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Actually, Christmas trees were originally used for teaching purposes. In medieval Germany, "Paradise Plays" used an evergreen tree hung with apples in the 1st scene to represent the tree of the knowledge of good and evil to teach about the fall (that's where the idea came from that the forbidden...

That passage from Jeremiah 10 is frequently pointed out as evidence that the Christmas tree is a pagan symbol, so I would like to present the historical and archaeological facts in light of this criticism. Jeremiah 10 is speaking of an idol or image that was frequently used throughout the...

How very true! Well said and Amen~ In Christ, Pilgrimer

tzadik, the point is that "what God required of His people after they were cursed" is not the point. I'm not the one missing it. What God required from His people even after they were cursed is not the point because God's New Covenant people are not cursed, and are not without a Temple, and a...

To be banished from the land and scattered among the nations with no temple or priesthood was a curse. Are you saying you believe you are cursed? In Christ, Pilgrimer

Under the New Covenant, being reconciled (made right) with God, and having fellowship with God is not effected (caused) by a church, or even by the printed Bible. My reconciliation and fellowship with God is effected by the blood of Jesus. Even if I were to spend the rest of my life in prison...

Jesus said his blood was shed for remission of sin, the Law said the blood of bulls and goats was required to atone for sin. The blood of Jesus and the blood of bulls and goats is not exactly the same, in fact, they are drastically different. And Jesus said to eat his flesh and drink his blood...

If God's intent was truly as you insist to send Jesus to renew the Old Covenant so that His people could serve Him according to the commandments of the Law, then why did God take away everything He had provided for the Law's observance? In Christ, Pilgrimer

Well said and Amen~ In Christ, Pilgrimer

Unfortunately, people tend to confuse Andy Griffith with Andy Taylor. Andy Taylor was not the creation of Griffith but of the writers who wrote the programs and created the character we all love so much. That in no way diminishes the extraordinary acting ability of Andy Griffith who played the...

Actually, the geological evidence only narrows the date down to sometime between 26 and 36 A.D. The rest of the data that is used to arrive at the date is the same old historical arguments that have been around for a very long time and which, frankly, do not have nearly the historical and...

The Gregorian calendar is not the cause of sin, and a new calendar is not the remedy for sin. The blood of Jesus is the remedy for sin, but the vast majority of the earth's population will not avail themsleves of that remedy because they love their sins. But some will, and for the sake of...

I am in complete agreement with everything you said up to the last sentence, and there we may have a difference of opinion. You said "we participate in the Kingdom of Heaven every time we celebrate the liturgy." Does that mean that when we are not celebrating the liturgy we are not...

As an evangelical Protestant I have been studying New Testament history for over 30 years with the express purpose of casting aside any and all traditions and determining to the best of my ability the truth about the dates on which Christendom celebrates the events in the life of Jesus. And...

Not so! As a Christian what I pray for is the day when the Lord returns and this old present earth and it's system of things passes away and there is a new heaven and a new earth where there is no more sin or death or pain or weeping, and the New Jerusalem which God has created will come down...

tzadik, God uses all his commandments to teach a lesson. Lessons about holy living. That's why Torah means "teachings." There is a moral lesson to every commandment, and we could spend 10 lifetimes trying to learn everything the Law teaches about holiness. But when you cannot see, or you refuse...

Christians see Jesus as the Son of God who came to fulfill everything the Law foreshadowed and the Prophets foretold. Unlike some we believe he actually accomplished what he came to do, and did in fact fulfill every jot and tittle. Indeed, we believe the evidence Jesus said would be the sign...

That is not true. I will assume that you have not read my posts and are therefore unaware of my testimony, so let me quote what I stated for example in post #364 under this thread: "The Law is beautiful, holy, glorious, wonderful. I have studied the Law for over half of my life, and I'm almost...

If the vision had nothing to do with clean and unclean foods then why were they used to teach the lesson? The spiritual lesson which the food purity laws were given to teach having nothing to do with food ... any more than the lesson of the forbidden fruit in the garden was about apples. In...

Jesus said what he intended, that his was the blood of a new (kainos) covenant. If he was renewing the old covenant, we would be offering the blood of bulls and goats for atonement of sin and eating a lamb at Passover in Jerusalem. And now we are to love another the way the Son demonstrated...