Why don't Christians observe Passover and other biblical holidays?

[Anonymous]

I grew up Christian, but my mom always made lamb for dinner on Passover.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up Christian, but my mom always made lamb for dinner on Passover.

That’s a very Christian thing to do. Most Jews do not eat lamb for Passover.

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So then there’s literally nothing I, as a non-Christian, can’t do at your Church?

So then what *are* the rules?

Someone posted them back on page 1 or 2!

Love the lord your god
Love your neighbor as yourself

The end.

Lots of religions are big on rules. Christianity (at it's core) isn't. It's ridiculously simple. Believe in Jesus, love people, that's all.

But the one that says “accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior.” That’s a big one, right? That’s the one that gets you into Heaven. So you say you don’t have many rules, but if you’ve got one that prevents you from suffering eternal damnation — well, that’s a pretty damn important rule.

You call it a rule...I call it a gift.
A gift which you have the absolute free will to accept or reject.
And yes, it's a pretty big one. In fact it is the ONLY requirement. "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one gets to the father except through Me." John 14:6

So you can go through all the motions of rituals and ceremonies and standing and sitting and praying and singing and whatever makes you feel close to God. But none of that is required. The ONLY thing that is absolutely spelled out by Jesus in order for us to have salvation is that we say "YES. Yes, Christ Jesus, I accept that you are my personal savior. I accept your gift of salvation."

You have already sinned. We ALL have and continue to repeatedly. Every action has a consequence. This is true the world over by design. And by design of our creator, the wages (payment) of sin is death.

But God the Father does not want us to live in separation from Him for all eternity. So he offered a solution to this bitter consequence. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son. That whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:!6

Yeah, but it’s a BIG one because if you don’t follow it, you’re going to hell.

Well, *I'm* not sending you anywhere. LOL

But you believe devout Jews are going to hell.

NP. Or anyone who doesn’t accept Jesus, right? That’s how the whole thing works.

[Anonymous]

And that's why it is a proselytizing faith.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PS WE EAT MATZAH BRAI DURING PASSOVER. It’s gross, so need to appropriate it.

If your matzah brai is gross, you're doing it wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:PS WE EAT MATZAH BRAI DURING PASSOVER. It’s gross, so need to appropriate it.

If your matzah brai is gross, you're doing it wrong.

NP. Dude, matzah is never good. It’s just not.

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So then there’s literally nothing I, as a non-Christian, can’t do at your Church?

So then what *are* the rules?

Someone posted them back on page 1 or 2!

Love the lord your god
Love your neighbor as yourself

The end.

Lots of religions are big on rules. Christianity (at it's core) isn't. It's ridiculously simple. Believe in Jesus, love people, that's all.

But the one that says “accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior.” That’s a big one, right? That’s the one that gets you into Heaven. So you say you don’t have many rules, but if you’ve got one that prevents you from suffering eternal damnation — well, that’s a pretty damn important rule.

You call it a rule...I call it a gift.
A gift which you have the absolute free will to accept or reject.
And yes, it's a pretty big one. In fact it is the ONLY requirement. "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one gets to the father except through Me." John 14:6

So you can go through all the motions of rituals and ceremonies and standing and sitting and praying and singing and whatever makes you feel close to God. But none of that is required. The ONLY thing that is absolutely spelled out by Jesus in order for us to have salvation is that we say "YES. Yes, Christ Jesus, I accept that you are my personal savior. I accept your gift of salvation."

You have already sinned. We ALL have and continue to repeatedly. Every action has a consequence. This is true the world over by design. And by design of our creator, the wages (payment) of sin is death.

But God the Father does not want us to live in separation from Him for all eternity. So he offered a solution to this bitter consequence. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son. That whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:!6

Yeah, but it’s a BIG one because if you don’t follow it, you’re going to hell.

Well, *I'm* not sending you anywhere. LOL

But you believe devout Jews are going to hell.

NP. Or anyone who doesn’t accept Jesus, right? That’s how the whole thing works.

Not every Christian believes that. But that is what PP believes.

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So then there’s literally nothing I, as a non-Christian, can’t do at your Church?

So then what *are* the rules?

Someone posted them back on page 1 or 2!

Love the lord your god
Love your neighbor as yourself

The end.

Lots of religions are big on rules. Christianity (at it's core) isn't. It's ridiculously simple. Believe in Jesus, love people, that's all.

But the one that says “accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior.” That’s a big one, right? That’s the one that gets you into Heaven. So you say you don’t have many rules, but if you’ve got one that prevents you from suffering eternal damnation — well, that’s a pretty damn important rule.

You call it a rule...I call it a gift.
A gift which you have the absolute free will to accept or reject.
And yes, it's a pretty big one. In fact it is the ONLY requirement. "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one gets to the father except through Me." John 14:6

So you can go through all the motions of rituals and ceremonies and standing and sitting and praying and singing and whatever makes you feel close to God. But none of that is required. The ONLY thing that is absolutely spelled out by Jesus in order for us to have salvation is that we say "YES. Yes, Christ Jesus, I accept that you are my personal savior. I accept your gift of salvation."

You have already sinned. We ALL have and continue to repeatedly. Every action has a consequence. This is true the world over by design. And by design of our creator, the wages (payment) of sin is death.

But God the Father does not want us to live in separation from Him for all eternity. So he offered a solution to this bitter consequence. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son. That whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:!6

Yeah, but it’s a BIG one because if you don’t follow it, you’re going to hell.

Well, *I'm* not sending you anywhere. LOL

But you believe devout Jews are going to hell.

NP. Or anyone who doesn’t accept Jesus, right? That’s how the whole thing works.

Not every Christian believes that. But that is what PP believes.

So then what are the ramifications of not accepting Jesus?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:PS WE EAT MATZAH BRAI DURING PASSOVER. It’s gross, so need to appropriate it.

If your matzah brai is gross, you're doing it wrong.

NP. Dude, matzah is never good. It’s just not.

DP. One year I made really delicious matzah brei but I have never been able to replicate it.

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Anonymous wrote:This bit about cultural appropriation suggests that many on this forum are unaware that many, many Christians do celebrate a Christian Passover and that it consists of unleavened bread to represent Christ's life free from sin and wine to represent the blood of Christ...and that the Christian passover service is symbolic of the New Covenant in Christ. Some Christian passover services also include rituals such as washing of each others' feet (though I've never been in a congregation that does this) in the way that Christ washed the feet of his disciples before the last supper.

I've never heard of a Christian Passover meal being referred to as a seder though.

I think it is maybe a bit surprising to Jews that we share so much of the same "story" of our faith? I often react in the same way when Mormon friends talk about stories or verses in the Book of Mormon. Their religion has the same Old and New Testaments that my Christian religion observes, but then they have these added sacred texts that are essential to their belief system on top of what my religion believes. And then they call themselves the One True Church. They are the REAL Christians.
So, of course it sets up an odd feeling inside me of how they are "doing it wrong"...but I don't have any animosity because I do think they are sincere in their beliefs. I don't think anyone on this thread is trying to mock Jewish people for their practices or faith. We just have varying degrees of understanding about what it is that each other believes/practice.

ummm that’s Easter my dude. Not Passover.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This bit about cultural appropriation suggests that many on this forum are unaware that many, many Christians do celebrate a Christian Passover and that it consists of unleavened bread to represent Christ's life free from sin and wine to represent the blood of Christ...and that the Christian passover service is symbolic of the New Covenant in Christ. Some Christian passover services also include rituals such as washing of each others' feet (though I've never been in a congregation that does this) in the way that Christ washed the feet of his disciples before the last supper.

I've never heard of a Christian Passover meal being referred to as a seder though.

I think it is maybe a bit surprising to Jews that we share so much of the same "story" of our faith? I often react in the same way when Mormon friends talk about stories or verses in the Book of Mormon. Their religion has the same Old and New Testaments that my Christian religion observes, but then they have these added sacred texts that are essential to their belief system on top of what my religion believes. And then they call themselves the One True Church. They are the REAL Christians.
So, of course it sets up an odd feeling inside me of how they are "doing it wrong"...but I don't have any animosity because I do think they are sincere in their beliefs. I don't think anyone on this thread is trying to mock Jewish people for their practices or faith. We just have varying degrees of understanding about what it is that each other believes/practice.

ummm that’s Easter my dude. Not Passover.

Yup! This has been the issue during this entire thread — people claiming they’re celebrating “Passover” when it’s Easter.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This bit about cultural appropriation suggests that many on this forum are unaware that many, many Christians do celebrate a Christian Passover and that it consists of unleavened bread to represent Christ's life free from sin and wine to represent the blood of Christ...and that the Christian passover service is symbolic of the New Covenant in Christ. Some Christian passover services also include rituals such as washing of each others' feet (though I've never been in a congregation that does this) in the way that Christ washed the feet of his disciples before the last supper.

I've never heard of a Christian Passover meal being referred to as a seder though.

I think it is maybe a bit surprising to Jews that we share so much of the same "story" of our faith? I often react in the same way when Mormon friends talk about stories or verses in the Book of Mormon. Their religion has the same Old and New Testaments that my Christian religion observes, but then they have these added sacred texts that are essential to their belief system on top of what my religion believes. And then they call themselves the One True Church. They are the REAL Christians.
So, of course it sets up an odd feeling inside me of how they are "doing it wrong"...but I don't have any animosity because I do think they are sincere in their beliefs. I don't think anyone on this thread is trying to mock Jewish people for their practices or faith. We just have varying degrees of understanding about what it is that each other believes/practice.

No we all know the history. Just call it Christian Passover. Don’t act like you’re doing the same thing as us, when you’re clearly not.

Do you get that she said she's not doing a Seder, and has never heard anyone call it that? Do you get that, therefore, she's not "acting like she's doing the same thing" as you? Do you get that she literally did refer to it as a "Christian Passover meal," so it's pretty obnoxious for you to tell her to...just refer to it as a Christian Passover meal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:This bit about cultural appropriation suggests that many on this forum are unaware that many, many Christians do celebrate a Christian Passover and that it consists of unleavened bread to represent Christ's life free from sin and wine to represent the blood of Christ...and that the Christian passover service is symbolic of the New Covenant in Christ. Some Christian passover services also include rituals such as washing of each others' feet (though I've never been in a congregation that does this) in the way that Christ washed the feet of his disciples before the last supper.

I've never heard of a Christian Passover meal being referred to as a seder though.

I think it is maybe a bit surprising to Jews that we share so much of the same "story" of our faith? I often react in the same way when Mormon friends talk about stories or verses in the Book of Mormon. Their religion has the same Old and New Testaments that my Christian religion observes, but then they have these added sacred texts that are essential to their belief system on top of what my religion believes. And then they call themselves the One True Church. They are the REAL Christians.
So, of course it sets up an odd feeling inside me of how they are "doing it wrong"...but I don't have any animosity because I do think they are sincere in their beliefs. I don't think anyone on this thread is trying to mock Jewish people for their practices or faith. We just have varying degrees of understanding about what it is that each other believes/practice.

No we all know the history. Just call it Christian Passover. Don’t act like you’re doing the same thing as us, when you’re clearly not.

Do you get that she said she's not doing a Seder, and has never heard anyone call it that? Do you get that, therefore, she's not "acting like she's doing the same thing" as you? Do you get that she literally did refer to it as a "Christian Passover meal," so it's pretty obnoxious for you to tell her to...just refer to it as a Christian Passover meal?

because “Christian Passover” is easter. What in the world do you think “Christian Passover” could be? On the one hand you do seem to distinguish it from Easter. On the other hand you are claiming it’s not actually a Seder.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up Christian, but my mom always made lamb for dinner on Passover.

That’s a very Christian thing to do. Most Jews do not eat lamb for Passover.

This is too funny! I grew up in NY eating Chinese Food on Christmas, so take that!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:PS WE EAT MATZAH BRAI DURING PASSOVER. It’s gross, so need to appropriate it.

If your matzah brai is gross, you're doing it wrong.

Matzo is not supposed to be good. It’s the bread of suffering, the food of fleeing slaves. Duh.