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ABOLISH

a-bol'-ish (chathath, "to be broken down," "made void," "My righteousness shall not be abolished" (Isa 51:6), i.e. as shown in God's faithfulness to His promises; machah, "to erase," "blot out," "that your works may be abolished" (Ezek 6:6) katargeo, "to render inoperative," "bring to nought," "make of no effect," "when he shall have abolished all rule" (1 Cor 15:24), every power opposed to God's kingdom; "having abolished in his flesh the enmity" (Eph 2:15)): By His death, Christ did away with the race separation due to historic ordinances and ceremonial laws (as of circumcision and uncircumcision); through the cross He wrought the reconciliation, and secured that common access to the Father by which the union is maintained.
"Our Saviour Christ Jesus .... abolished death" (2 Tim 1:10). Men still die, "it is appointed unto men" (Heb 9:27), but the fear of death as having power to terminate or affect our personal existence and our union with God, as a dreadful stepping out into the unknown and unknowable (into Sheol of the impenetrable gloom), and as introducing us to a final and irreversible judgment, has been removed. Christ has taken out of it its sting (1 Cor 15:55 f) and all its hurtful power (Heb 2:14); has shown it to be under His control (Rev 1:18), brought to light the incorruptible life beyond, and declared the ultimate destruction of death (1 Cor 15:26; compare Rev 20:14). The Greek (katargeitai) indicates that the process of destruction was then going on.
M. O. Evans Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Definition for 'abolish'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". bible-history.com - ISBE; 1915.

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