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@ freeborn | ἐλεύθερος | 8r0gwg
2025-02-27 14:17:07
Given the mention of moons and laws about eating, many commentators believe Paul was speaking particularly about the ceremonial 'days' established in the Mosaic theocracy -- those types and shadows which have faded in the shadow of Christ -- and not of the creation ordinance which remains ("although the day has been changed"). This is a recurring theme for Paul -- how do we get the Jewish and Gentile Christians to learn to live together? What about the law (cf. the Jerusalem Council), etc. (n.b., I'm not a 'New Perspectives' guy.) Calvin, for example, [doesn't even consider](https://ccel.org/ccel/calvin/calcom38/calcom38.xviii.ii.html) that the weekly day of rest, the creational ordinance, may be in view in this passage. So, we balance this passage with others like Hebrews 4, Colossians 2, the practice of the earliest Christians meeting on the first day of the week - "the Lord's day." But I agree that in practice, a strong measure of Christian liberty be applied in the 'how' we observe the Lord's day, if not necessarily the 'whether'. Paul also said, "do not forsake the gathering," etc. I think the divines in the Post-Acta struck a good balance.