Easter. Jewish concerns regarding the Date and Customs of Easter

 

Easter is wonderful.  It is around Spring.   There are so many colors coming to life, and sunshine and warmer air.  If a person is a believer in Christ, this can be a very uplifting time of appreciation, and time to enjoy family or friends.

From a Jewish perspective though, Easter has pagan roots, with pagan, non-kosher Ham food.  It has also become too secular and commercialized.  From a Jewish perspective, Easter is also on the wrong date, making it hard for Jews to recognize the fulfillment of prophecy in the life and death of Jesus the Messiah.

 

Easter was always supposed to be celebrated in conjunction with Passover. Yeshua - Christ died on the evening observance of Nisan 14, at the Spring Passover. He rose on First Fruits, 3 full days later, on the 17th of Nisan. He was the first to be resurrected from the grave. See 1 Corinthians 15:20. Good Friday, being only a day and a half away from Easter morning, is another reason why the Jews find contraindications in Christianity. They are looking for things to line up on their criteria list. If the Gentiles are in error in so many ways, why should they look even further?

Restore the House of Israel through Scriptures

 

 

"Nephi" scriptural references are in the Book of Mormon.

 

Public domain source for Mormon scriptures:

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures?lang=eng

 

 

 

 

EZEKIEL 37: 16-20

16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:

17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand.

18 ¶ And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?

19 Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.

20 ¶ And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.

Please Read 2 Nephi 29: 10-14 also. We will eventually have all scripture. It sounds like a complimentary version of Ezekiel 37; it will touch your heart!

 

1 Nephi 5: 14-19 implies that we will have the Brass plates with the pre-Babylonian captivity Old Testament -- oldest copy!!  

1 Nephi 13:23 says it has more prophecies than the book that came from the Jews {Bible}.

 

This will settle some disputes over the texts, and also it probably will have missing books which will help bring the House of Israel to the True Messiah and message!!! These may be Jews here in the West. How great it will be if Jewish believers in the Messiah and the Book of Mormon help translate the Brass Plates!

 

My understanding is that the Brass Plates will be in old Hebrew, and any additional Nephite scriptures will be in Reformed Egyptian (which is a Hebrew grammar structure combined with Egyptian lettering). Ancient Egyptian had several styles, not just the famous hieroglyph style on monuments. Is anybody willing to learn the old Egyptian script also?

 

These two links briefly explain the old Egyptian alphabets 

http://arabicbookofmormonlds.blogspot.com/2016/07/while-i-am-waiting-for-arabic-book-of.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieratic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demotic_(Egyptian)

Special Note: We would like to see people with understanding of both the Mormon doctrine and Jewish teachings and culture, write discussions for teaching Jews who are willing to listen. It's our belief that others hands are tied by certain issues, and so this mission of reaching Jewish people needs to be done by regular people who act independently. Mormons familiarizing themselves with Hebrew teachings will better be equipped or suited for sharing the Gospel with Jewish people.

 

Become One Nation in Their Own Land..and really Be the People of God

 

 

Mosaic of the 12 Tribes of Israel

EZEKIEL 37: 21-24

21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will GATHER them on every side, and bring them into their own land:

22 And I will make them ONE NATION in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:

23 Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwelling places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

24 And David {i.e. beloved one} my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

 

Who is the Holy One of Israel, their God?  Who is the Davidic Servant?

Matthew 3:17 And lo, a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. 

 

In the Greek, for "beloved" it uses the word agapetos, relating to the highest word for love. 

 

However, beloved son in the Orthodox Jewish Hebrew Bible, is written in Aramaic, "Bar Enosh/Enash" {Son of Man}. Bar Enosh is used also, for example in Daniel 7:13-14, when the Son of Man with the clouds comes to the Ancient of Days on His throne.

(This information came from Biblehub.com) 

 

In Hebrew, Son of Man means Son of Man or Son of Adam.

 

These scriptures (with an understanding of the Ancient prophecies and the New Testament) show that the exalted Yeshua (who came into human form and later was, and is, exalted King) who leads us to God Heavenly Father.

Remember the Jews and Prepare to Teach Them; Jews (and Arabs) need to be taught, lest the earth is hit and all flesh dies.

Young Jews praying by the Western Wall in Jerusalem

Book of Mormon scriptures (LDS referencing).

2 NEPHI 29: 5  O ye Gentiles, have ye remembered the Jews, mine ancient covenant people? Nay; but ye have cursed them, and have hated them, and have not sought to recover them. But behold, I will return all these things upon your own heads; for I the Lord have not forgotten my people.

 

2 Nephi 21:12-13 the enmity between the two houses of Israel will depart. We are already seeing Isaiah's prophecy partly fulfilled!

12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

13 The envy of Ephraim also shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

 

D&C 98: 16-17

16 Therefore, renounce war and proclaim peace, and seek diligently to turn the hearts of the children to their fathers, and the hearts of the fathers to the children;

17 And again, the hearts of the Jews unto the prophets, and the prophets unto the Jews; lest I come and smite the whole earth with a curse, and all flesh be consumed before me.

 

Compare Malachi 4! Wow!

{Later in section 98 it talks about terms for war vs. peace}.

 

A big part of reaching the Jews will be to understand what the Gentiles lost, the Ten Tribes, after they went into captivity. The Great and Abominable Church that came out of the Old Roman Empire removed teachings, removed covenants, removed understanding, removed practices that our ancient ancestors and Original Apostles and members once knew. How will the Jews recognize us as part of the "family" if we spiritually look too Gentile?

Joseph Smith the prophet, did not fully complete the Restoration in his day. His full potential would have been to live until at least 85 years old--it is implied, according to D&C 130. His life was cut short due to the Saints not being able to bear his departure for the Rocky Mountains, which led to his martyrdom a few days later.

 

Prepare spiritually to reach out to Jews.  Prepare by learning some of their religious vocabulary and concepts.  Learn some Hebrew.  Open your heart to them.  

 

The bonus that you will get by learning, is a much greater understanding of Christianity and Mormonism.  You will get a greater understanding of your own covenants and teachings.  It has the potential to bring you closer to God.