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Col
2:14-15 "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; And
having spoiled principalities and
powers, he made a shew of them openly,
triumphing over them in it".
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Ordinances
relate to sanctuary services of the
old Covenant and were nailed to the
cross. Heb.
9:1 "Then verily the first
covenant had also ordinances
of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary."
The
word translated to "ordinances"
means:
dogma
(dog'-mah); from the base of NT:1380;
a law (civil, ceremonial or ecclesiastical):
decree, ordinance.
(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's
Numbers and Concordance with Expanded
Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright
(c) 1994, Biblesoft and International
Bible Translators, Inc.)
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Col
2:16-17 "Let
no man therefore judge you in meat,
or in drink,
or in respect of an holyday,
or of the new
moon, or of the sabbath
days:Which
are a shadow
of things to come; but the body is
of Christ.""
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Shadows
represent Jesus
The 10 commandments are not a shadow
of things to come. However, meat,
drink, holydays, new moon, and the
seven special sabbath days connected
with the feasts and temple services
were shadows (these ordinances
are sometimes called the ceremonial
law). Most Jews did not recognize
the things that represented Jesus
(shadows) in their religious ceremonies.
These things were no longer needed
when Jesus came into their midst and
was nailed to the cross.
Sabbaths
Note:
The "sabbath days" mentioned
here refer to the seven Sabbaths
connected with the Israelite feasts,
which could occur on any day of the
week. Leviticus 23:32,37-38 "It
shall be unto you a sabbath of rest,
and ye shall afflict your souls: in
the ninth day of the month at
even, from even unto even, shall ye
celebrate your sabbath...These
are the feasts of the Lord, which
ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations,
to offer an offering made by fire
unto the Lord, a burnt offering, and
a meat offering, a sacrifice,
and drink offerings, every
thing upon his day: Beside the
sabbaths of the Lord, and beside
your gifts, and beside all your vows,
and beside all your freewill offerings,
which ye give unto the Lord."
There
are feast sabbaths, which are beside
[Hebrew=separation] the "sabbaths
of the Lord."
Christ's
offering replaces ordinances
The tabernacle in the wilderness
was a copy of the one in heaven. There
they offered gifts and sacrifices
required by the law of Moses. There
is no mention of gifts and sacrifices
in the 10 commandments, and this scripture
must have been referring to the ceremonial
law (ordinances).
Heb
8:3-5 "And since every high priest
is required to offer gifts and
sacrifices, our High Priest must
make an offering, too. If he were
here on earth, he would not even be
a priest, since there already are
priests who offer the gifts required
by the law of Moses. They serve in
a place of worship that is only a
copy, a shadow of the real
one in heaven." NLT
Heb
8:10 "For this is the covenant
that I will make with the house of
Israel after those days, saith the
Lord; I will put my laws into their
mind, and write them in their
hearts: and I will be to them a God,
and they shall be to me a people:"
God
is going to put His moral law, not
ceremonial laws, in the mind.
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