Wisdom is determined by the quantity of, and how one administers knowledge. “Interesting stuff”.
Let us learn about Easter!
The reason for the season of Easter, is a result of a frantic effort to connect Jesus to the Prophets and the Jewish religion. Theologians modified his murder and “resurrection” into a new version of the old Passover. They “determined” Jesus was a symbol of the sacrificial Passover Lamb described in Exodus Chapter 12.
To mingle Old Testament ideology with New Testament doctrine is reckless. To suggest Christianity is related to Judaism is even more reckless. Christians copied and then remodeled the “God” of Israel to meet the specifications of their newly founded religion. After introducing a new and improved “God”, zealous religious salesmen (first Christian theologians), raced to find any words in the Jewish Bible that could be remotely linked to their new and improved version. Fifty years after the death of Jesus, Saul of Tarsus decided to symbolize CHRIST as the sacrificial Passover lamb. (first Corinthians Chapter 5: 7 & 8). OR.....A HUMAN SACRIFICE!
Saul and his proselytes, grasped any and all words that might suggest the advent of a “Christ” (another character copied from Israel) which they could apply to the life and death of Jesus. They settled on a subject close to the heart of Judaism, PASSOVER. (Exodus 12: }. Theologians made murder and “resurrection” seem as important to Christians, as Passover is to the Jewish religion.
The power and focus in the Passover is not the lamb. Nor does the focus or power abide in the blood. The PURPOSE of the lamb was to supply NOURSHIMENT for a hasty flight out of Egypt. The PURPOSE of the blood was to MARK a door post. Salvation was granted NOT by the LAMB, NOT by the BLOOD but by a sign (token), painted with blood, on a door post. Exodus 12: 13.
The integrity of the Lamb's health was necessary to avoid any one becoming ill during their escape from Egypt. The First Jewish Passover is a well thought out strategy and was successful, through obedience.
The fourth Month, April was once called “Eostre” after a goddess of that name. From that name, came the word Easter and was applied to the Christian version of the Jewish Passover in the early eighth century.
Easter and the holidays related to it are “movable” feasts and have no fixed date on the Julian or Gregorian calenders. It's date is determined on a calendar similar to the Hebrew Calendar. The first Council of Nicaea (325 AD/ CE) determined the rules to calculate the variable date for Easter.
In 2016 Christian Churches once more considered making Easter a fixed date, but still.???
