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Easter or Passover Which is It

Easter is a Christian holiday celebrating the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, originating from the German goddess Eostre, associated with spring and fertility. The connection between Easter and Christ's resurrection is debated, with historical ties to Emperor Constantine and the Council of Nicaea, which established its timing. The document argues that the Feast of Passover and Unleavened Bread more accurately symbolizes Christ's death and resurrection, as it is rooted in biblical tradition and lacks the pagan influences present in Easter celebrations.

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Easter or Passover Which is It

Easter is a Christian holiday celebrating the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, originating from the German goddess Eostre, associated with spring and fertility. The connection between Easter and Christ's resurrection is debated, with historical ties to Emperor Constantine and the Council of Nicaea, which established its timing. The document argues that the Feast of Passover and Unleavened Bread more accurately symbolizes Christ's death and resurrection, as it is rooted in biblical tradition and lacks the pagan influences present in Easter celebrations.

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WHY EASTER ?

WHY NOT
PASSOVER AND FEAST OF
UNLEAVENED BREAD??

What is Easter and where does it originate from ?


Easter is a Christian or cultural holiday to honour the memory of the death and resurrection of
Jesus Christ. Christians who observe the Easter festival classifies the week as an holy week,
starting with Palm Sunday, to mark the beginning of the holy week and also for the entrance of
Jesus into Jerusalem. They go further to observe the Good Friday, as the day He was crucified
and died on Calvary. It end with the following Sunday which marks His resurrection.

But what really is the origin of Easter ??

The word is Easter is of German origin. It is gotten from the word Eostre the German goddess
who was celebrated at the beginning of spring. According to Karen Cyson (2022), Eostre is the
pagan fertility goddess of humans and crops. The traditional colors of the festival are green, yellow
and purple. The symbols used are hares and eggs, representing fertility (because we all know that
bunnies breed like, well, rabbits) and new life.. The only reference to this goddess comes from the
writings of the Venerable Bede, a British monk who lived in the late seventh and early eighth
century. Bruce Forbes summarized his work:

“Bede wrote that the month in which English Christians were celebrating the resurrection of Jesus
had been called Eosturmonath in Old English, referring to a goddess named Eostre. And even
though Christians had begun affirming the Christian meaning of the celebration, they continued to
use the name of the goddess to designate the season.”

His work was so influential to later Christian such that the name got stock and is still being used till
date.
Photo credit to ; crosswalk.com.

What is the Feast of Passover and Unleavened


Bread?
The feast of Passover is a festival of the Jewish people to mark the day, an angel of death passed
through the houses of the Israelites and struck all the Egyptians first born while sparing those of
the Israelites (Exodus 12:26).

The feast of unleavened bread also known as Chag HaMatztot,is celebrated for seven days from
Erev Passover, it is a week of sanctification, being especially set apart for God, to be holy as he is
holy. It is a time for putting away leaven or hametz and keeping it out of lives. these days no one is
meant to eat anything with yeast and they are to get rid of anything that has to do with it from the
first day of the feast (Exodus 12:15-20).

Is Easter connected to the death and resurrection of Christ?

Many Christians believe the Easter celebration is connected to the death and resurrection of Christ
but the question most fail to answer is the question of how and when ?

Well the only connection can seldomly be traced to doings of Emperor Constantine. Around 300
AD, the population of Christians in Rome increased vastly. In 312 AD, the emperor was converted
into a Christianity by so doing, he put an end to the persecution and execution of Christians.
However, he knew that just because he had converted, it didn’t mean that pagans would stop

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following their rituals and traditions. So he slowly started to adopt existing pagan rituals into
Christian festivities. In 325 AD, the church council known as the Council of Nicaea – first decided
that Easter’s celebration should fall on the Sunday after the first full moon of the spring equinox.
And thus Easter Sunday was born, and symbols associated with nature’s rebirth and renewal
came to be associated with the rebirth or resurrection of Christ.

Many a man says but yet none can be pointed to how Easter is connected to the death and
resurrection of Christ. Just like Christmas and some other pagan festival. They all found their way
into Christianity with no claim to the when and where it is written in the Holy book.

Hence the question; why Easter and not the Festival of Passover and Unleavened Bread ?

The feast of unleavened bread has always been part of the old and new testament. It symbolises
the death and resurrection of Christ more than any other claims. Our Lord Jesus said;

For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. And
he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which
is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This
cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you, (Luke 22:18).

Most Christians today, suffer from ignorance. Many fail to read and thus believe what is told. Most
times they argue baseless without reading the word the Father. Celebrating Easter is not a
celebration of Christ resurrection nor in remembrance of him. For there is not a place it is written
that a day be set aside and called Easter to remember Him. In his word he said celebrate this feast
in honour of me, by this feast he meant the feast of Passover /unleavened bread.

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