And in light of Romans 14, what’s the big deal if someone doesn’t observe the Sabbath as you decide they should?
Are they saved? Or do they go to hell?
Just WHO is this 'someone'?
A JEW or a Gentile believer?
Rahab the spiritual harlot was saved when the walls of Jericho fell.
She and her family was placed outside the camp, separated from Israel, but she and her family was saved. That is not just a history story.. all of scripture is about Him and His Kingdom..
But being ‘saved’ is taught differently in church... those parables in the kingdom say that there is more than just here and then being poofed into eternity as His bride. There will be a kingdom of 1000 years.. Ezekiel is an entire prophetic book of the millennial- even with animal sacrifices! We can’t make sense of it.. but Israel didn’t understand the new moons, Sabbaths and feasts or the sacrifices either or why they did them, when the Messiah came..
Again, everything in our bible points to Him and His Kingdom..His Kingdom isn’t just a ‘place’, it is a set of rules, governing life. And scripture tells us obedience to Him is what love is..
He gave it to Israel in Torah and through the prophets and then ultimately through His Son..not so we can ignore His rules for our own but so that we turn from our disobedience.
And Jews didn’t get it., and the church has ignores it because they think none of it is important since He came.. There are even some who think all the Torah is null and void now..
That is strange consisting Torah became flesh and dwelt among us and lives forever..
Because of the attitude of ignorance, the church has even made up holy days when the days He gave Israel all point to the Messiah!
And how awesome would it be to know His real birthday? Or the day He was baptized? Jews were told to observe those days, not knowing what they were shadowing.. church ignores those because they probably havent made the connection, either..
I am no pope, no priest, no evangelist, no preacher....just a guy who asked, sought and knocked and willing to obey..
But with observing His calendar, timekeeping, reading and studying His Word and His Amazing Grace, I know His birthday, circumcision, dedication, baptism days- and the real days for His death, burial and resurrection.. and they cannot be found with the world’s system..and it is all within the pages of scripture... hidden, but searchable.
You and I would have to guess what our birthday is on His calendar. Instead, we have to guess what His birthday is on the world’s calendar.
That makes perfect sense in a counterfeit world..