tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3335270607657867160.post428196025637773249..comments2023-03-01T11:37:09.936-08:00Comments on Answering Judaism: Response to Charles Spearman. Christians and the TorahAnswering Judaismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08118361261862962380noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3335270607657867160.post-90011177104967570942015-03-26T10:16:21.386-07:002015-03-26T10:16:21.386-07:00WHAT was nailed to the Cross? Cheirographon, that’...WHAT was nailed to the Cross? Cheirographon, that’s what. It might be Greek to you, but it’s a Greek word you should know if you want to understand what was nailed to the Cross in Colossians 2:14.<br /><br />Many Christians erroneously believe that “the handwriting of ordinances” (cheirographon) in Colossians 2:14 refers to the Old Testament Law of Moses. According to this misinterpretation, God’s Law was “against us,” and “contrary to us” because it was a heavy yoke of bondage. It was an impediment, a hindrance to man’s attempt to be reconciled to God. Therefore, God had to “take it out of the way” and get rid of it. He did this by nailing it to the Cross.<br /> In other words, we are reconciled to God by Christ’s abolition of His Father’s Law. So says this popular misinterpretation of Colossians 2:14.<br /> This view is flawed for a few different reasons. First, it contradicts the biblical truth that God’s Law, properly understood, is neither “against us” nor “contrary to us.” According to the Bible, God’s unadulterated Law is a blessing, not a burden. (See, e.g., Deut. 4:5-9; Psalm 19, Psalm 119, Romans 7:22, 1 Tim. 1:8, and many other passages.)<br /> A second reason this view is flawed is because it portrays Yeshua as a slick lawyer who finds a legal loophole to thwart God’s justice. Yeshua gets us off the hook by simply abolishing the commandments that we broke. “You’ve been accused of breaking the Sabbath? No problem. I’ll just abolish that commandment.” But Jesus said we are not to even think that He came to abolish the Law. (See Matthew 5:17-19.)<br /><br />A third reason this view is flawed is because of the meaning of the word cheirographon. A study of this word will reveal exactly what it was that got nailed to the Cross in Colossians 2:14. When you see what really got nailed to the Cross, you will find it far more liberating than believing that Yeshua blotted out His Father’s commandments.<br /> The Greek word cheirographon is a compound word that is formed by combining the two words cheir (“hand”) and grapho (“to write or engrave”). In its simplest sense, the word means a handwritten document.<br /> Other than in Colossians 2:14, the word cheirographon appears nowhere else in the Greek New Testament, nor does it appear in the Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Tanakh – “Old Testament”). However, the word does appear in extra-biblical Greek documents. It is in these documents that we learn that cheirographon is a legal term. It is a word that was used to refer to the written evidence of a person’s guilt in a courtroom. It is the written record of a person’s crimes – the laws he has broken and the penalty he owes for his law-breaking. In ancient times, the accuser would present the cheirographon from the middle of the courtroom, called tou mesou, “the middle” – the exact term Paul uses when he says the cheirographon is taken “out of the way (tou mesou).”<br /> <br /> <br /><br />http://www.petahtikvah.com/Articles/WhatwasnailedtotheCrossin.htmAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13911023859638847668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3335270607657867160.post-12424627137131262022015-03-26T10:12:03.805-07:002015-03-26T10:12:03.805-07:00Col 2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinance...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;<br /> <br />having erased the hand-signed sefer of guilt choiv (debt), the heavenly indictment against us in the maleh chukat haTorah (full statute requirement of the Torah), which was against us. Moshiach has done away with this opposing record, having nailed it to Moshiach’s Etz (DEVARIM 21:23) The Ortodox Jewish Brit Chadasha<br /> <br />Handwriting of ordinance, which is against us, and was an opponent to us Yeshua (Jesus) took away by way of His redemption offering and nailed handwriting to the cross. A handwriting word is in Greek text kheirografon, which means promissory note, which debtor has written with him own hands. In Hebrew, it means hand signed a guilt book. Verse 14 doesn’t so mean the law (Torah) of God, but the debt and guilt of the people, which is a sin. Yeshua (Jesus) was nailed to the cross for the sins of the mankind, but Paul wrote in this that also handwriting of ordinance (hand signed guilt book) have taken away by way of redemption offering of Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah and nailed it to the cross.<br /> <br />Yeshua (Jesus) said that He wouldn't come to destroy the law (Torah), and therefore He couldn’t nail the law to the cross. Sin is our opponent, which nailed together with Yeshua (Jesus) to the cross. Greek text uses from the Bible two words grafee and gramma, but as we notice Greek text uses the word kheirografon. An ordinance word is in Greek dogma, which means command, setting, and regulation. Kheirografon means promissory note not the law (Torah). Hebrew uses words sefer choiv (hand signed guilt book). Our sins are nailed to the cross, not the law (Torah).<br /> <br />Sins of the men are nailed to the cross, and not the law (Torah) of God. Some people misunderstand this verse that the law (Torah) is nailed to the cross. Paul wrote, that when the Messiah circumcises our heart in the Holy Spirit, so believers die to sins and start to live righteously. Dead sin stays like this on the cross and the new man is free to wander according to righteousness of God. This comes true when the Holy Spirit can influence will and work in the hearts of Yeshua's (Jesus) disciples.<br /><br />http://www.kotipetripaavola.com/Congregation%20of%20Colossians.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13911023859638847668noreply@blogger.com