Why don't Christians or Jews celebrate the year of Jubilee every 50 years?
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Leviticus, my favorite book for proving the bible is fiction.
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Yes\n\nThere seems to be alot of confusion about this among Christians. I hope that I can help clear some of it up.\n\nMany people say "it is the Jewish Sabbath" or "the Sabbath of the Jews" or any other variation of this. Show me where it says that in the Bible. The Bible clearly says the the 7th day (Saturday) is the "Sabbath of the Lord" Exodus 20:10\n\n"Jesus said the Sabbath was made for MAN." he did not say "The Sabbath was made for the JEWS."\n\nIt was given to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden if they are Jews we are all Jews. Genesis 2:1-3\n\n\nThere is no seperate day of worship for Christians and Jews. NO verse in the Bible supports the idea that the Old Covenant day of worship was Sabbath, but the New Covenant day is Sunday. There is only one day of worship sanctioned by God and that is the Sabbath(Satuday). If I am wrong provide the verse where God says to forget the one commandment that starts with the word "REMEMBER".\n\nIf God did away with the laws are we now free to murder people and commit adultery and steal and worship other gods? Then why are we now "free" to ignore the 4th commandment\n\nAnd it does matter which day God did not say pick a day He said "THE" 7th day is "THE" Sabbath. The jews did not have names for their days they had numbers  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Sabbath. The jews knew which day he meant because it was the only day with a name. Celebrating Sabbath on another day is like celebrating independence day on November 15.\n\nThe First person to say it does not matter how we worship God as long as we worshipwas Cain. Cain said "God is not specific The sacrifice is just a concept you can offer fruit if you want."\n\nWe all now know Cain was wrong. When God says He wants a living sacrifice, He means a living sacrifice, and When God says "The Seventh day is the Sabbath" He means the 7th day. It is not up for debate.\n\nThere is no verse in the Bible that says that the new day of worship was changed to Sunday.\n\n\nObedience is not legalism\n\nDoes God expect people to do what He says?\n\nWhy is sin in the world? \nBecause 2 people did not do what God said. They did not obey.\n\n"Why do you call me Lord, Lord and DO NOT the things that I say" Luke 6:46\n"He that saith, 'I know him' and keepeth NOT His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him." I John 2:4\n\n\n\nWe need to start following what God says in the Bible. and it is clear from the word that the 7th(Saturday) is the Sabbath OF THE LORD and God expects us to keep it Holy.
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Its not there, however, you are using the wrong calendar.  We should really worship Friday Night to Saturday, with the Jews, as Jesus did.  Using the Calendar and traditions he used.
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Jehovah's Witnesses believe strongly in God Jehovah and in his Son Jesus Christ.\n\nRegarding birthday celebrations, bible students are encouraged to consider:\n: 0% of faithful biblical Jews celebrated birthdays\n: 0% of first century Christians celebrated birthdays\n: 100% of birthdays celebrated in the bible were by debauched enemies of God (See Mark 6:17-29; Gen 40:19-22) \n\nBible historians (M'Clintock, Strong, and others) have noted that faithful Jews of the bible did not celebrate birthdays, and that ancient pagan birthday celebrations were at least partially intended to honor the patron gods of the particular day.\n\nBy comparison with such paganisms, the bible does not even tell us the birthdates of Jesus or ANY of his apostles!\n\n\nJehovah's Witnesses practice strict political and nationalistic neutrality, so they do not celebrate nationalistic holidays such as Independence Day and Memorial Day.\n\nOther holidays derive from false religion, and so are incompatible with pure worship as adulterating interfaith. For example, Easter derives from the pagan god Oestre and celebrates "rebirth" and "fertility" instead of commemorating Christ's Last Supper and death as Jesus commanded:\n(Luke 22:1-22) [Jesus] dispatched Peter and John, saying: “Go and get the passover ready for us to eat.” ...14 At length when the hour came, he reclined at the table, and the apostles with him. 15 And he said to them: “I have greatly desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer; 16 for I tell you, I will not eat it again until it becomes fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” ... Keep doing this in remembrance of me.”\n\nSeemingly innocuous holidays may have only a tangential connection with false worship, such as Mother's Day and Father's Day (although arguably derived from ancestor worship). Understated observance of these is not generally considered interfaith by Jehovah's Witnesses, but it is too easily misunderstood in some cultures.\n\nSince such celebrations are not required in true worship, and can easily become a distraction, so Jehovah's Witnesses focus their attention elsewhere. In particular, they are focussed on the preaching work which *IS* a requirement for Christians:\n\n(Luke 10:1-17) [Jesus] the Lord designated seventy others and sent them forth by twos in advance of him into every city and place to which he himself was going to come. 2 Then he began to say to them: “The harvest, indeed, is great, but the workers are few. Therefore beg the Master of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.\n\nLearn more:\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20050101a/article_01.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/library/rq/article_11.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/library/w/2000/12/15/article_01.htm
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I am not a Jew but I spent a year in Israel and worshipped with Messianic Jews and have friends among them. I've been to Messianic Jewish churches in England too. I know how they think.\n\nMost of the answers above are inaccurate.\n\nIn Israel there are many Christians like you who want to respect and adopt the Jewish tradition. I warn you strongly against it.\n\nRead Galatians and Acts 15. The early Church had to square up to the issue of whether or not gentiles should obey the Torah, and came down firmly against it. It leads to re-enslavement, this time to the Law, which Christ died to set us free from. We do His will by the help of the Holy Spirit, not by attempting to keep the Law, which we will fail at anyway.\n\nThe Christians I've met, mostly in Israel, who start to dabble with Judaism begin by worshipping on Shabbat (Sabbath), keeping the Jewish festivals and using Hebrew terminology. Many become more and more influenced until they believe we have to obey all 613 commandments in Leviticus. There are even extreme cases who ditch Jesus altogether. I knew a New Zealander in Jerusalem who had been baptised in the Spirit and spoken in tongues for 15 years or so. He became convinced that Judaism was correct and that Jesus was a deceiver and, in fact, (God forgive me for repeating this) that He was Satan.\n\nBEWARE!
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Yes I know that and agree. There has always been (since I've been a christian) a strange feeling for me at Christmas time. I felt trapped, enslaved, depressed, oppressed and angry during the holidays. Something just never sat well with me. I studied and found out it is all pagan and vain. God never says to follow any of these so called "christian" holidays. He did however mention the Holy Days in His Torah. I am not Jewish but I am being prompted by the Lord to study the feast days of the Lord and the Holy days and the Sabbaths. They weren't  meant just for the Jews but for all who were born again as well. They bring peace and understanding of the Messiah.
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B"H\nIf you mean, "Do people from Israel celebrate their birthday?" then, some do and some don't.\n\nThe Lubavitcher Rebbe encouraged celebrating one's birthday as a special time of prayer and self improvement.  Some good ways to celebrate one's birthday are: inviting friends over for a meal, involving yourself in community service, and making resolutions for your growth in the coming year.
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Ironically, all evidence shows that early Christians did not celebrate the anniversary of Christ's birth at all, and did not even feel the need to record the month, much less the date. In parts of the 13 colonies of the United States, Christmas was outlawed as a pagan celebration with no connection to true Christianity.\n\nToday, there are some Christians who recognize the true nature of so-called "Christmas" and imitate the example of the apostles and other early Christians. Jehovah's Witnesses are Christians; they teach that Christ was and is divine and of the same nature as God.\n\nJehovah's Witnesses teach that no salvation occurs without Christ, that accepting Christ's sacrifice is a requirement for true worship, that every prayer must acknowledge Christ, that Christ is the King of God's Kingdom, that Christ is the head of the Christian congregation, that Christ is immortal and above every creature, even that Christ was the 'master worker' in creating the universe!\n\nJehovah's Witnesses love and respect and honor Christ.\n\nBut Christmas does not celebrate Christ; it celebrates the pagan Saturnalia. Jesus was not even born in December. Nearly all so-called Christmas customs dishonor Christ.\n\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/19981215/article_02.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20001215/\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20041215/article_01.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/19981215/\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/rq/article_11.htm\n\n\nBy contrast, it's tragic that the one holiday Christ actually *DID* ask Christians to commemorate is entirely ignored by almost all of Christendom. It is, of course, the Memorial of Christ's death, sometimes called "the Last Supper" or "the Lord's Evening Meal".\n\n(1 Corinthians 11:23-25, NWT) The Lord Jesus in the night in which he was going to be handed over took a loaf... Keep doing this in remembrance of me.” 25 He did likewise respecting the cup.. Keep doing this... in remembrance of me.” \n\n(1 Cor 11:24, 25, NEB) "Do this as a memorial of me.” \n\n\nChrist Jesus himself personally celebrated and explained the significance of that Last Supper to his followers (see Matthew 26:26-29). Christians who commemorate the Last Supper have done so on the same Jewish calendar date as Jesus did, Nisan 14, which generally falls between late March and mid-April. Interestingly, Christians in the centuries immediately after Christ's impalement were sometimes called "Quartodecimans" which literally mean "Fourteen-ers", because the early Christians were well-known for this true holy day.\n\nHow would Jesus feel to learn that the holiday he commanded was widely ignored, while his so-called followers chose to celebrate a pagan false god and their own traditions of men? We don't need to wonder.\n\n(Matthew 15:6-9) You have made the word of God invalid because of your tradition. 7 You hypocrites, Isaiah aptly prophesied about you when he said, 8 ‘This people honors me with their lips, yet their heart is far removed from me. 9 It is in vain that they keep worshiping me, because they teach commands of men as doctrines.’”\n\nLearn more:\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/lmn/article_08.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/rq/article_11.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20041215/article_02.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20011115/article_02.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/20050101a/\nhttp://watchtower.org/e/jt/
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Its not that he doesn't "appreciate" thanksgiving day.  He does.  Its that its a day that's been brought into a religous atmosphere, with all the "thanksgiving" going to so many gods.  After all, not every family in America is white and Christian, thank you.  Rather than "step on any toes and alienate Jehovah" he chooses to celebrate the ONLY day of the Year that he was TOLD to celebrate, the Passover or Last Supper.  The first full moon after the vernal equinox or Nisin 14 of the Jewish calendar (which is always the on the same day).  Unlike our Easter which falls on like the 3rd Sunday or so of March or something, theirs actually falls on the day Jesus commanded it too.\n\nSo its not that he doesn't want to be with his family, its that not true, he'd love too, i'm sure.  But where would it stop?  Halloween?  Its not OVERTLY religious or maybe 4th of July?  You have to draw the line somewhere and better to be safe than sorry when dealing with keeping your relationship with your God on a happy keel.  Why not have a family reunion day every year when everyone can get together?
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They don't celebrate the Christian holidays, because they are all based on Pagan holidays:\nAll Souls (saints) Day, Halloween/Samhain\nChristmas/Yule, WInter Solstice\nEaster/Oestre\nGroundhog Day (I know, not Christian)/Imbolc\n\nRejection of Holidays\n\nOne of the more well-known practices of the Jehovah's Witnesses is their non-celebration of holidays. All holidays, including birthdays, are considered "pagan holidays" and may not be observed by Witnesses. The official website of the Jehovah's Witnesses explains:\n\n    Jesus never commanded Christians to celebrate his birth. Rather, he told his disciples to memorialize, or remember, his death. (Luke 22:19, 20) Christmas and its customs come from ancient false religions. The same is true of Easter customs, such as the use of eggs and rabbits. The early Christians did not celebrate Christmas or Easter, nor do true Christians today.\n\n    The only two birthday celebrations spoken of in the Bible were held by persons who did not worship Jehovah. (Genesis 40:20-22; Mark 6:21, 22, 24-27) The early Christians did not celebrate birthdays. The custom of celebrating birthdays comes from ancient false religions. True Christians give gifts and have good times together at other times during the year. {1}
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I have some of the answers; I will go through your list:\nChristmas- Not only the JW but many other denominations are against the commercialization of Christmas. Many people know that the celebration of Christmas on December 25 was just a catholic means to fool the pagans into using their celebrations of the winter equinox as a religious event. True Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus every day. The Bible doesn’t say exactly when Jesus was born, but if you have ever been to Israel you know that the shepherds are not watching there flocks by night all seated on the ground. Any shepherd worth his salt has his sheep in a shelter and he is home in front of a good fire as winter in Israel can get very cold.\nHalloween- This one should be obvious. Christians or even JW don’t allow for the celebrating of demons. \nMother’s day and Father’s Day- This is just basics, the commandments say we should honor our Father and Mother… That means all the time not one just a special day.\nBirthday- Here is where the JW’s get a little strange; in a birthday celebration for King Herod a young girl pleases him with her dance. He gives his word that she can have anything she wanted. What she wanted was the head of john the Baptist on a platter. Herod granted this wish. So the beheading of John the Baptist has been associated with birthdays so the JW’s do nothing to celebrate birthdays.
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Do we ask why Christmas is held at the same time as the pagan winter soloists. No one really know the date of the birth of Jesus (pbah) and so they picked a good party time so they would not have to give it up. Instead of making fun of Muslims maybe you could look into why things happen in Christianity. \n\nIf you can remember God told the Jews in the Old Testament not to eat pork too. But I know the Old Testament is just a guide and you can pick and choose what you what to do.
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No, honey, we don't! We try to follow very closely in Jesus' footsteps as to our behavoir, and Jesus was Jewish. Jews did not celebrate birthdays..they celebrated a persons life accomplishments at their death. The only birthday celebrations mentioned in the Bible are two that involved brutality and false religions. In our family we recognize the birthday,(how could you not?) but we don't make it a big deal or do any kind of celebrating or making the day above another. Thank you for your attitude in asking! It helps when someone who has a question about Witnesses asks in such a non-combative and inquisitive way!!
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Because some people just enjoy getting bent out of shape. The majority of Jews and Jehovah's Witnesses don't say anything when somebody wishes them a seasonal greeting and most atheists don't pay any attention to crosses, churches etc. But those that do make such a fuss that nobody ever forgets it. It's too bad they use embarrassing others to make their point. It's unreasonable and please let me apologize for all of them.
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There isn't an occasion on Aug 18th for Christians
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I am not familiar with why the JW's do not celebrate Christmas and birthdays.  \n\nI do know why I do not celebrate Satanic holy days.\n\nChristendom has been taught to ignore God's holy days.  Most could not even name ONE of God's holy days.  Yet, believers in Christ are instructed to keep them.  God said they are to be perpetual throughout all generations.\n\nThis lack of care for God's instructions stems from the notion that the Old Testament is Jewish and the New Testament is for the "Church".  This notion has been taught and handed down through the centuries and modern Christians believe it.\n\nThe mystery of the gospel is this:  All those who by FAITH believe in God and His Son, Jesus Christ inherit the Promised Land.  God's people are the "elect"...those who have faith in Him alone.  God's people are to obey Him and His instructions for living.  But, modern Christians have tossed out God's instructions for living by saying that "grace" has replaced "law".  The "law" is for the Jew they say.  And I agree...because the New Testament tells us who the "true Jew" is.\n\nPAY ATTENTION:\n\n"For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:\n\nBut he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God" \n\nRomans 2:28-29\n\nAlso, to the believers in Galatia, Paul wrote:\n\n"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.\n\nAnd if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."\n\nGalations 3:28-29\n\nTrue Jews are those who believe in Christ.  God's people have always been those who by faith believe Him.  This is the mystery of the gospel.  \n\nSo, the "Israel of God" are his people who have FAITH in him.  It has always been so.  And anyone who has faith in Him demonstrates that faith by their obedience to him.\n\nHis instructions for living are found throughout scripture and those who love Him obey Him.\n\nGod commands His people to keep His holy days, which are found in Leviticus 23. God's holy days hold great significance and meaning to His plan of salvation for mankind.  Unless one knows and understands these, he does not know God's plan.\n\nThree of the holy days have already occured in history but we are still to keep them.  Four of the holy days foreshadow events that have not yet even taken place!  Why would these be "obselete", or just for "the Jews", or "not worth studying"?!\n\nSatan has counterfeited almost everything God has planned for mankind, including God's holy days.  Satan has deceived the world, including mainstream Christianity, by creating holy days (holidays) that direct attention from God's holy days.\n\nGod's holy days foreshadow His plan of salvation for mankind as seen in the harvests of the fall.  The firstfruits are brought in before the larger harvest, which replicates the firstfruits at Christ's return and the larger harvest of salvation after the millenium (Ezekiel 37:1-14).  This last VITAL harvest is not even taught in mainstream Christianity!\n\nSatan has distracted most with Halloween and Thanksgiving.  Few keep God's Feast Days of the fall, which are great blessings to remember, keep, and celebrate.\n\nChrist mass is supposedly the birth of Christ, yet scripture never emphasizes the date or instructs celebration of it.  It is really a celebration of Mithra, a sun god.  Ever read Jeremiah 10:1-4?  "Learn not the way of the heathen..."  Easter is really a celebration of Ashtar, a sex goddess.  Halloween is obviously not a holy day of God.\n\nAll of Satan's holy days are 13 weeks apart and fall on high human sacrifice days.  The
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Well I am a muslim, I have christian relatives.. Id say it all depends on your beliefs.. If you take Christmas for what it is.. celebrating Jesus's birthday and not anything to do with Santa and the north pole, and snow etc... Then summer might be closer to the real birthdate.. I mean. Jesus was probably born more towards the summer months anyways.. It was in the middle east, during the time when the lambs are born, thats in late spring or early fall.. (maybe summer)..