Colossians 2:16-23, "16Let no one, then, judge you in eating or in drinking, or in
respect of a feast, or of a new moon, or of sabbaths, 17which are a shadow of the
coming things, and the body [is] of the Christ; 18let no one beguile you of your prize,
delighting in humble-mindedness and [in] worship of the messengers, intruding into the
things he hath not seen, being vainly puffed up by the mind of his flesh, 19and not
holding the head, from which all the body — through the joints and bands gathering
supply, and being knit together — may increase with the increase of God.20If, then, ye
did die with the Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as living in the world,
are ye subject to ordinances? 21— thou mayest not touch, nor taste, nor handle —
22which are all for destruction with the using, after the commands and teachings of
men, 23which are, indeed, having a matter of wisdom in will-worship, and humble-
mindedness, and neglecting of body — not in any honour, unto a satisfying of the
flesh."
I think we have v16 down, I want to focus on 20-23, as to see context. Shaul (Paul) in
nearly all his thoughts talks about a topic and then goes on to explain, he uses an
advanced style of writing as his (worldly) education was beyond that of the other NT
writers.
20If, then, ye did die with the Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as living
in the world, are ye subject to ordinances?
So he is saying if your dead to the world why would you subject yourself to its (the
worlds) ordinances. To think he is saying if your dead to the world then why would you
subject yourself to Yahweh"s/Yahshua's Commandments would make no sense, but he
explains it further.
21— thou mayest not touch, nor taste, nor handle
the pharisees had a law in which you could not eat meat and cheese togather, or even
within 4 houhs of eachother. Now this is not in Yahweh's Law even, Yahweh's Law says
dont boil a child in its mothers milk (3 times) (the local pagans had this as a
religious practice Yahweh did not want His people to partake in these evil pagan
practices) the pharisees using something called "midrashic interpretation" the
pharisees looked at it and said well since it says this three times it must meant three
different things. SO THEY MADE UP THEIR OWN LAW, that was completely disconnected from
Scripture and enforced it as from Yahweh.
22which are all for destruction with the using, after the commands and teachings of
men,
So here very clearly he states "the commandments of men", now if you read from 16-20
you see he stays on topic, and 20 says basically if your dead to the world why do what
the world tells you, so we can see he is still on this topic from v16. In this verse
22, he says "which are all for destruction",
how does Sabbath lead to destruction and
it would also have to be a "commandment of men" if there is ant commandment that is the
farthest thing possible from being a "commandment of men" it is the Sabbath, it was
from creation and it shows the AUTHORITY of the Creator, the mark of the Creator. Also
tying a "commandment of men" to destruction Romans 8:13, "For if you live according to
the commandments of men, you will die; but if, through the Spirit, you put to death;
put an end to, the evildoing of mankind, you will live."
23which are, indeed, having a matter of wisdom in will-worship, and humble-mindedness,
and neglecting of body — not in any honour, unto a satisfying of the flesh.
Pleasing of the pharisees by following the talmud. v22 for context = "after the
commands and teachings of men"
you see the pharisees would have a problem if you did things according to Yahweh's
instruction and not their ORAL LAW, this is shown in MATT 15, 23, mark 7:7-9, etc
the jews did make their own holidays, Haunnaka and Rosh hashanna and more. when they
left babylon they even changed the names of the moons (months), and rosh hashanna even
changes the time of the new year, commandment and ordinances of men. the calendar
Yahweh instuted is Yahweh's calendar, the one who created it created the heavens and
the earth. Our current calendar is the gregorian calendar, which goes back to the
bablonian calendar. Yahweh said the days end and begin at sunset, not the jews.
