Another popular set of verses the church often uses to teach that the Sabbath is no longer valid comes from Galatians.

"8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. 9 But now that you know God — or rather are known by God — how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again? 10 You are observing special days and months and seasons and years! 11 I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you."-Galatians 4:8–10

Alright homies, let me let you in on a newsflash that you may find quite startling.

Verse 10 from above is NOT referring to the Sabbath or the Biblical festivals.

Let me say that again.

Verse 10 above where it says “You are observing special days and months…” is NOT and I repeat not referring to the Sabbath or Biblical Feasts.

How can I be so sure?

Well, let’s use our common sense a bit here.

Who is Paul talking to here?

He’s talking to the Galatians, right?

And are the Galatians Jews or Gentiles?

The answer is Paul is talking to Gentiles which means in the past they had never observed the Biblical feasts or the Sabbath in the first place.

Look at verse 8.

It clearly states that they “did NOT know God."

Again, this verse CANNOT be referring to the Jews, for if there is any nation that DID know God, it was Israel.

Now look at verse 9.

It says they (gentiles) are “turning back to those weak and miserable forces?”

Now if they are Gentiles, what exactly are these “weak and miserable forces” they are turning back to?

They are NOT turning back to the “Old” Testament teachings, because they never knew them in the first place. And it would be kind of ridiculous to think that Paul is referring to the “Old” Testament teachings, the very foundation of our Bibles, as “weak and miserable forces.”

Don’t you think so?

The answer is that they are turning back to the pagan gods and beliefs that they worshipped and believed BEFORE coming to the true God of Israel through faith in Israel’s messiah.

I mean think about it.

One who was not observing God’s ways in the first place cannot turn back to His ways.

The same goes for the “special days and months and seasons and years” mentioned in verse 10. This verse means the Galatians’ former “pagan special days and months and seasons and years."

I don’t mean to step on any toes here, but don’t you think you could apply these verses to Christmas and Easter?

Both are not Biblical festivals, and both originate from pagan beliefs.

Am I implying the Christian Church should stop celebrating Christmas and Easter and, in their place, begin celebrating the Biblical feasts that point directly to Christ?

Well, I guess I kinda am.

But what do you think?

© Richoka