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If your sins had been forgiven, and you were clean, then you could toss your doctor's phone number. Reality trumps delusion. According to Yeshua, the world is living under the "ruler of the world", and apparently, he has deceived those "who dwell on the earth" (Revelation 13:14).
You miss the point every time, when was your last offering for sin made by the High Priest performed and the blood offered for you in the Holy of Holies?
If you believe that verse is about Satan that makes absolutely no sense, because Christians believe that Satan is already in the world, not that Satan is "coming."
Unless you believe it is literal, as if David will be king again -- (and prince) -- it is obviously symbolic.
If I thought every sect and religion had the truth, I'd feel free to believe anything. But I don't because I have studied the Bible for a while now and am still learning. It's similar to beliefs about hell, and the trinity and many other things. If I thought every religion had the "truth" about these things, I guess I would live anywhere...in a manner of speaking.
But you believe false ideas that other theists have told you are true. You reject what educated people explain to you. That is a bad state to live in.
You don't seem to have ever studied the Bible from a factual approach, only one that makes assumptions about the Bible being true. That makes it questionable and invalid from a rational perspective.
Given so many religions exist, and all of them invalidate each other, it's more likely that none of them are true at face value. None of them are based on fact, nor have beliefs based on reason. That you have your learned religious affiliation is as valid as some Muslim who learned their religious belief.
We all make choices.
Matthew 1 went out of its way to say that Yeshua, who claimed to be the "son of man" was the seed of David. Yeshua claimed that the "son of man" would return "immediately after the tribulation" (Matthew 24:29), which has not occurred as of today. As for Ezekiel 37, it is dependent on Ezekiel 36, whereas the "house of Israel" would be taken "from the nations" and brought "to your own land" ("land given to Jacob"), now known as Israel. As with Joel 3:1-2, that starts with the restoration of Judah/Jews and Jerusalem, which is happening today, and is described in Zechariah 12, as Judah/Jews being a fire brand among "sheaves" (their neighbors), as is being carried out today, and was pointed out vigorously in the 1967 Israeli war. Ephraim, the lost 10 tribes, remains separate from Judah, and will not be reunited with Judah, until the time of Ezekiel 37, at a time when the land given to Jacob has been reclaimed, for them both to settle on, under a "covenant of peace" (Ezekiel 37:26) "forever". Yeshua gave his message, in alignment with Isaiah 6:9, in parables, so that those without ears could not understand. Apparently, Daniel, Isaiah and Ezekiel worked in a parallel universe. With respect to Daniel 12:10, the "wicked", those who commit lawlessness, which would include the followers of the false gospel of grace, of the false prophet Paul, would not understand. Parables use symbology, but for those with ears to hear, and eyes to see (Isaiah 6:9 & Matthew 13:13-14),, they are understood in reality.
Yeshua stated that the "ruler was coming" while he was getting ready to leave the earth. The ruler of the world is Satan/dragon, who is the Lord of the world, and who gives his authority to the "beast" (Revelation 13), who sits on the "harlot"/Babylon, whose daughters are also represented by the "Christian" churches, of which many of the Protestant churches claim Babylon to be the Roman Catholic church, without acknowledging that they are daughters of the Roman Catholic churches. Not that Babylon is in fact the RCC, but she would be among the oldest of the daughters of Babylon. When the father of the "Christian" church, Paul, found himself in danger while in Jerusalem, he called on his Lord Caesar (horn of the beast) for protection. The devil/Satan/demons were present at the time of Yeshua, but their bulwark became complete following Yeshua going away, whereas the Roman church, was built on the authority of the "beast with two horns like a lamb", Constantine, whose authority came from the "dragon"/"devil" (Revelation 13). Their doctrines, the Trinity, and the day of the sun (Sunday) being the day of rest, were decrees set by Constantine in 321 and 325 A.D. Those with the mark of the beast, shall drink from the cup of God's anger/wrath (Revelation 14:10)
You are using circular logic. The unknown author of Acts was supposedly a comrade of Paul, some part time historian, who took unattributed statements from different people. Many of those statements not being aligned with other statements. As for Peter, the "worthless shepherd" of Zechariah 11:17, he was the result of Yeshua fulfilling the Law and the prophets (Mt 5), with respect to Zechariah 11:16-17 and Isaiah 22:15-25. As for Paul and circumcision, according to Galatians 2, he circumcised his Gentile friend under pressure from the "presumed" "pillars" of the faith. As for why Paul had problems with "circumcision", that was in line with Zechariah 11:10, whereas the "shepherd"/"Favor"/Paul, one of the two shepherds the LORD chose to "shepherd"/"pasture" the "flock (church) doomed for destruction" (Zechariah 11:7), would try and cancel the covenant made with the peoples (Zech 11:10), which was circumcision, a covenant made with Abraham, whose name means father of the peoples/nations. Your quote was supposedly from Luke. Are you saying Luke was a prophet of God? As for what was said in Acts, do you avoid food that was strangled or from blood, or from eating things sacrificed to idols, which apparently Paul didn't, as he didn't believe in other gods, so he could eat want he wants because of his great faith.
We all have our beliefs. I do not believe that the prince of this world is Satan. I believe it is Baha'u'llah.
You have some problems with that seen as the Apostles are the 12 foundations of the walls in the new Jerusalem, the Bride of Christ.
The sin offering in the "holy of holies" happens only at the high holy sabbath of the feast of Atonement, which does and did not happen on Passover, or on the feast of unleavened bread. The feast of Atonement happens in the fall, just preceding Sukkot, not in the spring. Sukkot would be the final harvest, which symbolically, hasn't happened. Yeshua pointed out that forgiving sin and healing are the same. As James noted, to be healed, as was done in the time of Elijah, simply confess your sins and get someone who is righteous to pray for your forgiveness. Someone who is righteous is with God, and as said by Yeshua, you will do greater thing than I, once I leave. Someone who sins is separated from God (Isaiah 59:2), and his prayers are apparently not heard.
So you only believe you have to obey some of the law of Moses and that is what’s convenient for you.
I thought Baha was discredited by his fellow Muslims and was locked up. As I don't know much more than that, I will have to ask you to tell me who this ruler of the world is, and hopefully in 30 words or less. And what section of the world does he rule? Your Baha quotes seem to be without any meaning.
The Law, as in the Commandments, the 10 Commandments, are for every person (Ecclesiastes 12:13). Now, Israel, as a holy people, are held to greater standards. You apparently don't subscribe to the basic 10 Commandments, which pertain to "every person". How is that working? According to the "Word of God", per Zechariah 14:16, the nations that survives God's judgment will keep laws given by Moses, because they will all keep the feast of Booths, every year, or get no rain. How say you? Is your rain barrel full?