{"id":2075,"date":"2012-11-29T05:00:10","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=2075"},"modified":"2023-02-13T15:32:55","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T21:32:55","slug":"colossians-213-15-what-the-cross-accomplished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=2075","title":{"rendered":"Colossians 2:13-15 \u2014 What the Cross Accomplished"},"content":{"rendered":"
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13\u00a0<\/sup>And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses,<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

14\u00a0<\/sup>having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

15\u00a0<\/sup>Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

alive together with Him (v.13) \u2014 ties back to v.12<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n

uncircumcision of your flesh (v.13) \u2014 separation from God by their carnal disposition and because they weren’t of Israel<\/h3>\n

having forgiven (v.13) = to grant a favor \u2014 from the same root word as that for “grace”<\/h3>\n

forgiven you all trespasses (v.13) \u2014 all that had alienated them from God<\/h3>\n

trespasses (v.13) = “a falling beside” \u2014 failing to follow the path set out for us by God<\/h3>\n

wiped out (v.14) = cancellation<\/h3>\n

handwriting of requirements (v.14) \u2014 the law \u2014 it was (1) expressed in commandments (2) “against us” \u2014 had a valid claim on us (3) “contrary” \u2014 hostile because we could not keep it<\/h3>\n

Law is against us, because it comes like a taskmaster, bidding us do, but neither putting the inclination into our hearts nor the power in our hands. And law is against us, because the revelation of unfulfilled duty is the accusation of the defaulter, and a revelation to him of his guilt. And law is against us, because it comes with threatenings and foretastes of penalty and pain. Thus, as standard, accuser, and avenger it is against us. \u2014 Wuest, page 208.<\/span><\/h3>\n

taken (v.14) \u2014 tense indicates action with abiding results<\/h3>\n

nailed it to the cross (v.14) \u2014 public demonstration<\/h3>\n

principalities and powers (v.15) \u2014 spiritual powers opposed to God<\/h3>\n

The principalities and authorities here are the same as in Ephesians 6:12<\/span><\/a>, the demons of Satan in the atmosphere of this earth. Our Lord, after His death on the Cross, needed to present Himself at the heavenly Mercy Seat in His bloodless body glorified, as the great High Priest, thus completing the atonement, fulfilling the Old Testament type when the High Priest on the Day of Atonement killed the sacrifice at the Brazen Altar and then carried the blood into the Holy of Holies, sprinkling it on the Mercy Seat, thus completing in type the atonement for sin. In order to do this, our Lord had to pass through the kingdoms of Satan in the air. The demons offered opposition. He, stripping them off and away from Himself (apekduomai<\/em> spoiled), displayed them boldly (deigmatizo<\/em>, “to make and example of,” “made a show of”), leading them in triumph in it. These are the captives taken by our Lord in His ascension as He left the tomb (Ephesians 4:8<\/span><\/a>). \u2014 Wuest, page 209.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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triumphing (v.15) \u2014 The picture, one\u00a0 quite familiar in the Roman world, is that of a triumphant general leading a parade of victory. The conquering warrior, riding at the front in his chariot, leads his troops through the streets of his home city. Behind them trails a wretched company of vanquished kings, officers, and soldiers \u2014 the spoils of battle. Christ, in this picture, is the conquering general; the principalities and powers are the vanquished enemy displayed as the spoils of battle before the entire universe. \u2014 Vaughan, page 81.<\/span><\/h3>\n

it (v.15) \u2014 the cross<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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