16Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holiday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Yes, cultist, we now expect you to angrily post an excuse for the ignoring of the truth. Go on, hell ain't half full.
The 7th-day-Sabbath, located in the 4th commandment, ISN'T A CEREMONIAL SABBATH. It is not of TYPES AND SHADOWS, which is what Paul is talking about in Colossians 2.
These were the yearly CEREMONIAL days observed and associated sabbaths.
Spring Calendar:
Passover, The crucifixion, Jesus is God’s Passover Lamb. (14 Nisan, not a Sabbath)
Feast of Unleavened Bread (Pilgrimage to Jerusalem required for all men.) Putting away sin from one’s life.
**Sabbath of 15 Nisan, 1st day of the feast.
**The Omer, first fruits of the barley harvest, 16 Nisan. Resurrection.
**Sabbath of 21 Nisan, 7th and last day of the feast.
Feast of Weeks - Pentecost, a sabbath day 50 days after the Omer (Pilgrimage to Jerusalem required for all men.) Firstfruits of the wheat harvest. The outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
Fall Calendar:
Trumpets, Sabbath of 1 Tishri, Announcement of impending judgment.
Day of Atonement, Sabbath of 10 Tishri, The pre-Advent Judgment.
Feast of Tabernacles (Pilgrimage to Jerusalem required for all men.) The ingathering of God’s people - the second coming.
**Sabbath of 15 Tishri, 1st day of Tabernacles, freed from the bondage of sin.
**Sabbath of 22 Tishri, 8th and last day of Tabernacles.
“The yearly ceremonial sabbaths that the Jews observed in connection with the Temple or Sanctuary were a shadow, or prophetic in nature, of future events. Every year the Jews were acting out the plan of salvation as demonstrated by the Temple sacrifices and ceremonies. The whole process was designed as a play of sorts, to explain to everyone the exact sequence of events in God’s plan to redeem mankind. The focus of this plan, of course, is Jesus Christ in his role as the Lamb of God, as well as his role of High Priest or Mediator between God the Father and humanity.”
http://www.aloha.net/~mikesch/shadow.htm