Hi,
I was reading some of the comments in this thread "...not the feasts, but the debt was nailed to the cross..."
I'd like to bring some of my thoughts, bible and SOP quotes for consideration.
The feasts were types and shadows that centered around sacrifice and offerings officiated by human priests.
After Christ's death, resurrection and ascension, the earthly ministry was transferred to the heavenly ministry, the earthly sanctuary gave way for the heavenly, the human priesthood was abolished for Christ's priesthood.
Now I've asked Messianic Jews who insist on feast keeping: how do you keep/observe them with the sacrifice done away? I've never gotten a definitive answer.
It's true we are not saved by keeping the sabbath holy. But we are judged by the 10 commandments include the sabbath commandment. We are not judged by the ceremonial laws. They were kept outside of the Ark of Covenant. The 10 commandments, not the ceremonial laws are the requirement of the covenant/contract.
Read Acts 15. The first Christian Council in Jerusalem declared 'law of Moses' not binding on New Testament Christians.
What was nailed to the cross? The 70 week prophecy told us sacrificial offerings would cease at the cross.
Daniel 9:27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,
Did God change His laws? The moral laws which are a transcript of Christ character are immutable. But ceremonial laws were provisional. After the types and shadows met the reality, they were no longer needed. The ceremonial laws were changed.
According to the author of Hebrews, the Levitical priesthood laws were changed in favor of Christ's priesthood.
Hebrews 7
11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
Many in the Christian world also have a veil before their eyes and heart. They do not see to the end of that which was done away. They do not see that it was only the ceremonial law which was abrogated at the death of Christ. They claim that the moral law was nailed to the cross. Heavy is the veil that darkens their understanding. The hearts of many are at war with God. They are not subject to his law. Only as they shall come into harmony with the rule of his government, can Christ be of any avail to them. They may talk of Christ as their Saviour; but he will finally say to them, I know you not. You have not exercised genuine repentance toward God for the transgression of his holy law, and you cannot have genuine faith in me, for it was my mission to exalt God's law. {RH, April 22, 1902 par. 15}
“There are many who try to blend these two systems, using the texts that speak of the ceremonial law to prove that the moral law has been abolished; but this is a perversion of the Scriptures. The distinction between the two systems is broad and clear. The ceremonial system was made up of symbols pointing to Christ, to His sacrifice and His priesthood. This ritual law, with its sacrifices and ordinances, was to be performed by the Hebrews until type met antitype in the death of Christ, the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world. Then all the sacrificial offerings were to cease. It is this law that Christ ‘took . . out of the way, nailing it to His cross.’ Colossians 2:14. But concerning the law of Ten Commandments the psalmist declares, ‘Forever, O Lord, Thy Word is settled in heaven.’ Psalm 119:89.”—{PP, p365.1}.
“While the Saviour’s death brought to an end the law of types and shadows, it did not in the least detract from the obligation of the moral law. On the contrary, the very fact that it was necessary for Christ to die in order to atone for the transgression of that law, proves it to be immutable.”—{PP, p365.3}.
“Christ was standing at the point of transition between two economies and their two great festivals. He, the spotless Lamb of God, was about to present Himself as a sin offering, that He would thus bring to an end the system of types and ceremonies that for four thousand years had pointed to His death. As He ate the Passover with His disciples, He instituted in its place the service that was to be the memorial of His great sacrifice. The national festival of the Jews was to pass away forever. The service which Christ established was to be observed by His followers in all lands and through all ages.”—{DA, p652}.
“Christ’s death and resurrection completed His covenant. Before this time, it was revealed through types and shadows . . Christ’s sacrifice is the glorious fulfillment of the whole Jewish economy. The Sun of Righteousness has risen. Christ our righteousness is shining in brightness upon us.”—{7 Bible Commentary, 932}.
“After Christ died on the cross as a sin offering the ceremonial law could have no force. Yet it was Laws Abolished at the Cross The Feast Days connected with the moral law, and was glorious. The whole bore the stamp of divinity, and expressed the holiness, justice, and righteousness of God. And if the ministration of the dispensation to be done away was glorious, how much more must the reality be glorious, when Christ was revealed, giving His lifegiving, sanctifying Spirit to all who believe?”—{6 Bible Commentary, 1095}.
“But there is a law which was abolished, which Christ ‘took out of the way, nailing it to His cross.’ Paul calls it the law of commandments contained in ordinances.This ceremonial law, given by God through Moses, with its sacrifices and ordinances . . was to be binding upon the Hebrews until type met antitype in the death of Christ as the Lamb of God to take away the sin of the world. Then all the sacrificial offerings and services were to be abolished. Paul and the other apostles labored to show this, and resolutely withstood those Judaizing teachers who declared that Christians should observe the ceremonial law.”—Signs, September 4, 1884.
Paul had dedicated himself and all his powers to the service of God. He had received the truths of the gospel direct from heaven, and throughout his ministry he maintained a vital connection with heavenly agencies. He had been taught by God regarding the binding of unnecessary burdens upon the Gentile Christians; thus when the Judaizing believers introduced into the Antioch church the question of circumcision, Paul knew the mind of the Spirit of God concerning such teaching and took a firm and unyielding position which brought to the churches freedom from Jewish rites and ceremonies.”—{AA, p199-200}.
“These false teachers were mingling Jewish traditions with the truths of the gospel. Ignoring the decision of the general council at Jerusalem, they urged upon the Gentile converts the observance of the ceremonial law. “The situation was critical. The evils that had been introduced threatened speedily to destroy the Galatian churches. “Paul was cut to the heart, and his soul was stirred by this open apostasy on the part of those to whom he had faithfully taught the principles of the gospel. He immediately wrote to the deluded believers, exposing the false theories that they had accepted and with great severity rebuking those who were departing from the faith.”—{AA, 383-384}.
“We can know far more of Christ by following Him step by step in the work of redemption, seeking the lost and the perishing, than by journeying to old Jerusalem. Christ has taken His people into His church. He has swept away every ceremony of the ancient type. He has given no liberty to restore these rites, or to substitute anything that will recall the old literal sacrifices. The Lord requires of His people spiritual sacrifices alone.”—{RH Feb 25, 1896}.
The old covenant instituted at Sinai was a provisional covenant of which the ceremonial laws were parts of expired when Christ died on the cross.
The new covenant instituted at the fall of man is the eternal covenant and was ratified at the cross.
Hebrews 10
1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Now, if we could just see some movement on the "alcohol" thing! 
How have you been?
