@YouDoNotHaveTheRight
I brought up Corinthians specifically because it’s incongruent with Jewish perfectionism and the Sacred Name Movement as I understand it; all throughout the Gospels, Christ blesses all those who did not uphold the Law, but failed the Law. He Himself “violated” the law, and made the point that “Man was not made for the Sabbath, but the Sabbath was made for man.” It was His “violation” of the law that caused His crucifixion, and the “perfection” of the law that allowed money-changers in the holy Temple.
On holidays and celebrations,
Exodus 23:13-19.charges far more than just Passover as a holiday, but even the Unleavened bread, the Harvest, and the Ingathering.
Leviticus 23 is all about that varying festivals that are mandated to celebrate, including the New Year, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of the Tabernacle.
Again, in Deuteronomy 16:1-17, God decrees specifics about Pascha, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles, and in them, He commands to sacrifice “sheep and oxen”and “to eat it in the place The Lord chooses”, For there to be six days of fasting and a seventh of feasting.
1 Chron 23:31 talks of a smaller festival of sacrifice for the beginning of the month, and 2 Chron 2:3 has Solomon declaring an ordinance of the Temple he will build to offer sacrifices continually, morning and evening, and specifically; on the sabbaths, the new moons, and on the festivals.
Hanukkah has its roots in the tales of the Maccabean revolt, and is mentioned (albeit very briefly) in the New Testament at John 10:22.
There are a few others, but the point to make here is that for as many feasts as have been given to His flock by His Word to be celebrated, many others have arisen among His flock by His Spirit. What then is the justification against All Hallows Eve, or Christmas? Recall now too that even the Hebrew cycle of celebrations shared similarities with the Egyptians and Babylon; so much so that atheist biblical scholars sees them as a direct inversion and perversion of those traditions. But, if God comes before all time and creation, is it not more likely that they had perverted and inverted His holy days? Then too, could the pagan festivals celebrated be perversions and inversions of His holy days?
Furthermore, Christs first miracle was the wedding of Cana; where He turned water into wine at the behest of His mother. That wine was certainly not meant for sacramental usage in the strictest understanding, but for the joy and celebration of the participants. This should show that even the Jews celebrated festivals; that this is good and pleasing to God. In addition, look at the whole of the Song of Songs. Universally accepted and adored, but very sensual and earthly.
The Apostle Paul was perfect in the law, but became holy only through meeting Christ and becoming truly Christian. He consistently made the case that the gentile should not obey the old covenant, but obey the new covenant. The new covenant fulfills the old, and certainly requires the commandments, but there are different lessons and different teachings to follow.
For Amos 8, it’s a good prophecy. Not only does is foretell of Christs coming and completion of Israel, but it also foretells of the captivity under Nebuchadnezzar, and how he was God’s chosen over his own people. All because of their unrepentant wickedness.
Far be it from me to assume perfection from anyone, least of all myself. I admire the tenacity and zeal with which you approach the Bible. However, none are perfect but Christ, so don’t beat yourself up over it. Anxiety and perfection is a tool of the devil to stumble you away from goodness. I’ve heard it once said that you don’t need to beat yourself up over perfection, for Christ holds the true rod of Aaron, and He can use it to both beat you and heal you as is needed. This is as best as I can respond for now. May it be at least interesting if not helpful.
EDIT: I forgot to mention on the topic of names and translations. I was once taught that all the names of the genealogies of Genesis formed a sentence that predicted Christs incarnation, but this was false. It relied on truths, twisted and spurious translation, and outright lies to accomplish this goal. Be very careful when wading into comparative language study, for Koine, Aramaic, and Hebrew are dead languages, and rely upon (even if rather strong or good) assumption and speculation. This is why the gift of tongues was bestowed upon the Apostles at Pentecost; not to mindlessly enforce Hebrew or Greek as the lingua franca and enforce the holy scriptures as only in those tongues (as the Muslims HAVE TO by their own law), but to bring the Gospel to the people in their own tongue and their own ways.
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