should Christians celebrate the Feasts?
07-30-2007, 05:26 AM
Here's another one of my "evocative" comments 
The church has either changed the Jewish festivals beyond recognition, or has just ignored them completely. This, in my view, is a subtle form of replacement theology. It says that the practices and traditions of the church are superior to and have superceded those of Israel, which carries the implication that the church has superceded Israel.
And I would also suggest that the festivals established by the Jewish people, whether in biblical times or afterwards, are almost as important as those established by God himself. (You could actually make a strong case for saying that they are just as important).
So, in order to fully exorcise the ghost of those anti-semitic early church figures who banned believers from anything Jewish (and whose influence continues today), the church is going to have to significantly change its ways. To say "your people shall be my people" is meaningless unless you say "your festivals shall be my festivals".
(By the way, in case anyone is wondering, I only occasionally practice what I preach - there isn't really a community that's into this where I live).
Excuse me whilst I pop out to buy a flame-proof suit.... :fireball:
The church has either changed the Jewish festivals beyond recognition, or has just ignored them completely. This, in my view, is a subtle form of replacement theology. It says that the practices and traditions of the church are superior to and have superceded those of Israel, which carries the implication that the church has superceded Israel.
And I would also suggest that the festivals established by the Jewish people, whether in biblical times or afterwards, are almost as important as those established by God himself. (You could actually make a strong case for saying that they are just as important).
So, in order to fully exorcise the ghost of those anti-semitic early church figures who banned believers from anything Jewish (and whose influence continues today), the church is going to have to significantly change its ways. To say "your people shall be my people" is meaningless unless you say "your festivals shall be my festivals".
(By the way, in case anyone is wondering, I only occasionally practice what I preach - there isn't really a community that's into this where I live).
Excuse me whilst I pop out to buy a flame-proof suit.... :fireball:
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