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You keep bringing up Colossians 2:14-17 as though it supports your position, but you're not really interacting with what I've said about it. The Colossians were keeping God's holy days in obedience to God's commands and they were being judged by those promoting human precepts and teachings, self-made religion, asceticism, and severity to the body (Colossians 2:20-23), so Paul was writing the Colossians to encourage them not to let any man judge them for obeying what God has commanded.
Not just Colossians 2:14-17 but also Hebrews 8:1-5; 6-13; Hebrews 10:1-19; Hebrews chapters 9; 10; John 1:29; 1 Corinthians 5:6-7; Romans 2:28-29 which all refer to the ceremonial laws of Moses pointing to Jesus as being a shadows that were done away with at the cross. The other scriptures are in support of Colossians 2:14-17. You argument above is that the scriptures in Colossians 2:14-17 is only talking about judging others for keeping the ceremonial laws but you neglect the scriptures in verses 14 and 17.
Colossians 2:14
Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross.
You interpret this verse as the handwriting of ordinances as being the sign that was posted on the cross by the Romans for the crime of Jesus which reads “King of the Jews” Question, if your interpretation is correct; how was this sign of Jesus crime “King of the Jews” an ordinance? How was this blotted out? How was it contrary to us? How is it a shadow of things to come in v17? None of the above makes any sense and you have no scripture support for your theory that Col 2:14 is referring to the Roman sign posted on the cross.
However, if you have an understanding of the Old and New Testament scriptures and the ceremonial laws of Moses and what is being referred to as shadows that pointed to Jesus as the scripture is talking about not only in Colossian 2 but in other parts of scripture everything falls into place.
(v14) Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances; The Greek meaning of the Word G5498 χειρόγραφον; cheirographon; which means; hand written manuscript, document, book which is combined with ordinance G1378 δόγμα dogma dog'-mah From the base of G1380; which means; civil, ceremonial or ecclesiastical laws: The Greek meaning of handwriting of ordinances in V14 is a hand written book of civil, ceremonial and ecclesiastical laws. These laws, along with our sin is referred to in verse 14 that have been erased and are nailed to the cross. Our sins because we no longer need to provide animal sacrifices under the ceremonial laws of Moses for forgiveness. The ceremonial laws that pointed to Jesus because Jesus fulfilled these at His death, resurrection and new administration as our great high Priest in the Heavenly Sanctuary not made with hands of which the earthly was a copy.
Clearly the Roman sign of Jesus crime “King of the Jews” is not a ceremonial and ecclesiastical law written in a book.
Your focus is on verse 16 which is about judging others in relation to the ceremonial laws of Moses but you ignore verse 14 which clearly states that the ceremonial laws of Moses were nailed to the cross along with our sins and verse 17, which says that these ceremonial law were a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. These scriptures clearly link with other scriptures from the same writer here; Hebrews 8:1-5; 6-13; Hebrews 10:1-19; Colosians 2:14;17; Hebrews chapters 9; 10; John 1:29; 1Cor 5:6-7; Rom 2:28-29.
We are in the New Covenant now not the Old.
Hebrews 8:13,
In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decays and waxes old is ready to vanish away.
Ok friend seems like we are going around in circles. So let’s agree to disagree. If you want to keep the ceremonial laws of Moses it is between you and God. I do not judge you. It is only God’s Word that judges us in the last days (John 12:47-48)
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