No the Pharisees were the sect with traditions. The Sadducees were not in agreement with their traditions.
Matt. 15:
1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, 2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. 3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
Matt. 3:
7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, (Both) O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Matt. 16:
1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? 4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
Matt. 16:
11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
12 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
Matt. 22:
23 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,
24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
Jesus condemned them both as one. He didn't make a difference between them at all. But you do.
So I am left once again, having to make the choice between what you teach, which is pretty much mainstream religion, and what Jesus actually says.
This isn't my fault, I didn't ask you or influence you to try and make a case for the Sadducees over the Pharisees. I don't know who influenced you to make the distinction. But I have shown you that is wasn't Jesus, because HE treated them both exactly the same.
Levi was in the loins of his father Abraham when Melchizedek met him.
So was Moses. What is your point? Are you trying to teach that Abraham was under the Levitical Priesthood because Levi was in his Loins? If this is truth, then Abraham must also have been under the Law of Moses, because Moses was in his loins as well.
Or are you trying to convince me that Melchizedek was not the High Priest of God in Abraham's time?
What exactly is your point here?
I think you really should read Paul.
Two covenants were made with Abraham and his seed. The women are allegories for these covenants.
Gen 15 speaks of his seed 12 princes
Gen 17 speaks of kings The royal covenant
Ge 17:20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
Ga 4:24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
OK, the Covenant God made with Levi on Mt. Sinai, on Israel's behalf gendered to bondage to the Levitical Priesthood. I get that.
No atonement without a human Levitical Priest to provide it. No administration of God's Instructions unless there was a Levite Priest to Administer it. No temple of God, no candle sticks, no Mercy Seat, no alter, nothing from God without a Levite Priest.
But the other Covenant, with Abraham Isaac and Jacob, didn't involve this Levitical Priesthood that was "added" 430 years after Abraham. God called Abraham to "deny Himself, carry his cross, and Follow Him". Abraham did as instructed, out of belief/Faith in God, and for this Faith, shown by his obedience, He was shown mercy. And his children also because as God said;
Gen. 18:
19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
What other Covenant did God make on Mt. Sinai? I think you forgetting the Law of Faith that Abraham obeyed, that God gave Israel.
Kings for seed
Ge 17:16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
This is true, from Moses to Jesus there was no other way to God but through this Levitical Priesthood Covenant. And until the sons of Aaron corrupted this Covenant, this way turned "many" away from iniquity. As many in the faith chapter, and Zecharias and Simeon has shown. But the Priest's corrupted God's Covenant with Levi, so God took over the Priesthood Himself. It's all there is your Bible.
James speaks of the law of freedom, and royal law
Yes, the Law of Liberty.
James 2:
11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Are these the only "law of Liberty?" No, there is also Doc't steal, Don't Covet, Keep His Sabbath Holy.
The "Law of Liberty" is defined by God, not you or religious men. Mankind has been Judging God's Law of Liberty since Cain hated His Brother for being "Righteous".
Hear Jesus
Mt 17:24 And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? {tribute: called in the original, didrachma, being in value fifteen pence sterling; about thirty seven cents }
What in the world does a Greek tax have to do with salvation?
25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?
26 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.
27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
I'm not sure your insistence that God's Law is somehow comparable to this nations tax system or another nations tax system.
The mainstream preachers of HIS time tried to trick him with this whole "tribute" the nations of the world demand for people. Jesus didn't fall for they trickery though.
Matt. 22:
15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men.
17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
19 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.
20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
21 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.
We know who created the tribute of Caesar, Who created God's Statutes, Commandments, Judgments and Laws? Shall we not render unto God the things that are God's?
Royal law, royal priesthood. Of the Children of the free woman in Christ Jesus.
Yes, as James implied, remember, the same God who said "Love your neighbor as yourself", also said "remember to keep the Sabbath Day Holy." So if religious men judge one Commandment as worthy of their respect, but Judge another Commandment as NOT Worthy of their respect, they are become "transgressors of God's Law"
James 4:
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw nigh to God, (First) and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
The Children of God are not "FREE" from HIS instruction as your religion implies. HIS Children are "FREE" from the Bondage of deception and falsehoods promoted by the "other voices" who come in His Name. The Blood of Christ sets us free from the bondage of sin and deception, and gives us a clean slate so we are FREE to serve Him
acceptably. This is a concept that "many" can not accept given they have been taught since their youth that God's Laws are the Burden. If you would "listen to Him" you would find the deception in this teaching.
Heb. 12:
28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
29 For our God (The God of the Bible) is a consuming fire.