Easter or Passover?

Easter

Passover

Started as a man-made religious custom in worship of false gods millennia before Jesus Christ

Started from Scripture as an observance established by God Himself (Leviticus 23:4–5; Luke 22:15)

Easter was Christianized by the Catholic Church, around 300 years after Jesus' death, at the Council of Nicaea

Passover was made Christian by Jesus Christ Himself on the night before His crucifixion (Matthew 26:26–30)

The apostles never kept Easter or taught the Church to keep it; rather they taught Christians to shun pagan customs (1 Peter 4:3; 1 John 5:21)

The apostles continued to keep and teach the Passover (1 Corinthians 11:23–26)

Jesus Christ never kept or taught Easter (Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition,)

Jesus Christ kept Passover every year of His life (Luke 2:41–42; 22:8)

The symbols of Easter are bunnies, colored eggs, and hot cross buns, which originated in paganism before being incorporated into the modern Easter celebration

The symbols of Passover are wine and bread, and Jesus Himself explained their meaning: His precious blood and broken body. (Luke 22:14–20; 1 Corinthians 11:23–26)

There is no way to stretch into a 72-hour period the two nights and one day from Good Friday through Easter Sunday.

The Passover celebration points accurately to a simple three days and three nights, as Scripture prophesied (Matthew 12:39–40; Jonah 1:17; Genesis 1:4–5)

The Good Friday to Easter Sunday scenario effectively denies the only sign of the Messiah (Matthew 16:4)

Those who keep the Passover and biblical Holy Days are acknowledging the sign of the Messiah (Read The Sign of Jonah)

Easter incorrectly points toward a Sunday resurrection

Passover points toward the actual time and day of His resurrection (Read The Resurrection Was not on Easter Sunday)

Jesus will not keep Easter when He returns to earth

Jesus will keep the Passover when He returns to earth (Luke 22:15–16)

The name "Easter" shares connections with pagan deities like "Ishtar" and "Oestre" (Vine's Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words, 1987)

The name "Passover" comes directly from the Bible (Exodus 12:13)

Read about Easter from the authority of the Catholic Encyclopedia

Read about the Passover from the authority of Scripture itself (Exodus 12:1–30; Matthew 26:17–30; 1 Corinthians 11:23–34)

Deuteronomy 12:30–32; Mark 7:6–9

Leviticus 23:4–5; Luke 22:19; 1 Corinthians 11:25

Easter is entirely man-made

Passover is God-ordained

Conclusion: Easter relies on accepting the traditions of men and rejecting God's Word

Conclusion: Passover relies on accepting God's Word over the traditions of men