Luke 16:15 says that the Laws and Prophets only lasted until the time of John,?

Question

but Christ said "until until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law..." (Matthew 5:18)


How do I reconcile the two?

Lion of Judah - heaven and earh have not passed away, so that cannot be true.

Luke 16:16 - my bad

http://scripturetext.com/luke/16-16.htm

Answer 1

read the rest of luke 16 and you will see where it says it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for the law to fail. certain parts of the law were not biblical. the scribes and the pharissees started laws that were impossible to follow. those laws changed. but God's law never did

Answer 2

Well, actually its Luke 16:16 that says that, and you have to read all the other verses around it to see what Jesus is talking about. Remember the chapter and verse divisions were added by people, Jesus never intended little bits of his word to be used alone.

You will see if read a little further, that He is simply announcing the New Covenant.

That is why it is important to read the context a scripture occurs in, and also compare that scripture with other passages about the same topic. Many times, what seems to be contradiction is simply balance, for example many passages will focus on how God hates sin, but then you see Jesus being kind and forgiving sin. That is because God is both Just and Merciful.

Then Matthew 5:18, just read the rest of the verse, you left off the last phrase "till all be fulfilled".

Then if look at other verses you find that Jesus says He came to fulfill the law.

Most errors and false teachings come when people want to base doctrine on one isolated verse. This is not how scripture should be used, if you use it like that you can make it say anything.

Imagine what would happen if I took a letter you had written to someone. At the beginning of the letter you had written, "I was late for work today, I hate it when that happens"

Then several paragraphs down you wrote, "I will be coming to visit you soon."

I could chop that apart and make it say, "I will coming to visit soon, I hate it when that happens!"

Answer 3

John the Baptist was truly the last of the prophets to talk about Jesus. Until the time of John, all the writings of prophets and the written Law of Moses foreshadowed the coming of Christ, the Messiah. Jesus is the literal fulfillment of the law and the prophets. All of those things in the Old Testament were merely shadows and glimpses of Jesus who was yet to come. Luke 16:15 does not say that the Law would be replaced. One of the purposes of the Old Testament law was to reflect the holy character of God. In doing so, it convinced the people of God that they were in need of a Savior.

Answer 4

Luke 16:16, 17
"The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John; since that time the gospel of the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it. But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the Law to fail."

Not a contridiction.

Matthew 5:17
"Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill."

Ephesians 2:4,5
"But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)..."

Answer 5

15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

this is luke 16:15 not sure were you got your info


sorry try again

LUKE 16:16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it

mat 5;18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.

Matthew 5:18 =
One jot; no part of the moral law or of the obligations to obey it shall be done away; nor shall any part of the ceremonial law, till its end is accomplished.


Luke 16:16 Lu 16:16 =
Were until John; see notes on Mt 11:13.

Matthew 11:13 =
Prophesied until John; they prophesied of the kingdom of heaven as yet to come till John, when its coming began.

luke 16:16=
Every man; the Saviour alludes to the fact that the despised publicans and sinners are pressing into the kingdom of heaven, while the proud Pharisees reject it.

hope this helps.

Answer 6

well, actually it's luke 16:16...

"Until John the Baptist began to preach, the laws of Moses and the messages of the prophets were your guides. But now the Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and eager multitudes are forcing their way in. "




matthew 5:18

I assure you, until heaven and earth disappear, even the smallest detail of God's law will remain until its purpose is achieved.

i looked it up online and got a few different translations. if the verses are still unclear to you then i would suggest looking them up in another online study bible.

EDIT: i commend you for not just passing something up when you dont understand it!

Answer 7

It is simple. Everyone has to try to be sooo "smart" and make things complicated as if they are more intelligent than God Almighty. How smug.

The Law is still the Law whether it is broken or not. It is still wrong to, for instance, break the 10 Commandments.
That has not changed.

What changed more than 2000 years ago is that we have a way to salvation. Despite not being able to keep this law, we have a way to be saved through Jesus Christ.

Man could never keep the law through traditions and works. We were always saved by faith, and through the grace of God alone.

God Bless You.

Answer 8

The laws and the prophets were the people's connection to God, with the coming of Christ he becomes the connection and everybody can go straight to him. The laws themselves are still here but the connection to God is what has changed because Christ fulfilled the law.

Answer 9

The OT laws & OT prophets were until John, since John we are under grace & not law, Romans 10:4 says Jesus is the end of the law, & it is written many places in the NT speaking against those who try to live under the law instead under Grace, So your OT laws & OT Prophets were until John Then Jesus was the tranfromation between the OT & NT & the law & the grace. There is NT Prophets today, Eph. 4:11-17

Answer 10

In Christ.
The principles and truths of the Law can never pass away. They contain eternal truths which cannot change.
However the jurisdiction of the Law and the Prophets passes away when we come under the authority of Christ, who perfectly fulfilled the righteous requirement of the Law, paid the penalty of transgressed Law, and imputes His own righteousness to us by faith.