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And, even though those events are fulfilled, we are still commanded to keep them along with the 5 other events that are not fulfilled.... You see, your wild assumptions of Yeshua endorsing iniquity are falling far short of reality.

Are you arguing that we are still under dietary laws, must observe ritual feasts, including Passover, circumcision, and all the other dictates of the Old Testament?

If so, how does that square with Paul and the Church Council in Acts 15?

It is not enough to just make assertions in my general direction. You have to actually respond to what I say and demonstrate how those verses don't say what they say.

75 posted on 11/22/2014 12:48:12 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
The feasts are not intended to be “ritual.”

This is one of the big errors of Pharisaic Judaism.

The feasts are the program, a calendar of sorts, of the future events we face, and provide awareness of where we are in God's time table, to be able to recognize among other things, the beginning of the “70th week,” and the midpoint thereof when Satan will be cast out of the presence of God.

The dietary instructions are not a punishment, but a path to good health. Yes there is some question as to the acceptability of certain animal flesh, emitting from Paul's statement to Timothy that “all creatures are good,” and since our relationship with Yeshua is based on the condition of our heart, I fail to see that as a “sin unto death” issue.

You must be one of those that missed the chief point that the Jerusalem council rested their difficult deliberations upon:

Acts 15:21 - For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

The fact that they were going to learn Torah a little at a time, every sabbath day, meant that no attempt to teach and require the whole of Torah at once was a proper approach.

The apostles didn't learn all on one day, it took all of their lives, so why should the new converts be different?

Finally, nobody has to respond to your cheeky sarcasm unless they see a good reason to do so.

76 posted on 11/22/2014 1:14:44 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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