Μην σας κρίνει λοιπόν κανείς στο κρέας, ή στο ποτό, ή σε σχέση με μια αργία, ή της νέας σελήνης, ή των ημερών του Σαββάτου: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ (Κολοσσαείς 2:16-17)
Jesus Christ has disarmed the authority of the principalities and powers of the kingdom of darkness, who rule over fallen mankind. Jesus has spoiled principalities and powers and made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them when Jesus became the Substitute for fallen mankind and carried the sins of mankind upon Himself and became a curse at the cross, whereby Jesus entered Hades (κόλαση) and rose as Victor from the dead and ascended on high and took place on the throne at the right hand of the Father.
The new man is justified in Jesus Christ and lives in the New Covenant
The sins, which separated man from God and reigns together with the death in the flesh, took Jesus upon Himself and carried in His flesh. The blood of Jesus Christ made atonement for the sins and iniquities of everyone, who by faith in Christ would be born again in Him and become a new creation.
The new man doesn’t live in the Old covenant, where the law of sin and death reigns in the flesh. Αλλά ο νέος άνθρωπος, who has died to the flesh and whose spirit is raised from the dead, lives in the New Covenant, where the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus reigns
The new man is led by the Spirit instead of the flesh and doesn’t need all kinds of ordinances, θυσίες, rituals to satisfy the flesh and be justified and be saved.
The new man is justified by the blood of Jesus Christ and His redemptive work and not by the law. The flesh in which the law of sin and death reigns, έχει πεθάνει εν Χριστώ.
Όσο ο νέος άνθρωπος μένει εν Χριστώ, the new man remains saved (Διαβάστε επίσης: ''Μόλις αποθηκευτεί, πάντα αποθηκευμένο?’)
Ο νόμος του Μωυσή, Ο νόμος της αμαρτίας και του θανάτου, όπου εκείνα, που ανήκε στο λαό του Θεού (Ισραήλ), could be saved, no longer applies in the New Covenant, since the law of sin and death was meant for (the state of) the old man and his sinful flesh.
The only part of the law which still applies in the New Covenant is the will of God. The moral part of the law, what God considers good and what God considers evil, νομιμότητα, και αμαρτία, which God has made known through His commandments shall always apply, since they already applied before the coming of the law of Moses. The law of God and righteousness and sin already existed before the law (Διαβάστε επίσης: ‘Did sin come by the law or did sin already exist before the law?'')
But all the ordinances, holy days (εορτάζ), Θυσιαστικοί νόμοι, Νομοθεσία για τα τρόφιμα, drinking laws, Τελετουργίες, κλπ. that were related to the flesh, for the satisfaction of the flesh, εξιλέωση, and salvation of the flesh, are no longer applicable, since the flesh has died in Christ.
Let no man therefore judge you in meat or in drink, ή σε σχέση με μια αργία, ή της νέας σελήνης, ή των ημερών του Σαββάτου
Μην σας κρίνει λοιπόν κανείς στο κρέας, ή στο ποτό, ή σε σχέση με μια αργία, ή της νέας σελήνης, ή των ημερών του Σαββάτου: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ (Κολοσσαείς 2:16-17)
Paul warned the saints to stay in Christ and to let no man judge them in meat and in drink, ή σε σχέση με μια αργία (feast), new moon, or the sabbath days, that were part of the Old Covenant and were meant for God’s carnal people, που ανήκε στη γενιά της παλιάς δημιουργίας, since they were just a shadow of things to come and pointed to Jesus Christ (Ω. Εβραϊκά 8 και 10).
Paul wanted to prevent them from returning to the flesh and to the Old Covenant and becoming subject again to the rudiments of this world.
The old man was unspiritual and was separated from God and in his fallen state and with his fallen nature the old man needed precepts, Θυσιαστικοί νόμοι, Νομοθεσία για τα τρόφιμα, εορτάζ (holy days), and rituals to separate themselves from the world and walk holy and righteous in the will of God.
Because of the weakness of the flesh, which possesses a sinful nature, man was not able to fulfill the law of God, since the carnal mind is enmity against God because it’s not subject to God and His will. Therefore the flesh had to be dealt with. And God dealt with the flesh problem by sending His Son Jesus Christ in the flesh and by His redemptive work.
Αλλά ο νέος άνθρωπος, who is no longer carnal but spiritual and has been made whole (θεραπεύτηκε) and has God’s nature and possesses the Holy Spirit, knows the will of God because it is written upon the heart of flesh of the new man. As long as the new man walks in Christ after the Spirit, the new man lives in the will of God.
The Body is of Christ
Μη νομίζετε ότι ήρθα να καταστρέψω τον νόμο, ή οι προφήτες: Δεν ήρθα για να καταστρέψω, αλλά να εκπληρώσει. Γιατί αλήθεια σας λέω, Μέχρι να περάσει ο ουρανός και η γη, ένα τζότα ή ένας τίτλος σε καμία περίπτωση δεν θα περάσει από το νόμο, μέχρι να εκπληρωθούν όλα. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. Γιατί σας λέω, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the Kingdom of Heaven (Ματθαίος 5:17-20)
Επομένως, δεν υπάρχει τώρα καμία καταδίκη σε αυτούς που είναι εν Χριστώ Ιησού, που δεν περπατούν μετά τη σάρκα, αλλά μετά το Πνεύμα. Διότι ο νόμος του Πνεύματος της ζωής εν Χριστώ Ιησού με έχει ελευθερώσει από το νόμο της αμαρτίας και του θανάτου. Για αυτό που ο νόμος δεν μπορούσε να κάνει, στο ότι ήταν αδύναμος μέσω της σάρκας, Ο Θεός στέλνει τον ίδιο του τον Υιό με την ομοιότητα της αμαρτωλής σάρκας, και για την αμαρτία, καταδικασμένη αμαρτία στη σάρκα: Για να εκπληρωθεί μέσα μας η δικαιοσύνη του νόμου, που δεν περπατούν μετά τη σάρκα, αλλά μετά το Πνεύμα (Ρωμαίους 8:1-4)
Ο Ιησούς δεν ήρθε να καταστρέψει το νόμο, αλλά για να εκπληρώσει το νόμο, since the law represented the nature and will of God. Therefore Jesus is the fulfillment of the law and those, who are born again in Him and belong to His Body, την Εκκλησία, and Jesus Christ, Ο Μεσσίας, Αρχιερέας, και Βασιλιάς, have been made free from the law of sin and death by the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus and by walking after the Spirit, they shall fulfill the righteousness of the law, ακριβώς όπως ο Ιησούς.
«Γίνε το αλάτι της γης’
