what does this mean that Jesus fulfilled the law?

Question

what law

Answer 1

While there were specific 'laws', the 'law' seemed basically to be that if you disobeyed God then you sinned and would face judgement. That is the law, or rule of law, that even our society is built on.

With Jesus, he came to preach repentence and forgiveness of sin.

John 3:16 and all that.

So, the law is still there, but rather than the partial dead end of sinning, being judged, he now reveals the entire story (its fulfullment): sin, be judged (and seperated from God) or repent, believe, accept forgiveness, and be re-united with God. (Which, btw, is what the word re-ligion means).

So its fills out (fulfills) the purpose of the law: lead humanity back to God.

Answer 2

Very simply put, it was the Mosaic laws that pointed to the Saviour, the true Lamb of God. There were actually two laws that were in place back in the Old Testament times. There was God's holy Ten Commandment Law and there was the Mosaic law that was written by Moses and put on the outside of the Ark of the Covenent. The Ten Commandments were placed inside the Ark. The laws of Moses were those that concerned the sacrificial system of the temple and the way you were to sacrifice the lamb or bull and all the ordinances. Many get this mixed up with the Ten Commandment law but they are totally different. One pointed to Jesus, the Lamb that was to be slain for mankind, the Ten Commandment were to be kept for all time. Some will say that the health laws that are mentioned in Leviticus are the Jewish laws but where were the Jews in Genesis 7 when they mention the flood and Noah? There were no Jews then and yet he knew the difference between the clean and the unclean even though they ate no meat at that time till after the flood. Now I ask you, is it ok to kill now? To steal? To commit adultery? I could list every command of God and everyone would say a good Amen to them but for the fourth command that begins with REMEMBER. That is the only one that people want to forget. So why is that? Where were the Jews, if what people tell you is really true, when it was made? There were no Jews alive at that time as God made it holy at Creation and hallowed it. If you want the truth of the matter, the Catholic church changed the day and boasts of it saying it has the aurthority to change God's law and if not why would the major churches follow thier lead? So the Ten Commandments were not what was nailed to the cross but it was the Mosaic laws, the ones that poited to the true Lamb that was to die for all. That was the law Jesus fulfilled and you can see that by the fact that when He died, the temple curtain that separated the Holy Place from the Most Holy was torn from top to bottom and it was never put back from that point on. He fulfilled the Mosiac law and showed also that the Ten Commandment law could be kept to the letter.

Answer 3

Jesus fulfilled the L aw of Moses the Ten Commandment's, he walked a perfect sinless life fulfilling the Law that no average man could do.He also fulfilled every prophecy that was spoken of him by the prophet's ,the Psalms, the Torah during his first advent. That's why he was able to be the atonement for sin's, the Lamb of God.Isaiah 53 say his soul was a ran some for are sin's,no one could could do it only God in the flesh the one who made the LAW. Are high priest, the ram in the bush , servant of the Lord, are piece.

Answer 4

The scripture is the law and these are books that are scripture:

The books of the Word are all those which have the internal sense; but those books which have not the internal sense, are not the Word. The books of the Word, in the Old Testament, are the five Books of Moses, the Book of Joshua, the Book of Judges, the two Books of Samuel, the two Books of Kings, the Psalms of David, the Prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi: and in the New Testament, the four Evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John; and the Apocalypse. The rest have not the internal sense" (Arcana Coelestia n. 10325 or Heavenly Doctrine n. 266).

Answer 5

The Old Testament law was created to point toward Jesus coming to earth.
The law was put into place by God so that people would learn to obey God in a way that Adam and Eve failed to do. The laws were extensive, strict, and covered every aspect of life.
Sacrifices were made to "cover" their sin as a remembrance to watch for the Messiah (the Savior, Jesus) who would actually sacrifice Himself to atone, or provide full forgiveness of sin. The law and animal sacrifice could not provide atonement for sin, meaning they did not get rid of the offense against God, but merely showed the people's obedience toward God and their expectancy and trust that God would provide the Messiah that they were all waiting for.
Jesus fulfilled the law by finally providing the one sacrifice that was enough to provide forgiveness for all, and allow mankind to once again have an intimate relationship with their Creator.

Answer 6

"Think not that I am come to destroy the law...but to fulfil" (Matthew 5:17).

The King James "fulfil" is the Greek "pleroo" meaning to make it abound, in other word expanding it.

Christ knew religious leaders would cause people to stumble at the law (Malachi 2:8). Most of the leaders of Commercial Christianity teach that Christ came to destroy the law, that his death made the law void. It also provides an easy way to explain why most Christians profane the Sabbath day. It is the belief that Christ came to destroy the law.

Answer 7

The law of Moses and Abraham...that there will come a messiah sent by God to save the People.

Psalm 110:4; Zechariah 6:12,13 - Christ was prophesied to be a priest after the order of Melchizedek. Under the Law of Moses, priests had to be of the tribe of Levi, but the Christ was also prophesied to be a descendant of David of the tribe of Judah (2 Sam. 7:14f; cf. Matt. 22:42).

Answer 8

The word fulfilled means to completely preach and do. We should follow Yahu'shua/Jesus' example and completely preach and do the commandments of Yahu'eh after recieving the mercy/grace of Yahueh out of gratitude and the empowerment of the Holy Spirit while witnessing to all peoples and nations and tribes and languages making dicsiples or students of Scripture teaching them to observe and do what they learn from the Bible. Disipline them in proving all things and holding fast to that which is good!\o/HalleluYAH\o/Celebrate YAH! \o/ Psalms 68:4 New King JAmes Version\o/!

Answer 9

as stated in the other iteration of this question, the intent is that he removed a need to follow the mosiac laws (though, for some strange reason, many of them are still adhered to...which makes no sense). Of course, as I wrote, one cannot fulfill a law, only obey or over-rule it.

Answer 10

Not the law but the prophecies of the many people before him in the Old Testament.
Jesus was a rabbi, so it was easy for him to "fulfill" these prophecies, as he knew exactly what to do.