Old Testament Ceremonial Laws Were a “SHADOW” of Things to Come

Colossians 2:14-17, “Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.”

Jesus today is our Sabbath! There is no Sabbath Day anymore. The Sabbath was simply a SHADOW of the coming blessed Savior in Whom we rest for eternal life.

Kindly said, the Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) religion is a pseudo-Christian cult that worship the Sabbath Day. SDA's falsely profess to be Christians. They are some of the sweetest people I have ever met, and loving folks, but they are deceived by Ellen G. White (their revered prophetess) and the Devil.

Please notice Colossians 2:17, “Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.” Hebrews 10:1, “For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.” The Bible is very plain in this matter. The Old Testament Law was a “shadow” of future things to come, and not the reality of those things. This is why WE ABSOLUTELKY KNOW that Jesus sprinkled His literal liquid blood upon the heavenly Mercy Seat (Hebrews 12:24), because that is exactly what the Old Testament high priest did:

Leviticus 16:14-15, “And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:”

Yet, Dr. John MacArthur and Pastor R.B. Thieme Jr. (1918-2009) sinfully teach that Jesus DIDN'T bring any blood to Heaven. Dr. MacArthur calls it “superstitious” to teach that Jesus' blood is in Heaven. Pastor MacArthur is a false teacher!

Jesus is our Sabbath today! There is no Sabbath Day to observe in the New Testament. The Sabbath was an Old Testament Ceremonial Law intended only for a specifically people, the Jews. It was to be observed in a specific region, the Holy Land. Those religions today who foolishly emphasize the Sabbath are detracting from Christ Himself, of Whom the Sabbath foreshadowed. The Seventh-Day Adventist religion remind me of a child to whom a Christmas gift is given, but the child is more infatuated with the wrapping than the actual gift...lol.

The same is true of proponents of “Lordship” salvation. They are more enamored with the Law than they are with Christ. Romans 10:3-4, “For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.” Galatians 3:24-26 teaches that the Law serves its purpose by bringing sinful men to Christ to be saved by grace. Once a man has been born-again through faith in Jesus Christ, the law no longer has any power over that man.

What a beautiful truth! God is more than amazing. Our blessed Savior did all this for us because He loves us. GOD LOVES YOU!!! I said God loves you! He sure does. Dear friend, Creation itself teaches us God's simple plan of salvation—cease from your own works and rest wholly in Jesus' name. ...

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus Christ, my righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.

God took six days to create the world as we know it today. The Lord could have just snapped His fingers, or said a single word, or just thought the thought, and the universe would have came into existence. But God deliberately chose to take six days! That is very interesting and intriguing. In hindsight, it is obvious why God chose to take six days to create the world. God did this so we could understand His plan of salvation. In order for an artist to paint a picture, he must first start with a blank canvas, to provide contrast. This is why the Apostle Paul made this brilliant observation in 1st Corinthians 11:19, “For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.” Isn't that precious? The Bible teaches that we NEED heretics! We NEED false teachers! Wow. That blew my mind when I read this Bible verse. I love the honesty and deep truths in the Bible.

Likewise, God established the six-day work week so that He could contrast that with completely ceasing from all our labors and resting in the seventh day, which represents resting in Christ for eternal life. Hebrews 4:9-11, “There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.” The only sin which can keep a man out of Heaven is “unbelief.” Therefore, the only thing that you need to repent from to get saved is “UNBELIEF.” When a preacher tells you to “repent of your sins,” requiring you to turn away from committing them to get to Heaven, he is preaching another gospel.

There are three different types of laws in the Bible:

• Ceremonial Laws (shadows of the future; only for the Jews in the Old Testament)
• Civil Laws (designed to get along with each other; justice, penalties, restitution laws)
• Moral Laws (evil versus good; these laws never change)

Old Testament Ceremonial Laws were all a SHADOW of things to come in the future. There were also Civil Laws (upon which every court system in the world is based), and also Moral Laws (which never change). Of the Ten Commandments, nine were moral and one was ceremonial (the Sabbath Day). So there are only Nine Commandments today that are applicable. Today we honor God on Sunday, the Lord's Day, which is the first day of the week (not the Sabbath, which was the seventh day).