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People are worshiping whoever they are worshiping on Easter sunrise services. What pagans did centuries ago has nothing to do with it and neither does a timeline or Jewish culture and practices. God numbered the days at creation as He created time. He did not name them. For all we know the first day would coincide with out Wednesday. Now I am sure there are people who think they have figured that all out with Hebrew calendars and ours, but they haven't. They have just reached a conclusion.All those who engage in "Easter sunrise services" are not worshiping the true God. This is a pagan practice. Christians often engage in this because they think Jesus rose at daybreak on Sunday morning. This is false. It is a misreading of Scripture. It flows from an absolute ignorance of Jewish culture and practices. And it's because Christianity has believed the lie that the New Testament was originally written in Greek. It was not.
Go down that rabbit hole, if your dare. And if your true faith is strong enough. You'll find the that the original language was Aramaic. And the true time line was a crucifixion on Wednesday. And a resurrection EXACTLY 3 days and nights later on Saturday evening. Just like Jesus predicted many times and that he said would be the PROOF that He is the true Messiah. If you do not believe those facts, you do not truly believe Jesus is the Messiah.
The Hebrew marking of months and days of the month for Sabbaths and Sabbath festivals was established by God for Israel when the Sinai covenant was made during and after the Exodus. The laws given in them were for remembrance of who He is and who He is to them in covenant, and for worship. It was not the month and day that was important but was set so that it was possible for them to obey. It was organized within our time.
To us the first day of the week is Sunday. Jesus rose on the first day of the week. Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday following the first full moon, following the Spring solstice. Does this coincide with some pagan festival? I don't know and I don't care. It does not matter. It is a lunar measurement, just as the feasts and festivals of Israel and their calendar was lunar. And Easter is directly linked to the Passover, and Jesus in His redemption is related in the Bible to the deliverance from bondage in Egypt by God, the type of Christ delivering us from our bondage to sin and death in His resurrection.