Right..I'm not sure exactly how you are viewing this though...they were a shadow of things to come at the time they were instituted, and were fulfilled in Christ. The substance (fulfillment) is Christ.
We agree that the "Substance (fulfillment)
IS Christ"... and that these are fulfilled
in Him.
Where we might disagree is, for example, where I [I think in this thread or a similar thread] showed a passage like Luke 22:30,16,18 (parallel Matt19:28 [which is parallel
time-wise with Matt25:31-34's 2nd Coming
to the earth/future], and parallel to Matt26:29 "until THAT DAY when I drink it *NEW* WITH [G3326 -
meta - ACCOMPANYING] YOU in My Father's kingdom" [comp. Matt13:24,30,
39-43,49-50--same time slot as Matt25:31-34, His Second Coming
to the earth (
not our Rapture)].
Note how verses 16,18 (Lk22) say, "For I say unto you [His disciples], I will not any more eat THEREOF [that is,
of the Passover]
UNTIL it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God" and "For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine,
UNTIL the kingdom of God shall come."
[again, Col2:16-17 says, "which ARE [plural, present tense] a SHADOW [singular] of the things coming [plural]"]
By the way, I do not hold the view that some of the festivals remain unfulfilled as some Hebrew Roots Movement and others teach. I believe they have all been fulfilled in Christ already.
I
also do not agree with those who say, "the spring feasts/festivals have been fulfilled; but the fall feasts/festivals have not yet, and will be in the future." I agree with you that they are ALL fulfilled in Christ (the Substance), in His first Advent... but that in some sense (not the way they have suggested it) there are [how you might say]
multiple ways in which it "plays out" (for lack of a better way of saying it), just like I was endeavoring to point out in my previous paragraph [/section], above. He IS the Passover (fulfilled in His DEATH), and yet He seems to be saying that "[He] will not any more eat THEREOF [that is, of the Passover],
UNTIL it be fulfilled in..." and "not drink of the fruit of the vine,
UNTIL the kingdom of God SHALL COME." [keeping in mind the "proleptic 'you'" I've mentioned in the past]
Another example might be (as I mentioned before), how Jesus was [very likely]
BORN on "Tabernacles" (primary fulfillment), but we see how Zech14 ("IN THAT DAY/the "DOTL" time period [MK aspect]) that they are instructed to "
keep the feast of Tabernacles" (vv.1,6,8,9,
16-19); and I believe this is basically a celebration (and acknowledgement) of His "
BORN KING" (i.e. birthday
) ['
born King of the Jews' aspect]; I see nothing "sinful" or "detracting from His finished work" in this (when done at that future time-frame).
Sorry again, for my "butchered-Puritan-style writings"
Heb 10:1-4 is actually instructive, too...it refers to the ceremonial aspects of the Mosaic Law as shadows of things to come, as well. The inference is that Sabbath, festivals, new moons are ceremonial aspects of the Mosaic Law..something most HRM types will deny.
Well, I also disagree with the HRM... but how is Heb10:1-4's saying that the blood of bulls and goats NEVER took away sins (back then), incompatible with saying, and it also would
never be so in any futurely way, either...?? Just wondering...
Again, PRESENTLY ('in this present age [singular]'), WE ('the Church which is His body') observe "baptism" (a picture of His
death, burial, resurrection), and "the Lord's supper" ("ye do PROCLAIM the Lord's
DEATH,
TILL He come," that is, till He come
for US in "our Rapture"...
at which time, we ['the Church which is His body'] will be
corporately PROCLAIMING
something ELSE!!
[no longer "proclaiming His
DEATH"]).
Woven in all of this, I believe are His time-markers (but
not the way in which most suggest!
including the HRM!)