What were the days, months, times, and years that the Galatians were observing that Paul admonished them not to observe?
Galatians 4:10 cannot be read out of context from Galatians 4:9 and the other verses. The weak and beggarly elements were the Gnostic systems. The Colossian Heresies were different. In Galatia they were propitiating the elements of the universe. The texts in Galatians has nothing to do with the dispute in Colossians 2:16 regarding the keeping of the feasts and the New Moons and Sabbaths.
Galatians 4:10 cannot be read out of context from Galatians 4:9 and the other verses. The weak and beggarly elements were the Gnostic systems. The Colossian Heresies were different. In Galatia they were propitiating the elements of the universe. The texts in Galatians has nothing to do with the dispute in Colossians 2:16 regarding the keeping of the feasts and the New Moons and Sabbaths. In other words, these people were watching astrology for the days and the times of the year and were ruled by the signs. They were turning again to these signs. This was to the assembly in Galatia. The curtain of Herods Temple had signs embroidered on it (cf. Josephus). The influence of Gnosticism in the Church is examined in the papers Vegetarianism and the Bible (No. 183); The Nicolaitans (No. 202); and various papers dealing with the Godhead and also The Soul (No. 92).
