Jesus was 100% Jewish circa year zero. Observed Torah, went to and taught at synagogues, celebrated Hannukkah, ate a kosher diet, etc. But Christians don’t follow Jesus’s own religious practices.

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    This is one of the parts they use. Knowing what to look for I prompted these: Hebrews 8:13: “By calling this covenant ‘new,’ he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear”. Jeremiah 31:31-33: “The days are coming… when I will make a new covenant… I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be My people”. 2 Corinthians 3:6-11: Contrasts the “ministry of death” (Old Covenant) with the more glorious “ministry of the Spirit” (New Covenant). Romans 8:2: “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death”. Galatians 5:4: “You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace”. Colossians 2:16-17: Advises not to be judged by Old Covenant regulations on food, festivals, or Sabbaths, as these were a “shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ”. Matthew 22:36-40: “On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets”. In this passage, Jesus summarizes the entire law into two commands: love God and love your neighbor. Christian theology understands this not as a replacement of the law, but as Jesus revealing its core purpose. The New Covenant, which emphasizes a transformed heart and life by the Holy Spirit, is seen as the means by which believers are now empowered to fulfill this ultimate intent of the law. Acts 15:10-11, 19-20: Documents the conclusion of the Council of Jerusalem, which decided that Gentile believers were saved by grace and were not required to observe most of the Mosaic Law.

    TLDR: New Covenant updated the rules