Are you questioning whether or not you need to keep the holy days? This section is in regard to how we were required to observe these days in the group and has links to several articles.
We find in Scripture that the O.T. holy days were shadows or “pictures of Christ.” Once we have the “reality” which is Christ, why would there be a need to continue in the shadows? Christians are saved through and by faith in Christ, not faith in Christ plus works of the Law.
Note: Any information posted concerning the holy days is not meant to denigrate them since these days are associated with Christ’s first and second Advent and have already found, or will find in the future, prophetic fulfillment. What ESN is against is those who would use days in order to control, manipulate and financially exploit others.
Disclaimer: For more info about Aaron Budjen and any messages that we may link to, see the May 4, 2016 Letter with our comments where a reader felt Aaron was a modalist in His doctrine of God.
Spring Festivals: (Passover, Unleavened Bread, Pentecost)
Why Church Leaders Demand Holy Days For Their Members (could it have anything to do with control?)
How can I observe Passover if I’ve left the group? Q&A)
Are Christians Obligated to Observe Passover? by Shawn Brasseaux. [offsite article]
The Lord’s Supper (excellent study by Aaron Budjen; explains the Last Supper in the context of the Passover; also covers I Corinthians 11 in the 2nd message and how many people have twisted it today) Two MP3 files. [offsite link]
What Are the “Sins That Are Past” in Romans 3:25? by Shawn Brasseaux.
“Some believe and teach that, once we trust Jesus Christ as our personal Saviour, God will forgive us of our sins only up to that point in life.” [offsite link]
Must I Confess My Sins? by Shawn Brasseaux [offsite link]
Did Christ die for only our past sins? (Q&A)
Accounting for the Three Days and Three Nights (excellent study about Christ being crucified on a Thursday; explains in logical detail how you can account for all three days and three nights in the Scriptures. 4 part series by Aaron Budjen; mp3 files)
Collection Taken on Holy Days Isn’t Biblical (letter to ESN)
Isn’t Leviticus 23:21 clear that these days are a statute forever?
Does Our King James Bible Have a Mistranslation in Acts 12:4? by Shawn Brasseaux. “Were the King James translators in error by using the word ‘Easter’ in God’s Word? Or, did they have a special reason for using it rather than ‘Passover?'”
Isn’t Paul telling us in I Corinthians 5:8 that we should keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread?
Don’t the verses that say “not under the law” really mean not under “the penalty” of the Law?
Mystery of the Ages (a critical review) by Kelly Marshall; Chap. 6; scroll to: BODILY RESURRECTION OR A DISEMBODIED SPIRIT (SPIRITUAL BODY VERSUS SPIRIT BEING)? The first heresy in the church was the denial of the bodily resurrection (HWA taught that Christ was just a spirit in His resurrection. Was he correct?)
What Was Missing? (when we were in the group)
Fall Festivals: (Feast of Trumpets, Day of Atonement, Feast of Tabernacles, Last Great Day)
Why Church Leaders Demand Holy Days For Their Members (could it have anything to do with control?)
True Meaning of Day of Atonement (excellent letter to ESN)
Atonement and Propitiation (clear explanation of the two by Aaron Budjen; 2 MP3 files) [offsite link]
The Big Build-up of the Holy Days
What Was Missing? (when we were in the group)
Why We Thought We Had Such a Wonderful Time at the Feast
Why I’m Glad I Don’t Have to “Keep the Feast”
The Wonderful World Tomorrow: What it WON’T Be Like
When We Attended the Feast (what did they do to our minds?)
The Myth and the Abuse of the Feast of Tabernacles (by former member of Philadelphia Church of God)
Collection Taken on Holy Days Isn’t Biblical (letter to ESN)
Understanding the Tithe [offsite link]
This study by Aaron Budjen is applicable in light of how members of the WCG offshoots are told to save a tithe in order to attend the Feast of Tabernacles.) (8 MP3 messages; free download)
We Thought the Feast Was “Better Than Christmas” (letter to ESN)
Doesn’t Zechariah 14:16 prove we are to keep the Feast of Tabernacles today?
The Second Resurrection–The Great White Throne Judgment (Covered in Chap. 7, Pt. 3 of Mystery of the Ages (a critical review) by Kelly Marshall)
Come With Me (free verse by former member that visualizes the New Heavens & New Earth)
Back to Grace & Law (many articles)