COLOSSIANS 2:11-17 SCRIPTURE CONTEXT (Part 2)
Here we will also look at the within scripture context and compare the NEW TESTAMENT scriptures to what PAUL is referring to in the OLD TESTAMMENT scriptures. The within chapter context we have seen already is not referring to any of God's 10 commandments but the SHADOW laws in ORDINANCES from the MOSAIC BOOK of the law from the OLD COVENANT *DEUTERONOMY 31:24-26; EXODUS 24:7 that point to CIRCUMCISION and a NEW HEART in the NEW COVENANT promise of HEBREWS 8:10-12 and baptism (dying with Christ *ROMANS 6). The same topic of discussion is continuing in COLOSSIANS 2:16-17 which is in reference to the ANNUAL FEAST DAYS of the OLD COVENANT in LEVITICUS 23.
Let's look at the scriptures...
COLOSSIANS 2:16 [16] Let no man therefore judge you in
MEAT, or in
DRINK, or in respect of an
HOLYDAY [FEASTIVALS], or of the
NEW MOON, or of the
SABBATH DAYS <plural>:
PAUL'S within scriptures CONTEXT and use of COLOSSIANS 2:16-17 is in reference to the OLD TESTAMENT scriptures.
EZEKIEL 45:17 [17] And it shall be the prince's part to give
BURNT OFFERINGS, and
MEAT OFFERINGS, and
DRINK OFFERINGS, in the
FEASTS, and in the
NEW MOONS, and in the
SABBATHS, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.
NUMBERS 28 [9] And on the Sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a
MEAT OFFERING, mingled with oil, and the
DRINK OFFERING thereof: [10] This is the burnt offering of
EVERY SABBATH, beside the continual
BURN'T OFFERING, and his
DRINK OFFERING.
ISAIAH 1:10-14 [10] Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.[11] To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD:
I AM FULL OF THE BURNT OFFERINGS of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.[12] When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?[13]
BRING NO MORE VAIN OBLATIONS; incense is an abomination unto me;
THE NEW MOONS AND SABBATHS, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.[14] Your
NEW MOONS and your
APPOINTED FEASTS my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
LEVITICUS 23:4 [4] These are THE FEASTS OF THE LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. [5] In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is
THE LORD'S PASSOVER. [6] And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread
[13] And the
MEAT OFFERING thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the Lord for a sweet savour: and the
DRINK OFFERING thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin.
HOSEA 2:11 [11], I will also cause all her mirth to
CEASE, HER [ISRAEL'S] FEAST DAYS, her
NEW MOONS, and
HER SABBATHS, and all HER [ISRAELS]
SOLEMN FEASTS.
wait for it back to the NEW...
HEBREWS 9:1-12 [1] Then verily
THE FIRST COVENANT HAD ALSO ORDINANCES of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.... [9] WHICH WAS A FIGURE for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;[10]
WHICH STOOD ONLY IN MEATS AND DRINKS, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.[12]
NEITHER BY THE BLOOD OF GOATS AND CALVES, BUT BY HIS OWN BLOOD he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
HEBREWS 10:1-9
[1],
FOR THE LAW HAVING A SHADOW OF GOOD THINGS TO COME, AND NOT THE VERY IMAGE OF THE THINGS, CAN NEVER WITH THOSE SACRIFICES which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
[2], For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
[3], But in those SACRIFICES there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
[4], For it is not possible that
THE BLOOD OF BULLS AND GOATS should take away sins.
[5], Why when he comes into the world, he said,
SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS YOU WOULD NOT BUT A BODY YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR ME:
[6],
IN BURN'T OFFERINGS AND SACRIFICES FOR SIN YOU HAVE HAD NO PLEASURE.
[7], Then said I, See, I come in the
VOLUME OF THE BOOK IT IS WRITTEN OF ME, to do your will, O God.
[8], Above when he said, SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS AND BURNT OFFERINGS AND OFFERINGS FOR SIN YOU WOULD NOT, neither had pleasure therein;
WHICH ARE OFFERED BY THE LAW;
[9], Then said he, See, I come to do your will, O God. He takes away the first, that he may establish the second.
NOTE; the LAW in reference here is NOT God's 10 Commandments but the law of sin offereings from the SHADOW laws of the MOSAIC BOOK of the LAW *DEUTERONOMY 31:24-26 from the OLD COVENANT *EXODUS 24:7 (Please look at the attached scriptures)
The above scriptures show what PAUL is writing about from the OLD TESTAMENT scriptures which are the sacrificial SIN offereings and JEWISH ANNUAL FEATIVALS that where SHADOW LAWS from the MOSAIC BOOK of the OLD COVENANT *EXODUS 24:7 that pointed to JESUS and God's plan of salvation in the NEW COVENANT *HEBREWS 8:10-12.
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The OLD TESTAMENT is written in HEBREW and translated into the GREEK. The HEBREW WORD for SABBATH is
SABBATH SHABBATH שׁבּת (H7676) Intensive from H7673;
intermission, that is, (specifically) the Sabbath: - (+ every) sabbath.
The GREEK translation of the HEBREW word
SABBATH SHABBATH שׁבּת is σάββατον;
SABBATON; sab'-bat-on Of Hebrew origin [H7676];
the Sabbath (that is, Shabbath), or A DAY OF WEEKLY REPOSE FROM SECULAR AVOCATIONS (also the observance or institution itself); by extension a se'nnight, that is, the interval between two Sabbaths;
likewise the plural in all the above applications: - sabbath (day), week.
NOTE: The application of SABBATON from the GREEk translation of SHABBATH has a wider application than merely GOD'S 4th Commandment or SEVENTH DAY. It also includes ANY DAY OF WEEKLY REPOSE FROM SECULAR WORK. The use of the word SABBATON is not retricted only to the SEVENTH DAY SABBATH of God's 4th Commandment. It can also mean the intervals between the SABBATH depending on the context it is applied in also ANY DAY OF THE WEEK NO WORK IS DONE.
Therefore as the GREEK word has many meanings and applications the CONTEXT of how the GREEK word is used determines the correct definition.
This means ALL the ANNUAL FEAST days that were not the SEVENTH DAY but where no work was to be done are also translated as SABBATON in the Greek.
These ceremonial "SPECIAL" Sabbaths (plural) were connected to..
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ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF THE BLOWING OF TRUMPETS * LEVITICUS 23:24
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ANNUAL DAY OF ATONEMENT * LEVITICUS 23:32
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ANNUAL FEAST OF TABANACLES (BOOTHS) * LEVITICUS 23:39
These "SPECIAL" Sabbath could fall on any day and were connected directly to these festivals that were prophetic in nature pointing to Jesus and God's plan of Salvation in the NEW COVENANT.
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CONCLUSION: The within chapter CONTEXT of COLOSSIANS 2:11-17 is in reference to the SHADOW laws from the MOSAIC BOOK of the OLD COVENANT *DEUTERONOMY 31:24-26; EXODUS 24:7 that point to JESUS and God's plan of salvation in the NEW COVENANT and not God's ETERNAL LAW (10 commandments) that give us the knowledge of what sin is when broken *ROMANS 3:20. The within scripture CONTEXT of COLOSSIANS 2:16 is in reference to the SHADOW FEASTS from the ANNUAL FEAST DAYS that were shadows of things to come also pointing to JESUS and God's plan of salvation in the NEW COVENANT.
Hope this helps