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That is incorrect.

Paul was the apostle to the Gentiles.

Peter was the apostle to the Jews.

Galatians 2:9
And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John, those reputed to be pillars, gave me and Barnabas
the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.
We only have one head, that is Jesus.
All the others are brothers sisters that Jesus bless us with.
 
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Here is where you are seriously wrong.

Israel was in covenant to obey the law given in Exodus 20 and that is not my opinion.

In the New Testament it states that we are in a new covenant.

2 Corinthians 3:6
Who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the
Spirit gives life.

Are you in the new covenant or the old covenant; the letter of the law, i.e., Exodus 20?
The new covenant is in the spirit as in
2 Corinthians 3:6
Who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the
Spirit gives life.


Dont you see, The letter kills if followed for the sake of following an instruction precisely without understanding love and mercy, like the pharisees did ( see matthew 23) Is is why God placed these same commandments in the hearts of his peoples ( all believers) and minds so we can follow than as he intended.

its exactly as Paul said in the spirit this is that Jeremiah says (31:31-34)

Jer 31:33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Paul also quoted this verse in his epistles.


this is why Jesus came so we can receive the Holy spirit, even the spirit of truth that remind us of scripture and more. just have faith and it will happen to you too, believe Inquisitor believe.
 
Paul commanded this in Heb 4:1-11

Verses 4-10 show the text is talking about the 7th day that God rested from His works.
Verse 11 tells us to "labour" to enter into that rest or fall into unbelief.....

Taking any verses out of the context is not a good idea. It changes the meanings of those verses into anything anyone WANTS them to say.
If you keeo the Sabbath then you know its Jesus Rest the high priest is Now Seated he say
Come
 
Luk 4:15-16
15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.

It was Jesus's custom to go to the synagogue (church). He never said anything about a coming change. He did not teach people that this was going to stop.

Luk 23:56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.
They knew Jesus well and rested according to the commandment. Jesus did not tell them to stop obeying the law.

And Paul kept the sabbath

Act 13:14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
Act 13:42-44
42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.

Act 17:2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
Act 18:4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

This was written many years after the cross.. the sabbath still had meaning.