The Mystery

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The mystery.... which is Christ in us, the hope of glory: Which we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present ​
every man perfect in Christ Jesus: Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. And we are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: In whom also we are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands,in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Buried with him in baptism, wherein also we are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. And we, being dead in our sins and the uncircumcision of our flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven us all trespasses; Blotting out the handwriting to the ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross.


For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge our conscience (our inner man) from dead works (sin; for the wages of sin is death) to serve the living God? And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. Which is Christ in us the hope of glory.

For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. . For would they not have cease to be offered? But we know that He was manifested to take away our sin and in Him is no sin. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, For GOD hath said, "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them." And HE shall be our GOD and we shall be HIS people, and of their sins and their lawlessnesses shall I under no circumstances still be reminded. For it is GOD that works in us both to will and do HIS good pleasure.


Christ (the Word, His Commandments, GOD's will) in us is the hope of Glory; GOD. For without this it is impossible to please GOD. So do we then make void the Law through Faith? God forbid! No that is not the case. We establish (sustain, uphold) it!

So Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (That is, to bring Christ, the Word, all that GOD would have us be. HIS Commandments) down from above
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Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (That is, to bring up Christ, the Word, all that GOD would have us be. HIS Commandments again from the dead.)

But what saith it? The Word (Christ; the Word, the commandments, the Law) is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, in thy heart: that we may do it; that is, THE WORD OF FAITH, which we preach.

What is Faith? Christ; the Word, God's Commandments; the Law in our hearts and in our mouths that we do it, that is what Faith is and that is what we preach!

This is the new ministration. We are declared to be the epistle of Christ. Written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; For God leadeth us to repentance and it is He that works in us both to will and do His good pleasure.

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So we shall love the LORD our GOD and our fellow man with all our hearts and all our minds and all our strength. No greater love can a man have than that to which they lay their life down for the brethren. And on this Love hangs ( depends ) all the Law and Prophets.

(Heb 9:13-15 10:4, 14-16; Rom 10:6-8,2:4; Deut 30:12-14; 2Co 3:3-5)
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Colossians 2:13 Says, "And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses."

"Having forgiven us all trespasses" is the subject to which Colossians 2:14 answers to. in. It says, "

Blotting out the handwriting to the Decrees that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross" In being said in respect to us having all trespasses forgiven.



The clause "THE HANDWRITING TO THE DECREES" possesses the definite article "the". And it is also in the Dative case. Hence the word "to". So the grammar dictates it is the handwriting to the Decrees and not the Decrees themselves which were nailed to the Cross.

The context of the passage is in respect to forgiven trespasses. If our trespasses our forgiven there is no need for the handwriting to the Decrees which were against us.

The Decrees are the Ten Commandments. They were written by the finger of GOD and placed inside the Ark. The handwriting to the Decrees written by Moses were placed on the side of the Ark. They are which contained the Laws pertaining to the condemnation due to our trespasses and what we had to do in order to be cleansed of our sin and be forgiven. These are they which were against us.


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.
(Deu 31:24-26 KJV)


At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood. And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
(Deu 10:1-2 KJV)


The Decrees are the Laws of GOD. They were not against us, the handwriting to them were; as Deut 31:26 witnessed. These are they which contained the judgements, sacrificial and ceremonial laws.

Since we have been forgiven of all trespasses there is no need for them, so they are nailed to the Cross. Jesus stripped the principal offices and the positions of authority as verse 25 states., so there is no more need for the Levitical Priesthood. Through the handwriting to the Decrees we were condemned; but Jesus Triumphed over the handwriting to the Decrees by obeying the Decrees . He was in all points tempted as we, yet without sin. He therefore stripped the principle offices and positions of authority (vs. 25) which were of the handwriting to the Decrees. Took them away nailing them to the Cross. No more Levitical Priesthood because there is no need for a sacrifice, because the body of sin has been cut off. We have been circumcised by the circumcision made without hands and quickened together with Him; having forgiven us all trespasses. Therefore let not any judge you in food, or in drink, or in turn of festival, or of the new moon, or of Sabbaths. Which were of the handwriting to the Decrees not the Decrees themselves. Which is a shadow of the coming; but the body is of Christ.

So as we have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him: Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, For (because) in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead (divinity) bodily.

And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: For we are Partakers of HIS divine nature. Circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, to the sins being separated, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes we were healed.

Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. That the righteousness of the LAW be fulfilled (to the uttermost) in us. Who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit. For it is GOD that works in us both to will and do HIS good pleasure.
(Col 2:6-13,16 17;Heb 4:15;1Pe 2:24)



The Context and Grammar is quite clear. The handwriting to the Decrees is what was nailed to the Cross not the Decrees.

The 7th Day Sabbath is of the Decrees not of the handwriting to the Decrees. So Sabbaths in verse 16 must be those to which were contained in the handwriting to the Decrees.
 
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