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Here's a question for those who claim that the Sabbath and annual festivals must be observed as a requirement or condition or necessary fruit of salvation.
Why does Hebrews 10:1-2 clearly use the same language with regards to shadows, in reference to animal sacrifices, that Colossians 2:16-17 does in regards to the Sabbath, new moons, and festivals?
And, who is it that is usually involved in judging? It is Sabbathkeepers who are judging those within the church for not observing them, as we find today.
Nonbelievers don't care what someone does with their Saturday.
Hebrews 10: 10 For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. [SUP]2 [/SUP]Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?
Colossians 2:16-17 [SUP]16 [/SUP]Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. [SUP]17 [/SUP]These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
The same exact language is used in regards to animal sacrifices as is used regarding the Sabbath, festivals, and new moons. They are placed in the same class of applicability.
This is why Seventh Day Adventists deny that the word Sabbath means the weekly Sabbath in Colossians 2:16-17. They know it would be the end of their Sabbath doctrine if it does refer to the weekly Sabbath...which it does..the same Greek word sabbaton is used 59 other times in the New Testament where they acknowledge that it means the weekly Sabbath.
If you want to keep the Sabbath and festivals, keep them. Just don't judge others for not keeping them, or try to teach it applies to New Covenant Christians.
Why does Hebrews 10:1-2 clearly use the same language with regards to shadows, in reference to animal sacrifices, that Colossians 2:16-17 does in regards to the Sabbath, new moons, and festivals?
And, who is it that is usually involved in judging? It is Sabbathkeepers who are judging those within the church for not observing them, as we find today.
Nonbelievers don't care what someone does with their Saturday.
Hebrews 10: 10 For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. [SUP]2 [/SUP]Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins?
Colossians 2:16-17 [SUP]16 [/SUP]Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. [SUP]17 [/SUP]These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.
The same exact language is used in regards to animal sacrifices as is used regarding the Sabbath, festivals, and new moons. They are placed in the same class of applicability.
This is why Seventh Day Adventists deny that the word Sabbath means the weekly Sabbath in Colossians 2:16-17. They know it would be the end of their Sabbath doctrine if it does refer to the weekly Sabbath...which it does..the same Greek word sabbaton is used 59 other times in the New Testament where they acknowledge that it means the weekly Sabbath.
If you want to keep the Sabbath and festivals, keep them. Just don't judge others for not keeping them, or try to teach it applies to New Covenant Christians.