Colossians 2:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 priests will write these curses on the scroll, and he will wipe [them] off into the waters of the bitterness.

Do not cover their guilt, and do not let their sin be blotted out from before you. They have {provoked the builders to anger}.

Be gracious to me, O God, according to your loyal love. According to your abundant mercies, blot out my transgressions.

I, I am the one who blots out your transgressions for my sake, and I will not remember your sins.

I have wiped your transgressions out like cloud and your sins like mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you!"

Therefore repent and turn back, so that your sins may be blotted out,

The handwriting

If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit [to them] as [if] living in the world?

And the king's secretaries were called in the first month on the thirteenth day, and [a decree] was issued, according to all that Haman commanded, to the satraps of the king and to the governors who [were] over all the provinces, and to [the] officials of all the people, to each province according to [its own] script and to all people according to their own language; [it was] written in the name of King Ahasuerus and [was] sealed with the king's ring.

Write {as you see fit} concerning the Jews in the name of the king, and seal [it] with the king's signet ring; for a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the king's signet ring cannot be revoked."

The king cried {aloud} to bring [in] the conjurers, the {astrologers} and the diviners; the king {spoke} and said to [the] wise men of Babylon, "Any man that can read this writing and can tell me its explanation will be clothed [in] purple and [will have] necklace of gold [hung] around his neck and he will rule [as] third [in authority] in the kingdom."

And they were both righteous in the sight of God, living blamelessly in all the commandments and regulations of the Lord.

Now I say, for as long a time [as] the heir is a child, [he is] no different from a slave, [although he] is master of everything,

For he himself is our peace, who made both one and broke down the dividing wall of the partition, the enmity, in his flesh,

For on the one hand a preceding commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness

In calling [it] new, he has declared the former [to be old]. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old [is] near to disappearing.

which [was] a symbol for the present time, in which both the gifts and sacrifices which were offered were not able to perfect the worshiper with respect to the conscience,

[When he] says above, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and [offerings] for sin you did not want, nor did you delight in," which are offered according to the law,

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And one shall say, "Build up, build up! Clear [the] way! Remove [the] obstacles from the way of my people!"

For the mystery of lawlessness is at work already; only the one who now restrains [will do so] until he is out of the way,