Holidays Or Holy Days Does It Matter To Yahweh (God) Which We Observe
We have a choice. We can choose the feast days instituted by God or the holidays substituted by men. The choices we make affect our destiny and impact our relationship with our Creator.
Over the last two millennia, traditional Christianity has systematically laid aside the "feast days of the Lord" and established its own holidays. Christmas was established to enable pagan converts to come into church fellowship without forsaking their heathen customs and practices. Easter is a replacement for the biblical Passover and Days of Unleavened Bread.
Even the weekly Sabbath was abandoned in favor of Sunday, the pagan day of the sun, supposedly to commemorate Jesus' resurrection (though, as we demonstrated earlier, it took place not on Sunday morning but at the end of the weekly Sabbath at sunset Saturday).
Although we should immediately recognize that overruling God's instructions is dangerous behavior, let's consider, from the biblical record, whether such inventions and alterations are acceptable worship to our Creator God.
Changing God's instructions
When God began working with the ancient Israelites, He intended they set an example of obedience to Him for the nations around them (Deuteronomy 4:1, 6-8). They were to be a model nation, showing other peoples that God's way of life produces abundant blessings. Their experiences serve as continuing examples for us (1 Corinthians 10:1-11).
During their years in Egypt, the Israelites were exposed to Egyptian culture and worship. Notice what Unger's Bible Dictionary says about this culture: "The Egyptian religion was an utterly bewildering polytheistic conglomeration in which many deities of the earliest periods, when each town had its own deity, were retained …
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Over the last two millennia, traditional Christianity has systematically laid aside the "feast days of the Lord" and established its own holidays. Christmas was established to enable pagan converts to come into church fellowship without forsaking their heathen customs and practices. Easter is a replacement for the biblical Passover and Days of Unleavened Bread.
Even the weekly Sabbath was abandoned in favor of Sunday, the pagan day of the sun, supposedly to commemorate Jesus' resurrection (though, as we demonstrated earlier, it took place not on Sunday morning but at the end of the weekly Sabbath at sunset Saturday).
Although we should immediately recognize that overruling God's instructions is dangerous behavior, let's consider, from the biblical record, whether such inventions and alterations are acceptable worship to our Creator God.
Changing God's instructions
When God began working with the ancient Israelites, He intended they set an example of obedience to Him for the nations around them (Deuteronomy 4:1, 6-8). They were to be a model nation, showing other peoples that God's way of life produces abundant blessings. Their experiences serve as continuing examples for us (1 Corinthians 10:1-11).
During their years in Egypt, the Israelites were exposed to Egyptian culture and worship. Notice what Unger's Bible Dictionary says about this culture: "The Egyptian religion was an utterly bewildering polytheistic conglomeration in which many deities of the earliest periods, when each town had its own deity, were retained …
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Why Not Yahweh?
Yahweh is the proper name of the god of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Jesus, Paul, and all biblically based Jewish and Christian groups past, present and future (Exodus 3:15; 6:3). The name Yahweh appears about 7,000 times in the Hebrew Bible. However, most English translations render the name of our Father in heaven as “the LORD” or “GOD” (note all capital letters).
Exodus 20:7. “You shall not misuse the name of Yahweh your Elohim, for Yahweh will not leave unpunished anyone who misuses his name.” (Third Commandment, New Jerusalem Bible)
Intentionally mistranslating or covering up the name Yahweh in Bible translations, literature and worship may be considered by the Eternal Judge to be a misuse or slander and therefore a sin, be it of ignorance or intention.
“God” is the name of an Assyrian deity (Is 65:11).
Isaiah 65:11 But as for those of you who abandon Yahweh, who forget my holy mountain, who lay the table for Gad, who fill cups of mixed wine for Meni, is neither a proper name nor an appropriate title for our Heavenly Creator. His name is Yahweh.
Commonly known as “Jesus,” Yahweh’s son’s true name is Yahshua. It is prophesied that the messenger of Yahweh would have Yahweh’s name IN him – or IN his name. Furthermore, the name Jesus only came into use after the printing of the King James Bible in 1611 – we do not find the name Jesus in the 1611 version. So when we call the Messiah Yahshua, we remember that Yahweh is our Salvation (for that is what Yahshua means). Let us not take that lightly by referring to our Savior by the names of gods made of stone, wood and imagination.
I Like Using It Sometimes As Well
Some Think Call Him God Is An Insult But That's There Opinion
They say because god is dog backwards
I still refer to him as the god of Abraham,Issac, and Jacob -
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