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... the scripture above is used by all the sunday go to meetin denominations.
Christians should be meeting together every day of the week (Hebrews 3:13, 10:25), at least in some fashion (Matthew 18:20), and they should not identify themselves after denominations (1 Corinthians 1:12-13), but should simply be called Christians (Acts 11:26, 1 Peter 4:16).
Jesus nailed the handwriting of the ordinances to the cross.
On the cross, Jesus abolished the letter of the entire Old Covenant law (Ephesians 2:15, 2 Corinthians 3:7-18, Hebrews 7:18-19), so that Christians are delivered from the letter of the entire Old Covenant law and are not to keep the letter of any part of it (Romans 7:6, 2 Corinthians 3:6-18). The "ordinances" or "statutes" (Hebrew: choq) of the Old Covenant law (Malachi 3:7) can also be referred to as "commmandments" (Amos 2:4), for they were commanded by God no less than any other part of the Old Covenant law (Deuteronomy 6:24). One cannot think that in order to be saved one must perform the letter of even one part of the Old Covenant law, for then one becomes a debtor to perform the letter of the entire Old Covenant law (Galatians 5:3), and so one becomes fallen from grace (Galatians 5:4).
What are the odds these 2 scriptures are not speaking about the same thing?
Colossians 2:14-16 cannot be speaking of Ezekiel 45:17, because Ezekiel 45:17, like all the rest of the prophetic vision of Ezekiel chapters 40-48, was never put into effect, but was only a potential, future law (Ezekiel 43:11), which was different in detail than the Old Covenant law.
Theres the meat and drink offerings for the sabbath days that Col.2 [16] was speaking of.
Colossians 2:16 does not refer to meat and drink "offerings", but means that Christians are not to judge each other over not keeping the letter of the Old Covenant law regarding what could not be consumed because it was "unclean" (Leviticus 11:47). Under the New Covenant, Christians do not have to avoid consuming certain things, but can consume anything (Romans 14:13-15).
Colossians 2:16 also shows that Christians are not to judge each other over not keeping the letter of the Old Covenant sabbaths, which included the one-day-a-week resting-from-work sabbath (Exodus 31:13-15). Under the New Covenant, Christians do not need to esteem only one day of the week, but can esteem every day of the week alike (Romans 14:4-5), for they are to rest from their own works every day of the week (Hebrews 4:10, Luke 9:23).
Hebrews 10 says it all. The shadow was the offerings
Hebrews 10:1 doesn't say that "the shadow was the offerings", but means that the letter of the entire Old Covenant law was a shadow, including the letter of its offerings. Because Christians are in Christ himself (Colossians 1:2), they are not under any part of his shadow (Colossians 2:17); they are not under any part of the letter of the Old Covenant law (Romans 7:6, 2 Corinthians 3:6-18), nor should they have any desire to ever place themselves under any part of the letter of the Old Covenant law (Galatians 4:21-31). They should instead desire only Christ himself (Philippians 3:8-9), and only his every-day-of-the-week sabbath rest (Matthew 11:28, Hebrews 4:10), of which the letter of the Old Covenant one-day-of-the-week sabbath rest was only a shadow (Colossians 2:16-17).
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