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Do Christians keep the Sabbath?

Jesus healed on the sabbath, according to Jesus, God too works on the sabbath!    And finally Jesus himself claimed that he is Lord of the sabbath and excused his disciples!   Jesus gave authority to Peter and told him that through him the church will be established, what he approves or rejects will also be accepted in heaven.   Secondly what is the significance of the Sabbath?    On the seventh day God rested and so it was commanded that people should rest.    It was made so that people take a break and not slave away continuously!    Unless anyone kept track from the beginning, the exact day from the 7th day of rest, no one can or should make the silly claim that any Abrahamic religion fails to keep the sabbath, one day dedicated to the Lord in every seven days, as they all do.    Now Jews celebrate it from Friday evening to Saturday, Islamic sabbath is Friday, the Christians on Sunday though some Christian denominations...

What are evidences of Christmas and Easter and other holy days celebrated?

Is there evidence for Christmas, yes, in records the Roman census was the reason for Joseph and Mary’s visit to Bethlehem.     Astrologically, the star of Bethlehem appeared on day of the Birth of Jesus, as to the season, the Bible mentions that it was a cold night.     But let’s just say we celebrate a day for the Birth of Jesus so we begin a new year by accepting Jesus into our lives and renew ourselves to be like minded as Christ.     Most of these records were lost over time but surely it was still available for scrutiny during the time of the first Gospels and there were people like the Bereans who never accepted anything without evidence and scrutiny. How about Easter?    Jesus was the sacrificial lamb, he was crucified by the insistence of the high priest according to Jewish law, not Roman law, as he was already whipped for it as per the Roman law for his alleged blasphemy.    This happened on passover so we have a clearly linked ...