I have covered Paul several times on this comic due to the common misunderstanding of him. I thought it would be a good idea to point out how people saying Paul is talking against doing the Torah are actually reading Paul out of context.
This first example is Paul in Acts 21. This is after Paul hears the council's decision on what to tell the Gentiles in Acts 15. This is after Paul visits the places he sends letters to: Thessalonica, Corinth, and Ephesus, as well as several other Roman cities.
Here in Acts 21, the council has heard that Paul was speaking against following Torah, but the council said they knew this wasn't true. (Anyone remember Stephen and what they falsely accused him of?) - To prove that Paul wasn't teaching against the Torah, they have Paul do a public ritual in the Torah. Paul doesn't argue. Paul doesn't say "no, you guys, it's all grace now. We just believe in Yeshua." Paul went and showed, as James put it, his faith BY his works.
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Good morning! After a lot of editing, re-writing, and formatting, my testimony (so far) has been condensed into 3 articles (not several) for easier reading. Thanks so much to all who read them and saw past all of the issues I was having trying to get it all straightened out :D They are as final as can be for now, and I will get to work on getting Part 4 - the Sabbath written soon. <3
https://social.ttn.place/read-....blog/59_my-testimony
https://social.ttn.place/read-....blog/64_my-testimony
https://social.ttn.place/read-....blog/71_my-testimony
God/Yahweh expects us to be radically transformed. We are to become like Him in character. We do this through the power of the Holy Spirit/Ruach haKodesh and by staying in His Word. Interestingly these take an act of our will:
1. We become a new creation -- 2 Corinthians 5:17
2. We are made new in the attitude of our minds -- Ephesians 4:23
3. We put off our old self and put on the new self -- Ephesians 4:22-24; Colossians 3:9-10
4. We live by the Spirit, not by the flesh -- Galatians 5:16; Romans 8:13
5. We become instruments of righteousness -- Romans 6:13
6. We have become set free from sin and become slaves to Yahweh -- Romans 6:22
God/Yahweh expects us to be radically transformed. We are to become like Him in character. We do this through the power of the Holy Spirit/Ruach haKodesh and by staying in His Word. Interestingly these take an act of our will:
1. We become a new creation -- 2 Corinthians 5:17
2. We are made new in the attitude of our minds -- Ephesians 4:23
3. We put off our old self and put on the new self -- Ephesians 4:22-24; Colossians 3:9-10
4. We live by the Spirit, not by the flesh -- Galatians 5:16; Romans 8:13
5. We become instruments of righteousness -- Romans 6:13
6. We have become set free from sin and become slaves to Yahweh -- Romans 6:22
Context is important when reading Scripture, especially about celebrations or feast days. Who is addressed? What words are used?
Paul is speaking to Gentiles, "Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods. But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more? You observe DAYS and MONTHS and SEASONS and YEARS! I am afraid I may have labored over you in vain (Galatians 4:8-11). Notice the wording "days and months and seasons and years". These words, days, months and years, are referring to pagan days.
Paul is speaking to Jews, “Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a FESTIVAL, a NEW MOON celebration or a SABBATH day” (Colossians 2:16). Paul is referring to the Appointed Times. Notice the different words he used are names for the LORD’s Appointed Times: Festival, New Moon, Sabbath.
The Feasts of Yahweh are ignored by the church today. Does it make any sense that The Father would command these Feasts forever -- and enforce them in the future Millennial Kingdom on pain of plague -- and not have them binding today?
We keep the Appointed Times (which all point to the Messiah) the best we can, because Yeshua did and we are to do what He did (Matthew 16:24-26; Mark 8:34-37; Luke 14:23-25). Yeshua did NOT abolish the Law, including the Appointed Times (Matthew 5:17). If you teach against the Law, you will be called least in the Kingdom; If you love Yeshua you keep His Commandments (John 14:15).
The Feast days hold a wealth of lessons and they unlock important truths. They also are keys to prophetic events as they explain the plan and purpose of the Savior’s coming and His role as our King.
The Most High God/Elohim has a schedule of appointments with His people. Elohim has given us instructions on how He wants to be worshiped and what days we are to keep.
Moedim are the LORD's "Appointed Times", not the Jews (Leviticus 23:2). These are set apart times in which Jesus/Yeshua is pictured. The entire Master Plan of Yahweh revolves around His Anointed One, the Messiah. Yeshua’s life, ministry, sacrificial death, resurrection, and role as King of the age to come is the focal point of Yahweh’s grand purpose on earth.
It should come as no surprise that every aspect of Yeshua’s role as Messiah is ordered according to Yahweh’s Appointed Times. Yahweh has a purpose an order and a design. The Most High God/Elohim has a schedule of appointments with His people. Elohim has given us instructions on how He wants to be worshiped and what days we are to keep.
Messiah came and gave us the full understanding of the springtime festivals of the Bible and He has promised to come again and also fulfill the fall festivals. As we are in the End Times, it seems all the more important that we begin to understand the LORD’s Moedim, as the Fall Feasts picture the Last Days. Jesus/Yeshua the Messiah promised to keep Passover in the Kingdom with His disciples (Matthew 26:29, Mark 14:25, Luke 22:18, 30).
His Feasts were just as much a part of His law as the Ten Commandments. Let us be like the Apostle Paul, who said, "I must by all means keep this feast."
“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him” (John 15:19).
“If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet, because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you” (1 John 15:19).
The LORD's Appointed Times:
Passover/Pesach (includes/Unleavened Bread & First Fruits), Pentecost/Shavout, Trumpets/Yom Teruah, Atonement/Yom Kippur, Tabernacles/Sukkot, and the Sabbath.
Context is important when reading Scripture, especially about celebrations or feast days. Who is addressed? What words are used?
Paul is speaking to Gentiles, "Formerly, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those that by nature are not gods. But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more? You observe DAYS and MONTHS and SEASONS and YEARS! I am afraid I may have labored over you in vain (Galatians 4:8-11). Notice the wording "days and months and seasons and years". These words, days, months and years, are referring to pagan days.
Paul is speaking to Jews, “Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a FESTIVAL, a NEW MOON celebration or a SABBATH day” (Colossians 2:16). Paul is referring to the Appointed Times. Notice the different words he used are names for the LORD’s Appointed Times: Festival, New Moon, Sabbath.
The Feasts of Yahweh are ignored by the church today. Does it make any sense that The Father would command these Feasts forever -- and enforce them in the future Millennial Kingdom on pain of plague -- and not have them binding today?
We keep the Appointed Times (which all point to the Messiah) the best we can, because Yeshua did and we are to do what He did (Matthew 16:24-26; Mark 8:34-37; Luke 14:23-25). Yeshua did NOT abolish the Law, including the Appointed Times (Matthew 5:17). If you teach against the Law, you will be called least in the Kingdom; If you love Yeshua you keep His Commandments (John 14:15).
The Feast days hold a wealth of lessons and they unlock important truths. They also are keys to prophetic events as they explain the plan and purpose of the Savior’s coming and His role as our King.
The Most High God/Elohim has a schedule of appointments with His people. Elohim has given us instructions on how He wants to be worshiped and what days we are to keep.
Moedim are the LORD's "Appointed Times", not the Jews (Leviticus 23:2). These are set apart times in which Jesus/Yeshua is pictured. The entire Master Plan of Yahweh revolves around His Anointed One, the Messiah. Yeshua’s life, ministry, sacrificial death, resurrection, and role as King of the age to come is the focal point of Yahweh’s grand purpose on earth.
It should come as no surprise that every aspect of Yeshua’s role as Messiah is ordered according to Yahweh’s Appointed Times. Yahweh has a purpose an order and a design. The Most High God/Elohim has a schedule of appointments with His people. Elohim has given us instructions on how He wants to be worshiped and what days we are to keep.
Messiah came and gave us the full understanding of the springtime festivals of the Bible and He has promised to come again and also fulfill the fall festivals. As we are in the End Times, it seems all the more important that we begin to understand the LORD’s Moedim, as the Fall Feasts picture the Last Days. Jesus/Yeshua the Messiah promised to keep Passover in the Kingdom with His disciples (Matthew 26:29, Mark 14:25, Luke 22:18, 30).
His Feasts were just as much a part of His law as the Ten Commandments. Let us be like the Apostle Paul, who said, "I must by all means keep this feast."
“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him” (John 15:19).
“If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet, because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you” (1 John 15:19).
The LORD's Appointed Times:
Passover/Pesach (includes/Unleavened Bread & First Fruits), Pentecost/Shavout, Trumpets/Yom Teruah, Atonement/Yom Kippur, Tabernacles/Sukkot, and the Sabbath.
Boker Tov TTN Family!
When we woke up this morning it was quiet outside. Everything was still and a beautiful blanket of snow was falling! Living in the DC suburbs, that is such a gift! QUIET....Ahhhh! No school; no going to the ministry office; just watching the snow fall and enjoying family and study.
We know it won't be quiet out for long. The plows will start driving by and the kids will be outside playing in the snow soon. But in the stillness we saw and are reminded of His majesty!
Thank You Abba!
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