Had it not been for the Messiah, this statement would be true. However, according to Romans 11:17, we the wild branch have been grafted into the olive tree (Israel). Shouldn't we resemble the olive tree, instead of the olive tree resembling the wild branch?

• Acts 6:13-14
• Acts 21:28

His work of redemption was finished on Golgotha. However, it has also been prophesied that Messiah will restore the kingdom. Note the question asked in Acts 1:6. This is also mentioned in Luke 1:33.

This passage is yet to be fulfilled:

‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; That He may teach us concerning His ways And that we may walk in His paths.’ For the law will go forth from Zion And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

Isaiah 2:3 (NASB)

You may also enjoy reading Ezekiel 37. It is a wonderful promise of how the Messiah will be restoring the fallen tent of David.

The message is that we are saved by grace and not by the works of the Law. Those of “The Circumcision” (see Acts 15) were attempting to deceive new believers into thinking that the atoning work of the Father’s Passover Lamb (Jesus/Yeshua) on Golgotha was insufficient when it came to salvation. They were attempting to place the traditions of men on these new believers. Please refer to Colossians 2:8.

Absolutely, but what is the curse of the Law?

but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die.

Genesis 2:17 (NASB)

The curse involved physical death, but spiritually speaking it also meant separation from the Heavenly Father. Our Savior died in our place as the ultimate Passover Lamb setting us free from that curse!

Here is a wonderful teaching on the subject:

If the Christians are right, and the Torah and the Prophets were annulled, then why does Shaul tell us that the festivals are prophetic shadows of things still to come? That is what Colossians 2:16-17 says, although most people do not realize it because of errors in most English translations. For example, the KJV supplies two words (days, and is) in italics:

16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moons, or of the Sabbath days:
17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.

Colossians 2:16-17 (KJV)

With the addition of these two italicized words, the KJV makes it sound like we should never let a brother judge us according to what we eat or drink, or what days we keep for worship. It makes it sound like it makes no difference whether we keep the same days of worship the apostles kept, or whether we keep Sunday, Easter, Christmas, Ramadan, or the Chinese New Year, because (after all) the body is of Messiah. However, Scripture tells us we are not supposed to add or take away from His words—and that if we change His words, then we are not obeying His commandments, but our own. For example,

2 "You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your Elohim, which I command you."

Devarim (Deuteronomy) 4:2

Since we are not supposed to add to His word, let's take the words days and is back out, and see what difference it makes. Here is the same passage with those two words omitted.

16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moons, or of the Sabbath: which are a shadow of things to come; but the body of Christ.

Colossians 2:16-17 (KJV, no added words)

If we read this passage closely, we will see that there are three main ideas mentioned here (1-2-3):

1. Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moons, or of the Sabbath
2. which are a [prophetic] shadow of things [still] to come
3. but the Body of [Messiah]

If we rearrange the clauses to make the English read better (3-2-1), we find that Shaul really said to let the body of Messiah judge us in meat, in drink, or in respect of a Sabbath or festival day, because the festivals are prophetic shadow pictures of things still to come.

16 Let no man but the Body of Messiah judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moons, or of the Sabbath; for the festivals are shadows of things [still] to come.

Qolossim (Colossians) 2:16-17 (Re-ordered)

Rather than telling us that the festivals do not matter anymore (and that we can do what we want), Shaul is actually saying that we should keep the Sabbath, the festivals, and the new moon days, because they are prophetic shadows of future events.

- Norman B. Willis, Nazarene Israel (v4.0), p. 58-60

Please read the prophetic passage found in Isaiah 66:22-23. With anticipation we look forward to the day when all the world observes His ordinances.

"In the church today, one often hears the mantra, 'God is doing a new thing.'...I believe that God is doing an old thing. God, who never changes, is pouring out the same message He has always delivered through His holy prophets; 'Return to My Torah. Obey My commandments.'...Around the world, spontaneously and simultaneously, believers are rediscovering the Torah. They are asking questions. They are seeking answers....For the first time in almost 2,000 years, believers are taking on the Master's easy yoke. It is not a matter of legalism or heavy bondage; it is a matter of love. "

- D. Thomas Lancaster, Restoration, p. 163