Abraham was righteous because he was obedient; he was willing to do whatever God said even if it didn’t make sense. He never said, “I don’t think I need to do that because…” or “God will accept me without having to prove my faith.” Nope. God gave Abraham’s children many laws to help them maintain civility and preserve peace, as well as mandating annual festivals for celebrating Him and His divine plan. Yes, the sacrificial & ceremonial laws are no longer in effect because the covenant was broken and replaced…however, the Sabbath and Holy Days were given apart from the old covenant. The apostles all kept them, as Jesus commanded. Saying the Holy Days are “optional” for Christians is like saying baptism is optional.

I can only imagine if my husband refused to celebrate my birthday anywhere near the correct date, but instead decided to celebrate it on his ex-wifes birthday. I think that would be very disrespectful. God speaks a lot about spiritual harlotry, so as the bride of Christ this is a very appropriate analogy. Guess who’s bday December 25th is? Zeus! The pagans kept all their festivals and when they had to convert to Christianity as the official religion of the Roman empire…they jsut substituted out gods/Gods. Sad but true. So every single holiday in our culture has pagan roots. I learned this in a college course called the origins of religion, NOT IN CHURCH. I was considerable not happy about that…and after years of it doesn’t matter..God sees your heart..I kinda decided felt like I was not being repsectful of God and that was the heart of the issue. So do your own research, make up your own mind, ect…but it is noteworthy at least.

And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles
Zech 14:16 (NKJV)