Unclean People/Priests

In scripture, God called the mixed multitude out of Egypt to minister to Him and obey His voice and walk in His Commandments. 

Exodus 19:6
6 and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel.”

Peter re-emphasizes in regards to gentiles who were once not a people but have now become a people. 

1 Peter 2:9-10
9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Ephesians 2 speaks about the fact that gentiles who were once excluded and regarded as "unclean" are now part of the people of God 

Ephesians 2:1-22
1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, 2 in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. 3 Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.11 Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “Uncircumcision” by the so-called “Circumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands— 12 remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall, 15 by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace, 16 and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity. 17 And He came and preached peace to you who were far away, and peace to those who were near; 18 for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household, 20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, 21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.

It was Nehemiah who stated that because people couldn't chart their ancestral origins, they were regarded as unclean- not God. 

Nehemiah 7:64-65
64 These searched among their ancestral registration, but it could not be located; therefore they were considered unclean and excluded from the priesthood. 65 The governor said to them that they should not eat from the most holy things until a priest arose with Urim and Thummim

Ezra 2:62-63
62 These searched among their ancestral registration, but they could not be located; therefore they were considered unclean and excluded from the priesthood. 63 The governor said to them that they should not eat from the most holy things until a priest stood up with Urim and Thummim.

Both passages are excluding gentiles from Temple service and barring them from eating at the table of God. In Isaiah, it is prophesied that God would draw these gentiles back to Him, would gather them to Israel, and tells these Gentiles that are referred to as wild beasts- to come eat at His table in the house of God. 

Isaiah 56:3-9
3 Let not the foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord say, “The Lord will surely separate me from His people.” Nor let the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.” 4 For thus says the Lord, “To the eunuchs who keep My sabbaths, And choose what pleases Me, And hold fast My covenant, 5 To them I will give in My house and within My walls a memorial, And a name better than that of sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name which will not be cut off. 6 “Also the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, To minister to Him, and to love the name of the Lord, To be His servants, every one who keeps from profaning the sabbath And holds fast My covenant; 7 Even those I will bring to My holy mountain And make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar; For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.” 8 The Lord God, who gathers the dispersed of Israel, declares, “Yet others I will gather to them, to those already gathered.”9 All you beasts of the field, All you beasts in the forest, Come to eat.

All of this is exactly what is going on in Peters vision regarding not doing like Nehemiah, but rather, God has not called Gentiles unclean. 

Acts 10:17-36
17 Now while Peter was greatly perplexed in mind as to what the vision which he had seen might be, behold, the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having asked directions for Simon’s house, appeared at the gate; 18 and calling out, they were asking whether Simon, who was also called Peter, was staying there. 19 While Peter was reflecting on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you. 20 But get up, go downstairs and accompany them without misgivings, for I have sent them Myself.” 21 Peter went down to the men and said, “Behold, I am the one you are looking for; what is the reason for which you have come?” 22 They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man well spoken of by the entire nation of the Jews, was divinely directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and hear a message from you.” 23 So he invited them in and gave them lodging. And on the next day he got up and went away with them, and some of the brethren from Joppa accompanied him. 24 On the following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was waiting for them and had called together his relatives and close friends. 25 When Peter entered, Cornelius met him, and fell at his feet and worshiped him. 26 But Peter raised him up, saying, “Stand up; I too am just a man.” 27 As he talked with him, he entered and *found many people assembled. 28 And he said to them, “You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a man who is a Jew to associate with a foreigner or to visit him; and yet God has shown me that I should not call any man unholy or unclean.  29 That is why I came without even raising any objection when I was sent for. So I ask for what reason you have sent for me.”30 Cornelius said, “Four days ago to this hour, I was praying in my house during the ninth hour; and behold, a man stood before me in shining garments, 31 and he *said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God. 32 Therefore send to Joppa and invite Simon, who is also called Peter, to come to you; he is staying at the house of Simon the tanner by the sea.’ 33 So I sent for you immediately, and you have been kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here present before God to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord.” 34 Opening his mouth, Peter said:“I most certainly understand now that God is not one to show partiality, 35 but in every nation the man who fears Him and does what is right is welcome to Him. 36 The word which He sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ (He is Lord of all)

Peters vision is entirely about the inclusion of Gentiles as wild beasts, not referring to them as unclean when God doesn't call them unclean. Christ states that He Himself was gathering the gentiles to Him. 

John 10:14-16
I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me, 15 even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd. 

 These sheep are both Jews and Gentiles, that are to be gathered together into one flock: Israel 

Matthew 15:24
24 But He answered and said, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Peter was corrected for doing what Nehemiah had done, in contrast to what Christ was doing. Man made Pharisaic traditions that regarded men as unclean would be contrary to the charge for Peter to Feed the sheep. 

Galatians 2:11-14
But when Cephas (Peter) came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned  12 For prior to the coming of certain men from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he began to withdraw and hold himself aloof, fearing the party of the circumcision. 13 The rest of the Jews joined him in hypocrisy, with the result that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas (Peter) in the presence of all, “If you, being a Jew, live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?

Peter sees that this is what the vision was referring to as he stated in Acts 15

Acts 15:7-8,13-18
After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brethren, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe. 8 And God, who knows the heart, testified to them giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us; 9 and He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith.

After they had stopped speaking, James answered, saying, “Brethren, listen to me. 14 Simeon (Peter) has related how God first concerned Himself about taking from among the Gentiles a people for His name. 15 With this the words of the Prophets agree, just as it is written, 16 ‘After these things I will return, And I will rebuild the tabernacle of David which has fallen, And I will rebuild its ruins, And I will restore it, 17 So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, And all the Gentiles who are called by My name,’ 18 Says the Lord, who makes these things known from long ago.

Paul affirms this as well. 

Romans 10:12-13 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him; 13 for “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved

Romans 11:13-18 But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, 14 if somehow I might move to jealousy my fellow countrymen and save some of them. 15 For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? 16 If the first piece of dough is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are too.17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree, 18 do not be arrogant toward the branches; but if you are arrogant, remember that it is not you who supports the root, but the root supports you

Galatians 3:28-29 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to promise.

Consider this passage about the End Times

Isaiah 66:20-24
20 Then they shall bring all your brethren from all the nations as a grain offering to the Lord, on horses, in chariots, in litters, on mules and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the Lord, “just as the sons of Israel bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord. 21 I will also take some of them for priests and for Levites,” says the Lord. 22 “For just as the new heavens and the new earth Which I make will endure before Me,” declares the Lord, “So your offspring and your name will endure. 23 “And it shall be from new moon to new moon And from sabbath to sabbath, All mankind will come to bow down before Me,” says the Lord. 24 “Then they will go forth and look On the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me. For their worm will not die And their fire will not be quenched; And they will be an abhorrence to all mankind.”

Isaiah 66 in speaking of the end times mentions the same elements of Zechariah 14, with the horses, the same gathering as Isaiah 56 as gathering to His holy mountain. Christ takes people to be levites and priests. He made them to be a kingdom of priests but they rebelled and were faulty and chose sin

Isaiah 61:4-11
Then they will rebuild the ancient ruins, They will raise up the former devastations; And they will repair the ruined cities, The desolations of many generations. 5 Strangers will stand and pasture your flocks, And foreigners will be your farmers and your vinedressers. 6 But you will be called the priests of the Lord; You will be spoken of as ministers of our God. You will eat the wealth of nations, And in their riches you will boast. 7 Instead of your shame you will have a double portion, And instead of humiliation they will shout for joy over their portion. Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land, Everlasting joy will be theirs. 8 For I, the Lord, love justice, I hate robbery in the burnt offering; And I will faithfully give them their recompense And make an everlasting covenant with them. 9 Then their offspring will be known among the nations, And their descendants in the midst of the peoples. All who see them will recognize them Because they are the offspring whom the Lord has blessed. 10 I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, My soul will exult in my God; For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. 11 For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, And as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up, So the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise To spring up before all the nations.

So, Peters vision is not about unclean animals becoming "clean". Its entirely about gentiles becoming part of the people of God, and that was the conclusion of the matter. Hebrews 8 is about faulty people and priests. 

Hebrews 8:1-13

Now the main point in what has been said is this: we have such a high priest, who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, 2 a minister in the sanctuary and in the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man. 3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer. 4 Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since there are those who offer the gifts according to the Law; 5 who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was warned by God when he was about to erect the tabernacle; for, “See,” He says, “that you make all things according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.” 6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.

7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion sought for a second. 8 For finding fault with them, He says, “Behold, days are coming, says the Lord, When I will effect a new covenant With the house of Israel and with the house of Judah; 9 Not like the covenant which I made with their fathers On the day when I took them by the hand To lead them out of the land of Egypt; For they did not continue in My covenant, And I did not care for them, says the Lord. 10 “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel After those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their minds, And I will write them on their hearts. And I will be their God, And they shall be My people. 11 “And they shall not teach everyone his fellow citizen, And everyone his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ For all will know Me, From the least to the greatest of them. 12 “For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And I will remember their sins no more.” 13 When He said, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear.

1. The subject is a Priesthood and a better High Priest
2. He is a minister in a better sanctuary 
3. If He was on earth He would not be a priest because on earth there are faulty Levites who struggle with sin.  This is not a statement that Christ has done away with the Law, its a statement that the Law still exists. 
4. Covenant is not in verse 7 so finding fault with them would be the priests who are sinful. 
5. the new covenant is different because  we don't break the new one like they did in egypt. 
6. God finds fault with these Priests because they didn't continue in His covenant. 
7. He didn't care for them because they didn't observe His laws and instead went astray. 
8. God writes His law on the hearts and minds of those in the New Covenant when we don't have sin anymore, and He takes us in a resurrection for priests and levites. He didn't discard or abolish the commands, He's making it so that we can keep them. He's not dismissing the jot or tittles or smalles strokes, He's finding fault with those that rebel against them. 
9. We wont have to say "know the Lord" in that time when we no longer struggle against sin because everyone will already. 
10. God won't hold our previous iniquities or our past sins against us. 
11. in verse 13, the word covenant isn't there and what is passing away is the priesthood that was faulty with priests that have sin. 

This context is what is said in

Revelation 21:5-7

5 And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” And He *said, “Write, for these words are faithful and true.” 6 Then He said to me, “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost. 7 He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son.

God is making it so we're not going to struggle with sin, so that we can be priests and levites, overcoming and be children of God. 

Revelation 1:5-6 

 5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood— 6 and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. 

He's made us to be priests. 

1 Peter 3:3-9

3 if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord. As Living Stones 4 And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God, 5 you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For this is contained in Scripture: “Behold, I lay in Zion a choice stone, a precious corner stone, And he who believes in Him will not be disappointed.” 7 This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve, “The stone which the builders rejected, This became the very corner stone,” 8 and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”; for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed. 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light

We're made to be priests. 


Also here's a big chart about how unclean animals still aren't food...kinda related. 

To whom my departure may concern:

 As many of you know, I had been a part of the Anatomy of Hope discord server and shared in the Biblical study and offering insights on the scriptures as we read them in real time. There has been absolutely no issue with my doing so for the many months where I have offered insight and perspective on scriptural matters. In fact, I was offered the roll of "Apologist" in recognition of my study and knowledge and years in the scriptures and desire to equip the saints with the truth of God's word in proper context. For reasons in which I will outline here in some detail pertaining to the factual matters of my departure- I am stating these so that it will be clear why I am choosing to leave.
When I first joined the server, I had heard a matter taught that did not have Factual or Biblical truth to it regarding men having one less rib than women. When I reached out to someone who had taught this and politely requested that they provide resources for this, They said they would and then never did. 
When I corrected them they ignored that matter. 
Recently something was said in one of teachings that is unbiblical. I again privately reached out to this person to express concern that in this matter of sin against our unchanging God and scriptures that do not contradict, we should not teach that this matter is permissible. I shared 8 different passages that show the matter in need of correction. 
Their response was to ignore the scriptures and accuse me of ignorance, and instead of look at the scriptures, to link to a "got questions" page which has many faulty doctrines. When I assured them that I am not operating from a place of ignorance in my correcting and shared more scriptures, those scriptures too were ignored. As I pointed out that the scriptures were contrary, this person attempted to dismiss teaching something contrary to scripture as a matter of opinion, and shift the focus away from the Word of God, to personal attacks against me, my character and my understanding.  As I continued to point to the Word of God, This man appealed to everything else. Due to his nature in never learning my position on matters, and making assumptions, He then appealed to "Boice or John Stott" to try and make this about reformed theology rather than the scriptures (as at this point, he just blindly assumed I was reformed). 
I again reminded him that God be true and every man a liar, and that we are to hold to the word of God and test the doctrines and teaching of men - and the errors that come up- to the scriptures. After He assumed that Peter and Paul are contrary to my position without ever looking at the scriptures, context, or hearing the matter in which he was being corrected in humility, he made more personal attacks. 
When I stated " it is my opinion that the fruit in which you are presenting is that you are answering a matter before having even looked at it" in a reference to Proverbs 18:13

He who gives an answer before he hears, It is folly and shame to him.

His disheartening response was " But i don't have too ur way doesn't harmonize with Peter and Paul I have heard similar arguments b4".  Again the arrogant assumption that because he's heard different people say different things, that means that I am saying the same things as them, while refusing to listen, or evaluate the scriptures that I was bringing in context, is in fact wrong and error. 
In matters of opinion there is disagreement. in matters of God, and what God commands, there can be only truth or distortion of the truth as it is outlined in scripture by God's word which does not contradict.  When I kept pointing back to the truth of God's word as authoritative, he again without hearing the scriptures or the matter in context, deflected and made assumptions asking " By ur logic we should still offer sacrifices". This was a distraction from the subject in which we were discussing as he was still trying to move the conversation away from the correction that he was given and what the word of God says- but in response I asked him for what reason after coming to Christ and working in ministry did Paul do sacrifices in Acts 21. He seemed unfamiliar with the passage so i cited it for him. He refused to answer that question and instead resorted to pithy responses. 
I asked another question in regards to Matthew 5:17-19 , as to what are we supposed to do and teach according to this text? 

17 “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. 18 For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 19 Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

He ignored this question also and and reverted to misapplying passages of Paul. When I again pleaded with him that to judge a matter without hearing it is wrong, he stated this unfounded accusation "When u have a method to dealing with romans and peter I will do so, but u can't" after I had already sent him sever points of context of which he ignored without looking at them. I then attempted again to reason with him and provided the context a second time. 
I encouraged him in staying "if you had looked at the matters that I have presented before rejecting it based on your opinions, and if you had humbled yourself to look at the verses and everything that I have already given you- I think that you would see that I have done this very thing" and I reminded him that we are to crucify the flesh- sharing a passage that we had read several times before in the study Romans 8

 5 For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6 For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, 7 because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, 8 and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

He then made attempts to again, shift from the scriptures and the rebuke, to make it about denominational differences. "Ur really big on the OT and I am starting to think I may know why, but i am uncertain.". This is a tactic that I am familiar with when people would rather be defined by a denomination instead of the word of God, and seek to argue against the denomination rather than reason and conform to the truth of God's word. When I responded "Biblical.  My denomination is to live like Christ . My denomination is : All scripture is for rebuke reproof and teaching. My denomination is to to walk by Grace through faith in Christ who calls us to repent from sin,as sin is transgression of His law." he stated that my answer was "cute". He again tried to shift it to being about a personality conflict rather than the correction that I was giving to him and asked "Why is it not possible for u to disagree with someone without it becoming " disagreeable " again, trying to reduce the errant teaching and the correction to be a matter of opinion instead of what the word of God says in context to avoid accountability. I responded that "It's not hard to take when people disagree.  It's hard when people refuse context or to account for the full rendering of scripture as they advocate certain sins as pleasing to God"
He made what I presume to be an attempt to guess that I might be a 7th day adventist (which im not) in bringing up the trinity when he said "Its more a matter of u can't harmonize ur views with the whole of scripture This isn't the 1st time I have heard such arguments Same thinking gets people in trouble with believing in the trinity." I fully affirm at defend the Triune nature of God. This man was staunchly searching for a denominational banner in which he could tilt towards INSTEAD of listening to what was actually being said, and the scriptures in context.  
For clarity, I have used this example as it pertains to matters of opinions vs matters of scripture in regards to commands of God. 

The Bible clearly says that drinking is NOT a sin- but to some drinking is a problem and God tells them to not sin- that is a matter of opinions and personal convictions. However, Murder is wrong, and is always wrong. If someone says "I know you think murder is wrong but I don't have that conviction" does that mean that murder stopped being wrong or that sin is defined by feelings instead of God's word?  Thats the element at play here. This man saying "oh that's a matter of opinion and we disagree"like in the drinking context, where I am correcting him from the fullness of scripture that he needs correction and to reevaluate the full word of God as he's preaching contradictions in doctrines ... like the "murder" context.  

I assured him that my hermeneutics are consistent from genesis to revelation contrary to his baseless assumptions due to all the arguments of other people who believe things that are different than I do.  
At this point, someone else in a position of leadership on that server had asked me a few questions and I had responded without mentioning names, just like i am doing here in not mentioning names- that I had to correct someone (fact) and they are refusing correction (fact) and that they are making baseless assumptions (fact) will not look at the scriptures (fact). None of that is slander in any way shape or form. Yet, he responded with this "Anyways sir, if u would not try to bash me with people we both love . I would appreciate that". I have done no such bashing or gossip, even though that is a narrative that he was/is trying to craft - in order to make the conversation about everything EXCEPT THE SCRIPTURE and what the AUTHORITATIVE WORD OF GOD says. 
This is where he inadvertently admits to listening to gossip and lies regarding me. He stated "U get stuck in wanting to prove urself ur running over other people's feelings Jay. Chances of u being right and so many others being wrong, my freind the math is not on ur side." In this he was attempting to make the case that the majority is always right, which is contrary to what scripture shows over and over and over again. In response I brought up the "straight and narrow" in at attempt to get him to think critically about what he was saying- referings the scriptures ( i know that's a theme here) . That passage is Matthew 7 

13 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. 14 For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.15 “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? 17 So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 So then, you will know them by their fruits. 21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. 22 Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’

When I asked him " Many will come to him on that day and say "Didn't we prophesy and cast out demons in your name" and how does He respond?" He chose to ignore the question, the scriptures, and go to bed. When He returned he asked me for the context of Romans 14 concerning matters of opinion.
I gave him a detailed response. 

"First off,  its regarding matters of opinion and NOT the commands of God.  It's about when to fast as it is regarding the days one eats and doesn't eat- which is fasting.  It is regarding eating only veggies vs not which is the Daniel fast. Its in response to matthew 9 which is where the Pharisees who have specific times of fasting and specific days of fasting ... its literally what eating and not eating is.  The pharisees in mark 7 were saying that by their traditions that THEY could decided what is or isn't food or is or isn't clean in regards to handwashing and what does Christ do? He rebukes them for not obeying the commands of God several times.  In romans 14, this is addressed that matters of OPINION i.e.  pharisaic custom regarding handwashing - does not make what GOD defines as food clean or unclean. What it is NOT doin is redefining what GOD has already defined by His unchanging word, and character the definition of what food is to now include unclean animals.  In fact, if we take your misapplication of romans 14, then the prohibition on eating things sacrificed to idols goes out the window, eating blood goes out the window, and revelation 18:2 that mentions unclean birds still goes out the window. In 2 Corinthians 6:14-17 Paul states 4 Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? 15 Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? 16 Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said,“I will dwell in them and walk among them;And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.17 “Therefore, come out from their midst and be separate,” says the Lord.“And do not touch what is unclean;And I will welcome you.18 “And I will be a father to you,And you shall be sons and daughters to Me,”Says the Lord Almighty.

Don't touch what is unclean still applies"

His response was to state that my scriptural reply was cute "Cute but I am not sure that's actually " fasting " the bible uses the term fasting a few times this is not one of them.". While im not sure what he thinks eating and not eating is called, I did ask him to "please stop the condescending "cute" in haughty display." He then accused me of mental gymnastics "No amount of intellect or biblical mental gymstatics will make theconflict disappear" using rhetoric and jabs to try and dismiss the scripture and the correction of how he was applying verses out of context. 
I asked him about  Matthew 13:41 -42

41 “The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness42 and they will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

"Whose being gathered? Out of where? To where? The stumbling blocks and those that do lawlessness, are gathered OUT of the Kingdom of God , and thrown into the fire."

He again stated romans 14 out of context and told me to read Peter. I then asked about the gentiles in Isaiah 56:6-8

“Also the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, To minister to Him, and to love the name of the Lord, To be His servants, every one who keeps from profaning the sabbath And holds fast My covenant;Even those I will bring to My holy mountain And make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar; For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.” The Lord God, who gathers the dispersed of Israel, declares,“Yet others I will gather to them, to those already gathered.”

"Which Covenant are they to hold to? If we say the Sinai Covenant, it is to admit that was for Gentiles.If we say the New Covenant, it is to admit that Sabbaths and the Commands of God are for the Gentiles. I am telling you that you are misinterpreting paul's writings and teaching people that sin is acceptable. You are quite literally ignoring Peters warning 2 Peter 3

14 Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless, 15 and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, 16 as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. 17 You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men and fall from your own steadfastness

2 Peter 3:17- Wicked = Greek: athesmos: one who breaks through the restraint of law and gratifies his lusts Peter Himself said the vision is about gentiles in Acts 11. Please stop taking it out of context"

When he responded in an attempt to regard teachers instead of the scriptures as authoritative he said this "And I am telling u not only are u doing what ur accusing  me of Quality teachers for centuries agree with me and not u" To which I again corrected him "the pharisees held this same mentality. the bereans however LOOKED AT THE SCRIPTURES" and cited Mark 7 where Christ rebuked the "majority of agreeing teachers" 

6 And He said to them, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written:‘This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me. 7 ‘But in vain do they worship Me,Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’8 Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men.” 9 He was also saying to them, “You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition.

His response to these scriptures? "Teachers from reformed , souther baptist , evangelical , every majo denom agrees with me ...but ur right and everyone else is wrong ?" he tried to make it about me, and a personal attack rather than if the matter is true or not and letting the Word of God define the Word of God.  As I showed that Peters vision about the inclusion of the gentiles is in fact, about the inclusion of the gentiles, and provided context for the matters of opinions in romans 14 showing that it is in regarding to opinions and NOT God's commands as he was using out of context, he chose to say this 
"U can't deal with romans 14, U can't deal with peter's vision". I admit freely, in response to the fleshly petulance and blatant ignoring of context and the rest of scripture, I said this " You can't deal with james, or 1,2,3rd john, or matthew, or the rest of scripture, or revelation, or Isaiah" 
After ignoring all my questions, my scriptures, and context, of which I already answered many of his questions, He asked "Show me in exact words where they say eating pork is wrong" I directed him to Isaiah 66 which is an end times passage and asked if that has happened yet as well as these two passages in the New Testament 

Romans 16:17-18 ¶Now I urge you, brethren, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to the teaching which you learned, and turn away from them. 18For such men are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

Philippians 3:18-19For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of Christ, 19whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things.

I again tried to explain to him that what he is teaching people who do not know better, is not living like Christ. "you have an inconsistent hermeneutic and you are preaching to people something that is anti-christ" in reference to 2 Thessalonians 2:3-12.  This man then responded with rumors and things that are false. "I was never banned from a sever over what I preach J and I have been around U were why is that everyone is wrong but ur right". I haven't been banned from any server. Thats false gossip. I asked him "what false gossip are you speaking? I've never been banned from any server?".  He said "U were banned from koin bro".  I've never been banned from Koin. I'm still in Koin. I never left Koin. If this man actually thought that I was banned from that server, over what I was preaching why did he offer me the apologist role? When I told him I was still in Koin his response was "I was told by multiple sources" which not only is inaccurate, but he believed a false report against me, never bothered confirming it with me or or anyone else as to its accuracy- and is a testament to how just because many people say something it can still be a lie which is his whole defense in why he refused to look at the scriptures in which I was correcting him in the first place. That's part of the reason that I am making this statement, that what is now a pattern of deception is occuring. 
After I sent him a screenshot of a message in real time in the Koin server proving the lies of others to be false, his response was that he would go see what they say. It didn't matter that I literally showed him proof of the lie, he still wouldn't believe me. 
He then sent a voice text demanding that we have a pastoral showdown and said he'd go get his pastor and demanded that I get my pastor and see if they agree, and made accusations of me not being a part of a church or fellowship anywhere- even though I have consistently told people that I cannot attend the online studies because I was at church. That too is verifiable in the comments section of the devotions thread. Now the attempt was to move it away from the scriptures and what they say, to his pastor and his pastors agreeing with him. I stated as such "I have answered you multiple times over and over and over as you refuse to answer any of my questions and keep trying to make this about everything but the scriptures in a shameful display" and advised that he go re-read Proverbs 12:1

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, But he who hates reproof is stupid.

He accused me of not being under a pastor and not having a stable home church, of which none of this changes the scripture or what it says even if it were accurate- which it isn't. I addressed his accusations and asked if he was going to apologize for THAT lie. "you just assumed i'm not under a pastor because you assumed because I don't answer all your demands the second you ask them. Flesh" he did say he's look into it and do so if needed ...even though I provided proof that he was in fact, incorrect. 
He sent another voice text telling me that im not intelligent and that pastors don't agree with me and that I am not that smart- all of which reminded me of Acts 4

6 Annas the high priest was there, and so were Caiaphas, John, Alexander and others of the high priest’s family. 7 They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?” 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people! 9 If we are being called to account today for an act of kindness shown to a man who was lame and are being asked how he was healed, 10 then know this, you and all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed. 11 Jesus is “‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’ 12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” 13 When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus. 

His whole tyrade is at its core that the high priest, and caiphas and alexander and the whole Sanhedrin were right because Peter and John were in the minority, and didn't have the degree from the Sanhedrin, except he's applied it to me, and made idols out of the Sanhedrin instead acknowledging that they too are men prone to error. After I decided to not communicate with him any longer as he was insulting and verbally hostile in regards to my intelligence still trying to make it entirely about me instead of what the scriptures state, I shared with him an entire list of questions for him to go over with his pastor and I informed him that due to the hostility I would wait until his pastor is available to discuss the matter with him. I then blocked him until such a time as I can speak with his pastor regarding all of this behavior, and the refusal to look at the scriptures in context while teaching various things that are not accurate.

After this, while I was out, I was told to join in a Vc, with no prompting or regard for the matters I was attending to at the time. I told them I was unavailable and if they would like to schedule a Vc, then I'll see when I was available. Since this, I posted in the "ask a Christian" thead a question regarding the scriptures. I asked have the events in Isaiah 66 happened yet

15 See, the Lord is coming with fire, and his chariots are like a whirlwind; he will bring down his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. 16 For with fire and with his sword the Lord will execute judgment on all people, and many will be those slain by the Lord. 17 “Those who consecrate and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one who is among those who eat the flesh of pigs, rats and other unclean things—they will meet their end together with the one they follow,” declares the Lord. 18 “And I, because of what they have planned and done, am about to come and gather the people of all nations and languages, and they will come and see my glory.19 “I will set a sign among them, and I will send some of those who survive to the nations—to Tarshish, to the Libyans and Lydians (famous as archers), to Tubal and Greece, and to the distant islands that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory. They will proclaim my glory among the nations. 20 And they will bring all your people, from all the nations, to my holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering to the Lord—on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels,” says the Lord. “They will bring them, as the Israelites bring their grain offerings, to the temple of the Lord in ceremonially clean vessels. 21 And I will select some of them also to be priests and Levites,” says the Lord. 22 “As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me,” declares the Lord, “so will your name and descendants endure. 23 From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come and bow down before me,” says the Lord. 24 “And they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind.”

This question was censored by deletion. There was nothing inappropriate or out of bounds by the scripture or the question. It was deleted because they did not like the implication of the answer. I asked the woman "why was my question about the new heaven and new earth deleted from ask a Christian?"
Her response was "Because it goes against what we believe Biblically as a server. And we don’t allow that".  There was nothing in the question that was a statement of faith, an accusation, or anything improper AT ALL. In this server they have allowed unsaved people to address questions about false gods, atheism, cults, and the like- of which I hope they don't agree with and I don't think that they do- but, this question regarding a verse, was censored and deleted. I asked "What specifically about the question about if the passage has happened yet,violates the briefs as a server?" She stated that "Well, since I know where you would be going with the question, I think that would qualify" I then requested that she think critically "I'd like you to think for a moment about this critically.  I asked a question regarding a scripture event that has or hasn't happened and it was deleted and censored because you didn't like it's implications of where the scriptures lead? That the scripture and what it says is against the server?"
She declined to answer the questions. Today I had posted a different question about Isaiah 56 and God calling gentiles wild beasts. After I had posted it, I received this response. "Since your apologist role has been removed, please don’t post in Ask a Christian as if you are still one. That’s disrespectful of the server. You seem to have an agenda here and I would appreciate it if you didn’t pursue it further. At least not until you have a meeting"
That was the first time that I was informed that they had decided to rescind the apologist role, which in my opinion was 100% retaliatory and punitive and personal. Again, there was nothing improper about the question. Nor was it a statement of belief. They were hostile to scripture and my asking about it. 
When I asked " Why has the role been removed? On what grounds? What sin, what error?" she directed me back to the man that I had corrected and was refusing correction. She stated "Your comment was deleted yesterday so that should have let you know that you shouldn’t post it again. And since you did, I assume that you wish to continue with your agenda, which means we can’t trust you for the apologist role anymore" My last response was this  "I didn't post it again.  The one yesterday was about the new heavens and new earth in Isaiah 66. Today I posted about Gentiles being called beasts in Isaiah 56. They're different questions with different scriptures. This is 💯 the behavior of cultist censorship. There was nothing improper about either of those questions.  On this server you have people who are not believers who ask questions regarding paganism,witchcraft and demonic elements - of which you allowed without issue as I sure hope you disagree with those things as a server.  Yet, when I asked 2 different questions citing 2 different scriptures,you have censored me, deleted my my comments,  revoked my recognition as one who has studied the scriptures in depth and is readily available to give an account in the word. This is bias, unbiblical,  and of the flesh."

I've taken the time to outline facts. I'd remind everyone on the matters that we are to judge those inside the church regarding error. 

Proverbs 31:9 Open your mouth, judge righteously,  And defend the rights of the afflicted and needy.

leviticus 19:15  ‘You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

Ezekiel 22:2  “And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations.

John 7:24 Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.” 

Matthew 7:5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.

1 Corinthians 5:12-13 For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Do you not judge those who are within the church? 13 But those who are outside, God judges. Remove the wicked man from among yourselves.

Matthew 7:15-20 15 “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? 17 So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 So then, you will know them by their fruits.

For these reasons, I am following  Matthew 10:11-14 and shaking the dust from my feet. 

11 And whatever city or village you enter, inquire who is worthy in it, and stay at his house until you leave that city. 12 As you enter the house, give it your greeting. 13 If the house is worthy, give it your blessing of peace. But if it is not worthy, take back your blessing of peace. 14 Whoever does not receive you, nor heed your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet.

Catholic-y stuff

Mary needed a Savior. 

Luke 1:46-47
46 And Mary said: “My soul exalts the Lord,  47 And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.

 Mary was Elizabeth's cousin as Luke tells us. Mary was born of a woman. Since Mary was born of a woman, then is Christ not telling us that John the Baptist was even greater than her?

Matthew 11:11
Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptist! Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he

Christ rebuked those who tried to "venerate" Mary and instead directed them to obey God. 

Luke 11:27-28
 “Blessed is the womb that carried You, and the breasts at which You nursed!”“On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and follow it.”

Saints are in soul sleep and do not pray or worship. 

Isaiah 14:9 

Sheol from beneath is excited over you to meet you when you come;

It arouses for you the spirits of the dead, all the leaders of the earth;

It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.

Daniel 12:2
 2 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt.

Psalm 115:16-17 
The heavens are the heavens of the Lord, But the earth He has given to the sons of men. 
17 The dead do not praise the Lord, Nor do any who go down into silence;

 Ecclesiastes 9:5
5 For the living know they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for their memory is forgotten.

Exodus 20:4
4 “You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth

 Psalm 146:4
4His spirit departs, he returns to the earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.

If we believe that saints are in heaven interceding for us, then making statues of them is sin. 

1 Corinthians 15:20
20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep

If Christ is the firstfruits of the resurrection, then the dead before that were not in heaven praying for the saints. 

1 Thessalonians 4:13-17
13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord.

Note that the saints are rising when Christ returns, not in heaven. Then those alive will rise. 

When Catholics say things like "Mary is the mother of Christ,  therefore Mary is the mother of God and queen of heaven ". Using that same flawed logic

Romans 8:14
For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons and daughters of God.

If we are sons of God then we are God... This problem invents Mormonism. Don't invent Mormonism

If all scripture is God breathed and capable for teaching, reproof and correction- then the catholic church is not needed to be the arbiter of truth, because God's God breathed scripture is. 

2 Timothy 3:16–17
All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; 17 so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.

Ephesians 3:4
By referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ

The Catholic church does not have the authority to invalidate or alter the God breathed scripture by it's traditions. 

Mark 7:13  thus invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that.”

Paul who was led by God, as recognized by scripture, commends the Bereans for using Scripture as the Authority to determine truth as Paul used Scripture as Authority

Acts 17:2  And according to Paul’s custom, he went to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures

Acts 17:11 Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.

The role of the Church is a recognizer of the canon, not its creator. The Church did not make the canon; it received and recognized it.

"Long before Rome ever held a council, the Muratorian Fragment (c. AD 170) listed most of the New Testament. Irenaeus (c. AD 180), Tertullian (c. AD 200), and Origen (early 3rd century) all affirmed the core books we have today. When Athanasius listed the complete canon in AD 367, he wasn’t inventing Scripture—he was affirming what had already been received by God’s people."

The Catholic church states these at the second council of Nicea 

If they're saying that these images or likenesses are copies of things in heaven, then in what way is that not a violation of God's word in Exodus, and how is a refusal to salute them not serving them? 

Exodus 20:4
“You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. 5 You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me

Isaiah 42:8
“I am the Lord, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, Nor My praise to graven images.

Deuteronomy 4:15-16 
“So watch yourselves carefully, since you did not see any form on the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire, 16 so that you do not act corruptly and make a graven image for yourselves in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female

Catholics decree that mary was a perpetual virgin in the Second Council of Constantinople. This is a contradiction of scriptures clear statements that Christ had siblings. 
Joseph took Mary as his wife but did not consummate the marriage until after Christ was born. 

Matthew 13:55
Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

Mark 6:3
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us?” And they took offense at Him.

Galatians 1:19
 But I did not see any other of the apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.

Luke 8:19-21
And His mother and brothers came to Him, and they were unable to get to Him because of the crowd. 20 And it was reported to Him, “Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wishing to see You.” 21 But He answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.”

Matthew 1:24-25
 And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife 25 but kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name Jesus.

"If anyone shall not call in a true acceptation, but only in a false acceptation, the holy, glorious, and ever-virgin Mary, the Mother of God, or shall call her so only in a relative sense, believing that she bare only a simple man and that God the word was not incarnate of her, but that the incarnation of God the Word resulted only from the fact that he united himself to that man who was born [of her]; if he shall calumniate the Holy Synod of Chalcedon as though it had asserted the Virgin to be Mother of God according to the impious sense of Theodore; or if anyone shall call her the mother of a man (ἀνθρωποτόκον) or the Mother of Christ (Χριστοτόκον), as if Christ were not God, and shall not confess that she is exactly and truly the Mother of God, because that God the Word who before all ages was begotten of the Father was in these last days made flesh and born of her, and if anyone shall not confess that in this sense the holy Synod of Chalcedon acknowledged her to be the Mother of God: let him be anathema." - The Capitula of the Second Council of Constantinople

Peter was married contrary to the position of the Pope/ papacy. The Pope is forbidden from marriage in contradiction to the scriptures. 

Matthew 8:14
And when Jesus entered Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever. 

1 Corinthians 9:5
Do we not have the right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas

1 Timothy 4:1-4
Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, 2 through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, 3 who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

Peter is contrary to the Pope in that he had no crown, or riches as the Pope has great wealth and sits on a throne with a papal tiara 

Acts 3:6
6 But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!”

Peter speaks against the futility of  the system of traditions that people have instituted but the Pope implements this system. 

1 Peter 1:18
 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold

Peter refuses that men bow or "venerate" him but the Catholic custom is to bow to the Pope and kiss his ring

Acts 10:25-26
 25 When Peter entered, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him. 26 But Peter lifted him up, saying, “Stand up; I too am a man.”

Roman Catholic church forbade laypeople from reading scripture in (Council of Toulouse, 1229) in order to establish their own authority and shield from accountability. Scripture counters this and affirms that the individual with the scriptures is able through God's anointing to  discern God's will. 

1 John 2:20-27

20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know. 21 I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie is of the truth. 22 Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. 23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also. 24 As for you, let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.

25 This is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life.

26 These things I have written to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you. 27 As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him.

John 14:26
26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

John 14:17 
 17 that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.

The intercession of prayer by Mary or other dead Saints is counter scripture. We have direct access to God and only one mediator- Christ. 

Matthew 6:6
6 But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you

Philippians 4:6-7

6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 2:5
 5 For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus

Romans 8:26-27
 26 In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; 27 and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

Catholics contradict themselves with scripture when they inappropriately cite 2 Thessalonians 2:15 as being affirmation of Catholic tradition and then reject the practices and traditions of the scriptures by council decrees. 

The Church of Rome ( Catholics) made the following declarations in the city of Laodicea:  Council of Laodicea in 363 A.D

Canon 29: Christians must not judaize by resting on the Sabbath, but must work on that day, rather honoring the Lord's Day [Sunday]; and, if they can, resting then as Christians. But if any shall be found judaizers, let them be anathema (detestable) from Christ.

Canon 37-39: It is not lawful to receive portions sent from the feasts of Jews or heretics, nor to feast together with them. (God’s Holy Days) 

It is not lawful to receive unleavened bread from the Jews, nor to be partakers of their impiety.Thou shalt not keep feasts with Hebrews or heretics, nor receive festival offerings from them. Light hath no communion with darkness. Therefore no Christian should celebrate a feast with heretics or Jews, neither should he receive anything connected with these feasts such unleavened bread and the like."

If Apostolic succession were the baseline of accepting all doctrine rather than the scriptures themselves, Paul would not have given  a warning in Galatians 1:8 that even if "we" give a different gospel do not follow it. 1 John 3 also give a warning of those who were with them but became apostate. 

Galatians 1:8
8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed! 

1 John 2:18-19
18 Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us. 20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know.

Acts 20:29-31
29 I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; 30 and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. 31 Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for a period of three years I did not cease to admonish each one with tears

 

The argument that there are many protestant churches that are not walking in accordance to right teaching as the scriptures and the gospels prescribe- therefor the catholic church and the infallibility of the pope is required, ultimately ignore scandals involving the catholic church itself.

• The selling of indulgences 
• Molestation and sexual abuse scandals 

 Quote of the Pope that contradict scripture and his own "infallibility" 

 “You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others.” - Pope Francis 

1 Kings 18:27
27 It came about at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, “Call out with a loud voice, for he is a god; either he is occupied or gone aside, or is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and needs to be awakened.”

 

Many Catholics teach a salvation by works and the selling of indulgences contradicts this gift.

Colossians 2:14
14 having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.

Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Ephesians 2:8-9
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.

 Catholic Catechism teaches that one must be Catholic to be saved, and agree with its infallibility. 

The insistence of the 14. This Sacred Council wishes to turn its attention firstly to the Catholic faithful. Basing itself upon Sacred Scripture and Tradition, it teaches that the Church, now sojourning on earth as an exile, is necessary for salvation. Christ, present to us in His Body, which is the Church, is the one Mediator and the unique way of salvation. In explicit terms He Himself affirmed the necessity of faith and baptism(124) and thereby affirmed also the necessity of the Church, for through baptism as through a door men enter the Church. Whosoever, therefore, knowing that the Catholic Church was made necessary by Christ, would refuse to enter or to remain in it, could not be saved. They are fully incorporated in the society of the Church who, possessing the Spirit of Christ accept her entire system and all the means of salvation given to her, and are united with her as part of her visible bodily structure and through her with Christ, who rules her through the Supreme Pontiff and the bishops. He is not saved, however, who, though part of the body of the Church, does not persevere in charity. He remains indeed in the bosom of the Church, but, as it were, only in a "bodily" manner and not "in his heart."(12*) All the Church's children should remember that their exalted status is to be attributed not to their own merits but to the special grace of Christ. If they fail moreover to respond to that grace in thought, word and deed, not only shall they not be saved but they will be the more severely judged.(13*)

This decree would then render Christ's promise to the thief on the cross invalid as the thief had no occasion for charity. Also of note, this expressly states that the Supreme Pontiff is not Christ but man. The Title of "Pontiff" or "Pontifex Maximus" literally translates to "greatest bridge-builder" or "supreme bridge-builder" and was applied political figures just as Julius Caesar before Christ, and noted Pagan emperor Constantine. To apply the title of "supreme bridge builder" between heaven and earth and apply it to men is to remove it from Christ. 

 John 1:51 And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

2 Thessalonians 2:3-12
3 Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, 4 who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. 5 Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? 6 And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming. 9 The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, 10 and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, 12 in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness

"The early church at Jerusalem did not rally around Peter—it rallied under James (Acts 15:13–19).Aramaic arguments fall apart when we examine the Greek New Testament, which the Holy Spirit preserved—not a reconstructed Aramaic assumption. An appeal to Tertullian backfires—Tertullian left the Church of Rome, rejected its growing claims, and even denied the validity of post-apostolic bishops assuming universal authority.FACT: There is not a single ecumenical council in the first 300 years that ever gave Peter a monarchical role over all Christendom."

Rosary which includes repetitious prayers to mary is contrary to scripture. 

Matthew 6:7
7 “And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words. 8 So do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

All living Christians in the church are called saints in Corinth, Ephesians, Philippians, and Romans. This is contrast to the Catholic teaching that specific people are saints. 

Corinthians 1:2
"To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours" 1 

Ephesians 1:1
"Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are at Ephesus and who are faithful in Christ Jesus" 

Philippians 1:1
"Paul and Timothy, bond-servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, including the overseers and deacons" 

Romans 1:7
"to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ." Romans 1:7

The Catholic church prohibits clergy from marrying in contradiction to the qualifications of scriptural mandate 

1 Timothy 3:2-5 
2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money. 4 He must be one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity 5 (but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?)

Council of Elvira (circa 305 AD): This early synod in Spain issued a decree forbidding bishops, priests, and deacons from having conjugal relations with their wives and having children.

Council of Ancyra (circa 314 AD): Stated that deacons who married after ordination would lose their deaconate.

Council of Neocaesarea (circa 315 AD): Declared that a priest who married would be removed from the clergy ranks.

Pope Siricius (late 4th century): Issued the Directa Decretal, emphasizing the requirement of perpetual continence for priests and bishops. He maintained that this was not a new ruling but a reaffirmation of long-established Church rules. 

First Lateran Council (1123): Decreed that clerical marriages were invalid.

Second Lateran Council (1139): Confirmed the decree of the First Lateran Council.

Council of Trent (16th century): Reaffirmed the law of clerical celibacy in response to the Protestant Reformation, which rejected it.

1 Timothy 4:1-3 
But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons, 2 by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron, 3 men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth.

 

A Kingdom Divided ?

 This is the passage that brought this post to fruition, as disagreement arose in the Bible study I attend each week with someone I respect. 

Matthew 12
25 And knowing their thoughts Jesus said to them, “Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and any city or house divided against itself will not stand. 26 If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand? 27 If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges. 28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

I brought up the point that there are many that think that Christ somehow rescinded God's commands and made many of them obsolete- effectual abolishment.  I pointed out that if we think this of Christ, then this innately puts Christ as in division with the Father. It also causes problems if we hold to this notion as Christ states that He only does what the Father instructs. 

John 8:28 
28 So Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me.

 John 12:49
49 For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak.

Furthermore there comes an even greater issue that arises if we were to believe that Christ is rendering the Law obsolete, because ...well... He's the one that gave it. 

 Colossians  2:9 
9 For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form

But how do we know for certain that Christ DIDN'T in fact change Divine law? Well for starters He tells us directly to NOT think that He did that. 

Matthew 5:17-19
17 “Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. 18 For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 19 Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

 Have heaven and earth passed away according to 2 Peter 3 or Revelation 21?

2 Peter 3:11-13
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up.11 Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat! 13 But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

Revelation 21:1-4
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, 4 and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.”

 They have not. They have not perished and melted away with intense heat, there is still a sea, people still die, not every tear has been yet wiped away. Since they have not, should we obey Christ and continue teaching people to obey God's Law in response to faith in Him as we ourselves obey it? Yeah, we probably should. When we see Christs words here in Matthew 5 that say "Not the smallest stroke of a pen/ jot or tittle shall disappear until all is accomplished" that means that when we classify certain parts of His Divine Law as being done away with/ abolished/ effectually abolished by redefining the word fulfilled as contradiction the command to do and teach them- then what we are saying is that those laws are the smallest strokes. When we say that they're done away with as the smallest strokes, it is in direct opposition to what Christ has said. We might not like it, it may not sit well with other doctrines we may hold, but we ARE to conform our beliefs the the fullness of God's word.  

Some object here. They might have an objection and state "sacrifices ended at the cross, Christ stopped all sacrifices- read Hebrews" and while I understand their objection and even see that there is much that people do not understand about sacrifices and the sacrificial system I must assure that I have read Hebrews. I have also reconciled various passages to the fullness of scripture with Christ at the center. One of the objections that I tried to make from the word of God to the idea that sacrifices in their entirety have ceased, is when I brought up the point that Paul performed them in Acts 21 for the EXPRESS PURPOSE of showing that the Law of God wasn't made as not to be observed. 

Acts 21
18 And the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present. 19 After he had greeted them, he began to relate one by one the things which God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry. 20 And when they heard it they began glorifying God; and they said to him, “You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the Law; 21 and they have been told about you, that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs. 22 What, then, is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come. 23 Therefore do this that we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow; 24 take them and purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads; and all will know that there is nothing to the things which they have been told about you, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Law.

1. Paul is testifying of believers who are coming to faith and they are keeping the Law of God. That is important since before we were saved we were Law breakers and by God's grace through faith He's allowed repentance from sin which is Lawlessness - that once we are saved we might walk in obedience.  
2. The new believers that were obeying God's Law were being told that Paul for some reasons was teaching people to NOT be obedient to the commands of God 
3. a Vow as outlined in numbers 6 includes Sacrifices. 
4. Paul is instructed to combat the very idea that Paul is teaching people to NOT obey God's law. 
5. Paul is told to perform sacrifices to show everyone that the LIES ABOUT HIM TELLING PEOPLE NOT TO OBEY GODS COMMANDMENTS ARE FALSE

So, what does Paul do? 

Acts 21:26
26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day, purifying himself along with them, went into the temple giving notice of the completion of the days of purification, until the sacrifice was offered for each one of them.

Paul obeyed the Law of God and offered sacrifices to prove that He is teaching people who are saved that they are still to be obedient to God.  This was James, the brother of Christs solution, and Paul followed it. Another matter we have to contend with in the full reasoning of scripture is the prophetic matters regarding the return of Christ 

Isaiah 56:4-8
For thus says the Lord, “To the eunuchs who keep My sabbaths, And choose what pleases Me, And hold fast My covenant, 5 To them I will give in My house and within My walls a memorial, And a name better than that of sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name which will not be cut off. 6 “Also the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, To minister to Him, and to love the name of the Lord, To be His servants, every one who keeps from profaning the sabbath And holds fast My covenant; 7 Even those I will bring to My holy mountain And make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar; For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.” 8 The Lord God, who gathers the dispersed of Israel, declares, “Yet others I will gather to them, to those already gathered.”

If we were to surmise that this has occurred already then we would need to pinpoint when these gentiles were gathered to Israel and brought to His holy mountain to offer their sacrifices.  If we agree that it hasn't yet happened, then we must reason that the sacrificial attributes will likely resume in the Millennial reign. In fact, that's what This passages states 

Zechariah 14:3-21
3 Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations, as when He fights on a day of battle. 4 In that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley, so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south. 5 You will flee by the valley of My mountains, for the valley of the mountains will reach to Azel; yes, you will flee just as you fled before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the Lord, my God, will come, and all the holy ones with Him! 6 In that day there will be no light; the luminaries will dwindle. 7 For it will be a unique day which is known to the Lord, neither day nor night, but it will come about that at evening time there will be light. 8 And in that day living waters will flow out of Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea; it will be in summer as well as in winter. 9 And the Lord will be king over all the earth; in that day the Lord will be the only one, and His name the only one. 10 All the land will be changed into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; but Jerusalem will rise and remain on its site from Benjamin’s Gate as far as the place of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s wine presses. 11 People will live in it, and there will no longer be a curse, for Jerusalem will dwell in security. 12 Now this will be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem; their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongue will rot in their mouth. 13 It will come about in that day that a great panic from the Lord will fall on them; and they will seize one another’s hand, and the hand of one will be lifted against the hand of another. 14 Judah also will fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be gathered, gold and silver and garments in great abundance. 15 So also like this plague will be the plague on the horse, the mule, the camel, the donkey and all the cattle that will be in those camps. 16 Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths. 17 And it will be that whichever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, there will be no rain on them. 18 If the family of Egypt does not go up or enter, then no rain will fall on them; it will be the plague with which the Lord smites the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Booths. 19 This will be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Booths. 20 In that day there will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, “HOLY TO THE LORD.” And the cooking pots in the Lord’s house will be like the bowls before the altar. 21 Every cooking pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to the Lord of hosts; and all who sacrifice will come and take of them and boil in them. And there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts in that day.

1. Christ will return and split the Mount of Olives - which hasn't happened yet. 
2. It is a unique day in which there will be no light - which hasn't happened yet.
3. we will be worshipping Christ during the Feast of Booths- not everyone is doing this yet
4. Jerusalem will live in security- we know that hasn't happened yet with rockets raining down every 20 minutes or so 
5. God sends plagues on those that don't worship at the Feast of Booths- I don't think this is happened yet 
6.  all the horses will have bells inscribed HOLY TO THE LORD- hasn't happened yet
7. There will be sacrifices boiled in that day - which hasn't happened yet. 

So, did the Sacrifices go away at the cross just to come back again in the millennial reign?
I don't think so.  Why don't we perform sacrifices? Because it would be a sin for us to do so outside the way that God commands them to be done, where they are to be done, who they are to be done by and how they to be done, what they were done for. Consider this passage about the End Times

Isaiah 66:20-24
20 Then they shall bring all your brethren from all the nations as a grain offering to the Lord, on horses, in chariots, in litters, on mules and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the Lord, “just as the sons of Israel bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord. 21 I will also take some of them for priests and for Levites,” says the Lord. 22 “For just as the new heavens and the new earth Which I make will endure before Me,” declares the Lord, “So your offspring and your name will endure. 23 “And it shall be from new moon to new moon And from sabbath to sabbath, All mankind will come to bow down before Me,” says the Lord. 24 “Then they will go forth and look On the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me. For their worm will not die And their fire will not be quenched; And they will be an abhorrence to all mankind.”

1. Isaiah 66 in speaking of the end times mentions the same elements of Zechariah 14, with the horses, the same gathering as isaiah 56 as gathering to His holy mountain
2. Christ takes people to be levites and priests. This should prove that the sacrifices will resume again as Priests and Levites will resume.  

So, what do we do with Hebrews and the verses that people interpret as being as Christ disregarding?
One element of the commands of God can be explained simply. 

If a priest has sin- then offer X

Hebrews 8 in speaking on priests ( and faulty priests) writes the example regardings offerings that priests need to offer if they have sin. But if a High Priest (in heaven) say didn't have sin then it would read this way

If priest has sin- then offer X
If a priest has no sin- then offering of X is not offered.  

Does this mean that the command for the offering of sin for the priests has been done away with or discarded? No.  It does mean that the clause provision of the offering has enacted. 

If I were to say, "If the tire pops, replace it with this new tire every year"  This condition is only for if that tire pops. If the tire never pops, did the instruction cease? Did it get discarded? No. Did the tire get replaced? No. I want you to read Hebrews 8 and note that the word "covenant" is not in verse 7 or 13 in the greek, but was added by translators. 

Hebrews 8
Now the main point in what has been said is this: we have such a high priest, who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, 2 a minister in the sanctuary and in the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man. 3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer. 4 Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since there are those who offer the gifts according to the Law; 5 who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was warned by God when he was about to erect the tabernacle; for, “See,” He says, “that you make all things according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.” 6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.

7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion sought for a second. 8 For finding fault with them, He says, “Behold, days are coming, says the Lord, When I will effect a new covenant With the house of Israel and with the house of Judah; 9 Not like the covenant which I made with their fathers On the day when I took them by the hand To lead them out of the land of Egypt; For they did not continue in My covenant, And I did not care for them, says the Lord. 10 “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel After those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their minds, And I will write them on their hearts. And I will be their God, And they shall be My people. 11 “And they shall not teach everyone his fellow citizen, And everyone his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ For all will know Me, From the least to the greatest of them. 12 “For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And I will remember their sins no more.” 13 When He said, “A new covenant,” He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear.

1. The subject is a Priesthood and a better High Priest
2. He is a minister in a better sanctuary 
3. If He was on earth He would not be a priest because on earth there are faulty Levites who struggle with sin.  This is not a statement that Christ has done away with the Law, its a statement that the Law still exists. 
4. Covenant is not in verse 7 so finding fault with them would be the priests who are sinful. 
5. the new covenant is different because  we don't break the new one like they did in egypt. 
6. God finds fault with these Priests because they didn't continue in His covenant. 
7. He didn't care for them because they didn't observe His laws and instead went astray. 
8. God writes His law on the hearts and minds of those in the New Covenant when we don't have sin anymore, and He takes us in a resurrection for priests and levites. He didn't discard or abolish the commands, He's making it so that we can keep them. He's not dismissing the jot or tittles or smalles strokes, He's finding fault with those that rebel against them. 
9. We wont have to say "know the Lord" in that time when we no longer struggle against sin because everyone will already. 
10. God won't hold our previous iniquities or our past sins against us. 
11. in verse 13, the word covenant isn't there and what is passing away is the priesthood that was faulty with priests that have sin. We're going to become the tire that doesn't pop. 

This context is what is said in

 Revelation 21:5-7
5 And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” And He *said, “Write, for these words are faithful and true.” 6 Then He said to me, “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost. 7 He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son.

God is making it so we're not going to struggle with sin, so that we can be priests and levites, overcoming and be children of God. 

Revelation 1:5-6 
 5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood— 6 and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. 

He's made us to be priests. 


1 Peter 3:3-9

3 if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord. As Living Stones 4 And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God, 5 you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 For this is contained in Scripture: “Behold, I lay in Zion a choice stone, a precious corner stone, And he who believes in Him will not be disappointed.” 7 This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve, “The stone which the builders rejected, This became the very corner stone,” 8 and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense”; for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed. 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

He has made us to be priests. 

Exodus 19:5-6
  5 Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine; 6 and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel.”

He made them to be a kingdom of priests but they rebelled and were faulty and chose sin

Isaiah 61:4-11
Then they will rebuild the ancient ruins, They will raise up the former devastations; And they will repair the ruined cities, The desolations of many generations. 5 Strangers will stand and pasture your flocks, And foreigners will be your farmers and your vinedressers. 6 But you will be called the priests of the Lord; You will be spoken of as ministers of our God. You will eat the wealth of nations, And in their riches you will boast. 7 Instead of your shame you will have a double portion, And instead of humiliation they will shout for joy over their portion. Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land, Everlasting joy will be theirs. 8 For I, the Lord, love justice, I hate robbery in the burnt offering; And I will faithfully give them their recompense And make an everlasting covenant with them. 9 Then their offspring will be known among the nations, And their descendants in the midst of the peoples. All who see them will recognize them Because they are the offspring whom the Lord has blessed. 10 I will rejoice greatly in the Lord, My soul will exult in my God; For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. 11 For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, And as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up, So the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise To spring up before all the nations.

These priests, Us, we're going to be the ones in the everlasting covenant. That renewed covenant.  The ones who are ministering to God as His possessions and children. We will be these priests.  
SO, while there is much misunderstanding about sacrifices, the everlasting covenant/renewed covenant we see that WE are the priests who don't despise God and love sin more than Him 

Isaiah 24:1-6
Behold, the Lord lays the earth waste, devastates it, distorts its surface and scatters its inhabitants. 2 And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the maid like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the creditor like the debtor. 3 The earth will be completely laid waste and completely despoiled, for the Lord has spoken this word. 4 The earth mourns and withers, the world fades and withers, the exalted of the people of the earth fade away. 5 The earth is also polluted by its inhabitants, for they transgressed laws, violated statutes, broke the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and those who live in it are held guilty. Therefore, the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left.

 The earth is polluted. The priests don't love God nor His laws. They broke the EVERLASTING COVENANT. God's new covenant is better priests, and we don't break it. Its in the New heaven and New earth which haven't come yet.  Matthew 5:17-19 is Christ telling us that we're going to be wheels that don't pop, so don't think that He's getting rid of the whole car. 


The whole priesthood dynamic is even greater than this and if you want a video on Hebrews instead (which I have read many times friends) there are some Here , Here too, and also Here