To clarify:
@MarkRohfrietsch didn’t say that you had, after all, you identify as non-denom so one would assume you don’t accept her writings as inspired prophecy. Rather, he was giving an example of what he believed St. Paul was referring to.
I am fully aware of the intent of his posts. But thank you for your reply.
And yes, according to his post, I gather that he believes Paul was teaching to the Colossians;
"It was, in the first place, declared improper to follow the custom of the Jews in the celebration of this holy festival, because, their hands having been stained with crime, the minds of these wretched men are necessarily blinded. ... Let us, then, have nothing in common with the Jews, who are our adversaries. ... Let us ... studiously avoiding all contact "with that evil way". ..
But it is clear that the Jews were not following God's Feasts, or His Judgments or His Sabbaths. This I know because EVERY Word Jesus used to define the doctrines and philosophies of the Pharisees religion, exposed this undeniable truth. And the Law and Prophets is full of the rebuke of the "Jews Religion", as Paul calls it, who despised God's Laws, Judgments and Commandments, and went about establishing their own.
So the religious philosophy being promoted here, in my view, is promoting the rejection of God's Word,
because of the disobedience of men who rejected God's Word. As if it was the Feasts of the Lord, that caused them to persecute and murder the Lord's Christ. When the truth is, they polluted and defiled the Feasts of the Lord, and rejected His Judgments.
According to what is actually written in scriptures, had the rebellious Jews repented and turned to God, like Peter and Paul did, and, as Paul teaches both Jew and Gentile, "Yielded themselves" a servant to obey God, which Paul said was simply "their reasonable service",
they wouldn't have murdered anyone.
They would have known the Lord's Christ, just as Zacharias and Elizabeth knew the Lord's Christ, before HE was even born, as Simeon and Anna did. And the Wise men did.
I do not believe Paul was promoting the rejection of God's sabbaths or Feasts to the Colossians based on what is actually written, as they are shadows
of things yet to be fulfilled.
While
The Jewish feast of Hanukkah, and other man made high days created by this world's religions, are shadows of nothing to come.
I am happy to discuss this understanding, and I appreciate your zeal and willingness to engage. And I know we might not agree concerning Paul's teaching. But the discussions are a good thing in my view.
