Perhaps its not me. God promised not to alter His words Psa89:34 not a jot or tittle Mat5:18-19, my faith is in Him over the traditions of man. Mat15:3-14 Mark7:7-13
The Ten Commandments are the Covenant, did you know?
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Its not just about that, we can pick up the work back up on Sunday. Its about spending quality time with God on the day God designated that He blessed and sactified. Exo20:11 Gen2:3 and He blesses and sanctifies us Isa 56:2 Eze20:12 because man can't do this themselves, we need God Eze20:20The commandments are a guideline to be as holy as God, and thereby live (indefinitely, right? as long as one could maintain such perfection?). The 4th commandment's directive was to emulate God by working six days and resting from your work the seventh day... And it occurred to me, when have I ever, ever, ever... ever, gotten every single thing that I needed to get done, fully finished, by Friday evening?
We can always looks for ways on why don't have to obey God, the bible is full of those kind of people, or we can find ways to trust Him, that He knows what's best for us, even if we might not always understand. Healing was given after people acted with faith. Perhaps instead of arguing about it, submit to God. It changed my life for the better. The Bible told me it would not be popular Rev12:17 and that's okay our loyalty to be to God, not what everyone else is doing.
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Just my thoughts:
God told Moses the Israelites were a stiff necked heathen people who would soon desert him when they reached the promised land. It is not surprising then they were instructed to set aside one day a week to meditate on God’s goodness and kindness to them. But they had to be instructed to do it.
Under the new covenant, our hearts have been softened, we have the indwelling Holy Spirit. We have been born again of the spirit and are new creations. Every single day born again Christians meditate on God’s kindness to them by sending His son to die for them, and every day, we are grateful for it.
The spiritual intent of the fourth commandment is upheld in Christians today seven days a week.
Hence Col2:16&Rom14:5
Regarding Col2:16 there is a lot of context Paul gives us in this passage sadly never gets quoted or prayerfully studied.
There are several different Sabbaths in the Bible that uses the same word, but has very different meanings.
There is the seventh day Sabbath- instituted at Creation Exo20:11 Gen2:1-3, came before sin, reaffirmed in the Ten Commandments Exo20:8-11, written by God personally Exo31:18, placed inside God’s ark Exo40:20 God called it “the holy day of the Lord” Isa58:13
There are the annual sabbath(s) feast days that are always tied to animal sacrifices, they don’t always fall on the seventh day can be on any day and came after the fall and were handwritten by Moses, placed besides the ark of God’s covenant came after sin.
There is the Day of Atonement Sabbath where fasting is required Lev16:31 Lev 23:27-32
There is the seventh year Sabbath that is every 7th year where the land should rest Lev25:1-7
The Jubilee Sabbath (50th) year Lev 25:8-17
So I think we are being quick to assume by seeing the word Sabbath that has different meanings and assuming it means the Holy Day of the Lord that comes with God's blessing and sanctification , without looking at the context that Paul carefully gave and we should let the Bible interpret itself.
Col 2:14 KJV 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.
Col 2:14 NASB having canceled the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
Greek word for handwriting: χειρόγραφον (cheirographon)
Literally: “something written by hand
Ordinances
τοῖς δόγμασιν (tois dogmasin)
Meaning: “decrees,” “regulations,” “legal demands”
It is a legal document that condemns sinners why Paul used the word “against us” and “contrary to us”. The law does not condemn the righteous, it condemns the sinners.
Just from this context that Paul gave we can eliminate the Ten Commandments, but lets let Scripture interpret Scripture.
Who wrote the handwritten ordinances?
2 Chron 33:8 and I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I have appointed for your fathers—only if they are careful to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.
What law is the law that was contrary and against?
Deut 31:24-26 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;
It appears from the text that this is not referring to the Sabbath in the Ten Commandments that was written by God Himself by His finger Exo31:18 placed inside the ark of the covenant, not besides like the annual sabbath(s) connected to animal sacrifices.
This is the law that was taken away at the Cross.
Col 2:16 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:
This is the exact language referring to the annual sabbath(s) that were handwritten by Moses, placed besides the ark that refer to annual feasts days, sacrifices and offerings that some were also called sabbath(s)
Eze 45:17 and it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.
What did Jesus say He would come to put an end to? (compared to magnifying another law- by placing it in our hearts Isa42:21 Heb8:10)
Dan 9:27 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week;
But in the middle of the week
He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.
Col 2:17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ
What are the shadows laws? Lets let the Scriptures define what they are
Heb 10:1 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, He said:
“Sacrifice and offering You did not desire,
But a body You have prepared for Me.
6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin
You had no pleasure.
7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come—
In the volume of the book it is written of Me—
To do Your will, O God.’ ”
8 Previously saying, “Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them” (which are offered according to the law), 9 then He said, “Behold, I have come to do Your will, []O God.” He takes away the first that He may establish the second. 10 By that will we have been []sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all
This fits the context of this passage perfectly and makes the Bible harmonize because we see Sabbath-keeping (every Sabbath) 30+ years after the Cross just as Jesus Himself indicated Isa 56:6-7 Acts 13:42, Acts 13:44 Acts 15:21 Acts 18:4 and up to His Second Coming Mat24:20-30 and forever Isa66:22-23
There are several different Sabbaths in the Bible that uses the same word, but has very different meanings.
There is the seventh day Sabbath- instituted at Creation Exo20:11 Gen2:1-3, came before sin, reaffirmed in the Ten Commandments Exo20:8-11, written by God personally Exo31:18, placed inside God’s ark Exo40:20 God called it “the holy day of the Lord” Isa58:13
There are the annual sabbath(s) feast days that are always tied to animal sacrifices, they don’t always fall on the seventh day can be on any day and came after the fall and were handwritten by Moses, placed besides the ark of God’s covenant came after sin.
- 1st day of Unleavened Bread
- 7th day of Unleavened Bread
- Pentecost
- Trumpets
- Day of Atonement
- 1st day of Tabernacles
- 8th day of Tabernacles
There is the Day of Atonement Sabbath where fasting is required Lev16:31 Lev 23:27-32
There is the seventh year Sabbath that is every 7th year where the land should rest Lev25:1-7
The Jubilee Sabbath (50th) year Lev 25:8-17
So I think we are being quick to assume by seeing the word Sabbath that has different meanings and assuming it means the Holy Day of the Lord that comes with God's blessing and sanctification , without looking at the context that Paul carefully gave and we should let the Bible interpret itself.
Col 2:14 KJV 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.
Col 2:14 NASB having canceled the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
Greek word for handwriting: χειρόγραφον (cheirographon)
Literally: “something written by hand
Ordinances
τοῖς δόγμασιν (tois dogmasin)
Meaning: “decrees,” “regulations,” “legal demands”
It is a legal document that condemns sinners why Paul used the word “against us” and “contrary to us”. The law does not condemn the righteous, it condemns the sinners.
Just from this context that Paul gave we can eliminate the Ten Commandments, but lets let Scripture interpret Scripture.
Who wrote the handwritten ordinances?
2 Chron 33:8 and I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I have appointed for your fathers—only if they are careful to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.
What law is the law that was contrary and against?
Deut 31:24-26 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;
It appears from the text that this is not referring to the Sabbath in the Ten Commandments that was written by God Himself by His finger Exo31:18 placed inside the ark of the covenant, not besides like the annual sabbath(s) connected to animal sacrifices.
This is the law that was taken away at the Cross.
Col 2:16 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:
This is the exact language referring to the annual sabbath(s) that were handwritten by Moses, placed besides the ark that refer to annual feasts days, sacrifices and offerings that some were also called sabbath(s)
Eze 45:17 and it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.
What did Jesus say He would come to put an end to? (compared to magnifying another law- by placing it in our hearts Isa42:21 Heb8:10)
Dan 9:27 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week;
But in the middle of the week
He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering.
Col 2:17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ
What are the shadows laws? Lets let the Scriptures define what they are
Heb 10:1 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, He said:
“Sacrifice and offering You did not desire,
But a body You have prepared for Me.
6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin
You had no pleasure.
7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come—
In the volume of the book it is written of Me—
To do Your will, O God.’ ”
8 Previously saying, “Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them” (which are offered according to the law), 9 then He said, “Behold, I have come to do Your will, []O God.” He takes away the first that He may establish the second. 10 By that will we have been []sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all
This fits the context of this passage perfectly and makes the Bible harmonize because we see Sabbath-keeping (every Sabbath) 30+ years after the Cross just as Jesus Himself indicated Isa 56:6-7 Acts 13:42, Acts 13:44 Acts 15:21 Acts 18:4 and up to His Second Coming Mat24:20-30 and forever Isa66:22-23
No. The New Covenant is NOT based upon the Old Covenant laws and commandments just residing in a different place.
Christ was from the tribe of Juda and became the new eternal high priest of a New Covenant; He was not from the tribe of Levi - the tribe from which the priests of the Old Covenant were taken. The purpose of the high priest was/is to minister only for those laws for which he was a priest. By necessity, therefore, along with a new high priest (Christ), came new commandments and laws upon which He was to minister. For those whom God places under the New Covenant through Christ, the Old Covenant law and commandments by Him were ended - all were invalidated and superseded in/by Christ.
[Heb 7:12-16, 18-19, 24 KJV]
12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.
14 For [it is] evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
15 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. ...
18 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope [did]; by the which we draw nigh unto God. ...
24 But this [man], because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood.
Did you not study the Book of Hebrews???
Where the Lord said He did away with the Old Covenant and brought forth the New Covenant?
Did you not read in the old testament where the Lord said He was going to establish a new covenant?
Looks like you have some studying to do if you are going to accept the whole counsel of God.
Or you can be like most others and be a cherry picker and only believe parts of what God says and reject His Whole Counsel.
This question already shows the mistake.
You are framing it as a choice Jesus never gave.
Jesus did not come asking people to pick between “the Law of Moses” or “the Law of Christ” as two opposing systems. That is a false split.
Jesus said plainly what He was doing:
“Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.” (Matthew 5:17, KJV)
Destroy means cancel. Replace. Abolish.
He explicitly says He did not do that.
Then He goes further:
“Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:19, KJV)
So no, Christ did not introduce a brand-new law that wipes out what God already spoke. He revealed its true meaning, stripped away man-made traditions, and brought it back to the heart.
When people say “Law of Christ,” they usually mean “less obedience, more comfort.”
But listen to Christ Himself:
“If you love Me, keep My commandments.” (John 14:15, KJV)
Not suggestions. Not vibes. Commandments.
And when asked about eternal life, Jesus did not say “pick the new covenant option.” He said:
“If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.” (Matthew 19:17, KJV)
Same God. Same standard. Deeper obedience.
The New Covenant is not no law.
It is the law written on the heart, lived from the inside out, without hypocrisy.
Jesus did not lower the bar. He raised it.
If someone wants a law that excuses sin, excuses disobedience, and excuses a unchanged life, that law did not come from Christ.
Christ’s law produces followers who walk as He walked, not people who argue their way around obedience.
That’s the real divide.
Not sure if you are actually reading the verses you posted but it plainly tells us which law its speaking about and why it needed to change.
I have studied Hebrews and I know once God promises something, like not altering the words of His covenant Psa89:34 Mat5:18-19 He cannot lie.
Why the New Covenant was established on better promises Heb8:6 of what God does. The New Covenant still has God's laws just as God promised Psa89:34 Mat5:18-19 but placed on a better surface 2Cor3:3 Heb8:10. I would recommend studying the Bible for yourself and not just listen to whatever a preacher says, we were told there would be many false teachers in the last days that will deceive us. God makes no mistakes Psa19:7 Rom7:12 we do by not fully trusting Him.
I did read it, did you? They are NEW laws not OLD laws. Post which verses you are referring to
OK so you do not believe the Book of Hebrews came from the Lord Jesus
If you did, you'd know that Jesus did away with the law of Moses and established the Law of Christ which is the New Covenant.
You too have some studying to do if you are going to accept the whole counsel of God.
Or you can be like most others and be a cherry picker and only believe parts of what God says and reject His Whole Counsel.
You missed the part where Jesus did away with the law of Moses and established the Law of Christ which is the New Covenant.
Those trying to live under the law of Moses, the old covenant sadly have fallen from grace.
That's too bad for these people. They fell away from the Lord Jesus just like the Galatians.
It says which law needed to change and why, can you tell me using Hebrews 7 that you quoted.
God wrote the Ten Commandments Exo31:18 Exo32:16 and Christ is God- He promised to magnify His laws, which means make greater Isa 42:21 and He did just that with the Ten Commandments Mat5:19-30. It a matter of not understanding the law of Moses and the law of God. Two very different laws that serve different purposes. Our bibles tell us this plainly in Scriptures, but not everyone really wants to understand. Without understanding it, makes Paul impossible to understand. The law that is holy, just and good Rom7:12 perfect for converting the soul Psa19:7 is not the law that is contrary and against Col2:14 Deut31:24-26 Sadly many get these mixed up and it leads to what Jesus said, in a ditch Mat15:3-14
I see the spiritual intent of the 4th commandment is to remember the Lord's labor for our provision, the creation of the world, without rest until He saw that it was, not just good but, very good. I may be traversing the realm of speculation here but, given God's omniscience, coupled with His observation that "it is not good for man to be alone," He made woman as provision for necessity of His Son's virgin birth (moreso?) than (because for?) the necessity that Adam needed a helpmeet (i.e., in foreknowing man's need for Him).
All of them were changed. Answer my question. Which verses are you referring to?
Read carefully (Jeremiah 31:31:34) and pay attention to identify correctly the context relative to the timing for this prophecy another important point that complements this prophecy is the parable of the mustard seed.(Matthew 13:31-35) this will answer your question.