And the verse before that speaks of the feast of unleavened bread. Reading comprehension is needed to deduce that it is Passover not Easter that should have been there.

https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/g3957/kjv/tr/0-1/

 

[Chickeeaholic]

This may be sudden but I’m very worried and have been praying often.
My brother has been mysteriously fevering with uncontrollable heart rate and BP.

He cannot urinate well and I’m worried that it could be something terrible.
He’s on growth hormones which could bring his leukemia back. they might be Ambulancing him to the childrens hospital.

I'm sorry about your brother. He will be in my prayers.

 

[Chickeeaholic]

From what I've heard it's a pagan spring fertility rite "holiday" that the Catholic Church tried to "christianize" by applying Jesus' resurrection to it. But it seems nobody really pays much attention to that anymore. It's all about the bunnies and the eggs and the candy, all of which have pagan roots in this so-called "holiday".

The history of Easter in Christianity is really derived from Passover. It is documented from the Apostolic Fathers like Polycarp who was directly taught by John, one of the 12. Christ was crucified during Passover that is why before he is betrayed, he is eating the Passover meal with the apostles. It's very significant because he was foretold to be the Passover lamb for the world. It was kept by the church for this reason to celebrate the death and resurrection of Christ that happened historically at this time.

 

[Bakbuk]

The history of Easter is in Christianity is really derived from Passover.

Where'd the bunnies and the eggs and stuff come from then? Certainly not just out of thin air.

 

[Bakbuk]

Where'd the bunnies and the eggs and stuff come from then? Certainly not just out of thin air.

They have nothing to do with Jesus.

 

[All4Eggz]

Didn't the Israelites make the golden calf to worship the God who brought them out of the land of Egypt? That still made God mad. Yet to the Israelites they were worshipping Him in their own idolatrous ways.

No…
They were worshiping an Idol, not God “in their own idolatrous way”. What made God mad is that they where worshiping other gods when it was God alone who led them out of Egypt.

 

[Bakbuk]

No…
They were worshiping an Idol, not God “in their own idolatrous way”. What made God mad is that they where worshiping other gods when it was God alone who led them out of Egypt.

That's what I thought too.

 

[salshep20]

Where'd the bunnies and the eggs and stuff come from then? Certainly not just out of thin air.

You have a point!

 

[Bakbuk]

You have a point!

BTW love your sig!