Law Nailed to the Cross

Some people have suggested that all of the Old Testement is obsolete (ie. OT only applies to the Jews), and NT only applies to Christians.

Others double down on this assumption, and have an interesting interpretation of Col 2:13-14

[Col 2:13–14 KJV] "13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath He quickened together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses; 14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to His cross;"

Many Christians (ie. millions, I fear) have been wrongly told that Christians are under grace, not under OT law, as it was the OT law which was nailed to Jesus' cross; so the only thing Christians must do to get to Heaven is to say that they "believe in Jesus Christ".

The English word "ordinances" is translated from the Greek word dogma (Strong's G1378:  dógma, dog'-mah; from the base of G1380; a law (civil, ceremonial or ecclesiastical):—decree, ordinance).

Thayer's Greek lexicon adds: 

 δόγμα, -τος, τό, (from δοκέω, and equivalent to τὸ δεδογμένον), an opinion, a judgment (Plato, others), doctrine, decree, ordinance;

In 1 Cor 9:9, the "law of Moses" occurs.  Here, the "law" is the Greek word nomos which is used 197 times in the KJV Bible, each and every time translated as "law". (Strong's Greek G3551 nómos, nom'-os; from a primary νέμω némō (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals); law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle):—law.

Simple Example

To help understand the Biblical meanings here, let's take a simple example.  You are driving a car, doing 80 km/hr in a 50 km/hr zone.  You saw the road sign which said "Maximum 50 km/hr".  A police officer is upset by you exceeding the speed limit by 30 km/hr, putting you and everybody near you at un-necessary risk.

The officer pulls you over, shows you your clocked speed on his radar speed gun, and writes you a speeding ticket; a summons to appear in Court to explain yourself to the Magistrate against the police officer's accusation against you.

In Court, the police officer presents his evidence to the Magistrate, that the government had set the Maximum speed at 50 km/hr on that roadway, the drivers were notified and reminded of that law by the matching sign, the radar gun was working properly and recorded 80 km/hr, the driver (you) admitted speeding when he was stopped.  All while the police officer is giving his evidence, there is a tape recording being made of everything being said.  In addition, the Magistrate is writing down his own notes of key evidence presented.

You, the driver, were allowed to question the police officer's evidence, or submit additional evidence.  You decide to say only that you were late for work, so you had decided to speed.

After hearing all the evidence, the Magistrate decides you are guilty as charged, and fines you $100.00 

On a separate sheet of paper, the Judge writes the current date and time, Police Summons number, the driver's name, driver's license number, the charge (80 in a 50 zone), the judgement rendered (ie. "Guilty"), and the fine of $100.00 then the Magistrate signs the Guilty verdict. The judge then staples the Guilty verdict to the speeding ticket, and calls for the next case to begin.

If there is an appeal of this Magistrate's decision, all the necessary information is recorded on the various Court records.

If the Guilty verdict somehow got lost, and couldn't be found, there would be no record of a conviction against the driver.  The Court office would not be able to collect the fine mentioned in Court.  It would be similar to never being convicted of speeding.

Applying the simple example

Applying this simple example to our Bible question, we have:

God's commandments are like the speed laws passed by the government.

The Bible notifies all humans about God's laws, just like the Maximun 50 km/hr speed sign on the edge of the road.

The police officer who noticed the driver speeding, stopped the driver, and wrote him a ticket is like the Holy Spirit and the driver's conscience convicting him of doing wrong.

The Magistrate is like God, judging the evidence, finding guilt, and rendering suitable punishment (fine of $100.00).

The Guilty verdict is the ordinance that gets nailed to Jesus' cross, taking it away, thereby preventing the judgment and fine to be attributed towards the driver.

Other Evidence

A similar explanation is offered here:

https://lifehopeandtruth.com/bible/law-and-grace/nailed-to-the-cross/

Jesus said:

[Mat 5:17 KJV] "17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil."

and

[Mat 5:18 KJV] "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."

and

 [Jhn 14:15 KJV] "15 If ye love Me, keep My commandments."

 

Conclusion

The only reasonable interpretation of all the above is that the OT law is still in effect, God wants us to obey His laws, if we truly love God then we will want to be obedient to God's laws, and its our Guilty verdicts against us that will get nailed to Jesus' cross, not God's laws.

In response, I see that God is consistently against sin and iniquity, in both OT and NT.  God doesn't change.  Sin by a Jew under the Abraham covenant angers God.  I suggest that the NT clearly indicates that Jesus is angered when a Christian sins under the NT.  I see no difference in the Bible.