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I must quote this whole context of Colossians 2:14-16 here because so many people have no idea what it really means according to God's holy word the KJV bible.
Col: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; And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. 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."
Now we can break it down. First we read about handwriting of ordinances that was against us and contrary to us. I would like to find another place in scripture where these words are used to define something. Read along in Deuteronomy:31:24: "And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee." Notice that the "law" that Moses wrote in a book was against the people, and it was stored in a separate place along side the ark of the covenant.
I would like to quote what Paul wrote about the law in Romans:7:12: "Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good." Paul is writing here about two separate laws, one is "holy", but the commandments are holy, just, and good. So if we research what the TEN commandments have been called throughout the bible we will never find a place where they are considered a cures, against us, nor contrary to us. The ceremonial law which caused a lamb to be killed, which was against us, and contrary to us is what Paul is referring to in Colossians 2:14-16. So verse 16 reads thus "let no man therefore judge you in drink offerings, meat offerings, or holy days, new moons or sabbath days. Notice these days are plural. the sabbath days referred to here are the feast days which the Israelites observed until the cross, but oh wait, they still presume to observe them today because they do not believe Jesus was the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world. All the feast days and meat and drink offerings were a shadow of the cross. When you follow the shadow to the substance the shadow is gone. You can read about all the different ceremonial sabbath days in Leviticus 23.
Col: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; And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. 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."
Now we can break it down. First we read about handwriting of ordinances that was against us and contrary to us. I would like to find another place in scripture where these words are used to define something. Read along in Deuteronomy:31:24: "And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee." Notice that the "law" that Moses wrote in a book was against the people, and it was stored in a separate place along side the ark of the covenant.
I would like to quote what Paul wrote about the law in Romans:7:12: "Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good." Paul is writing here about two separate laws, one is "holy", but the commandments are holy, just, and good. So if we research what the TEN commandments have been called throughout the bible we will never find a place where they are considered a cures, against us, nor contrary to us. The ceremonial law which caused a lamb to be killed, which was against us, and contrary to us is what Paul is referring to in Colossians 2:14-16. So verse 16 reads thus "let no man therefore judge you in drink offerings, meat offerings, or holy days, new moons or sabbath days. Notice these days are plural. the sabbath days referred to here are the feast days which the Israelites observed until the cross, but oh wait, they still presume to observe them today because they do not believe Jesus was the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world. All the feast days and meat and drink offerings were a shadow of the cross. When you follow the shadow to the substance the shadow is gone. You can read about all the different ceremonial sabbath days in Leviticus 23.
