Are ceremonial laws passé?
Has ritual law passed its use-by date? To argue that, since shadow theory does not do away with either Sabbath or ceremony that therefore both are still valid would be illogical. The possibility remains that other arguments might show either, or both, to be outmoded. So consider evidence that God has not abandoned ritual shadow laws: Just days before his crucifixion, Jesus upheld the sanctity of the ultimate shadow the temple. He drove out those who violated its holiness, and declared that this house is, not was, a house of prayer for all peoples. To suggest that Jesus would do this just days before the temple’s purpose came to an end in God’s scheme of things just doesn’t make sense. Jesus’ teaching on reconciliation with one’s brother (Matt. 5:21-26) amounts to nothing less than a reiteration, with explanation, of Leviticus 6:1-7, which deals with trespass offerings. To approve such a course of action for believers in the future belies the notion that sacrifice was about to lose its
