The Handwriting of Ordinances In Colossians 2:14, Paul speaks of blotting out the handwriting of ordinances. Some take blotting out the handwriting of ordinances to mean that Christ brought and end to the Law of Moses and that following His death, it was no longer in effect.  Some reason that the law was fulfilled completely at the cross. In the  debate on the End of Torah with Don Preston, D. Div., Kurt Simmons seeks to establish this point.  Many believe the same. Simmons and Blotting Out The Handwriting of Ordinances. Simmons writes:  "The handwriting of ordinances here is not the Ten Commandments as is commonly supposed, but a memorandum, ...