For those interested in the context to Col 2:14-17
Where in the
Ten Commandments does it deal with food, drink, festivals, new moons and sabbath(s) its plural here, but modern bible translations changes it to singular, but that's not in the original transcripts. No where does the Ten Commandments deal with these things, but it is in the handwritten ordinances by Moses. So not referring to the Ten Commandments, plus we should have faith that God keeps His promises.
Psa 89:34 Mat 5:18-19
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;
So we know this from
Colossians 2:14 the context is about
1. ordinances that are handwritten
2. ordinances- not The Ten Commandments
3. ordinances that are contrary and against
Does this fit the Ten Commandment/Sabbath commandment in any way?
1. The Ten Commandments/Sabbath was
finger-written by God
Exo 31:18 Exo 32:16
2. The Ten are
commandments Exo 20:6 Deut 4:13 Exo 34:28
3. The Sabbath is
holy and
blessed by God- not the definition for contrary or against. Plus
only God can reverse His blessing
Num 23:20 so one would need a thus saith the Lord to change His commandments- all the thus saith the Lords on His Sabbath and there are many are for us to keep and not profane.
Obviously if one is being honest, this is not about any of the Ten Commandments.
This 'handwriting of ordinances' our Lord did blot out, take away, and nail to His cross. (Colossians 2: 14.) But the moral law contained in the Ten Commandments, and enforced by the prophets, He did not take away.... The moral law stands on an entirely different foundation from the ceremonial or ritual law. ...Every part of this law must remain in force upon all mankind and in all ages.
—JOHN WESLEY, Sermons on Several Occasions, 2-Vol. Edition, Vol. I, pages 221, 222.
There is more than one Sabbath in scripture, so obviously not referring to the weekly Sabbath commandment, but the
yearly sabbath(s) and festival
ordinances that were
handwritten by Moses placed outside the ark of the covenant that are about
food and
drink offering that all pointed forward to Christ 1 Cor 5:7 Exo 12:43
Deuteronomy 31:24 So it was,
when Moses had completed writing the words of this law in a book, when they were finished, 25 that Moses commanded the Levites, who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying: 26 “
Take this Book of the Law, and put it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there as a witness against you;
The book that contained the ordinances were outside the ark- all of the Ten Commandments, which includes the Sabbath commandment are inside the ark, written by God Himself, no greater Authority than He.
Colossians 2:17 gives us more insight...
Col 2:17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.
Lets go to Hebrews 10 as it explains it....
Hebrews10:1 For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect. 2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins. 3
But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. 4
For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins. 5
Therefore, when He came into the world,
The Sabbath commandment is not a shadow of anything, it was part of Creation
Gen 2:1-3 God’s perfect plan before the fall of man and God said Remember the Sabbath day- the Sabbath brings us back to Creation
Exo 20:11 so we never forget who created us and where we came from. The annual sabbath(s) ordinances that had to do with food and drink offerings came after the fall of man so Paul made it abundantly clear he was not referring to the Sabbath commandment that he himself kept
every Sabbath
decades after the Cross. Jesus in His own Words predicted 30+ years after His death His people at the destruction of Jerusalem would still be keeping the Sabbath
Mat 24:20 and the Sabbath continues for worship for eternity thus saith the Lord
Isa 66:22-23. If we have faith in Jesus we really need to have faith in His teachings
Mat 5:18-30 Mat 15:3-14 Mark 7:7-13 Mat 19:17-19 and the example He left for us.
Luke 4:16 I John 2:6