Where does it say in the Old Testament that after the Messiah comes we don't have to follow the Law anymore??

Question

There are many verses in the OT that tell us that the Law of Moses is sacred, beautiful and everlasting. I dont recall any verse that tells us that after the Messiah comes we will be free from the "curse"(as Paul likes to put it) of the Law.
Does anyone have a verse from the OT where it is stated that we will be freed from the Law after the Messiah comes or that the Law is temporary.

I guess I wasn't clear enough. Only Old Testament verses!! I know Christians can back up their theology with the New Testament but it needs to be backed up by the Jewish Bible(Old Testament) as well or else it is false.

Again, I need scripture verses, not Christian theology. I know Paul thinks the Law is a curse, but thats not what the Old Testament says, its a bit suspicious if you ask me.

Has anyone here read Dueteronomy 30:14?? What about the last 5 words? How can one just explain that away with Christian theology??

Trish, make sure you read Deuteronomy 30:11-20. Who should we believe? Paul or God??

Adams rib, you are truly foolish. God said He would never abandon His chosen people. Why all the hard feelings about the Jews killing the Messiah anyway?? Wasn't the Messiah supposed to be sacrificed for the cleansing of your sins? You make Christians look bad, please stop posting answers.

Answer 1

The OT/law doesn't say that. It is all about how you can interpret the NT, which is where the Bible says that we will be freed. I believe that Christians should follow the Law as a a.) mirror, b.) Curb, and c.) Guide. The Law shows us our sins (mirror); it shows us the way to go and not get off track (curb); it also guides us on the way to go (guide). Yes, i know they overlap, but that is not the point.
10All who rely on observing the law are under a curse, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law." 11Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, "The righteous will live by faith." 12The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, "The man who does these things will live by them." 13Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree." 14He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
This is Galatians 3:10-14. I was about to ask my Religion teacher about what you have said to me earlier, but I couldn't find in Galatians something would lead anyone to believe that. It says that everyone who RELIES on the Law is cursed. We can't follow the Law perfectly! God said in the OT, that whoever sins will go to hell. Jesus came to release us from that burden, and he did. He paid the price. He suffered hell for us.

Answer 2

Yeah, Moses himself said that keeping all the laws was impossible, but when He comes (the Messiah) we will know Him and be free from the law. Keeping the law was manditory, but at the same time, humanly impossible...can't remember exactly in which of the books (Exodus, Deut, Numbers) that he said it in though. The Old Test is the Old Covenant or promise, the New Testament, or Faith in Christ, is the New Covenant. At the cross, Christ said it was finished, the veil was torn and the old passed away and now all have full access to the Father thru Him by faith....much more simplier than studying 613 laws dont'cha think?

Answer 3

Of course there is no such verse, Jesus came to enforce His Father's laws, because the priests had completly misunderstood their role in the house of God or their temple.

In doing so He did away with the sacrificial ceremonies that were the practice that is described in the Bible for the redemption of sins, they were to bring the best of their chicken, lambs whatever the priests ordered to be sacrificed, in their fation, now the priests allowed peddlers to sell chickens and so on outside the temple so the people could purchase instead of bring the best of their own, this they thought would not infuriate our Lord, this is why when you read Jesus' story He got angry on his way to the temple when he saw this and he spoke you have made my Father's House into a marketplace....

By dying on the cross Jesus was the ultimate sacrifice, this is why He is referred to the sacrificial lamb sometimes, that is the only thing that changed, read carefully the new testaments of the apostles that we were allowed to have translated and don't forget about the message that Jesus brought, it is God's wish also. Peace

Answer 4

Jeremiah 31
31Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
32Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:

In Deuteronomy the law is clearly tied to the covenant God made with Israel. In the New Covenant which is in the New Testament the law is not abolished but fulfilled thus the covenant is completed and a new covenant and law put in place. A new law that sums up the old law.

A quick response to trish.

We don't select which law to follow. Of the 10 commandments only 9 are actually mentioned in the NT the sabbath being the one ommited.
We are to follow the law that he summed up. Love God first and our neighbor as ourselves.

Answer 5

The curse of the Law was separation from God in the spiritual sense.
As we will all die someday it would seem the physical curse of the Law is still present.
Christ himself said," I did not come to do away with the Law but to fulfill it."
The purpose of the Law was offering reconciliation between man and God. But man was unable to adhere to the Law and then the priest of the time added more restrictions to it through their interpretations.
It is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ that reconciliation is now offered.
The Law, however, does offer a great guideline as to our conduct and what God wants for us.
Even the medical community has recently agreed that the Mediterranean diet is the best one and it very closely resembles the dietary laws of God.

Answer 6

This was a case made by Paul. He felt that the Torah did not have to be followed in order to believe in the Christ. Paul did not think that circumcision was necessary either.

The book of Matthew [?] is a pretty much a mirrored image of Moses {?] but altered for the Jesus movement.

Note: Question marks are there because the names of the books are not necessarily the actual writers.

Answer 7

That is not what it was saying, New Law was added, we still have to follow the Ten Commandments, The Law that was added was to Love our Enemies, not seek revenge, I said that in a more common day understanding, People used to go after people an eye for an eye, now we were learning not to do that, they went crazy with that, now we learned Christ was going to take on our sins, and we could be forgiven and given a second chance.

Answer 8

well i didn't find anything in the old testiment but in the ntestiment, hebrews chpt 9 mentions the old rules of worsip and how Jesus Christ changed them.
"Under the old system, the blood of goats and bulls and ashes of young cow could clense people's bodies from ceremonial impurity[.....] For by the power of the enternal spirit, Christ offered himself to God as the perfect sacraficefor our sins." keep reading this part.....

Also if you recall from the story of Abraham and Isaac, it foreshadows the story of jesus....Abraham represnts God the father, Isaac represents jesus the son of God, and when abraham says "God will provide a sacrafice", he is right because God provided Jesus Christ to be the ultimate sacrafice, which is why animal sacrafices are obsolete.

Answer 9

I believe when Abraham went to sacrifice his son and God sent a ram to take his place was a sign of living by faith and then He confirmed it in Romans chapter 3 and 4

Answer 10

Yeah... it is in Revelation... God is finally ending the ban on the fruit of the tree of life and the big deal about the "thou shalt nots" will be done for ever and ever...!!!

Revelation 2:7 (NIV) He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.