Question: "How do you understand at World's Last Chance Paul's rebuke to the Galatians for their observance of "days, months, and times and years"? Could that be applicable to the weekly Sabbath of Yahuwah?"
Answer: Let us try to understand the context of Paul's rebuke by first quoting the verses:
"But now, after that ye have known Yahuwah, or rather are known of Yahuwah, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years" Galatians 4:9-10.
Paul could not here be referring to the Sabbath of the Fourth Commandment. There is no basis whatsoever for inferring that the "days" mentioned above refer to the seventh-day Sabbath. Nowhere in the Bible is the seventh-day referred to in the above manner. The Sabbath memorial was in fact established at creation (see Gen 2:1-3), before the existence of sin. Furthermore, there is not way that the Sabbath, which was instituted for benefit of man (see Mark 2:27), could be regarded by Paul as a "weak" and "beggarly element" that leads to "bondage." Paul honored and revered His Law (Romans 7:12, 14, 16). Importantly, the Sabbath is viewed in the Scriptures as a source of eternal blessings (see Isaiah 58:13-14 ) and is a joyous weekly event, and is never referred to as "bondage". Hence, the "days, and months, and times, and years"must be referring to other kind of festivals which the Galatians went back to observe after they have found the truth, which warranted Paul's rebuke.
Some have suggested that Paul is here rebuking the Galatians for observing
the Jewish ceremonial feasts. That may have been, though not a strong
likelihood.
With this context in mind, it would seem that Paul's rebuke to the Galatians
was aimed at their returning to their old habits of celebrating pagan festivals
and seasons, which they had kept prior to their conversion. He was rebuking
their turning back to their former heathen way of life; for observing pagan
festivals, which they should have been freed from [one and for all] by their new-found
faith.
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