The End Time Church: From the Cathedrals to the Catacombs

By Dan L. White

Copyright 2019 by Dan L. White, all rights reserved.

Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible (WEB) which is in the public domain.

Chapter 70

Does God Give Authority over His Feasts to the Pharisees?

(Are You Kidding Me?)

Benedict Arnold was an American officer in the Revolution against Britain and a close associate of George Washington. During the war, though, Arnold married into a family of British supporters and socialized with those who were loyal to the British king. His wife even maintained a friendship with the head of British intelligence in the colonies, Major John Andre.

Such close connections with the enemy might have caused Washington some suspicions of Arnold’s dedication to the American cause. In spite of that, Washington put Arnold in charge of the important American fortifications at West Point, New York.

Guess what happened?

Arnold tried to turn West Point over to the British.

The fortuitous capture of Major Andre revealed the plot, West Point was saved, and Benedict Arnold became the most famous traitor in American history.

Should Washington have put Arnold in charge of West Point’s defense, in spite of his camaraderie with the enemy?

No. That was a big mistake and a military disaster was avoided only by a lucky break.

Many Feast observers believe that God puts the Pharisees in charge of His festivals. Is that like putting Benedict Arnold in charge of West Point?

Who are the Pharisees?

God’s enemies.

Mainstream Judaism believes that God gave authority over His Sabbath and Feasts to the Pharisee rabbis. They revere the rabbis and go by the rabbi rules for those days. And the Pharisee rules about the Feasts, including their calculations of dates, are about as complex and confusing as their rules about the Sabbath.

Most Christian and Messianic Feast observers do not accept Pharisee Sabbath rules. They do not light Sabbath candles, they do read electronic Bibles on the Sabbath and they do write Sabbath sermon notes with a pen. However, despite ignoring rabbi Sabbath rules, they generally believe that God gave the Pharisees authority over the Feasts. They believe that the Pharisee calculations set the holy days, and that certain rabbinical traditions should be carried out during the Feasts.

It’s obviously inconsistent to accept Pharisee authority over the Feasts and not over the Sabbath. Since the Sabbath is the first Feast named in Leviticus 23, if God gave authority to the Pharisees to set Feast rules, they would also have authority to set Sabbath rules.

And if the Pharisees have authority to set the Feast dates and ceremonies, then why wouldn’t the rest of their rules about the Feasts apply? Such as not reading a laptop Bible or taking notes with a pen or turning on a light to read on a holy day.

Yeshua’s earthly teaching period was centered around the Feasts. Did Christ obey the Pharisee Feast rules?

No.

At the time when Yeshua walked the earth, Pharisees did not rule the Feasts. The Temple had not fallen, the priests still served at the Temple, and the Pharisees did not unilaterally rule Judaism. The Feasts that Yeshua and the first flock kept were not set by the Pharisees. Their Feast rules came much, much later.

Most people are not aware that Judaism is the Pharisees. Saying that God gave the Jews spiritual authority sounds a bit better than saying that God gave the Pharisees authority. As cited earlier, though, Judaism is the Pharisees.

Jewish Encyclopedia, 1910 edition, article Pharisees
”…with the destruction of the Temple the Sadducees disappeared altogether, leaving the regulation of all Jewish affairs in the hands of the Pharisees.

Henceforth Jewish life was regulated by the teachings of the Pharisees; the whole history of Judaism was reconstructed from the Pharisaic point of view…”

So saying that God gave the Jews authority over the Feasts is saying that God gave the Pharisees authority over the Feasts. They are Judaism.

Do they have that authority? Does God set the time and conduct of His Feasts by Pharisee rabbi rules?

The Pharisees?

What an incredible proposition! That God sets His holy days by those who murdered His only begotten Son!

That’s as preposterous as saying that God uses Judas to lead His church. During His earthly teaching time, nobody opposed Christ more than the Pharisees. Conversely, Christ condemned the Pharisees more than any other people on earth.

Matt 21:42-45
42) Yeshua said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures, ‘The stone which the builders rejected, the same was made the head of the corner. This was from the Lord. It is marvelous in our eyes?’
43) “Therefore I tell you, the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and will be given to a nation bringing forth its fruit.
44) He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust.”
45) When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke about them.

 Yeah, He did speak about them. “The Kingdom of God will be taken away from you.”

Matt 5:20
For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

So the unrighteousness of the Pharisees will not be in the Kingdom of Heaven.

That presents a festival problem.

God’s Feasts will be kept in the Kingdom of God. But if the unrighteous Pharisees won’t be there, then who will set the annual holy days? When the Feast of Tabernacles is kept by the world right after Christ’s return, will Yeshua keep that Feast by the Pharisee rules — who won’t even be there?

Surely not.

If the Pharisees won’t control the Feasts in the Kingdom of God, should they control them today?

In the Kingdom of God, won’t the holy days be set by the Holy One, who set those days to begin with?

Gen 1:14 Lexham English Bible
14) And God said, “Let there be lights in the vaulted dome of heaven to separate day from night, and let them be as signs and for appointed times, and for days and years…

The Hebrew word for “appointed times,” often rendered in this verse as “seasons,” is “moed.”

H4150 (Mickelson’s Enhanced Strong’s Dictionaries of the Greek and Hebrew Testaments) moed.
1. (properly) an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season.
2. (specifically) a festival.

God set the signs for the festivals, because He is directly in charge of them. The Pharisees, though, say we have to look to them, not God, for discerning the Feast times.

The Pharisees presume to have authority to set God’s holy times, yet Christ said they could not discern the signs of the times.

Matt 16:1-12
1) The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
2) But he answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’
3) In the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can’t discern the signs of the times!
4) An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” He left them, and departed.
5) The disciples came to the other side and had forgotten to take bread.
6) Yeshua said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
7) They reasoned among themselves, saying, “We brought no bread.”
8) Yeshua, perceiving it, said, “Why do you reason among yourselves, you of little faith, ‘because you have brought no bread?’
9) Don’t you yet perceive, neither remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up?
10) Nor the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up?
11) How is it that you don’t perceive that I didn’t speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
12) Then they understood that he didn’t tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

If the Pharisees did not have the wisdom to figure out that the Son of God was among them, would they have the wisdom to discern when God’s Feasts should be held?

Christ also warned us to beware of the teaching of the Pharisees. That would surely include their teachings on the Feasts.

Yeshua plainly said that the Pharisees are blind.

Matt 15:12-14
12) Then the disciples came, and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended, when they heard this saying?”
13) But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.
14) Leave them alone. They are blind guides of the blind. If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

Surely, God does not use those who are spiritually blind to rule His holiest times. Throughout the Bible, the times when God’s people were closest to Him were at His Feasts. Coming out of Egypt, entering the Promised Land, dedicating the first Temple, Ezra’s Tabernacles after returning from Babylon captivity, Hezekiah’s Passover/Unleavened Bread, Josiah’s Passover/Unleavened Bread, and Yeshua’s Passover sacrifice — those were the highest spiritual times in the Bible, all at festivals.

The Sabbath is extremely important, as it is a memorial and connecting time to the Creator. The Feasts are likewise extremely important, as they teach what God is doing with humankind and with each human. Rome could not really change the Sabbath day and the Pharisees could not change the Feast days. But they both thought they could, because of God’s authority.

“If the blind guide the blind, both will fall into a pit.” Would God use those who are spiritually blind to set His Feasts? Should the times when God’s people are closest to Him be set by those who are farthest from Him?

Common sense says no.

Here is the ultimate problem with having the Pharisees rule the Feasts.

Luke 5:18-21
18) Behold, men brought a paralyzed man on a cot, and they sought to bring him in to lay before Yeshua.
19) Not finding a way to bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his cot into the midst before Yeshua.
20) Seeing their faith, he said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”
21) The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?”

The big insurmountable problem of Pharisees/Judaism is that they do not accept that Yeshua is the Son of God, and is God, and is one with God the Father. How can they set the holy days of God– the Father and the Son — when they don’t even accept the Son as God?

As discussed earlier, the Pharisee rabbi rules for the Sabbath are enormously complex. Even the Judaism site chabad.org describes them as “overwhelming” with “an impossible number of restrictions.”

Guess what?

The Pharisee rules for the Feasts, including their calculations, are the same way.

I once heard a wise man say, “God makes things simple. Man makes things complex.” I have never forgotten that.

Sabbath rules, food rules, Feast rules — nobody complicates things like the Pharisees. Yet that wise man went by the complicated rules of the Pharisee calendar, which he could not figure himself, because he believed that God gave the Pharisees authority over the Feasts.

Over and over Yeshua contended with the Pharisees over who is Lord of the Sabbath, Him or them. He totally disregarded their Sabbath laws and absolutely did not accept that the Pharisees had authority over the Sabbath.

Pharisee authority over the Feasts rests on the same principle as their presumed authority over the Sabbath. That principle is that God gave them authority to change His laws and days. If Christ did not accept Pharisee authority over the Sabbath, it would be totally contradictory for Him to accept Pharisee authority over the Feasts, because the Sabbath is the first Feast.

Yet most Christian and Messianic Feast observers follow the Pharisee Feast rules, in setting the time of the Feasts and in rituals done at the Feasts. They believe the Pharisees — the Jews — have authority to add to God’s laws. They think that God lets the Pharisees undo what He did.

Rome says that God gave the Roman Church authority to nullify the Sabbath. They have a Bible passage to “prove” that. Does the Bible say that God also gave the Pharisees authority to change the Feast days?

The End Time Church: From the Cathedrals to the Catacombs

By Dan L. White

Copyright 2019 by Dan L. White, all rights reserved.

Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible (WEB) which is in the public domain.

Chapter 69

Can the Pharisees Fiddle with the Feasts?

Almost the whole world keeps Rome’s religious days, because of Rome’s authority.

Rome’s days are not taught in the Bible. Rome’s days were not kept by the first flock. Rome’s days, Halloween, Valentine’s, Christmas and Easter, are the same days — renamed — that were kept in pagan Rome. But almost the whole world keeps Rome’s religious days because of Rome’s authority.

And where did Rome get that authority?

They gave it to themselves.

The first flock certainly did not keep Rome’s pagan days. If they wouldn’t eat meat sacrificed to an idol, they certainly wouldn’t keep an idol worship day.

That’s a huge point.

The first flock did not do what Rome did. They did not keep Roman pagan feasts. They still observed what Rome called “Jewish” days.

However, the first flock did not do what the Jews — the Pharisees — did, either.

As covered in a previous chapter, Paul kept the Feasts with Gentiles in their lands, not in Jerusalem. Feasts of the Jews were kept only in Jerusalem, at the Temple. Feasts of the Christians were kept wherever Christians were. So except for the Temple location, Christians would not have kept the “Jewish” Feasts with the anti-Christ Jews. That’s why John wrote of the “feasts of the Jews”, which were kept differently than Feasts of the Christians. Same days, different focus. Christians focused on Yeshua the Messiah; Jews focused on traditions of the rabbis.

Logically then, Christians did not follow Jewish traditions related to the Feasts or Sabbath or foods or dress, or anything else for that matter. Christians followed the Hebrew scriptures. Jews followed the writings of the rabbis, which were honored even above the Bible, since their traditions nullified God’s Commandments.

People often assume that for a Christian to keep the Bible Feasts means learning the junk of Judaism.

Not so.

Judaism is not the answer to humanity’s spiritual problem. Judaism is a fruit of humanity’s spiritual problem. The traditions of the Jews are just human religious rules, based on the authority of the Pharisee rabbis.

Remember that the Pharisees, along with the Sadducees and scribes, rejected their King for Caesar.

“We have no king but Caesar!” John 19:15.

Now was that wisdom?

Hardly. That was the antithesis of sagacity, the epitomical opposite of erudition, and the most woeful lack of wisdom in the history of mankind. The Pharisees rejected their Creator, who came to lead them into God’s Kingdom. In the whole history of humanity, who has made a spiritually stupider decision than those Jews?

Nobody.

So why would anyone want to follow their religious rules? Should an Inuit teach people how to surf? Should a paraplegic teach dancing? Should a deaf-mute give singing lessons? Should Pharisees teach spiritual matters?

No to all the above.

Pharisees became Judaism.

The Sadducees were the priestly party in charge of the Temple. The Pharisees ran the synagogues. This is what Christ said the Pharisees did in their synagogues.

• They sounded a “trumpet” when they did a merciful deed, for their own glory.
• They took the best seats at synagogue and Feasts, for their own glory.
• They loved to stand praying in their synagogues, for their own glory.
• They loved to be called, “rabbi, rabbi,” for their own glory.
• They beat the Christians who met with them on Sabbath.
• They cast Christ’s disciples out of the synagogues.

That was the Pharisees.

When the Temple burned, the Sadducees — the priests — lost their positions. There was no Temple to serve in. That left the Pharisees and their synagogues and they became Judaism.

Jewish Encyclopedia, 1910 edition, article “Pharisees,”
”…with the destruction of the Temple the Sadducees disappeared altogether, leaving the regulation of all Jewish affairs in the hands of the Pharisees.

Henceforth Jewish life was regulated by the teachings of the Pharisees; the whole history of Judaism was reconstructed from the Pharisaic point of view…”

New World Encyclopedia, “Pharisees”, said that the fall of the Temple:
”would place the Pharisees in a position of unrivaled leadership, since the priesthood and its affiliated Sadducean party was left without a base…”

Jerusalem Post, May 26, 2015, “Who Were the Pharisees?”
In Jewish tradition, the Pharisees are forerunners of the rabbis in theology and practice. This group of scribes and teachers established the foundation of Judaism for two millennia and are heroes in Jewish history.

Wikipedia, “Pharisees”, 11/30/2019
After the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, Pharisaic beliefs became the foundational, liturgical and ritualistic basis for Rabbinic Judaism.

The Pharisees became Judaism, and this is how they were.

Isa 29
10) For Yahweh has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes, the prophets; and he has covered your heads, the seers.
11) All vision has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is educated, saying, “Read this, please;” and he says, “I can’t, for it is sealed:”
12) and the book is delivered to one who is not educated, saying,“Read this, please;” and he says,“I can’t read.”
13) The Lord said, “Because this people draws near with their mouth and with their lips to honor me, but they have removed their heart far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men which has been taught;
14) therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will be hidden.”

That was and is the Pharisees and their Jewish traditions — … their fear of me is a commandment of men …the wisdom of their wise men will perish.

So where is Godly wisdom?

Not with the Pharisees!

Mark 7
1) Then the Pharisees, and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem.
2) Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault.
3) (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don’t eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders.
4) They don’t eat when they come from the marketplace, unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.)
5) The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why don’t your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?”
6) He answered them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
7) But in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’
8) “For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men—the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things.”
9) He said to them, “Full well do you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.
10) For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’
11) But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban, that is to say, given to God;”’
12) then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,
13) making void the word of God by your tradition, which you have handed down. You do many things like this.” 

Yeshua specifically taught against Jewish traditions — which teach as doctrines the commandments of men. Nothing in the Bible teaches Christians to keep extra-Biblical Pharisee traditions.

Titus 1
10) For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision,
11) whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain’s sake.
12) One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons.”
13) This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
14) not paying attention to Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn away from the truth. 

The days which Rome keeps are not in the Bible. Likewise the traditions of the Jews are not in the Bible. Both groups taught that truth was not what God said, but what men said God said.

Christ said, “You are not to be called rabbi.” If Yeshua doesn’t even recognize rabbis, does He recognize rabbis’ rules?

Absurd.

Rabbis’ rules are merely “commandments of men” “making void the word of God,” as Christ said; and “Jewish fables and commandments of men who turn away from the truth,” as Paul said.

Such as the Pharisee rules about the weekly Sabbath.

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/shabbats-work-prohibition/

In the Mishnah, the Rabbis enumerated 39 major categories (with hundreds of subcategories) of labor that were forbidden (avot melachah) based on the types of work that were related to the construction of the Tabernacle in the wilderness, which ceased on the Sabbath (Shab. 7:2). 

Activities that cannot be performed on the Sabbath are basic tasks connected with preparing the showbread (sowing, plowing, reaping, binding, threshing, winnowing, selecting, grinding, sifting, kneading, baking), work related to making the coverings in the Tabernacle and the vestments used by the Kohanim (shearing sheep), bleaching, carding (changing tangled or compressed material into separate fibers), dyeing, spinning, stretching (material), making two loops (meshes), threading needles, weaving, separating, tying (a knot), untying (a knot), sewing, tearing, activities concerned with writing and the preparation of parchment from animal skin (trapping or hunting), slaughtering, flaying (skinning), treating skins (curing hides), scraping pelts, marking out (to make ready for cutting), cutting (to shape), writing, erasing, construction (building, demolishing), kindling a flame (lighting, extinguishing), carrying (from private to public domain, and vice versa), and putting the finishing touches to a piece of work already begun before the Sabbath. 

The Rabbis decreed that one not only should avoid forbidden acts but also must not do anything that (1) resembles a prohibited act or could be confused with it, (2) is a habit linked with a prohibited act, or (3) usually leads to performing a prohibited act. 

The rabbinic enactment of measures to prevent these possibilities was termed “putting a fence around the Torah” (Avot 1:1). For example, ripping up a piece of paper was forbidden since it resembles “cutting to shape” or could be confused with it. 

Similarly, agreeing to buy something was prohibited, because most agreements are confirmed in “writing”; climbing a tree is forbidden, because it may lead to breaking twigs or tearing leaves, which could be construed as “reaping” (i.e., separating part of a growing plant from its source). Other activities that by extension are prohibited on the Sabbath include the following:

Adding fresh water to a vase of cut flowers (sowing–any activity that causes or furthers plant growth).

Making a bouquet of flowers (making a sheaf).

Separating good fruit from spoiled fruit (winnowing, selecting, sifting).

Brushing dried mud from boots or clothes (grinding).

Cutting hair or nails (shearing sheep-removing outer covering of a human or animal).

Applying makeup (dyeing).

Braiding hair (weaving).

Drawing blood for a blood test (slaughtering).

Rubbing soap to make lather, applying face cream, polishing shoes, using scouring powder for utensils or other surfaces (scraping-smoothing the surface of any material by grinding, rubbing, or polishing).

Sharpening a pencil (cutting to shape-altering the size or shape of an item to make it better for human use).

Painting, drawing, typing (writing, making durable marks on a durable material).

Tearing through lettering on a package (erasing).

Opening an umbrella or unfolding a screen (building).

Smoking a cigarette, using the telephone (kindling a fire).

Switching off an electric light (extinguishing a fire).

Setting or winding a clock or watch (finishing off).

Wearing eyeglasses not permanently required (carrying from private to public domain and vice versa). 

Muktzeh: “Things You Can’t Even Touch”

Any items that may not be used on the Sabbath may not even be handled on that day, lest one unintentionally perform one of the forbidden types of work. These objects are termed muktzeh, meaning to “set aside” or “store away.” Among the many things considered muktzeh are money and checks; scissors, hammers and saws; pencils and pens; battery-operated toys and flashlights; radios and CDs; telephones and computers; and certain religious objects such as shofar, tefillin, and lulav. Even the Sabbath candlesticks are muktzeh and thus should not be touched on the Sabbath after the candles have been lit. 

Even if not strictly classified as forbidden work, certain “mundane matters” should be avoided on the Sabbath. These include weekday chores (such as packing suitcases and rearranging furniture, which are not in keeping with enjoyment of the restful spirit of the Sabbath), opening mail, and discussing business issues or matters of everyday concern. One is forbidden to even think about or make plans for the week ahead, such as preparing equipment, mapping out a route, readying a briefcase for the next day, or setting the table for a party on Saturday night. 

One of the most memorable Pharisee rules is about how to walk on the Sabbath. Not how far to walk on the Sabbath, but how to walk on the Sabbath.

Based on Isaiah’s exhortation that one “honor it (the Sabbath) by not doing your usual ways” (Isa. 58:13), the Rabbis recommended that a person should even walk differently on the Sabbath, avoiding the long strides and rushing about that characterize the pace of most people on weekdays.

This means that on day 1 through 6, people will walk normally, but on the Sabbath they will mince. Is it true that God meant for people to mince on the Sabbath? Did Christ mince on the Sabbath? He didn’t mince words, but did He mince when He walked?

Probably not.

All those Sabbath rules are the words of men about the word of God. None of those Sabbath rules are in the Bible, but those words of men are treated as laws of God.

How many Sabbath rules are there?

There are 39 basic rules, then each of those rules has multiple rules covering each rule.

Complicated?

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/95907/jewish/The-Shabbat-Laws.htm

The Shabbat laws are quite complex, requiring careful study and a qualified teacher. At first, it’s often overwhelming and seems like an impossible number of restrictions. But spending shabbat with others who are shabbat observant will show you that eventually, you, too, will become comfortable with the Shabbat laws, as long as you realize that becoming shomer shabbat (shabbat observant) is a gradual process rather than an overnight transformation. You will also recognize that the wealth of details provides for a lifetime of scholarship—even those who have been keeping Shabbat for years find that there is always more to learn on this subject.

The Pharisees make the Sabbath a lifelong burden, requiring a lifetime of study, shifting the focus from God to the Pharisees and their rules. You have to have them teach you their rules.

Furthermore, those Sabbath rules of the Pharisees also apply to the Feast days, except the rules for preparing food.

Wikipedia, “Activities prohibited on Sabbath”:

Many of these activities are also prohibited on the Jewish holidays listed in the Torah, although there are significant exceptions permitting carrying and preparing food under specific circumstances.

If it’s wrong to read an electronic Bible on the Sabbath, is it wrong to read the Bible on your computer or phone on a Feast day? If it’s wrong to walk normally on the Sabbath, must you also mince on a Feast day? If it’s sin to use a pen on the Sabbath, is it sin to take sermon notes on a Feast day?

Yes, yes, and yes, according to the Pharisees.

But do rabbi rules really apply to the Sabbath and Feasts? Did God give the Pharisees the authority to set such Feast laws? Do the Pharisees rule the Feasts?