The ritual laws i.e. Sabbath, Sabbaths, new moon celebration, sacrifices, food laws and any other law that didn't deal with how we are to treat God and our fellow man were instruction given only to Israel. All of those ritual or ceremonial laws were nailed to the Cross. Thus Paul could and did write that we shouldn't allow anyone to judge us because we don't observe them.
Not really Bob, all of God's 10 commandments are "moral laws". The first four are our duty of love to God and the second six our duty of Love to our fellow man. God's fourth commandment Sabbath is also a "memorial law" We are to "remember" that God created all things in heaven and earth. Colossians 2:16 though is in reference to the annual ceremonial sabbath
s connected to feast days. These are
not God's 4th commandment Sabbath of the 10 commandments. The ceremonial sabbaths in the annual feast days can fall on any day of the week and a simply non working days.
Here is a list of all the different kinds of Sabbaths in the bible here..
These include;
1. The Sabbaths of the Feast of unleavened bread (first and last day) that can fall on any day of the week *
LEVITICUS 23:6-8
2. The Sabbath on the annual day of Atonement that can fall on any day of the week *
LEVITICUS 23:27-32
3. The Sabbath on the annual Feast of Trumpets that can fall on any day of the week *
LEVITICUS 23:24-25?
4. The Sabbath on the Feast of Booths that can fall on any day of the week *
LEVITICUS 23:34-36
5. Feast of first fruits (first and last day) that can fall on any day of the week *
LEVITICUS 23:39
6. The sabbaths (sabbaton plural) of holy convocations from the annual feast days *
LEVITICUS 23:7-8; 21;24; 27; 35-36 that can fall on any days of the week
7. The Sabbath of the land (7 year single cycle) *
LEVITICUS 25:2
8. The Sabbath of Jubilee - culminating of the 7x7 yearly cycles sabbaths *
LEVITICUS 25:9-54
9. Or God's 4th commandment seventh day weekly Sabbath which is one of the 10 commandments that define sin when broken? *
EXODUS 20:8-11 from
GENESIS 2:1-3
How we know that Colossians 2:16 is in reference to the annual sabbaths in feast days that are not God's 4th commandment (in points 1-5) is the scripture context is referring to the
annual feast days
COLOSSIANS 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in
MEAT, or in
DRINK, or in respect of an
HOLYDAY <Feast days or Festivals>, or of the
NEW MOON, or of the
SABBATH DAYS <plural>:
Paul is quoting from the OLD TESTAMENET scriptures.
EZEKIEL 45 [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.
Hope this helps Bob.