Do you believe that Christians should take part in Biblical jewish observances and holidays?
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I believe so.  Christians follow Jesus as their savior.  Their savior just happens to be Jewish.  He took part in these observances.
632014
Hey Roy,\n\nTo give you a better answer, perhaps you could provide references of the religions that promote tolerance of other religions?  I haven't found any yet.  I have found refs that say we shouldn't (as Christians) attempt to cause the fall of an Jews observance by inviting into your home and then serving food you know he cannot eat, but beyond that....?\n\nAs an American I am "tolerant" of your right to exist and believe as you see fit.... but I won't be "celebrating" it.  It's best not to confuse tolerance with celebration.
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I think there are occasions when it would be okay. For example, in the Bible when people are selling things in the temple in John 2:12-16 it says:\n\nAfter this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days. \n\n 13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.\n\n 14 In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money.\n\n15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.\n\n16 To those who sold doves he said, "Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father's house into a market!"\n\nHere, Jesus has a right to be angry and rude.
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Christmas is fixed because the Catholic church fixed it.  and it is totally the wrong time of the year, but they did it anyway.  \nEaster should be linked to the Jewish passover, as Jesus was the ultimate passover lamb.  This should be fixed by the Jewish calender, which we don't use.  A Rabbi should know.\nChristmas is definitely a pagan holiday, but the passover is a feast initiated by God in the Old Testament.  We really have communion and can do it anytime.
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The keep the sabeth on Saturday from sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday similiar to Jewish. Christ rose again on Sunday so Christians switched to using Sunday.\nI know Seventh Day Adventists tend to be vegitarians, rather strict/serious about their beliefs such as no working(or play) on the sabeth.
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Its not there, however, you are using the wrong calendar.  We should really worship Friday Night to Saturday, with the Jews, as Jesus did.  Using the Calendar and traditions he used.
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yes....most of the christian holidays were actually important dates to Pagans...christians would always have their meetings on saturday untill Constantine showed up then it was changed to sunday to help convince his sun worshipping pagan people.  Not only that but Jesus is believed to be born in late summer early fall but that was changed as well so that Constantine would be able to sell the product cause his people believed if you were not born in the later of December there was no way you could be the son of a God.  Not only that but the very picture of Isis feeding her son became the image of Mary breastfeeding Jesus.  The examples could go on and on.  Even the story of Jesus was told before he was born.  Just do some research on Mithra.
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No; Christians don't worship on Sunday because of Jesus' resurrection. They worship on Sunday because at the Council of Nicea it was established that Christianity & Judaism must separate. Did you know that Saint Nicholas (AKA Santa Claus) was on this Council? This is where the ancient, Jewish Synagogue most Christians know as the Early Church\nsplit from it's Jewish roots. The early church was entirely Jewish at it's conception.\nThis council made very clear, deliberate rules to separate the Jewish practices from the Christian ones. The Church did start out worshipping on Saturday.\nUnderstand that in Genesis 1; it says the evening & the morning were the first day. It doesn't say from sunrise to sunset, but from sunset to sunrise! It reverses the way Americans view a day. This mindset is what differentiates the Gregorian calendar (solar) from the Hebraic (lunar) calendar. If you look in the story of David, Jonathan & Saul; it says they were celebrating the New Moon. Jews follow a lunar calendar, & their Sabbath is Friday sundown to Saturday sundown. This is the Biblically commanded holiday known as Sabbath; a weekly day of rest offered to mankind. Even the 10 Comandments say to honor it, yet Christians simply follow tradition instead of doing what the Bible commands.\nSo, Jews also worship on the same day of SDA people. From what I understand, they also keep Biblically kosher; correct?
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I agree\n\nso-called christians are not following the Bible..only traditions of man\nIf the date of Jesus birth were important, dont you think it would be recorded? Can anyone find a record of Jesus birth being celebrated in the Bible?....I dont think so.  \nThis is because God's people were aware of the pagan roots of birthday celebrations...\n\nWhat is most important concerning Christ and his redeeming mankind is his sacrificial death.\n\nCertainly there are records of that in  the Bible.  Jesus gave the command to remember him (Lu 22:19) this was a new celebration to replace the Passover of the old Mosaic Law\n (every Nisan 14..which falls 14 days after the new moon following the spring equinox--according to the lunar calendar used at that time)
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Yes I do.  I am a devout Christian who believes that God sent his one and only begotton son to die for our sins, was raised from the dead on the Trird Day, and is to come again to judge the living and the dead.  God Bless You
11077
absolutely not.  The "Christ" part is only for the christian religion.  There may be Muslims celebrating Christmas as a holiday, but not because they believe in Jesus.
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Christianity & Judaism do not have to be mutually exclusive.  Many, many Jewish people over the last 2000 years have given their lives to the Messiah yet retained their Judaism.\n\nThe Messiah is Jewish.  He came first to the Jews and then to the rest of the world.  If you have a Jewish understanding of His teachings they have a deeper meaning.  He was speaking to the Jewish people in His parables, they understood the deeper meanings.\n\nSome groups teach that in order to become a Christian you have to leave your Jewishness behind.  But why?  Should we not celebrate the Feasts & Festivals and observe the same Fasts as He did?  Should we, as Jews, turn our backs on His heritage in order consider ourselves Christians?\n\nHowever, we should strive to live the way God intended, not the way the Rabbi's have fenced off the law and made it more of a burden then it was ever intended to be.  (Mat. 23)
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If the Jew is both fully man and fully God, and He rises from the dead three days later, then yes.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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Thanksgiving is a religious holiday that is in a special category.  It isn't a Biblical holiday, but it isn't specifically the holiday of another religion either.  The Orthodox often don't celebrate it specifically, but many others do.\n\nThe origins of Thanksgiving were from Christians who wanted to imitate the Jewish Feast of Sukkot, so from that perspective there are some Jewish concepts behind it - but we already have Sukkot just a month earlier.\n\nGiving thanks is very important in Judaism.  We bless the food before we eat and we say Birchot HaMazon (Grace After Meals), while most Christians only bless before meals.  There is much more prayer that occurs every day in Judaism so giving thanks is not restricted just to Thanksgiving.
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I'm with you.  \n\nI don't think it's a sin to celebrate holidays, but they are separate from Christianity.  \n\nThe only thing the Bible tells us to celebrate is Christ's death, burial, and resurrection - the Lord's supper - and the disciples did that on the first day of the week.  (Acts 20:7, I Corinthians 10:16-17 and 11:20)\n\nGrowing up, my sister thought that Santa was more powerful than God, because Santa brought her presents.  We do need to be careful what we teach children with our traditions.
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A very sensitive question to be sure. Hanukkah means re-dedication and it is a time when present-day Jews re-dedicate their faith. As many people know it is certainly not as important of a holiday as Passover, Yom Kippur, Shavuot, and other Jewish holidays. Most of the over-importance heaped on Hanukkah is due to its timing when comparing the Hebrew calendar to the Roman calendar. I personally find it ironic that the 25th of Kislev (the Hebrew calendar date for the first night of Hanukkah) is associated with the 25th of December (the Roman calendar date for the observance of Christmas). \n\nSo on to your specific question. There is no good answer why Christians do not celebrate Hanukkah. In the spirit of global tolerance and of coming together Christians may want to light a menorah to usher in the holiday time. After all there are an increasing number of Christians that celebrate the Passover holiday; even if it is likened to Christ's Last Supper which was undoubtably a Seder. \n\nOne of the most poignant discussions on the significance and relevance of Hanukkah to Christians is from Reverend Ricky Hoyt. I have included it as source. \n\nHappy holidays!!
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Yes I know that and agree. There has always been (since I've been a christian) a strange feeling for me at Christmas time. I felt trapped, enslaved, depressed, oppressed and angry during the holidays. Something just never sat well with me. I studied and found out it is all pagan and vain. God never says to follow any of these so called "christian" holidays. He did however mention the Holy Days in His Torah. I am not Jewish but I am being prompted by the Lord to study the feast days of the Lord and the Holy days and the Sabbaths. They weren't  meant just for the Jews but for all who were born again as well. They bring peace and understanding of the Messiah.