What lasw were done away with at the cross?

Actually the laws that were done away with are the "laws contained in ordinances".

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Many people confuse these with the Seventh Day Sabbath and Sabbath Feast Days.

The Laws Contained in Ordinances = Eph.2:15 & Col.2:15

**It seems that most believe these two texts are saying that the Sabbath and/or Sabbath Feasts are done away with. Let me ask you a question: who wrote these books; wasn't it Paul? Paul kept the Sabbath (Acts 17:2) & Sabbath Feasts (Rom.5:11) like Jesus; then these texts must not be talking about that, when the Bible says to follow Jesus (Col.2:6) and the Apostles (Eph.2:20). If you believe the Bible is inspired (2Tim.3:16) & is the truth (John 17:17); continue on!

**If everyone read the Bible clearly on these matters like Jesus did; then they're wouldn't be false interpetations! The Bible says in Colossians 2:16-17 "Let no man therefore judge you....which are a shadow of things to come" inwhich Jesus showed openly.

It explains some of these ordinances in Colossians 2:20-22 "Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, (Touch not; taste not; handle not; Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?"

Now Hebrews 9:9-13 explains it more!

See: Heb.9:10 "Which stood only in meats and drinks, and diverse washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation."

The other part to this about "judging on the Sabbath,...etc." are in:

Mark 2:23-28; 7:2-23; Luke 13:10-16; 14:1-3 & John 5:8-10; 7:23-24.

Notice in every matter; the Pharisees thought it was wrong to eat with unwashed hands, to heal on the Sabbath, helping out people/animals on the Sabbath as other things; but Jesus always came back with Bible answers to them!

So what is actually done away with is "the judging of these days" and the animal sacrifices!

A good question deserves a good answer.

Ephesians 2:15,16 says that Christ's death abolished the Jewish law. However, in Matthew 5:18, Jesus said that he did not come to do away with the Law but to fulfill it. How to reconcile?

Remember that laws--whether God's law or human laws--have two components: (a) the spirit or intent, and (b) the letter or the details. Jesus death abolished the "letter of the law"; but it did not abolish the intent/ or spirit of the Mosaic laws. You can understand this by reading 2Corin 3:6; 1Tim 1:8,9; and Romans 7:12-14.

So, now Christians are no longer under the "letters of the Mosaic law". They don't get stoned for working in Sabbath--yet they have to make as priority the kingdom of God (Matthew 6:33). They can eat pork--which then symbolized uncleanliness. But, they should avoid anything that would make them physically, spiritually, and morally unclean. ( 2Corinthians 7:1)

Remember that Paul was a lawyer. So, when he wrote his letter to the Ephesians (2:15,16) what he had in mind was what was explained above.

THE LAWS OF GD ARE ETERNAL!

The earliest Christians, when they were rejected by the Jews since Christian theology contradicts the Bible, went to the non-Jews to obtain converts.

They quickly discovered that the non-Jews would not convert, unless the requirements of Gd were removed, especially those of observing the Sabbath by not working, and of keeping kosher, and of circumcision.

When they wrote the Christian's New Testament, they wrote verses they attributed to Jesus and to Paul to make observance of the Laws of Gd, like the Sabbath and of keeping Kosher and circumcision, no longer required. Then, the new faith of Christianity became more popular among the pagans of Europe.

Of course one should ask: What would Jesus have thought of this development? After all, Christians believe that Jesus also said,

Matthew 5:17-19 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Last i looked, heaven and earth have not passed away, so, to Jesus the Laws of Gd are to be followed!

And if one person perfectly fulfills the laws of stopping at a stop sign, does this meant that from now on, no one has to stop at any stop sign anywhere? Fulfilling the law, even perfectly, does not mean the law is no longer valid or to be followed!

If Jesus said that those who teach others to break the commandments will be least in Heaven, it must mean that Jesus thought one should continue to observe Gd's laws. Unless being least in heaven is good enough.

Then, as the followers of Christianity became more and more and more from the non-Jewish people, remembering that only the Jews were commanded to keep these laws, anyway, the Laws became irrelevant anyway.

All of the Mosaic laws that he wrote in a book and placed on the outside of the Ark of the Covenant, which pointed forward to the Messiah, these were the laws of sacrifice, which were done away with at the cross. The Laws that were not done away with were the ones that were placed INSIDE the Ark. These were God's 10 commandments.

Certainly one law was done away with that is the one that says a sacrifice must be made on the Day of Atonement (a Jewish religious day). Jesus was sacrificed on the cross for the forgiveness of our sins. Being himself God, He was the PERFECT sacrifice, as such this did away with the need for any further animal sacrifices.

When Christians say that all the laws were done away with, I think they mean that following written laws cannot save a person, but faith in Jesus. As it is written in Jeremiah, God said to him when speaking about a new covenant, " I will write my law in their hearts" ie follow the law of love, not written laws.

I hope this helps.

God bless.

There are three aspects of Jewish Law: Civil, Ceremonial, and Moral.

Civil Laws: were for the theocratic governing of Israel.

Ceremonial Laws: were for the religious rites of the people. They were a foreshadow pointing towards the death & resurrection of Christ. In that he has come, the foreshadowing is no longer necessary.

Moral Laws: (such as the 10 commandments) are still observed/kept by Christians.

Saul of Tarsus (Paul) claimed Christians did not have to follow the Law of Moses, Jesus never made any such claim, nor did his death change the requirement concerning following the law.

Christians aren't following Jesus, they are following Paul. And, they are pagans.

Many Christians seem to the think the Law of Moses only included the Ten Commandments which demonstrates their ignorance of the bible.

Jesus gave 2 comandments: love your God with all your heart & love your neighbor as yourself.

As a prophetic reformer, Jesus came into the world to bring new meaning to the OT laws, not to break/do away with them.

Example:to truly love God for the things that He has given you should make you want to honor your mother & father, not because a law says that you should, but because you are responding to the ever-gracious love of God.

Does that make sense to you? Not all the laws about not eating pork are valid today, but they were valid then as a dietary consideration.

1Ti 1:9 knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous one, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

1Ti 1:10 for fornicators, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and anything else that is contrary to sound doctrine,

Mat 22:36 Master, which is the great commandment in the Law?

Mat 22:37 Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.

Mat 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.

Mat 22:39 And the second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Mat 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.

Joh 1:17 For the Law came through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Rom 4:13 For the promise that he should be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.

Rom 4:14 For if they of the Law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise is made of no effect;

Rom 4:15 because the Law works out wrath, for where no law is, there is no transgression.

Rom 4:16 Therefore it is of faith so that it might be according to grace; for the promise to be made sure to all the seed, not only to that which is of the Law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

I am saved by grace!

It is written that we are not under the law of sin and death, but under grace. The root of Love & forgiveness. We can fullfill the Law by love. When one has repented they are a sinner and received God's saving grace, one's sins are covered by Jesus blood.

The laws that aren't God's laws. Some will say, you can't do this or that, but it's okay if God say's it's okay.

A person builds on the Christ Rock with perishable and under fire, it gets fried. A person builds on the Rock obedience to God's Word is everlasting & rewards. Those that are greater are the ones obedient to God & the ones are lesser are disobedient.

Jesus said that He didn't come to do away with God's laws, but to fulfill them. We are to live by what God writes in our hearts. We start by reading scripture for edification, but God does the writing in our hearts.