tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-793573695603056525.post1564173052808857652..comments2024-01-17T10:24:25.719-05:00Comments on The Latter Days: The Deception of DemocracyLatter Days Ministryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15405696673350225699noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-793573695603056525.post-46170760203392187032012-09-17T13:16:43.299-04:002012-09-17T13:16:43.299-04:00"Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or i..."Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or <i>in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days</i>: <b>Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ</b>." Colossians 2:16-17<br /><br />"Wherefore henceforth know <i>we no man after the flesh</i>: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, <b>yet now henceforth know we him no more</b>." II Corinthians 5:16<br /><br />Hello Anonymous,<br /><br />Thank you so much for sharing your enthusiasm for this topic. I agree that there is certainly beauty and meaning to be gleaned from learning about the Jewish feast days precisely because they are all a shadow of Christ. The benefit that they provide to the believer is that they expound upon who Christ is and what He has accomplished for us. And while we are surely free to do so, observing them is not a Christian duty (Acts 15:24-29).<br /><br />I encourage you as well to remember that out of the Jew and the Gentile, God is creating one "new" man (Ephesians 2:11-22). The "fullness" of Jesus Christ is experienced by being changed in our inner man so that we abide "in Him" and not through external observances & rituals (Ephesians 3:17-19).<br /><br />The thing to keep in mind is that the <b>need</b> for the New Testament lies precisely in the fact that laws and outward observances can never perfect man (Hebrews 7:19, 8:6-13, 10:1). Any time you see someone trying to yoke you to external performance/ritual, know that it is a deception (Matthew 23:25-28).<br /><br />While the shadows can make the light appear brighter, they can never possess the fullness of the substance who is Christ. Don't disregard the shadows, but at the same time don't equate them as being equivalent to Christ either. Once we have obtained Christ, we have obtained all that God has for man and have done all we are supposed to in pleasing the Father (Romans 8:29-30; Ephesians 1:3-6; Hebrews 13:20-21).<br /><br />God Bless!Latter Days Ministryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405696673350225699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-793573695603056525.post-29629778295555211602012-09-17T11:14:31.143-04:002012-09-17T11:14:31.143-04:00L'Shana Tova everyone! This is a wonderful rem...L'Shana Tova everyone! This is a wonderful reminder that we are in this world and not of it. Thank you for that. <br /><br />I would like to mention one thing. "As Christians, we are not bound to observe Jewish holidays but there are many parallels between them and our Christian faith." May I suggest, in love, that without the Jewish Messiah, there would be no Christian faith. Christians miss out on bountiful blessings because they do not understand or observe Jewish holidays. Please remember, Yeshua was a Jew. The disciples, were Jews. The Bible teaches us that salvation is of the Jews, but because He came to His own and His own received Him not, it is the Gentiles who will bring salvation to the world. I wish to encourage everyone to study our Hebracic roots to understand and walk in the fullness of Messiah. <br /><br />I am most certian you are aware, but please remember there are Jews who believe in the birth, death, and resurrection of Yeshua. While you may not have been born Jewish, the day you accepted Yeshua Messiah as your L-rd and Savior, you were adopted in the family of Messiah. We are all joint heirs, grafted in, hallelujah! The High Holy Days are not Jewish holidays, if you born again they are your holidays as well. Shalom, and may the blessings of the L-rd overtake you as He pours out His spirit upon you and draws you closer in His love. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com