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What was "nailed to the cross" in Colossians 2:14? What is the cheirographon tois dogmasin? Does abolishing the ceremonial law (including the DOA) eliminate its antitype?

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ORDINANCE

  • A decree: EXO 12:14,24,43; 13:10; 15:25; NUM 9:14; 10:8; 15:15; 18:8; ISA 24:5; MAL 4:4; ROM 13:2; 1PE 2:13
  • INSUFFICIENCY OF, FOR SALVATION: ISA 1:10-17; GAL 5:6; 6:15; EPH 2:15; COL 2:14,20-23; HEB 9:1,8-10

ATONEMENT

  • For tabernacle and furniture: LEV 16:15-20,33
  • DAY OF: Time — EXO 30:10; LEV 23:27; 25:9; NUM 29:7. How observed — EXO 30:10; LEV 16:2-34; 23:27-32; NUM 29:7-11; ACT 27:9; HEB 5:3; 9:7,19,22
  • MADE BY ANIMAL SACRIFICES: EXO 29:36; LEV 1:4; 4:20-35; 16:6,10,11,15-19,24-34; 17:11; HEB 9:22
  • MADE BY JESUS: Divinely ordained — LUK 2:30,31; GAL 4:4,5; EPH 1:3-12; COL 1:19,20; 1PE 1:20; REV 13:8. Made but once — HEB 7:27; 9:24-28; 10:10,12,14; 1PE 3:18. Typified — GEN 4:4; EXO 12:5,11,14; 24:8; LEV 16:30,34; 17:11; HEB 9:7,12,20,22,28; 1CO 5:7
  • UNCLASSIFIED: PSA 40:6,7; ISA 53:4-12; DAN 9:24-27; ZEC 13:1; ROM 3:24-26; HEB 1:3; 9:12-15,25,26; 10:1-20; 12:24; 13:12,20,21; 1JN 1:7; 2:2; REV 1:5; 5:9; 7:14; 12:11

TYPES

  • MISCELLANEOUS: The sanctuary a type of the heavenly sanctuary — EXO 40:2,24; HEB 8:2,5; 9:1-12
  • OF THE SAVIOUR: COL 2:17; HEB 9:7-15,18-28; 10:1-10
  • High priest typical of the mediatorship: EXO 28:1,12,29,30,38; LEV 16:15; ZEC 6:12,13; HEB 5; 8:2; 10:21
  • The institutions ordained by Moses: MAT 26:54; LUK 24:25-27,44-47; COL 2:14-17; HEB 10:1-14
  • The sacrifices: LEV 4:2,3,12; HEB 9:7-15,18-25; 10:1-22; 13:11-13; 1PE 1:19; REV 5:6

PRIEST (selected)

  • HIGH PRIEST: On the Day of Atonement — EXO 30:10; LEV 16; HEB 5:3; 9:7,22,23
  • Christ as high priest: HEB 5:1,6,10; 6:20; 7:1-21,24-28; 8:1-3; 9:11-12,24; 10:21
  • BODY: 1CO 3:16; 6:3,15,19; 2CO 5:1 — relevant for Col 2:17 "the body is of Christ"
  • SACRIFICES (figurative): ISA 34:6; ROM 12:1; PHP 2:17; HEB 13:15

Topics gathered: 2026-05-14