should Christians celebrate the Feasts?
07-30-2007, 01:35 PM
Why would you want a flame proof suit for that post? I think there's LOTS of good meat there that can be cooked up into a great dish!
Amen to the subtlety of the anti-semitism of simply ignoring that which went before. This is kind of the antithesis of failure to know history and being doomed to repeat it. Practicing willfull ignorance dooms us to spiritual malnourishment at a minimum, and a sidewise glance of disapproval of our Lord as we practice the snubbing of His chosen people.
Interesting about your thoughts that the commemorative celebrations being nearly as important as those ordained by the Lord. Not opposed to it, but interested. At least within the historical & spiritual contexts, I'd probably agree, at least to some extent. As a teaching tool, they're hard to beat. In fact, our own parish's Vacation Bible School had a session just last week on Esther and her answer to the Lord's call. Included in that teaching was at least the mention that the spirit of Haman still seeks to destroy the Jews, even today.
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As to the celebrations of those feasts, I'm afraid that we have to concur. We do not get to celebrate them nearly as often as we'd like, and not nearly so enthusiastically as we'd prefer. But then, we don't celebrate Thanksgiving in any sort of big way every year either, and more than a few Christmases have been very, very low key in our home. We don't have much in the way of family and none of it is within 1000 miles. And if we don't receive (or offer) invitations, it's just us!
We do look for opportunities to share, to teach, and to bring in the wealth of depth that comes with our holy days. People in our churches and in our branch of the spiritual family tree really need to grasp that we did not invent this stuff. It has its roots in things that are thousands of years old, and often at least hundreds of years older than the Christian aspect of our Judeo-Christian heritage.
Indeed, another evocative post. <EMOJI seq="1f607">:innocent:</EMOJI>
Amen to the subtlety of the anti-semitism of simply ignoring that which went before. This is kind of the antithesis of failure to know history and being doomed to repeat it. Practicing willfull ignorance dooms us to spiritual malnourishment at a minimum, and a sidewise glance of disapproval of our Lord as we practice the snubbing of His chosen people.
Interesting about your thoughts that the commemorative celebrations being nearly as important as those ordained by the Lord. Not opposed to it, but interested. At least within the historical & spiritual contexts, I'd probably agree, at least to some extent. As a teaching tool, they're hard to beat. In fact, our own parish's Vacation Bible School had a session just last week on Esther and her answer to the Lord's call. Included in that teaching was at least the mention that the spirit of Haman still seeks to destroy the Jews, even today.
<QUOTE author="Dave">
Dave Wrote:To say "your people shall be my people" is meaningless unless you say "your festivals shall be my festivals".What a GREAT statement, sir. It needs to be a bumper sticker somewhere.
As to the celebrations of those feasts, I'm afraid that we have to concur. We do not get to celebrate them nearly as often as we'd like, and not nearly so enthusiastically as we'd prefer. But then, we don't celebrate Thanksgiving in any sort of big way every year either, and more than a few Christmases have been very, very low key in our home. We don't have much in the way of family and none of it is within 1000 miles. And if we don't receive (or offer) invitations, it's just us!
We do look for opportunities to share, to teach, and to bring in the wealth of depth that comes with our holy days. People in our churches and in our branch of the spiritual family tree really need to grasp that we did not invent this stuff. It has its roots in things that are thousands of years old, and often at least hundreds of years older than the Christian aspect of our Judeo-Christian heritage.
Indeed, another evocative post. <EMOJI seq="1f607">:innocent:</EMOJI>
Blessings!
Dean
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