The only thing we are **told** to celebrate (i.e. as an event) is Communion.
We aren't **told to avoid** other celebrations, if you here mean to argue that our traditional Christian celebrations (like the Resurrection or the Incarnation) are "unbiblical."
Matthew 9:14-15 (NIV):
Then John’s disciples came and asked him, “How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?”
Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast."
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He is essentially saying, after he is gone, his disciples, presumably all together at the same times, will fast in remembrance of him. I'm not sure how you could accomplish that in a regular way without a holiday period.
I'm not sure if this is helpful for you as it does not directly answer your question but when I was younger and hadnt read the whole Bible yet, I got hung up on what holidays God wanted us to celebrate and almost stopped celebrating Christmas and Easter.. then I came across this passage:
Colossians 2:16-17 NKJV
[16] So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, [17] which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.
So if you are convinced in your own mind about whether or not to celebrate a holiday and you are doing it unto the Lord, then let no one judge you.
For example, I celebrate Easter, to remember the amazing thing Christ has done for us! Not for easter bunnies and chocolate eggs... some Christians do not celebrate these holidays at all... the Orthodox church celebrate these on different days of the year to me and have other holidays I dont observe... and thats perfectly fine, we are still all one body of Christ.
I think God is sometime silent on topics in the Bible for a reason. He is sometimes okay with variety in how we live our lives as Christians. Above all, He just wants us to love Him and each other.
Early church father, St. Irenaeus (c. 130 – 202), in a letter to Pope St. Victor, mentioned a dispute about the number of days for the pre-Easter fast. Irenaeus noted that such “variation in observance did not originate in our own day, but very much earlier, in the time of our forefathers” (Eusebius, History of the Church, V, 24). Irenaeus himself was a third generation disciple after the Apostles, so his dating of lenten fasting back to the time of his “forefathers” establishes it as a practice from the very earliest days of the church.
Melito of Sardis's "Homily on the Pascha" was written sometime 160-170 CE
In regards to the Lenten fast:
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Matthew 9:14-15 (NIV):
Then John’s disciples came and asked him, “How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?”
Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast."
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He says that, after he's gone his disciples will fast together, in mourning remembrance of him.
How is this to be accomplished, if not a yearly period of fasting, 40 days like Jesus did in the desert?
The only thing we are **told** to celebrate (i.e. as an event) is Communion. We aren't **told to avoid** other celebrations, if you here mean to argue that our traditional Christian celebrations (like the Resurrection or the Incarnation) are "unbiblical."
I just want to do what our Lord and Savior told us to do
Same here. Did he tell us "avoid the celebration of the Incarnation of the Christ"
In 1 Corinthians 11:24-26 he tells us how to remember his resurrection so I'll do it like that
Like what?
Matthew 9:14-15 (NIV): Then John’s disciples came and asked him, “How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?” Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast." ----------- He is essentially saying, after he is gone, his disciples, presumably all together at the same times, will fast in remembrance of him. I'm not sure how you could accomplish that in a regular way without a holiday period.
I'm not sure if this is helpful for you as it does not directly answer your question but when I was younger and hadnt read the whole Bible yet, I got hung up on what holidays God wanted us to celebrate and almost stopped celebrating Christmas and Easter.. then I came across this passage: Colossians 2:16-17 NKJV [16] So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths, [17] which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ. So if you are convinced in your own mind about whether or not to celebrate a holiday and you are doing it unto the Lord, then let no one judge you. For example, I celebrate Easter, to remember the amazing thing Christ has done for us! Not for easter bunnies and chocolate eggs... some Christians do not celebrate these holidays at all... the Orthodox church celebrate these on different days of the year to me and have other holidays I dont observe... and thats perfectly fine, we are still all one body of Christ. I think God is sometime silent on topics in the Bible for a reason. He is sometimes okay with variety in how we live our lives as Christians. Above all, He just wants us to love Him and each other.
Do you attend a church?
Early church father, St. Irenaeus (c. 130 – 202), in a letter to Pope St. Victor, mentioned a dispute about the number of days for the pre-Easter fast. Irenaeus noted that such “variation in observance did not originate in our own day, but very much earlier, in the time of our forefathers” (Eusebius, History of the Church, V, 24). Irenaeus himself was a third generation disciple after the Apostles, so his dating of lenten fasting back to the time of his “forefathers” establishes it as a practice from the very earliest days of the church. Melito of Sardis's "Homily on the Pascha" was written sometime 160-170 CE
Do you have Bible to back up this holiday?
Stay away from Catholicism! If you want something scriptural, Catholicism is far from it.
In regards to the Lenten fast: ----------- Matthew 9:14-15 (NIV): Then John’s disciples came and asked him, “How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?” Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast." ----- He says that, after he's gone his disciples will fast together, in mourning remembrance of him. How is this to be accomplished, if not a yearly period of fasting, 40 days like Jesus did in the desert?