Lords Supper - Passover 2021

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FAQ: Doesn't Eph 2:11-13 say that Christians are not foreigners?

A: Yes, but only in respect to covenants of promise; which are entirely separate
from the covenant of law.

In other words; the covenant that Moses' people agreed upon with God
under oath per Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy was codified
something like 430 years after Abraham's covenants; and that fact is
extremely important because according to Deut 5:2-4, Rom 4:15, Rom 5:13,
and Gal 3:17, the laws of God are not retroactive; viz: failure to comply with
Moses' law won't annul benefits related to the promises that God made to
Abraham.

Eph 2:11-22 is well worth the time and effort to comprehend because it
speaks of a new man who, we know from Gal 3:28, is neither Jew nor
Gentile.

Folks sometimes attempt to appropriate Gal 3:29 to substantiate their posit
that Christians are spiritual Jews. However, Abraham wasn't a Jew, he was a
Gentile; in point fact, in our day he would've been an Iraqi rather than an
Israeli.
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There are scriptures that explain that we are not obliged to the laws of Moses, but what exactly are these laws? Some say they are all laws that God gave, and that cannot be so because other scriptures tell us to be guided by God's laws. It is clear that fleshly circumcision if part of what we are not obliged to do, but we are also told that circumcision of the heart is necessary so the law of circumcision is not cancelled, only the fleshly cutting. In the same way, celebrating Christ at the temple that is no longer here is not required, but celebrating Christ is. Some say we must not do that with a feast, I think it is much better to do that with joy and feasting. God helps us with showing just how and when to feast for Christ.