Should Christians Keep the Annual Sabbaths?

[Gary Petty] I am a Sabbath keeper. I keep the Seventh-day Sabbath, one of the Ten Commandments.

Much has been made of how Charlie Kirk kept the Seventh-day Sabbath, and he's been in the news with that tragedy that happened. But I also keep other Sabbaths. Other Sabbaths than just the Seventh-day Sabbath.

There are actually seven annual Sabbaths that are in the Old Testament and are carried through into the New Testament that unfortunately have been lost to much of Christianity. Because every one of those days teach us about the work of Jesus Christ.

Just here in a few weeks, we will be keeping, the United Church of God will be keeping four of those holy days.

One is the Feast of Trumpets, which when we look at the New Testament symbolizes the return of Jesus Christ, something that all Christians are looking forward to. To come and set up God's kingdom on this earth and stop this mess that we live in.

The other is the Day of Atonement. Now the Day of Atonement shows us how God wants us to be reconciled to Him. And Jesus Christ is totally contained in that day. His work is explained on the Day of Atonement. Because it's through Him that we become reconciled to God.

And then there's the Feast of Tabernacles. And there's two holy days in that. The first is the first of those eight days. It's an eight day long. And in that first day, we celebrate and look forward to the time when Jesus has come, Feast of Trumpets, when He's reconciled humanity to God, David Atonement, and He actually reigns on the earth. We have a scripture in Revelation that says He reigns for a thousand years. He comes to reign for a thousand years. That's not the end of God's work. There's something after that. And we picture that time. It's interesting because that goes beyond Jewish understanding because we use the New Testament to fill in what we don't have completely in the Old Testament.

And then we have what's simply called in the Old Testament the eighth day. It was separate than the Feast of Tabernacles. It was something unique. It was attached to it. What we see in the eighth day is the last chapters of the book of Revelation. It's what we celebrate and it really combines the Old and New Testament together. It's something that will help you in your relationship with God.

[Announcer] Most believe God's seven annual festivals are simply Old Testament commands that don't matter to us today. But these Holy Days were kept by Jesus Himself along with His disciples and later by the Apostle Paul and the Christian Church. This free study aid, God's Holy Day Plan: The Promise of Hope for All Mankind, will open your eyes to God's amazing plan for humanity and how it is revealed by observing His annual festivals.