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No I think the ten commandments expand upon the two main commandments and to answer the first would take a long time but the simple answer is to submit to God's authority and guidance of the Holy Spirit and His commandments. However that does not tell most what those commandments are. I believe them to be moral precepts and I read Isaiah 2 and Zech 14 but do not see the point you are trying to make. the scriptures that comes to mind when reading them is that the Temple will be done away with.
Revelations 21
22 But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
Where does it say that God says to keep the feasts forever?
it talks about punish for those who don't won't get rain but nothing about keeping it FOREVER. besides when Jesus comes with the New Earth there will be no seas and rain isn't everything. It didn't rain until Genesis 2 after God made man. plants were watered by mists.
Zechariah 14
16 And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 17 And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, on them there will be no rain. 18 If the family of Egypt will not come up and enter in, they shall have no rain; they shall receive the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
what is the Feast of Tabernacles?
oh I found it! Hmmm. that is interesting
The Jewish Feasts - The Feast of the Tabernacles
" “Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty: Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee” (Deut. 16:16-17).
This is Israel’s Thanksgiving feast in which they acknowledge the Fall harvest and God’s provision for them. It is happy celebration and a time of joy and rejoicing.
This feast also remembers Israel’s deliverance from Egypt and their subsequent wandering in the wilderness for forty years. During this time Israel lived in tents and worshiped at the Tabernacle which was also a tent. To remember this time the Jews build small tabernacles or booths which walls of plaited branches and thatched roofs as God instructed in Leviticus 23:42. Today to fulfill the commandment, sekhakh (booth) is still constructed. It must be made of something that grew from the ground and was cut off, such as tree branches, corn stalks, bamboo reeds, sticks, or two-by-fours and constructed so it will not blow away in the wind. The Sekhakh roof must be left loose, not tied together or tied down. Sekhakh must be placed sparsely enough that rain can get in, and preferably sparsely enough that the stars can be seen, but not so sparsely that more than ten inches is open at any point or that there is more light than shade."
Yes everything is not done until Jesus comes again as for keeping the law well we have these verses....
Galatians 5
1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free,[a] and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. 2 Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. 3 And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law. 4 You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. 5 For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.
Yes I believe God's commandments are important but I do not see where Jesus speak of keeping the feasts.
I had always considered them to be like having to be circumcised. God commanded that as well but then it was shown that circumcision is in the Heart not the flesh and I thought the festivals were kept in the Spirit of God not in man made rituals.
For example the feast of the Tabarnacle is to remember God's salvation of Israel from Eygpt and them wandering in the wilderness, we now have Holy Communion for remembrance of Jesus Christ sacrifice on the Cross. It talks about "something that grew from the ground and was cut off" that reminds me of the Bible verses about the Jewish people being grafted back into the tree and faith and promise by bringing them to the knowledge of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Perhaps when this happens they will stop wandering in the wilderness and darkness?
I think traditions and festivals are wonderful historical and cultural events but I ask does God require them for salvation?
Shalom.
Revelations 21
22 But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
Where does it say that God says to keep the feasts forever?
it talks about punish for those who don't won't get rain but nothing about keeping it FOREVER. besides when Jesus comes with the New Earth there will be no seas and rain isn't everything. It didn't rain until Genesis 2 after God made man. plants were watered by mists.
Zechariah 14
16 And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 17 And it shall be that whichever of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, on them there will be no rain. 18 If the family of Egypt will not come up and enter in, they shall have no rain; they shall receive the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. 19 This shall be the punishment of Egypt and the punishment of all the nations that do not come up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.
what is the Feast of Tabernacles?
oh I found it! Hmmm. that is interesting The Jewish Feasts - The Feast of the Tabernacles
" “Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty: Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee” (Deut. 16:16-17).
This is Israel’s Thanksgiving feast in which they acknowledge the Fall harvest and God’s provision for them. It is happy celebration and a time of joy and rejoicing.
This feast also remembers Israel’s deliverance from Egypt and their subsequent wandering in the wilderness for forty years. During this time Israel lived in tents and worshiped at the Tabernacle which was also a tent. To remember this time the Jews build small tabernacles or booths which walls of plaited branches and thatched roofs as God instructed in Leviticus 23:42. Today to fulfill the commandment, sekhakh (booth) is still constructed. It must be made of something that grew from the ground and was cut off, such as tree branches, corn stalks, bamboo reeds, sticks, or two-by-fours and constructed so it will not blow away in the wind. The Sekhakh roof must be left loose, not tied together or tied down. Sekhakh must be placed sparsely enough that rain can get in, and preferably sparsely enough that the stars can be seen, but not so sparsely that more than ten inches is open at any point or that there is more light than shade."
Yes everything is not done until Jesus comes again as for keeping the law well we have these verses....
Galatians 5
1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free,[a] and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. 2 Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing. 3 And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised that he is a debtor to keep the whole law. 4 You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. 5 For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.
Yes I believe God's commandments are important but I do not see where Jesus speak of keeping the feasts.
I had always considered them to be like having to be circumcised. God commanded that as well but then it was shown that circumcision is in the Heart not the flesh and I thought the festivals were kept in the Spirit of God not in man made rituals.
For example the feast of the Tabarnacle is to remember God's salvation of Israel from Eygpt and them wandering in the wilderness, we now have Holy Communion for remembrance of Jesus Christ sacrifice on the Cross. It talks about "something that grew from the ground and was cut off" that reminds me of the Bible verses about the Jewish people being grafted back into the tree and faith and promise by bringing them to the knowledge of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Perhaps when this happens they will stop wandering in the wilderness and darkness?
I think traditions and festivals are wonderful historical and cultural events but I ask does God require them for salvation?
Shalom.
