Romans 14 is speaking of fasting.
Colossians 2:16-17
16 So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths,17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.
Notice.
Nowhere in this sentence does it say we don’t have to keep the Holy Days or Sabbaths.
“Let no one judge you”,
People were apparently judging them for keeping these things. The people judging them are described in the verses above.
“8 Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ.”
The Sabbath was NEVER a principle of men, it was a day Sanctified by God and made Holy. Christ called Himself the “Lord” of that day. Matthew 12:8. The Sabbath day WAS IN FACT, according to Christ.
So what does the verse actually say?
The word “substance” is Soma, and properly translated “Body”. It’s the SAME WORD translated Body in Colossians 1:18, 1:22, 1:24, 2:11, 2:17.
σῶμαsōma,so'-mah; fromG4982; the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively:—bodily, body, slave.
The expression “belongs to Christ” is properly translated “Of Christ”.
Notice the FOOTNOTES at the bottom.
Colossians 2:16-17New American Standard Bible (NASB)
16 Therefore no one is to [a]act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath [b]day— 17 things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the [c]substance[d]belongs to Christ.
Footnotes:
- Colossians 2:16 Lit judge you
- Colossians 2:16 Or days
- Colossians 2:17 Lit body
- Colossians 2:17 Lit of Christ
So let’s read it again.
16 Therefore no one is ton]" style="box-sizing: border-box">[n]act as your judge in regard tofood ordrink or in respect to afestival or anew moon or aSabbatho]" style="box-sizing: border-box">[o]day—17 things which areamereshadow of what is to come; but theBody of Christ.
Paul is telling them, let NO ONE IN THE WORLD, OUTSIDE THE CHURCH [observers of talmub likely in this case] judge you in regards to how you keep the Sabbath or Holy Days [which reveal what is to come in Gods plan]. He is saying LET THE CHURCH, the BODY OF CHRIST, judge you in how you observe these things.
– In fact, Christ was “Judged” for how He kept the Sabbath. Christ did not say the Sabbath was done away, He taught us the PROPER way to keep it.
Young's Literal Translation
12How much better, therefore, is a man than a sheep? — so that it is lawful on the Sabbaths to do good.’
Christ DID NOT tell us the day was done away, HE TAUGHT US HOW TO KEEP IT LAWFUL. He simply rebuked the Pharisee’s for adding their manmade law’s to the Sabbath. In fact He even called Himself the LORD, of the Sabbath.
Young's Literal Translation
for the son of man is lord even of the sabbath.'
IF He is our Lord, shouldn’t we keep it also?
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