So is it your opinion that the Levitical priesthood and the bloody sacrificial system is still a legitimate expression of worship to God? They do fall under the same "everlasting ordinances" rubric, do they not?
You cannot separate one from the other. The festival system was inherently bloody. There is no legitimate keeping of those old covenant festivals without the shedding of animal blood. E.g., "But you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord for seven days. And you shall offer with the bread seven lambs of the first year, without blemish, one young bull, and two rams. They shall be as a burnt offering to the Lord, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, an offering made by fire for a sweet aroma to the Lord." (Lev. 23:8,18). Nowhere has God "changed the rule" ala modern "messianic" practices.
I'm afraid you are the one misinterpreting Scripture by selectively deciding which cultic laws to observe, and then creating your own rules on how to be "observant".
>> So is it your opinion that the Levitical priesthood and the bloody sacrificial system is still a legitimate expression of worship to God? They do fall under the same "everlasting ordinances" rubric, do they not? <<
Actually, yes. The sacrifice of Christ on the altar is eternal.
>> So is it your opinion that the Levitical priesthood and the bloody sacrificial system is still a legitimate expression of worship to God? They do fall under the same "everlasting ordinances" rubric, do they not? <<
The blood of the lamb.
The sacrifices were never a part of the original law. "They were added because of transgressions (Galatians 3:19) until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come." This sacrificial law constantly reminded Israel of their failure to live up to the terms of the Covenant. It involved laborious sacrifices and ritualistic washings, rites and ceremonies.
The Holy Days did not originate with Leviticus. The Levitical system did not begin to function until one year after Israel had left Egypt. The Holy Days were instituted when Israel left Egypt(Exodus 23:14)......conversely, the abolition of the sacrificial system did not abolish the Holy Days, (Hebrews 9:10 "They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings-external regulations applying until the time of the new order."
I Corinthians 11:1 Paul says, "Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ". Jesus observed all of the Feasts and Paul observed all of the Feasts. The New Testament Church of God observed all of the Feasts. We will observe the Feasts in the next age (Zechariah 14:16-19.