In Colossians 2,it says to turn away from pagan religious practices. We
aren't told the exact ideas but we can learn enough from what he wrote.

Without light darkness exists not for with out light you can not see.

exactly.. like
Col 2:12-19
2 buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him
through faith in the working of YHWH, who raised Him from the dead. 13
And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your
flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all
trespasses, 14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was
against us( the pharisidical laws the Talmud), which was contrary to us.
And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the Stake. 15
Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of
them ( Yahshua showed the people how hypocritical the pharasees were),
triumphing over them in it.

16 So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival
or a new moon or sabbaths, 17 which are a shadow of things to come, but
the substance is of Messiah. 18 Let no one cheat you of your reward,
taking delight in false humility and worship of angels( these all were
pagan practices in collasians), intruding into those things which he has
not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, 19 and not holding fast
to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by
joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is from YHWH (the
assembly being 1 body each having a different duty but all from the
same).
NKJV
These are probally the most misunderstood scriptures in the NT. These
verses are not talking about Yahweh's feasts,food,drink and sabbaths
being done away. It is theoppisite he was trying to encourage the
brethern that were amoung the heathon telling them do not worry what
they say. Yours is Eternal life in Yahshua and these things are what
messiah is about. They are a shadow a looking glass that you can see
that gives you all hope.. miles

Light and Dark(good and evil) have to coexist, without them doing so,
how would we know the difference between the two..we wouldn't

ChubbyCherubPoet
When Yahshua said" what does light have to do with darkness" he was
speaking of evil coexisting with the spirit of Yahweh. If we are the
Temple of Yahweh then Evil can not co exist in us..
Miles

great now I have a temple in me , like my butt ain't big enough!!

LOL. That sounds like something that I might say. That was too
funny.



Ephesians 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of
darkness, but rather reprove [them].
Ephesians 5:12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are
done of them in secret.
Ephesians 5:13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the
light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.

Psalms 94:20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee,
which frameth mischief by a law?

Praise Yahweh..scttrbrain
I can see the spirit of life is truely moving within you. Miles

Miles, so what if you can look it up in an encyclopedia? I'm not sure I
get your point. There are lots of religions that have things in common
with Christianity.

My point is religion that our Master Yahshua came to show us wht Yahweh
was really about has never left. Just taken on different names. The Jews
have basically stayed the same. So called christianity has taken on
traditions of man. ie pagan customs instead of the commandments of
Yahweh. Christmas is the worship of the sun. christions made it the
worship of the son. Easter is the worship of fertilty pagan festivals of
Oester. The sun rise service is recorded in the OT.
Ezek 8:13-16

13 And He said to me, "Turn again, and you will see greater abominations
that they are doing." 14 So He brought me to the door of the north gate
of Yahweh's house; and to my dismay, women were sitting there weeping
for Tammuz .

15 Then He said to me, "Have you seen this, O son of man? Turn again,
you will see greater abominations than these." 16 So He brought me into
the inner court of Yahweh's house; and there, at the door of the temple
of the master, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five
men with their backs toward the temple of Yahweh and their faces toward
the east, and they were worshiping the sun toward the east.
NKJV
Sun rise worship. You never turn your back away from the temple. You are
turning away from Yahweh. This is an ancient custom.
These being replaced by 2 festivals where all men are commanded to come
before Yahweh.
Deut 16:16-17
Three times a year all your males shall appear before Yahweh your Elohim
in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the
Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles ; and they shall not
appear before YHWH empty-handed. 17 Every man shall give as he is able,
according to the blessing of YHWH your Elohim which He has given you.
NKJV
The feest of weeks is also called Pente-cost 50 days. The day the
comfortor came and very prophetic. Yet we as a whole have been lied to.
Matt 15:7-11
7 Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:

8 "These people draw near to Me with their mouth,
And honor Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.
9 And in vain they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men .'"

10 When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, "Hear
and understand: 11 Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what
comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.
NKJV
Hear we are taught that Yahshua was speaking about food. Another lie. He
was speaking about defiling Yahweh's word. With words that puff men up.
Twisted words that only the Elite understand and if you disagree you
must be against YHWH. These words and the feasts of the christians are
from the father of lies. Satan the great decepter.Thier is so much that
can be said on these matters. You see i have no religious training at
all. Yet i can defend YHWH word against so called scholars because they
have to twist the scriptures. Anyone who reads and believes the Torah
can pick all theses lies out. That is why they want you not to read and
do it. Because not only will the promices of the Holy Spirit come upon
you. But their sayings/writings you can call them what they are with
Zeal. because all you are doing is quoting the word. If thier was a book
that could tear all of Satans lies down do you think he would want you
to know it? Miles The book is the Torah (the 5 books of Moses)

No, to be honest with you, I'm not interested in any of that. I am
secure with my faith and am not open to debate about it. But thanks for
your comments, nonetheless.