Raymond McNair rejects God's government
I preface my comments by giving credit where credit is due,
showing a great love and appreciation for Raymond F. McNair
being blessed to serve as one of the pioneers in the Worldwide
Church of God and have such an active and important role in the
holy Work of fulfilling the Great Commission under God's apostle
Herbert W.
Armstrong, serving thousands of brethren over the years. I
want this on record since he is an elder and deserving of
biblical respect, while I respectfully and strongly disagree
with him on the sacred calendar, as a brother in the Lord.
I am very happy to see Raymond McNair acknowledge the Jews have
a God-given authority to include postponements in the sacred
calendar. Some Church of God members reject this plain truth and
go off the deep end, creating their own calendars in the
confusion of a spiritual anarchy, a Laodicean
everybody-decide-for-himself wrong attitude.
I am grieved to see Raymond McNair assume it's the Sadducees
God's Church should submit to on these matters, rather than the
Pharisees whom Christ clearly supported on these biblical issues
of the sacred calendar.
Quotes from Raymond F. McNair's article
WHAT ARE THE "POSTPONEMENTS"? -
Modern Jews don't observe Pentecost (Shavout) on a Sunday.
Instead they observe it on Sivan 6. However the early New
Testament Church of God (like the Sadducees) followed the
biblical command to observe Pentecost by counting 50 days from
the Sunday (the "morrow after the Sabbath") that occurs during
the Feast of Unleavened Bread. This means that when Pentecost is
counted correctly, it always falls on a Sunday-thus creating
tandem Sabbaths.
Furthermore, no biblical or historical sources indicate that
Christ and His apostles had any calendar disputes with the Jews
(the Sadducees were then in control of the calendar and the
Temple ritual until a short time before the fall of Jerusalem in
70 A.D!) regarding the calendar that they were using in New
Testament times.
What a crying shame that Raymond McNair refuses to submit to
the government of God and hear the Voice of the Shepherd who
clearly stated THE PHARISEES SIT IN MOSES' SEAT - not the
blind Sadducees that some Church members continue to blindly
follow. God has restored this truth to His Church, and
some have repented of their vain Church traditions, choosing to
get back on track like the early Church that followed the
correct calculations of the Pharisees, like the Apostle
Paul.
For Zion's sake,
David Ben-Ariel
Jewish Holidays are Biblical
Festivals for God's Church!
Did God authorize Herbert W. Armstrong to determine when the
holy days are to be kept? Did Jesus Christ reject the Jews and
decide God's Church would now be the custodian of His sacred
calendar?
The
Pharisees
Who isn't aware of the sins of the Pharisees? Did Jesus have
nothing but condemnation for them? You might be surprised.
Passover and Pentecost Differences
Settled!
Why do we differ on dates for Passover and Pentecost? Is it
because our Father God left us in the dark? Has the God of law
and order left us in chaos and confusion? Are we unable to
"prove all things" from the Scriptures?