The New Covenant Replaced the Old

Those Biblical traditions in the Old Testament were given to the Jews as signs of the Messiah to come.

As a Gentile, I am not commanded to follow them, but to follow the Messiah Who has died and risen from the dead for the sake of paying for our sins.

I do not celebrate any of the man-made holidays: Christmas (which was Catholic, based on their "mass"), Halloween, which is clearly pagan, Easter, which was based on false gods, which were also pagan.

None of these holidays were given by God, and all of them mixed paganism with Christianity.

Mark 7:13 "13 Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”

When Christ came and fulfilled His mission, we no longer need the holidays of the Old Testament; they were wonderful teaching tools given by God until He fulfilled the promise of His coming, and they remain wonderful teaching tools today, but there is no obligation to follow them.

Now we celebrate what He has given us based on that fulfillment; that is the Lord's Supper. Before the cross, the Jews celebrated the Messiah to come. Now all those who have trusted in Christ celebrate that He has already come in the Lord's Supper that Jesus Christ commanded.

Now we remember what has been finished on the cross on our behalf.

1 Corinthians 14:26 "What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church."

1 Corinthians 10:16-17 "Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.

Luke 22:19-20 "And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you."

Matthew 26:26-28 "While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.” Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins."

All of the symbols of the Old Testament spoke to the Messiah to come.

The symbols of the Lord's Supper speak to the fulfillment of that promise of the Messiah, and now we celebrate that He has come and rose from the dead, awaiting the direction from the Father to come and gather His children in the rapture.

Hallelujah!!!! We are not burdened with man-made holidays or past promises; we are full of the blessing of promises fulfilled and future promises yet to be fulfilled!!!