The Apostle Paul wrote the Galatians as follows:
You are observing special days and months and seasons and years! I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you. (Galatians 4:10-11)
Some people claim that the Passover and the Sabbath do not need to be observed by citing this above Verse and they oppose the New Covenant preached by the World Mission Society Church of God. Did the Apostle Paul really say that the Passover and the Sabbath day of the New Covenant did not need be celebrated?
As his custom was, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures (Acts 17:2)
Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeast–as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. Therefore let us keep the Festival [the Passover]… (1 Corinthians 5:7-8)
The Apostle Paul kept the Sabbath day and the Passover. Does it make sense that he told others not to celebrate feasts while he kept them? Then, what does Galatians 4:10 mean? Considering the words of the book of Galatians as a whole, it means that we must not keep the Old Covenant any longer because Jesus made the New Covenant. There are two kinds of covenants in the Bible: the Old Covenant and the New Covenant. The Old Covenant was established by Moses, and the New Covenant was established by Jesus.
For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant [the old covenant], no place would have been sought for another [the new covenant]. But God found fault with the people and said: “The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. (Hebrews 8:7-8)
The Apostle Paul did not say that they should not keep the feasts of the New Covenant established by the blood of Jesus. He said that “they should not celebrate the days and months and seasons and years of the Old Covenant.”
But now that you know God–or rather are known by God–how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable principles [the Old Testament Law]? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again? You are observing special days and months and seasons and years! I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you. (Galatians 4:9-11)
Those weak and miserable principles mean the Old Testament Law which had been observed before Jesus appeared (Galatians 3:24.) However, the opposers insist that the New Covenant does not also need to be kept by citing the Verse which indicates that the Old Covenant should not be observed.
In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup [The Passover wine] is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. (Luke 22:20)
If someone re-establishes something abolished by Jesus, he contends against Jesus. In the same way, if someone abolishes something established by Jesus, he also goes against Jesus. Those who say that they believe in Jesus and oppose the New Covenant Passover, are disturbing Jesus’ Work of Redemption.
Wow, so much wrong in this article. You do realize as part of the “New” covenant that G-d’s Torah was inserted into your inward parts and written on your heart, right? If Jesus came preaching a different word than Torah, then He cannot be the Jewish Messiah they were expecting (Deut 12:32 – 13:1-4).
Hello Yochanan,
Thanks for your comment.
God Jehovah prophesied that He Himself would establish the “New Covenant” in the Old Testament.
“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them, ” (Jeremiah 31:31-32)
Who made the new covenant? Jesus did:
In the Old Testament, it’s prophesied that God Jehovah would establish the new covenant. According to the prophecy, Jesus established the New Covenant. Then, who is Jesus? Think it carefully.
Please refer to http://crc.ac/the-savior-of-each-age-and-the-new-name-ahnsahnghong/ for more information on this. You will understand why we should believe in the Savior of the Holy Spirit in this age.
If you would have continued in Jeremiah the next verse reads: But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” declares the Lord, “I will put My law (Hebrew word is Torati or My Torah) within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
Who said I did not believe in the Savior? The article says and I quote “it means that we must not keep the Old Covenant any longer because Jesus made the New Covenant.”
If “Jesus” came and did away with Torah, then He is not the Jewish Messiah! Also, the article is totally taking Hebrews 8:7-8 and Galatians 4:9-11 out of context.
You misunderstood the Bible.
The Old Testament – written on the stones
The New Testament – written on our minds.
At that time, everyone understood the Law as the Old Testament.
Jesus established the new covenant, and the apostles also kept the new covenant.
However, there were those who insisted that they should keep the feasts of the Old Testament within the early churches.
For this reason, the Apostle Paul emphasized that Jesus made the new covenant with His blood and we should not keep the feasts of the Old Testament.
Please read Hebrews 8:7 “For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another.” What does this mean? The first covenant (The old covenant) could not lead people to salvation. Therefore, Jesus established another covenant — the new covenant.
Then, what does the verse “I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts”? Does this mean God will put the Laws of the Old Testament (old covenant) on their hearts? It’s about the new covenant not the old covenant.
BTW, you said you believe in the Savior. Do you who is the Savior this age? According to the Bible, there are the names of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Please read the article at http://crc.ac/the-savior-of-each-age-and-the-new-name-ahnsahnghong/ carefully and you will know we should believe in the New Name of Jesus (Rev 3:12; 2:17).
The Apostles kept Torah the entire life. Paul in his defense in Acts 23-25 defends himself by saying he followed Torah. Paul in Acts 23 calls himself a Pharisee. Do you know what that means? He considered himself following the Torah in a strict manner. Paul in Acts 18 and in Acts 21 makes sacrifices (part of the Nazarite vow) and pays for others to do so as well. He was in the Temple ceremonially cleaned which means he went through a mikvah.
Regarding Hebrews 8:7-8. You may want to look into the Greek a little. The word covenant is not in the Greek. The translators put it there. That verse is not talking about the covenants. It is talking about the priesthood. The Levitical priests were not doing their job, therefore, “Jesus” is going to take there place in teaching the people. For in the Millennial Kingdom the Torah is going to flow from Jerusalem (Isaiah 2:2-4 & Micah 4:2-3). In the Millennial Kingdom there will be sacrifices including sin sacrifices per Ezekiel 44-46.
I am not sure who you think “Jesus” is, but He is not who you think He is. He did not get rid of Torah.
Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances. Ezekiel 36:26-27.
Sounds a lot like this “new” covenant you talking about…which the Spirit will cause you to follow His statutes and ordinances (i.e. commandments).
By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; 5 but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him: 6 the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked. 1 John 1:1-6
Brother, keeping the commandments doesn’t bring salvation, but if you don’t keep them then you continually sin. Aren’t we supposed to repent? Turn from our sins? 1 John 3:4 says sin is lawlessness…definition of this word is without Torah.
I won’t reply any further unless you ask me to. If Yeshua got rid of Torah, then He sinned and cannot be the Messiah. Check it out.
The Apostle Paul wrote:
“For when there is a change of the priesthood, there must also be a change of the law” (Hebrews 7:12)
What does this mean? The Law of the Old Testament has been changed to the Law of the New Testament.
The priesthood of Aaron has been changed to the priesthood of Melchizedek.
If you study the order of Melchizedek, you will understand why we should keep the Passover of the new covenant in this age.
Please refer to the article title “Who is Melchizedek?” at http://crc.ac/melchizedek-who-is-he/. This will be very interesting.
The apostles kept the new covenant not the old covenant. Does it make sense if Paul wrote above while he was keeping the Law of Moses?
The Apostle Paul also kept the new covenant not the old covenant:
Paul let us know how we should keep the Passover: we should keep it with sincerity and truth just as the Jews removed the old yeast.
About the Passover, he said we should keep it to the end:
These verses are also about how to keep the Passover of the new covenant. Jesus said “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” while keeping the Passover of the new covenant (Luke 22:15-20; Matthew 26:17-28).
Some members kept the Passover in unworthy manner at that time. So Paul reproached them by saying “whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.” And he stressed the importance of the new covenant by saying “For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup (Whenever you keep the Passover of the new covenant), you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.” (Some misunderstood this verse. Please refer to http://wmscog.org/index.php/since-apostle-paul-said-whenever-you-drink-it-we-can-keep-the-passover-at-any-time-world-misson-society-church-of-god/ for correct understanding.)
In this age, we should receive the Savior of the Holy Spirit, who comes with the new name of Jesus according to the Bible (Rev 3:12; 2:17). He is to open the sealed Bible (Rev 5). Christ Ahnsahnghong fulfilled all prophecies of the Bible including the prophecy of David’s throne and opened the sealed Bible (http://crc.ac/the-root-of-david/).
Hi Yochanan;
One more thing I want to add:
There are two kinds of laws and the Apostle Paul followed the Law of Christ or the new covenant:
Paul wrote “to win the Jews … (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law”. But he also wrote, “to those not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law”.
At that time, the law generally was recognized as the Law of Moses. Therefore, Paul became like a Jew to win the Jews who were under the Law of the Moses or the old covenant, but Paul was under Christ’s law or the new covenant.
There are two Laws: the Law of Moses (old covenant) and Christ’s Law (new covenant). Paul wrote He was not under the Law of Moses but under Christ’s Law. therefore, it’s wrong to follow the Law of Moses or the old covenant.
For this reason, he wrote, “For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another.” Hebrews 8:7)
Through the first covenant or the old covenant, we cannot be saved. Therefore, Jesus established another covenant or the new covenant.
While keeping the Passover of the new covenant, He promised the forgiveness of sins:
@Yochanan
What actually are you believing in? You believe in Jesus or Judaism?
I believe in the Jewish Messiah, Yeshua. The Messiah who did not violate Deuteronomy 12:32-13:1-4. For what is being taught here is lawlessness. For Christ could not and would not come teaching another law. When Jeremiah spoke of the new covenant he said G-d will put MY TORAH in your inward parts and write it on your hearts. There is only one Torah, one set of instructions.
The way you quote the verses above you are making Paul to be a hypocrite. Paul is a Pharisee and very proud of it. A Pharisee is one who follows Torah strictly. He calls himself a Pharisee in Philippians 3 and in Acts 23. Christ only spoke what the father told Him to speak. He came to reconcile Israel and Judah, not to give new instructions. There is not one prophet proclaiming that the Messiah was going to bring another set of instructions. Not one. Yeshua Himself said until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest stroke will pass away from the Torah until all is accomplished. In Luke 10 when the lawyer asked Yeshua how to obtain eternal life, Yeshua asked him, what is written in the Torah. Many have the wrong idea what believe in me means. What is written in the Torah?
Both Ezekiel and Isaiah speak of a future time, the Millennial Kingdom. Ezekiel speaks of sacrifices continuing, including a sin sacrifice. He speaks of the Sabbath not Sunday. He even speaks about Gentiles being assigned a tribe. Isaiah speaks about the Sabbath as well. Also speaks about those who eat pig and other things. Isaiah speaks about some gentiles even being assigned to the tribe of Levi, to serve in the Temple.
Matthew, in speaking about end times, says pray that all this does not happen on the Sabbath. If the Sabbath is no more, why pray that it does not happen on the Sabbath?
If Yeshua came to give “the law of Christ” what is it? No where are we giving the Law of Christ. Everyone is making up their own law. There is no cohesion. Some say it is only the 10 commandments. But then, what about loving your neighbor, b/c that is not specifically in the 10 commandments? What about not eating blood, eating strangled animals, or food sacrificed to idols? That came down from the Jerusalem Council and are not a part of the 10.
I mentioned before the word covenant is not even in the Greek in Hebrew 8:7. The author is not writing about the covenants. The translators put that in to “help” the reader. In most Bibles the word is in italics.
Are you asking me if I believe in Judaism b/c I follow Torah? Yeshua is the Torah made flesh. The only word that existed at the time of John’s writing was the Torah/Prophets/Writings. David repeatedly called the Torah the Word. He was a man after G-d’s own heart correct? Why, b/c he loved the Torah. Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in all of Scripture and it is all about his love of Torah.
Torah is not meant for salvation. It never was and is not today.
@Yochanan.
Why are there so many churches and so many interpretations on the Bible? It’s because the Bible has been sealed with seven seals:
Only the Root of David is able to open the sealed Bible and interpret it correctly?
Have you ever met the Root of David?
If not, please abandon your own thought and read this article: http://crc.ac/the-church-established-by-the-root-of-david/
According to the prophecy, the Root of David should bring us the everlasting covenant or the new covenant Jesus established for the forgiveness of sins.
Without meeting the Root of David in this age, we cannot expect salvation because only the Root of David is able to open the Bible.
What? They are so many churches and translations b/c of division. It has nothing to do with the seals. The seals have nothing to do with churches and translations.
The problem is the church wants to gloss over Scripture that they do not understand according to their preconceived ideas. You don’t address one point, not one, of my last post.
The church wants to either say Christ did away with the Torah, which then He couldn’t be the Messiah or they say Paul did away with Torah even though Paul clearly states he follows Torah. He even goes as far as paying for the Nazarite vow not just for himself, but for four others as well to prove he still teaches to follow Torah. A pretty expensive endeavor.
The church wants a blue eyed, long haired Messiah. Well, they got him. The only problem is that is not the Messiah painted in the Jewish texts.
What does the Bible say?
No one is worthy to open the Bible or look inside. What does this mean?
What did Jesus say? “Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.” Since the Bible has been sealed with seven seals, no one can understand it correctly. For this reason, there are so many churches and denominations today.
However, you said, “What? They are so many churches and translations b/c of division. It has nothing to do with the seals. The seals have nothing to do with churches and translations.” You act as if you were God. Unfortunately, the words of the Bible also apply to you. You also cannot understand it though seeing.
Jesus promised the forgiveness of sins while keeping the Passover:
This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. (Matthew 26:28)
He even said, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you” (Luke 22:15). However, you just ignore the words of Jesus.
We sinners cannot understand the Bible correctly without meeting the Root of David who is able to open the sealed Bible in this age.
In this age, we should meet the Savior of the Holy Spirit who is to open the Bible and lead us to the truth.
@Yochanan
Addition to the above comment:
Even the books of the Old Testament let us know that we should meet David in the last days:
This is a prophecy about the last days. In the last days, we can get blessings when we seek and meet David. Why? Only the Root of David is able to unseal the sealed Bible and lead us to salvation.
David in this verses is not David who was the 2nd king of Israel because he had been dead already when Ezekiel wrote this prophecy. The everlasting covenant is the new covenant which was made through Jesus’ blood.
Therefore, David who will appear in the last days should bring us the new covenant as a sign.
Have you met David who is to appear in the last days as prophesied by Ezekiel? Do you really believe in Torah? Then, what will you say about these prophecies of Hosea and Ezekiel?
There are two kinds of laws: the law of Moses and the law of Christ.
We must keep the law of Christ or the New Covenant to be saved.
https://mygodchristahnsahnghong.com/2013/05/13/the-sabbath-day-of-the-old-testament-and-the-sabbath-day-of-the-new-testament/
Who is the opposite who are against Jesus? They are non-follower of New covenant established by Jesus. In other words, Those who do not keep the New covenant are not God’s people who will be given redemption by Jesus!!
The World Mission Society Church of God follows the New Covenant (the Law of Christ), not the Old Covenant (the Law of Moses.)
But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom… he will be blessed in what he does (James 1:25)
Those who are against the World Mission Society Church of God do not read the whole context. Well, if you don’t keep God’s commandments, you will never have any wisdom or understanding of God’s words.