Christ did more than remove the curse of the Law - He also
removed the Law itself as an obligation:
COLOSSIANS 2:13-14, 16-17
13 And you, being dead in your sins and the UNCIRCUMCISION OF
YOUR FLESH [i.e., being without the Law], hath he quickened together with him,
having forgiven you all trespasses;
14 Blotting out THE HANDWRITING OF ORDINANCES [the written Law]
that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way,
nailing it to his cross;
16 Let no man THEREFORE judge you in meat, or in drink, or in
respect of an holiday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of
Christ.
The Law, by its own clauses, excluded Gentiles. Therefore
including Gentiles as the people of God required annulling the Law which had
been a barrier to Gentiles. Christ satisfied the demands of the Law
once-for-all on the cross, thereby removing the barrier to us Gentiles.
Gentiles were then included as the people of God without any requirement to
keep Moses' Law.
This is the Gospel of the grace of God!
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