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To: DouglasKC

None of the Jewish holidays are binding on Christians. Everything in the Old Law was a "shadow of things to come" (Colossians 2:17).


17 posted on 03/25/2005 1:44:20 PM PST by jkl1122
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To: jkl1122
None of the Jewish holidays are binding on Christians. Everything in the Old Law was a "shadow of things to come" (Colossians 2:17).

Does that mean you throw over G-d's Word for Paganism ?

18 posted on 03/25/2005 1:49:21 PM PST by Uri’el-2012 (Y'shua <==> YHvH is my Salvation (Psalm 118-14))
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To: jkl1122
None of the Jewish holidays are binding on Christians. Everything in the Old Law was a "shadow of things to come" (Colossians 2:17).

That's an incorrect interpretation of scripture. Colossians 2:16,17 reads:

Col 2:16,17 Then do not let anyone judge you in eating, or in drinking, or in part of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths which are a shadow of coming things, but the body of Christ.

The first thing to notice is that Paul, in inspired scripture, says that holy days and sabbaths ARE shadows of things to come. ARE, not WERE.

The second thing to notice about the verse is that the "judging" wasn't about WHETHER those in the Colossians church were celebrating holy days, but HOW. The Colossians WERE celebrating God's holy days. And many of the Colossians were gentiles, not jews.

21 posted on 03/25/2005 1:55:26 PM PST by DouglasKC
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We are actually not talking about Jewish Holidays here. Leviticus chapter 23 establishes the Sabbaths and Feast days for the Israelites....verse 1-2. Moses was also speaking to the other eleven tribes of Israel, not just the Jews(Judah).
He also made sure they understood that these ordinances would last forever(for generations to come)verse 14... Feast of Firstfruits, verse 21... Feast of Weeks, verse 31 includes Feast of Trumpets and The Day of Atonement, and verse 41...Feast of Tabernacles.
I can find nowhere in the scriptures where these lasting ordinances(for generations to come) were done away with. I can find in "Church" history where they attempted to confuse the population and bring in pagan superstitions which allowed most of the citizens to retain their old customs but still claim to be "Christians".
Passover and the seven day Feast of Unleavened Bread had been instituted earliar while still in captivity in Egypt (Exodus Chapter 12).
You are Quoting the book of Colossians, Chapter 2, verse 17.
Did you ever wonder why, Paul, as an apostle to the gentiles would be talking and writing to them about religious festivals and Sabbaths? They were pagan prior to their conversion and had no knowledge of these things! That is...
until Paul instucted them in how these Festivals and Sabbaths should be observed.


31 posted on 03/25/2005 2:28:53 PM PST by Diego1618
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