please show your work...Paul was clear with his present tense “ARE”...these shadows ARE STILL pointing to things to come...so until you show otherwise...
Shadows aren't real things. The things that will come to pass are real but still to come: the millennial reign is the substance of the Sabbath; the return of Christ is the substance of the Feast of Trumpets, the Holy City and "all that thirst may enter" is the substance of the Last Great Day. Of course those shadows are still pointing to that which will come, because that hasn't come yet. I don't know what grammatical toy surprise you have in mind here, but this seems very obvious to me.
Why would non-believing in Him jews care to judge if believers IN HIM were NOT keeping the Sabbath? Every think about that? Jews would not have unclean goyim crowding their synagogues every Sabbath...
Jews are known for being stubborn, hard-headed, and hard-hearted, and thinking that their traditions somehow make them superior to others. This is why there are even specific sections and passages of the New Testament dealing with the annulment of the Old Covenant traditions... scriptures which you are very determined to ignore and rationalize that they must somehow mean the opposite.
Oh and why should believing in Him jews care if the believers were NOT keeping the Sabbath if it was TRUE what non believing jews claimed Stephen and Paul taught-that Yahushua changed the customs Moses gave them...oh because Luke was clear that was jewish FALSE WITNESS...because Stephen and Paul did NOT teach Yahushua changed the law...imagine that
See above. For this reason Paul has to explain to them that sabbaths are a moot point.
Romans 14:5-6 KJV
(5)
One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
(6) He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
Colossians 2:14-17 KJV
(14)
Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
(15) And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
(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:
(17) Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
Ephesians 2:14-15 KJV
(14) For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
(15)
Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace;
oh my...stupid...on multiple levels?
yes it’s understood as a metaphor but what is missed by you is that what is nailed to the wood here is handwritten by MAN and not on stone vs. what is written by Yah and on stone...besides stone isnt even mentioned in this passage here by Paul...
So how many levels is that?
Completely stupid, considering that your objection was already addressed by specific words of Paul that named sabbaths with other ordinances. There's not a single instruction in the in New Testament (written in the New Covenant in his blood after the cross) telling anyone that they should be observing Sabbaths, yet according to you this is the most vital reason for which we were created, something that the new Gentiles would certainly have to be told and instructed.
Acts 15:28-29 KJV
(28) For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us
, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
(29) That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
No mention that the Gentiles must change their traditions to observe SABBATHS. The only mention in regard to observance of Sabbaths is that it doesn't matter whether one observes sabbaths or any other days.
But you seem to be determined to argue with anyone and everyone on this and I'm not going to help out further. Is there some information that you've been holding out on that you haven't mentioned? If so now is the time to bring it forward. Otherwise you're already answered by scripture and there's no need to bounce this back and forth any further.
