Handwriting of ordinances which was against us

Not a single hair of the head of a single Israelite was harmed when the Romans killed all the jews and destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem in 72 AD.  Why?

The Crucifixion wiped the charges which were against us for violating the Torah.  Who is "us"?  The House of Israel prior to 2,000 years ago when Christ was crucified.  When did the House of Israel violate God's Law, or the Torah?  For several thousand years before Christ was born.  What did God do about it?  He divorced the House of Israel.  What did the pure sacrifice of Christ mean to God?   It meant that God could remarry Israel. 

Can His sacrifice apply to future Israelites?  No.

Can His sacrifice apply to non-Israelites?  No.

Can His sacrifice nullify the everlasting covenant that God made with Abraham through Jacob?   No.

Can His sacrifice nullify His commandment to go only to the House of Israel?  No.

Can His sacrifice make null and void God's commandment to Christ to go only to the House of Israel?  No.

Can His sacrifice enable mamzers to enter the congregation of the LORD?  No.

Can His sacrifice cause one tittle of the Torah to fail?  No.

KING JAMES VERSION

Col 2:13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

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;

Col 2:15 And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH VERSION

Col 2:14 God wiped out the charges that were against us for disobeying the Law of Moses. He took them away and nailed them to the cross.

STRONG'S CONCORDANCE

Col 2:14 Blotting out^{1813 the3588 handwriting5498 of ordinances1378 that was against2596 us,2257 which3739 was2258 contrary5227 to us,2254 and2532 took142 it846 out of1537 the3588 way,3319 nailing4338 it846 to his cross;4716}

G5498

cheirographon

Neuter of a compound of G5495 and G1125; something hand written ("chirograph"), that is, a manuscript (specifically a legal document or bond (figuratively)): - handwriting.

From: Israelect@aol.com
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 15:36:28 EST

Col 2:14 in my digital strongset compilation, raw format:

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This word (translated "handwriting") occurs only here in the Greek Bible.

Thayer's Greek Lex:
5701 05701  ceiro,grafon
ceiro,grafon, ceirografou, to, (cei,r and gra,fw), a handwriting; what one has written with his own hand (Polybius 30, 8, 4; Dionysius Halicarnassus 5, 8; others); specifically, a note of hand, or writing in which one acknowledges that money has either been deposited with him or lent to him by another, to he returned at an appointed time (Tobit 5:3; 9:5; Plutarch, mor., p. 829 a. de vitand. aere al. 4, 3; Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 3, 40); metaphorically, applied in Col. 2:14 ((where R. V. bond)) to the Mosaic law, which shews men to be chargeable with offences for which they must pay the penalty.*

Louw-Nida Lex:
33.40  ceiro,grafon, ou n: a handwritten statement, especially a record of financial accounts (similar in meaning to gra,mma 'account,' 33.39, but perhaps with emphasis upon the handwritten nature of the document) - 'account, record of debts.' evxalei,yaj to. kaqV h`mw/n ceiro,grafon 'he cancelled the record of our debts' Col 2.14.

UBS Greek Dic:
6517 06517  ceiro,grafon , ou n record of one's debts 

Friberg Greek Lex:
28202 28202  ceiro,grafon, ou, to, strictly handwritten document; in legal matters a promissory note, record of indebtedness, bond; figuratively in CO 2.14 not as the law itself, but as the record of charges (for breaking God's law), which stood against us and which God symbolically removed by �nailing it to the cross," handwritten account, record of debts

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