Thanks to a decision made more than 400 years ago, not all Christians observe the holiday on December 25.
Why do Christians Celebrate Easter? Easter marks the triumphant victory of Jesus Christ over death and the grave, demonstrating His power to conquer sin and offer eternal life to all who believe in Him. We celebrate Easter because not only did our Lord conquer death, but withou...
Some Christians initially celebrated Easter on Passover, while others waited until the following Sunday, as it was the day of the Resurrection. However, in 325 A.D. at the Council of Nicaea, Emperor Constantine wanted to unify the celebration of Easter on a specific date. It was then ...
He has taken our sin and slavery through his sacrifice. Through his suffering, Christians can celebrate in the freedom that He bought with his body and blood. Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family...
In Judaism, eggs are an important part of the Passover seder plate. For some Christians, the egg symbolizes the rock tomb out of which Christ emerged to the new life of his Resurrection. Also, there was a practical reason that eggs became popular on Easter: They were forbidden during the...
1. They were taking advantage of those who had traveled long distances to celebrate Passover. Two things were essential for these foreign worshipers: an animal to sacrifice and Temple coins which local merchants would accept. There was probably nothing wrong with selling animals or operating a ...
We need to embrace this reality: longevity is not promised — some are blessed with it, some aren’t. However, in the light of eternity, all earthly lives are short-lived. Scripture reveals this very clearly: How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the...
Christians believe that Jesus is the light of the world, so the early Christians thought that this was the right time to celebrate the birth of Jesus. They also took over some of the customs from the Winter Solstice and gave them Christian meanings, like Holly, Mistletoe and even Christmas ...
The launch date of the Zionist invasion of Iraq was Purim of 2003, and the mission goal was to capture Baghdad in order to celebrate Jewish Passover in the main presidential palace of Saddam, which the press had pilloried as the megalomaniac “new Nebuchadnezzar”. Add to this, however, th...
Answer: It would not have been impossible in Jerusalem. There is no reason to think that all Christians in that city made up only one congregation. Although they met daily in the temple, we know that they did not celebrate the Lord’s supper there. The Jews would never have permitted tha...