In Colossians 2:16 it reads Let no man therefore judge you in meat (offering), or in drink (offering), or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath days:. Many people who have read this verse out of context have concluded that this means that the fourth Commandment, which says Remember the Sabbath day to keep it Holy.. was abolished at the cross.
Is this really what the Bible is teaching? What do the preceding verses say? Can they shed any light on the validity of this conclusion?
Colossians 2:14 states, blotting out the handwriting (the only laws written by hand were the ceremonial laws, written by Moses -) of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.
The ceremonial and sacrificial law was a rigorous system of rites and ceremonies and feasts that were put in place as a shadow of things to come. They pointed to the coming of the Messiah. Whenever an animal was sacrificed and its blood was shed, it served as a reminder to the onlookers that someday a Saviour would come and die for their sins. The ceremonial law was symbolically placed in the side of the Ark of the...
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