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First, Jesus gave us only one command - Luke 22:19 - to remember the date of his death.
Jesus died on the Spring Jewish month of Nisan, the 14th day of Nisan.
That would Not have been ' late ' April, but the start or beginning of our month of April.
Jesus did Not teach celebrating a pagan Easter Sunday, but a remembrance of the first 'so-called' Good Friday.
As a wedding anniversary does Not always come on a Friday, the anniversary of Jesus' death ( Nisan 14 ) could Not possible fall on a Friday each year, thus the anniversary day of his resurrection could Not annually be on a Sunday.
So, we are to exactly commemorate Luke 22:19 the ' day of Jesus death ' as in harmony with the lunar calendar date as its starting location in Jerusalem.
He gave us several commands--MOST importantly to LOVE God and LOVE our neighbor. HE said NOTHING about DATES, rather he meant REMEMBER THIS DAY.
I think a more appropriate question is DO YOU ONLY ACKNOWLEDGE the "sacrifice" ONCE a year on one specific day?
I woud think Easter extends BEYOND the one day in March
Easter is a Non-Christian celebration. Not found in Scripture.
Resurrection date of Jesus is Not Easter and does Not always come or fall on an annual Sunday.
What one specific day did Jesus say to commemorate according to Scripture at Luke 22:19 but his day of death.
Because of a Lunar calendar ( as it starts in Jerusalem ) that annual date ( Nisan 14 Jewish calendar ) would Not always fall on a Friday Passover. As a wedding anniversary does Not always fall on Friday, so the annual remembrance of Jesus' death would Not always be on a Friday. That would also mean there is No annual Sunday resurrection date.
Jesus never taught to celebrate his resurrection, just to commemorate the date of his death.- Luke 22:19
Easter is a Non-Christian celebration. Not found in Scripture.
Resurrection date of Jesus is Not Easter and does Not always come or fall on an annual Sunday.
What one specific day did Jesus say to commemorate according to Scripture at Luke 22:19 but his day of death.
Because of a Lunar calendar ( as it starts in Jerusalem ) that annual date ( Nisan 14 Jewish calendar ) would Not always fall on a Friday Passover. As a wedding anniversary does Not always fall on Friday, so the annual remembrance of Jesus' death would Not always be on a Friday. That would also mean there is No annual Sunday resurrection date.
Jesus never taught to celebrate his resurrection, just to commemorate the date of his death.- Luke 22:19
^^^
This is my body broken for you, this is my blood shed for you (my paraphrase)
Whether you look at when the Jews in Egypt (prophecy of the church) came out of Egypt or out of Babylon, (as Jesus commands the church to to) they started at Passover through the blood of the lamb that protected them from the angel of death
The people who set the dates for "Christian" memorials disconnected from the Jewish lunar calculations and went to a solar one centuries ago. Easter is a day that celebrates the resurrection of Christ and has no connection as such with Passover, which is a Jewish Holy Day. In the early church they were celebrated contiguously, with some doing the whole Passover thing AND the following Sunday as celebration of the resurrection. Some did only part of Passover, some nothing to do with Passover, and some nothing at all. Those who did one thing supported the ones who did another, and all seem to have recognized that none of the above was necessary in the Christian faith.
This. At one time, there was an intentional disconnect in order to distinguish Christians from Jews.
To answer the OP's question - What are we celebrating? Rebirth. On many levels.
I will not deny that portions of Easter have pagan roots. I enjoy them immensely.
So, if Easter, in late March (3/27/16), really was the day of Christ Jesus’ resurrection 2,000-years-ago, how could He possibly come out of the grave 25 days before His crucifixion, death and burial on The Passover in late April (4/22/16)?
If Easter really was the authentic Christian celebration of the resurrection of Christ Jesus, Easter would ALWAYS occur on the correct Sunday - the first Sunday following The Passover.
So how is it calculated this year and what exactly are we celebrating?
Dear saan,
Easter, the Feast of Astarte, queen of heaven, was established at the 325 A.D. council of Nicaea, which was convened by the Emperor Constantine. It has little to do with Passover, and has everything to do with infiltrating the pagan feast days into the "Christian" religion. Constantine wanted a united empire, and combining his pagan religion with the "Christian" religion was his means of doing so. He also brokered a Trinity truce, but it took the Council of Constantinople, as well as the edict of Thessalonica, in 380 A.D., for a combined empire and official church ruling, at the behest of the Emperor Theodosius. Constantine's edict to burn all of Arius's books, and give a death sentence to anyone in possession of those books, didn't seem to have settled the Trinity question.
Orthodox Easter is scheduled around Passover each year. This year it's in early May.
Dear MQ,
The problem with Easter, is that when the angel of death comes again, they will find egg yoke on the lintel post instead of blood. I am thinking that angel will come right into that domicile, and make himself right at home.
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