Days of Awe - a time for serious introspection, a time to consider the sins of the previous year and repent before Yom Kippur. Among the customs of this time, it is common to seek reconciliation with people you may have wronged during the course of the year. The Talmud maintains that Yom Kippur atones only for sins between man and God. To atone for sins against another person, you must first seek reconciliation with that person, righting the wrongs you committed against them if possible. Work is permitted as usual during the intermediate Days of Awe, from Tishri 3 to Tishri 9, except of course for the Sabbath during that week. The Sabbath that occurs in this period is known as Shabbat Shuvah (the Sabbath of Return)

The ten days starting with Rosh Hashanah and ending with Yom Kippur are commonly known as the Days of Awe (Yamim Noraim) or the Days of Repentance. 

This is a time for serious introspection, a time to consider the sins of the previous year and repent before Yom Kippur.

One of the ongoing themes of the Days of Awe is the concept that G-d has "books" that he writes our names in, writing down who will live and who will die, who will have a good life and who will have a bad life, for the next year. 

These books are written in on Rosh Hashanah, but our actions during the Days of Awe can alter G-d's decree.

The actions that change the decree are "teshuvah, tefilah and tzedakah," repentance, prayer, good deeds (usually, charity). 

These "books" are sealed on Yom Kippur. 

This concept of writing in books is the source of the common greeting during this time is "May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year."

Among the customs of this time, it is common to seek reconciliation with people you may have wronged during the course of the year. 

The Talmud maintains that Yom Kippur atones only for sins between man and G-d. 

To atone for sins against another person, you must first seek reconciliation with that person, righting the wrongs you committed against them if possible.

Another custom observed during this time is kapparot. 

This is rarely practiced today, and is observed in its true form only by Hasidic and occasionally Orthodox Jews. 

Basically, you purchase a live fowl, and on the morning before Yom Kippur you waive it over your head reciting a prayer asking that the fowl be considered atonement for sins. 

The fowl is then slaughtered and given to the poor (or its value is given). Some Jews today simply use a bag of money instead of a fowl. 

Most Reform and Conservative Jews have never even heard of this practice.

Work is permitted as usual during the intermediate Days of Awe, from Tishri 3 to Tishri 9, except of course for the Sabbath during that week.

Two lesser special occasions occur during the course of the Days of Awe.

Tishri 3, the day after the second day of Rosh Hashanah, is the Fast of Gedalia.

This really has nothing to do with the Days of Awe, except that it occurs in the middle of them. For more information, see Minor Fasts.

The Sabbath that occurs in this period is known as Shabbat Shuvah (the Sabbath of Return). This is considered a rather important Sabbath.                      

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Old Testament Laws - some of the Old Testament laws apply today. God is the only One who can change divine commands. When we come to the New Testament, we find that God has replaced many of them but not all of the Old Testament laws. The Mosaic Law, also known as the Old Covenant, was replaced by Jesus Christ with the New Covenant. God eliminated many of the old commandments. God has established new ones while keeping some of the old ones. The greatest change was Jesus, the perfect, sinless sacrifice who abolished the animal sacrifices. Salvation comes only by faith in Jesus Christ

Which Old Testament laws can we ignore? 

Mosaic Law Obsolete?

Bible Question:

I am having trouble understanding how the Old Testament Law coexists with the New Testament. 

For example, did Jesus believe it was wrong to eat pork (and other foods), and did He support the idea of capital punishment? 

It seems that Jesus' message is about not getting hung up on what you eat and that we should forgive versus capital punishment. 

I realize that in regards to the food issues, He was implying that other things are more important. 

But isn't the old law about food still valid and would not Jesus have given the okay for someone to be killed for their sins as written in the Old Testament?

Bible Answer:

Which Old Testament laws can we ignore? 

When can we ignore a command that is given by God?” 

The answer is, “After He changes the command.” 

God is the only One who can change divine commands. 

When we come to the New Testament, we find that God has replaced many of them but not all of the Old Testament laws.

Message of Hebrews 8:4-13

The Mosaic Law, also known as the Old Covenant, was replaced by Jesus Christ with the New Covenant. 

The Mosaic Law includes all of the rules about the sacrifices, priests, the temple, the tabernacle, foods, capital punishment, and how to handle disease. 

When Jesus died, the Old Covenant was replaced by the New Covenant. 

At that point, God eliminated many of the old commandments. 

In Hebrews 8, God says that the Old Covenant or Mosaic Law was being replaced by the New Covenant.

". . . there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law; who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. 

"For He said, 'See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.' 

"But now [Jesus] has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. 

"For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. 

"Because finding fault with them, He says: 'Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah – not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant . . .' says the LORD. 

“'For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days,' says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people . . . "In that He says, 'A new covenant,' He has made the first obsolete. 

"Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away." - Hebrews 8:4-13 (NKJV)

That is, the Old Covenant was disappearing.

When Jesus instituted the Lord’s Supper on the night he was betrayed, He said that the cup of wine they drank symbolized the blood of the covenant.

And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you; for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.” - Matthew 26:27-28 (NASB)

Luke 22:20 refers to it as the blood of the New Covenant. 

The New Covenant replaced the Old Covenant or Mosaic Law when Christ died on the cross. 

The Old Covenant included all of the rules and ordinances of sacrifices, priests, and many other things.

"Then indeed, even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service and the earthly sanctuary." - Hebrews 9:1 (NKJV)

So, which laws disappeared?

Ceremonial Laws Disappeared

After Jesus’ death and return to life, a new covenant replaced the old covenant and the ceremonial and dietary laws were replaced, including the command to observe the Sabbath. 

Hebrews 9 describes the ceremonial laws. They included the sacrifices and the priesthood.

Then in Hebrews 10:8-12, the Holy Spirit tells us that the ceremonial law has disappeared. 

Verse 9 says the first covenant was taken away. It was replaced a second once. That is, the new covenant.

After saying above, “SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS AND WHOLE BURNT OFFERINGS AND sacrifices FOR SIN YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, NOR HAVE YOU TAKEN PLEASURE in them” (which are offered according to the Law), then He said, 'BEHOLD, I HAVE COME TO DO YOUR WILL.' 

"He takes away the first in order to establish the second. 

"By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. - Hebrews 10:8-10 (NASB)

Hebrews 12:24 summarizes the conclusion.

". . . to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant. . ." -   Hebrews 12:24 (NASB)

Sabbath Laws Disappeared

The moral law has not been changed. 

The Ten Commandments still exist, except for keeping the Sabbath. 

The Sabbath also disappeared. This fact is revealed in the New Testament. 

All of the Ten Commandments are repeated except for the Sabbath. 

You are encouraged to read “Must we keep the Sabbath? — The Fourth Commandment.” 

Instead of the Sabbath Day, the early Christians met for worship on the first day of the week or Sunday.

We are still to love God and our neighbors (Deuteronomy 6:5; Matthew 22:37-39). 

We are to strive to be holy (Leviticus 11:44-45; 19:2; 1 Peter 1:15-16). 

We are to avoid adultery and sexual sin. These are a few examples.

Dietary Foods Laws Disappeared

The Old Testament dietary laws were given by God to the nation of Israel for two reasons. 

Those who are interested in the Mosaic dietary laws are listed in Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14.

The primary reason given in the Old Testament for the dietary laws was to separate the Israelites from the nations around them.

"You are therefore to make a distinction between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean; and you shall not make yourselves detestable by animal or by bird or by anything that creeps on the ground, which I have separated for you as unclean.

"Thus you are to be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy; and I have set you apart from the peoples to be Mine." - Leviticus 20:25-26 (NASB)

But there is also another important reason. 

The laws helped to minimize the spread of disease.

There is a fascinating book written about the health benefits of these dietary laws entitled “None of These Diseases.” 

Here is a quote from this book.

When God led the Israelites out of afflicted Egypt, He promised them that if they would obey His statues, He would put “None of these diseases” upon them. God guaranteed a freedom from disease . . . 

The Mosaic dietary laws provided that great freedom.

The Israelites did not see the level of disease the Egyptians had experienced. 

After Jesus death, resurrection, and return to heaven, the Mosaic dietary laws were revoked. 

They were no longer needed because 

- 1) God was putting both Jews and Gentiles together into the body we call the church, and

- 2) the sanitary practices were now personal choice.

"But food will not commend us to God; we are neither the worse if we do not eat, nor the better if we do eat." - 1 Corinthians 8:8 (NASB)

"If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to decrees, such as, 'Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!' . . . 

These are matters which have, to be sure, the appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against fleshly indulgence." - Colossians 2:20-23 (NASB)

Notice that there are no longer any rules against what we can eat. 

Earlier, the apostle Peter had been told that he could eat anything. There is a previous question which discusses Peter’s experience. 

However, we should add that this does not mean we can drink poison nor can we be gluttons. 

The dietary laws were made obsolete by the New Covenant, but God had to speak to Peter in a dream before he would accept the fact that there had been a change. 

Finally, Jesus says in Mark 7:19 that we can eat any food. He is the ultimate authority.

Conclusion:

Only some of the Old Testament laws apply today. 

But most have been canceled. 

Some have been retained. 

Most of those which were canceled deal with the Mosaic Law’s dietary laws, the sacrificial system, keeping of the Sabbath on Saturday, and the priesthood. 

God has established some new ones while keeping some of the old ones. 

Saturday worship has been replaced with worship on Sunday. 

The priesthood has been replaced with elders in the church. 

The greatest change was Jesus, the perfect, sinless sacrifice who abolished the animal sacrifices which never permanently took away our sins.

Salvation comes only by faith in Jesus Christ. Nothing else can contribute to our salvation.

By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 

"And every priest stands daily ministering and offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins; but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time . . . For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified . . . 

"Now where there is forgiveness of these things, there is no longer any offering for sin." - Hebrews 10:10-14, 18 (NASB)

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One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grain fields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain. 

The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?  

"In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. "And he also gave some to his companions.

"Then he said to them, 'The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 

"'So, the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath'” - (Mark 2:6–12, NIV).

One issue that causes controversy between Jesus and the Pharisees repeatedly is their different understanding of the Sabbath. 

This passage is the first time this issue has come up in the Gospel of Mark.

One Sabbath, the disciples were hungry. So, as they walked, they picked some heads of grain and chewed on them to kill their hunger.

The Pharisees had all kinds of human rules about what you weren’t allowed to do on the Sabbath day, and they were always looking to point out anything that Jesus or his disciples did wrong.

So, they asked Jesus why his disciples were breaking the law on the Sabbath.

Jesus Did Not Say The Sabbath Did Not Matter

When Jesus responded, he didn’t say that the Sabbath didn’t matter.

Instead, Jesus told the Pharisees that they didn’t understand the Sabbath’s true purpose: it wasn’t so that humanity should be slaves to it but so that it should meet humanity’s needs.

The Pharisees put their own legalistic rules above mercy and compassion.

Jesus went further. 

He told them that he himself was the Lord of the Sabbath. 

In other words, if he wasn’t concerned with what his disciples were doing, it was no business of the Pharisees to be worried themselves.

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Eli’s Reflection: Like the Pharisees, we often make invalid excuses about why we shouldn’t help others.

These excuses can be social, political, or even religious. 

Think carefully about your attitudes to the needy.

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Dr Eliezer Gonzalez is simply passionate about the gospel. With a background in teaching and management, the Lord called him to the gospel ministry and set him on an academic path. As a result, Eliezer earned two Master’s degrees (in Theology and Early Christian History), and then a PhD in Early Christian History. The Word Spreads Fast, and so do we. Good News Unlimited is led by Eliezer Gonzalez, who communicates the gospel of Jesus Christ with passion and conviction. 

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Jesus lived his life on earth wholly dependent on the heavenly Father. 

Our Savior did nothing and said nothing until he first consulted with his Father in glory. 

And he performed no miracles except those the Father instructed him to. 

He declared, “As My Father taught Me, I speak these things. And … the Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him” - (John 8:28-29).

Christ makes it very clear that the practice of total dependence, always listening to his Father’s voice, was part of his daily walk. 

We see this in a scene from the Gospel of John where Jesus saw a crippled man lying near the pool of Bethesda. 

Jesus turned to the man and commanded him to pick up his bed and walk — and immediately the man was made whole and walked away healed.

The Jewish leaders were enraged because in their minds, Jesus had broken the Sabbath by healing the man. 

But Jesus answered, “I only did what my Father told me to do.” 

He explained, “The Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does” -  (John 5:19-20).

Jesus stated very plainly, “My Father taught me everything I’m supposed to do.” 

Jesus, in his flesh, had to rely on a daily inner working of the Father’s voice to direct him. 

He had to hear his Father’s voice hour by hour, miracle by miracle, one day at a time.

How was Jesus able to hear the still, small voice of his Father? 

The Bible shows us it happened through prayer. 

Again and again, Jesus went to a solitary place to pray. 

He learned to hear the Father’s voice while on his knees.

I encourage you to spend time with Jesus in a secret place of prayer. 

Sit quietly in his presence and you will receive truth that only Christ can impart through his blessed Holy Spirit.

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Their boat was being violently tossed, and the disciples were terrified. 

They’d had fine weather when they set out for the other side of the lake, but the wind blew in unexpectedly and one of the squalls that the lake was famous for rushed down with vengeance.

Waves rose higher than the boat as they bailed out the water that rolled over the boat’s sides, shouting to be heard over the roar of the wind.

“Jesus,” they called out as they fought to keep the boat afloat.

“Help us, please!”

But there was no answer, and they kept up their frantic activity alone. 

“Jesus, where are you?”

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Jesus looked from one pale, trembling face to the next and shook his head. 

“Why are you so afraid,” he asked them. 

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God in the Storm

Have you ever found yourself crying out to God during one of life’s hard storms?

Maybe it snuck up on you, or maybe it had been brewing for quite some time.

A failing marriage, a health crisis, a job loss, a betrayal … the storms of life can seem overwhelming, and it can feel like you are drowning.

Fear can take over when we’re hit with a squall, and we’re left feeling like we’re trying to bail the water out of our little boat with a teacup, exhausted, fighting for our lives and barely able to speak. 

Jesus, where are you?” we gasp in prayer.

“Don’t you care if I drown?”

At the point that they found themselves at the mercy of the waves in a boat that must have suddenly felt like a bobbing death trap rather than a vessel of safety, the disciples had already seen Jesus do plenty of miracles.

He’d turned water into wine, and they had witnessed him heal many sick people.

In fact, he’d recently healed a lame man on the Sabbath, inciting the wrath of the Pharisees.

And that day, he’s called himself “The Son of Man,” — a direct reference to his identity as Messiah andSavior.

In fact, they’d also seen Jesus at work in the crowds before this fateful boat trip, and when impure spirits encountered him they “fell before him and cried out, ‘You are the Son of God.’” - (Mark 3:11).

They’d had plenty of chances to see that Jesus was capable of miracles, that he cared deeply for the people, and that he was no ordinary man.

Still, despite the repeated miracles they’d witnessed -  they were afraid that Jesus would let them down.

The disciples were afraid that Jesus had abandoned them, not only fearing that he had fallen asleep and wasn’t paying attention, but that he didn’t care what happened to them!

Of course, Jesus cared. 

And he had the situation under control — he knew that with a few words, he could turn the crisis around and put them back on calm waters.

He also knew that what happened that day in the boat was a powerful lesson that would speak to believers through the ages to come, a lesson that we all need to lean on at times.

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Sometimes it really can feel like Jesus is has forgotten about us, he’s asleep on the job or he just doesn’t care.

But the truth is, God knows every second of the storm’s path, and He knows your fears and struggles.

The story of Jesus calming the storm is found in 3 out of 4 gospels, each account tells the story in near-identical accounts.

Despite how it must have felt to the disciples at the time, what happened that day on the lake was no accident — it was a God-Ordained storm, and Jesus used it to show his followers that he is in control of all creation … all of the time.

And the same is true for you, today.

Psalm 121:4 says, “Indeed, he who watches over Israel never slumbers or sleeps.”

God is with you, every moment of the day and every day of the week.

He sees your struggles, and He has it all under control.

Although the storm may seem unbearable, and although it may feel like your boat is sinking, He’s there for you when you cry out to Him.

He can calm the sea with a word, and He’s our safe harbor even when things feel out of control.

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