RE: My spiritual dilema? Searching for truth
First off welcome to the awaking! I too have heard that the New Testament replaces the Old and that there were certain things done for “those” people that no longer apply to us now. It sounds like you are on the right path, God is calling you to look deeper into the word than ever before…go with it but you still have to be careful of course!
The Catholic Church is the reason that Christianity is for the most part the way it is. They felt they had the authority to change God’s word as well as to change the name of pagan rituals and put a “religions” spin on them (Christmas, Easter, Lent, etc…). Constantine in the 3rd century is a part why the day was changed from Saturday to Sunday, as well as the Catholic church saying it has the authority to change the day as well and they don’t deny this at all.
When I first started to look into Sabbath I as well came across the Seventh Day Adventists mainly because they are the only ones really still doing it. I watched Doug for a while and he was very helpful in understanding that the Sabbath is still for today. After I kept learning and studying I found however that they don’t keep the Feast of the Lord found in Leviticus 23 as commanded by God himself. After a little while and more research I was able to find a group of people, under a few different names, but they are mainly labeled Hebrew Roots or Messianic.
A few other people have commented on this post fall under this category of people: @thefarmerswife, @hebrewhousewife and I think @papa-pepper is leaning that way too. I, like them, have been called out and have crossed over from manmade religion to God’s way. The word cross over literally means Hebrew, hence the Hebrew Roots name. I as well would strongly suggest checking out https://www.thewaydoc.com. This was a very well put together documentary on this movement. I as well would suggest looking up 119ministries, torahfamily, and new2torah on YouTube. Side note…I post daily devotions from torahfamily.org and the guy that runs the new2torah channel on youtube also has a presence here on Steemit, that channel is called @mericanhomestead. I am going to agree once again with @hebrewhousewife in saying that there are many link-minded people here on Steemit.
This movement was not started by any person, where as you can find the origins of all the other denominations. It is an awaking of God’s people to repent and turn back to him. This movement is all over the world and spreading fast and can only be done by the work of the Holy Spirit!
I’m here if you have any questions, be glad to help!
Shalom!
Thank you for your post, In Leviticus 23 these where commandments for the Israelites after the exodus out of Egypt but before the crucifixion of Jesus. Since Jesus took the place of the lambs sacrifice for our sins the feast sabbaths would no longer be necessary. But the 7th day sabbath is still in effect because it was created on the 7th day of creation and later added to the list of 10 commandments given to Moses for the Israelites. The ten commandments are later mentioned in the new testament gospels and expanded on in meaning in Jesus's teachings. If you read the old testament books the reason for the feast sabbaths was for worship and asking for forgiveness from God. at least that is what I understand the feast sabbaths where for, and no longer needed since Jesus died for our sins. Do I have that part right?