I have heard it say that Jesus "fullfilled" OT law. What does that mean?

Question

Are the OT laws still to be followed or not ? What does it mean when people say the OT law has been "fullfilled" by Jesus.

I saw this answer given in reference to the 10 commandments. If the 10 commandments have been "fullfilled" by Jesus, do they still stand or not ? Is stealing & murder OK or not OK ? What about idol worship and keeping the sabbath ?

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Thanks all for your answers. If ONLY the laws regarding animal sacrifice were fullfilled, what about other OT commandments, such as stoning disobedient children to death, killing witches, followers of other Gods, homosexuals etc. What about corporal punishment of children ? Are all of these rules still in force or did Jesus fullfill them also, or are they no longer in force for some other reason ? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Jesus fullfilled the need for animal sacrifice. In the ot the way to atone for your sins was the spill of blood. You sacrificed your best animals. Jesus' blood was spilled, as the final animal sacrifice. Meaning Christians no longer need to make a blood sacrifice to repent their sins.

This has nothing to do with the 10 commandments. The 10 commandments are still to be followed

Answer 2

The real answer is no we are not under the mosaic law because when Jesus came He upheld every law and so by dying he has ushered us into the dispensation (or time period) of Grace. So do the Ten commandments still hold true as a great standard to live by yes. Are we bound by them No. That does not mean we can go around killing people and that sort of thing. Jesus clearly lays the way to live the Christian life and that is the example we are to follow. The Bible says we are saved by Grace through faith not by our works(or actions) so no man can boast. If we are saved by our ability to follow commands we no longer have a need for a Savior because it is something we can achieve on our own.

Answer 3

Jews are/were obligated to follow the 613 mitzvot (laws) of the Torah. Jews today still do their best to keep those laws and Shabbat. Gentiles were never obligated to do so. The Torah outlines a path for the righteous gentile, you simply need to follow the 7 Noachide laws.

What they mean is Jesus supposedly fulfilled, made it so the Jews didn't have to follow the 613 laws anymore by being a human sacrifice. So you as a Christian and never having been a Jew would not be responsible for the laws anyway . The bible talks about Jesus fulfilling the laws because he was preaching to Jews (mostly). When the gentiles became Christian they didn't have to worry about giving up the 613 laws because they didn't keep them, it was just the Jews.

Here is a list of the 613 laws http://www.jewfaq.org/613.htm This is why Paul talks about being able to eat certain animals and why Jesus worked on Shabbat, etc...

Animal sacrifices were not taken away by Jesus, Jews had to stop sacrificing after the 2nd temple was destroyed as they had no place to sacrifice.

I'm not saying anything negative about Jesus & Christianity. Just trying to help you understand where these things come from.

Thanks

Answer 4

Hello, 1) Jesus said nothing about incest though contemporary John the Baptist ragged on King Herod about it for marrying his brother's wife. 2) Jesus was talking about the Jewish laws. His point was that in His time, people and their political and religious leaders were so obsessed about following the 3000 + laws which governed how you took a dump through to how to cleans yourself prior to going into the temple area that they totally forgot about basic care and compassion for their fellow man. 3) He did mention about keeping God's commandments. That was one of the things the rich man mentioned to Jesus when he asked how to achieve the Kingdom of Heaven. 4) As for the women caught in adultery, Jesus was fed up with the hypocrisy of the crowd, many of whom were sinners themselves. Don't forget his last words when he saved her from a Ist century rock concert - "Neither do I condemn you BUT GO AND SIN NO MORE! " He did not condone adultery therefore. Cheers, Michael Kelly

Answer 5

it is the mosiac law....

the thing is.. most people dont believe we are under obligation to follow any of those laws anymore.. than why were they written in the bible???

obviously we dont have to go out and spil out blood of cattle to have forgivness of our sins.. but there are many laws that we benefit from today in order for us to stay healthy physically and spritually.

"all Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work."—2 Timothy 3:16, 17;

although we are not under that law we can still read it so we can have a better understanding from whats right and wrong.. just like you said..... obviously we all know to murder is wrong.. and things like that.. thats in the law.. does tha tmean we can murder now?? no.. haha

people will follow what they want to follow... most people only worship god if it fits into there schedual. and if it doesn't.. they change the rules.

Answer 6

OT Law said that an unblemished lamb had to be sacrificed
to pay the sin debt

Jesus was unblemished and never sinned

His precious blood covers my sins so that I may have a relationship with God.

The 10 commandments are still in place and in force.

blessings

Answer 7

He was the law as he stated, that's why you are free and no longer under law, you are free. If you read Colossians 2: 9-18 it states so don't let anyone condemn you for what you eat or drink, or for not celebrating certain holy days, or new moon ceremonies or Sabbaths. also read Galatians 2: 20, Romans 7: 15

Answer 8

The ten commandments still apply. Yes, but we are guilty of breaking them. So Christ has made the sacrifice for our sins with his own blood. In so doing He is able to forgive us of breaking the law. So does that mean is it ok to sin. No. True repentance is a desire not to sin. So what happens is that we do not want to sin. Yet we do. Our salvation doesn't give us licence to sin. It really gives us freedom to obey. But only someone who desires or is truly saved will be able to understand that.

Answer 9

Jesus is paying the price for sin. But he said not only are we to believe, but we are to FOLLOW. Does it seem write to you to steal or murder? I am sure it doesn't. The point is to turn and follow him, to let God do a work in you. The Bible talks about the fool who believes but continues to sin. It is like saying the price Jesus paid for us wasn't good enough. Just like a murderer must be sent to jail for his crime, we ALL sin, yes EVERYBODY sins. And because God is JUST (not a innocent blood thirsty God) - because he IS JUST, he must have crimes paid for. The good news is that Jesus did it for us! Believe and follow him!

Answer 10

It basically means we don't have to sacrifice sheep anymore, because God's lust for innocent blood was satiated by the murder of his son.