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The Bible commands celebration and shows God taking part in it. Israel’s law sets feasts on the calendar (Deuteronomy 16:14), Jesus’ first sign supplies wine for a wedding (John 2:10), and his parables end in parties for what was lost and found (Luke 15:23-24). Other passages record one-time celebrations: David dancing as the ark came into Jerusalem (2 Samuel 6:14-15) and the dedication of the city’s rebuilt wall (Nehemiah 12:43). Purim began as a celebration of the Jews’ rescue from…