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A NEW COVENANT FOR GOD'S PEOPLE 109
us which consisted of decrees and which was in opposition
to us by condemning us as sinners and
by dividing off Israelite from Gentile , and He has
taken it out of the way by nailing it to the torture
stake. . . . Therefore let no man judge you in
eating and drinking or in respect of a feast day
or of an observance of the new moon or of a sabbath,
for those things are a shadow of the things
to come, but the reality belongs to the Christ ."
Colossians 2 :13-17, NW God canceled the old
covenant of the Law as if by nailing it to Jesus'
torture stake at Calvary .
10 For the benefit specifically of the natural Israelites
under the old covenant it was necessary
for Jesus to die as a man accursed on the torture
stake . By agreeing to the terms of the Law covenant
and then failing to live up to its requirements,
the natural Israelites came under the
curse of the Law, something which never applied
to the Gentiles not bound by that Law. Worse
still, that Law was meant to be a tutor to lead
them to Christ, Jehovah's anointed King, and yet
they refused the leadings of the Law and rejected
the permanent Heir of Jehovah's Kingdom covenant.
So the curse descended upon them : "Cursed
be he that confirmeth not all the words of this
law to do them." Deuteronomy 27 :26 To remove
this special curse from the Israelites, the
Law-keeping innocent Jesus must not only die,
but die on the stake like an accursed lawbreaker .
"For all those who depend upon works of law are
10. Why was it necessary that Jesus' death be on a
stake?