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In short, NO! The eternal Word of God did not get nailed to the cross. That would be likened to throwing out all the speeding laws in our country simply because someone else paid my speeding ticket for me. In this analogy, my speeding ticket was a result of my sin. The ticket was my list of offenses, my certificate of debt, my “rap sheet.” It was not the eternal Word of God that was “done away with” or “nailed to the cross,” it was my and your list of offenses, our rap sheet, our “certificate of debt” that was nailed to the cross.
In one of his oft misunderstood passages, the Apostle Paul speaks of a written document
of condemnation that is nailed to the cross (see Colossians 2:14). This document
is frequently misinterpreted as the Torah. Well meaning brothers and sisters often
triumphantly declare that Messiah nailed the Torah to cross. (God forbid!) Translations
like the NIV encourage this kind of interpretation by translating the document nailed
as “the written code,” a term that seems to imply the Torah.
In Colossians 2:14 specifically, it is not the Torah that has been nailed to the cross; rather, it is a written verdict of condemnation, like the type delivered by a Roman court of law. In today’s modern vernacular we could call this our “rap sheet” or the list of our violations of God’s Torah laws. This document is otherwise known as our “certificate of debt.” It lists every time we lusted, or murdered, or stole something, etc.
Furthermore, Colossians 2:14 teaches us that Yeshua/Jesus, having canceled out the “certificate of debt” consisting of violations or debts held against man (to which man owes God), and as such, this type of document is hostile to man, because is shows man to be the sinner that he is and lays out the details of all the specific violations he has accrued; Jesus, on the other hand, has taken it (this document that lists all our past, present and future offenses or violations) out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.
The “certificate of debt” that has been taken out of the way and nailed to the cross
is condemnation. Condemnation (i.e. death) is the ultimate curse of the Torah. It
is this curse that Messiah took upon Himself when He became “a curse for us” (Galatians
3:13). It is specifically a long list of our offenses, or in other words, all the
many ways we have disobeyed God's Torah commandments. That List of Charges against
us has been done away with. We are now in "good standing" under God's LawTorah because
of the sacrifice of our Messiah, Jesus Christ.
An analogy of this might go something
like this (although this is not a perfect analogy it helps bring home the point).
Let’s say I take out a mortgage and owe the Bank (i.e. God). I have failed to make
payment and I am in foreclosure. There is no way I can pay all that I owe. It’s
impossible, and I am at the mercy of the court. [This represents our situation under
the Law/Torah of God, because all have sinned according to the Torah of God]
Then Jesus/Yeshua comes along with a 'rider' policy [according to the Promise given
to Abraham's seed]. It does not cancel the initial contract [eternal Torah of God],
but rather, through Christ's payment of this policy [payment of my sin] that I owe
God and to which I am in debt; Christ via the 'rider' policy pays what I owe, therefore,
since I am no longer in debt because Christ paid if for me, I have come back into
good standing with the Bank (i.e. God) under the original mortgage (Torah or Law
of God) but only because of my relationship with Messiah (i.e. my New Covenant Contract
with Christ).
In other words, I come back in 'good standing' with the Bank [God] because of the
mediation of Jesus [Our High Priest who intercedes on our behalf before the Father].
But we can not earn, merit or acquire the rider policy [i.e. New Covenant relationship
with Christ that results in salvation/redemption], through good works. It is up to
God alone to grace us with the rider policy, but we do have to have faith to receive
the New Covenant policy which is given on our behalf by Christ. Having been placed
in good standing with God (redeemed); we now walk in obedience to the commandments
to which we once were slaves to violating.