"Easter"???

Easter Sunday is a holiday that Millions celebrate every year. Many view this Holy day as a remembrance of Jesus resurrection and is considered one the most holy holidays there is with Christmas being a close second. This also is one of the only days that some will attend church or worship out of the entire year. But did you know that when we examine the New Testament that we cannot find where they observed Jesus resurrection as a yearly event? However, out of fairness you can find the word Easter one time in scripture and it is only found in the KJV. Acts 12:4, "And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people." I can't tell you why the translators decided to put the word Easter in this one place. The Greek word from which they translated is 'Pascha' which should be translated Passover. In fact in the other 28 places this Greek word is used the KJV translates it Passover. The word Easter should not have been used here and every commentator and Greek dictionary I looked at says the same thing. Now I am not condemning the KJV I am just pointing out a bad judgment call on the translators on this particular word. The word Easter actual comes from the word Eastre which was an Anglo-Saxon name for a Germanic goddess of spring and fertility. A whole month was dedicated to her which corresponds to our month of April. Her festival was celebrated on the vernal equinox that is the day on which there is an equal amount of light and darkness. There are other customs evolved with Easter today that point to their pagan origin. The rabbit was considered sacred to the Germanic Goddess and was symbol for fertility, after all rabbits are famous for making more and more rabbits. It was also a custom of ancient Egyptians and Romans to give eggs to people during this time to wish them a fertile or productive year. Knowing what I have just told you should really get you to thinking about several questions. How did this yearly observation of Jesus resurrection get started in the first place? To answer this question we must first understand the Passover. The Passover was a yearly feast that was very important to the Jews because they were to observe to remember how God delivered the Jews from Egyptian bondage. It's during this Passover feast that Jesus instituted the Lord Supper. Once Jesus died on the cross and the new covenant began the Passover was no longer binding nor were any of the feast that were specifically for the Jews. However, many Jews still observed the Passover and the Jewish festivals after they became Christians. Even Paul after he became a Christian would observe some of these Jewish customs. In Acts 18:18 he took a vow and verses 19-21 he sought to keep a Jewish feast in Jerusalem. But also learn from Acts 15 that the Gentiles, that is you and I, were not obligated to keep any of the Jewish traditions such as the Passover, feast or circumcision. History tells us not long after the apostles died that a lot of these Jewish festivals turned into Christian festivals and the Passover began to be observed as yearly remembrance of Christ Resurrection even though Christ himself instituted the Lord Supper to be what Christians were to partake of to remember his death. 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, "For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; 24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me." 25 In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me." 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death till He comes." This observance was not a yearly event but it was, and remains today for Christians, a weekly event according to scripture. Acts 20;7, "Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread," Every Sunday should be celebrated and remembered for Christ death and resurrection not just once a year.