Preface:
1. Please stop using the term "goyim." It's offensive and I'm not the only person who's agreed on this.
according to jews it is NOT an offensive term and since you follow jewish thinking even that their customs were changed/destroyed by Yahushua, you should easily also follow them that...
2. Using complete sentences would make your writing seem more coherent and enable it to be more easily understood.
would be less a problem I am sure if I would agree with your majority view...feel free to allow that to be the reason you reject the message...and tap out
Body:
3. Please explain what you mean by your assertion that "only that the Colossians were keeping the Sabbath?"
a) Do you mean that every Colossian was keeping Sabbaths?
b) Or do you mean that at least some of the Colossians were keeping Sabbaths?
Paul was writing Colossians who were believing AND THEREFORE keeping the Sabbath...
but Paul here is dealing with a new heresy of Gnostic practice regarding the keeping of the Shadows...and not whether or not they are observed but how which manner and motive.
Verse 11,13 makes clear they were uncircumcised but now obedient...their flesh and worldly ways PUT OFF...dead to self resurrected in Him HIS WAY
That's the only way I can interpret your statement, but scripture doesn't affirm either one of those meanings. I can interpret Col 2:16 to mean that at least some new Christians were attempting to keep Sabbaths, but from the words we are given that isn't necessarily in the church of the Colossians. Paul could have also been referring to Jews in Jerusalem who were judging against the Colossian brethren.
I understand what you want it to read...but again Paul wanted only those in the BODY OF CHRIST to judge by which manner or motive these shadows were being kept...
https://www.cogwriter.com/news/chur...sons-more-do-not-keep-the-biblical-holy-days/
4) You are asserting that the Gentile coverts were keeping sabbaths, holy days, abstaining from unclean meats, and who knows how many other Old Covenant of the Law of Moses, and that this was so common and understood that it is never mentioned. the problem with your assertion is that it remains unproven and not backed by scripture or other historical evidence.
you merely reveal your bias and reluctance to study further...
already in Act 15 the problem of believing goyim crowding the synagogues necessitated 4 rules of conduct for fellowship...
happily YOUR uncircumcised rebellious hostility towards the customs and manner of worship in the first century Way was NOT felt by other goyim crowding to hear of One resurrected and the manner by which He lived and ask of us to follow if we love Him...
it took centuries of anti Semitic and racism to finally divorce the new church from its Hebraic roots...
finally centuries later an exasperated Constantine demanded a fixed date for Easter rather than follow the Passover calendations...who needs jews right?
To the contrary, Peter calls the Old Covenant laws "a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear" (see Acts 15:10)
that yoke was the insistence by judiazers that goyim circumcise TO BE SAVED and clean themselves up to fellowship...both teachings NOT found in the OT
Of course your hatred of all things OT causes you to think Peter and Paul and myriads of believing jews ZEALOUS FOR THE LAW Acts 21:20 and the goyim crowding the synagogues ALSO HATE the customs Moses gave...
oh and of course Yahushua destroyed them was the false witness claim of slandering jews
and instead of saying that the Gentiles shall be saved even as the Jews, he puts it the other way around, "But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they" (Acts 15:211).
indeed saved by grace of Him...and IN HIM no jew or goyim...but Israel...so were only jews given the festivals and sabbaths and shadows? NO...but Israel...His people...is why Heb. 4:9
Paul even says jews will be made jealous to be grafted back in...Romans 11:13-14
Do not repeat your assertion as if it were accepted fact unless and until you can provide evidence. Otherwise you are just mouthing hot air, and it isn't convincing anyone (therefore, what is the point?)
the fact that goyim were to properly slaughter their meat, (again please dont argue that killing swine properly makes it clean) drain it of blood (again please don’t argue that draining swine of blood makes it clean) or not offered to idols (again please don’t argue that swine meat NOT offered to idols was OK for Sabbath potluck at the synagogue after hearing Moses preached and read)
Again your uncircumcised rebellious hatred for the new covenant lifestyle He demonstrated and taught was NOT felt by the goyim now clean and crowding synagogues...
After the first Roman-Jewish war Rome tolerated jews their ancient practice...jews also paid roman taxes...but jews hated christians happily threw them under any bus possible...all the easier that christians refused to pay those same taxes
Christians were now neither accepted nor tolerated by due paying jews and NOT a religion but now a superstitio...and Rome did not tolerant superstitious sects or schisms...as it was an empire of LAWS and had NO tolerance for non fee
But enough for now from me on all that
Yah speed your travel through history and law for a better understanding as to why the early sect known as “the WAY” was followed by Paul who copied Christ...and myraids of others with NO DISTINCTION between jew and goyim...except IN HIM there being neither...but a new man hated by both ROME AND JEW...lol
5) Jesus did say to pray that their flight be not in the winter or the Sabbath. He did NOT say that the fleeing would be "transgressing the Sabbath" any more than the fleeing would be "transgressing the Winter." I trust that you have enough semblance of logic to see the obvious hole in your claim / assumption. Fleeing in the winter is difficult because it it cold. Fleeing on the Sabbath is difficult because the Jews close the gates to the city. The focus was on fleeing regardless of winter or sabbaths. That passage does not lend support your claim.
oh my...
so the walls of the city enclosed the entirety of Judea did it? Because that is who Yahushua warned and not just those in Jerusalem...
good effort though your uncircumcised rebellious hostility has caused you to read up on your doubling down on the jewish claim that Stephen and Paul taught Yahushua changed the customs...
Luke of course is clear that this jewish claim is FALSE WITNESS...meant to slander and deceive...
Yahushua expected both winter times and Sabbath times to continue
6) Those shadows already fulfilled their purpose, and they were part of a covenant that God himself broke with the people.
if they were already fulfilled then Paul would have written “WERE” but he didn’t despite greek having past tense...he wrote they “ARE”...so they remain...
Obviously when Yahushua taught and demonstrated the new covenant which was to replace the old He signed and sealed it at His death. And once the testator of a last will is dead well then it is sealed no changes to the testator WILL...is why we follow Him...DO AS HE DID...LOVE AS HE LOVED US...and ask WWJD? Do that...as did Paul who said copy him as he copied Christ
I don't suppose you noticed when we are told that the law was "not the very image of the things" to come.
indeed the law was not the very image...but a reflection of Him His character and Will...no stealing as He didnt no murdering as He didnt no adultery as He didnt no coveting as He didnt...I hope you see the pattern yes?
The 10 commandments were descriptions as to what life was like where “I AM”...so living obedient to the Law is practice to when it will be like when we are there where “I AM” as it was BEFORE SIN...just like...
BTW-I don’t suppose you noticed when we are told that the law IS not the very image of things to come Heb 10:1 that it is PRESENT TENSE meaning well it still doesn’t perfect...duh...only He can do that...our love AS HE LOVED US fulfills it though
God is not returning to earth to reestablish Mosiac law or the Old Covenant, that law is not the image of that which is to come.
that law is INDEED the image of Who is to come...but yes not to begin blood sacrifices at national temple built by zionist hands...
And I bet when He returns we wont be on the papel Gregorian calendar with it’s New Years and christmasses and easter ham...
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.
yup blotting out the ordnance shot directly at us for our crime but not the Law itself...the Law was not handwritten by man...but by finger of Yah Himself...
Let no one but the BODY OF CHRIST judge the manner and reason for your keeping the shadows...BECAUSE the ordnance shot at you was taken BY HIM
Hebrews 10:1-2 KJV
(1) For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
(2) For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
yup...having...notice that? STILL HAVING...and duh the PEOPLE FAILED NOT THE LAW...it was never designed to perfect...but to lead to the One Who can perfect...it is the GOAL the TELOS in greek of the Law...
Notice that "the law" includes both the handwriting of ordinances and the sacrifices which were offered by priests.
not so fast slick...the ordinances against you were the REASON YOU MADE SACRIFICES...to absolve yourself and make atONEment with Him...
Again because they were blotted out you LEARN MERCY rather than sacrifice...get it? Your sacrificed life and of your lips circumcised your heart and life TO KEEP THE SHADOWS which of course POINT TO HIM....STILL
If you are saying that we should all be keeping sabbaths, are you at least consistent in saying that we should also be offering animal sacrifices? For these are both equal parts of the law. I doubt that you are being consistent.
Sabbaths were established prior sin...certainly even before the Law was given when the church was in the desert...as for the festivals that is HIS CALENDAR...
The Law was revealed to Israel in the desert...but you think His people lived without it prior? Adam Noah Abraham et al could all sin? worship other gods make idols steal fornicate murder etc...hardly...Joseph even knew it was a SIN against Yah not Potiphar to sleep with his wife...
you conflating moral law and sacrificial law is typical...Christianity has done EVERYTHING it could to rid itself of the “jewish” Sabbath...even now some MAD or insisting it doesnt apply to them...perhaps they are not MAN it was made for?
You are forgetting also these festivals were still kept even by the apostles...no bloodletting mentioned BTW
7) You have not demonstrated that the New Covenant is simply an extension of the Old.
That is the exact opposite of what we are told in Hebrews 8:13, where the Old Covenant is even called "that which decayeth and waxeth old." The Old Covenant was decaying even then. That is not language that agrees with your assertion.
jews killed their husband and ended their “I DO”...that husband was resurrected and is looking for a new bride...a new marriage...His tastes remain the same...a woman holy pure obedient and faithful to HIM HIS WAYS
8) You seem to think that it was significant that people met in the synagogues. It's not significant at all it's simply a time and place where people can meet, and a special place because there they can find the Hebrew scriptures.
They wouldn't find the prophets held in the local temple of Diana, and you go to preach where and when the people can be found. Just like when Paul went to Mars Hill, it didn't mean he had become a Philosopher, he went there to preach to the philosophers. So how do you preach to the Jews? You go to the Jews, Where do you find Jews? You find them in the synagogues on the seventh day. And where do Gentiles hear the gospel from? They hear it first from Jewish apostles and their converts.
yes to find obedient faithful still believing in HIM and zealous for the Law jews because they did NOT believe He changed their customs...duh...that claim was by other non believing jews and was a FALSE WITNESS
If Yahushua had destroyed the Law or if it was going to be changed then it did NOT matter when they met...or the teaching that it was all changed would be ITEM # 2 after He is RISEN...but it was NOT so
Paul at his EVERY ONE of his trials had NO WITNESS speak on his teaching that the customs were changed or going to be changed...NO EPISTLE he wrote was presented that showed the customs were changed or were going to be changed...but instead as that heretical sect known as “the WAY” he claimed he worshipped the God of his fathers...and was still zealous for the STILL EXISTING LAWS as myriads of other believing jews were
You are making assumptions not backed by evidence. The Gentiles were told only to be kept from certain things. No mention of Sabbaths, yet they did find it necessary to mention to keep clean from fornication and things in blood. You're asking me to believe that all the Gentiles were "keeping Sabbaths" already but needed special mention against sexual immorality and blood? Sorry, that doesn't wash. It doesn't match with the real world and it isn't backed by scripture.
Gentiles had no idea what sexual immorality was according to Moses...pre marital? Homo? Multiple wives? Minors? They were civilized but had great license to worship at the temples their priestesses etc...
And yes special instruction to the food brought for Sabbath potlucks after the preaching and reading of Moses was finished...
So don’t strangle your lamb or any other clean meat...or bring it prepared RARE...believing goyim STILL do that...again
Oh and no meat after offered to image/idols...even if it was clean...
These were clarified BECAUSE goyim were civilized and respectful guests and NOT wishing to offend their HOSTS....
You think a goy would come in with a pork chop “But but but Shlomo...it wasn’t offered to an image!!” LOL
9) "Worshiping new ways on new days would be a distinction yes?" No, not especially. Worshiping Christ was a distinction enough; the entire Christian religion was a distinction.
lol...bet the early martyrs would disagree with you persecuted because the early christian “the Way” was considered a superstitious jewish sect...
Although I think you do not understand what Christ meant in John 4:23, "But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him." Days and places don't matter; worship in spirit and truth matters.
yes truth is biblical year doesnt start in mid winter...or on first day of the week while chomping on unclean meat...celebrate the festival with new unleavened bread of spirit and truth instructs Paul 1 Cor 5:8...did he mean the festival of Christmas? Or Halloween...sorry hallow’s eve
10) MAD is confused enough, leave the straw man out of it.
NO...that no brained scare crow is scarier than ever and is a DIRECT result of this jewish FALSE WITNESS that Yahushua changed the Law...
And it will be this works of HAY upon the foundation which will be burnt...1 Cor 3:12-13
Don’t believe jewish fables Titus 1:14 Satan wants to divide Yah’s house so it can not stand...divide it with NOT ONE LAW for native or goyim alike...but you know different laws for different folks or none or none applied or all destroyed or something about muh grace only...
11) You don't seem to understand what the sabbath means, so I'll lay down the relevant scripture here:
Exodus 31:12-17 KJV
(12) And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
(13) Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
(14) Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
(15) Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
(16) Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
(17) It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
clever choice of rendering as it avoids what Ex 20:10 makes clear it is FOR EVERYONE even strangers...included in the “whosoever defileth or doeth”...from Ex 31
So questions remains...are you His people or not?
You are not the "children of Israel"
so you MAD bro? Should be...LOL
and that "perpetual covenant" has been broken.
yes they killed the original Signer thus a new One is needed...
There is a new covenant that has been made and it does not use sabbaths as a sign that we are sanctified by the LORD.
Yup written by Him who started His ministry on a Sabbath...and was risen from the tomb on one to start the New Covenant Age...He had just signed and sealed...without changes...yup first full day of the New Covenant Age was a Sabbath...just like the first full day for Adam and Ever was a Sabbath in the Edenic covenant...
Neat eh?
Do you know what the sign is that we are given now?
Hint: it's not sabbaths, or special days, or special meats, or blue fringes around our garments.
Right because AS I LOVED YOU is NOT contained in the covenant He wrote and sealed before He was killed
Somewhere somehow sometime Yahushua...while still alive served Sunday Ham after worship hour and before the football games...
Love one another is like the pagans yes? Love like the Buddhists or muslims? Or is the love we love more distinct more unique...you know AS HE LOVED US?
So WWJD? Do that...and only that...
11) YES, "the New Testament counters prior law." Not so much counters, rather the former laws are null and void, not applicable outside of their covenant. This is basic application of law, all law. Laws only apply in their jurisdiction, and only for the parties that they name.
so Paul lied when he said we establish Law...you know the Law NOT made null and void by faith?
I mean Peter said Paul was hard for ignorant and unstable minds...but to claim he LIED when he said Law was NOT made void...and then believe instead the JEWISH LIE that Yahushua changed the customs...
OUCH on both counts...ignorant and unstable it is
If you do not understand why Christians say that we should not murder or worship other gods, now is the time to ask. It isn't because of any of the TEN COMMANDMENTS. You should ask, because it doesn't seem you understand this.
oh I dont need to ask because it’s listed in the 4 things required of goyim...oh wait is it?
Or how about the list He listed we do?
Can I worship the same God with false worship?
12) Are you seriously alleging that "pork" makes the heart and mind unclean against God? Or only if it is roasted? Or willingly eating that which God gave to Noah of "every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you, even as the green herb have I given you all things?"
again your uncircumcised heart rebellious hatred of Him His ways is revealed again...if it was required of believing goyim crowding synagogues every Sabbath to hear Moses preached and read...I think it applies to any who are grafted into Israel sovereign citizen...His people obedient to His ways...
No small sacrifice to eating just clean meats...I mean considering what we are saved from right? Noah’s flood version 2.0...oh and the reality that it won’t be Noah’s diet in the New World prepared for His people...more like Daniel’s...best get used to that I imagine...
13) The Gentiles were represented by those items in the dream, but they would not have been represented by those food items if they were abstaining from those "unclean" meats. God instructed Peter that the Gentiles that were represented by those unclean animals were now clean. God did not give instructions to the Gentiles to "become clean" by abstaining from meats or keeping sabbaths.
Peter never said anything about bacon...mmmmm...bacon
Again Yah made NO DISTINCTION as to who received the Holy Spirit as Peter made clear those that OBEYED were given the Holy Spirit...so logic would deem that those that received the Holy Spirit could be goyim or jews that OBEYED
So happily the goyim OBEYED...kinda makes sense a willful unrepentant sinner would NOT receive it...we are just making DISTINCTION as to what each believed...
14) It is only because of your fallacious reasoning that "no difference" isn't sinking in with you. The Jew (of Jewish blood) was not to keep those sabbaths or the old covenants either. The Gentiles weren't being called upon to change their customs to that which was Jewish.
Rather, both Gentiles and Jews were being called to change their customs to that which was in Christ.
Riiiiiight...and again what was IN CHRIST was demonstrated WHILE HE LIVED then SEALED the NEW COVENANT
Oh and yet again it was non believing jews that claimed those customs found IN CHRIST were different than the ones Moses gave...Luke was clear those slandering jews were FALSE in that WITNESS
15) God says that the Sabbath was made for a sign of the covenant of Israel. Christ's statement that "the sabbath was made for man" is to be understood in that context, and further that it is meant in contrast to "not man made for the sabbath." You seem to not understand this meaning. If man was made for the Sabbath, then the Sabbath is more important than man.
IF the Sabbath was made for Israel you are still in a pickle (and NON KOSHER ha ha) as it remains ONE LAW for native and goyim alike...but HAPPILY Sabbath was made for man...yes yes surprised you haven’t argued it was NOT dispensed to woman...LOL
But it's not. The sabbaths are gone.
Tell that to Isaiah Is 66:23
And repeat it to the Hebrews Heb 4:9
Or John the revelator...Rev 12:17 or Rev 14:12
“Here are they that keep the commandments (all 10 BTW) of Yah and have the faith/testimony OF Yahushua”
So is His faith/testimony Buddhist? Or Muslim? Or pagan?
Or how He taught and lived...Keeping what is taught form moses seat...you know His Father’s will
we are the new ministers of a new covenant to establish a law not made void by faith but representing Him His Way
we are his temple...but yes NO THIRD TEMPLE BY SCARE CROW HANDS
really? From our lives and lips? Mercy rather than sacrifice was ALWAYS PLAN A anyway...
The obedient ones...WHOSOEVER believes will remember what is Holy and HIS and want to do anything to be where “I AM”