Palm Sunday
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How do Fundies celebrate Palm Sunday?Originally posted by Honeybunz:How do Anglicans celebrate Palm Sunday, other than the usual Sunday service? Share share.
Catholics take home the palm leaves.
They don't!! -
Celebrate church anniversary.Originally posted by SingaporeMacross:If you don't celebrate Lent, Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter, Christmas....
Then celebrate what?!
Better show up on that day to show your loyalty.
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You don't have a clue about the significance of the corelation between the passover and holy communion right? You also do not understand the significance of the passover meal and the corelation to Jesus's salvation on the cross right?Originally posted by SingaporeMacross:If you don't celebrate Lent, Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter, Christmas....
Then celebrate what?!
Passover, passover.. Why have Holy Communion when one insists on having 'passover'?
Then celebrate this:
Leviticus 23
Feasts of the LORD
1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘The feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, these are My feasts.
The Sabbath
3 ‘Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work on it; it is the Sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
The Passover and Unleavened Bread
4 ‘These are the feasts of the LORD, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at their appointed times. 5 On the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the LORD’s Passover. 6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; seven days you must eat unleavened bread. 7 On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work on it. 8 But you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD for seven days. The seventh day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no customary work on it.’”
The Feast of Firstfruits
9 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 10 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest. 11 He shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted on your behalf; on the day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it. 12 And you shall offer on that day, when you wave the sheaf, a male lamb of the first year, without blemish, as a burnt offering to the LORD. 13 Its grain offering shall be two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering made by fire to the LORD, for a sweet aroma; and its drink offering shall be of wine, one-fourth of a hin. 14 You shall eat neither bread nor parched grain nor fresh grain until the same day that you have brought an offering to your God; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
The Feast of Weeks
15 ‘And you shall count for yourselves from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed. 16 Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall offer a new grain offering to the LORD. 17 You shall bring from your dwellings two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah. They shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven. They are the firstfruits to the LORD. 18 And you shall offer with the bread seven lambs of the first year, without blemish, one young bull, and two rams. They shall be as a burnt offering to the LORD, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, an offering made by fire for a sweet aroma to the LORD. 19 Then you shall sacrifice one kid of the goats as a sin offering, and two male lambs of the first year as a sacrifice of a peace offering. 20 The priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to the LORD for the priest. 21 And you shall proclaim on the same day that it is a holy convocation to you. You shall do no customary work on it. It shall be a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.
22 ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field when you reap, nor shall you gather any gleaning from your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger: I am the LORD your God.’”
The Feast of Trumpets
23 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 24 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. 25 You shall do no customary work on it; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.’”
The Day of Atonement
26 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 27 “Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. 28 And you shall do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God. 29 For any person who is not afflicted in soul on that same day shall be cut off from his people. 30 And any person who does any work on that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people. 31 You shall do no manner of work; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 32 It shall be to you a sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict your souls; on the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall celebrate your sabbath.”
The Feast of Tabernacles
33 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 34 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the Feast of Tabernacles for seven days to the LORD. 35 On the first day there shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work on it. 36 For seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation, and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. It is a sacred assembly, and you shall do no customary work on it.
37 ‘These are the feasts of the LORD which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to the LORD, a burnt offering and a grain offering, a sacrifice and drink offerings, everything on its day— 38 besides the Sabbaths of the LORD, besides your gifts, besides all your vows, and besides all your freewill offerings which you give to the LORD.
39 ‘Also on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruit of the land, you shall keep the feast of the LORD for seven days; on the first day there shall be a sabbath-rest, and on the eighth day a sabbath-rest. 40 And you shall take for yourselves on the first day the fruit of beautiful trees, branches of palm trees, the boughs of leafy trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. 41 You shall keep it as a feast to the LORD for seven days in the year. It shall be a statute forever in your generations. You shall celebrate it in the seventh month. 42 You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All who are native Israelites shall dwell in booths, 43 that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.’”
44 So Moses declared to the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD. -
Maybe God intended for the Jewish to celebrate Passover and the Christians to celebrate Holy Communion.Originally posted by breytonhartge:You don't have a clue about the significance of the corelation between the passover and holy communion right? You also do not understand the significance of the passover meal and the corelation to Jesus's salvation on the cross right?
This is Darwinian principle mah .. you need to have diversity to survive.
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My Methodist church had palms distributed to all worshippers. The sermon dealt with the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. Critically, the sermon dealt with the significance of the mule that Jesus rode on.
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Is there a difference between Thanksgiving & Passover? Hmmm....i am getting confused here.
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Thanksgiving has it's roots when pilgrims from England landed in the New World (ie USA).Originally posted by babyys:Is there a difference between Thanksgiving & Passover? Hmmm....i am getting confused here.
Passover has it's roots at Exodus when the Angel of Death passover the Israelites when it's seeking to kill the first born of Egypt. -
Palm Sunday. To me, such celebrations, including normal day activities / events can always be well used by our Lord to refresh us, or give us a good message - messages to bring us closer to Him.
Like this Palm Sunday. i believe God used a Pastor to talk about the "Palms" of God. A true story was shared - which i thought is appropriate to share here.
There was this girl from Africa, whos parents died when she was at a young age. She was left with a big group of younger brothers to take care of. There was practically no money to take care of the brothers - and so she considered some options - including prostitution. But finally, she thought that prostitution is no go - because her parents are good Christians and would not have allow it to happen when they are still alive. But then what can she do ? Her options are very limited indeed.
So she has to do little tasks which no one wants to do. One of those is the washing of clothes. She had to do many of those day in, day out - just to feed her brothers and giving them an education.
At the end of it, she managed to succeed - her brothers today received good education and are good men of faith. But all these are given at a cost - the cost of her health. Very soon, her health sccumbed to pure exhaustion.
At her deathbed, the girl ask to see a Pastor. Upon reflecting on her life, she cried to the Pastor, saying that all her life, all she did was to wash other people's clothes. And if ever she gets a chance to go to Heaven, she is scared. She does not know what to say to God when she meet Him in Heaven. What can she say ? What has she done ? All she has done is to wash clothes !
The Pastor says: "My child, perhaps you dont have to say a word. Just show God your palms, He knows all about you through those callouses of your roughen hands".
Indeed, when Jesus comes riding in on a donkey as King of kings, the Love of God for His people is revealed. -
procession of kids holding palm leaves into the church and distribution of plam crosses in all the services.Originally posted by Honeybunz:How do Anglicans celebrate Palm Sunday, other than the usual Sunday service? Share share.
Catholics take home the palm leaves. -
hmmm....the crowd then expected Jesus to be the King leading them to revolt against the Romans, so they shouted "hosana hosana". Then it was the same crowd who later shouted "nail him, nail him" when they realised he wasn't the king they expected him to be.Originally posted by NT2:
9 APR 2006
Palm Sunday
A Christian festival whereby we remember Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem welcomed by the crowd with palm branches.
today, are we the same crowd? I guess this is timely reminder rather than a festival to celebrate. Just my view. -
your church distributes palms?? wow.... *(clap hands)*Originally posted by Chin Eng:My Methodist church had palms distributed to all worshippers. The sermon dealt with the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. Critically, the sermon dealt with the significance of the mule that Jesus rode on.
So did you bring one home? -
procession of kids holding palm leaves?Originally posted by NT2:procession of kids holding palm leaves into the church and distribution of plam crosses in all the services.
Must be very lovely -
Oh yea... Seder Meal.Originally posted by SingaporeMacross:i believe the thing you went through is the Seder meal...
You went thru that too?
I miss it so much. -
nah, i heard of it but haven't experienced it before...Originally posted by Honeybunz:Oh yea... Seder Meal.
You went thru that too?
I miss it so much. -
wats ttOriginally posted by SingaporeMacross:nah, i heard of it but haven't experienced it before... -
Instead of posting entire chapters on Jewish festivals, could you explain your understanding of how passover is related to holy communion? Do you really think that holy communion is inferior to the passover?Originally posted by breytonhartge:You don't have a clue about the significance of the corelation between the passover and holy communion right? You also do not understand the significance of the passover meal and the corelation to Jesus's salvation on the cross right? -
You think he celebrate Yom Kippur meh?Originally posted by SingaporeMacross:Instead of posting entire chapters on Jewish festivals, could you explain your understanding of how passover is related to holy communion? Do you really think that holy communion is inferior to the passover? -
I'm starting to think that our friend is Jewish.Originally posted by Icemoon:You think he celebrate Yom Kippur meh? -
Seriously, I do not think much of celebrating these feasts or in this case, Palm Sunday. Well my Methodist church did celebrate, or maybe not celebrate, but the pastor reminded us of the significance of Palm Sunday and preach a message relating to it.
Though I know of the reasons behind celebration of these feasts and their significance, my question is, do we really have to 'CELEBRATE' it? How do we define CELEBRATE?
To me, CELEBRATION OF SUCH FEASTS in modern context, do not go beyond ur own hearts. Sure it is good to have a gathering and fellowship and worship God, but the real celebration is in your hearts when you truly understand the significance and worship God for who He is. -
His children will be, not him.Originally posted by SingaporeMacross:I'm starting to think that our friend is Jewish. -
neber.... throw away after the service.Originally posted by Honeybunz:your church distributes palms?? wow.... *(clap hands)*
So did you bring one home? -
you ask the right question.Originally posted by gasband:Seriously, I do not think much of celebrating these feasts or in this case, Palm Sunday. Well my Methodist church did celebrate, or maybe not celebrate, but the pastor reminded us of the significance of Palm Sunday and preach a message relating to it.
Though I know of the reasons behind celebration of these feasts and their significance, my question is, do we really have to 'CELEBRATE' it? How do we define CELEBRATE?
To me, CELEBRATION OF SUCH FEASTS in modern context, do not go beyond ur own hearts. Sure it is good to have a gathering and fellowship and worship God, but the real celebration is in your hearts when you truly understand the significance and worship God for who He is. -
Would "COMMEMORATE" be a better word than "CELEBRATE"?
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Why we bother if its a heresy or not? In rome do wat the romans do. God wants us to have child-like faith, as long not stealing, killing & destroying wats wrong wz celebrating these festivals?
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brought to mind a song: " Come on and celebrate, this gift of love we will celebrate, the Son of God who loves us....."
could sing it everyday - giving thanks and praise.