CLEBRATE CHRISTMAS OR NOT

We all know that Jesus was not born on Christmas. Most know that King Constantine changed the hedonistic feast of drinking, debauchery and giving gifts into Christmas. Even today our focus is on cakes, cookies, wine and biryani and giving of gifts to those who already things in abundance while forgetting the least of this world who have nothing.

We also celebrate Good Friday and Easter which like the Christmas, do not exist in the Bible. Finally, our favorite Sunday Service also does not exist in the Scriptures.

This does not mean that Jesus was not born or died on the cross and resurrected. All these took place, but the exact dates are not mentioned. But the Bible does have these dates if looked carefully.

The month of the Nisan (Aviv in Torah) usually falls in March–April on the Gregorian calendar. Nisan which means the new beginning, is the first month of the Hebrew Lunar calendar. So, when Jesus was born, overnight the Calendar changed the world over from BC to AD. Secondly on the 10 day of the Nisan God asked to take a lamb and keep it for 4 days for observation to see if it has any defects. On the fourth day, i.e. on the fourteen day it would be sacrificed, roasted, and then eaten with unleavened bread, bitter herbs and wine.

Now a days on the 10th day of Nisan we celebrate the Palm Sunday when Jesus entered Jerusalem and rode on a humble donkey and examined by people and found to the perfect lamb of God.


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