Questions for All Feast Keepers

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I want you to know that I am only asking questions about Col. 2:16, 17, because most feast keepers I have dialogued with treat me as though I am not learned because of my views on the issue. One of them told me that FLAT OUT! That may be true, but I am very sensitive as to whether or not my questions on Colossians Chapter 2 are answered thoroughly and in a “learned” manner. Here is my burden about the following verses:

 

Col 2:16  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: 

Col 2:17   Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

 

QUESTIONS:

 

1. Yes, Adventists are well aware that Sunday-keepers use Col. 2, as an excuse for keeping Sunday. I have a neighbor who is Baptist, and he regularly quotes Col. 2 to me. Also, I grew up with a neighbor who was a Baptist and he reminded me of Col. 2 since I was 12 years old.

 

Notwithstanding, the following HIGHLIGHTED words are still there in the Bible. What EXACTLY do the highlighted words mean? What EXACTLY does EVERY WORD in Col 2:16, 17, refer to?

 

Col 2:16 ¶ 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: 

 

 Col 2:17   Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. 

 

3. Most of us know that there were HOLY DAYS and SPECIAL SABBATHS, associated with the Feast day celebrations. Isn't that what the emphasized words refer to?

 

4. Isaiah 8:20 gives us licence to JUDGE those who speak not according to the TEN COMMANDMENT LAW which includes the 7th Day WEEKLY SABBATH, as having no light. But Col. 2:16 says not to JUDGE any man regarding a holyday or the special Sabbath days. So why do you and all feast keepers JUDGE those who obey these verses as being delinquent and UNLEARNED?

 

5. Since the Feast-keepers that I have had communications with seem to feel superior for their feast-keeping, and let me know in no uncertain ways that I am inferior because of my stand,, please give a LEARNED response to my questions. What do the YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED EMPHASIZED WORDS (ABOVE) on COL. 2:16 MEAN? What do they refer to?

 

~rwb