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What day Christ died matters not, just like what day and date He was born, matters not.
Then why care when we choose to commemorate these most joyful occasions?
The people who concocted a day of His birth are probably the very same people who concocted easter.
Well, if your thesis is that the Council of Nicea "concoted Easter," which is wrong, by the way, then no, as the decision to celebrate the feast of the Nativity on December 25th was taken later in the fourth century; previously this had been celebrated together with the Baptism of our Lord on January 6th. If memorynserves the Armenians still do it that way.
Nicea simply standardized the Paschalion based on what had become the practice in most of the Church; there was also a fear among the Christian bishops that the Jews had altered the basis on which they computed the date of 14 Nissan, which meant Quartodecimianism had become untenable.
There is actually substantial reason for believing that the Rabinnical Jews did change the basis of how the Judaic calendar was calculated after the destruction of the Temple; see the conflict between them and the Karaite Jews over this very issue.
The fact is, He died and rose from the dead, period.
And if He did not rise from the dead, there will be no eternal life for His people.
There is no argument there. God died in the flesh and was raised, trampling down death by death.
All the that the Scripture teaches is, "For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord." (1 Corinthians 11:26,27)
There are no explicit instructions to make a particular date and day, just like there were none mentioned of His birth date and date or to celebrate His birthday.
There are also no explicit instructions to debate with chaps on Internet fora. Indeed, there are some verses that some people regard as implying debates of this sort are futile and beat avoided. I disagree, but herein we see the problem with a over-reliance on the so-called Regulative Principle.
"For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book." (Revelation 22:18,19)
The warning is explicitly clear. God does not take to lightly of those who do not take heed of His Word given.
"Whoever has ears, let them hear."
We have not added to sacred scripture.
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