ECT Observation on "holy days"

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From McLean's blog,

Once upon a time, long - long ago, all the world was under God's law: the Old Covenant as it was called. Now that law covenant with all its holy days and obligations pictured the far distant future: the New Covenant as it was called. In that future time the earth would be at peace and the God that gave the law would have enabled all His people to obey. The same people who had been promised the Old Covenant were promised the New Covenant, both of which included holydays and sabbaths. That long ago time and that future time… are not this time, and we know that because we can read: Colossians 2:16-17 ...the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. That verse says that the holy days and sabbath days which were required in that distant Old Covenant past were a shadow of what will again be required in the distant New Covenant future... but-but-but... the body is of Christ. Members of the body of Christ do not participate in either the Old or the New Covenant. Celebrating holydays, (we would say holidays), denies the sufficiency of our Lord Jesus Christ and our position, complete in Him. Not celebrating holydays is not about the commercialism or the paganism or the secularism. Galatians 4:9-11 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. We should also be afraid for those people who claim dispensational understanding yet observe holydays. Celebrating holydays testifies against Christ's sufficiency and testifies against the celebrant being one who observes: 1 Corinthians 10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. II Corinthians 5:17 … old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

I think he nailed it.

 

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Today's McNuggett:

When the Bible makes it clear that the observation of holydays is done by people who are weak in the faith, why do so many Christians prefer to be weak rather than strengthened in their inner man? Romans 12:1--5