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Good post; Any day in and of this world is pagan; so to do these things in remembrance of Christ is to work good into that day...., and every day. It is not a shameful thing to worship Christ on any day, no matter what day it is. I can't help but say it again; Every day in this world is pagan; So, no matter what day we choose to worship Christ; we are working good into that day. It is written that the day (in this world) is evil, and we are to work good into that day.
In the path we walk with Jesus, a path more precious than gold, all these things of Old Testament law are being fulfilled within us, where they belong; So that we do them because they are in our nature; not because we perform the law as in Old Testament times.
To go back to the law is futile, and denies Christ's work in us. I don't believe what is being spoken of here is about doing the law (of festivals). Bible verses are often read like the work of traditions, as in another place, in another time. To do these things once a year by tradition reveals a lack of understanding unless a person asks 'what does this mean to me, and how does it affect my life?'
One of the festivals I understand on a personal level is the last supper, pertaining to the Passover Lamb. All biblical language from the Old Testament is fulfilled within each of us by Jesus: Within those who are delivered from the place of sin, and follow in a path of teaching; a path richer than gold. This is a very personal application, a very personal witness
When God called His people in Egypt (this would be you in any part of the world) to come to Him, the ruler of the land of sin refused to release them. A sheep was slain and its blood was used to save God's people, and the meat (partaking of the nourishing food of God's wisdom) was eaten in The Supper Of The Last Day in that land. Then God's people were shown how (following God) to cross over into The Dawning of a New Day in a land that held nothing of this world, but to learn to trust Him in all things.
When Jesus told His disciples to go to a house where The Last Supper was being prepared; that is the image of the last day in the ways of the world. When this was done by tradition and doctrines of men, immediately the real thing was about to take place; And is in this moment in time when the blood of The Lamb of God was shed to save all who would hear the calling of the Word of God and believe, even in this present day. Even to this present day.
The Jewish calendar is a sequence of events on two plains; The first are the things which took place in the Old Testament.; All these events are being fulfilled within each of us according to God's original design. We do these things naturally in our (daily) walk, in remembrance of all these things we had done to Jesus, and the Salvation He blessed us with His life; We do not consider these things because a calendar says we must; In our daily walk, these things are in our heart, where they belong.
God's people, Israel, continued to do these things by the work of traditions, in remembrance. But each year they killed the passover lamb, they did not know what they had done; This is the meaning of the disciples when it was said, "We did not know what we had done to Jesus until He was risen." This is why Jesus said at the table of the Last Supper; Do these things in remembrance of Me. When a person begins to understand what we had done to Jesus because of our sin, the teaching of the Last Supper in a land of sin becomes very personal. To do these things should not be taken lightly, but we should also remember that there was a time we celebrated these festivals without understanding.
In the path we walk with Jesus, a path more precious than gold, all these things of Old Testament law are being fulfilled within us, where they belong; So that we do them because they are in our nature; not because we perform the law as in Old Testament times.
To go back to the law is futile, and denies Christ's work in us. I don't believe what is being spoken of here is about doing the law (of festivals). Bible verses are often read like the work of traditions, as in another place, in another time. To do these things once a year by tradition reveals a lack of understanding unless a person asks 'what does this mean to me, and how does it affect my life?'
One of the festivals I understand on a personal level is the last supper, pertaining to the Passover Lamb. All biblical language from the Old Testament is fulfilled within each of us by Jesus: Within those who are delivered from the place of sin, and follow in a path of teaching; a path richer than gold. This is a very personal application, a very personal witness
When God called His people in Egypt (this would be you in any part of the world) to come to Him, the ruler of the land of sin refused to release them. A sheep was slain and its blood was used to save God's people, and the meat (partaking of the nourishing food of God's wisdom) was eaten in The Supper Of The Last Day in that land. Then God's people were shown how (following God) to cross over into The Dawning of a New Day in a land that held nothing of this world, but to learn to trust Him in all things.
When Jesus told His disciples to go to a house where The Last Supper was being prepared; that is the image of the last day in the ways of the world. When this was done by tradition and doctrines of men, immediately the real thing was about to take place; And is in this moment in time when the blood of The Lamb of God was shed to save all who would hear the calling of the Word of God and believe, even in this present day. Even to this present day.
The Jewish calendar is a sequence of events on two plains; The first are the things which took place in the Old Testament.; All these events are being fulfilled within each of us according to God's original design. We do these things naturally in our (daily) walk, in remembrance of all these things we had done to Jesus, and the Salvation He blessed us with His life; We do not consider these things because a calendar says we must; In our daily walk, these things are in our heart, where they belong.
God's people, Israel, continued to do these things by the work of traditions, in remembrance. But each year they killed the passover lamb, they did not know what they had done; This is the meaning of the disciples when it was said, "We did not know what we had done to Jesus until He was risen." This is why Jesus said at the table of the Last Supper; Do these things in remembrance of Me. When a person begins to understand what we had done to Jesus because of our sin, the teaching of the Last Supper in a land of sin becomes very personal. To do these things should not be taken lightly, but we should also remember that there was a time we celebrated these festivals without understanding.