topcat54; DouglasKC
The old covenant feast days were part of the levitical system that passed away at the coming of Jesus Christ.
"For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. ... In that He says, "A new covenant," He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away." (Heb. 8:10,13)
They were feast days that were observed only by the Jewish nation, but not by the universal Christian church, since they were tied to the temple which was destroyed.
"After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem."
"Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near."
"Now the Jews' Feast of Tabernacles was at hand."
Paul never encouraged anyone to observe these days as part of an ongoing new covenant tradition.
17 posted on 12/20/2004 5:04:34 PM MST by topcat54
The New Covenant began earlier with
NAsbU Jeremiah 31:31 "Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them," declares the LORD. 33 "But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days," declares the LORD, "I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
Why did Y’shua choose to enter Jerusalem on a an ass
on the exact day predicted by Daniel?
Why did He celebrate the Passover Seder as the unblemished Lamb ?
Why did He die for our sins on the day that all sin(pride) is removed ?
Why did He rise from the dead on the Feast of First Fruits ?
And why did the Ruach haKodesh come to the Jews on the feast of Shavuot?
In His Forever Grip
chuck
Jeremiah 31:31-33 is a future event. It has not happened yet.
That passage is what is referenced in Hebrews 8. With the coming of Messiah at the "last days" the old covenant was passing away. The new covenant had come.
"God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;"
Why did Y’shua choose to enter Jerusalem on a an ass
"Then Jesus, when He had found a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written: 'Fear not, daughter of Zion; Behold, your King is coming, Sitting on a donkey's colt.' "
on the exact day predicted by Daniel? Why did He celebrate the Passover Seder as the unblemished Lamb ? Why did He die for our sins on the day that all sin(pride) is removed ? Why did He rise from the dead on the Feast of First Fruits ? And why did the Ruach haKodesh come to the Jews on the feast of Shavuot?
As it is written, "These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me."
All the law and the prophets were testifying of Jesus. Once He came and "fulfilled all righteousness" all these images, shadows, and types were no longer necessary. They have passed away with the older covenant from the people of God. We no longer worship with an earthly high priest, bloody sacrifices, and annual feast days. We worship in simplicity, with simple elements such as baptism (replacing circumcision) and the Lord's Supper (replacing passover).
"And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, 'This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.' "