Christians. Jesus commanded his followers to observe one thing and that is Good...

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EvanMacdonald

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...Friday. Why don't we do it? Good friday, celebrated on the same date as the Jewish Passover according to the old Hebrew Callendar, is the observance of the beginning of the NEW COVENANT. It is the purchase of freedom for mankind at the cost of the LIFE of theonly truely righteous Man who ever walked this planet. It is the ONLY Christian HOLIDAY we are COMMANDED by Christ to observe.
Christmas has become a great party. Easter is all mixed up with the rights of spring.
Today, April 6, 2007, (Good Friday) I see people going to work as usual.
Are there any real Christians left out there?
Our Government obscures, restricts and prevents the observance of what most of us used to consider Righteous.
Your observations on this subject PLEASE!
 
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Chubasco

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The Big Billy Goat Gruff replies:

Where in the bible do you read this commandment from Jesus regarding Good Friday?
Please post book, chapter and verse.

Why would Jesus who celebrated Passover change what he celebrates - Since he honored Passover - should not all believers in Jesus (the Christ, Son of God, etc.) celebrate it as well or do Christians feel that they need not follow in the footsteps of Jesus and not follow his traditions.
 
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Aaron

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Good Friday is NOT celebrated on the same day as the Passover, which is meant for EVERYONE, not just Jews. This is because the Passover is on a different day every year. Good Friday rarely every corresponds with the day of the Passover. The whole Easter and Christmas thing has pagan origins and shouldn't be celebrated at all. We are commanded to keep ALL of the Biblical Feasts. Passover falls on April 18 this year, a Monday.

Here's a timeline of how Jesus was crucified. Keep in mind that a day on the Hebrew calendar ends at sunset, and a new one starts as soon as it is dark.

So, Wednesday night on our calendar, Jesus ate the Last Supper with his disciples. Since it was night, it was now the next day, which was Passover, on the Hebrew calendar.

At around midnight, so Thursday now, Jesus was captured. By around noon on Thursday (Passover), Jesus was put on the cross. Also, the Passover feast was eaten the day AFTER Passover on the Hebrew Calendar, so it would've been Thursday night when they ate the feast. Also, the next Hebrew day is the beginning of Unleavened Bread. The First day of this feast is a Shabbat (Sabbath). So, the reason they were rushing to get Jesus off the cross before nightfall, was because once the sun set it would've been the start of the first day of Unleavened Bread and a Shabbat, and you are not supposed to touch a corpse on the Shabbat.

So, Jesus died, was brought down from the cross, and buried in the tomb BEFORE sunset on Thursday. Then Friday passes, a normal day. Friday night, a normal night. Saturday comes, a normal day, and then Saturday night. Jesus rose on Saturday night, which would've been the start of Sunday on the Hebrew calendar, thus "in the morning when it was still dark", because a new day started at sunset. This completes the 3 days and 3 nights that Jesus was supposed to be dead.

So that is how it all happened, and why we shouldn't celebrate Good Friday the way we do.
 
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TommyRoberts

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That's nonsensical. Jesus did no such thing. His commandment was to love God with all your heart, your strength, and your soul --- and to love your neighbor as yourself.
 
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tonks_op

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There are many of us that observe Good Friday and the other days in what is called "Holy Week". Good Friday is a day of fasting and I spend 3 hours in church from noon till 3:00pm. Many people do. Jesus never told us to do it, however. I think you are a bit confused. At the Passover meal the night before his death, he told us to do the Eucharist in memory of him.
 
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Midgar

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Just pissed that you'd think they weren't real Christians just became they don't want to do what you want to do. And didn't you say it was a Jewish thing? Duh
 
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EdwardtheLess

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It's interesting that you noted that Jesus commanded us to observe Good Friday, yet provided not a single scriptural reference. Could it be it's yet one more tradition of the Catholic church that has no scriptural basis? (You are encouraged to read the Word of God, yes?)
 
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AngryCandy

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Jesus was crucified on a Passover day, which was the preparation day, and was buried at the sunset. Then, there were an unleavened feast Sabbath day, a regular day and a seventh day Sabbath before resurrection. The seventh day Sabbath was Saturday, the regular day must have been Friday, the unleavened feast Sabbath must have been on Thursday, and Wednesday must have been the day that Jesus was crucified. In the same way we can also see that his resurrection was also immediately after the sunset on Saturday Sabbath, even though people found that out before early dawn, which was still night.
 
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