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If true then he fell from grace like the Galatians and went to hell.

Galatians 5:4 - Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.



Speaking of the Law of Christ not the law of Moses

Law of Christ - Galatians 6:2, 1 Corinthians 9:21, James 2:12, James 1:25, Romans 8:2

Jesus took the law of Moses away and established a New Covenant

Hebrews 10:9 - Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
If you read the verses Paul is quoting it is different laws

You are saying all the laws in the old covenant are removed. Paul was referring to the laws in the old testament.

One set are moral laws that do not change.

One set are cerimonial laws that pointed to Christ...
The cerimonial laws are of no effect when Christ has fullfilled them. Gal 5:4.

James quotes the 10 commandments in chap 2, Paul quotes the 10 in Romams chap 13.

What is the law of Jesus? He helped us understand the 10 commandments.

Which law was Jesus referring to in Matt 5:17. ???

Joh 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.

Joh 15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Here is an old covenant law....

The Father and Son are one

They don't have different standards or laws.
 
Spare me your dogma

Ephesians 2:15

Having abolished in His flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments in Decrees; for to make in Himself of twain one new man, so making peace;

The word used for ordinances in Greek in Ephesians 2:15 is Dogma - It is not the Greek word Nomos = Law - Torah

In the New Testament, dogma consistently refers to human-made rules or traditions (Luke 2:1; Acts 16:4; 17:7; Eph. 2:15)

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. Luke 2:1

And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem. Acts 16:4

Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one YESHUA. Acts 17:7

Matthew 23:
1 Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples,

2 saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

3 Therefore whatever they tell you to observe, that observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do

The works of the Law were The man-made decrees made by the religious rulers that the people had follow, That is what was nailed to the cross. The heavy burdens that were hard to bear that were against us.

Rip the word of God out of its Historic cultural context and you can make it say anything
I agree that there were a lot of man made decrees and religious laws that were being pushed on the people.. Paul was helping them to seperate these laws from the laws that are moral and unchanging.

Do you believe in offering blood from lambs today?
 
Again, this is something you need to prove from the scriptures, which you can't.
Mar 2:27-28
27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: 28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

Made for man..

Gen 2:2-3
2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

The Sabbath was made at creation, and made holy and sanctified.
 
I agree with most of what you are saying...

But do you believe that the earthly feasts set in place in the days of Moses are moral or cerimonial laws?

Do you believe....
The seven ancient Jewish feasts serve as a prophetic shadow of the work of Christ, where each type meets its perfect antitype in the work of redemption. Hebrews 10:1

The Passover: This feast commemorates the deliverance of Israel through the blood of a lamb Exodus 12:3-6. Its antitype is the death of Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, who was sacrificed for us to avert judgment and condemnation 1 Corinthians 5:7

The Feast of Unleavened Bread: Historically, Israel ate bread without leaven for seven days to mark their flight from Egypt Exodus 12:17-20. The antitype is a spiritual experience of sincerity and truth, purging out the "leaven" of malice and wickedness 1 Corinthians 5:8.

The First-Fruits (Wave Sheaf): On the morrow after the Sabbath, the priest waved a sheaf of the first fruits of the harvest Leviticus 23:10-11. This met its antitype in the resurrection of Christ, who became the "first fruits of them that slept" 1 Corinthians 15:20.

Pentecost (Feast of Weeks): Observed fifty days after the wave sheaf, it marked the first-fruits of the wheat harvest Leviticus 23:15-17. Its antitype was reached when the Holy Ghost descended with power upon the disciples, signaling the "first fruits of the Spirit" Acts 2:1-4.

These all had happened when Paul was writting. But there were future events ....

The final three feasts occur in the seventh month and point to the closing scenes of the plan of salvation and the final gathering of God's people.

The Feast of Trumpets: Observed on the first day of the seventh month as a holy convocation and a memorial of blowing trumpets Leviticus 23:24. It finds its antitype in the proclamation of the "Midnight Cry" and the work of the seventh angel beginning to sound his message Revelation 10:7.

The Day of Atonement: On the tenth day of the seventh month, the high priest entered the most holy place to cleanse the sanctuary and blot out the sins of Israel Leviticus 16:29-30.


In the antitype, Christ entered the heavenly sanctuary in 1844 (2300 days and the sanctuary will be cleansed) to perform the investigative judgment and the final blotting out of sins Daniel 8:14.
The Scape-goat: After the cleansing is finished, the sins are placed on the head of the scape-goat (Azazel), which typifies Satan being bound for a thousand years and bearing the ultimate responsibility for the sins he instigated Revelation 20:1-3.

The Feast of Tabernacles (Ingathering): This was a season of great rejoicing at the end of the year after the fruit of the land was gathered Deuteronomy 16:13-15. It typifies the final, great rejoicing when all the redeemed are gathered into the kingdom of God to dwell in His presence forever Revelation 7:9-14

Can you agree with these types and antitypes. ?

Absolutely positively not with three exclamations on top!!!

I am not a Seventh Day Adventist, nor will I ever be a Seventh Day Adventist, a organization that taught Jesus would return in 1844 - many of them sold their homes, all their belongings to be ready for Jesus's return, called the Great Disappointment

Charles Russell, the founder of one of the cults that emerged from nineteenth century Adventism, the Jehovah’s Witnesses.

still teach that Jesus is Michael the Archangel.

Just like Ellen G White, the founder of the Seventh-day Adventist taught Jesus was Michael

Do you believe Jesus is Michael the Archangel Too?

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