Religious Cults & False Prophets~ Discussions and DebatesWhich Sabbath
You claim that God changed dietary laws according to Acts 10:9-16, but you are in great error in assuming so. You interpret this to mean that God has changed things, right? Let's see how Peter interpret His vision. Acts 10:28 - And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean According to Peter, the vision was telling him not to call any man common or unclean. It had nothing to do with eating. SO Aineo, who is right, you or Peter? Acts 10: 15 - And again a voice came to him a second time, "What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy." Friend, be cautious of how you interpret the bible. Don't speculate as to what it means and say it as truth. let speculation be told as speculation and not as truth. This is a matter where scripture interprets itself, but you've given it your own meaning. Be careful of doing such things. Again, you have given the bible your own meaning instead of accepting what it says. You say Jesus was the last prophet of the OT, but what does Christ say Luke 16:16 - The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. This says that John was the last prophet of the OT, and Christ is the first of the new. Which is indicated by Him saying since that time, the kingdom of God is preached. Did He not make this claim while still being alive? So it was not after the resurrection, but after John, when He began. Please stop giving scripture your meaning for it and accept His. Again I say, like the author of Hebrews has stated. The Sabbath which was ordained centuries before the promise made to Abraham is not disannulled by it, because it was ordained before the promise. Just as the law, given centuries after the promise does not disannul the promise. Again you have given the scripture your own meaning. THe scripture does not say don't mix meat (animal) and dairy (for that matter I don't know anyone who drinks milk with steaks). It says, don't boil a goat in it's mothers milk. It does not say don't mix dairy and animal. Deuteronomy 14:21 - Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. Aineo, you see time and time again you give scripture your own meaning, when the truth is that scripture does not say what you preach as truth. The law does not require the Hebrews to keep two separate sets. That is Talmudic (traditions of men) and not Torah. If you disagree please cite the scripture that says it. Friend, if I have told you I do obey the dietary laws, then accept my yes as yes and my no as no. I have said yes, so there is no need to go into each commandment and ask me if I do it. All that I am aware of, I do as best I can. Yes, I have read the Torah and Prophets, and Christ is my sacrifice. I have been unable to attain many jobs due to my honoring the Sabbath. I had to accept a job at CVS for a while because no other place would hire me due to this. Yes we are to obey those in rule, but that is only to the extent that we are not disobeying God to obey them. I have violated the Sabbath at times, yes. But if I commit adultery once, should I keep doing it because I have done it once? What was the decision made by the Council of Jerusalem in regard to circumcision and observing the Law of Moses? This is a beautiful question indeed. Now let's address the matter. God in no way changed the law. But the focus was shifted from the letter (or physical) to the inner (or spiritual). To grasp what I am about to say, you have to understand that somethings were a foreshadowing of things to come such as the sacrificial system and certain rituals, and others were not, such as thou shalt not kill. Circumcision one that is a foreshadowing of things to come or a sign of a spiritual truth, if I may refer to it in that way. Romans 2:28 - For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: Circumcision is not of the flesh, the outward does not make one a Jew, as Paul is pointing out. What of the law and the prophets, do they agree? Deuteronomy 10:16 - Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. Deuteronomy 30:6 - And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. Moses, who gave the law seems to agree with Paul. There has been no change made to the law. Christ came to reveal (manifest) God (the Law or His Word). And likewise, we are established upon His Law Now as far as Acts 15 goes and what "you" call the essentials. I cannot qoute the whole chapter, but hopefully this will suffice... Acts 15:21 - For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day. Now they were talking about what to say to the gentile believer right? Let's keep things in context here. Acts 15: 19-20 - Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: 20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. You see, in order not to be overbearing, they just spoke of the most serious matters because (verse 21 above) they had access to what Moses taught in the synagogues every SABBATH. So there was no need to express everything b/c they had teaching on the Law every week. Now, if you notice, I'm qouting you and responding to what you say. All I ask is that you respond to my words as well. If I ask about the Sabbath, please repond to that question. Going off into what you feel about the law does not address what is being asked... With Love, |
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