Page 76 - Laying Down the Law

The plan of Yahweh for the redemption of mankind is ever moving forward. The
types of the Law find their antitypes in Christ and His body. As the shadows of the
Law are fulfilled, they pass away for something more substantial has come.
I have had a number of people write to me over the years, arguing that the Law
continues to this day, citing the following passage from Zechariah as evidence.

Zechariah 14:16-18
And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came
against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord
of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. And it shall be that whichever
of the families of the earth do not come up to Jerusalem to worship the King,
the Lord of hosts, on them there will be no rain.

This prophetic passage looks forward to the Millennian reign of Christ. Of that
day we are told that a firstfruit group of sons will attain to the first resurrection. These
sons will rule and reign over the nations.

Revelation 2:26-29
“And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give
power over the nations - He shall rule them with a rod of iron; They shall be
dashed to pieces like the potter's vessels' as I also have received from My
Father... He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”

One might wonder why the nations will only be required to go up to Jerusalem
for the Feast of Tabernacles each year. The Law of Moses required that God’s people
go up to Jerusalem three times a year.

Deuteronomy 16:16
"Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the
place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of
Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles...”

I believe the reason is that once the types and shadows of the Law have been
fulfilled and their substance has come, it is no longer required for the people to
observe the shadows.

Colossians 2:16-17
Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect
to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day - things which are a shadow of
what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.

Passover was required to be observed annually by the people of God UNTIL it
found its fulfillment in Christ.