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Colossians Misunderstood - As Usual!
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Shlama,


I hope I'm not reading the Aramaic wrong, because it REALLY looks like dee'thahen -- meaning "that are." i also believe that the context of the entire passage, as well as knowing that Paulus himself continued teaching and performing these very things shows us that he wasn't saying they were past. the Torah is a shadow. it is. present. the reality is embodied in Messiah. so Torah is Messiah's shadow. as long as Messiah exists, the commandments exist. we may perceive them better or slightly differently the closer Messiah comes to us, but the commandments remain, or else, if not, then where is the Body who casts the shadow? my Messiah has a shadow, and in His shadow I see very intriguing aspects of Him and His personality. to be sure, however, the reality IS Messiah! may He come soon to reign over His people!


if you pay attention to the context of verse 8, which speaks about a man plundering them in wisdom and the "stoicheon" / "elemental spirits" of the world, you realize that from the offset Paulus is warning them of the influence of Greek thinking and religious matters upon their Hebraic observance.

i believe this view is borne out further as the passage develops: verse 16 warns of "no person" deceiving them concerning the obviously Hebraic festivals, etc..

verse 18 picks it back up with this type of deceptive man's teaching, to be on the lookout for them.

verse 22 further clarifies that such things are the "commandments of men" - not Alaha's.

finally, i think attention should be paid to verse 14, from the Peshitta:

...and blotted out in His commandments the bill of our wrongs that was against us, and took it up from the midst, and He affixed it to His cross,

it was through the power of His commandments that He was able to blot out the bill of our wrongs -- not the commandments themselves. that would be circular thinking.

it is more productive to take in the whole of the context than single out a solitary verse and hope to understand it if it is removed from the context.


those are my two shekels worth! <!-- sBig Grin --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/happy.gif" alt="Big Grin" title="Happy" /><!-- sBig Grin -->


Chayim b'Moshiach,
Jeremy
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Re: Colossians Misunderstood - As Usual! - by Burning one - 03-28-2010, 10:02 PM

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