Paul was commending the Colossians for their keeping of the Sabbath, feasts, and Biblical calendar.
The ordinances he mentioned were the same that Yeshua railed against in Matthew 15, and 23, the Takanot and Ma’asim of the Pharisees. Those were what Yeshua took to the cross with him.
The Sabbath was continually spoken of and kept throughout the NT. Paul didn’t reveal any church, Yeshua did when he spoke to his disciples in Matthew 16. Paul’s mystery that he revealed in Romans 7 was how Yeshua was to remarry his Bride that he had divorced. (through his dying for her)
“Paul was commending the Colossians for their keeping of the Sabbath, feasts, and Biblical calendar.”
That would be really funny to the Colossians who weren’t Jewish.
http://www.biblegateway.com/blog/2012/08/letters-to-the-church-colossians/
I’m Catholic and even the protestant bible gateway says they weren’t Jewish.
St Paul preached primarily to Gentile’s who cared not a wit about his thoughts on Jewish practices, just like we don’t care a wit about exactly how far off anybody’s reservation you have wandered.
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