American Jesus

How is American Jesus different than Biblical Jesus?

American Jesus is more than a religious teacher or a historical figure.  He is a cultural icon that is found in every corner of America and is a part of every generation.  In fact, he is the most popular American cultural icon of all time. 

There are as many variations of depictions of American Jesus as there are variations of ethnic groups in America. Even with these variations in skin color, hair color, and eye color, there is still enough consistency that American Jesus is instantly recognizable.  His motif may even come in colors like green or purple, but Americans still recognize American Jesus.

Americans love American Jesus, and he loves them.  In fact, the United States is his favorite place on the entire Earth.

American Jesus is sung about in every genre of music in America.  He is just alright with the drug culture musicians and the small-town alternative to drugs according to country musicians.

American Jesus spans the political spectrum.  He is a liberal to the liberals, a conservative to the conservatives and an independent to the independents.

American Jesus is a social justice warrior who demands change and the protector of the status quo.  He is the ultimate example of the best of humanity by the definition of every American.

American Jesus is too compassionate on women to be pro-life and too compassionate on the unborn to be pro-choice.  He is a peacenik who advocates peace at any cost and the unseen warrior that goes before the American military to win at any cost.

American Jesus is a Catholic, a Protestant, a Mormon, and a Universalist.  He is also a Muslim, a Hindu, and held in the highest regard by every religion in America – except one.

American Jesus is tolerated by some in Rabbinic Judaism as being good for other Americans.  He can be any kind of American except a Jewish American.  He can be any ethnicity except for Jewish.

American Jesus is a unifying enigma that transcends all boundaries.  He can be anything to everyone and do anything - except cause division between Americans.  He is in every way an inoffensive Jesus.

American Jesus seems so good to so many Americans.  It is not hard to understand why he is so popular with Americans.

However, is American Jesus the same as the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) found in the pages of the Book of Truth (The Bible)?  Which version of American Jesus most resembles him?  Are there any aspects of the Man of Truth are not shared by any version of American Jesus?

American Jesus was born on Christmas.

American Jesus was born on Christmas Day – December 25.  This was the date of Sol Invictus – the celebration of the Winter Solstice - on the Julian Calendar when it was first invented.

(Julius Caesar did not actually invent the Julian Calendar.  It was invented by Greek Astronomers but did not gain acceptance until Julius Caesar decreed it as the official calendar of the Roman Empire.  So, it was named after him due to his decree.)

Sol Invictus began on the evening of December 24-Christmas Eve - when Julius Caesar decreed that the Roman Empire would use the Julian Calendar in 45 BC.   It already had Sol Invictus during the day of December 25 at the time of his decree.

Sol Invictus was the day for celebrating the Roman Sun god – Sol- being born.  The idea was that night had been killing Sol and causing shorter days until the Winter Solstice – when Sol proved to be invincible by being reborn, and the days started to get longer.

It was also celebrated as the birthday of the Indian god Mithra that had been imported into the Roman Empire from India via the Persian Empire and then the Greek Empire.   Mithra was often paired with Sol in Roman religion since Mithra was the god of light that was born on the same day as Sol each year.

Both of these ultimately came from Tammuz in Babylon, whose birthday was also on the Winter Solstice.  He was killed by a boar that represented Shem the Lamenter in Babylonian mythology but was born through reincarnation on the next Winter Solstice.

After being born anew, he then killed the boar that had killed him and ate it.  So, the Romans would kill a pig and eat it on Sol Invictus to commemorate the birth of Tammuz.

Pliny the Elder dated the Winter Solstice as December 25 based on observable astronomical events about a hundred years later.  So, the Julian Calendar seemed to be staying in line with the solar year.

However, Sol Invictus kept getting farther and farther from the Winter Solstice on the Julian Calendar over the centuries.  Consequently, Christmas also did the same since they were the same celebration with two different names.

This is because the Julian Calendar was flawed in that it had leap year every four years without exception.  As a result the date of astronomical events like the Winter Solstice slipped backwards by 3.1 days every 400 years.

The Gregorian Calendar corrected this defect by not having Leap Day on years that ended in 00 but were not evenly divisible by 400.  For example, 1700, 1800, and 1900 did not have a Leap Day, but 2000 had a Leap Day.

So by the time of the Gregorian correction in 1582,  the Winter Solstice had shifted to December 11 the previous year.  After the correction, it was on December 22.   Still Christmas stayed on 25 December – just like Sol Invictus had done after it was no longer in sync with the Winter Solstice on the Julian Calendar.

By this time, the False Church of Rome had brought in many of the Nordic, German, and Celtic people into it by incorporating some of the traditions of their idolatry into Christmas.  This included the practice of cutting down a tree, placing it in the home, and putting presents under it.

Like the tradition of eating a pig on Christmas, this tradition also ultimately had its roots in Babylon.  It too was connected with celebrating the birth of Tammuz.

So, the birth of American Jesus is celebrated on December 25 each year with Christmas trees that people bowed down before when they placed gifts under them.  Americans then eat ham in his honor at Christmas dinner and finally bow down before the Christmas tree to pull out gifts from beneath it.

This celebration is not just an American phenomenon.  There is a global Christmas party that celebrates the birth of American Jesus.

How similar is this to the birth of the Man of Truth?

The first thing to consider is when was the Man of Truth born?  How close does a date of December 25 match with the facts of the Christmas story (as churches call it) in the Book of Truth?

A decree was given that everyone across the Roman Empire had to go to their home town to pay their taxes (Luke 2:1-3).  The Man of Truth was born in Bethlehem when Joseph (husband of Mary) was there to pay his taxes (Luke 2:4-6).

In America, tax day is April 15 because that was when England collected taxes in it when it was part of the British Empire.  In England, taxes were collected in April because that is when the Romans collected taxes in it when it was part of the Roman Empire.

The Romans collected taxes in the month of April because that is when barley became ripe, and they needed to replenish their grain supply after Winter.  Therefore, the Man of Truth was born in April according to the Book of Truth.

The shepherds were also out with their flocks at night when the Man of Truth was born in an empty animal booth and placed in a feed trough (Luke 2:7-12).  They had no problem finding him because they were familiar with the empty animal booth (Luke 2:13-16).

Normally, sheep were kept in a sheepfold at night with the shepherd guarding the sheepfold (John 10:1-2).  The shepherd would then lead them to green pastures in the morning (John 10:3-4).

However, during lambing season the sheep had to be kept out and the shepherd had to watch them at night.  Otherwise, the sheep would step on and kill the newborn lambs if they were all packed together in a sheepfold.

The lambing season lasts for seventeen days in early Spring in the northern hemisphere.  It begins around the Spring Equinox in the area around Israel and ends around the first week of April.

Therefore, the Man of Truth was born during the first week of April according to the Book of Truth.  He certainly was not born on December 25 like American Jesus.

The Man of Truth certainly did not set a tree on a stand in his house and decorate it with gold and silver ornaments like idolators had done (Jeremiah 10:3-5).  He did not adorn it with blue and purple ribbons or garlands like these idol worshipers had done to their idols (Jeremiah 10:8-9).

The Man of Truth knew that the Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) had commanded that the people of Israel to not carry out any practices that came from idol worship (Deuteronomy 12:30).  He knew they were never to be modify these practices to be used in worship of the Father of Truth (Deuteronomy 12:31-32).

The Man of Truth also certainly did not so much as touch the body of a dead pig – much less eat part of it (Leviticus 11:7-8).  He knew that the people of Isreal were not to do this to show that they were holy like the Father of Truth is holy (Leviticus 11:45-47).

Therefore, the Man of Truth did not celebrate his birthday by getting presents out from under a Christmas tree.  He also did not get a ham dinner for his birthday each year!

So, there are some similarities between the circumstance of the birth of American Jesus and the Man of Truth like his birthplace, but their birthdays are over three months apart!  There are absolutely no similarities in how their birthdays are celebrated!

American Jesus died on Good Friday and rose again on Easter Sunday.

This life of American Jesus is commemorated by Lent.  This season begins with Ash Wednesday and ends with Easter Sunday.

The last week of the life of American Jesus is commemorated by “Holy Week”.  This begins after celebrating his triumphant entry on Palm Sunday.

In this commemoration, American Jesus died on Good Friday.  He then rose again on Easter Sunday.

Since Lent came from the False Church of Rome, many Americans do not observe most of Lent.  However, they agree that American Jesus rode into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, was crucified on Good Friday, and resurrected on Easter Sunday.

Many commemorate the triumphant entry of American Jesus with ceremonies using palm leaves in church services on Palm Sunday.  Some attend services to weep over his death on Good Friday.

However, most Americans celebrate his resurrection on Easter Sunday.  This is the day of the highest church attendance in America.

There are usually plays and ceremonies to mark the resurrection of American Jesus.  The girls are often dressed in the Easter dresses and the boys are dressed up in Easter suits.

For some, the celebration begins before dawn when they arrive to watch the Sun rise on Easter Sunday.  They typically sing songs of praises as it is rising.

After the service, the resurrection of American Jesus is celebrated with the Easter Game.  This game has several forms, but there is a common pattern among them.

In this game, the Easter Bunny has placed colored Easter Eggs outside for children to find.  Sometimes the Easter Eggs are all in plain sight in the grass but other times the Easter Eggs are hidden under bushes, among the Easter Lillies, or in hollow places in trees.

The children then scrabble to collect as many Easter Eggs as possible and place them in their traditionally wicker Easter Baskets.  There are prizes given to those who collected the most Easter Eggs and those who collected specially marked Easter Eggs.

The Easter Game that commemorates the resurrection of American Jesus is so popular that it is often played by American Muslims, Hindus, and Atheists.  This is because they know that American Jesus is accepting of people of all religions –  even those who claim to have no religion.

It does not seem to bother anyone that Easter is the name of the Germanic goddess of fertility that was worshipped also by the Celts and Norse under a similar name in their languages.  They continue to play the Easter Game that was created to honor this goddess to commemorate the resurrection of American Jesus.

Then they eat Easter Dinner to commemorate this event.  It usually features some sort of salad made from green vegetables that match the greenness of Spring and a main course.

Ham has been the traditional main course of this celebration of his resurrection.  However, American Jesus is inclusive to all religions,- so lamb, turkey and meat substitutes have become common as well.

The traditional treat is Easter Cakes.  These are traditionally small white cakes decorated with emblems of fertility like flowers and eggs in Spring colors.

They are named Easter Cakes because the Germanic, Celtic, and Norse people baked these cakes as a sacrifice to Easter – the Queen of Heaven.  They then ate these small cakes at a feast in honor of the Queen of Heaven.

Today, these cakes are eaten to commemorate the resurrection of American Jesus.  Apparently, no one saw a need to rename them to “Resurrection Cakes” instead of Easter Cakes.

How similar is this to the death and resurrection of the Man of Truth?

However, many of the American Children of Truth have rejected the association of the Man of Truth with Easter.  They simply do not see the traditions of Lent or Easter in the Book of Truth.  For this reason, they observe Resurrection Sunday instead of Easter Sunday.

However some of the traditions of Easter are in the Book of Truth.  They just have nothing to do with the resurrection of the Man of Truth.

The Jewish people worshiped the Queen of Heaven by baking and eating cakes in her honor (Jeremiah 7:17-18).  This caused confusion among them and angered the Father of Truth (Jeremiah 7:19).

So, we can be certain that the Man of Truth had nothing to do with the Queen of Heaven.  He certainly would not want his resurrection associated with Easter.

However, these American Children of Truth that have rejected Easter often still say the Man of Truth came into Jerusalem on a donkey on Palm Sunday, died on Good Friday, and rose on Resurrection Sunday.  Is this what the Book of Truth says?

We have to establish which day of the week the Man of Truth died on to establish when he rode into Jerusalem on a donkey and was met with people waving palm branches.  To establish which day of the week he died on, we have to first establish which day of the week the Man of Truth was resurrected on.

First we have to establish when a day begins, and when the Sabbath is in the Book of Truth.  A day does not begin at midnight like the Romans established and when the Sabbath is not on Sunday like the False Church of Rome established.

First there was darkness and then the Father of Truth brought forth light (Genesis 1:2-3).  So, each day starts with the time of darkness called night that begins in the evening followed by the time of light called day that begins in the morning (Genesis 1:4-5).

Both evening and morning are transition times that take about an hour around the time of the Spring Equinox.  Evening begins when the sun goes below the horizon (sunset) and ends when all sunlight is gone (nightfall).  Morning begins when the first sunlight appears and ends when the sun is fully risen.

The Father of Truth then rested on the seventh day and set it apart as a day for rest at the end of each week (Genesis 2:1-3).  So, the Sabbath (ceasing) is the name of the seventh day that ends each week (Exodus 20:9-11).

We can be certain when the Sabbath occurs because the Father of Truth commanded the Jewish people when to observe it (Exodus 16:23-27).  They have been observing it without fail ever since then (Exodus 31:16-17).

The Jewish people were still observing the Sabbath as the seventh day of the week from Friday evening until Saturday evening at the time of the Man of Truth.  The first day of the week began on Saturday evening and ended on Sunday evening.

The tomb was opened sunlight first began to appear – an hour before sunrise - on the first day of the week – Sunday (Matthew 28:1-2).  In fact, it was still dark when the women first arrived there on the first day of the week -Sunday (John 20:1).

However, this was not just any Sunday, but was the day of Firstfruits – when the barley sheaves were raised as the first fruits of the barley harvest (Leviticus 23:10-15).  The Man of Truth had to rise on this day to be the first fruits of those who rise from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:20-23).

The day of Firstfruits always falls on the Sunday – the day after the weekly Sabbath - during the seven days of the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Leviticus 23:6-11).  It was day one on the countdown to another special Sabbath that fell on the day after the seventh weekly Sabbath following it – also always a Sunday (Leviticus 23:15-16).

So, the Man of Truth indeed rose from the dead on a Sunday but about an hour before sunrise.  Also it was on Firstfruits and not Easter Sunday like American Jesus, so the Apostles of Truth would have said “Happy Firstfruits” instead of “Happy Easter” on the anniversary of his resurrection.

The spirit of the Man of Truth was in the heart of the earth after his death for three days and three nights (Matthew 12:39-40).  He did not rise again until after he had been dead for three whole days (Mark 8:31).

Even if you count partial nights as full nights and partial days as full days, there is no way to get three full days and three full nights with the Man of Truth dying on a Friday and rising on Sunday.  The only way to get three full days between his death and resurrection is if he died on a Wednesday.

On the fourteenth day of the first month of the Biblical Calendar, all of the people of Israel killed the Passover lamb at the same time as if they were all killing the same lamb (Exodus 12:2-6).  Then on the night that began with the evening that ended the fourteenth day they would eat it together (Exodus 12:8).

So, the evening after the lamb was killed on Passover also began the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread that was on the fifteenth day of the first month of the Biblical Calendar (Leviticus 23:5-6).  This day was also a special Sabbath like the regularly weekly Sabbath (Leviticus 23:7).

So, the Man of Truth died on the day of preparation at the time the Passover lamb was killed for the special Sabbath that began that evening (Mark 15:39-42).  His body was placed in the tomb before the special Sabbath – the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread – began (John 19:31-42).

So, the Man of Truth died on Passover – the day of preparation when the Passover lamb was killed -the fourteenth day of the first month on the Biblical Calendar.  He was buried just before the Feast of Unleavened Bread began on the fifteenth day of the first month.

Just like December 25 on the Gregorian Calendar, the fourteenth day of the first month on the Biblical Calendar could fall on any day of the week. However like Easter Sunday, the day of Firstfruits could only fall on a Sunday.

So, the Man of Truth did not die on Good Friday like American Jesus.  He died on Passover which fell on a Wednesday that year.

Six days before Passover – a Thursday since Passover fell on a Wednesday that year – Mary (the sister of Lazarus) anointed the feet of the Man of Truth for his upcoming burial (John 12:1-7).  The next day – a Friday – he rode into Jerusalem where people greeted him as the King of Israel with palm branches (John 12:12-15).

So, the Man of Truth did not make his triumphant entry on Palm Sunday like American Jesus.  He made it on the Friday before Passover.

So, the only thing in common between the death and resurrection story of American Jesus and that of the Man of Truth is the resurrection occurring on a Sunday.  Even then, American Jesus was resurrected about an hour later than the Man of Truth.

Does American Jesus and the Man of Truth celebrate the same holidays?

American Jesus is often included in celebrations of American holidays besides Easter and Christmas.  He is featured especially in patriotic holidays.

This is not hard to understand, for the Book of Truth was the rock that the America was founded upon as President Andrew Jackson said.  Since the Man of Truth is the central figure of the Book of Truth, it is only natural to honor him when observing these holidays.

For example, MLK day remembers Reverend Martin Luther King Junior who often quoted from the Book of Truth in his speeches.  He stressed that it did not matter which of the six shades of brown of skin color people had, but how much their character reflected that of the Man of Truth.

So, sermons of MLK that quote the Man of Truth are often preached on this holiday.  In like manner, quotes from the Man of Truth found in these sermons are also often quoted in sound bites taken from those sermons.

Thus, the Man of Truth is featured so much in American national holidays that Americans act like he is an American.  This is one reason that he became American Jesus in the minds of so many Americans.

However, the Man of Truth never celebrated a single American holiday.  He celebrated the Jewish holidays found in the Book of Truth instead.

The Man of Truth celebrated Jewish religious holidays like Pesach (Passover) each year (Luke 2:41).  He also celebrated Sukkot (the Feast of Tabernacles) like other Jews (John 7:1-2).

The Man of Truth also celebrated Jewish national holidays like Purim (John 5:1).  This holiday occurs a month before Pesach (John 6:4).

The Man of Truth announced that he was the light of the world at the Festival of Lights (John 8:12).  He had went to Jerusalem to celebrate the Jewish national holiday of Chanukah (The Feast of Dedication) in the Temple during the winter (John 10:22-23).

Americans sometimes refer to Chanukah as a Jewish Christmas because it occurs between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day each year, but it is very different.  The Man of Truth was not celebrating his birthday in a Jewish way at Chanukah.

Central to the celebration is the lighting of a nine candle Menorah called Chanukiah each night which people often placed in their windows.  So, it is also called the Festival of Lights due to the lights that appear everywhere during the eight-day celebration.

It is called Chanukah (dedication) because it remembers dedicating the Temple after it had been desecrated by Antiochus Epiphanes.  Without this dedication, the Man of Truth could have never brought salvation from the Temple.

This is the gift of the Maccabees.  It is how the Maccabees help spread the Gospel.

Chanukah remembers the faithful priest Matthias who decided that resistance is essential when most of the Jewish people were willing to be assimilated into Greek idolatry.  It remembers that the real miracle of Chanukah was those who did exploits through faith in the Father of Truth.

The Man of Truth was not celebrating some miracle where oil for one day burned for eight days made up by the Rabbis three hundred years after his death.  This story just shows that the Rabbis are liars and the source of Jewish trouble.

The Man of Truth knew that events of Chanukah were the story behind the story of his birth.  He knew that this story was told in the Book of Daniel hundreds of years before it occurred.

On one side in the Chanukah story are most of the Jews who forsook the Original Covenant and joined with Antiochus Epiphanes (the king of the northern Greek empire) in desecrating the Temple (Daniel 11:30-31).  On the other side is the remnant of the Jews who stayed loyal to the Father of Truth and some Greeks who helped them in resisting assimilation in a long war that ended with the Temple being dedicated again to the Father of Truth (Daniel 11:32-35).

So, how else is American Jesus different than the Man of Truth?

American Jesus has often been cast into the mold of any kind of American except a Jewish-American.  However, the Man of Truth was never any kind of American and he is a Jew.

The Man of Truth is more than just the savior of the Gentiles.  He is first and foremost the Messiah of Israel.

The Man of Truth only has the appearance of one ethnic group – the Jewish people (John 4:9-10).  He has a face that can get lost in a crowd of Jews from the Middle East (John 5:13).

The favorite place on the entire Earth of the Man of Truth is the land of Israel (Deuteronomy 11:9-12).  He will reign from the Jewish capital of Jerusalem – not the American capital of Washington D.C. (Matthew 5:35).

At the birth of the Man of Truth in Israel the Angels of Truth announced the desire of the Father of Truth to have peace on Earth and good will towards men (Luke 2:14-15).  He was sent as the means for people to have peace with the Father of Truth (Romans 5:1).

However, when the Man of Truth came into the world to bring this peace, he was not received even by his own people (John 1:10-11).  The world was unwilling to accept the conditions of peace that the Father of Truth required (John 3:17-20).

This is because the Man of Truth is not just alright with the drug culture and will destroy all of those who do not leave it (Galatians 5:19-21).  (The Greek word translated as “sorcery” is “pharmakeia” which includes hallucinogenic drugs that are used in sorcery.)

He is definitely against abortion as well.  The Father of Truth is the maker of every child while it is still in the womb (Psalm 139:13-14).  The Man of Truth said that drowning was too good for anyone who hurt a child (Luke 17:2).

More than that, the Man of Truth said that anyone who did not take care their parents in their old age should be executed (Matthew 15:3-4).  In fact, he demanded that people completely stop sinning (John 8:11).

The Man of Truth preached a gospel that demanded repentance from sin (Mark 1:14-15).  He said that a fate worse than death awaited for all who did not repent from sin (Mark 6:11-12).

The Man of Truth also called the Rabbis hypocrites who perverted the Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law) to teach their own commandments (Matthew 15:1-9).  He warned his followers to not allow others to call them “Rabbi” and not to act like the Rabbis who kept people from accepting the terms of peace offered by the Father of Truth (Matthew 23:7-13).

The Man of Truth also demands that the Gentiles to leave their worship of other gods or they too will be destroyed along with homosexuals, transgender people, adulterers , anyone who is having sex with anyone other than their spouse of the opposite sex, and those who got drunk on alcohol (1 Corinthians 6:9-11).  All of these as well those who commit murderer (including abortion) – Jew or Gentile – will be cast into the Lake of Fire to be tormented forever (Revelation 21:8).

So, whoever among the Jews who do not accept these terms of peace that the Father of Truth sent by the Man of Truth will be destroyed (Luke 21:22-24).  In like manner, all people who do not accept these terms of peace will be destroyed by the Man of Truth (Acts 17:30-31).

So, that all ethnic groups can have some saved, the Man of Truth has sent out the Children of Truth to bring these terms of peace to the Gentiles (Romans 10:13-17).  It is sweet smell of the life to those who accept these terms and the stench of death to those who reject them (2 Corinthians 2:14-16).

For this reason the Man of Truth has caused people to fight each other throughout the Earth (Matthew 10:34).  He has divided families against each other all over the Earth (Luke 12:51-53).

The Man of Truth is the most divisive man in history.  Not only have families divided over the conditions of peace that his Father demands, but everything from best friends to businesses to empires have divided over him.

The Man of Truth is nothing like many versions of American Jesus who will go along with sin to get along with sinners.  Instead he has demonstrated how to lose friends and irritate people.

So, how did there come to be so many versions of American Jesus?

The Man of Truth was brought to America as part of the legacy of the Pilgrims.  In fact, Christmas was illegal in every state of the United States until Alabama legalized it in 1834.

American Jesus were made by later European immigrants who sought to change America through a subtle influence.  Since the Man of Truth was the center of American society, they sought to make another Jesus that did not require them to accept the terms of peace offered by the Father of Truth or perish.

Indeed the Father of Truth drew near to America when America was drawing near to Him and will do so again if America will repent (James 4:8-10).  This is the only way to make America great again.

However, if America will not once again accept His terms of peace, then the death of America is certain.  If the Father of Truth destroyed Israel when they rejected His peace offer, then He will certainly do the same with America (Romans 2:9-11).

So, America must return to walking in truth with the Man of Truth.  This means recognizing that American Jesus is from the Father of Lies (HaShatan aka Satan Aka The Devil), since all lies are from him (John 8:44).

When Americans are keeping the Law of Truth then they become a wise and understanding people (Deuteronomy 4:5-6).  Since most American Children of Truth (those who obeys The Father of Truth because they love Him) have not read even read it, they do foolish things like Israel did when they quit reading and obeying it (Deuteronomy 32:28).

These foolish things include celebrating the birthday of the Man of Truth at Christmas and his resurrection on Easter Sunday.  The Father of Truth knew that they and other Gentile Children of Truth would do foolish things like this but He blessed them anyways to provoke the Jewish people (Romans 10:19).

However, American Jesus is now cursed for calling evil what the Father of Truth calls good and calling good what He calls evil (Isaiah 5:20).  This means that American Jesus must die and never be resurrected.

The American Children of Truth can be like the mensch who killed Christmas.  They can be more like the Man of Truth and celebrate Chanukah instead of Christmas because it’s not just a Jewish thing.

In your own life, you can kill the counterfeit American Jesus found in America and start following the genuine Man of Truth found in the Book of Truth.  You can accept the terms of peace that the Father of Truth offers through the Man of Truth.

Those terms require you to do everything the Man of Truth says because you love him (John 14:15).  Accepting these terms will cause the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) will live in you so you can keep the commandments of the Law of Truth (Romans 8:6-11).

If you will continue to do what the Man of Truth says, then he will free you from the grip of American Jesus (John 8:31-32).  Your part is to be willing to obey him in everything because you believe that the Father of Truth raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9).

Come into the House of Truth!

Happy Firstfruits!

Did the Man of Truth (Yeshua HaMashiach aka Jesus Christ) really rise from the dead on Easter morning?

Every year churches around the world meet for sunrise service on Easter morning to mark the exact time of the resurrection of the Man of Truth from the dead.  This is often done outdoors facing the east to observe the sun rising.  When the sun rises there is usually some sort of celebratory singing to mark the moment that Easter has begun.  People greet each other with "Happy Easter!".

For this event people wear their Easter outfits. These are usually new clothes that were bought for this event and can be worn later throughout the year.  Among men and young boys the Easter outfits are typically suits or something similar.  Among the adult women the Easter outfits are usually dresses in Spring colors and decorated with emblems of Spring like Spring foliage.  Sometimes the adult women and older girls would wear white hats decorated with emblems of Spring or similarly decorated Easter Bonnets.  Younger girls, especially before puberty, typically wear a long white Easter Dress with a ribbon in the middle, usually green, that is tied as a bow in the back. The ribbon is traditionally pastel green although it sometimes another pastel color to represent Spring flowers.

People then typically eat breakfast together.  The menus vary from congregation to congregation but eggs are usually at the center of the meal along with little white Easter cakes about the size of a doughnut.

Then they go into the main sanctuary of the church building.  The sanctuary is decorated with living Spring foliage like Easter Lilies.  There is usually a sermon about the resurrection.  All of the songs are usually about the resurrection.

After the main service, many congregations meet together for Easter dinner.  Easter dinner typically features ham and hard boiled eggs.  There are also usually large white Easter cakes that may also feature various decorations of eggs, Spring foliage and rabbits.

Usually before dinner is eaten children are given their Easter Baskets and Easter gifts.  The Easter Baskets are usually made of wicker and lined with grass (plastic grass in the US).  The Easter Baskets are usually loaded with things like chocolate rabbits and candies of various sorts in the shape of eggs or baby birds.  Often the Easter gifts are also somehow associated with Spring like toy gardening sets or a baby rabbit, chick or duck for example.  As the children get older the Easter gifts often become more expensive and are usually something geared towards getting the children ready for the day when they will leave their parents house to start their own families.  After receiving their Easter Baskets and Easter gifts the children (and sometimes adults) proceed to playing the Easter Game.

The Easter Game is a game featuring Easter Eggs and the Easter Bunny.  Easter Eggs are hard boiled eggs that were colored and decorated the night before.  Decorations have traditionally featured symbols of Spring and fertility.  Fertility is normally represented by things like rabbits, chicks and baby ducks.  The Easter Eggs are given to someone who that plays the part of the Easter Bunny.  The Easter Bunny then hides the Easter Eggs.

The children then search for the hidden Easter Eggs and place them in their Easter Baskets.  On the first round of playing the Easter Game there are often prizes awarded after all of the Easter Eggs have been found.  Typically the prizes are for things like being the first to find an Easter Egg, finding the most Easter Eggs and finding certain special prize Easter Eggs.  After the first round, someone else, usually whoever found the most Easter Eggs, plays the part of the Easter Bunny.  This can continue for many rounds even though there are not usually prizes after the first round.

Alternatively, sometimes there is an Easter Egg Roll instead of the Easter Game.  In this case, the Easter Bunny is only played by one person once and the Easter Eggs are just spread across the grass with most of them in plain sight.  The children line up and when the Easter Bunny says "Go" the children all run to gather as many Easter Eggs as possible.  When it is over similar prizes to those of the first round of the Easter Game are awarded.  The most famous Easter Egg Roll is probably the one done on the White House lawn each year where the President of the United States is the one who says "Go" and awards the prizes.

So overall Easter is a fun day.  Many times during the day you will hear people saying "Happy Easter!" to each other as they enjoy the festivities.  The participants are often full of joy as they are doing all of these things to celebrate the resurrection of the Man of Truth.  If the Man of Truth overcoming the death, the grave and Hell so people could come into the House of Truth is not worth celebrating, then nothing is worth celebrating.  Who can blame the Children of Truth (someone who obeys The Father of Truth because they love Him) for wanting to celebrate that?

The problem is not with celebrating the resurrection of the Man of Truth but rather with the customs and traditions used to celebrate the resurrection of the Man of Truth.

First of all Easter is the end of the so-called "Holy Week" instituted by the False Church of Rome.  Holy week begins on the Sunday before Easter and is called "Palms Sunday".   Palms Sunday commemorates the triumphant entry of the Man of Truth in Jerusalem a week before his resurrection when people laid palm leaves for him to ride over on the donkey he had borrowed.  Later comes Maundy Thursday, to commemorate the Last Supper when the Man of Truth was betrayed.  Then comes Good Friday to commemorate the Man of Truth being crucified.  Then comes Black Sabbath, when people are forbidden to congregate together and all rituals cease, except those that concern dying, to commemorate the Man of Truth lying in the grave.  Finally comes Easter Sunday that commemorates the resurrection of the Man of Truth from the grave.

The first problem with Holy Week is the entire timing of the series of event.  The Man of Truth did not eat the Last Supper on Thursday, the die on Friday, lay in the grave on Saturday and then rise from the dead on Sunday morning.  The Man of Truth plainly said that he would be in the grave for three whole nights and three whole days (Matthew 12:40).  Friday day, Friday night, Saturday day, Saturday night with the Man of Truth rising from the grave at sunrise on Sunday only gives two days and two nights for the Man of Truth to be in the grave even if you count all day Friday. (Even though he was only in the grave for a few minutes of Friday day.)  Even if you count Sunday day because he supposedly rose at sunrise when the day begins you still end up an entire night short of three days and three nights for the Man of Truth to be in the grave.  If the Man of Truth rose from the grave at sunrise on Sunday then he had to die before sunset on Wednesday to give three whole days and three whole nights in the grave. The actual timing of events given in the Book of Truth (the Bible) from the time of the Last Supper until the resurrection and what the Man of Truth did while his body was in the grave made for Four Busy Days.

Even the False Church of Rome knows this because "Spy Wednesday" that commemorates the anointing of the feet of the Man of Truth and the betrayal by Judas (Yahudah aka Judah) Iscariot acknowledges this.  It is celebrated by slowly dimming out all of the lights, creating a crash to symbolize the death of the Man of Truth and then a rumbling is produced to symbolize the earthquake that occurred when the Man of Truth died.  So the chronology of the events commemorated by Holy Week is actually: The Triumphant Entry (Palms Sunday),  the betrayal and death of the Man of Truth (Spy Wednesday),  The Last Supper (Maundy Thursday), the crucifixion of the Man of Truth (Good Friday),  the Man of Truth laying in the grave (Black Sabbath), and finally the Man of Truth rising from the grave (Easter Sunday).  Not only does this contradict the Book of Truth it also does not even make any sense.  That is probably why Spy Wednesday has fallen out of observation in many places.

This highlights the bigger problem that Holy week is the end of the Lenten season that began on Fat Tuesday about seven weeks earlier.  The entire Holy week has the same things wrong with it as Ash Wednesday.

However, Easter has its own set of additional problems.  It not only has traditions that came from the False Church of Rome but also traditions that came from the Druids like those that polluted Celtic Christianity until its original form was completely obscured by these practices.

The problems start with the word "Easter" itself.  "Easter" is the English name of the fertility goddess that the Druids worshiped.  Easter originally did not float around like it does now but occurred on the Spring equinox which is currently on March 20th most years.  In fact, groups that are reviving the religion of the Druids today, like the Wiccans, still call their festival for observing the Spring equinox "Easter" after the fertility goddess.  The German name was "Eostre" and can be traced back to the same Greek word that the female hormone "Estrogen" got its name from.

In the lore of the Druids, "Easter" would arrive every year being pulled by hares (rabbits) and young babies with dragon fly wings.  When "Easter" arrived she was always accompanied by other symbols of fertility like mating birds and storks (who supposedly brought babies to people).  "Easter" was always dressed in a brand new long white dress denoting that she had once again became a virgin.  The dress of "Easter" was had a ribbon in the middle, usually green to symbolize Spring, that was tied as a bow in the back.

"Easter" was not only the fertility goddess but was also known as the goddess of the sunrise.  "Easter" would always arrive at the sunrise on the day of the Spring equinox.  Those involved in the religion of the Druids, that covered most of western Europe at times, would have a sun rise service facing the east to welcome "Easter".   They would dress in new clothes in the colors of Spring.  The married women would wear decorative head wear called "Easter" Hats or "Easter" Bonnets.  The virgin girls would wear white "Easter" dresses with a ribbon in the middle, usually green, that was tied as a bow in the back.  When the sun rose the Druids and their worshipers would greet each other with "Happy Easter!".  Then they would gather to listen to a message about "Easter" and to sing songs of praise to "Easter".

"Easter" was also known as "the Queen of Heaven".  The arrival of "Easter" was honored by throwing a banquet for "the Queen of Heaven".  The banquet featured roasted swine, hard boiled eggs and little white cakes called "Easter" Cakes.  The "Easter" Cakes were usually decorated with symbols of Spring and fertility. The symbols of fertility were usually eggs, baby birds and especially rabbits.

The celebration was held outside when the weather permitted but if the weather did not permit then the celebration was moved inside to a large meeting room.  When it was moved inside people would bring living Spring foliage in little buckets or pots as decorations for their meeting room.

The festival proceeded by people playing the "Easter" Game.  The "Easter" Game consisted of someone playing the part of the "Easter" Bunny (rabbit).  The "Easter" Bunny would hide "Easter" Eggs.  Then the children would look for the "Easter" Eggs and place them in their wicker "Easter" Baskets that were lined with green grass.  When all of the "Easter" Eggs were found then prizes would be awarded for things like being the first to find an "Easter" Egg, finding the most "Easter" Eggs and finding special prize "Easter" Eggs.  The "Easter" Game was often repeated but prizes were usually only given the first time it was played.

All through the festival people would greet each other with "Happy Easter!" as they enjoyed the festivities.

Over the centuries, the Children of Truth in the lands of the Druids would face terrible persecution at times for not participating in the rites of "Easter".  When the False Church of Rome came in it did with "Easter" what it had done with other similar idolatrous holidays that had been celebrated before its arrival.  The False Church of Rome "Christianized" the Druid holiday of "Easter".  The former worshipers of the religion of the Druids who came under their control were allowed to keep most of the traditions of "Easter" worship and even continue to call the holiday "Easter".  They only had to agree to make a few modifications.

The date would be changed to the Sunday following the "Pascal" full moon.  The "Pascal" full moon was the first full moon on or after the Spring Equinox so the new "Christianized" Easter would still have the timing of its celebration tied to the Spring Equinox. This would put the new "Christianized" Easter on the same day that the rest of the False Church of Rome was observing the resurrection of the Man of Truth as the last day of Holy Week.

(The Spring Equinox was fixed as March 21st even though many years it falls a day later or a day sooner.  The "Pascal" full moon is calculated rather than observed and is off from the actual full moon most years. The lunar cycle averages a little over twenty-nine and a half days so the "Pascal" full moon has about a thirty day date range and the following Sunday can be as much a week later.  This is why Easter bounces around year after year inside a time span that is about a month in duration.)  

Secondly, the theme would no longer be the arrival of the fertility goddess "Easter" whose name the "Christianized" Easter still bore but rather the resurrection of the Man of Truth.   They could keep on proclaiming the name of the fertility goddess of the Druids by greeting each other with "Happy Easter!" but the summon and songs would be about the resurrection.  They could even pay homage to "Easter" in their songs of worship and in their summons as long as it was about the Man of Truth being resurrected on "Easter" morning.  They could keep on playing the "Easter" Game by saying that the "Easter" Eggs represented the resurrection of the Man of Truth instead of fertility.

Third, the False Church of Rome had a few traditions of their own to add that complemented the traditions that came from the Druids celebration of "Easter" in many ways.  For example, the False Church of Rome already had a tradition of placing red colored eggs on the altar during its celebration of the resurrection of the Man of Truth.  So it did not seem unreasonable to have "Easter" Eggs dyed as well.

However, neither the Druids nor the False Church of Rome were the originator of these practices.

The fertility goddess of the Druids named "Easter" was called by other names in other places long before the Celts and Gauls moved into western Europe.  The worship of this fertility goddess started not long after the Flood.  The Father of Truth (YHVH aka God aka THE LORD) gave the commandment to Noah (Noach) and his sons to multiply and fill the Earth with people (Genesis 9:1-7).  It was Nimrod (Nimrud), the son of Cush (Kush), the son of Noah, who was the first to rebel against the Father of Truth after the flood (Genesis 10:8-9).  [The phrase "mighty hunter before the Lord" is more literally "mighty hunter in the face of YHVH".  We still use the expression "in your face" to show opposition to what someone is doing.  He was effective (mighty) in being a hunter of souls by creating his own religion system in the face of the Father of Truth that took men away from worshiping Him.]  Nimrod then began having walled cities built to house those who joined his religion starting with Babel (Babylon) and then went out from there into other nations like Assyria (Genesis 10:10-12).  The religion of Babylon was that of people worshiping living things like animals, various images along with the sun, moon and stars in the heavens (space outside of the atmosphere) (Deuteronomy 4:16-19).  The religion of Babylon that Nimrod started was for those who did not want to worship the Father of Truth but wanted to worshiping the creation rather than the Creator (Romans 1:21-25).

The first city he built, Babylon, was built when all people still spoke the same language so that they would not be scattered across the Earth as the Father of Truth had commanded (Genesis 11:1-4).  [The tower was more accurately for reaching up to observe the heavens (sun, moon, and stars) that were central to the religion of Nimrod that began in Babylon.]  So when the Father of Truth confused their languages to restrain them from doing every evil thing that they could think of and to cause them to be scattered across the Earth as He had commanded then people took the religion of Babylon with them but the names of the gods were now different names in each language (Genesis 11:5-9).

Another name for "Easter" is also "Ashtareth" in the language of the Phoenicians that the Sidonians came to speak over time (1 Kings 11:5).  The "Easter" of the Druids in English is the same as the "Asherah" of the Canaanites that was the center of the Babylonian sun god worship that they had inherited from Babylon (2 Kings 17:16).  "Easter" the fertility goddess was also known as "The Queen of Heaven" among those who practiced the religion of Babylon (Jeremiah 44:25).

"Easter" was known as "Esther" among the Persians which is the name that Mordecai the Jew had called Hadassah the Jew to hide her identity as a Jew (Esther 2:7-10).  (This was all part of the trap that the Father of Truth had prepared to expose and destroy the enemies of the Jews as explained in For Such A Time As This.)

Of course, the details of the story of "Easter" changed as diverse groups moved across the globe over the centuries.  Still they maintained certain elements of the original story.  In the original story an egg of wondrous size (carried by storks in some versions) fell from the heavens into the Euphrates River at sunrise on the day of the Spring Equinox.  Fish then rolled this egg to the banks of the Euphrates River and the naked virgin "Easter" came out of the egg.  "Easter" then pointed at a bird and turned it into an egg laying rabbit.  This egg laying rabbit was known as the "Easter" rabbit (bunny). 

This event allegedly happened on a Friday and for this reason fish were eaten on Friday as remains the practice by the False Church of Rome to this day.  It is probably also why Muslims continued to observe Friday as a weekly holy day like Arabs had for thousands of years before Mohammed.  This is the original Good Friday.

Nimrod probably picked Friday because it is the sixth day of the week when man was created (Genesis 1:27-31).  The religion of Babylon that Nimrod used to hunt souls exalts man above the Father of Truth so it exalts the day of the creation of man over the Sabbath that He gave as a weekly holy day.  

Afterwards Nimrod built Babylon on the banks of the Euphrates River where "Easter" supposedly came out of the "Easter" Egg.  (Later the story tells of the Lamenter, who could only be Shem in reality, that killed Nimrod by speaking a prophecy.  In the imagery of Babylon, horns represent power, so the Lamenter is pictured as a boar because the horns of a boar are the tusks in its mouth.  The boar kills Nimrod by tusking his ankles.  So the death of Nimrod is avenged each year by people killing and eating swine at the celebration of "Easter".)

The original story of the "Easter" Egg is also the source of adding a roasted egg to Seder plates by the Rabbis when they were in Babylon that continues to this day.

Now you might be wondering if this where the word "Easter" came from then why is it in some translations of the Book of Truth as a holiday that the Children of Truth observed.  The word "Easter" only appears in one place in the Book of Truth in some translations (Acts 12:4).  If we just take a peek under the covers then we will find that the Greek word that was translated as  "Easter" is "Pascha".  "Pascha" literally means "Passover" as it is translated everywhere else in the Renewed Covenant (B'rit Chadashah aka The New Testament).  The reason that the translators translated "Pascha" as "Easter" in this one place is because the "Christianized" Easter is called "Pascha" everywhere else where the False Church of Rome has had sway except for the lands where the religion of the Druids had been practiced.  The translators of this particular passage were apparently ignorant of the fact that the Apostles of Truth actually observed Passover (Pesach) instead of Easter.

Still you might be wondering if it matters that the Children of Truth have been ignorantly proclaiming the name of the Druid goddess of fertility and practicing the rites of worshiping the Druid goddess of fertility when celebrating the resurrection of the Man of Truth.   Does it really matter to the Father of Truth how His Children celebrate the resurrection of the Man of Truth?

He wants His children to have nothing to do with anything that came from Babylonian sun god worship, including "Easter" (Asherah), so that they can belong to Him alone (Deuteronomy 7:5-6).  He wants His children to destroy the practices of Babylonian sun god worship, including those of "Easter" (Asherah), and not to include those practices in worshiping Him (Deuteronomy 12:2-4).  He does not want His Children using the same practices of idol worship that He hates, like the practices of worshiping "Easter", when they worship Him instead of the practices that He has laid out in the Book of Truth (Deuteronomy 12:30-32).  It was for carrying out the practices of "Easter" (Asherah) that the Jews in the Promised Land were thrust out of their inheritance from the Father of Truth (1 Kings 14:15).

The Father of Truth does not want His Children proclaiming the name of other gods like "Easter" with expression like "Happy Easter!" or singing of "Easter" in their worship songs or even using "Easter" in their sermons about the resurrection of the Man of Truth (Exodus 23:13).  He has commanded His Children to destroy everything associated with "Easter" (Asherah) and to not eat "Easter" (Asherah) dinner (Exodus 34:13-16).  He does not want His Children going to outdoor parks to roast and eat the flesh of swine (ham) as part of their worship (Isaiah 65:3-5).  He does not want His Children to make and eat "Easter" (The Queen of Heaven) cakes to celebrate the resurrection of His Son (Jeremiah 7:17-19).  He calls services conducted from the places meant for His Children to gather to worship Him that consist of the worshipers facing the east to celebrate when the sun rises, like those done in celebrating "Easter", the thing that He hates the most (Ezekiel 8:15-17)!

If this was true for those who did not have a circumcised heart then how much more so it must grieve the Father of Truth when those whose hearts He has circumcised do these things (Deuteronomy 30:6).  He has given the Spirit of Truth (Ruach HaQodesh aka The Holy Spirit aka The Holy Ghost) to the Children of Truth so they could worship Him in the way that He commanded (Ezekiel 11:18-20).  The Children of Truth were made clean and given the Spirit of Truth so they could worship Him in the way He commanded (Ezekiel 36:25-27).  The Spirit of Truth will lead the Children of Truth to worship Him in truth according to the commandments of the Law of Truth (Torah aka The Law) that He gave to the Jews (John 4:22-24).  The Father of Truth is still calling the Children of Truth to come out from including the practices of idol worship, like the practices of "Easter", in their worship of Him and to worship Him in only the way that He truly desires (2 Corinthians 6:15-18).

In fact, in most places outside of the lands where the religion of the Druids had been practiced people eat lamb instead of ham when they are celebrating what they call "Passover" to commemorate the resurrection of the Man of Truth.  Since the Great Schism occurred, the Western (Latin) division and the Eastern (Greek) division of the False Church of Rome do not even observe their commemoration of the resurrection of the Man of Truth on the same day most years.  The Latin division of the False Church of Rome uses tables calculated long ago to determine when the "Paschal" full moon occurs to determine the timing of Holy Week.  The Greek division of the False Church of Rome always observes their commemoration of the resurrection of the Man of Truth on the Sunday after the Passover that occurs on the Rabbinic calendar that commemorates the deliverance of Israel from Egyptian bondage.

Not only that but when I lived in Greece the Greeks would even commemorate the resurrection of the Man of Truth by roasting a lamb whole and eating all of it on that day because they said this is what the Apostles of Truth told them to do.  This is exactly what the Father of Truth told the children of Israel to do to commemorate their deliverance from Egyptian bondage (Exodus 12:3-10).

The Greeks do this because the Apostles of Truth knew that the Man of Truth died at the time of Passover as plainly stated in their own writings (Matthew 26:2).  The Man of Truth died on the day of Passover when the lambs were slain (John 19:14).

The day after (Sunday) the Sabbath (Saturday) that came after Passover was the feast of Firstfruits (Bikkurim) when the first of the sheave of barely was offered before the rest could be harvested (Leviticus 23:5-15).

The Man of Truth rose from the dead about the time when nautical twilight ends, which is when light first appears about an hour before sunrise, on the first day of the week (Sunday) (Matthew 28:1-3).  The women went to better take care of his dead body about an hour BEFORE sunrise, when it was still dark, on the first day of the week (Sunday) but the Man of Truth had already risen (John 20:1-3). 

At this time "Easter" was still being celebrated on the Spring equinox and did not even occur on a Sunday most years.  The earliest that the barley can be ripe enough to be offered for First Fruits is at least eleven days after the Spring Equinox and even more than a forty days later at the latest.  (An extra month is added to the Biblical calendar if the barley is not in the "aviv" state of ripeness when the new moon of the next month appears after the twelfth month of the Biblical calendar is over.)  In fact, on the year the Man of Truth rose from the grave, First Fruits began at sunset of the twenty-eighth of April, making the date of the Resurrection to be the twenty-ninth of April, which is four days after the latest occurrence of "Easter" on the modern calendar. (The only year that there were three days and three nights between the day when the Passover Lambs were slain and First Fruits that always fell on the first day of the week (Sunday) between the years 24 AD to 44 AD was 31 AD.  First Fruits began at close to its latest possible date in 31 AD.  This is further verified by other information in the Gospels that makes it possible to know when was Jesus born as well.)

The fact is that the Man of Truth did not rise from the grave on Easter morning. The Man of Truth rose from the grave at the first flicker of light near the middle of First Fruits.  That is why the Man of Truth is called the Firstfruits of those who will be resurrected from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:20).

It is evident that even the False Church of Rome knew in the beginning that the practices of celebrating "Easter" were not from the Father of Truth.  These practices of celebrating "Easter" has an origin that is even older than the False Church of Rome or the Druids or even Nimrod.  These practices are built upon lies, lies and more lies.  All lies, like the lie of using the practices of  "Easter" to celebrate the resurrection of the Man of Truth, came from the Father of Lies (HaShatan aka Satan Aka The Devil) (John 8:44).

You may have been performing all of these idolatrous rituals that celebrate "Easter" out of ignorance that the Father of Truth has graciously overlooked but now that you know the truth about these practices the Father of Truth is commanding you to do so no more (Acts 17:29-31)!!!

The Children of Truth should not give any place in their lives for anything that is from the Father of Lies (Ephesians 4:27).  The Children of Truth are supposed to be living according to the light of His Word and doing what is acceptable to Their Father (Ephesians 5:8-10).  They are have nothing to do with the darkness of things that come from the Father of Lies, like the celebration of  "Easter", but instead reprove these practices so others can come into the light as well (Ephesians 5:11-12).  The Children of Truth should teach nothing except the Word of Truth instead of continuing a fable about a woman that came out a giant egg that fell form the sky and then turned a bird into an egg laying rabbit (1 Timothy 1:3-4).  The Children of Truth should do everything they can to always be walking in truth.

It is much better and closer to the truth for the Children of Truth to greet each other with "Happy Resurrection Sunday" when they celebrate the day that the Man of Truth rose from the dead since he did indeed rise from the dead on Sunday, the first day of the week.  Still the Man of Truth did not rise from the dead on the first day of any week, but on the first day of the week after Passover that is called "First Fruits". Still not even that is nowhere near as good as greeting each other with "Happy Firstfruits!" as they should actually be celebrating the resurrection of the Man of Truth in the way that His Father intended on the day of First Fruits.

Even though it's a Jewish thing to be following the Man of Truth that does not mean that First Fruits is just for the Jewish Children of Truth.  It's not just a Jewish thing to celebrate First Fruits as the day when the Man of Truth rose from the dead.  The Greatest Play Ever that is played out in the Feasts of Truth told the story of the death, burial and resurrection of the Man of Truth long before it ever happened.  It is by observing Passover that the Children of Truth commemorate the death of the Lamb that Their Father provided.  It is by keeping the Feast of Unleavened Bread that the Children of Truth remember that the death of the Man of Truth made removing the leaven of sin possible.  It is by celebrating the raising of the First Fruits that they celebrate the raising of the Man of Truth from the dead.

The Children of Truth just need to remember that since the Temple is not standing and most of them are not Jewish nor living in Israel that they are playing with broken toys when they celebrate the Feasts of Truth.  So there is room for diversity in exactly how each congregation or individual celebrates the resurrection of the Man of Truth as long as they do not include idolatrous customs like those used to celebrate "Easter".  Let the Spirit of Truth lead them in their celebration of the resurrection of Man of Truth in a way that is fitting for their congregation including greeting each other with "Happy Firstfruits!"

Of course, you really have nothing to celebrate until you come into the House of Truth.  You can only come into the House of Truth by surrendering total control of your life to the Man of Truth because you believe that He was resurrected by the Father of Truth (Romans 10:9).  For those who come into the House of Truth the resurrection of the Man of Truth is greatest cause of celebration there ever will be but for those who reject His kingship over their lives the resurrection of the Man of Truth is greatest cause of mourning there will ever be (2 Corinthians 2:14-16).

Come into the House of Truth.