[DouglasKC]

The holy days had their fulfillment in Christ -- their purpose was to be a kind of divine advertisement of what was to come. For instance, the Day of Atonement siginified the future propitiatory death of Christ. Once Christ's propitiatory death has come, what need have we for the feast day? That's sort of like downloading the trailer of a movie you have the DVD for -- completely superfluous.

No doubt they were shadows of what is to come and memorial of what has come. But Paul didn't understand that they were done away with.

Col 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Col 2:17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

They ARE a shadow of things to come. Paul was writing how many years after Christ death here? Thirty or so? Thirty or so years have gone by and Paul thinks the holy days and sabbaths ARE, not were shadows of things to come.

But what's really interesting is if you take out the words, punctuation and numbered verses that translators add to the greek to make it more "clear":

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.

What does it say? Kind of changes the whole meaning when read as it was originally. It seems to be saying that you shouldn't let anyone judge your for how you observe God's Holy Days except for the body of Christ. Your brethren. And the greek here isn't referring to any other days except the ones God designated as holy.

Believe it or not.

[ALS]

You utter the typical confusions of the modern escapist mentality.

The bible is filled with pretypes. Mirrors, reflections and shadows of things to come. None of which lose their power, their relevancy and their hold, because they are.

Christ said He did not come to do away with the law, and indeed abided by it. As did His apostles, yet all we hear from the escapists is what a prison it is to follow in His footsteps and to notice His lead.

Satan could utter the same belief system, and sure enough he does.

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