OK, here's something that's been a big question on the back of my mind, and it was brought to the forefront again during a discussion.
In Joshua 22 the children of Reuben, of Gad and half the tribe of Manesseh built and altar as a witness but the rest of the Israelites misunderstood it's importance and were planning to battle them for it, accusing them of leaving Yahweh.
It seems to have been of significance that they were not to be slaughtering their offerings anywhere but at the tabernacle, which was to reside in the physical land of Israel. From the dialogue, it seems both sides understood this the same way.
Now, again, in John 4 in the dialogue between Yahushua and the Samaritan woman she acknowledged the Jews said Jerusalem was the place to worship. Yahushua seems to agree, then elaborates that at a later point in time people would worship not on that moutain the Samaritan woman referred to, nor in Jerusalem, but in spirit and in truth.
Now, I dare not disagree with Messiah, I know he spoke the truth. Here's the dilema:
Some groups I hang with go only off of their sighting of the new moon, totally ignoring what happens in Jerusalem. So some people keep the feasts a day ahead of Jerusalem in this manner.
Other groups are in another hemisphere entirely, so keep all the feasts 6 months off of schedule with Jerusalem.
There's a few other things that have come up, but those are the two basics that I wish to deal with here.
Now, if Yahushua said not 1 jot or tittle would pass from the law until all was fulfilled, and people believe it's right to keep Torah, then indeed it appears they make themselves transgressors. Because if the children of Israel correctly understood that tithes, peace offerings and sin offerings as well as the offerings for vows and such were to be done at the temple, which Yahweh finally directed to rest in Jerusalem, then that's where it should be done. All males were required to show themselves 3 times a year at the place where Yahweh put his name. That place eventually was established in Jerusalem, and Yahushua confirmed it while showing that at a later time it would change. Question is, heaven and earth do still remain, the new Jerusalem, the new heaven and earth are not yet here, so why do people do whatever they like in the meantime?
Yes, yes, I know there isn't a temple at the present time so there are limitations in the present, but the essence of time/distance has not changed. The first month is still the first month, and while we cannot go to present ourselves physically before Yahweh at his physical house during the appointed times, we still recall those times and present ourselves where we are.
Here's the difficulty, if we were to actually go present ourselves at the appointed times while doing what some today to, many would come a day early, or a day late, or a half year off schedule. Where's the following of Torah in all this?