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Eph 2:15 proves the 10 commandments are abolished!
"by abolishing [Strongs #2673] in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace, and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity. " (Ephesians 2:15-16)
A. "Commandments contained in ordinances" refers specifically to the 10
commandments:
Click to View The Ten texts where the 10 Commandments are called,
Statutes, Ordinances and Decrees. To the shock and horror of Seventh-day
Adventists, they will learn they have been lied to by their leaders and
that the 10 commandments are the ordinances that were abolished in Col 2:14
and Eph 2:15.
Every time a Sabbatarian sees the expression "Statutes, Ordinances
and Decrees", they automatically exclude the 10 commandments and apply it
only to what they falsely call, "the ceremonial law" Yet here are many
passages where these common expressions refer to the 10 commandments
exclusively: (or at least in part include) This is a summary of a larger
document. Click here to see it: The Ten texts where the 10 Commandments are
called, Statutes, Ordinances and Decrees: Here is the Summary of that
document:
Click to View Deut 5:1 The Ten commandments are called "My statures and
all My ordinances"
Click to View Ezekiel 20:19-21 The weekly Sabbath is called "My statures
and all My ordinances"
Click to View Mal 4:4 Book closes with a call to keep "statutes and
ordinances" which obviously include the 10 commandments because it would be
unthinkable for such a doxology to leave them out completely!
Click to View Neh 9:13-14 the weekly Sabbath is included without
distinction: "right judgments, true laws, good statutes, commandments"
Click to View Lev 19:1-37 The Ten commandments and the ceremonial law are
mixed together without distinction and called "My statures and all My
ordinances"
Click to View Deut 5:1-6:25: Two whole chapters that deal exclusively with
the 10 commandments and the following 5 terms are used interchangeably
without distinction: "statutes", "ordinances", "commandments", "judgments",
"testimonies".
Click to View Lev 23 The Weekly Sabbath is lumped in with all the yearly
Sabbaths without distinction and they are all called "The Lord's appointed
times" and "holy convocations".
Click to View Ezek 20 calls the first and fourth commandment, "My statutes
and My ordinances"
Click to View Neh 8 uses interchangeably without distinction, the following
terms: "the book of the law of Moses", "the law", "the book of the law",
"the law of God", "book of the law of God" and includes
Longer more detailed outline: The Ten texts where the 10
Commandments are called, Statutes, Ordinances and Decrees.
B. Keyword connections of Eph 2:15 with other texts
Found in Texts
How Adventists interpret
Abolished (Strongs #2673)
Eph 2:15
Rom 7:2-6
2 Cor 3:7,11,13,14
Ceremonial law
10 Commandments
10 Commandments
certificate of debt
the enmity
ministry of death
Col 2:14
Eph 2:14
2 Cor 3
Ceremonial law
Ceremonial law
10 commandments
commandments in ordinances
certificate of debt of decrees
statutes [#2706] and ordinances
my statutes [#2706] and my judgments
statutes [#2706] and judgments
judgments, laws, statutes [#2706] , commandments
My statutes [#2706] and My ordinances
My statures [#2706] and all My ordinances
Eph 2:15
Col 2:14
Deut 5:1
Ezekiel 20:19-21
Mal 4:4
Neh 9:13-14
Ezek 20
Lev 19
Ceremonial law
Ceremonial law
10 commandments
10 commandments
10 commandments
10 commandments
10 commandments
10 commandments
C. Greek word study
"by abolishing [Strongs #2673] in His flesh the enmity, which is the
Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might
make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace, and might reconcile
them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death
the enmity. " (Ephesians 2:15-16)
"having "canceled out" the certificate of debt [cheirographos #5498,
a handwriting] consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us;
and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. "
(Colossians 2:14)
"Or do you not know, brethren (for I am speaking to those who know
the law), that the law has jurisdiction over a person as long as he lives?
For the married woman is bound by law to her husband while he is living;
but if her husband dies, she is released [Strongs #2673] from the law
concerning the husband. ... But now we have been released [Strongs #2673]
from the Law...What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On
the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for
I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, "You shall
not covet." " (Romans 7:1-7)
"But if the ministry of death, in letters engraved on stones, came
with glory, so that the sons of Israel could not look intently at the face
of Moses because of the glory of his face, fading [Strongs #2673] as it
was, how will the ministry of the Spirit fail to be even more with glory?
For if the ministry of condemnation has glory, much more does the ministry
of righteousness abound in glory. For indeed what had glory, in this case
has no glory because of the glory that surpasses it. For if that which
fades away [Strongs #2673] was with glory, much more that which remains is
in glory. Therefore having such a hope, we use great boldness in our
speech, and are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so
that the sons of Israel would not look intently at the end of what was
fading away [Strongs #2673]. But their minds were hardened; for until this
very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains unlifted,
because it is removed [Strongs #2673] in Christ. But to this day whenever
Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart; but whenever a person turns to
the Lord, the veil is taken away. " (2 Corinthians 3:7-16)
Eph 2
Col 2
2 Cor 3
Rom 7
Abolished (2673)
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"Canceled out" "Nailed to cross" v14
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CHEIROGRAPHOS (5498), a handwriting
the enmity v15,16
"Certificate of debt" v14
ministry of death
The law
the Law of commandments
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Tables of stone
"coveting"
Decrees (1378)
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