God's Righteousness and Holiday Calendars

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge:
because thou hast rejected knowledge,
 I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me:
seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God,
I will also forget thy children.
Hosea 4:6 KJV
 
Funny how Christians declare that only the NT is still in force, yet will quote from the Prophets or Psalms in a limited way to make a point.
Many Christians quote the first part of this verse from Hosea as a warning that we need to turn to God.  Check the context: Commentators agree that the knowledge that is forgotten and lacking is the knowledge of our God and His ways. They do not RE-turn to the Law of our God, but continue in the traditions of men.  This month’s message, concerning return to His Holy day calendar, is among the most challenging aspects of returning to His righteousness. He is calling us out of Babylon, in what is called the Second Exodus, greater than the first out of Egypt; this one involving every tongue, tribe and nation. He is calling us back to what is holy-set apart, and away from what is profane.
In our western worldview, we think of knowledge as that which is accumulated while we lear ...

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