>> “I’m with you in that this attempt to foist a Jewish system of feasts and Sabbath worship on Gentiles is a non sequitor in the living of the Christian faith. Paul condemen it then and he would now!” <<
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First it is not nor ever was in any way “Jewish.”
The appointed times have been, since Adam sinned, for all men.
None of the apostles condemned keeping the times, and Sabbath, they all kept them and fully advocated keeping them, and this held true until the 4th century. This is the very essence of the faith.
What Paul and the rest of the apostles condemned was the Pharisee’s false man made commandments; the same ones that Yeshua condemned and issued many woes upon the scribes and Pharisees for promoting. Paul praised the Thessalonians, and the Colossians for their keeping of the times and Sabbath, and told the Thessalonians that Yeshua would not come unto them as a thief because they kept them, and would know when to expect his return.
On the other hand he cautioned the church at Sardis in Rev 3:3 that because they did not keep them, he would come to them as a thief, and they would not know.
Would you not prefer to be like the Thessalonians?
You are correct that the Love commandments must take precedence over all. And doing so subsequently causes us to follow all of the commandments, as he writes them on our hearts.
If they aren’t written on your heart, you’d do well to find out what has caused his writer’s cramp quickly.
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Paul praised the Thessalonians, and the Colossians for their keeping of the times and Sabbath,
and told the Thessalonians that Yeshua would not come unto them as a thief because they kept them
You have now come to the place where you are like a RC extrapolating support for something that is not there. Please show chapter and verse for each of the above being clearly taught along with the dietary laws, and where "times" and the "seasons" refers to keeping the OT feasts and 7th day sabbath.