wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us; and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;
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In parallel withEphesians 2:15-16
The law of commandments abolished in His flesh, making peace between Jew and Gentile.
“having abolished in the flesh the hostility, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man of the two, making peace; and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, having killed the hostility thereby.”
The same thread2 Corinthians 5:21
God made the sinless One to be sin for us, which is how the record against us was cancelled.
“For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.”
A pattern ofEsther 9:1
The decree against God's people reversed on the appointed day.
“Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the month, when the king’s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to conquer them, (but it was turned out the opposite happened, that the Jews conquered those who hated them),”