MYSTERY OF CHRIST
Colossians 2.2
The mystery of Christ already has been revealed to us in full by collection of Letters and Messages of the New Testament and we are very well informed and educated about Christ, but certain mysteries of Him still remain, unanswered, and debated in Christian community.
But for the ancient Hebrews in time of Moses and for the Christian world up to 18th century A.C. when translation and printing of the Bible became available on the languages of the world and printed in large quantities due to invention of the press, only when the mystery of Christ became known to entire world.
Despite this fact, the world still has not completely engaged Christianity and pagan religions and pagan practices of all sorts still well worshiped and preserved. Actually, this had been expected from long ago, from the prophesies of the men of GOD.
So, what the mystery of Christ actually is? We only know what the Bible already open and reveal to us about Christ, but many things about Christ we still do not know and probably would not understand until we meet Him in Heaven, in the Spiritual World. For us the mystery of Christ revealed as much as we suppose to know from the Bible in our short period of our life, but the rest we will know latter.
In the same verse 2 Paul also said, "attaining to all the wealth," means Spiritual Wealth, "that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge," which means knowledge and understanding from the passages of the Bible and its Gospel that we have today.
We are much more lucky and much fortunate than previous generations before us, because we have completed and full information in our hands in which we learn many mysteries of GOD and His Son Jesus Christ, and because of it we are much more educated and have greater knowledge and understanding of GOD and His Son than all previous generations before us.
But it does not mean that we know everything, learning, obtaining more knowledge and more understanding is the lifelong process in order to grow and achieve more in more perfection in GOD, and to be as He want as to be, like Him.
SPIRITUAL CIRCUMCISION AND SPIRITUAL BAPTISM
Colossians 2.11-12
Here Paul explained Spiritual Circumcision and Spiritual Baptism and defined Spiritual Circumcision as the "Circumcision of the Heart" which means when a person humbles himself before Christ in fear and in great respect and admiration before GOD, obeying His Word, this is the Spiritual Circumcision of the heart - a humble soul before GOD and the people.
The Spiritual Baptism as Jesus Christ described Himself consist of Baptism by Holy Spirit (instead of water) and by Fire, means by tribulations, sufferings, and even by violent death.
Also some of other Physical Rituals have been converted to Spiritual Ceremonies and one of them relate to Spiritual Passover when we "eat" the Body of Christ by which we imitate Him in His Good Deeds when He was on Earth, and "drinking" His Blood - His Spirit, in order to become like Him in our spirit, holy, innocent, faithful, and loving.
~ 11-13. Spiritual and Physical Circumcision: (Leviticus 26.41) (Deuteronomy 10.16, 30.6) (Jeremiah 4.4, 9.25-26) (Ezekiel 44.7.9) (To Romans 2.25-29) (Colossians 2.11-13) (1Corinthians 7.19)
CERTIFICATE OF DEBT
Colossians 2.14
Certificate of debt. Every Physical Ritual that symbolizes a cure for uncleanness, food regulations, or removal of a certain transgression, iniquity, defilements, or sin, a'' required animal sacrifices. Apostle Paul presented it here as a certificate of debt , a debt we are own to GOD for not obeying His Laws and Commandments and this became out debt, which is judged us "hostile to us" according to its rules and regulations, until the Christ fulfilled it for us and took it with Him on the cross to remove.
Some might say, "We are Gentiles, why we should obey the Law of Moses, it is given to Hebrews and not to us." Actually, the whole Law of Moses is the universal Law for all humanity of the Earth, because every Gentile and foreigner who settled in the land of Israel, according to the Law of Moses, must obey the whole Law of Moses, no exceptions are given to any one from this Rule.
If gentile who settled in Israel obeyed the Law of Moses, he will be not only the full citizen of Israel with full rights and privileges, but most important of all he or she will belong to the people of GOD, which is the greatest honor and greatest privilege on Earth. And according to the Bible, may foreigners and Gentiles lived among people of Israel from the day it was formed and created by GOD.
This points out that the Certificate of Debt also relates and to Gentiles as it also relates and to Hebrews, and for that matter the entire world own to GOD this particular Debt in not following His Laws, His Commandments, and His Ordinances of the Law of Moses.
Jesus took our Debt on Himself and presented to GOD, and by this redeem us from the Debt by His Own Death on the cross, and we became free from our Debt to GOD.
FALSE TEACHINGS AND THE WORLD
Colossians 2.4.8.16.18.20-23
And as always, almost in every Letter of Paul, he warned all his readers about false teachers, false traditions, false doctrines, and false prophets. Paul also warn us about "friendship" with the world, means living our life like world live. Paul, as a man of GOD, was disgust by the life of the world, it was repugnant and despicable to him how world live and operate, and because of it he constantly issued warnings and precautions not imitate the world in our Christian life.
For a true Christian the world is no less repugnant and no less disgusting as for Paul and as for GOD Himself. So, what we have in common with the world? Nothing.
Every one of us will sooner or later depart from this world and everything we own we will leave here on Earth behind. Our Deeds will follow us and this will be the only Spiritual baggage that will take with us and will be judged not according to our words but according to our Deeds.