Why do people here say that Christ fulfilled Prophecy and the Law, but Law cannot be fulfilled, only obeyed?

Question

I apologize for being easily confused when words in the Bible sometimes seem to have different meanings than they do in English.

In context, I am referring to the discussions regarding OT law going away, with many here saying that the laws were fulfilled by Christ, meaning "To bring to an end; complete." However, the Prophecies were not completed at that time (i.e., the End Times, etc.), so that definition would not work for both Prophecies and Laws.

Answer 1

Christ fulfilled the law by not sinning. Not one time did he committ any wrong. Once a person is saved (born again) he or she is not under the law but under grace. But if you're not saved (born again) then you're still under the law, and under the law sin is punishable by death. Most prophicies concern the coming of Christ. Some the antichrist and our endtimes. And the second coming of Christ to get His Church(bride). I proably didn't help u much , but I tried. Good day.

Answer 2

To obey the law is to fulfill the law.

Christ's was a substitutionary fulfillment of the law and the prophets. He did what we can never do on our own and He offers His finished work to the Father in Heaven on our behalf. God, the Father accepts Jesus' fulfillment of the law and the prophets and applies it to our account and our debt is cancelled. Like all gifts, you can only enjoy it only if you accept it from the giver.

When Jesus took His three closest disciples to the mountain and was transfigured before them into His Glory, Moses and Elijah appeared and spoke with Jesus. Moses represented the law and Elijah represented the prophets. When Peter spoke out of turn Moses and Elijah disappeared and only Jesus remained. Then a voice came from Heaven and said, "This is My beloved Son, listen to Him!" Did you get that? God said, Forget about the law and the prophets, now "Listen" to Jesus.

The law and the prophets still perform the same function they have always performed, they point people to their need for a Savior, because no one can live up to the law and the prophets on their own. So, place your trust in Jesus alone. He is the only one who ever fulfilled every one of them.

Jesus is the fulfillment of prophetic revelation as it pertains to the Messiah, the promised Savior of all mankind. Some of those prophecies will have a future fulfillment, to be sure, but they are as good as fulfilled. Count it as done, because the Lord says it is.

Answer 3

Jam 2:8 If ye fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, you do well: (YOU DO WELL!)

1Jo 5:3 For this is the love of Yahweh, that we keep his Laws: and his Laws are not grievous.

1Jo 3:4 ¶ Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

1Jo 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of Yahweh was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin [is] death;

Gen 3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

Satan uses the same tactic since the beginning, and the world still falls believing that we can disobey any command of Yahweh.

The curses are set in the Laws, you break a Law and you get a curse and then you die from your transgression of that Law.

It's as simple as a traffic laws, run a stop sign and see what occurs.

If you are not involved in an accident but do get pulled over and a cop asks why did you disobey the law, tell him your savior fulfilled that law for you.

Or jump off a building and when the law of gravity kicks in; later tell me your savior fulfilled the laws for you.

The Laws can not and will not ever be done away with.
They govern all of Yahweh's creation, and only a fool will ignore the protection that they provide.

Satan wants you to participate in her rebellion in order that you will receive the same sentence on the Day of Judgment.

Peace.

Answer 4

The scripture doesn't say that Christ fulfilled all prophecy....it does say that He fulfilled all the requirements of the law.

The law is our schoolmaster to lead us to Christ, who is the ONLY One who ever met its requirements. Once we have come to Christ, we have no further use of it, as it has done the job it was intended to do.

The law was never intended to make a man righteous, but only to show him how far he is from Gods righteous standard.

You are correct...all prophecies have not yet been fulfilled. That is because God TEMPORARILY interrupted His program with Israel and is presently in a NEW dispensation called the gospel of the GRACE of God. He is building a BODY of believers today made up of jew and gentile alike.

God will one day resume His prophetic plan and program with Israel, and THEN, in ages to COME, He will fulfill all the prophecy relating to them.

I hope this helps.

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Answer 5

When people refer to "the Law", often they mean the entire Mosaic Covenant. That covenant involved sacrifices for sin. When they say Christ fulfilled the Law, they mean that his sacrifice of himself obviates the need for the sin offerings that were required under the Law.

When they say that "Prophecy" is fulfilled, they mean that ultimately, all Old Covenant prophets were pointing the way to Christ.

Answer 6

the laws of sacrifice were fulfilled by the ultimate sacrifice the son of God. people could not meet the requirements, so God gave us a way to still be able to get to heaven.

Answer 7

Love fulfills the law
if you love God with all your heart, mind and soul and secondly your neighbor as yourself you will do no harm to others

Answer 8

Biblical prophecy on the advent of Muhammad (PBUH)


John 4:15-16
“If you love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father and He shall give you another Comforter that he may abide for you forever.”

Muslim theologians have said that “another Comforter” is Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah; and him to “abide forever” means the perpetuity of his laws and way of life and the Book (Qur’an), which was revealed, to him.





John 15:26-27
“But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.”


John 16:5-8
“But now I go my way to Him that sent me and none of you asketh me ‘whither goest thou?’ But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled you heart. Nevertheless I tell you the truth; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and approve righteousness and judgment.”


John 16:12-14
“I have yet many things to say unto you, but you cannot bear them now. How be it when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak; and he will show you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and he shall show it unto you.”


John 16:16
“ A little while and ye shall not see me: and again a little while, ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.”


Muslim theologians have stated that the person who is described by Jesus to come after him – in the above verses – does not comply with any other person but Muhammad (PBUH) the Messenger of Allah. This ‘person’ whom Jesus prophesied will come after him is called in the Bible ‘Parqaleeta’ This word was deleted by later interpreters and translators and changed at times to ‘Spirit of Truth’, and at other times, to ‘Comforter’ and sometimes to ‘Holy Spirit’. The original word is Greek and it’s meaning is ‘one whom people praise exceedingly.’ The sense of word is applicable to the word ‘Muhammad’ (in Arabic).