Posted on 10/15/2001 6:54:40 AM PDT by malakhi
| Statesmen may plan and speculate for liberty, but it is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a free constitution is pure virtue. - John Adams |
BigMack
Pascha is amazing close to the Hebrew word for "Passover".
Pascha is amazing close to the Hebrew word for "Passover".
I haven't noticed a difference yet. Haven't had much time to go anywhere but here. :-)
I bet you really love to listen to yourself talk. Come on now. Admit it.
I can live with celebrating our Lord's ressurection and calling it "Pesach". "Easter" is pagan. Which was my original point. Maybe you should change your name to "ignorant"?
My dear friend, I believe Paul was speaking of themselves being the bride of Christ. Notice in the verses immediately following this teaching Paul begins to "Show them a mystery", mortality putting on immortality. This is what was yet to be accomplished and they were told to wait for the Lords return to be "caught away", not seeing physical death. Then they would rule and reign with Christ. Christians today mistakenly read this as a hope for today.
My dear friend, I believe Paul was speaking of themselves being the bride of Christ. Notice in the verses immediately following this teaching Paul begins to "Show them a mystery", mortality putting on immortality. This is what was yet to be accomplished and they were told to wait for the Lords return to be "caught away", not seeing physical death. Then they would rule and reign with Christ. Christians today mistakenly read this as a hope for today.
You guys start getting your act a little in line with God and I'll come visit.
Thank you oh great one. I'll meditate on this.
The feast of Our Lord's Resurrection is only called "Easter" in English speaking countries. In countries where romance languages are spoken, and in Greece, the name is derived from the Hebrew name for Passover with consonants psch. In modern Hebrew, the vowels given make it Pesach. In Greek the Feast of the Resurrection is called Pascha. (Note the vowels in modern Hebrew were added by (sadly) anti-Christian rabbis in the middle ages, so what vowels ancient Hebrew used is not immediately clear.)
Ok. If Ressurection day is called pasach in other countries what's your problem with me celebrating Passover?
St. Constantine called the feast Pascha. In English the feast became known as Easter because it always fell in the month of Oestre, an Anglo-Saxon month name derived from a pagan goddess's name. To object to it on that basis, however, is a bit like objecting to Maundy Thursday because Thursday is named for the Norse god Thor, or to the Fourth of July because July is named for Julius Ceasar (who, after all is a pagan god, having been voted divine honors by the Roman Senate).
I have a problem with the Lord's resurrection day being named after a pagan goddess. If that makes me ignorant so be it. Easter=Ishtar. If you disagree perhaps you should change your screen name.
I know that and would not recommend doing so. Where would I go? I would last maybe a couple visits at most until I could stand no more and would commence to letting the folks know where they are in error. There are only a certain number of places to go before I would run out of my welcome, then what? God will show me my place when He is ready in His good time, until then I will torture you good friends with the truth.
When you now post to some one, it doesen't show right up, it takes three more posts from yourself or someone else before its shows up.
We may have to start a new thread to get this fixed. Should be an easy fix, we can get together on monday and talk it over when everyone is back.
BigMack
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