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| Cortney Registered user Username: Cortney Post Number: 98 Registered: 8-2006 |
Did you celebrate Easter as an Adventist? My husband's family does not. I don't know why exactly, but this really bothers me. I thought Easter is supposed to be significant to Christ followers. | ||
| Dennis Registered user Username: Dennis Post Number: 1882 Registered: 4-2000  |
The Resurrection Day (also known as Sunday, eighth-day, first day, New Covenant Day, or the Lord's day) is a weekly Easter for believers. The Lord's Day: Does it matter? http://www.biblebb.com/files/MAC/90-225.htm If official Seventh-day Adventism allowed the celebration of Easter annually on Sunday, it would cause some of their members to wonder why they couldn't just attend church every week on Sunday. Since Sunday is linked to the "mark of the beast" in SDA circles, it becomes very scary for them to formally worship on that day. The SDA gospel of fear tries to keep the deceived in their pews. They are afraid to leave Adventism--even though suffering continually from cognitive dissonance. Have you prayed for an Adventist today? Dennis Fischer | ||
| Colleentinker Registered user Username: Colleentinker Post Number: 10969 Registered: 12-2003  |
Yes, Dennis...and Cortney, the resurrection is the reason we have Life. Romans and 1 Cor 15 tell us that if Jesus had not been raised, we would still be dead in our sins and of all men most miserable. Without the resurrection, there is no eternal life, access to God, or new birth. It is the essence of our life as Christians! Colleen | ||
| Bb Registered user Username: Bb Post Number: 642 Registered: 7-2004 |
As an adventist child, Easter was ONLY about a few chocolate eggs. There was no celebration of Jesus because it was a "Sunday" celebration. I think the adventist has a hard time making it a holiday about Jesus when they can't attend church or worship on that day! My mother was actually highly offended when I decorated with some Easter things last year. I didn't realize she would react that way, but now I think I understand. It's kind of like the Jehovah's Witness and Christmas, it is just highly offensive because they have decided it is a pagan holiday and you are following the world. I view Christmas and Easter equally as wonderful. Yes there are some pagan roots, but the Christians choose to celebrate Jesus on these days and it is a blessing! | ||
| Jonvil Registered user Username: Jonvil Post Number: 345 Registered: 4-2007 |
I believe that this goes beyond the Sunday issue. It is because in SDA theology Jesus is not central but peripheral that Easter is quite meaningless to them. Also, to CHRISTIANS, Easter is a celebration of His completed work, which Adventist reject. How do you celebrate an unfinished work with a doubtful outcome? John | ||
| Dennis Registered user Username: Dennis Post Number: 1883 Registered: 4-2000 |
Good points, John! Oftentimes, when pressed for an answer, Adventists will say, "Yes, Jesus is important, but...." Jesus is certainly "secondary" in their belief system which lessens or diminishes the glory due to Him alone. An elderly, well-liked SDA deacon advised me many years ago as follows: "Dennis, all those non-Adventist preachers talk about is Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, but we need to keep the Sabbath and pay our tithe." This elderly gentleman didn't embellish his statement with flowery rhetoric. He said it like he believed it. At least, I knew how loyal he really was about his Adventism. Dennis Fischer | ||
| Bskillet Registered user Username: Bskillet Post Number: 689 Registered: 8-2008 |
Because Adventists believe they are still under the Law, they accordingly must believe that Jesus is still in His grave. Romans 7:4-6: If Jesus rose from the grave, we are no longer under the Law. So, the corollary is that, if an SDA believes he is still under the Law, then he is saying Jesus has not risen from the grave. There is no other conclusion we can draw. No matter how much they would protest this, most SDAs do not truly believe in their hearts that Jesus rose from the grave. | ||
| Colleentinker Registered user Username: Colleentinker Post Number: 10974 Registered: 12-2003 |
According to Romans, the resurrection of Jesus is the reason we can now have new birth. Because Jesus broke the power of death, His resurrection life makes us alive eternally—even while we are still in these mortal bodies. Pentecost couldn't happen before Jesus rose from the dead. No wonder Adventists don't "do" Easter! They do not understand the new birth nor really teach it. They don't believe they or the man Jesus had a spirit that can exist apart from the body, so the new birth must be "mental", cognitive, idea or logic-based. Wrong! The new birth is spiritual, and because Jesus rose, our own spirits can be brought to life and never die! Adventists just can't go there. Colleen | ||
| Nowisee Registered user Username: Nowisee Post Number: 284 Registered: 5-2009 |
Yes, when I was little it was a secular celebration, hiding Easter eggs. We kind of had an Easter Sabbath because we got to wear our pretty new spring dresses and shoes. But since I wasn't taught that Jesus died to pay for my sins, and I had to go through the IJ, what was there to celebrate about His resurrection? We really celebrated an Un-Easter (like an un-birthday) where we gave glory to the day before His resurrection, but not to The Event that proved He was exactly who He said He was (we might be making some compromise with a "Catholic' holiday and showing there might be something special about Sunday)...that was an unspoken reality in my childhood. And with all my SDA childhood friends, too. | ||
| Flyinglady Registered user Username: Flyinglady Post Number: 7964 Registered: 3-2004  |
My family celebrated Easter like Nowisee did. Nothing special because Jesus rose on the first day. What a crock!!!!! Diana L |
