I appreciate your candid concession.
It is no concession; it is something I pray will happen very soon. It is Jesus promise. Did you think I didn't realize that before you wrote it?
All is not done. All will be done.
All that Jesus came to do is done.
True. However all is not done.
All Jesus came to do is done. Jesus came to fulfill the law and prophets. He did that perfectly.
No they didn't.
Heaven and earth have not passed away. The empirical evidence is all around us.
Heaven and Earth passing is a metaphor. The vail of the Temple was rent telling the Jews that the sacrificial system ended putting the Levites out of business. Jesus became High Priest. Gal 3:19 19 Why, then, was the law given at all? It was added
(to the Israelites) because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come.
Gal 3: 24 So the law was our
(the Jews) guardian until Christ came that we
(the Jews) might be justified by faith. 25 Now that this faith has come, we
(the Jews) are no longer under a guardian.
Eph 2: 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15 by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace,
Verses 14 and 15 clinch the discussion for me. The Jews had the Law and the Gentiles didn't. The Jews couldn't keep the Laws of the covenant, so Jesus set aside the Law brought it to an end at Calvary, introduced the new and better covenant to ALL who will accept it. Jesus' death on the Cross has given all Gentiles and Jews the greatest gift ever given to man. I accept His gift and all He asks is that we love others as He loves us. All the rituals of the old covenant have been set aside for the Jews. I wonder how Jesus feels when any of His children turn their backs on His gift and turn to Moses and the old covenant?
Yes. For example Sukkot has not been fulfilled.
All the ritual laws have been fulfilled.
That's right; and don't forget that heaven and earth will pass away before any of the Torah will.
That is not what Jesus said. We know for sure that the Levite priesthood ended. That was part of Torah.
All has not been fulfilled. Read Revelation.
I have not indicated that all has been fulfilled. I have repeatedly written that all Jesus came to do He fulfilled.
Yes, to the best of my understanding, and strength, in Yahshua. I just brushed fresh lamb's blood over the Shema on my doorposts, a little over a week ago.
That is an indication that you have not accepted what Jesus did for man at Calvary.
Are you observing any of YHWH's instruction? If so, why?
Yes, Yes and more yes, Jesus has given His instruction in Jn 15:9 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. 12
My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
Why? It would take all my life to give you a full answer to "Why". It is through my faith in Jesus that I recognize His leading in my life. I love Jesus because He has never given up on me. When I am down, He lifts me up. I love Jesus because He first loved me. So, it is a great privilege to do what He asks.
I truly believe the reason some Christians turn to the laws of Moses is because they have not recognized all that Jesus has done for all mankind. My question is why do Gentiles who have never ever been burdened with the law of Moses feel the necessity to do what the Galatians did in Gal 3?