Hello Guidesteria,
At a Sabbath gathering I was at Seventh-Day Adventism was brought up. One lady mentioned how her brother would go to the leaders of SDA churches and after commending them for keeping the Sabbath, he would then ask why they didn't keep the other feasts as recorded in Leviticus 23. Passover (not the tradition filled way), Shavuot (Pentecost/first fruits), Feast of Trumpets, Day of Atonement, Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles). She didn't go into detail of what the leaders all said, but I wanted to inquire of what your denomination states and see if it bears standing to scripture. Have a blessed Sabbath rest.

I was wondering when this topic would arrive.

I'm curious as to what they said.

Khriz Kool Katz wrote: Now I'm curious what you believe about this. This is just a random guess, but was your family by any chance involved with the Worldwide Church of God or Church of God 7th Day denominations?

What I'm told is several SDA churches started keeping the feasts after this guy met with the leaders.

I always like looking up the history behind how denominations come into existence. I read that there are two denominations that broke from the SDA church. The first was called The Shepherd's Rod or Davidian SDA led by Victor Houteff, a native of Bulgaria like I am. Houteff was excommunicated as a heretic from the SDA church yet is considered as Ellen White's successor as prophet by the Davidian SDA's. Then after Houteff's death Benjamin Roden assumed power in a schism against Houteff's wife and chose to make a new denomination called the Branch Davidians made famous by David Koresh of the Waco, TX siege from the U.S. government. All I found was something that said the Branch Davidian distance themselves from the SDA church and Davidian SDA church over doctrinal differences among which was the importance of the feast days for today. Any insight to add? Any walking encyclopedias on here?

Prov17 wrote:
Haha no. I've never even heard of a worldwide Church of God.

Prov17 wrote: Glad to see that they were understanding.

Prov17 wrote: Hmm...interesting. However, I feel that talking about Davidians is somewhat beside the point. I vaguely remember about the difference between the Davidian SDA branch and Seventh-Day Adventism.

Prov17 wrote: I intend to give my stance on this matter when others do. I already know where you stand on this matter.

Khriz Kool Katz wrote: You’ve never heard of the Worldwide Church of God????
Wow

Prov17 wrote: Um never forget that the Branch Davidians was a cult. Cults tend to go overboard.

Prov17 wrote: Well, I'm probably not understanding what you are saying, but to what I understand, some of the stuff you mentioned (like the day of Atonement) was ended with the death of Jesus. Remember when Jesus said "It is finished?" The curtain in the temple ripped from top to bottom and the lamb that was being sacrificed managed to escape. That meant that the day of Atonement was no longer necessary; we could now ask God directly for forgiveness. Do you get where I'm going?

KristytheCorgi wrote: I'm sure a lot of atheists think some denominations of Christianity are similar to cults...

KristytheCorgi wrote: Of course. The usual answer. So you believe that Jesus's death "nailed those ordinances such as the feasts in question to the cross," so to speak.

So, it begins.

KristytheCorgi wrote: I had to chuckle at this.
"The lamb that was being slaughtered managed to escape"--can you tell where you got this from because you're obviously not paying attention. Are you still thinking about a certain movie about, I don't know, a talking lamb named Judah? I may be going out on a limb there...