Who observed days and months and times and years in the Bible?
Paul addresses the Galatian believers who were observing days, months, times, and years. In context, this practice also characterized the pagans and Israel, whose whole economy was regulated by new moons, holy days, high Sabbaths, regular Sabbaths, and the signs. Paul saw their observance as a return to weak and beggarly legalism.
Les explains that in Galatians 4:10 Paul is pointing to the Galatian believers’ weakness as they were going back under legalism. He notes that the observance of days, months, times, and years was not limited to pagans; Israel’s whole economy was based on new moons and holy days, the high Sabbath, the regular Sabbath, and was regulated according to the moons and signs. Paul therefore asks whether they are going back into that same system. Les emphasizes that believers are not under any particular day, feast day, or celebration day, because the law was weak and beggarly—it had no power to help mankind keep its demands—while the Holy Spirit empowers this gospel and takes up where the law leaves off.
Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
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What does Paul say it means when the Galatians observe days, months, times and years?
Paul says the Galatians' observing of days and months and times and years is a sign of their weakness and that they are going back under legalism.