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Interpretation 2
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Dr. Sidney Davis, Jr. insists that much of Colossians 2.16 and 17 have been
misunderstood as Paul's opposition to semitic practices: http://www.
sabbathmorefully.org/Colossians3.html
Paul says the annual Holy Days and the Sabbath are
currently shadows of things to come.
Paul does not say that they were
shadows that were fulfilled at the
coming of Christ.
From this we know that the events they
foreshadow have not been completed yet;
therefore, the shadows still have relevance.
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Instead of doing away with God's
Sabbath and the Holy Days, this
passage of Scripture, when understood
correctly, affirms them and shows that
the Colossian Church was actually
keeping them.
It is not the LAW that Paul is focusing on here in
Colossians, it is the FORGIVENESS of God and
the completeness in Christ. We can today like the
Colossian Christians find in the holy days of
which the Sabbath is a part a continuing
relevancy and meaning as we study and celebrate
them in the body of Christ.