If you are operating love you won't break the ten commandments.
I agree with you on this. But Paul also is clear that it is the "Law written in our hearts" that teaches us what love is.
Jesus never participated in Passover once He gave communion. I don't recall that He ever participated in Passover. This may in fact be an assumption. At any rate, Communion is not Passover. Passover was a legalistic forerunner of Communion and is no longer necessary, except maybe for a Catholic.
I know this will probably sound rude, but I don't know any other way to say it. This last statement shows a serious ignorance of both the gospels and Catholic teaching.
Ignorance of the Gospels, in that they show Jesus repeatedly celebrating the Feasts of Israel, as He did every year of His life. Ignorance of the Gospels (and the OT) in that the sacrificing of the Passover Lamb was a small part of the Passover celebration, which actually kicked off a week long Feast (Unleavened Bread), in the middle of which was the Feast of First Fruits (the day on which Jesus rose from the dead).
You aparently aren't aware, even though it has been brought up here, that every Jewish man went to Jerusalem 3 times a year to celebrate the feasts. Jesus did not live in Jerusalem, He lived in Nazareth in the province of Galilee. However, almost all of His teaching found in the gospels occurred either in Jerusalem, on the way to Jerusalem, or on His way home from Jerusalem. Jesus and his disciples went up to Jerusalem each year and kept the Feasts. As He did so, He taught the disciples how each Feast illustrated His character/nature. Go back and read the gospels again. You will see this is so.
It is true the Jesus never celebrated Passover again after he instituted Communion, because He was crucified immediately following. It is also true that Jesus said He would not drink the final cup of Passover again until He does so "in His Father's Kingdom" (Matthew 26:29). If Jesus will be celebrating Passover "in His Father's Kingdom", well then it can hardly be a bad thing to do.
Actually, Jesus made it clear that He had looked forward to celebrating Passover with His disciples.
14 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him.
15 And he said unto them,
With desire F49 I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: 16 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. 17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said,
Take this, and divide it among yourselves: 18 For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. 19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying,
This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. 20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying,
This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
Since you are obviously not aware, there are 4 glasses of wine that are drunk during the Passover meal. Two are before the meal itself, and two after. Each of these 4 cups have specific meanings. The 3rd cup, the one which Jesus took "after dinner" and said "this is my blood" is the "Cup of Redemption". The last cup, the one He said He would not drink yet is the "Cup of Completion".
Also, since you are obviously not aware but brought up this passage
Matthew 26 said:
23 And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.
24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
The "dipping" that is taking place here is the dipping of Unleavened Bread into bitter herbs, then eating it as part of the Passover meal.
Again, since you apparently are unaware, Zechariah 14 is extremely explicit that the Feast of Tabernacles/Booths will be celebrated during the Millenium.
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So apparently the Feasts haven't been done away with complete, if the whole world will be celebrating at least one of them.
What you stated way that it is OK to participate in the legalized feasts of the OT. I'll make this easy for you. I'm WOF! You're Catholic!
Ok, I'll make it easy for you. I don't care what label you wear.
Scripture says it is ok to either celebrate or not celebrate, as long as you understand that righteousness is obtained through Christ and not through the Law. Despite the fact that I have actually posted scripture that says this repeatedly, you keep ignoring it because it doesn't agree with your theology.
And, by the way, I know of many WoF ministers (Rhema grads, board members of ORU, etc. so you don't get much more WoF) who do celebrate Passover. I am frequently called by them to teach on these areas. Others have actually had me email them my notes so they could teach on them themselves. A number have come to the Passovers I have hosted, and the response was always the same-- that actually seeing it for themselves made the Word come alive in a way they had never known.
You know about then and seemingly think it is OK to encourage others to become entangled in them.
I've never encouraged anyone to become "entangled" in bondage. Quite frankly, I think it is obvious to all here that I'm walking in far more freedom in this area than you-- because I do not allow this to be an area that can put me in bondage. I'm not afraid to learn and grow, to further study the Word, to know the fullness of who He is. You are the one who is forbidding others to do something. I am the one who is saying "all things are lawful".
Is that humorous to you Sir?
What I find humorous is the fact that some people try to throw a smokescreen onto every theological disagreement by throwing out the "C" word (well, you're "
Catholic") instead of actually looking to the scriptures to see what they say. I've given large quantities of scripture throughout this discussion. You have yet to rebut a single one of them. Is it safe to say that you agree with my take on all of them? Or do you ignore those passages of scripture?