1 Timothy 4:1 says "But the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times, some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons.
This is the only guy who proved me wrong and came up with a better answer than me!
Hi Conrad,
I got pretty tired reading all those posts this late at night.
I find your approach to issues interesting whereby you explain that people will have to simply argue with the Bible. May I advance this same argument to you?
The Bible does not say that it is all right to celebrate pagan holidays. It says over and over not to worship the true God the way others worshipped their false gods. In addition, God commands His people to worship the Days He created for worship.
God set the astronomical calendar, for all people around the world, not just the Jews, Gen 1:14. Signs = same word as Sabbaths, Exo 31:13, 13:9. Seasons = holy day convocations. He did not do this in the permanent lunar solar calendar for temporary reasons.
The Bible commands observance of only His Holy Days
- The Bible shows observance of pagan holidays leads to God's wrath
- The Bible shows God's people observing His Holy days in the OT & NT
- I would suggest to you sir that your argument is with the Bible
In my own personal experience, I began research years ago about the holidays. I became convinced that all the "christian" holidays were of pagan origin.
As I studied the Bible and history, I found that the first century church did not celebrate any of the current holidays
They celebrated the Biblical Holy Days
Both history & the Bible verify this:
The church kept God's days - not halloween, Christmas, or Easter:
- Christ kept God's Holy days when He was on the earth
- The church followed in His footsteps
- Acts 2:1 kept Pentecost together
- Acts 12:3-4 Passover & Unleavened bread significant ear marks for church
- Acts 18:21 Kept Tabernacles
- Acts 20:6 Kept days of Unleavened bread
- Acts 27: 9 Kept Atonement
- ICor 5:2 uses puffed up because it was days of Unleavened bread
- I Cor 5:7 says to keep feast of unleavened bread
- I Cor 16:8 Paul waited to keep Pentecost before leaving
The Holy days are prophetic in nature Col 2:14-17
- They are shadows of things to come not things done away
- The Holy days picture events that are to come not those things done away
- Therefore Christ died on the very day of the Passover
- The Holy spirit was given on the specific day of Pentecost
- In all likelyhood I believe Christ will return at the last trump on the day of Trumpets
When Christ returns, He will force the world to keep these same days
- Zech 14: 16 makes nations keep Tabernacles
- Ezek 45:21 unleavened bread kept in millenium
- Isa 66:23 Sabbath new moons kept then
Christ is the same in the past the present & future Mal 3:6, Heb 13:8
- For this reason I will suggest that Christians should NOT be celebrating counterfeits that came later
- There is nothing to be gained spiritually from these
- There is harm in the keeping of them in that they distract and muddy the whole purpose of why man exists, and what God's purpose for man really is.
- The symbolism of all the other holidays is earth related or sex related
We should instead celebrate the symbol rich, meaningful holy days God gave, as we look forward to each step in the fulfillment of his plan. I will suggest to you, once anyone begins to do this, and understands the incredible meaning these days have, they would never consider keeping such days as Halloween.
What thinkest thou?
art