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Did Jesus’s sacrifice end the need to adhere to other Jewish feasts?
All God’s laws are there for man’s benefit. Some elements of the Jewish economy relied on the type and antitype with major aspects that it foreshadowed the plan of redemption and the role Jesus as the antitypical sacrificial Lamb of God Jesus Christ played. Critical also to understand that there was a moral law given to Moses on Mount Sinai written on blue sapphire stone by the finger of God and placed in the ark. The ceremonial law followed verbally given and written by Moses on paper and placed in the side of the ark. During his 40 days in the presence of God he also received information on health laws, laws around hygiene, risk of certain foods but also information on the plan of salvation as played out by the visual lessons taught by the Blueprint as portrayed by the tabernacle service. Deut. 31:24 “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, 25 That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, 26 Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.†This is what we read of in Colossians as handwriting of ordinances that was against us and nailed to the cross. Col. 2:14 “having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it. 16 So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths, 17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ. Sad, but large percentage of Protestants now use this that the moral law was done away with and that we are under grace. Stone and written by God’s finger could not be done away with as the real Lamb of God paid the price on the cross to reconcile God to man. It was complete the reconciliation and nothing extra needed but the Blueprint teaches us that the plan of Salvation was not completed in 31AD when Jesus died outside the gates of Jerusalem. Here we see type shadow fulfilled in the work of Jesus to save man. All these Jewish feasts give us critical information of what God did on behalf of man and only the second coming is left as necessary to have the final type meeting antitype! Jesus was once slain and no repeat necessary and Jesus only asked us to be baptized and to partake of His death and resurrection by adhering to the Lord’s Supper. For the Jew to adhere to these ceremonial laws he also had to travel 3 times a year to Jerusalem and therefore clear that this could not apply to everybody on earth and by trying to keep it will suggest we need to add something to what Jesus has done. Never the idea supported in the Bible that the moral law, the Ten Commandments was of a temporary nature, on the contrary: Matt. 5:18 “For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. 19Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.†And in Revelation 3 very important texts: Rev. 12:17 “And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.†Jesus’ followers seems to be commandment keepers. Rev. 14:12 “Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.†I would like to be one of the saints. Rev. 22:14 “Blessed are they that do his commandments that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.†Here obedience to Jesus is reflected by followers doing what is right including the moral law because they: Rev. 14:4 “These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These were redeemed from among men, being firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.†The righteous living at the second coming are the Elijah people and forms the 144 000. I would like to be living when Jesus returns and be part of that number.