What I don't understand is why christians don't use the proscribed holidays? I mean, the feast of the first fruits and the days that follow are highly symbolic of the messiah, yet people don't use them. Each of the pagan celebrations have a corresponding (and appropriate) christian/Jewish holiday. They are very easy to look up in the big book, and there are simple instructions to conduct them.
Why continue to use what one knows has pagan origins (which christians were commanded not to follow) instead of the deity given festivals (which followers were commanded to follow and not forget)?
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