Feasts, Festivals & Gentiles
Acts 21:17 ¶ When we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly. 18 The day following, Paul went in with us to Jacob; and all the elders were present. 19 When he had greeted them, he reported one by one the things which God had worked among the Gentiles through his ministry. 20 They, when they heard it, glorified God. They said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Judeans of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the Torah. 21 They have been informed about you, that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children and not to walk after the customs. 22 What then? The assembly must certainly meet, for they will hear that you have come. 23 Therefore do what we tell you. We have four men who have taken a vow. 24 Take them and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses for them, that they may shave their heads. Then all will know that there is no truth in the things that they have been informed about you, but that you{Paul} yourself also walk keeping the Torah. 25 But concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written our decision that they should observe no such thing, except that they should keep themselves from food offered to idols, from blood, from strangled things, and from sexual immorality.”(quoted from Acts15:28-29 - According to Acts 15 and 21, there were no other general requirements given to Gentile converts)
Colossians 2:16-17
- (NLT) Colossians 2:17 For these rules are only shadows of the reality yet to come. And Christ himself is that reality.
Hebrews 10:1-10 For the Torah, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near. 2 Or else wouldn’t they have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins? 3 But in those sacrifices there is a yearly reminder of sins. 4 For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins. 5 Therefore when he{Yeshua} comes into the world, he says, “You didn’t desire sacrifice and offering, but you prepared a body for me. 6 You had no pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin. 7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come (in the scroll of the book it is written of me) to do your will, O God.’ ” 8 ¶ Previously saying, “Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you didn’t desire, neither had pleasure in them” (those which are offered according to the Torah), 9 then he has said, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He takes away the first, that he may establish the second, 10 by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus the Messiah once for all.
| Hebrews 10:1-10 Quote | Original Old Testament Text |
|---|---|
| "But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance of sins every year." ( Hebrews 10:3 ) | Related to: "For on this day atonement will be made for you, to cleanse you from all your sins; you will be clean before the Lord." ( Leviticus 16:30, also see Leviticus 16:22, 27, 34 ) |
| "Hence, when He came into the world, He said: 'Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me. In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You had no pleasure.'" ( Hebrews 10:5-6 ) | "Then I said, 'Behold, I have come; In the volume of the book it is written of Me; To do Your will, O God.'" "Sacrifice and burnt offering You did not desire; But my ears You have opened; Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require." ( Psalm 40:6-8 ) |
| "Then He said, 'Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God.'" ( Hebrews 10:7 ) | "Then I said, 'Behold, I have come; In the volume of the book it is written of Me; To do Your will, O God.'" ( Psalm 40:8 ) |
Desiring to live by every word that comes from the mouth of Jehovah ( Deut8:3; Matt4:4 )
-Sid Nash: 11/29/2025. Latest version: https://sidnash.org/FF/G_Heb10.html