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<\/a><\/p>\nIt does not appear that Paul ever visited this city, but one of his co-workers, Tychicus seems to have planted this church and continued to work with it. Paul will have written this letter before the earthquake in the later 60s, presumably while under house arrest in Rome in the period 60-62 A.D.\u00a0 \u00a0The letter is interesting for several reasons, not the least of which is Paul\u2019s comment advising the Christians there not to get caught up in observing Jewish religious days such as new moon festivals and sabbaths.\u00a0 There is also a crucial statement about the \u2018isotes\u2019 of slaves with their masters\u2013 namely their equality and equal sacred worth with their masters.\u00a0 Not to mention the Christological significance of what is said about the Son of God being involved in the work of creation\u2013 being first or uniquely involved in creation, and also the first to receive a resurrection body, the beginning of the eschatological fulfillment promised in Dan. 12.\u00a0 \u00a0See my socio-rhetorical commentary on Colossians which is paired with Ephesians and Philemon.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m pleased to report that the Tutku tours company is support this dig.<\/p>\n
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Below you see a map which highlights the three major cities of the Lycus valley and their location in Turkey. For decades and decades, Biblical scholars have been hoping and waiting for the tel or mound at Colossae to be finally excavated to see what\u2019s left of the city that was destroyed in the A.D. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":71273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15551],"class_list":["post-71249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-overlooking-colossae-is-a-colossal-mistake"],"yoast_head":"\n
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