Colossians 2:14

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Summary

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;

Blotting

The handwriting

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Isaiah 57:14

2 Thessalonians 2:7

Bible References

Blotting

And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water;

And do not cover their iniquity, nor let their sin be blotted out from before thee, for they have become angry against the builders.

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy mercy; according unto the multitude of thy compassion eradicate my rebellion.

I, even I, am he that uproots thy rebellions for mine own sake and will not remember thy sins.

I have undone, as a cloud, thy rebellions, and thy sins, as a mist, return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

Repent ye therefore and be converted that your sins may be blotted out, for the times of refreshing of the presence of the Lord are come;

The handwriting

For if ye are dead with the Christ to the elements of the world, why, as though living unto the world, do ye decree rites,

Then the king's scribes were called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and it was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants and to the governors that were over each province and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof and to every people after their language; in the name of King Ahasuerus it was written and sealed with the king's ring.

Write ye also for the Jews, as it pleases you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring; for the writing which is written in the king's name and sealed with the king's ring may not be revoked.

The king cried in a loud voice that they bring in the magicians, the Chaldeans, and the fortune-tellers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever shall read this writing and show me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold about his neck and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord, blameless.

Now I say That the heir, as long as he is a child differs in nothing from a slave, though he be lord of all,

For he is our peace, who of both has made one, breaking down the middle wall of separation,

For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness of it;

In that he says, New, he has made the first old. Now that which decays and waxes old is ready to vanish away.

Which was a figure of that time present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience,

Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou dost not desire, neither hadst pleasure therein, which are offered by the law;

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And shall say, Clear away, clear away, level the way, take away the stumblingblocks out of the way of my people.

For the mystery of iniquity is already working, except that he who dominates now will dominate until he is taken out of the way.