Jewish feasts

[Guest FishMan]

Yod, thanks for your comments. I can indentify with the blessings you have found in observing the Sabbath. I grew up keeping the Sabbath, but in a legalistic sort of way. I belonged to a church that taught you had to keep the Sabbath and holy days in order to obtain salvation, along with a belief in Jesus Christ.

However, the "Jesus" part was secondary to the observance of days and making sure we were "doing" all that we were supposed to do for God in order to "earn" his favor.

This is where the danger lies. If it is done voluntarily, as in your case, that's fine and I am sure you will experience many blessings, but the minute it is turned into a "have to do it or else" type of thing, look out because those same people will be demanding 30% of your income for first, second, and third tithe. (as I also experienced in my lifetime of manmade religion).

[angels4u]

Hi Fishman,

Good post!!

Thank you for your comments,how do you live your Christian life now, if you don't mind me asking,do you still abide with eating no pork and such?

Did your parents become Christians and were they Jewish?.

Thanks,Angels

[Guest FishMan]

I hold no day above any other. I attend regular services on Sunday and also a Bible Study on Friday nights with a Messianic congregation because there is some great teaching there. I am with the Lord every single day of the week and don't care what day another brother in the Lord worships on.

Pork? Hey, I enjoy a pepperoni pizza every now and then and I don't feel condemened when I do savor it because the Lord is not concerned about such matters. Would I eat pork every meal just because I am not under the law anymore? No, because that would be stupid for health reasons.

Think of the law thing this way: when I was a child, my parents threatened to spank me if I went across the street without looking both ways first. That threat of pain kept me from disobeying. Today, I am 29 and no one is going to spank me for not looking both ways, but I still do because it is just plain smart -- not because my mom is behind me with a paddle! Same with the law and Christians.

God bless you all.

[angels4u]

Thank you for sharing ,your thinking is the same in these topics as mine, now and then pork is all right, but if you eat it too often its plain not good for you, so is red meat, its all right within reason.

Also correct me if I'm wrong, were pigs dirtier in those earlier days and fatter?

Alot of meat these days have hormones in them which is not too good, I guess I'm sort of a health freak, I don't think we should just put everything in our body, just for health reason, God gave us our body to take care of.

I would love to go to Jewish messianic meetings if they were here where I live, but there is none.

We will have this Sunday a speaker coming to our church who works with Jewish people . I don't know which organistaion he is with, he used to be with Friends of Israel.

(Isn't it good to know we are saved by grace? In no way could we be possible good enough to deserve Salvation? PTL!!

[traveller]

I hold no day above any other. I attend regular services on Sunday and also a Bible Study on Friday nights with a Messianic congregation because there is some great teaching there. I am with the Lord every single day of the week and don't care what day another brother in the Lord worships on.

Amen brother. I'm with you there. Our Father wants our obediance, our devotion and our love. He longs for us to submit to Him on any day and every day. Our hearts shouldn't know what day of the week it is or even what time it is.

[angels4u]

Amen !

[Guest yod]

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[angels4u]

Thank you Yod,

What would their digestive system have to do with clean or unclean?

I never heard this before.

I knew that eating strangled meat is sin and also eating blood of the animal,there is a certain meat what they make from the blood....yuk!!

Food from things contaminated by idols makes comman sense to me not to eat that ,it speaks for itself, but does the Bible not say somewhere also that it means nothing and that we can eat it if our mind not condems us for it?

I remember a Hindu lady who offered me left over rice which she offered

first to the god of the water.

Of course I refused it and she understood.

You made a interesting point that the rabbi had to be also the butcher to make sure the blood was properly drained. I wonder these days would they hang those animals long enough to drain the meat?

Sometimes I consider maybe to eat no meat at all anymore, its not good for lots of health reasons.

Fish might be a better choice ...

Thank you very much for your insight...!!

[Guest yod]

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[angels4u]

Yiod,

Very interesting, but I believe the pork they raise these day is fed different, but still its sort of the same thing, your body will attack it as something bad? I didn't know your body has to work so hard for it to get it cleansed from such things. I never thought about it that deep.

I do read alot of health stuff but must have skipped this.

Thank you dear friend, your sister in Christ,Angels