the feasts of the LORD

Keep today, or done away?

Blotting out...
the handwriting of ordinances
that was against us,
which was contrary to us,
and took it out of the way,
nailing it to His cross.”
Colossians 2:14


...a memorial... a feast to the LORD... a feast by an ordinance

(Exodus 12:14)


...the feast of unleavened bread... by an ordinance”

(Exodus 12:17)


...This is the ordinance of the passover

(Exodus 12:43)


“those sacrifices which they offered year by year”

(Hebrews 10:1)


“in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.”

(Hebrews 10:3)


“All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.

They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.”

(Proverbs 8:8-9)

1/22/22

A Challenge?

Just came across this page

https://protorah.com/verses-commonly-used-against-gods-feast-days/#ts-fab-facebook-below-3531


If you play the audio, the man even mentions the CoG7 and some pastor in Canada.


At around 2:30 he begins talking about "equipping" his listeners with points, making notes in their Bibles and cross-references, that they could use "against" the CoG7 to show their teaching.


"Common objections to the Feast Days"

December 31, 2014 by Ronald Dart

A thorough examination of 3 scriptures commonly used to claim the Holy Days have been done away. Galatians 4:9-10, Ephesians 2:15, Colossians 2:14-16. You cannot make a distinction in the law (including The Holy Days, Sabbath, the law of Moses, the ceremonial laws, and even the Ten Commandments), throwing some out and keeping others; they all stand or fall together. Subjects: The temple as a stage for God’s plan; nailed to the cross; Numbers 5 blotting out; Numbers 6 vows; “where God places His name”.


The man dissects Ephesians 2:15, “Having abolished in His flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in Himself of twain one new man, so making peace;”


(audio transcript excerpts)

38:10 "what I understand this to say, dogmas, Jewish laws", "... I would have thought..." (and that's the problem with man, man "thinks")

39:10 "what I understand to read here... rendered it meaningless the difference between Jew and gentile, what the Jews had created over many years (?), by HUMAN ORDINANCES AND DOGMAS AND TRADITIONS AND DECREES, which THEY (?) had created which men ought to keep and it says ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT ANY PART! OF THE LAW OF GOD!"</39:31>


39:32 "But whatever you may conclude about this verse, there really is no way to make it say that the holy days were abolished, because in order to do that you would have to establish that they were commandments contained in ordinances, and the problem with that is when you go back to the old testament and start trying to figure out what is an ordinance and what is not an ordinance it is an absolutely hopeless task, and you'll find yourself bogged down in the quicksand of confusion very quickly if you do." 39:55


But didn't they in Berea search the scriptures daily whether those things were so??? notice they searched the scriptures daily, not man's philosophy daily.


An absolutely hopeless task?

The man says it's an "absolutely hopeless task". What, so don't bother trying, praying for guidance from the good LORD and letting HIM lead us? Is the man saying that he already knows and that his listeners needn't bother checking those things out for themselves, to see if we're all of one accord?


The Quicksand of Confusion?

“For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.,”

(1 Corinthians 14:33)


“A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.,”

(James 1:8)


“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.,”

(2 Timothy 2:15)


What does the Bible say regarding "ordinance"?


An absolutely hopeless task? I just quickly searched "ordinance" in the Bible software and behold…


“And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.,”

(Exodus 12:14)

Do these words of God sound like "the quicksand of confusion"?


“And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.,”

(Exodus 12:17)

Do these words of God sound like "the quicksand of confusion"?


“And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.,”

(Exodus 12:24)


“And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:,”

(Exodus 12:43)


“Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.,”

(Exodus 13:10)


“And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,,”

(Exodus 15:25)


“And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.,”

(Exodus 18:20)


“After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.,”

(Leviticus 18:3)


“Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.,”

(Leviticus 18:4)


“Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.,”

(Leviticus 18:30)


“They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.,”

(Leviticus 22:9)


“They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.,”

(Numbers 9:12)


“And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.,”

(Numbers 9:14)


“And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.,”

(Numbers 10:8)


“One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD.,”

(Numbers 15:15)


“And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.,”

(Numbers 18:8)


This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:,”

(Numbers 19:2)


“And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;,”

(Numbers 31:21)


“So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.,”

(Joshua 24:25)


“And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day.,”

(1 Samuel 30:25)


“Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;,”

(2 Kings 17:34)


“And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.,”

(2 Kings 17:37)


“Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to HIM, and to burn before HIM sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.,”

(2 Chronicles 2:4)


“Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.,”

(2 Chronicles 33:8)


“And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people.,”

(2 Chronicles 35:13)


“He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.,”

(Psalms 99:7)


“The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.,”

(Isaiah 24:5)


“Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.,”

(Isaiah 58:2)


“If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.,”

(Jeremiah 31:36)


“And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.,”

(Ezekiel 43:18)


“And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary.,”

(Ezekiel 44:5)


“Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer:,”

(Ezekiel 45:14)


“And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetual ordinance unto the LORD.,”

(Ezekiel 46:14)


“Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?,”

(Malachi 3:7)


“Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept HIS ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?,”

(Malachi 3:14)


“And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.,”

(Luke 1:6)


“Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.,”

(Romans 13:2)


“Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.,”

(1 Corinthians 11:2)


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

(Ephesians 2:15)


“Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;,”

(Colossians 2:14)


“Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances,,”

(Colossians 2:20)


“Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.,”

(Hebrews 9:1)


“Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.,”

(Hebrews 9:10)


Ordinances wrote where? By who?

“And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished”

(Deuteronomy 31:24)


Animal Sacrifice and Blood - A Vital Core Component, Requirement

“And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.,”

(Exodus 24:6)


“And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.,”

(Exodus 24:8)


“And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.,”

(Exodus 29:16)


“Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.,”

(Exodus 29:20)


“And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.,”

(Exodus 29:21)


“And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.,”

(Leviticus 1:5)


“He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about,,”

(Leviticus 9:18)


“And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites.,”

(2 Chronicles 30:16)


“And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.,”

(2 Chronicles 35:11)


“For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,,”

(Hebrews 9:19)


“Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.,”

(Hebrews 9:21)


“And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.,”

(2 Chronicles 35:11)


What did the Almighty give through HIS Son?

“And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.,”

(Romans 5:11)


Simplicity

“And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.,”

(John 8:32)


“If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.,”

(John 8:36)


“But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.,”

(2 Corinthians 11:3)


“But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.,”

(Revelation 2:24)


“For this is the love of God, that we KEEP HIS commandments: and HIS commandments are NOT grievous.,”

(1 John 5:3)


Hebrews

“For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.”

(Hebrews 10:1)


“For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.”

(Hebrews 10:2)


“But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.”

(Hebrews 10:3)


“For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.”

(Hebrews 10:4)


“Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:”

(Hebrews 10:5)


“In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.”

(Hebrews 10:6)


“Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.”

(Hebrews 10:7)


“Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;”

(Hebrews 10:8)


“Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.”

(Hebrews 10:9)


“By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.”

(Hebrews 10:10)


“And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:”

(Hebrews 10:11)


“But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;”

(Hebrews 10:12)


“By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;”

(Hebrews 10:20)


“But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.”

(Hebrews 10:39)

Other Verses Ignored?

Galatians 5:1-4

“Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.”

“Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.”

“For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.”

“Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.”


“I marvel that ye are so soon removed from HIM that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:”

(Galatians 1:6)


“Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.”

(Galatians 1:7)


“But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.”

(Galatians 1:8)


“As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.”

(Galatians 1:9)


“For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.”

(Galatians 1:10)


“But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.”

(Galatians 1:11)


“For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.”

(Galatians 1:12)


“To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:”

(Galatians 1:16)


Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.”

(Galatians 1:17)


“Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.”

(Galatians 1:18)


“But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother.”

(Galatians 1:19)


“But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.”

(Galatians 1:23)


Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also.”

(Galatians 2:1)


But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:”

(Galatians 2:3)


“And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:”

(Galatians 2:4)


Galatians 2:5

“To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.,”


Galatians 3:19

“Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.,”


Galatians 5:2

“Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.,”


“But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.,”

(Acts 15:5)


“Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:,”

(Acts 15:24)


“For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.,”

(Romans 1:17)


“But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.,”

(Galatians 3:11)


“Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.,”

(Hebrews 10:38)


Final Warnings?


He that is unjust, let him be unjust still:
and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still:
and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still:
and he that is holy, let him be holy still.,”

(Revelation 22:11)


“For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:”

(Revelation 22:18)


“And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.”

(Revelation 22:19)

Can man change the "recipe"?

Can man change the rules, change the "recipe" in any way, even in the slightest? Is man "god", doth he know more than HE?

Simply count the number of animals sacrificed for each appointed feast. Was this practice clearly re-commanded by Jesus, Paul, Peter, John or James?