Hello MMD
Do you know the difference between the ceremonial and Levitical laws of Moses which were Shadows of things to come pointing to Jesus and God's Law (10 commandments) which is forever and what their purposes are?
Yes I do know the difference. Colossians 2:16 - Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a
Sabbath day— 17 things which are a
mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ. So why are you so obsessed with the 10 commandments? You have not perfectly obeyed all 10 commandments and that is not the plan of salvation either.
I am asking because most of the scriptures you quote refer to the annual feast, others have no relevance to the Sabbath and some refer to the civil laws of Israel which ceased at the Roman occupation and the death of Christ and the beginning of the NC.
When God wanted to refer to the whole system of Jewish holy days, rather than name all them, He would refer to the yearly, monthly and weekly as representing the whole system. Sabbatarians argue that the Sabbath Day of Colossians 2:16 is the years Sabbaths. But yearly Sabbaths were already referred to in Colossians 2:16 as "festivals". The "Year, Month, Week" pattern is well established in the Old Testament, that Colossians 2:16 must refer to the weekly Sabbath. Even Galatians 4:10, following this pattern, states the weekly Sabbath.
Also, who according to God's Word is Israel in your view?
The nation of Israel, the Jews, which is obvious from these OT passages of Scripture that I quoted.
Also in your view are we free to steal, lie and commit adultery or break any other of God's commandment, according to your Church's teachings? If not why are you now free to break God's 4th commandment which is to Remember the Sabbath day to keep it Holy?
Straw man argument. Obviously, we are not free to steal, lie and commit adultery or break any other of God's commandments under the New Covenant.
1. You shall have no other gods before Me. - Acts 14:15
2. You shall make no idols. - 1 John 5:21
3. You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain. - James 5:12
4. Keep the Sabbath day holy. -
Not binding on the Church - Colossians 2:16-17
5. Honor your father and your mother. - Ephesians 6:1-2
6. You shall not murder. - Romans 13:9-10; 1 John 3:15
7. You shall not commit adultery. - Romans 13:9-10; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10
8. You shall not steal. - Romans 13:9-10; Ephesians 4:28
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. - Romans 13:9-10; Colossians 3:9-10
10. You shall not covet. - Romans 13:9-10; Ephesians 5:3
In your church's teaching, is man saved through perfectly obeying ALL ten commandments (with a heavy emphasis of keeping the Sabbath?) Is that the "different" gospel you are peddling? So as a non-Jew not under the law, please explain to me exactly how you keep the Sabbath day with all it's rules and regulations (Exodus 16:23; 31:12-18; 35:3; Leviticus 23:32; Jeremiah 17:21; 19:30; 23:2-3; Numbers 15:32-36; 28:1-10; 29:39-40; I Chronicles. 23:30-31; II Chronicles 31:2-4; Isaiah 1:13).
Also where in all of God's Word does it command us that God's 4th commandment has been abolished and we are now commanded to keep Sunday Holy in place of God's Sabbath commandment that Jesus and the apostles followed because they love God?
Colossians 2:16-17 tells us that the Sabbath day is not binding on Christians under the New Covenant. You can try to twist the meaning of Colossians 2:16-17 to teach otherwise, just as SDA's do, but it's in vain. You seem to miss the significance of the first day of the week (Sunday) in the New Testament for the Church.
Jesus rose on the first day of the week not the Sabbath - Matthew 28:1; Mark 16:9. All 6 appearances of Jesus happen on two Sundays, none on Sabbath - Mark 16:9; Matthew 28:5-9; Luke 24:13-15; 24-34 24:33,36; John 20:19, 26. Christians are recorded assembling three times on Sunday after resurrection and before ascension, never on the Sabbath - John 20:19; 20:26 Acts 2:1.
The only time Christians are recorded to have assembled together was on a Sunday in Acts 20:7, never does it say the disciples assembled on the Sabbath. The only day ever mentioned when Christians broke bread was on Sunday - Acts 20:7. Christians are commanded every Sunday to give into a common treasury of the church - 1 Corinthians 16:1-2. The church officially began on Pentecost Sunday - Acts 2:1.
Jesus was crowned king on a Sunday - Acts 2:33-36. The disciples reception of the promise of the Father on Sunday - Acts 1:4-5; 2:1-4. The Holy Spirit first fell upon the apostles on a Sunday - Acts 2:1-4. The great "Triumphal entry" (also called Palm Sunday) happened on the first day - Luke 13:32. The time between the Lord's resurrection (sheaf waving day) and Pentecost was Sunday to Sunday counting of 50 days.
The starting and stopping time was on the 1st day. First time Jesus worshiped after resurrection was on the first day by Thomas (John 20:26). The first time Jesus had communion after his resurrection with His disciples, was on a Sunday - Luke 24:1, 13, 28-35. Pentecost was a Sunday - Sunday duration of 50 days. The starting point and stopping point of counting the 50 days was a Sunday - Sunday period!
While the Sabbath was significant to the Jews under the law, there is no significance of the Sabbath in connection with the Church under the New Covenant.
Do you know how the Sabbath commandment was changed from Saturday to Sunday and who officially changed it?
Let me guess, the Roman Catholic church? I hear this all the time from SDA's. I didn't change it. My church did not change it and the Sabbath commandment with all it's rules and regulations was part of a covenant with Israel that is not applicable to Christians under the New Covenant (Colossians 2:16-17).
I am looking forward to talking scripture with you my friend. Waiting for your replies.
Look forward to your reply. Please lets talk scripture.......
I have talked scripture with you before, but unfortunately, you continue to twist the scriptures and the result is an unholy mixture of law and grace and a "different" gospel.