In light of this month's Topic for Discussion:

The start of the New Year has always been a heavy discussion subject as we get closer to the end of the year. I have personally judged other when they do not do as I do or follow the Jewish calendar or the moon or whatever reason I saw fit.

There has been many posts on many subjects here on Social that really dug into the meat of the matter. I have grown through these discussions and thank everyone who participated.

I am now at a place in my own life where I truly believe that we can keep the feast in memorial, but not as a reenactment and therefore according to Scripture.

This morning in my reading, I had Colossians 2:16-17 just hit me with this awareness again. Paul says:

"Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ."

I only saw this in regards to modern-Christians saying that you can keep Shabbat any day of the week or eat anything; even if it is not food.

I now believe that Paul's message is to us as well; that we should not judge each other in how we determine the year or keep the feasts. For me, this is because we don't know what it "right" and if we do then we don't have the means to do it "right".

One day we will know and be enabled to follow the letter of the law, but till then we can only remember it and try to keep it alive in our own lives through reenactments in our own homes; where ever that may be.

What are your thoughts on this?

#keepfeasts #moedim #feastlocation

Q134: How is salvation received, according to Paul?

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PS: Discussions are very welcome, but please do not give the answer away in your discussions.

Hint: Ephesians 2

1 Kings 18:17 — 18,  Now it happened when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, “Is this you, you troubler of Israel?”  And he said, “I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father’s house have, because you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and you have followed other gods.” Too often we don’t realize that the prophets of Baal that Elijah confronted were in fact the people of the northern kingdom of Israel who had been separated from our Creator by Ahab. This division continues to show itself even today.

Thought for Today: Wednesday March 27

YHVH finds joy in you. Not because you're being good, doing what is right or achieving goals. It is the kind of joy woven into the pure, unconditional love He has as a Father, for you, His child.

"For the grace of God that bringeth deliverance hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;"

Titus 2

Vainly, though, do they worship me Greek original language Scripture from Mark 7

"Well prophesied Esaias of you the hypocrites, as it is written, This the people with the lips do me honour, but their heart far they keep from me. Vainly, though, do they worship me, teaching as teachings commandments of men."

Καλῶς προεφήτευσεν Ἠσαΐας περὶ ὑμῶν τῶν ὑποκριτῶν ὡς γέγραπται Οὗτος ὁ λαὸς τοῖς χείλεσίν με τιμᾷ ἡ δὲ καρδία αὐτῶν πόρρω ἀπέχει ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ· μάτην δὲ σέβονταί με διδάσκοντες διδασκαλίας ἐντάλματα ἀνθρώπων

One of my first papers in graduate school proposed a rational solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. That was in 1986, before it became fashionable to refer to Arabs living in Israel as Palestinians, but long after the biblical heartland of Judea and Samaria had come to be known by the invented name “West Bank.” My solution was for an independent Arab state to be established alongside the Jewish state of Israel, and to declare Jerusalem an international city with security guaranteed by a largely American peacekeeping force....

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One of my first papers in graduate school proposed a rational solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. That was in 1986, before it became fashionable to refer to Arabs living in Israel as Palestinians, but long after the biblical heartland of Judea and

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